Milk & Cookies Party

We threw Amelia a Milk & Cookies Party for her one year birthday! It was so much fun to plan and make things for it. I started late on making things and ran out of time but I think it came together quite well. We had lots of yummy cookies with a few different flavors of milk. I thought with all the sugar that we should counter it a bit with some veggies and PB & J sandwiches. Amelia loved her cake and I'm pretty sure she would have eaten a good portion of it if we hadn't taken it away from her. Thank you to all our family and friends for coming and supporting Amelia on her birthday!

Amelia's One!

Amelia is already one and I still have a hard time with admitting it. I feel like she isn't quite a baby anymore... This past year has been such a wonderful year with her in our lives. She brings the most wonderful spirit to our home with her happiness and smilies. She is honestly such a happy care free baby.

Amelia is still very good at eating

She loves her blanky

She is finally sleeping in her bed in her room and doing well

Amelia is busy and getting into everything, I'm not sure if she is into more than Olivia or if I just don't have as much time to chase her around.

She loves to say "HI"

She has three teeth on bottom and four on top

She loves her new front facing carseat

Amelia still lets me hold her and she still cuddles and lays her head on my shoulder

At Amelia's one year check up she came in at

Weight~ 19.15 lbs {29%} Height~ 28 1/2 in {28%} Head~ 17 1/4 in {15%}

New Year.... New happenings...

2012 has already brought some new changes to our household. TJ started a new job at the beginning of January. A great opportunity arose and he applied and got it! Change can sometimes be different and difficult but we knew that him taking the job was what was best for our family now and for the future. We are grateful for the opportunity and feel blessed to have it come at this time in our lives. Some differences that have come with the new job are... travel, yes TJ travels a few times a month but usually only two days at a time. He has already been able to visit Chicago and New York this month. He also has to travel to SLC which isn't that bad but considering that he only had to drive to west Kaysville it seems like a drive. He is excited about this new chapter in his life and couldn't be happier with how things are working out.

Not much has been going on with me this month.. I have been planning Amelia's party, it's been a lot of fun. I received a new calling in church this past month. I'm now the Young Women's secretary! I'm really excited about it and can't wait to get to know all the young women in our ward. We recently had our ward boundaries change which is a little bittersweet. We get to meet new people and build new relationships. We also changed buildings which is a little of an adjustment for me.

Olivia~ Where to start with her... She is the sweetest little thing I could ask for and also the most stinkerish little thing. She is seriously growing before my eyes.

She loves to ask questions, especially "Why" mommy? a gazillion times. I like that she is trying to learn and understand things that are being said and done around her.

She loves us to watch her. "mom watch, mom watch, mom WATCH!, MOM YOUR NOT WATCHING!" I have to be looking at her from the time she says watch until she is done and looking back at me.

If you ask her what she is doing or what is she up to she'll say "anything mom" she hasn't quite grasped the word nothing yet.

She cries when it's time to go to primary on Sunday but loves it when she is there. After the first week of primary she started singing I am a Child of God. She loves the song and can sing the first verse all the way through by herself.

She has this obsession of playing in the pack n play. She will put a bunch of toys in it and play even if Amelia is in there.

She loves to sing

When I tell her that a friend is coming over or we are going to grandma's her reply is always "tomorrow?" She thinks everything will happen tomorrow not today

She still either wants to be naked {panties on} or in a dress.

She will find a dress at the store and want to carry it around with her

She makes a million messes, more than I can clean up {help!}

Her imagination is growing and she loves to pretend things

Amelia Turned 1 this month... Sooo I'm going to give her her own post..

11 Months...

Where has time really gone? I can't believe that my little baby is almost one! She seriously melts my heart.

She is fully walking now and loves to follow Olivia everywhere now.

She has five teeth in and two more that will be breaking through soon.

She is a nightmare when teething. She is whinny and sick and not herself at all

She loves to dance to music

She gives kisses

She will still cuddle with me and lay her head on my shoulder

She doesn't know how to go down the stairs yet and that causes a lot of frustration for her

She is sleeping a million times better but is still in the basement room

She loves table food

She drinks mostly whole milk now

She has no fear of anyone. She'll go up to anyone and let them hold her and she just stares at them.

She doesn't like the shopping cart very much {you can't tell by this pic below}

She is seriously one of the happiest most smiley babies I know.

She makes the funniest face, she scrunches her nose up and squints her eyes. The picture below is the only picture I have been able to get of her doing it.

CHRISTmas...

We had a wonderful Christmas...

Our Christmas card we sent out


CHRISTmas Day..

We had a more relaxed Sunday which was nice..

The girls didn't wake up until 8:30 which was really nice.

Here are Amelia's presents
Olivia's presents
Christmas morning before seeing what Santa brought
Opening the first present
We didn't get quite the reaction from Olivia as we had hoped for with her presents. She loved them all but I thought for sure that she would be ecstatic about her jeep. She likes it but I think she is a little intimidated by it when driving it.


T.J. got an Ipad of his own
It was really nice to be able to attend church on Christmas day. The program was wonderful and our Bishop did a great job of inviting the spirit into the meeting. I loved being able to feel the spirit and think about the true meaning of Christmas.

I tried to hard to get a picture of the girls in their church outfits before church but I didn't succeeded and so here is an individual of each of them and they aren't that great.

Christmas night we went to my parent's house and had a great tasty dinner and opened more presents. It was a crowded Christmas this year at my parent's house, Everyone was there! My Nephew just returned home from his mission and my little sister came up with her family. The total count including kids was 42 people. CraZy huh? I love it!

CHRISTmas eve..

We had a very busy Christmas eve this year. Grandpa Tom & AK's house for breakfast and presents at 9:00. We always have so much fun at their house on Christmas. Olivia loves playing with all the little kids and Amelia was loving all the attention that she got. She would go to anyone and let them hold her. T.J's grandparents are so generous every year and they spoil everyone.

We then headed to see T.J.'s dad and grandparents, Peggy and Joe.

We had more food and presents and spent some quality time with them. Neither of the girls are looking in this picture but it was the best one. Jeff thought it was a good idea to hand his sandwich over to Amelia. Yes she loved it! That girl loves her food. After some pool and chatting we headed to Farmington.

T.J.'s mom and dad have dinner and a little Christmas program at their house with his siblings. We had ate a lot of yummy food again. They did a lesson for the kids about Jesus and santa that was really good. The adult kids played deal or no deal which was fun and entertaining.

By the end of the day we were all so exhausted and ready for bed...

The Temple Lights...

We went down to the Temple lights with T.J.'s family and it was beautiful, as it always is. It was so nice to see all the lights and nativities that were there. All the work that goes into making the temple grounds so beautiful and inspiring . We weren't able to stay long because we had tithing settlement we had to get back to but the time we did spend there was great. Both the girls were wonderfully behaved the whole time and Olivia loved the animals in the nativities.