Livy Lou...

Olivia

Where do I even start with this ever growing girl of mine. She is becoming more independent each day. I wish I was better at updating my blog so that I could write down all the funny, smart, sassy and loving things she says. I forget them way to fast. 

Livy loves spending time with Daddy all by herself. TJ took her golfing with him a little bit ago and she had a blast riding in the cart and trying to swing the club at the ball. 

Livy is still somewhat timid when it comes to certain things but give her enough time and she will warm up. She loves saying hi to anyone that passes by our house but the second someone says hi to her first she shies away. Olivia has developed quiet the imagination lately and loves playing pretend house, horses, princesses, animals. She names all her stuffed animals which she always has one with her. I'm not sure where some of the names come from but they are pretty comical

{Jojo the riding horse, sparkly the gray bunny, minka the brown bunny, Mikayla the white horse}

She tries so hard to play with Amelia and most the time they play well but when Amelia doesn't want to play or play by the rules she gets frustrated and ends up making Amelia cry.  

Livy visited the Dentist for the first time and was timid at first but our Dentist Dr. Call {My brother} did an amazing job with her! He explained all the tools in kid language and was really nice and positive. 

Olivia loves:

Horses

{pretend and real}

{she rode a real horse for the very first time a few weeks ago while at the animal petting fair in Farmington. Then she rode again at Great Grandpa Tom's. I wasn't able to be there either time which makes me sad. I was told she did wonderful. The picture below is of her with her GG Tom on his horse. I love the picture!}

Stuffed animals

{preferably bunnies} 

Watching a show on the Ipad

coloring

catching bugs

{the Easter bunny brought her a bug catching kit in her basket and since then she has loved catching bugs. At first she wanted me to get them all for her because she was afraid but now she has gotten past that will pick up her own bugs}

Jumping on the trampoline

Driving her jeep

{finally she is getting the hang of it}

playing outside

playing with her friends

carrots & ranch

popcorn

Suckers, Ring pops & Push pops

getting her nails painted

pickles

Olivia Dislikes:

Listening to me

{haha, gotta love three year olds}

bed time

picking up her toys

when its hot in the car

getting her hair blow dried 

her toenails being clipped

staying in bed

Olivia's Famous Phrases:

"Mom lets talk about something"

"When I get older I can have..."

" I have an idea"

'"How about.."

"Um how about no"

" Remember yesterday when..."

"Is it going to take a long time or a little time?"

"Please momma Please!"

"What next Momma"

"It's okay"

" I love you in all my heart"

"Hugs, Kisses!"

"Is it going to take 2 minutes or five minutes?"

My Millie...

Millie...

Oh how this little girl melts my heart! She has the happiest smile that lights up a room. She has been developing so much lately and getting so big. She had her molars come in and was not a happy baby for quiet a while and I thought it would end but it hasn't. She has continued to cry and scream a lot more than she ever has. It has become her way of communicating with us. She will scream when she wants something or someone, gets hurt or gets her feelings hurt etc. I still love her to death but she needs to learn some words so she can stop this madness. Amelia and Olivia couldn't be any more different. Amelia gets her feelings hurt very easily and is very sensitive to things. She will still sit in my lap or let me cuddle her and lay her head on my shoulder. Lately Amelia will not let me leave the room without her. 

We have been really enjoying the warm weather that April and May have given us and it has been really fun to see Amelia experience everything outdoors. She will go up to the back door and cry to go outside. 

The week after Easter Amelia got pink eye and the poor thing couldn't get rid of it. We had to put her on the strongest eye drops for 7 days after already having an antibiotic of it. Her right eye was so swollen for a few days. {picture below} And of course Olivia shortly after go pink eye. We were on house arrest for over a week with sick girls.

Amelia loves:

Slides

Sand

dirt

flowers {although she is fairly delicate with them}

Mac & Cheese, Spaghetti, Grapes, Yogurt, anything sweet, 

{She has become more picky baby over the last few months though}

Standing up on things

Bath time

Mickey Mouse

{She lights up and starts giggling when I pull the TV down in the car}

Mom's pop

Popcorn

Olivia 

Daddy

Mommy 

Grandma 

Playing with the broom

binky's 

Her Blanky

Trampoline

{She tries jumping whenever she is walking on solid ground}

Amelia dislikes:

The shopping Cart

The store

Diaper Changed

Being in a room alone

Most meats

Sitting still

Sacrament or Church for that matter

Amelia Says:

Daddy

Mommy

Doggie

Eye

Puppy

Papa

Hi

and a lot of gibberish...

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter day and weekend. We decorated eggs at the Amos house with all our friends. Olivia loved coloring on the eggs and wanted to use the same color for every egg. On Saturday we headed over to Grandma Kay's place where they had the Easter Bunny...As you can tell Olivia was not a fan of him. Rylee on the other hand was more than happy to stand and smile. After that we headed to Grandma & Papa Calls house for decorating sugar cookies and an egg hunt. There are quite a few grand kids and they range from 21- 9 months so when we get together it is CRAZY! We had the little ones go out first and find some eggs and then let the older ones go out. Olivia had so much fun this year being that it was the first year she understood what was going on and actually got to do it. Last year she had just had her tonsils out and wasn't able to be involved in the festivities. After Grandma's and Papa's we headed to G- Grandpa Tom & G-Grandma AK for dinner and a scavenger hunt. We had lots of fun finding eggs, candy and beach towels. Amelia got a big pink ball and was in love with it.

Easter morning came early and we had church so the Easter Bunny came while we were gone and hid our eggs and brought our baskets. The girls got some fun little things in their baskets. Of course as it always is, I could get a decent picture of all of us or for that matter the girls either.  I'm so grateful for our Saviour and his sacrifices. I'm truly blessed to be a member of the LDS church and to have a strong testimony of the truthfulness of it. 

RuNNiNg...

I thought I would post what I have been up to lately... Not a whole lot really... Just the usual stuff like laundry, dishes, cleaning, etc. I love being a mom & wife and taking care of the girls and TJ but I need a break everyday:) Although that break comes before the little ones or even the big one wakes up, it's still a break. I LOVE going to the gym! Yes I'm there at 5:00 A.M. but it really is the only time that works for our family. I'm lucky enough to go with my workout girls Holly and Brittany. It makes it so much more fun with them, especially at five. I have been running Monday-Saturday since the new gym in Syracuse opened up. I really enjoy running. I have found something that I'm passionate about and I think I'm fairly good at. I love running because it all depends on me no one else. I can run as fast or as slow as I want and it doesn't hurt a soul. I can challenge myself every time I set my foot on the tread mill or road.

Back in October I tried signing up for the Ogden half marathon but it filled up within two hours! I was so sad. My old boss is on the Goal foundation and said that she could possibly get me a spot but that I would have to wait until march to see if I would get one. I really wanted to run a half Marathon soon and so I signed up for the Salt Lake half. Well my boss got back to me a few weeks ago and guess what? I got a SPOT! I'm totally thrilled! Not only did she get me a spot, she got a spot for three of my sister's also. She totally rocks! So I will be running two half marathons four weeks apart. On top of getting me a spot to the half she gave me a free spot in the strider's circuit races. There are five races in a three month period 5K, 10K, 10 miler, half marathon, 18 miler. They hold the first three up in Ogden by the Dee Events Center. I have already run the first three and they were pretty hard. The 10 miler was brutal! It had never ending hills. I made it threw though! Well enough about running... I will post how the SLC half goes. I have four weeks until then. I got a Sweet GPS watch for Valentine's day and I really enjoy it. I also recently got a new pair of shoes... I love all new running gear. I hardly buy any clothes unless they are for working out in.

LOVE DAY...

We had a fun Valentine's Day...

The kids made their own personal pizza

They painted their dad's a Valentine picture

Ate Yummy treats

And the kids handed out their own Valentines to each other.

It was nice to have something fun to do for Valentine's day especially with those that you love...

This year I did the 14 days of Valentines for TJ. IT was really fun to give him a little treat everyday and surprise him with it.

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!