Happy Anniversary to us

Four years ago I met, fell in love and married my best friend. We are two very different people with very different opinions but we love each other!

For our anniversary we went to Lake Tahoe and had the most amazing time! That's right, just me and him, no kids! It was very hard leaving Leah for the first time but thank goodness I am a milk factory and had plenty on reserves so I could leave her and enjoy my husband with no worries.

It was so weird not having two other people to worry about that I almost felt naked without them. But waking up to this view everyday, I quickly got over it! 

How can you go to one of the best mountains and not snowboard? Well I'll never know since I went for the whole day! This was the most amazing day for it too and I wish we were there for a whole week so I could have gone every day. But after a very full day of the best boarding ever, we got an aroma-stone therapy massage for almost two hours! Wow, I was so relaxed and the whole time I had my handsome husband there to enjoy every moment of it with me. This was the best anniversary weekend ever. I am so happy that I have someone who challenges me, tests me, pushes my buttons, loves me, provides for me, blessed me with the two most amazing little girls anyone could ever hope for and puts up with every ounce of my crap!

Hannah's party

This Saturday we had a party for Hannah. It was a Ballerina party and all the little girls wore tutu's. It was so cute to see all the girls running around. The party was a great success and Hannah had so much fun. She was cracking us up when she opened presents she would say "oh my gosh this is awesome!" or "Wow! Thank you!" just the look on her face was so funny! 

She got a scooter and loves it so much. I'm so lucky to have such a grateful little girl. She never forgot to thank everyone for coming and for her gifts. Hannah is a polite little girl who genuinely loves everyone, even people who are not so nice to her.

Leah had to have a matching tutu and I must say, she is so stinking cute!

My little cupcake face!

Here are some of the little ones who joined us. We had so much fun!

Hannah and her buddy Paige

Hannah loved all of her presents, thank you everyone for all the amazing gifts! Hannah loves them all very much.

Ten Months old

Leah is ten months old now. Still doing the same stuff as last month pretty much, nothing off the charts. Still being cute and two more new teeth. Her top one's are here and in full effect! I think it changes her face a little, but I do love them.

She is so beautiful and we love watching her grow. Leah is such an amazing baby and melts everyones heart!

Happy Birthday Hannah!

The past three years have gone by so fast. 

First birthday

Second birthday, pooped after her party


And the big three! Hannah is an amazing little person. So sweet, sensitive and smart. She is kind to others, thoughtful and loving.  Scott says this has been the best three years of his life and being Hannah's daddy makes him so proud. I agree, being her mommy is so rewarding. She makes us laugh all the time. We feel so lucky to have her as our daughter. She blesses our lives every minute of every day and teaches us so much. I wouldn't change anything about her! We love you Hannah! 

Tiny Dancer

Today Hannah had her first day of dance. She did pretty good following along, and she looked so dang cute doing it!

She loved twirling for me.

I was never in dance and always wished I was able to, so now I get to see my little princess learn. She is in tap and ballet. I can't wait for her to learn more.

We had so much fun watching her today. We love you more and more every day Hannah. You are the prettiest little dancer I have ever seen. 

Oh Hannah

My sweetest Hannah... I am feeling a little sentimental tonight. Thinking of simpler days with my little baby girl. Always the lover, so polite and so so happy. I miss those days when few words were spoken and no whining ever occurred.

You have grown so much and so fast. With the growth has come a large vocabulary and your personality is one of a kind. I lovingly call you a "foghorn" since that is the sound that best describes your cries in the wee hours of the morning. And lately you have not said a word to me without taking it up a few octaves. The whining makes me want to go deaf!

But through all of the drama and theatrics, I still love you more than words can describe. You are a great big helper, so eager to learn, a wonderful singer, a terrific big sister, a comedian and the most loving little girl I have ever met. I look forward to bed time so I can love on you in silence, hold you tight and kiss your little face. Thank you for challenging me my sweet sweet Hannah.

Surprise!

The best surprise I have received in a long time! My dear friend Annie.

I got a great surprise this week from a very good friend. Since she moved

back to Utah I have not seen her since August when the girls and I made

a trip out to see her. I had no idea she was here so when I got a text

to meet her for dinner, I was shocked! So we met up for a few hours

and it was way too short of time, but I was so happy to see her! She is pregnant

and I loved being able to hug her belly, even though she is not even showing. She was 

just such an important part of my last pregnancy and loved my baby bump, so now I got to show my love to her. She was the first person to meet Leah. She showed up to the hospital within seconds of Leah coming out and that meant the world to me!

Good friends are just so hard to come by and I know that she will be my friend forever.

The girls missed each other so much. They played like they never were away from each other.

Hannah and Elle are three days apart and such great friends. I love this 

little girl like she was my own! And love to see how well they play together.

Elle missed Hannah so much that she was playing with her hair, too cute!

Nine months old already???

That's right, it's that time again. Nine months old and growing. My little baby got her first two teeth this month! I was so excited,  I am just so happy that my angel has hit another milestone in her young life of many, many firsts.
She is still the best baby I have ever known. Smiling all the time and laughing when she sees her daddy or big sister. Hannah and Leah are always together and even though they are total girls and screech loudly when they are playing, I love it that they have each other! I can deal with the high pitched tones forever if it means they are playing well with one another.
She practically runs when she is crawling. I can't believe how fast she is, and she always puts stuff in her mouth while crawling, my little multi-tasker!
She has been pulling herself up for a couple months now and is walking along things. She even lets go of what she is holding on to and balances pretty well. It's so funny when she wants me she stands at the gate and yells "Mamma" until I come get her, way too cute! Clapping is her favorite thing to do, she is pretty proud of herself when she does something and wants your attention she just sits there claps and laughs. 
I am just so lucky to have this perfect little girl! She sleeps so good, eats like a champ and loves her mamma. What more could I ask for?

Valentine's day party

Hannah and her friend Breadyn

Cupcake face
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Yesterday we had a Valentine's day party with some of the kids in our ward. Hannah had so much fun with all the kids there. 

I love our ward very much, we have so many little one's and so many great women to be around. I think I enjoyed myself as much as Hannah did just seeing all the happy faces and watching them play together so well. They are all such well behaved kids and we are lucky to know all of them! Thank you Tonya for doing this, we loved it.

My little Valentine

What a great day

We decided to go snowboarding, something we have not done since B.C. (before children). I am either pregnant, nursing, or living in a desert and since the rain blessed us with such great snow we jumped at the opportunity to go. We had so much fun. This was my second time this week but first time with Scott. We really enjoyed ourselves. It was so much fun to go do something together like this and it was such a beautiful day!

W both have been a little stressed out and this really took the edge off, at least for a while! hahahaha

This was such a great view we had off one of the lifts, we spent a while there just looking out at how beautiful our day started off. I am going to try and go as much as I can this season since next year I'll most likely be pregnant again!