More Disneyland

I forgot to post some pictures from the last post. 

Leah doing what she does best, chillin and eating!

 Hannah and mommy on "our" ride. Matterhorn is her favorite ride. It's so great to see her be so brave. She holds her hands in the air the whole time!

Waiting in line with so much excitement

Yay for happy memories! Can't wait to go back next week!

Family Day

Today we went to Disneyland and we had such a great time, I thought it was something to post. We do go a lot, and love it every time we go for different reasons but today was something new. We ate at this BBQ place and they had Woody and Jessie from Toy Story there. That was our main reason for eating there, besides the all you can eat BBQ! Anyway, Hannah was so excited to see her favorite characters in person that she could hardly control herself. She was jumping up and down to see them. They must have really liked her because they spent almost the entire time with her! When other kids came, they greeted them very quickly then came straight back to Hannah.

She danced with them and they told each other secrets and gave lots of kisses. It was so special for me to see how excited she was to play with these two. And to have them pay so much attention to her was amazing. At one point she was so excited that she fell and got really hurt, Jessie came over to her and hugged, kissed and held her until she was better. It was just a great experience for us to see these two make her dreams come true. She loves them so much and now they are that much more real to her. 

It was a great day of family fun. I love seeing my girls smile and love being together. I am also so blessed to have such an amazing little girl. After every ride Hannah would say, "Thank you Mamma for taking me to Disneyland!" She is very polite and so grateful for the little things in life. I am glad we have passes and get to go often, the best investment ever in my opinion.

This is just a clip of how much fun Hannah had with Woody. This pretty much went on the whole hour and a half we were there!

Easter, Eggs and Eleven months

This Easter Leah turned eleven months old. She is growing so fast and is the best baby in the world! I am so in love with her and so lucky to have such an amazing baby. I rarely see these two apart these days and I hope they stay best of friends. 

Leah got a big girl car seat and she is so happy! She is getting too big.

Sisterly love is a beautiful thing

Leah's first Easter and she loved the eggs. Shaking them was the best part I think but sitting in the grass, not so much!

We go to my parents house every year and the grandkids do an egg hunt, they have so much fun playing together and we love being over there. Hannah did very well and helped Leah get some eggs too. 

Don't mind Hannah's silly face, I just love Leah's big front teeth! She is so stinking cute!

And our sad attempt at a family picture. The kids are always so excited to be around their family that they will never sit still, so here it is. All in all, it was a great day. Scott was off and that is always a happy day in itself, the food was great, the company was awesome and the drama was minimal, so that was a great day!  (P.s. there were other kids there but they were not caught on film. It was very cute that all the girls minus Leah had the same dress on, it was priceless.)

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!