Monday, April 28, 2014

This little girl just kills me, she definitely holds a piece of my heart and I am forever grateful to our Father in Heaven for blessing us to have such an amazing daughter. I had a feeling from the time I could feel her kicks that she would be an easy going child. She has the best belly laugh, gives the most amazing bear hugs, and just the sweetest most tender heart in the world with a pinch of sass. Ok maybe more than a pinch haha.

She is almost 2 1/2 years old, where on earth does the time go?! She loves playing with her baby dolls, feeding them, burping them, putting them to bed. She'll come to me saying one of them is crying and will rock them till she says they're asleep. She also loves to play with toy cars, legos/blocks and dinosaurs. She counts to 20 so far by herself and is a fairly good eater. Pink is her favorite color, She's noot the most adventurous but I can't complain. If I let her she would eat yogurt for every meal if I let her. She loves dark chocolate, well any kind of chocolate really, and is a total carnivore.

She LOVES to color whether it's on her easel or in her coloring books. Her favorite shows to watch are Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Bo on the Go!, Sesame Street, Pingu, Tilly knock knock, and Strawberry Shortcake. Yay for Netflix!

In her two years she has
lived in two homes
been to Primary Children's hospital twice
Had stitches once
Fallen down the stairs once
Flown on an airplane once, (well twice, roundtrip) and did amazing!
Traveled to 6 states so far; California, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Arizona and Nevada.


She's shy when she first meets new people, but give her a few minutes and she warms up and is her goofy outgoing self. Gee, wonder where she gets that from..

Her vocabulary is growing so much! She speaks so well and clear and is quite a little sponge.

We recently moved her to a big girl bed and I couldn't help but feel a little sad, she's no longer my baby girl! She loves her bed and stays in it all night and morning till she hears us up and going. I love to stay in bed a little longer and listen to her from the across the hall talking to her babies, pretending to call her cousins, my mom, and aunts. Now for potty training!

Homeward bound

We left Arizona Saturday morning and drove to Vegas to stay the night rather than drive all in one day. That way we could hang out at a hotel, go swimming, and visit some friends.

       Can you tell she is my water child? Totally soaked! Apparently swimming earlier wasn't enough

                       A good friend of mine from beauty school met up with us for ice cream with her husband and darling little girl who is just a couple of weeks older than MJ.
                   Jumping on the bed before we get breakfast and leave for home again


                     Apparently it was too windy with the windows rolled down for this girl


Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Easter photos

Oh my, little cheese ball! The Easter bunny found us a day late since we were driving all of Easter Sunday and met up with my family for dinner.

               




                                    Pictures BEFORE nap time wasn't the best idea...





part 3

President Kimball's home he once lived in, in Safford. It's just around the corner from Uncle's Kens parents home which is now their home away from home. Their ranch is an hour away from town.

The temple just down the street, to the left of it is a church house.
A day trip to Aravaipa Canyon, so beautiful!!




         As soon as we arrived to eat lunch MJ went under the truck to play in the dirt haha

                   She also asked me to take a picture of her with her plate, she is too funny.







                            Exhausted from playing in the heat, love those pretty eyelashes

                         Saying out goodbye's. The trip went by way to fast! We had such a blast
                  and were so spoiled. We love our Aunt Gale and Uncle Ken!!


             Beginning to drift off to sleep, no clue why the blanket had to be on her head haha.


Tuesday, April 22, 2014

AZ trip part 2

MJ helping her great Aunt Gale feed the chickens and gather their eggs.



Statue of Rex Allen: famous Arizona cowboy who was a singer,
song writer, and narrator for many Disney nature/western movies.





                                         Dancing around, waiting for the train to come by.



                           On our way to help Daddy feed the horses and cows.