First Swim of 2013

We joined the rec center again and took Sage to the indoor Splash Zone. She was really excited to go, but then was a little apprehensive at first. She warmed up quickly and had a great time. She probably went down the frog slide at least 30 times and that is no exaggeration. 

Before I Forget

Now that Sage is in her big girl bed she is able to get in and out as she pleases. She has done so well adjusting from a crib to a toddler bed. She almost always go down for nap without a fuss and usually goes to bed without any problems, but she sometimes come out of bed and says she needs to go potty, or more milk... the other day she came out and said "prayer". When I reminded her that we had already said a prayer she responded with "more prayer. pease. knees. more prayer." She is so sweet.

Twenty-six

Taylor's twenty-six birthday celebration started on Friday when his dad took us to breakfast which was delicious. Saturday the four of us went to Jason's Deli for lunch and then relaxed a bit until our good friends Jeff & Ashley took us to dinner to our favorite restaurant Buffalo Wild Wings for both our birthdays. Afterwards we had our friends Jeff & Amanda and Andrew & Julie come over to play games and have dessert. It was a lot of fun. We really have such good friends. Sunday Sage and I made Taylor cake batter pancakes while he slept in and cuddled with Harper and also fixed his favorite dinner of mashed potatoes, Ritz Cracker Chicken, carrots and Caesar Salad. We had also got him his favorite ice-cream from Cold Stone the day before and had it hid in the freezer to surprise him. After putting Sage to bed we watched the movie, "Won't Back Down". We sure do love him and are so grateful he was born and that he is ours. We sang and he blew out candles three times over the weekend and we hope all his wishes come true!

Our Girls

These two girls have our hearts! We are all adjusting and almost 6 weeks later I can finally say it is getting easier each day. We all have our moments, but do I dare and say it's fun? We are so in love with these girls. 

Easter Party

I threw a last minute little Easter party for Sage and a few of her little friends. It was really simple and all the moms helped pull it off and the kids had. I didn't get many pictures, but we played Easter Bingo which they enjoyed eating the jelly beans more than the game, decorated bags with sparkly spring flower stickers, went on a little hunt to find eggs which had lunch in them, ate and decorated cupcakes with jelly beans. They had a good time running around together and playing. Love these girls. 

Twenty-Seven

Twenty- Seven! Kinda crazy! Taylor and our girls took me out to breakfast on Saturday and Lorrie was so sweet to offer to watch them while he and I went to a movie. We saw Safe Haven, which we both really enjoyed. On Sunday grandma and papa came down from Paradise and brought dinner/cake for us. For the record I was in a really bad mood. I guess I am becoming a grump in my "old age." I kind of spoiled my own birthday by being really upset that I hadn't planned anything special for St. Patricks Day for Sage and being grumpy just because I could be. I really have so much to be grateful for and am  pretty lucky. At 27 years old I have served a mission that has shaped my life in so many ways, graduated with a 4 year college degree, married my best friend and have 2 beautiful girls! Life really is good! I was teasing Taylor and may actually believed it in the moment, but have you ever heard that your year is as good as your birthday? Well, in my own self pity I told him that my birthday was horrible and so my year would be too... As you can tell I was a little irrational! Despite my bad attitude that made my birthday so "horrible" I know it's going to be a good year!

Pee pee on the potty!

At her 2 year appointment Dr. Carter told us two things we already knew... we need to get her off the bottle, which is a work in progress and not a battle we want to tackle quite yet... but it's coming soon... and that we need to start potty training since she has shown every sign of being ready. We were going to put it off until summer, but he said the longer we wait the more stubborn she would get. We learned that the hard way with the bottle. We were told we should take her off it at a year and here we are a year later even more obsessed with it. I know she won't have it forever and we are not too worried about it, but with it would have been easier if we would have taken the advice given at her 1 year appointment. So, we decided we better heed the advice given about not waiting to potty train. We went on Saturday and picked her up some big girl panties. She chose Minnie Mouse. On Monday we wet every pair and had about a dozen accidents, by the end of the day she finally went "pee pee on the potty, pee pee on the potty"... we have a little tune that we sing that to and dance around. You could tell she was so proud of herself as she should have been. Tuesday and Wednesday we were outside a lot since it has been so nice outside and haven't wanted to take her out without a diaper, but when we were home she did great. Today we stayed home all morning and all afternoon. She went 3 times today. No accidents. She says, "pee pee" and goes running. After getting ready for bed this evening I decided she needed a treat so we went for a walk to the Sweet Tooth Fairy and she picked out a red velvet cupcake.  Afterwards, we went to the park where she has played for the fourth afternoon in a row, not to mention we have gone every morning but today. The girl loves the park and this warmer weather. We all do. It does our souls good to feel the sunshine. We are so proud of her.