Happy Birthday Gracie!

Yep, Gracie turned one on THurs., Aug. 14th! It was so fun to go into their rooms and sing it to Gracie. Savanna said "happy birday gracie"! Gracie really didn't care, just loved the attention. Well, we opened some presents and had her wear this cute cute outfit and shoes from her Aunt and cousins on Mo's side! She looked so cute! Notice the cute piggies! She didn't know what to do with the presents or the cupcake. Savanna just dove right into the cupcake. I can't believe my girl is one! It went by so fast! I love her! She is momma's girl! She has beautiful eyes and these curly long dark eyelashes! She makes us smile! I love her voice! I love her snuggles and I love her stubborness(which can drive me crazy at the same time.........how is that?). She loves her older sister and will follow her around and want to be apart of everything she is doing(which drives Savanna crazy). She is wonderful and we love her. We had avery low key birthday, just family and swimming and good ol cup cakes. It was just perfect for a one year old. We love you Gracie! Happy birthday!

Well, I would've posted that earlier, but I actually was gone for the weekend. Yep, My sis. Jeanette and I headed down to LA to see my younger sis. NO children! It is always so hard to leave my girls, but it was a needed break! I get so nervous leaving them though! But it was nice to know that they were left in good hands. we went to a performance that danni was apart of that her school put on. SHe even choreographed one of the dances, which turned out to be one of the highlights of all the dances(coming from her teachers). It was funny, witty and very very good! WEst Hollywood is an interesting place; I saw enough to last me for a long time! People are very interesting. I won't share much, let's just say that one experience, we were leaving where we went and saw merilyn Monroe's grave and i thought this guy was a statue, oh no, just a guy squatting in front of everyone. when he brought his head up, that was good enough for me to realize this was not a statue and I sure didn't need anymore info to see what was going on. We stayed in the LA Temple housing. My aunt and uncle work in the temple so stay in their housing so we stayed with them(no room in my sis's apt.) My bro. Jeff was there with one of his mission friends. We then went to Manhattan beach on Sat. to see my father in law Dennis. WE had lunch and browsed through the beach stores.(thanks dennis for lunch, tour, shoes for the girls). CAn I just say how perfect the weather was! I just wanted to go lay on the beach and fall asleep! It was gorgeous. After that, Jeanette and I headed home! It was short,but nice and fun to see my lil sis.

update on kiddos

It's been awhile and we are hecka busy, so I thought I would just take some time and give updates on our kids!

Savanna: This girl is a fireball! One minute she's an angel, the next minute she's throwing a fit 'cuz she's not getting her way(like yesterday at Chuckarama...we had an encore when we left). My favorite is when my back is turned and Gracie starts crying so I turn around and savanna is looking at me and hurries and gives Gracie a hug, smiling her cute innocent smile... little stinker! I can't fully get mad at her 'cuz I have no idea what happened! She likes to test buttons. I feel that I tell her no a lot, so I try to get creative on saying no, but not quite saying the word "no", 'cuz now she'll say, "no no mommy...no no". SHe has such a sweet side. SHe loves to read, so she'll bring me a book and want me to read to her. There have been times where she'll read me her version of the story, and then say "Amen". She loves bubble baths and will spend forever in there with the bubbles. Everyday this girl will bring me her swimsuit and say, "Go swimmim? yay!!!" and throw her hands up in the air! SHe loves the water and swims on her own with arm floaties. She'll even go down my parent's slide all by herself if we'll catch her at the end. She loves being outside and loves to swing. She is such the helper too! I was picking out some dead flowers and raking the ground in our flower garden, and she was such the helper that she began to take out live flowers. I tried to save them, but that night when I went to check on them, they were scorched. She loves her sister and sharing a room with her. It's a party when we leave! She is in a big girl bed, which she has done well, but I must tell you this means all kinds of stuff in her bed when we check on them later. Gracie will end up with all kinds of blankets to keep her warm, courtesy of the big sis. She'll even tuck me in and kiss me goodnight when I'm laying on the couch or floor when their playing. She loves to talk and is obsessed with Backyardigans movies and Word world movies wehave..........which I'm in desperate need of a break! She is so into friends, that when they offer her to come and play, she doesn't think twice about leaving me and is beyond sad to come home. I don't know how I feel about that! All I know is that I gotta love this girl!

Gracie: She is a fireball in her own way. SHe has been more layed back, but man, she definitely has a side where she knows what she wants. SHe is walking and into everything. SHe started a week before her 11month mark. Has to keep up with the sis.! Now she thinks she can climb on everything! We started time out with her, but I dont know if it works, 'cuz she just sits there and smiles at us the whole time, or makes cute little faces we've taught her. I might have to come up with a diff. type of time out! She won't sit still for nothing. She loves loves loves walking! SHe loves outside, but I don't quite go out very much, 'cuz she'll stick everything in the mouth(yuck) SHe loves whole milk and loves our food! THis girl didn't let us give her baby food, oh no...............the only thing she has let me feed her with a spoon is yogurt. So, she's been on our food since 6months, just small pieces.........which saved us money so no complaints here. She's a momma girl and I think is going to have a rough time when the new baby comes! SAvanna was miss busy, but Gracie is one that likes me near and loves to give me cuddles! She is a sweetie, but I can never get a lot done! SHe loves to play the game where I tell her I'm going to get her and she starts to go faster( love to see babies try to go faster) and has this cute giggle! She always gives smiles and is so sweet!

New baby: Well, we heard the heartbeat last mon. It was really neat! I'm humbled and grateful for this first moment! OUr doc. had the ultrasound machine(an old one) in the office, so he let us go see, and the baby is so cute and small! Now which will it be? Will it where blue or pink?

I love my kiddos and they keep me very very busy!