Easter

We loved surprising eliza with an easter basket and and new dress. She loved hunting for eggs and I of course took a video which I'm sure everyone will want to watch...just kidding.

We have been loving the warmer weather and playing outside, but the rainy days have been driving me crazy. Eliza goes through and opens everything! I can't leave her alone for a second.

This morning I come out of the bathroom and Find that eliza had proceeded to dump shampoo all over the tv table ruining a couple books in the process. It wasn't even 8:00AM! Then we tried painting and she fell off the chair. It's like a big countdown until nap time when the house (and me) get a break only for her to wake up and we survive until bedtime.

I'm only staying sane by training hard for a relay race on May 12 down in Moab. I can't wait!

The past year I've been suffering from chronic migraines and the last couple weeks I've been on a special diet that consists of no cheese, chocolate, bbq, deli meat, sugar substitutes, and artificial sweeteners. For me, the hardest is cheese and diet coke. Ok, and chocolate too:-)  I'm running out of ideas for recipes and lunches without cheese. I've been cutting down my preservatives too which has ben quite difficult.
The good part is that it is helping.

things have been happy though:-) sunday we take off for a week in mexico.

Eliza's "Oh" face

she makes this face all the time and she looks so dang cute!

Since it was so warm this weekend we decided to play at the park

 We are so excited to be with daddy

 I don't know about this sand mom

 Although she started out a little hesitant, dad's enthusiasm caught on and soon she was up and down the slide by herself

Yay!

Can you tell I like taking photos of this little one?

P.S. We are moving at the end of the summer to north Lehi where we bought a house:)

Things I've learned

When your husband travels every week

it's just easier to have doubles of all the essentials so he doesn't have to unpack and repack toiletries every time.

Everything you need for a week CAN fit in a carry on.

Theres a lot of ironing that really adds up fast.

Weekends are awesome.

Genius or folly

Eliza just barricaded herself in the pantry by moving a basket against the door and filling it with cans. I ask you, is that the makings of a genius or a fool?

Haha I think it means shes smart!!

San Fran

Ok, not from our trip to San Fran, but some cute ones nonetheless from the weekend right before we left.

We went on a walk today and I tried making this animation to show how she "loves" to wear her sunglasses. 

 She loves being outside

 I don't know about this thing mom...

 Come on, get me off!

 Please!

Thank you!

Stats

Weight 20.9
Height 30.9
Head 17.5
I can't believe her next well visit is at 2 yrs!!

Happy March

18 months

Time sure does fly. Our little one is now 18 months. (stats to come after pending dr. appt)

She is doing pretty well in nursery, we can leave her for most of it and she doesn't get too sad until the end. No matter when church is it interrupts a nap it seems:) She is quite the picky eater, but, I know I just need to keep offering her over and over the good stuff until she figures out she likes it.

Loves:
Pickles, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, jello, all types of berries (including black!), pasta, juice, cookies, crackers, cereal, oatmeal, bread, pb&j sandwhiches, rice, onions, lemons, limes, french fries and all things potatoes, diet coke (who gives that to her???), bananas, soup, ice cream, lolipops
Doesn't Love:
broccoli, peas, carrots, um, vegetables in general, candy! Haha.

We are still doing a bottle before bedtimes and I am trying to wean her but this girl won't drink anything that even looks like milk out of a sippy. I am a little lazy sometimes though because I like cuddling her and rocking her while giving her a bottle.

Her sleep routine is so set that when she gets tired she goes into her room and starts pointing to her bed and tries to get her blanky out. We are down to one 2 hour nap a day and still sleeping 12 hrs at night.

She loves to play with make-up, carry around purses and fill them up with things. She puts as many little things as her tiny hands can hold and carries them all around.

We love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and jewelry, Little Einsteins and playing with Molly. pretending to "work" on the computer, throwing temper tantrums when she gets her hair done or brushes her teeth. Loves painting nails and playing outside.

We moved up to size 4 shoes, hooray, but we are still wearing 12 month clothes and size 3 diapers. That's ok because we can wear some clothes from last summer again! Daddy really likes that:)

Dad is still gone a lot so we have lots of time together, WRONG, we have ALL our time together. I'm always looking for more ways to get out of the house and have fun without spending too much money!

 at her little table, our media cabinet sits a little too low for us but perfect for Eliza's height. She likes to take things and set them right in front of the TV, whether it's on or not, and it's like her personal play table. I think we will be getting her own one in the future, or a much taller media cabinet.

I know this pic is a little blurry, but I couldn't not post it because of her serious model face. I mean she's got that stare down!
Since Ty was gone on V-Day, he set up this little scavenger hunt

Here I am with my goodies. I love that man.

February 12

Inside my closet. Be warned, no cleaning or tidying took place previous to the snapping of this pic before church this morning...

can you find....a basketball, a dresser, a red bra, My favorite Anthropologie dress, our dirty laundry...:) I'm switching my photo posting to Google + so follow me there...

February 11

Things I love. Is this too cliche? oh well

Yes I love this man.
I also love this little girl

Here's the most recent picture of the three of us

At my sister's wedding.