happy birthday chloe!

i can not believe this girl is 14!

it does not seem like that long ago that she was born..

i still remember the day perfectly!

even though i was devastated she did not have red hair like me

i was so happy to have a sister.

now life is repeating itself..

she is taking care of my babe like i took care of her,

and grets loves her aunt chloe!

happy birthday chlo, we love ya!



if only i were rich...

lately i have this weird obsession with owls..
(wait until you see greta's birthday invitation)
they are really trendy right now, but do i care?
no.
they are cute!
i even went so far to buy this shirt for greta in two different sizes because i love it so much

and now i find this

and this

and i wish i was rich so i could buy them both!

ladies who lunch

on saturday i had the pleasure of going to lunch with these lovely ladies

(aka my cousins)

{ top row: liza, chloe, grandma, sarah, gretchen

bottom row: me, baby greta, annie, kesha, abby }

it was so fun to see everyone!

we are all so busy with either

....

school

work

kids

husbands

dating

....

it makes it hard to get together.

 but we enjoyed each others company,

and i can't wait to do it again!

love you girls

♥♥♥

and just for fun the other two pictures we took:

♥♥

.eleven.

this little lady is eleven months old today!

i can't believe in one month we will be celebrating her first birthday!

she is definitely getting a little personality (aka attitude)

♥♥

she loves to scream to get attention

she has completely abandoned her binki

she is now on another hunger strike and will only drink formula

she has one front tooth with the other one coming in

she loves to walk with her walker

she is a crawling machine and will climb up stairs

she quite enjoys the price is right and sesame street

she will occasionaly say mama but is sticking to dada

she still loves her books and really loves to eat the paper

and in our opinion

she is the cutest baby ever!

♥♥

the bach

please tell me you are watching this show:

it is the best!

and by "best" i mean,

cheesy, fake, hard to watch, overly dramatic, etc.

i love it!

and the local girl is making it even better..

i know, i didn't think it was possible!

hate to say it, but she is definitely the villain / bad girl this season.

don't judge - i love trash tv!

2010

i know everyone and their blog

has done some sort of

"2010 / reflection / year in review"

post...

though it is a bit boring,

i also have to document this year.

the ups

(beautiful baby.great husband.family fun)

and the downs

(labor.weight gain.sleepless nights)

♥♥♥

JANUARY

baby showers. bed rest. waiting for baby.

FEBRUARY

she finally came!

MARCH

newborn pictures

APRIL

just lovin life

MAY

first trip to disneyland . first time on a plane

JUNE

blessing . strawberry days

JULY

the 4th . canyon with the fam

AUGUST

first swim . trip to zions

SEPTEMBER

still lovin life

OCTOBER

first halloween

NOVEMBER

3 year anniversary . first thanksgiving

DECEMBER

chrismas joy . mission call . end of another year

obviously 2010 was the year of greta!

nerd alert

miss grets loves her dad..

like really really loves him.

there were a few days last week where she

only wanted him - she preferred him to me!

it was sad.

she looks like him,

and

she acts like him.

so i have been wondering...

will she ever look / act like me?!

low and behold,

a miracle happened...

just like her mama,

she loves to read!

she is obsessed with books right now!

of course she likes to chew on them,

but she really and truly loves

to look at and turn each page.

i am so proud!

christmas 2010

can you believe the big day has come and gone already? 

this year was a fun one for us, christmas is much more exciting when there
 are happy kids around -

especially when you have one of your own!

grets is at the age where she is not quite sure what is going on,

but if the people around her are excited, so is she!

we spent christmas morning at my parents house..

opening presents and enjoying my dad's delicious breakfast

we had to get a picture of greta by our tree before going to my parents

grets was a big fan of chewing on the wrapping paper

this is an obnoxious photo of me..

but i had to share it because grets is in LOVE with her elmo

later on we went to the goodmans for more presents and fun

just another family picture!

grandma jo with grets and berk

jolynne always makes christmas so fun for the kids

the kiddies gearing up to open some presents

congrats cole and heather

they announced they are preggers...

baby number 3 due in july!

we had such a fun christmas!

there really is nothing better than being with family

and spending time with the people you love..

we hope you all had a very merry christmas too.

now on to the new year...

♥♥♥

christmas eve

we spent a lovely evening at my aunt linda's house..

eating great food, talking to the fam, and playing a game of bingo!

( it was fun for me...i won 30 dollars!)

grets and grandpa playing

me and my monkey

cute

jake, chloe, me, rhett

yes, my 13 year old sister is taller than me - i feel so cheated!

♥

merry merry

wishing everyone a very merry christmas!

♥♥♥

amazing

i think these pictures from the burning provo tabernacle are amazing..
it really makes you stop and think about the true meaning of christmas.







pictures from here

..10 months..

yes, my cute baby is 10 months old...
so bittersweet.
to celebrate she did some shopping and went out to dinner,
she has the life!

at 10 months greta is:

crawling so fast
standing up on everything
waving good bye
loves to eat mashed potatoes
loves apple juice
obsessed with books
not so obsessed with her binki anymore
clapping all the time
is so cute, so happy and the best baby ever!
♥♥