so long and farewell

on sunday we had rhett's mission farewell

and it was great ...

he did awesome on his talk

and than afterwards everyone came over

to my parents for some food.

here are some not so great pictures...

and finally, the obligatory sibling picture.

why is it so hard to get a decent shot of everyone?!

it is next to impossible!

hot or not?

i love love love this dress

and i love her hair.

♥ so pretty ♥

the par.tay

who is ready to see a lot of pictures of a one year old

opening presents and eating cake!

the party was a hit -

and i am only a little relieved to have it over.

lets start with the invite:

i warned you that i was really going to go

for it with the owl theme

( i am really proud - i made that banner myself)

can't believe we have a one year old!

♥♥♥

hanging with the family

opening some presents

and finally the cake!

after one failed attempt

we came up with an owl cake -

and it looks like she enjoyed it!

i was actually surprised when

grets went in for the cake and ate

as much as she did.

grets had a great birthday,

and we are so grateful for all who came

and celebrated with us..

♥ you all!

happy birthday littles!

happy birthday to my little brother rhett

today is his golden birthday..

19 on the 19th!

he leaves on his mission in 11 days,

and we are going to miss him so much.

we love you littles!

pic taken summer 2010 at the dmb concert



..one..

today is the day...
greta is one!
it is such a bittersweet day.
bitter because i no longer have a teeny tiny baby that holds
still and lets me cuddle and kiss her
but it is very
sweet because she is growing and healthy and fun and interactive!
also, it is sweet because on this day i am not recovering from a 22 hour labor like last year!

♥♥

grets is a busy lady these days..
not walking yet, but i have a feeling it will be soon.
she does the cutest wave, and will wave at anyone and anywhere.
she has 6 teeth - and finally has an appetite!
(i am praying it will stay that way)
she loves to play and loves kids and really loves elmo and the price is right.
not to make anyone jealous, but she is the cutest and best baby there is!
we love you grets,
happy birthday!

♥ happy valentines day ♥

picture taken on our honeymoon in paris - november 2007

matched

 

i am usually not a big fan of futuristic books..

but i obvioulsy loved the hunger games

so i decided to give matched a try,

and i really liked it. 

definitely try it

if you are looking for a fast and easy read!

pretty please?

Alex Pettyfer

pic found here

can he please play peeta in the hunger games movie? he is exactly what i imagine him to be!

is this bad?



i have a confession:

greta is a bit obsessed / enthralled 

with the sex and the city theme song.

really, she is.

she will stop what ever she is doing,

 stare at the tv,

smile,

 and do a litle dance.

she just can not help it!

will you all judge me a little less

if i told you at least they are the edited episodes?

faves

 

i love both these magazines,

i read them both all month long until i get my next issue.

thanks mama and rob for the subscription!

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!