Wednesday, September 21, 2011

16 months and big news

Our little peanut is growing like a weed. She'll push her chair over to the bathroom sink while I"m getting ready and look at herself in the mirror. She'll pretend she's getting ready to:) She's talking so much now, and we're actually understanding some of it. The other day Nick was giving her a bath and she looks at him and says, 'I get out'. He clarified asking if she was all done and wanted to get out and she replied, "ya". I love it :) We usually can understand at least one word out of her statements. It's so much fun to talk with her and have a conversation-or at least try. She's showing some signs that she may be interested in potty training soon. She'll sometimes wake from naps dry, probably because she doesn't really drink much in the day :( But the major one she did last week. She came up to me and handed me a diaper and said, "I poop". I looked in her diaper and it was clean. She then looked at me and started walking (The follow me sign) and she led me to the bathroom. I asked her if she wanted to go potty in the toilet and she said ya so I took off her diaper and put her up on the toilet. I wasn't prepared at all for this, no little toilet seat on hand, so the minute I put her on the large toilet seat she screamed-probably because she was about to fall in:( I then lifted her off the toilet, pulled up her diaper, and she ran underneath the table and pooped. Haven't seen anything like that this week yet but I'll go get a kids toilet seat so I'm prepared the next time this happens :)
Nick has this remote control car that my brother Mike got him involved in along with a few of my other brothers. They enjoyed them for a while and then decided to sell them because they aren't the cheapest toys out there. But sadly Reece just LOVES it so we may have to keep it. She has a little fit when they crash into things, especially each other (such a tender heart) but when they roll over it's so cute, she'll say, "I push" and run over to it and push it back over so it can go again. Her and daddy crossing the street to go push the car over.



When she's in the mood she'll give kisses. I was able to get a shot of her giving the camera one. Her little rosebud lips puckered up are adorable :)


She loves to play outside, especially if she can drive something :)
She still enjoys her horse, especially since we finally got her some cowboy boots. Here's the story, Every day she went to daycare, her little buddy, Daxton has these cowboy boots that she always wanted to wear. Over time you can see how this would cause an issue so I was able to get a pair off ebay and she just loves them. She just loves her "boots". She says it so cute. Not quite sure if it's the fact that they're boots or just shoes in general :)





Went to visit Grandma Reed. For some reason when he stops by day care to visit she usually doesn't like to go near him. She just enjoys him for afar but this particular day was different so we had to get some proof :)

Last week we went to visit Grandma Roskelley. I called ahead to make sure we weren't interrupting anything and when we showed up with was the sweetest thing ever. Grandma had a whole tea party set up for Reece. She had water in the pot, some decrusted triangle pieces of bread with butter and sugar (oh the memories) and some grapes. She had it setting on a little table with little chairs pulled up to it and pooh bear sitting in a seat. She loved it! Thanks so much grandma. After the tea party Reece decided that Grandma's flowers needed watering. Grandma would pour the water from the pot into Reece's cup and she'd then pour them onto the flowers. So funny.

Now for the big news....Nick received a promotion:) He's now an assistant manager!!! He'll be working in the Neighborhood Market in Ogden. Not sure on the details on whether he'll be on days or nights yet but they are 12 hour shifts. If it's days he'll work 3 days on and 3 days off and if it's nights then 4 nights on and 4 nights off. So he'll commute some but I'm so proud of him and all his hard work!! Love you sweetie and congrats!!!!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Labor Day Weekend +

Labor Day weekend was great. Brightyn was blessed on Sunday and after had a hot dog roast at Lundstrum Park. Reece sure enjoyed the swings :) Since a large junk of the family was up for the blessing, Monday we headed to Bear Lake for some beach fun. The weather was a tad on the chili side but we still managed to enjoy ourselves. We had to bail early because Nick had to work that night but Reece still enjoyed the sand-playing and eating :)

Thought I'd throw in this shot in case you've forgotten Reece's infatuation with shoes :)



Ironically Morgan and I managed to purchase the same outfits for our little ones, so we thought that deserved a photo shoot--attempt. Reece enjoyed poking out Brightyn's eye (she's into them lately too-watch out) Not professional at all but thought at least blog worthy :)


Caught an action shot of Reece going in for the kill :)
This may the be bestLynn with Brightyn and Reece being a herd of zebras ;)

Added bonus... I was randomly looking and KSL for wonderful finds in Logan and came across this rocking horse. I then saw that the lady was also selling the wooden rocking chair. I called her up and went to get them and she gave them both to me for $20. I know-quite the steal. Reece absolutely loves them both. They're both a little big for her but she's not afraid of anything and just climbs on up. (Don't mind the hair-it was the end of the day and she managed to rip out her pig tails...again )