Paisley's 1st Birthday!!!

Yesterday we had some family/friends over to celebrate Paisley's 1st Birthday!! It was nice to have Uncle Buddy, Aunt Debbie and my cousin Tyler over too! We normally don't get to have them over for birthday's since they live in Arizona!! We had soup for dinner and then cake and icecream! I made a video of her 1st year which turned out pretty cute!! My Mom made the cake for everyone and did a great job. She bought Paisley a little cake for her to dig into, it was cute, it was a little barbie cake!! She didn't make a big mess with the cake as I expected her too but we still got some cute pictures!! Paisley was actually very interested in opening her gifts!! She got a cabbage patch baby and she wanted it out of the box before we could move on to the next gift!! She got a new pair of shoes and some much needed socks and a book and my parents gave her a car seat!! Funny enough the carseat was her absolute favorite. She wanted to sit in it the rest of the time. I tried taking her out of it and she threw a fit. This morning when I took her downstairs she spotted it again, threw her arms out reaching for it and tried wiggling out of my arms... once she was in it she was one happy girl!! She even had her bottle, baby and blanket in it!! It was a nice night! I still can't believe she is one!! Time sure flies by! She is such a great blessing to our family!! Happy Birthday Pretty Princess!!

What not to do with Oreos!!!

So the other day I decided to give Paisley an Oreo... a Winter Oreo mind you with red frosting!! She made the biggest mess ever with it! It was up her nose, in her ears, hair, on her legs and arms and everywhere on the table and chair!! I tried taking the cookie away from her and she started screaming at me!! This was just one cookie too!! Anyways here are the pictures from that day!

All I want for Christmas is all my teeth

Gavin has lost yet another tooth!!! This makes 3!! We pulled it out today after school, he's quite happy! The other two teeth next to it are loose too, hopefully the tooth fairy can keep up!!

Looking back a year!!

Happy Birthday my Sweet Girl!!

One year ago today we welcomed our little Princess Paisley to our home. What a great year it has been. I can't believe how lucky we are to have such a happy, smiley, loving little girlie in our family. I have always wanted a little girl and I don't think I could have recieved a more perfect little angel.. So much has happened this year, and it has flown by too. Here are just a few things about the birthday girl!!

* Started Walking

* Loves her Mama (umbilical cord still attached... its about a 1/2 " long)

*Loves her Dada (especially when she's not feeling well)

*Loves her Big Brother Gavin

*SUPER happy

*Has the cutest dimples

*Always smiling

*Waves bye-bye

*Starting to blow kisses

*Chubby Cheeks

*Loves warm/hot baths

*Has 7 teeth

*Loves her baby

*Happiest baby ever

*Finally growing some hair... still not long enough for a bow

*Scared of Dogs

*Likes to Dance and clap

*Loves playing peek-a-boo (she'll put her head down, and legs up and look at you through her legs and will just laugh and laugh when you say peek-a-boo

The list could go on and on!! I sure love this little girlie!! I can't believe she's already one!! We love you Paisley and Happy Birthday!!

Holiday Festival

Gavin brought home a flyer about the Kearns Olympic Oval Holiday Festival, we decided to go. There was ice skating, photo's with Santa and Mrs. Claus, live entertainment, Games/prizes etc. We got there a little early so we didn't have to wait in the line very long. Brittany and some of her friends met up a little later! This was Gavin's 1st time ice skating, or skating for that matter. Dallas helped him around the ice rink a few times and then Brittany and her friend took over! We waited in the line to see Santa Claus forever. As we were actually getting close Gavin decided that he didn't want to see Santa (guilty conscience??) so he went back and ice skated with Brittany. We finally made it up to Santa and got a few pictures with Paisley and Santa Claus. This was a 1st for Paisley and needless to say she wasn't too thrilled about it!! Still a really cute picture!! Anyways here are the pictures from tonight!

FINALLY!!!

The time has finally come!! Paisley is walking! She took 6 steps a couple of weeks ago and then totally became a chicken. If we put her in standing position she would squeal or just plop right down. But yesterday she just started doing it on her own!! She was walking from her doorway to mine or the toy box to another toy. Today I finally got it on phone so here it is!! Its her debut!! One week before her 1 year birthday! YIPEE!!!

Our Trip to Arizona

The kids and I went to Arizona with my Parents and my sister Lindsay this past week. We left on Wednesday and drove to Vegas. We stayed at Planet Hollywood! The rooms were awesome, the hotel was so nice!! Gavin picked out which bed he wanted and he was king of the bed and the TV. Each room had its own theme, ours was for Good Will Hunting and it had memorabilia from the movie, like the hoodie and the pants and pictures from the movie. My parents room was from Romeo and Julliet!
We got to Vegas around 5 in the morning so our check out time wasn't until 1:00 pm, thank goodness because we needed the sleep. Anyways we got up the next morning and got ready. My Parents took us to the Rio for the ultimate buffet... I could not believe how many people ate out for Thanksgiving. We were standing in the front of the line waiting for a table for so long. Paisley had her Happy Thanksgiving bib on and was not happy about the wait at all!! We finally got a table and off to eating we went!! There was so much food and so many desserts it was great!

Afterwards we were off for the rest of the trip to Arizona. We got to Arizona around 11:30pm or so and we went straight to bed. We got up and made our way over to the Bensons to see Tyler! He just got off of his mission on the 19th, so it was sure great to see him. He hadn't met Paisley before and when he finally got home she was asleep on his bed, so he made sure to go in there and kiss her a bunch!! We sure had a lot of fun visiting with the Benson's and also the Schmidt family. On Saturday we went to the Mesa Temple lights, its different from Salt Lake but still very pretty. This was the 1st time that I had been to the temple lights there. It was kinda funny to walk around and see everyone wearing winter clothes and jackets like it was cold there... meanwhile we're walking around thinking it was nice weather!! Sunday Tyler spoke in church. He gave a really great talk and it was so nice to just listen to him speak! Monday morning we headed back to Salt Lake! We got home around 10:00pm and boy was I glad to not have to be in the car anymore!! We had such a great time. Thank you Mom and Dad for everthing!! And thank you Lindsay for letting us drive along in your car... and listening to Paisley have a minor breakdown!! :)

Gavin's School Pictures

We got Gavin's 1st school pictures back yesterday!! I thought I would post them! They turned out pretty dang cute if you ask me!!

Mommy Survey

1-How long have you been a Mom? 5 1/2 years
2-How many children call you Mommy? 2 almost 3
3-Girl? Boy? or both? both
4-Did you know what you were having? Yes
5-How old were you when you became a Mom? 20
6-How long were you in labor?17 1/2 with the 1st 12 with the 2nd.. hoping for a quick one with the 3rd :)
7-What's your favorite thing about being a Mom?Waking up to their smiley faces, or when they give you a hug/kiss for no reason. Watching them grow up, except it goes by way to quickly
8-What's your least favorite thing? Not listening, sassy, when Gavin gives himself his own haircut ha ha!!
9-Do you want more kids? I'll be having another one in Feb then we'll be waiting SEVERAL years to have our last.
10-Do you plan on having more soon? Yes in February
11- How many times have you been peed on? Too many too count... dang boys!
12-Barfed on? Too many to count
13-Is your child named after anyone?My son's middle name is after my Dad, My daughter's middle name is after my Mom and the baby will be named after my Bronson (my younger brother) and my husband.
14-How did you come up with their names?f ound names that Dallas couldn't find a way to make fun of.
15-When your child gets in trouble, who is the bad guy? Who ever is the one who got them in trouble.... then you've ruined his life... Paisley not so much anyone but she really favors her Mommy
16-What is the longest you have been away from your child? a week
17-Bedtime routine?Bath and pill (for Gavin) and to bed. Paisley is a bottle and she likes to be to bed around 9-930
18-Are your toes painted? Nope
19-Last movie you saw in the theater? Space chimps... at the drive inn 20-One thing you will not give up just because you're a mom? Nothing, I just include my kids now!
21- One thing you did give up now that you're a mom? I don't think I really "gave up" anything. I've always wanted to be a Mom. I love kids, and after waiting so long for Paisley we're just happy to have them!!
22-Best Mom perk: Snuggles from your kids, I love you's and kisses.
23-Snack....you sneak bites from your child: Nothing really.... nothing sounds too good after kids hands have been all over them... and I'm normally sharing with Paisley!
24-your child is napping, you are: Cleaning up their mess, so they can do it again when they wake up!
26-Favorite place to buy maternity clothes? Never had to buy maternity clothes... although I'm thinking this one now just might make me... I feel huge.
27.would you do it over........Definately