Just Some Fun Stuff

Here's just a couple pictures and videos of what we've been up to.

On Saturday we were ambitious and decided to hike the Y (for non-Utahns it is basically hiking up the side of the mountain where a big Y is painted for BYU). It was a little steeper than we remembered it being back in our college days and so we only did a third of it. But we've made it our goal to go hiking every nice weather Saturday until Zac has his big hike in July.
Anne was nice and comfy-cozy in her stroller and slept for most of the hike...rough.

I just saw Zac feeding her on Sunday and thought they looked so cute. The doting father.

One of Anne's new discoveries is her ability to stick her foot in her mouth. She definitely got her flexibility from her Daddy, not me.

Anne is so laid-back and that she doesn't mind wearing sunglasses or hats thankfully. I saw these in Target for a buck and couldn't resist.

I couldn't decide which picture was cuter so.....I put them both.

Some darn cute people.

If this is a sign of what is to come, we're in trouble. Those of you that have had two kids or have been a sibling know what I'm talking about. I fear the word that is repeating over and over in her head is "mine...mine....mine...mine" :)

Anne is a girl after my own heart.....

A fun little game...

Easter and ...Tongues :)

We had a fun Easter weekend and were lucky to have Zac's Mom for a visit! We started out the festivities with a Stake Easter 5K run. Anne and I were going to do it together but as we were loading into the car it started raining so I did it solo instead.

It was a lot of fun and I ended up getting my goal of finishing in 30 minutes. It was an added bonus that I got 3rd place for the women.

Anne had fun playing with Gabbie :)

We don't know where this came from, but on Saturday she was playing with her big bouncy ball and started sticking her tongue out. It was hilarious.

And wet.....

The weather was much nicer for Easter Sunday.

After Church, the Easter bunny came and brought goodies for all of us. Anne liked her plastic eggs.

Anne likes to play the piano. It's cute, she pounds on the keys and looks up at the music like Mama.

Gabbie and cousin Luke gave Anne some fun new toys, one of them being this fun dancing Elmo.

Spring is Here....Sorta

Two weeks ago Anne and I both had pretty bad colds but then this beautiful Saturday came out of nowhere and I decided it was too nice outside to be sick. So we spent the day outside working in the garden, doing repairs, and having fun with Anne.

I know, she looks like an old painter lady, but there was a breeze and she was getting over a cold, so I wanted her to be covered. I was also trying to keep the sun off of her so she didn't get sunburnt (yes I am a protective Mama).

Anne and her buddy Ellie doing what they do best. (I need to make some doll clothes for her baby doll :)

My handsome handy-man doing some repairs for our downstairs apartment door.

Anne had fallen asleep in the car so when I got back I just left her in her carseat (where she slept for an hour) while I dug up the garden.

I am very excited to garden this year! I had to take a year off due to my enormous belly last summer, but I'm excited for beans, blackberries, carrots, okra, squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, and watermelons. We'll see what all actually sprouts.

And then this happened the very next day.....

And the next day.....

A friend from Zac's work invited us to go to the first Utah Valley Thunder game of the season. It's a proffesional indoor football league getting started here in Orem. It was a lot of fun for all of us and Anne ended up falling asleep for the entire second half.

Ok....here is a whole bunch of pictures we took today of Anne in her Easter outfit that I finished making during Conference today. We wanted some prints of her in her dress before Easter for a project, so we decided to take them a week early. She was in a great mood (despite her teething, she now has two teeth coming in at the same time on the bottom) and was a perfect little model. Enjoy!

I know you can't see her face, but we thought it was artistic.
She did great posing with the daffodill.....

Until she wanted to eat it.

And crush it...

This is a full shot of the dress. It's the first thing I've made from a pattern since...high school, so I was a little rusty, but happy with the result. I made it big so that it was a little warmer in this cold spring and she has room to grow into it. It was a lot of fun to make and she looks so darn cute (though she looks cute in anything) :)

Then Dad started the lawn mower and out came the scowl.

Just for fun.

At the end of our day outside Anne was tuckered out. We were talking about the garden and looked down and this is what she was doing. We had to take a video of it...but as soon as we were done we took her inside and laid her down.

We definitely have a very observant little one. She loves to just sit and watch grownups talk and other kids play. We also hold her up to the window and she just watched the cars go by. Sometimes in the morning after kickboxing, I put her in her jumper and put on her baby einsteins beethoven movie and she is absolutely focused on it the entire time I'm in the shower. Though I don't want her to be a TV junkie, it's nice that she can watch and listen to something somewhat educational so I can get ready.

She is experimenting more and more with solid foods and juices. She always makes faces the first time we give her something but she never refuses it. Over time she gets used to it and then likes it. We were amazed at how quick she picked up how to drink from her sippy cup and now she likes to drink out of our cups whenever they are near (with help of course).