It's okay, it's alright

Jamie was putting Sweets to bed last night and she started to chew her sleeve on her pj's. He looked at her and told her no and moved her arm away from her mouth. She looked at him and said "it's okay, it's alright"....

As I was getting ready for work this morning, Sweets was watching me. I was spraying perfume and moved my arm down not realizing sweets was right by me. I hit her head with the bottle and when I looked at her she started to cry. I immediately picked her up and hugged her telling her how sorry I was. I kissed her head and rocked her while I continued to tell her I was sorry. After about a minute she stopped crying and looked at me and said "It's okay, it's alright"...

February

Wow! So February just passed by SO quick. I know I was trying to make a new year resolution to write on a weekly basis but it seems to be every month instead. Hopefully by the end of the year I might have it down. March has been such a blur I can't seem to remember what happened in February.... or it might be old age catching up to me!
Our sweet daughter (aka sweets) seems to be growing up so quick it is saddening. I can't believe she will be two next month. Right now she is trying to climb out of her crib. She almost has it down and doesn't cry anymore when she falls. She will just say "Oouuch, oouucchh.....mama!!" Then she runs to the door and bangs on it while she says my name. I'm trying to watch what I say because she is starting to copy EVERYTHING we say. Just the other day, I was telling Jamie how dirty my car was. He started telling me I should wash it every week and I kept telling him I know, I know. We started talking about our sweets and she looked at us and said " I know, I know". It's funny to see how much she learns and the way she will randomly use the words. I can't wait until she can form her own sentences without her gibberish.

Pictures with the cousins

Here are close ups of all the kids that were there at the party. We had a fun time and they enjoyed getting their pictures taken. I think they just liked looking at themselves afterwards.

Over New Year's weekend the Lee family had their Christmas party. One of our traditions is to take pictures of all the kids. We decided to take them ourselves this year instead of having it professionally done. They were taken at my Mom's house in her yard. The first picture was taken of the 3 four year olds - Milo, Kali and Tai. The next one is of all the boys - Jayden, Jackson, Milo and Jace. Then the girls - Mikenna, Manamea, Tai, Jazmyn, Shaylee and Kali. The final one is of all the grandkids and Grandma. By the end of it, my daughter finally got the hang of it and was saying "cheese" with everyone else. Chad and his family were not able to make the trip because they had a baby boy on Christmas day. The last person missing was Jer-Bear, who passed away last August. He was deeply missed by all of us but we knew he was there in spirit.

Christmas fun

Here she is sliding down her favorite present with Pooh Bear

These are the BIG presents that waited in the basement for her

Santa went a little crazy on gifts for her

The small presents that fit under the tree

Our girl with Santa....

It's been 2 months since I have updated my blog. Wow, does time fly by when you are getting ready for the Holidays! Not much has changed with our family, we still do the usual... home, work and sleep. Our girl is enjoying her new toys from Santa even though she is terrified of him. I hope you enjoy the one picture taken with Santa. We spent Christmas Eve with the Keil family and Christmas day with just the three of us. My family just recently celebrated Christmas over New Year's weekend, which I haven't downloaded the pictures yet so stay tuned!

Salt Lake Trip

This is what Tricia can do to our daughters hair. I have never been able to make her hair look as cute and I don't have the patience!

The Keil clan kicking it at Tricia's house waiting for her to get ALL 6 kids ready...

We finally were ready to leave for Toys-r-us! I told all the cousins they could only go with me if they wanted to sleep because our daughter needed her nap. Shaylee insisted on coming with me and now we know why.

GIRL POWER!!! Cousins: Mikenna, Shaylee, Manamea and Kali. I love visiting because Manamea gets to spend time with her cousins and they LOVE bossing her around. She can have quite the attitude so they usually don't get their way.

Happy Halloween(a little late)!!! It's been a while since I have posted so I have alot to catch up on. These pictures of Manamea were taken in West Jordan this past weekend. We went there for Halloween and Jackson's birthday. She loves to dance in front of the mirror and can make faces forever!

Dancin' Queen