Life is a tReAt

Christmas has come and gone and we have survived! Alaynah was at Ben's house for most of Christmas and had a great time. We opened presents later. Alaynah wasn't interested in opening presents. She went through her stocking and found the movie "UP" and wanted to watch it, and I quote "Right Now!" She calls it the balloon movie and LOVES to talk about the 'snipe'. When finally prodded to open a few presents, she found some great surprises. The best was when she opened her Sleeping Beauty Character set. It has all the characters from the movie inside. She exclaimed "Oh my Goodness, Oh my Goodness!!" Her favorite character is, ahem, the dragon? Maybe I have raised a little villian. She calls the dragon, 'dragon tales' and runs around the house reinacting the scene when Prince Philip (why can't she like him?) chases down the dragon and violently stabs him with his sword. The reinactment includes swishy sword noises and all! It is quite the treat. I am loving this darling princess stage and taking full advantage. I love the sound of clattering dress up high heels in my kitchen!

Snow White is also a favorite, having to battle for 1st place with the infamous "Dragon Tales". Alaynah has had a little trouble falling asleep at night after a cold. I listened in my room as she complained, tossed and turned. Finally it stopped for a minute and I hear, "Wicked Witch! Look in my eyes!" What?! The next night it was singing, "I know you. . . . ." over and over. It's the song from Sleeping Beauty.

We're Doing Great!!!

Alaynah and I are doing really well. We have a new place and it has been FABUOLOUS. We are without internet and cable, so pretty much we are omish (we do have electricity! hahaha). I hope to get back into the blogging world very soon. I miss keeping up with everyone! Don't lose hope on me!

Alaynah Funny Post

I have always made an effort to point out things to look at while in the car to keep Alaynah entertained. We look for busses, air planes, horses and most importantly. . . motorcycles. Alaynah is obsessed with motorcycles. When she sees or even hears one, she says "motorcycle man!!" Keep in mind, it's in this gruff 2 year old voice.
I went into Alaynah's room to get her out of her crib from her nap. She looked up and me and said (very excited and in her 'gruff 2 year old voice') "Motorcycle man, I ride!!!!" I then proceeded to ask her if she had a dream about a motorcycle man. She excitedly, and with very bright eyes said "Yeah!" I asked, "Did you ride the motorcycle?" She answered, "Yeah!!" Too funny.

Happy Birthday Alaynah

My little Alaynah is almost 2 years old. Oh, what a big girl. I have contemplated, as most mom's do, if I am sad about this. I have decided that I am not. I do miss my pudgy (ok, extremely obese), squishy little 12 month old. I am happy that she is growing into such an amazing little girl. It helps that the first 6 months of her life were spent screaming, nonstop. Can't say that I miss my little newborn. Sad, but true. I love my little toddler. We had a birthday party at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It ended up being a little later in the evening than we planned, thus some of the funny looks on her face. She started to get tired and ask for "milk with strawberries in and Jerry Show." She got a lot of fun presents and really loved her Elmo Bus Cake. Thank you to all for the gifts!

the Fall Orchard Trip

Every fall, we take a trip with Grandma (pronounced Damn-ma) and Grandpa (Papa) to the apple orchard and get us some yummy apples. This trip was a success, as usual. Alaynah thought it was just great. She tried to eat the apples, but it ended up being a bite and spit out fest. We got to feed apples to a horse, which Alaynah LOVED. I, myself, do not enjoy animals and this includes furry, hairy horses. Alaynah was not afraid one little bit. She held out the apple for the horse to eat, let the horse lick her legs and even tried to kiss the horse at one point. Oh it was so cute! Justin picked some plums, which Alaynah demolished. I heard a strange grinding/crunching in my ear, only to realize she was eating the pit!! It was SO much fun and a tradition we plan on keeping forever!

dInOsAuR mUsEuM

The lovely Lisa and Caydance came to visit us!!!! We took a fieldtrip to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum. The girls LoVeD it! We played in the cool magnetic sand, saw TONS of Dinosaurs, got to play in the sand and uncover dinosaurs with paintbrushes. Everytime we drive past Thanksgiving Point, Alaynah will yell "Dinosaur!!!" What a blast. There is a picture of Alaynah with a turtle fossil. It's inside the rock (or course). She was very disturbed by the fact that this turtle was stuck inside the rock and tried numerous times to get it out. "Stuck Mommy, get it out! Help!"
It was wonderful to have Lisa and Caydance stay with us. Wednesday we went to the park and Thursday we had a bbq with my fabulous neighbors 'The Crocketts' and played in their backyard. We headed to Idaho Falls on Friday to visit Grandma and Grandpa and celebrate Alaynah's early 2nd birthday!

A New Obsession

Alaynah LOVES to color! I love my little artistic bug and her beautiful pictures. She was coloring at the table while I was busy in the kitchen, I turned around to find her feet on the table and crayon in her hand like a cigarette! Too funny.