Aquarium

Mya and Cooper just getting to the Aquarium.

They look so excited......

Just chillin by some fish.

This was the coolest sting ray I have ever seen!

Here is a 13 foot Anaconda snake......this one gave me the creeps!!!!!

Britt came up from Provo to go to the aquarium with us. We were supposed to meet Carly and the kids there but Mya's nap went longer and of course I forgot my phone so when we got there we weren't able to find them. :( I am sure we'll go back! Mya loved the sea turtle, I held her up to the glass and he kept swimming by. She would point to him and say her signature 'WOW". They had baby sharks, an octopus and baby penguins. It was pretty cool. I think Britt and I were more entertained than the babies but it was well worth the trip. I love being a stay at home Mom so I can do fun stuff like this with Mya! Britt came by to see our new apartment and then we went to Schlotzskys Deli for lunch, one of our families favorite places to eat!

Visiting Aunt Brooke

We love and miss Brooke!

Here's the flowers we took to Brooke. Aren't they so cute!

She loved the flowers, they were spinning in the wind.

Mya giving her kisses....she was being so sweet!

Since we've moved into the Jarrett's basement apartment we have been thinking a lot about Brooke. She is the one that lived here before we did. So I have always thought of it as her apartment. We really miss her!! I did not get to spend near as much time with her as I would have liked. She was always so cute with Carly's kids and I wish more that anything that we could have seen her interact with Mya here. We decided to take some flowers out to her. I found that darling little rain boot vase that reminded me of her, she is just spunky and fun and I think she would have liked it! We filled it with flowers and headed out to her grave. This experience at the cemetery was special for us.  We got there and I had been telling her that we were going to see Brooke. We got out of the car and I said "hi Brooke" Mya immediately turned towards Brooke's grave and started waving. Then she started making kissing sounds, it was more than evident that she knows her Aunt Brooke. It was so sweet it brought me to tears. I am so thankful for the sealing power that binds us together as families forever!

Busy, busy, busy!

Mya and I met Nick at the Fashion Place Mall for lunch one day this last week. He has had a hard time leaving Mya to go to work. It was fun for us to see him during the day! Here's Mya giving him a huge hug.

Bailee, Mya's cousin turned 13 right after Mya's birthday. They had a party for her at their Aunt's house and I took Mya over to swim. She had fun, even though she is being feisty in this picture. This swimming suit is very cute on her!

Telling me to stop......oh dear she has attitude!

At Bailee's party Mya had her first encounter with cotton candy....of course she loved it. I am mean and took it away from her after she had a few bites.

Blue raspberry cotton candy mouth!

We all went out to dinner for Bailee's birthday. This was Mya's first time going to Tepanyaki. This is one of our favorite restaurants. Looks like she's about to pound Bailee with the menu :)

Me, Mya and Bailee waiting for the food.....

Mya sat and ate a ton of the ginger steak sauce they gave us, weird thing for a baby to like. It almost looked like she needed a straw to slurp it up. Oh man she is pretty funny!

She loved watching them cook the food in front of us. Lots of fire and cool stuff to look at.

One of her snacks everyday is cheese. I just put a pile of grated cheese and she shovels it in her mouth! She loves cheese!

So nice she's sharing / getting rid of her veggies! Louie is loving her eating real food cause he gets whatever she doesn't want.

Aunt Carly did Mya's hair today when she babysat her for me, so cute!

She loves pizza! Now that she has an entire mouth full of teeth she can eat it like a big girl!

She loves trying to put her clothes on too....it's hilarious!

Playing peek a boo!!

She loves to color. I bought her some coloring books and sticker books that she plays with all the time. Especially at church, keeps her quiet and entertained. :)

We have been so busy with moving and all. I think she is really settling into our new routine and she seems to be learning new things all the time. She is still very friendly, she waves to everyone. All the people in our new ward love her. Nick is teaching the 8 year old kids in primary and I am the laurel adviser for Young Womens. Mya has lots of new friends in both classes. Codie and Mary are moving into our condo to rent it so we've been busy trying to get that all ready for them. We've also been looking at lots of houses and meeting with builders to try and decide where we want to be and what kind of a house we want to get. That has been really fun I get excited to think of having a back yard and a toy room for Mya. Not to mention an extra room or two for more kiddos! I am still working a little bit this month just to make sure the person taking my spot is all trained. Nick is also still working for Zions Bank after his other job because they have not been able to replace him. Nick starts school next week so that will add yet another thing........yikes!!  Life is always crazy busy no matter what stage you are in, we're figuring that out. Life is great! We've been thinking about you a ton and hoping that boot camp went good, can't wait to hear all about it!

1 year pictures, too cute for words!

Here she is with some of her pretties.

I made the backdrops and the giant 1 for these pictures.

She loves balloons!

We were having a hard time getting her to smile so we brought the balloons out to help us. She gets a little shy at these shoots.

She is so pretty and she just keeps getting prettier!

I found a cute girl online in Florida that made this outfit and her flower...they turned out so cute!

Having all this jewelry around her made her so happy! This depicts so much of her personality right now.

There she is saying "WOW!"

There we go again bracelets on the feet! Nick must have taught her that!

This little sad face. We are seeing it more often as she continues to get more aware of things. She pulled something down  and it scared her so we got some tears :(

Cupcakes make everything better!

I think this part of the shoot was her favorite.

Doesn't this picture just make you want to kiss those chubby cheeks! She is such a sweetheart!

There's a smile!

My friend Emily does the best job on her pictures! We had so much fun hanging out with her and I think she got some of the cutest pictures I have ever seen! Still can't believe she is 1. Mya was a good sport as usual! Another great set of pictures they are so much fun and will be great for keeping memories alive!!