Tuesday, July 23, 2013

2 year checkup


                               Look how much I've grown.......
Age: 2...well almost
Date: 7/8/2013
Weight: 24.8 lbs (27%)
Length: 33" (52%)
Head Circ: 49.6cm (93%) 

She was so good at the Dr. The nurses as always are in love with her. She shed a few tears from the shot and the next thing I know we have two nurses in the room. One with a bucket of toys and the other with suckers. She picked two toys, two suckers and bam those tears were gone! She was cracking the doctor up because she was counting then throwing the bouncy ball across the room. She also at one point said "oh no mom the ball is rolling" Her doctor said her vocabulary is quite advanced for her age. She's a smarty pants! She's as healthy and possible and we don't have to go on for another checkup until she turns 3! Which means no more shots until then......awesome! She is pretty hilarious right now. She can count to 10 in English and Spanish. She knows all her letters and can sing her ABC's. She knows several colors and shapes. She talks about anything and everything. She sings constantly, her favorite songs right now are all Disney princess songs. She loves watching movies. We had her cousin sleep over this past Friday night and took them to see Despicable Me 2, Mya clapped and said YAY! when it was over. She had a lot of fun! We are talking to her a lot about using the big girl potty. I think we will start that training soon. It is just crazy she is not a little baby anymore.....it is fun but makes me sad too. She loves playing with her babies, she reads them stories and fixes them dinner. She has memorized several of her books so sometimes Nick and I get read to at night instead of the other way around! She loves doing things by herself and helping me with anything and everything. We have two little girls that live next to us that have become her good  friends. She is really sweet and has a big heart even at her young age. She loves when Nick gets home and he lets her drag him all over the house doing whatever she wants him to! She has a favorite stuffed animal Eeyore and he comes everywhere with us. My mom and dad bought it for her at Disneyland and he has been right by her side ever since. We even got him his own collar and leash so she can take him on walks with us. She was using Louie's before and one day told me that Eeyore needed his own. I will have to post a picture of this......she catches a lot of attention when Eeyore gets walked at the store or wherever we are. As if she needs another reason to catch more attention than she already does! We love this girl more than anything and have had the best two years of our lives taking care of her and watching her grow!

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Summer fun

We have had a busy summer so far! Here's what we've been up to.....

Her cousin Kyson turned 1! Here we are in Payson at his birthday party where there were horses which Mya loves!

We had a blast!
Then we had the Jarrett family reunion!
They also had cool blowup water toys to play on!
Here's Nick with his two nephews being funny!
Mya wanted to hang with her cousins the whole time and do anything they were doing!
This is Uncle Brent's dog Wookie, Mya met him last year and they were instant friends.
She loves ice cream!
She idolizes her cousin Sami!
We went to the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Point with Britt. The kids loved it!

She wanted to stay with this bunny! She really liked him.

Mya and Cooper liked playing in some little houses they have there, one of which was a jail house.

We like to spend time at "Grammy Pammy's" house. That is what Mya calls her. She loves sitting in the swing and just hanging out!
We got to go to Lagoon with Nick's work. Mya enjoyed the train, the ferris wheel and the merry go round! Those were the only rides she could go on and she loved them all!

Mya took her first swim lessons!

Learning to blow bubbles!
Learning to jump into the pool!
We sang lots of fun songs which Mya loved!
Learning to float on her back!
Learning to kick her legs while floating on her tummy!


Making me laugh with her funny "cheese" face!
Mya graduated her swimming class and we had a blast doing this every morning for 2 weeks! When I was growing up I used to teach swimming lessons at our local pool and this was always one of the things I couldn't wait to do with my kids. It was AWESOME!
...Now it's the end of July, time sure flies when your having fun!

Saturday, July 20, 2013

4th of July

My mom had heart surgery on July 3rd. Crazy that she was able to come home from the hospital the next day right? She is a tough lady! Since she was still sore and not supposed to be doing much if anything we all decided to go to their house and bring the fun to her! Mya was so happy to see her, we were grateful that everything with the surgery went so well.
Cooper and Mya love laughing and singing together! It's pretty cute!
Just hanging with the family! My Dad had so much fun lighting fireworks for the kids. This is the first 4th of July since I was little that he hasn't been doing security for the Stadium of Fire. It was sure fun to have him around!
It was HOT!!!!! The kids enjoyed lounging in the pool.
We found a leaf that looked like a mustache so Bentlie and I tried it on! :)

Mya couldn't get enough of the sparklers. She almost set Britt on fire a few times!


She liked the little fireworks but when my moms neighbors started lighting the huge ones, she came to me and said "mom the big ones are a little bit too scary for Mya" lol so smart!
Watching Grandpa Jim light fireworks!
The worst thing happened that night. We just ran to the gas station to get some drinks and someone in a big rental moving truck smashed into the back of us. It blew the back window out and scared us all to death. Mya was crying pretty hard and she had glass all over her and her car seat. Whew Mama bear came out in me on this one. I was ready to get out and kick whoevers butt hit us. Fortunately Mya was fine and I calmed down quickly. None of us were injured other then some sore muscles. My Dad came over and picked Mya up while we dealt with the police. My poor car has been in the shop since the 4th, we will finally get it back tomorrow. We are just grateful that no one was hurt. The kid got a ticket and had to pay to fix our car so we are really lucky!

Friday, July 19, 2013

New house pics!

The finished product! We are so happy with our first little house!!! We have great neighbors and just got called as nursery leaders in our new ward. Life is good here. We have lots more room so we can grow a little here which will be really great! Can't wait to make lots of fun new memories in our new house!
My cute flower basket from my dad.....it's a real miracle that I haven't killed it yet!
The view from our back porch.....so pretty!
Our kitchen is one of our favorite parts of the whole house!
Mya was such a good helper!

I love this picture...look at these two just working away!



Mya's new room! It's so cute and just fits her perfectly.

Mya's play room, what a shocker it's a mess! This will be her baby brother or sisters room. But until new baby comes its all hers!
Mya's bathroom
This is our bonus room upstairs. In the future it will be the toy room.