15 Months and a lot of randomness

So I'm slacking on keeping up with Amelia's one month blog posts. It's the whole inner struggle I have with blogging. It sometimes feels like one more thing to fret over if I don't keep up on it. So I'm deciding to relax a bit and just get it done when I get it done. So forgive me, but there are a few things to catch up on that are definitely blog-worthy! And beware, this might be my longest post ever, so my apologies in advance.

First, our little turkey is 15 months and counting! She is incredible in every way and daily she surprises me and fills me with huge amounts of joy and satisfaction. She had some shots a few weeks ago and her sweet doctor couldn't believe how TALL she is! I guess we don't notice because we see her everyday and don't really have anyone to compare her to except for on Sundays at church. She is miss social butterfly and has to go and visit all the people sitting around us and it cracks me up. She's almost walking...I know, she's really old to have not made that milestone, but she'll do it when she's ready. She's tall enough now to reach the water and ice from the fridge and to even open the front door! She's turned into a little comedian and laughs all the time at anything and everything and hams it up even more if you laugh at her. We were a little sad to have her last class at Kindermusik until the fall...she loves it so much and has learned a ton. She loves being around other little kids and still loves being outside as much as she can. Such a light she brings to our home and I'm amazed at how my love grows everyday for her.





















A few weeks ago, Mark and I took our first trip away from Amelia. A little last minute and spontaneous, but those are my favorite kinds of trips! We hopped down to Las Vegas for a couple days and saw Love and Phantom. It was awesome! I splurged and rented us a Mini Cooper to cruise around in and anyone who knows me well knows that I had such a blast driving it! We hit the roller coaster at New York New York and had a chance to visit Natalie, but of course have no pictures of that. Her friend was able to get us in to a super swank pool at Lake Las Vegas and we had so much fun. We even made time to go to the temple while we were there. It was so great! We missed Amelia like crazy, but it was great to get away.









It was also my Mom's birthday last week and we celebrated by just spending the day together going to lunch and having everyone over for cake. Her only gift she wanted from us was to feed Amelia a bottle and put her to bed. So cute. It was such a fun day with our family and Amelia LOVED being around all the kids.







Last weekend we had a super fun double date and went to see Les Miserables and had a yummy dinner at the Roof. It was the first time I had seen it and man, it was awesome! Such a fun night with fun friends!

A Bunch Of Fun Days!

It seems that I have a lot of events to catch up on! The past few weeks have flown by and I can't believe it. Amelia is as cute as ever and lights up our home with her big blue eyes and open mouth smile. She really is the love of our lives and our little family couldn't be happier because of her.

However, I feel like such a bad Mom because on Easter I didn't get ONE single picture of her in her little dress! That's what happens when you have 9am church I guess. So we got some pics later in the day when we had a party over at my Mom's and it also doubled as a pre-birthday party for me. Most of my family was going to be out of town on the actual day, so we celebrated early. And yes, that's a pan of brownies instead of a birthday cake. I'm funny like that. And the candles should say 25, not 33. ;) It was such a fun day with lots of family but not lots of pictures. We even went to lunch with Mark's Mom and sister and have nothing to show for it. Bummer. Luckily we had family pictures the week before and the dress she is in was the one she wore for Easter, so that's something I guess.







Then came my big birthday. It started as just a typical Saturday where I got up and went to work. When I got home, my cute friends in my ward, Lisa, Laura, and Jarica, came and took me to lunch to one of my faves, the Citris Grill. It was a yummy fun lunch with some of my favorite people. My Mom came over later that afternoon and showered me with gifts as usual. She's in big trouble. After that we got ready to hit the town! The Utah Symphony was playing with an ABBA tribute band, so we got tickets! We actually just tagged along with our friends Bret and Jarica who have season tickets - hope they didn't mind! We went to Setebello for dinner and then to the show. It was incredible! All the best ABBA songs, vintage outfits, exact choreography and all! It was just like seeing the real group! It was hilarious to see people get up and dance and just have a good time. I loved it! Such a fun fun day with fun fun people.








My 2nd Mother's Day was just as fun as the first. We started with a pre-celebration on Saturday by going to a baseball game. It was one that was sponsored by Huntsman Cancer Institute for Breast Cancer Awareness month. It was great to see so many pink shirts at the park. On Mother's Day we had a full schedule. Church, lunch with Mark's family, dinner with my sister, and dessert with the rest of my family. Busy busy and Amelia was a champ. She loved playing with Savannah and Sydney and I loved to watch. I can't believe how grown up those two have gotten and it seems like yesterday that I had their two little carseats in my backseat. They definitely taught me all I know so far about raising little girls and that experience Ally gave me has been invaluable. Amelia was so funny and cute all day - I think she knew that made me happy. I love being with all of our family and it was just such a fun day.










I feel so blessed to have so many great people in my life. What amazing examples they all are to me. So thanks to everyone for a fun few weeks!