Thursday, November 22, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, we made it to phoenix in 14.5 hours tuesday night. Dad drove most of the way, but mom had to help out around 4am till we stopped for breakfast around 7am. Dad got a ticket for speeding in New Mexico - mom couldn't believe it - dada usually drives so slow it makes mom crazy - she was laughing at the irony, thinking it should have been her....

I did great on the trip, slept pretty well, was in a good mood. Zac, on the other hand, screamed everytime he woke up (every two hours), tricking mom and dad to stop by saying he had to pee. It was a little rough driving through the night, but mom and dad figure it is rough no matter what time you drive. We got in to phoenix and hung out and then mom, dad and izaac took naps while i hung out with aunt jana. We slept well last night and had a great thanksgiving today at aunt jana's.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone - we are so grateful to have a happy and loving and healthy family.....
sorry, no pics yet, have to download them when we get home.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Growing Up!

Last wednesday i had my 5 year old doctor's visit. I weigh 44.1 lbs (76%) and am 43 inches tall (62%). I got 3 shots, so that i don't get any diseases and stay healthy. The doctor says i am growing up great! ALL of us went to the visit - mom, dad, me, izaac, ariadnee and samarah - what a crowd!!!

Today i lost my first tooth - it has been hanging there for a couple weeks, dad has tried to pull on it here and there, but this morning i let mom try and she pulled it out FAST - i said "OW that hurts!" and started to cry, but then stopped as soon as i saw my tooth. It is so little. Really exciting!

Tomorrow mom is working an extra day at work, and then when she gets home we are leaving for phoenix to see nana and pop and all my aunts and uncles. I am SO excited! I have been packed for 5 days already, mom and dad need to pack today!

First tooth!


Lost my first tooth

My big tooth is already coming in!
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Saturday, November 10, 2007

My 5th Birthday!!!

Yesterday I turned 5!!!! I was so excited to get presents and to have my birthday party. I had a princess party with friends from school, old friends from other places and my cousins. All in all there were 10 princesses, and Kaden, my neighbor friend, and then some little brothers, about 14 kids in all! It was so much fun, and then two of my cousins got to spend the night. It was totally wonderful!

Presents and Games


opening my presents


lots of help from other princesses


playing "Pin the Crown on the Princess"


it was fun!
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Dinner and Dessert


Visiting with friends


I love chocolate!


My friends at my party


Mom's cake was a hit!
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I am 5 years old!!!


Me and my princess castle cake

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Halloween

We had a great halloween - i was princess jasmine, and izaac was a dinosaur. He is really in to dinosaurs right now. We has halloween parties at school during the day, and then went over to cousin tia and sammers house for dinner and then tore around their neighborhood for trickortreating. The grown ups had a hard time keeping us together! It was great.

school parties


school parties


trick or treating with Kaden and our cousins
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Samarah is 1, Jiddo is 70!!!

We have been having fun this fall, the whether has been great, in general. Only had the heat on a couple days, and then in the morning a few additional days. So lots of days at the park, and i am getting good at the monkey bars. We were at a different park one day, with really high (8 or 10 feet) monkey bars, and i was trying to flip over and get my legs up on them and lost my grip - was falling head first. Mom was close, but happened to be looking at izaac when i started to fall, but i cried out and she turned and moved so fast she caught me in mid fall. Saved us a trip to the ER, for real. Good job being a mom, mom!
Grandma and jiddo visited for a couple days, stayed to celebrate samarah's 1st birthday, and while they were here, the whole family went out to celebrate jiddo's 70th birthday!
Mom and dad went to our friends (and neighbors) wedding while we went to spend the night at our cousins tia and sammer's house. It was so fun!

out to breakfast


succeeding at the monkey bars


playing in the leaves


playing in the leaves
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Mike and Sarah's wedding dance
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Grandma and Samarah


Jiddo and me
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