Kylee's 1 year old pictures

Deb at Funny Face Photography took Kylee's pictures a few weeks ago and they turned out so well. We are always so impressed with the work she does and this time was no exception. This was way passed Kylee's bedtime but she was such a sport and even gave us a few smiles. I still can't believe she is already 1. The time has gone by so fast and we have enjoyed every single minute of it. Happy Birthday Kylee.

Kylee's Number 1

This day came sooner than I thought. Kylee turned 1 on the 14th and boy did we have a big birthday bash. It started first thing in the morning where I began singing happy birthday. That continued throughout the day and she would just giggle at me and dance a little bit and then carry on with what she was doing. I bet I sang that song a good 1000 times throughout the day. Can you say physco???? Later on that night we went to my brothers and had a swimming party and Kylee loved being in the pool. She showed everyone her skills she learned at swimming lessons by splashing, kicking, and blowing bubbles. But I think her favorite part of the night was the hot tub. I think she thought that was a ginormous bath tub with bubbles which I guess it is but with chlorine. She probably could have stayed in that thing all night if we would have let her. After that I brought out the hot pink lady bug cake and she went to town on that. She got super super spoiled as you can see by the pictures. Toys, clothes, books and more books. She loves reading and will do it all day long. In fact my mom came over that afternoon and Kylee pulled out the books and one by one went through every book we had. My mom would read one then Kylee would crawl over to the others, grab a new one and crawl back over, and climb on my mom's lap to read another one. I bet they spent a good 1.5 hours reading books. We had such a great night and completely wore Kylee out. Goal accomplished!!!!
Happy Birthday baby girl. We love you so much. You have brought so much joy and meaning into our lives and I could not imagine what it would be without you.

Mom and Tot Swimming Lessons

The last couple of weeks Kylee and I got to do a Mom and Tot class at the Sand Hollow swimming pool with Mindy and Kayden. Kylee absolutely loved being in the water. We learned how to use our arms, kick our feet, blow bubbles, and jump off the edge of the pool. Every time I would get her swimming suit on she would just get so excited and she knew exactly where we were going. Being the cruel parent I am I ducked her underwater almost every time we went. Gotta get them used to the water somehow right? She didn't mind other than when she came out of the water she looked at me like what in the heck did you just do to me? Are you crazy? All in all it was a great experience for Kylee and I'm glad we had the opportunity to do it.

Here comes #2

Baby number 2 is on it's way and should arrive on or hopefully before November 14. Christian and I are both very excited and Kylee is in for a very BIG surprise. Wish me luck as the two will be exactly 18 months apart. Are we out of our minds?

Easter Weekend

This post is long over due and I really have no excuses other than I have just been extremely lazy. We had a great time in SLC celebrating Easter. Kylee loved being around the nieces and nephews and especially loved her grandpa Mason. She is still warming up to grandma Mason though. I swear LeAnn we are not teaching her to act like that around you.

I think Kylee picked up on the whole Easter egg hunt really fast because she would pick up an egg, shake it then drop it in her basket and squeal for the next. Of course I reaped the rewards of her hard work and downed all of her candy in about 2 minutes.

While we were up there visiting we got to go to one of Christian's FAVORITE restaurants called the Red Iguana. While we were there Kylee kept waving and smiling at this lady that was behind the counter which is so not like her. The next thing we know this lady brings out a Red Iguana T-Shirt for her and apparently the lady she was waving at was the owners daughter and she just thought Kylee was the cutest little girl EVER so she gave us a t-shirt. Let me just tell you that Christian was in heaven. Not only do they have UH-MAZING food but it's the bomb because they gave our daughter a free t-shirt which Christian thinks should be framed.

We had a great weekend and one that will for sure go down in history. I hope everyone else had a great Easter weekend as well.

All you mom's out there

I'm begging for advice. Kylee and I have hit a HUGE rut and I'm not sure I know how to get out of it. A few weeks ago I started feeding Kylee macaroni and cheese. Up until that day she was still eating her baby food with no fuss at all. Now..... she won't touch the stuff. Not only will she not eat her baby food she won't eat anything besides mac and cheese. I have tried EVERYTHING. I tried chicken and stars, cut up pieces of fruit, cooked peas. You name it I have tried it. I can't force her to eat anything else because if I do she won't trust that I am giving her something good to eat and then she won't eat anything at all. So my question is.... Should I worry about this and quit feeding her mac and cheese or should I keep feeding her mac and cheese and just be glad she is eating something? I'm about ready to pull my hair out as it is an all out battle of stubbornness at lunch and dinner and I usually lose. Advice anyone?????

Handle With Care

For lack of things to blog about I have decided to blog about another one of Christian's crazy dreams. Hope you all laugh as much as I did. Love ya Christian.

I was rudely awakened last night at the sound of things moving around such as the lamp, reading material, the alarm clock and such. As I rolled over to see what in the world was going on I see Christian's pillow on the night stand. So I ask as usual "What are you doing?" and he sits there for a minute and then quickly realizes that he was dreaming, grabs his pillow and goes back to sleep. At that point I was too tired to ask him to explain the pillow being on the nightstand so I rolled over and went back to sleep. This morning as he is getting ready for work he asks me if I'm interested in knowing why he was doing what he was doing last night. Um.... HECK YES I AM YOU FREAK OF NATURE. So he begins to tell me that he thought the pillow was an award winning sandwich and that he was worried about smashing the sandwich and the sauces on the sandwich getting all over the bed. So he was strategically moving everything on the nightstand so that he could place his sandwich (the freaking pillow) there. What in the world???? Who dreams about giant sandwiches the size of your pillow? Christian Mason.... Anyone that knows Christian should know how passionate he is about food. Totally makes sense that he is dreaming about giant sandwiches that win awards.
I love you Christian. Thank you for always making me laugh. I will take a good laugh anytime I can get it even if it is at 3 in the morning.