Stacking...

So I have to say this kid LOVES to stack things!!! We decided after she started staking vitamins we should get her some blocks! She stacks the vitamin bottles, she stacks food or at least stands it up and she loves to stack her blocks :)

Library in Rigby... she loved stacking!!! She got 13 all by her self!

Stacking vitamins

standing up her food... silly girl.

Smart girl!

Kind of crazy not having internet because it forces me to sit down and think more about what I want to write and say and also I have more time to think of what has been going on. So anyway I would love to say I have the smartest baby ever but I’m sure there is some kid out there who is ridiculously smart and far more advanced but my kids no dolt! She may only be two but my little girl can count to 10! That’s right Samantha can count to 10. She gets stuck on 4 for whatever reason but she when she is concentrating it sounds something like this

Samantha “1,2,3,1”

Mom or Dad “4”

Samantha “5,6,7,8,9,10.”

It’s funny because when she gets to the end sometimes she starts shouting. She also knows some of her letters and when I was saying the alphabet to her the other day she knew what letter was next occasionally! What an amazing little girl! She drives me crazy sometimes but she is still absolutely amazing!

Since then it' is now January and Samantha is still learning like crazy! She is learning her shapes. Can count to 11 or 12 and knows her colors pretty well :) She amazes me daily at how much she learns :)

To The Drama Queen

Another no internet post from the past :)

Holy Drama Queens Batman! Wow so I don’t know if we have run into terrible twos or if some molar teething is going on or if she is just growing but man does this  kid have A LOT of break downs during the day. You ask her to do something and it turns into a cry fest for the next 10-15 minutes!

I have to say sometimes it makes me feel like a bad mom because all the screaming and crying is often reciprocated with more screaming on my part. I always feel even worse when I think if the Savior was standing here this is not how he would be treating her… I know we can’t be perfect in this life but I wish I were better than I am right now. It will be a goal. It just feels rather like an overwhelming one! I just wish I knew what I could do to make her less fussy. I keep trying to tell her to use her words but, well she is two so it’s a battle!

She has been much better recently :)

Another post I wrote with no internet

So this is another post from forever ago when I didn't have internet but I thought I would put it up anyway!
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Happy Anniversary

It seems like such a short time ago I was posting on how fast time had gone by and it was my second anniversary and here I am already at my third. The day always seems to pass by far to quickly but I suppose that’s why they tell you, you should enjoy every day . Search for the blessings you’ve been given.

            My anniversary started early this year, in the morning that is. Dan poor guy had a cold and couldn’t sleep well but it was nice just to sit and chat in the dark. Then when it was about time to get up he was so excited to give me the present he said he got me. J He informed me that the girl at the check out wished someone would get this for her… what was it you ask it was a MASSIVE box of chocolates! 52 pieces of chocolate !!! So with that I pulled out the large heart shaped shortbread cookie I had made him the day before. So we had some sugar for our “first breakfast” as the hobbits might call it and chatted a little more before we had morning scriptures and prayers, then off the the kitchen!

I made Dan homemade biscuits and a packet of gravy while he fried up some bacon. And all that went along with some orange mango juice, YUM! So the three of us enjoyed breakfast then it was off to institute for some learning of scriptures. I love the teacher she is a cute older lady who always seems so happy, just makes you smile! From there it was on to the store to pick up a few things then our storage to get our washer and dryer!!! We happened to have the best realtor ever and he came with his truck to help us out.

We got the washer and dryer back to our “temporary digs” as Dan likes to call it and then I warmed up some lunch for our realtor and then some for the rest of us. Then it was nap time for everyone!

After nap we dropped Samantha off at a friend of ours who has a little boy who is a little less than 6 months younger than Samantha. They had Meet the Robinsons on so we dropped off her stuff and she looked up and said “Bye” and off we went.

From there we went to look at a car which Dan likes so we brought it along with us… Happy Anniversary I guess?! We got a little lost trying to find our hotel and then a train came and we had to wait for him, for what seemed like forever! A nice man came by and told us we could get through farther on and how to find out hotel. So finally we arrived!!! We stayed at a place called the Destinations Inn. It’s a fun place that does themed rooms. We got upgraded to a different room than we had anticipated because they were doing a cleaning of the other room. We stayed in Venice. The tub was a gondola , surrounded by real water, that one was a surprise to find out J. The table for breakfast was up a small flight of stairs that made it look like it was on a walk out from a nice room. They had a BIG shower / steam room. It was a beautiful room!!!

It was off to dinner at Famous Dave’s, they unfortunately didn’t have any lemonade and they had just put in the meat that I wanted so I had to choose something different! Sad but true but none the less the food was good and it was nice to be able to have a dinner alone to ourselves. We ran around did a few thieses and that’s then back to the hotel where we soaked in the Jacuzzi tub then ate complimentary cheese cake and martinelles sparkling cider, exchanged cards and love letters then watched While You Were Sleeping. It had been a long day so it was off to bed after that!

Happy Anniversary to my Love!