Playing with Addi

Bree & Addi were in from Cali for a couple of weeks. I think the girls got along a lot better. Not that they didn't get along before, but now they are able to play together more. Here are a couple of shots of them ... I love the one where Addi is holding Zaida's drink for her. Addi sure loves Zaida. Whenever Zaida is upset Addi will try to give her hugs & smooth her hair and ask if she is okay. Zaida loves Addi too ... she will always watch her & try to imitate the things that Addi does. It'll be fun to see how their relationship grows over time. It was sure fun to hang out with you gals!

Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum the other week - and it was full of all of my favorites ....

TONS of BALLS!

HITTING STUFF ... and it makes MUSIC!
WATER!
UNCLE QUINNEY!
Mom's favorite too ... playing so hard that I fall asleep on the way to the car! :)

It's amazing ...

... what a difference one year makes! Here is Zaida one year ago ...

Now she is running around & being the silly little rambunctious girl that she is!

Go Utes!

Two weeks ago we went to the Utah football game. Zaida loved it! I think all the sounds, people, and of course the footballs. I think that was really Zaida's first word (besides mama & dada) ... she says it like a southern lady though. In fact this is a cute story ... I was holding * rocking her to get her back to sleep last night. Her eyes were closed and she had this peaceful little sleepy face on, then she said "baowl", smiled & went back to sleep. She even dreams about balls, I guess! She's silly!

Anyway, back to my Utah football excursion. I was again pleasantly surprised that Zaida was so interested in the game. She really just sat on one of our laps the whole time. She's awesome! Here are a couple favorite photos ...

We're #1!

Sundance

The other weekend Corey and I got a little cabin fever ... so we needed to get out of the house. We decided to take a drive through Alpine Loop. We love the Alpine Loop, it's so calm and pretty. It's a nice little escape, without going too far from home. We stopped to get some KFC on the way up and then just sat out at one of the tables at Sundance and ate. While we ate Zaida was walking around, she's just so silly! She was being really goofy and animated that night ... I'll show you some of her funny pics!

No chicken for me thanks!

Eating mandarin oranges on the go ... she would basically just walk past Corey with her mouth open. She would stall for maybe about .5 seconds, so he had to be quick to get them in her mouth.

Some of my favorite things ...

... MaWhe's fruit tray & my cute squeaky sandals!
... my blankie! ... being outside. And I love walking with my Papa Cliffy!
... feeding Paxton!
... reading books, especially if MaWhe shows them to me.

Gipsy Kings

Quinn got us AWESOME tickets to the Gipsy Kings concert at Deer Valley. It's really blurry, but this is a picture from our seats. We were on the 4th row! I was a little nervous that Zaida wasn't going to make it through a concert. I was seriously geared up to have to go walk around with her the majority of the time. BUT, Zaida LOVED it! She just sat on one of our laps and just stared. All the lights, the drums, the crazy people. I had such a great time, and I am so glad Zaida enjoyed it also. Thanks for inviting us Quinney!

P.S. this is another little sweater I made. It's pretty fancy - has lacy edging & rhinestone buttons. (I can't believe we are in sweater weather already!)