Month of Pictures...

No really - I have crammed about a month worth of pictures into this blog with captions. This blog is basically everything I should have updated about in the past 5 weeks or so... :)

Jessica LOVES playing with all the pillows on our bed. She's just gotten over a laughing fit here. She's rubbing her eyes because it's close to bedtime.

Her face was COVERED in snot! You can see some of it glistening from the flash on my camera. At least she's happy about it!

Jessica loves to read. She also loves her pink chair. They make a great combination...

Still reading...

Jessica found something pretty funny....

I'm not quite sure if she's happy about the headband in her hair or sad. You decide. :)

(A) We are all enjoying a family moment while watching T.V.
(B) I FINALLY figured out the flash on my camera!!!!
(C) Of course I HAD to make use of the flash immediately...

*sigh* Our little pianist! She's so cute at the piano. She loves 'playing' it. When I try to help her she gets really mad and pushes my fingers off the keys. I really hope she continues to enjoy the piano...

NCAA March Madness 2010!!!!

Every year Jer and I make brackets and have awards for most points gained during each round with a super prize for over all points gained. This year we conned Angie into playing with us.
Round One Prize: Sunday Game of Choice
Round Two Prize: Trip to the Candy Cafe (my adorable nephew and I opened up 'shop' one morning while he was staying with us... it was our breakfast restaurant...)
Sweet 16 Prize: Movie of Choice (coveted position to be in...)
Elite Eight Prize: Movie of Choice & Homemade Treat of Choice
Final Four Prize: Double Feature of Choice & Homemade Treat of Choice
Championship / Overall Prize: Double Feature of Choice & Homemade Dinner of Choice (all 3 courses)

I won everything except Round Two and Sweet 16 - GO DUKE!!!!

We were all very into the games we watched... Whenever we would get excited Jess would giggle and start clapping. At one point, during Round One, Angie was watching a game on her laptop in her room, Jer was watching a different game on his laptop in the office, and I was watching a 3rd game on the family computer in the kitchen. Anyone outside the house probably heard sporatic shouting as different games got exciting at different times. Then, we would run to the room where the shout was heard from and discuss/watch for a few minutes before going back to our own spot. It was really fun! Can't wait for next March!

I'm trying to remember why we put Jess in the sink... Oh yea! The tub was clogged! (Or something). Anyways, she barely fits. But she's having a grand ol' time!

Jessica: Mommy - can I take a bath in here every night? Please?

Jessica: Excuse me! Pull those shades nice and tight! I'm taking my sink bath!

Jessica LOVES visiting Daddy at work. Luckily for her, unluckily sometimes for him, his office is right at home. One of her favorite places to sit is right behind him on his chair. :)

Jessica: I'm helping Daddy...

Taryn is the daughter of one of my dearest friends. She is a year older than Jess. Her mom, Kate, and I sing in a quartet together. One day we plan on having our girls sing in a quartet together. :) Remember the pink chair from earlier? The one that Jess loves and adores? Well, Taryn likes this chair too. Jess wasn't too happy at having to share. When she couldn't get Taryn to move, Jess did the next logical thing. She sat on her... Taryn doesn't look to happy about the situation either. :) Hmmm - We'll have to work on this sharing thing...

Turns out that Taryn has the same pajama's as Jess. This is Kate holding the twin-ers! :)
Jess: Not only do you dress us in matching pj's but you expect us to smile for a picture?
Taryn: Get me out of here!
Kate: I think they just tooted on me...

Church is so hard for Jess sometimes. It always seems to fall right during her nap times. Poor tired girl. She fell right asleep in her high chair...

Cute, tired honey

Jess is becoming a girly girl. She LOVES purses. Specifically, her aunts purse. :) She can walk into Angie's room crying and come out happy because she found her purse.

Did I mention how much she loves Angie's purse?

Seriously... the purse again?

On Sundays we love going through the Sunday ads. Jessica loves going through them with us.

I don't think she found the sale she was expecting...

Daddy kept trying to catch us both reading but Jess kept catching him trying to catch us! She's sneaky...

On this particular morning, Jess most definitely woke up on the wrong side of the bed. So, I dressed her in her Halloween pumpkin shirt to match her mood of 'monster'. Thankfully, she found her auntie's purse and the happiness resumed! :)

I think she found a treasure...

My brother Derrall is amazing. No, really. He is working on his Masters at BYU in computer science. Long story short (mostly because I'm not good at explaining it) he is working on a project involving artificial intelligence. His group of people, along with his professor, are teaching a computer (DARCI) about art. This is the art gallery they had on display. DARCI decided which pictures she liked (people brought them in to her) and then the pictures were posted. It was great. Jess and I came to see it and she really liked looking at the pictures...

On campus at the Wilkinson Center at BYU. Jess really enjoyed all the people around her. She was pretty brave and walking all by herself without holding Mom's hand. :)

We were walking by the food court at the Wilkinson Center and Jess suddenly got tired. She just sat down in the middle of the walkway. What a cutie!

Jer won an award at BYU for the Most Outstanding Theoretical Thesis in Linguistics. :) This is him accepting his award consisting of a plaque and $150. He worked hard and I was so glad to see him rewarded for his effort and sacrifice. I love you honey!

The Saturday before Easter we dyed Easter eggs. Jess liked putting them in the bowls. Well, throwing them in is more like it. :)

She wanted all of the eggs all at once.

Jessica: Someone help. I'm not getting the eggs fast enough...

Did I mention she liked throwing the eggs in the dye?
She also liked trying to retrieve them. :)

These pictures are really just too cute! Jess really wanted to help sweep up the floor at the end of the day.

This is her Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins impression.
Chim Chiminy Chim Chiminy Chim Chim Cheroo...

Jessica: Ooohhhh... So that's how you sweep up a mess...

Jessica: No worries Aunt Angie! I brought the dustpan!

Jessica: Never mind the broom. I'll just use my hands to get everything in the dustpan!

Jessica: All in a days work!

Easter morning!

The Easter Bunny hid lots of eggs...

Still hiding eggs...

Even more eggs... For all you Gilmore Girl fans, we DID make a map of the 'town square' for Taylor so no rotten eggs would stick around. Thanks for the life lesson Kirk...

Jessica went right for the chocolate bunny... That's my daughter!

She's showing Daddy her fruit strips. She was very excited.

I know this picture is a little blurry but look at that cute, cute face!!!

The Easter Bunny left her bunny ears!

Jessica became a pro at finding those Easter eggs!
She loved having her own basket...

She was very surprised to find that the plastic ones had treats in them! She would ignore the animal crackers and teddy grahams to devour the fruit snacks!

There's an egg...

Ooohhhh - this one's pretty...
(She LOVED that particular egg because of the plastic wrap around it...)

Little bunny foo-foo hopping through the forest...

All the girls had bunny ears. Now Jess isn't too sure of hers...

Nice! Mommy got kit-kats! Her favorite!

These blocks are heavy!

Boy do I love my chair!

So does Angie!

Day after Easter and the ears are still a big hit!

I LOVE my little girl! She's walking, babbling, smiling, hugging, teasing, tickling, laughing, and plan old wonderful! She's not really a baby anymore. I'm finding that I miss the stages she has outgrown but I always love the stage she's in and look forward to the next one. I guess that means I'm enjoying life with my beautiful 15 month old!

My Lil' Helper

Jessica LOVES helping in the kitchen. The problem is, what is the definition of "helping"? I have to remind myself to be patient because her definition and my definition are very very different...

Mommy's definition:

Helping = putting things away, playing with pots and pans while mommy cleans/cooks/etc.

Jessica's definition:
Helping = looking at everything mommy is doing, holding or touching everything that mommy is holding or touching, taking every possible item (food or otherwise) out of it's rightful place in each and every cabinet / cupboard and setting them on the floor for all to see. Then, crawling away to find something else to touch/hold and display while mommy cleans up after me.

These are the days I'll always remember right? Actually, it's very cute to watch her because she is just so curious about the world around her. And, it is very hard not to be flattered by a sweet little girl who wants to do everything I do. :) I tried to document a moment in the kitchen that shows how most of our moments actually go. (These are from Jessica's "thoughts")...

I will summon the dishes with my Jedi powers...

That didn't work... I must move closer to where the dishes actually are.

What? The Jedi thing could have worked you know...

I think I have it figured out now!!!

Hmmm... which dish? Which dish?

I don't get it. Why can't I find the dish I'm looking for?!?

Oh - the door... do you think it will hold me?

It's not working!!!

Mommy!!! Why won't the door hold me?!?

Fine. Stupid door. I'm playing with my fridge magnets instead!

I love my little kitchen helper!!!

Gilmore Girls

I LOVE this show! Everything in the world can be traced back to Gilmore Girls.

(left to right: Luke, Lorelai, Rory, Logan)

Have I mentioned how much I love this show?!?

Comic Strip Day

Tip: do not try to register your vehicle, get the oil changed, do safety / emissions test, buy hubbies golf pass, AND do a choir rehearsal all on the same day. DUMB!

6:30am = Jess woke up wanting her bottle. She was very cute and playing with her blanket in her crib. I think she was playing peek-a-boo with the crib bars? It was pretty funny.

7:40am = Jess is done with her bottle and begins sitting on daddy's face (she was in our bed with us). Nothing says "Good Morning!" like a diaper in the face...

7:42am = After daddy rolls over Jess begins poking his hair. Maybe that will wake him up?

7:45am = Daddy rolls back over and Jess, smiling because her work is done, sits in mommy's face.

7:48am = Jessica realizes that Daddy was faking his awakeness so she begins poking his nose and eyes.

7:50am = Daddy is awake.

9:45am = Mommy & Daddy are showered, fed, and ready for the day. Jessica is fed and ready for the day. We head out.

10:00am = Mommy drops Daddy off at the MTC and heads over to Brent Brown Auto to get the oil changed.

10:10am = Jess and Mommy are sitting in the waiting room.

10:30am = Still sitting.

10:32am = Jess has crawled into some guys office while he is trying to close a car deal. She obviously has some feelings on the matter because she begins expressing those feelings very loudly to the customers.

10:33am = Mommy picks up Jessica and carries her out of the office.

10:35am = Jessica is back in sales office hoping to reiterate her previous opinions.

10:36am = Mommy again carries Jess out.

10:40am = Jessica has crawled from service area, around the corner, up the stairs and is heading over to what she is hoping will be her first car. Yeah right!

10:41am = Mommy is carrying Jess back to service area.

10:45am = Service manager comes out to say that we will have to wait another 45 minutes for the right filter to arrive. Oh, and the safety test cannot be done because their computer is broken. Great.

11:01am = Jessica is throwing the service area magazines for customers to enjoy all over the service floor.

11:02am = Mommy is picking up service area magazines.

11:03am = Where did Jessica go?!?

11:04am = Mommy is carrying Jessica out of sales office from previous encounters where the guy is, again, trying to sell a car. I think Jess has found her vocational career...

11:05am = Mommy is feeding Jess snacks

11:22am = Jessica, again, trying to read the magazines by tossing them around the room. Maybe she was sharing? Not quite sure.

11:58am = Service manager comes in to say we are finished. Yea!!!

12:11pm = At Ray's Auto Place we went to drop off the car for the safety test.

12:14pm = Retrieved stroller in back of car

12:15pm = Jessica's blanket falls and gets tangled up in the stroller wheels

12:17pm = Jessica's blanket is still tangled - keys go flying

12:18pm = Car almost runs over keys

12:19pm = Blanket untangled

12:25pm = Entering Wendy's for food - line is long, baby is hungry!

12:34pm = Food ordered and paid for

12:40pm = Food received

12:42pm = Great burning question: how to navigate crowded Wendy's while holding a tray full of food and pushing a stubborn stroller?

12:44pm = Jessica is shoving pieces of chicken nuggets in her mouth so that I won't eat them first

1:03pm = Returning to pick up car (interesting how their emission's stuff is down but not their safety...)

1:15pm = Arrive at DMV - Jessica has fallen asleep

1:20pm = Done at DMV!!! AMAZING!

1:30pm = Arrive at MTC to pick up Jer. Wake up Jess from nap.

2:00pm = Arrive at East Bay Golf course to buy his golf pass - Jer waits in car with Jess

2:04pm = Waiting for cute old men in front of me to set up their tee time

2:06pm = Tell guys at desk that I am buying a golf pass for my husband

2:07pm = Cute old guy tells me, "I wish you were my wife!"

2:21pm = Arrive at home

2:35pm = Pick up Jess and realize that she has poohed / peed through her clothes...

2:36pm = Start Jess's impromptu bath

2:55pm = Finish Jess's impromptu bath

3:07pm = Everything is packed (or re-packed) and we are off!

3:20pm = Arrive to drop Jer off at golf course

The rest of the day was spent in South Jordan at a music rehearsal. Jess slept the whole way up. Because we dropped Jer off at the golf course when we did, I ended up being in S. Jordan 45 minutes earlier than planned. Which actually was good because Jess was taking her afternoon nap in the car. The driving tour I took of South Jordan led me to find several craft stores that I would frequently, ...um frequent. Anyways. Jess was great during practice and we came home where she went to bed. Sweet sweet girl who was such a trooper!

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