Fun With the Graff's

With life being so crazy, we haven't gotten much of a chance to relax and catch up with friends much (sorry y'all) but thankfully it worked out to go up to Graff's arena and play in the dirt, ride some horses and visit with friends. Their kids run around on the four wheelers and go-cart all the time! How fun for them to have a place to run free! Its absolutely gorgeous to look out over town and see Snow Canyon at the same time. There's definilty more cows than people up there and my soul takes a deep breath whenever I'm in a place like that :)

Cute J is the proud owner of this horse (she lets Mom and the others ride it) and it was so cute to see her take to Charlize like she did. What a sweetie and soon Boo will be able to run around with them :)

12 month Check Up

We had Charlize's 12 month appointment today, lots of good news:

• Height: 30.91 in = 94% (taller than about 9 out of 10 girls her age)
• Weight: 24.14 lbs = 89% (heavier than about 9 out of 10 girls)
• this puts her at 103% ideal weight for length

Yea, she's back to being balanced and the Dr. wasn't so astounded by her weight. Still saying we can go straight to 2 percent milk, like now. So, we'll start mixing it in.

Looks like bye-bye bottle soon. I've been working on a sippy cup for quite a while, so its not all new.

We decided to do 2 out of the 4 recommended shots for this series (the 2 she has not received yet). We'll catch the second round for those others next time we are in. It still worries me to put so much into a little body all at the same time.

Halloween 2009

A few months ago, Nate and I found a pair of Ruby slippers (glitter and all) and I was excited to try to make her dress to be Dorothy. Unfortunately when I tried them on her at the beginning of October, she did not fit them anymore. Thankfully we found some satin substitutes at Wally-World and off I was to make the dress. Yes, I know for those of you that sew it is a simple structure, but I had never attempted gathering or a zipper before. I even ended up putting some darts in the back to help pull the top a little tighter. She was so cute (if I do say so myself!) and I'm so glad it was warm!

I took her to my school for the morning parade (left the camera at school for those pics), and then we went to see grandparents Friday and Saturday.

I really wanted to get some pictures of her in her costume, and thought it would be fun to have it be on an old farm to look like Dorothy's. I had fun editing them (more on my photo blog!).

Birthday Party!

I didn't get a picture of the whole set up, but here's one of the banner and paper flowers I

made for the cupcakes (Thanks Elle for helping me!).

Here's the cute cousins! Addi give a big one-armed hug! And yes, that is the scowl I have been talking about - she does it alot! But we usually just end up laughing at it cause it is such a shock when we see it (usually when she is not getting her way).
I tired to make sure I got a picture of Charlize with everyone and I missed Grandma Lorraine (sorry Grandma!) We were happy to have family come and missed all those who would have come if we lived closer!I just wanted a few pics of her with her cupcake, and unfortunately she was too quick to snatch at the flame. :( After a few tears it was ok, sorry bebe! I think she forgot about it when she got to dive into it all by herself. She LOVED it! I definitely got a scowl when we started to clean her up.
She was great opening presents - and even read the cards! :)
After the party was over we got a chance to just hang out and give the muncher some more food. (I swear she signs 'food' all the time! Maybe all that walking is making her hungry!) So while she was eating, I got to take some pictures of her and her cute messy face!

Sorry friends that you weren't invited, but hope you'll join us next year!

Happy Birthday Charlize!

Happy Birthday to our little sweetheart!

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Happy 1st Birthday!

This past year has gone by so fast watching you learn and grow!

We have enjoyed watching your little (or rather big) personality come through - your laughs, your smiles, your scouls, your smirks, your discoveries and abilities.

You are such an animal lover and would be on a horse all the time if you could! You can sign horse and dog, along with milk, food/eat, and more. It sounds like you say 'dada' for almost everything, but we know that you make the sounds for horse, dog, thank you and every once in a while, mama. :)

Catch up

Way back in July, Charlize fell asleep holding her bottle - not uncommon I know, but she stayed asleep even after Nate layed her on the floor.... in perfect form. She slept like that for 30 minutes then was up and rolling! She is such a power napper!

This was from September, watching the Round-Up Rodeo parade. Nate's mom has a sister's weekend every year, and this year they held it here. It was such a crazy round of not feeling good that we didn't know if it was allergies or sickness, but glad we're all better now! Charlize is sitting on Aunt Cheryl's lap - and she stayed there the entire parade. She's loving on a t-shirt someone threw to the crowd. It is so cute to see her hug and nuzzle soft things (blankets, toys, dogs - she is totally an animal lover!) Ok, back to Aunt Cheryl - she sat with her at dinner and Nate got her so Cheryl could eat her dinner too. Then after dinner it took forever to say goodby because I could not pry my daughter away - she was clinging to Cheryl with everything in her. It was adorable! I've never seen her cling like that before (she bounces between Nate and I with whom she wants and always goes to grandparents, but not like this!) She wanted Cheryl to hold her!

Last week, Boo suddenly took a 4 hour nap in the middle of the day and that was it. No more naps. It's been crazy trying to figure out what she is doing with naps, cause the evening is not the best with only one nap - but who knows . . . This picture was from Colombus Day, which Nate had off - so it was a Daddy/Daughter day and they had alot of fun! Running different errands and even going on a vet call or two with Grandpa Craig. She was tuckered out, but still was so cute and sweet! She just kept resting her head on the shirt and peeking up at us like "can I please go home to my own bed soon?" - Well, I say that because she LoVeS her bed. There are occassions where she'll cry when we put her down, but for the most part she snuggles right in.

Update on costume. . .

Those ruby slippers must have shrunk, cause 10 little piggies can't fit inside anymore.

hmm,hmm. . . back to the drawing board for a costume (unless of course I can find some more. . .)