st george = love

Spring in St George is perfect!

My parents have recently purchased a home down south that is absolutely perfect! Swimming pool, tennis courts, a path right out our back door that leads over to the most perfect park! I have been in heaven this past week! I was able to go down last sunday to help my mom and SIL Ashley clean this newly purchased home... but along the way we were able to get out of the house, walk over to the park, lay out and let our babies feel the sun! I was so excited to put Berklee is shorts I couldn't even stand it.. baby legs are SO cute!

I know her face doesn't really look like she loves the swings but I promise she does!

Berklee and Ryder are seriously two peas in a pod! They love each other and Ryder is just the sweetest boy ever! All he wanted to do is help Berklee walk.. he is going to be the best big brother one day!

Sadly I didn't get tons of picture.. but there are going to be many many more memories happening at this place!

Sunday-Wednesday my trip was with my mom and Ash with kids and Thursday night came and it was the adults turn. Thursday-Sunday was spent with Jesse and I and our friends Mitch and Rozalynn. Thanks to Chase and Ashley for watching Berklee we were able to hike, swim, lay out, temple, dinner, movie, sleep in and on Saturday we went to Vegas for some shopping and saw Mystere! It.Was.Amazing!! I highly recommend to anyone to see it!

The hike we went on is call Red Cliffs and I love it! I've gone there as a child many many times so I was excited to have Jesse come with me.

It was so beautiful and the water was full enough for us to jump in the ponds. Which were, by the way, FAAAREEEZZINGGGG!!!!!!! But me and Roz were so glad we did it.. we didn't want the boys to be the only ones!

I love Vegas at night! I love the lights, I love the water show at the Bellagio, I love people watching.. and what better place than Vegas to people watch!... Speaking of people watching.. check out this video I took of this girl dancing for a camera (not even singing the words to the song that was so loudly playing.. she was lip syncing a Jay-Z song) I asked them after if they were shooting a music video and the guy said kinda.. we are shooting a clip for a commercial for our Accounting Firm.. WHAT? an Accounting Firm? With a Jay-Z song? whatev... weirdos!

Our main reason for Vegas was the Cirque du Soleil show Mystere. I was so excited because this was my first show in Vegas and let me tell you I was not disappointed! My next show I hope to see is "O" at the Bellagio.

What a wonderful weekend!

Friends + Sun + St G/Vegas = love

one

I can't even believe it.. our Berklee is one!

Berklee has brought so much joy into our house I don't know how we even lived without her before. She has such a funny personality and is seriously the happiest girl in town! We love her more and more everyday and are so grateful for her.

Her birthday was absolutely perfect! 70 degree weather, family surrounding her and an outside birthday party where she got so spoiled! (thank you family and friends)

If you can't tell already by past pictures, Berklee loves her food! So when I thought about her cupcake being put down her front of her I was a little worried she was going to pick up the whole thing and shove it in her mouth. Oh was I wrong, this girl pick up some manners on her birthday and took one crumb at a time. I finally had to push her hand in it to see if that would spark anything... but no, she just continue to pick up all the small crumbs. Funny girl! Until I wasn't looking and she shoved a huge piece in her mouth... there's my girl!

Some fun things Berklee has learned and does:

- Still looooves sleeping. Sleeps on average 12-13 hrs. at night. But is now down to one nap a day (a 3-4 hr. nap so I'm not complaining)

- Has finally gotten some teeth. 4 bottom and her left canine is out and her other canine is just about ready to poke through

- Loves giving kisses and blowing kisses

- Has learned and will tell you what a monkey says

- Love love loves books. She will bring one after another for you to read.

- Can show you where her nose is

- Is taking more and more steps everyday... I'd really appreciate if she'd learn to walk already cause I don't know if my back can take bending over to hold her hands any longer

- Knows mama and dada and I'm pretty sure when she screams MAMAMAMAMAMAMA she is meaning Grandma

- Can sign eat/food, milk, all done, baby, more and sleep

- Has some loud screams when she is excited or you're chasing her

- Learned how to go up stairs... still working on going down (this girl just turns face forward and dives off the stairs.. I have to be careful)

- Loves to try and jump jump jump

- She will mimic anything you do.. cough, laugh, sneeze, burp, clap, yell, talk on the phone, brush her hair/teeth etc.

- Gets to share her birthday with her cousin Oliver

-Love the slide at the park and has no fear

- And finally, getting a little better with the whole stranger danger thing (even though they are family members who are trying to hold her.. not strangers)

stats:

weight: 23.4 lbs 83%

length: 31.7 in 99%

Berklee is still our tall big girl and we love it! I just love spending every second with her and am seriously so grateful for Jesse and how hard he works so that that is possible for me. I can't imagine missing these little moments in my little girls life! Happy Birthday Berklee! You are our world and we love you so very much!