Celebrating a year of Cheznie

My baby is a year old now. I can’t believe it. We love her so much and are so glad she came to be part of our family. She is so fun and such a happy baby. Some of her favorites are music and dancing, books, balls, water and rocking. She likes to sit against something and rock into it like a person, a wall, or pretty much anything. She is getting really good at imitating us and loves to be where ever the action is. She can say Dad, Mom and Ball, and will try to imitate other words we say. She is a great eater and will eat almost anything and everything we put on her tray. She is not daring enough to walk yet but has taken a few steps here and there and loves climbing up and down things.

 brand new    1 month (sorry about the sideways)

   2 months

   3 months

   4 months

   5 months

   6 months

   7 months

   8 months

   9 months

   10 months

   11 months

12 months

Cheznie kind of had 4 birthday parties. We had some friends over for cake the Sunday before her birthday. Then she opened the presents we gave her the morning before because we were heading camping with Adams family. Then we had cupcakes on her birthday with the Scows. Then we had more cupcakes and opened presents with some of my family before heading back to Vernal.

Dad blew out her candle

                                            the cake I decorated, Adam did the little one

sitting with dad and her favorite present

Busy Anniversary

For our anniversary this year we kept ourselves very busy. It was my high school class reunion and my dad’s work was celebrating its one millionth hour of safety and they were going to take us on a bout ride. So we headed down to Moab for a fun weekend. About an hour into our drive I get news they are going to life flight my mom to Salt Lake. So the rest of the way to Moab I was wondering if we really should be heading to Salt Lake. But when we got to the Moab hospital she was just flying out to Grand Junction and we got to see her before she left.

So as you can imagine it was an interesting weekend. Saturday we went on a boat ride, went swimming, and my class reunion. I was not that social in school and did not think I ever would be going to my reunion. But because we were going to be in town any way Adam and I decided to go and it was fun to see some of my class mates. But I really could not focus on things so we left early.

Sunday after church we went to visit my mom, she had gotten home a couple of hours earlier and was looking a little better. After visiting with my parents we headed to the cabin where we just relaxed and had fun. My uncle Lyman even let us take his 4 wheelers out for a ride. Then we headed home Monday night, went to a movie with Adam’s parents and then went and visited with some of my cousins.

Then on Tuesday we went swimming, to the temple and then headed back to vernal. That was the day of our anniversary so we stopped at Texas Roadhouse in Grand Junction. It was a crazy busy weekend, which reflects our life perfectly. My life with Adam has been crazy, chaotic and perfect. I can’t believe we have been married for 2 years now. We are loving life together and look forward to the adventures that are ahead of us.

I didnt really take a whole lot of pictures because we were so busy.

Here are just some cute pics from the 4th of July

Silly Baby

   My baby is so silly. She has so many binkies, most from people giving them to us but when we moved they all seemed to disappear so I had to go get more. Then the old ones reappeared. We keep them in a box in her bottom drawer and she loves it when that drawer is opened. She has always known that ALL binkies are hers, so she pulls them out and sticks them in her mouth one at a time. She doesn’t really have a favorite one it’s just as she is crawling around she will spit out the one in her mouth and stick a new one in there. This can entertain her for quite a while.

   I have a couple more children to watch during the day and one of them is only 4 months old. So we got out Cheznie’s old bouncer and Cheznie is thrilled. I put it away when her legs started hanging over the edge, even though she loved it. Now she climbs in it and sits there and bounces. It is so cute!