what's up

So I haven't really been very good at keeping up on the blog, so here are just some pictures from the last three months and some fun things that Maylee is doing. She is growing up so fast it is crazy. I love her so much and am enjoying being a mom so much. It is one of the most rewarding things in the world, and I am so glad that my husband alows me to stay at home with my wonderful daughter. He is so wonderful. He works so hard so that we can have fun and I can be home.

Maylee loves to watch movies in the swing.

I can't believe how grown up Maylee is getting

Maylee loves to sit on her own and play with toys.
As long as mommy stays close by.

This is the horse Maylee got for Chirstmas. She absolutely
loves it and laughs when it plays the music as she rides.

Maylee loves to play and chew on anything.

Maylee loves to pose for pictures most of the time.
some times it is the only way to get her to do tummy time.

Maylee really Hated the cold when we first moved
and this was her warm "coat". Whenever we put it on her
she would get mad because she knew we were going out.
It is crazy how fast Maylee is growing, this was just
in January and now she sits up all on her own.

Maylee loves carrots, they are one of the only veggies
I can get her to eat. However, they are really messy.

Maylee is such a joy she loves to play

Grandma smoot lets maylee play in this. She loves it
Mommy loves it too because Maylee always wants to be
standing and in this she can do it on her own, mommy
doesn't have to hold her.

She gets tired of her car seat and the cold.

Maylee loves to smile and laugh

So we went shopping and I waited in the car
with all the kiddos. Maylee was fast asleep and
the rest were acting really silly.

Christmas

We had so much fun watching Maylee enjoy Christmas and sharing it with the family. We love living with Tamina and Jon. It was so much fun to see all the kids get so excited and open their presents. We enjoyed spending time with all the families and then being able to go home and relax. :)

This is a book that talks and makes music.

She got some really fun toys that she loves to play with.

One of the ways we got Maylee to actually open
gifts was to wrap them in red paper.
She loves red and would grab it.
This is at Grandma and Grandpa Bowden's

This is Maylee with her aunt Amber. She loves her.

Maylee got a rocking horse for Christmas,
you can't really see it but
She loves to ride it.

This is Maylee enjoying her books that

she got in her stocking. She loves to be read to.

This is Christmas morning just after eating before
going up for presents. We waited a long time for the
other kids to wake up. Their dad finally went in
at 7:30 and woke them up. We were up at 6.

Maylee's Blessing

So we blessed Maylee the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Thanks you to all the family and friends who came. It was an absolutely wonderful day. She was so good and did not cry during the blessing.

Thanksgiving

Wow so It has been a while. Thanksgiving was awesome. We had a fun time at the Smoot talent night on Wednesday, and then we spent Thanksgiving day with the Bowdens. We had so much fun being with family this year. It was wonderful. We also attended a party at the Morgans on Wednesday for a party for the kids. It was really fun. They did all sorts of fun things.

Tribute

I wanted to let all of our friends in Arizona know haw very much we appreciate them. We miss them and are so glad that we had the chance to meet them and become such good friends. They were our family while we were down there. They took such good care of us and we had a lot of great times laughing and crying with them. THANK YOU!! We want to keep in touch and are excited to see them in June for graduation. You guys made our lives so much better and fun. Thank you for sharing your wonderful families and time with us. We love you all and were sad to leave you, but we know that we will continue to get together and have good times in the future.

Moving

Well as most of you know we recently moved back to Utah. It was so tiring. The drive was really long, but okay. Maylee did a lot better than we thought she would. She hardly cried at all during the first 10 hours, but then the last 5 hours she was DONE. She would cling to us when we tried to put her back in the car seat. Anyway, I thought I would post some pictures of the move.































I