loves needed: hugs given here

This little girl is FULL of energy.

She can be full of DEMANDS and full of TROUBLE.

but the best thing about Tayvie is she is FULL OF LOVE, it's obvious in her sparkly eyes and her huge full-face grin and her stretched out arms... "hugs!!!"... that are so excited to wrap around my neck.

BEST HUGS EVER.

Sundance

We got up early today and drove to Provo and then up Provo Canyon. We went up to Sundance and the leaves were so pretty the whole drive! Then we drove around Deer Creek Reservoir and to Heber (cause we realized we had forgotten to fill up the tank so we needed to get gas in Heber). Then we went back to Sundance and finished the Alpine Loop. We detored to Granite Flats Campground and we saw a big white bunny eating grass right on the side of the road, the girls were SO excited! Ayla can't wait to tell everyone she knows about the bunny! It was a really nice day! The weather was absolutely beautiful! I'm loving this Fall Season and the chill in the air!

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These are from last year, kind of fun to look at, can't believe how much the girls have grown!

The Alpine Loop 2008 (post 3)

The Alpine Loop 2008 (post 2)

The Alpine Loop 2008 (post 1)

Surprise! We're Dressed!

What a cute morning it was today! I got in the shower and to my surprise was not interupted even one time by a little person hanging over the tub, instead when I got out I was greeted by two little excited girls explaining to me that they had picked out their own clothes and got dressed!

Tayvie had picked out a long sleeved blue shirt with butterflies and flowers on it that she had on her head like a hat, and stripey pants that she had pulled on over her pajamas and was walking like a penguin cause both legs were in the same pant leg!

Ayla informed me that she had helped Tayvie pick out her clothes, and they were both so proud of the butterflies and flowers on her shirt! Ayla's outfit was her favorite little jean capris and a long sleeved sweatshirt. She said "You are gonna be so proud of me!"

I just love that they had a little plan and did it all on their own, Ayla helping Tayvie, and they both knew I would LOVE that they had done it. They were SO excited!

Just Had To Share

It's funny how a simple thing can change the whole course of your day.

Between 8 am and 11 am my day was just a 'deal with it' Monday. Crying kids. Working on laundry, cleaning. Thinking that my biggest success today would be that the kids were dressed and that would be good enough.

Then around 11ish I remembered that today's date is September 20th... significant because I had entered a give-a-way on Sell Party of 3...4 and she was going to announce the winner on the 20th. (Only now I realize that YESTERDAY was actually the 20th ... such is my life). AND guess who the WINNER was?

YEP! ME, I WON!!!

So this is what I won:

from Balaboosta Baby's Shop

TRUE, I really would have been excited to win anything, but I am super excited to win this!!! I have never had anything like this, I've always just used blankets and I KNOW I'm going to LOVE this! Seriously, probably no one will love this more than me! I'm so excited!

So my day has gone from just a blah Monday to me wanting to dance around the living room because I won this little nursing blanket! :) Funny how that works!

Go visit Sell Party of 3 ...4. Say hi to her, she loves her readers. She does fun food reviews and always has a give-a-way going on. Plus she's really cute and friendly, she would love for you to say hi I'm sure! And make sure you enter her next give-a-way, maybe you'll be dancing around the living room like me :)

Baby Lips

Look at those sweet little lips! I can't get over that picture!!!

Tony and I went to my doctor's appointment yesterday. I am now going every 3 weeks! I can't believe that by my NEXT appointment (3 weeks from now) I am going to be 30 weeks! WOW! This baby will be here before we know it!

Tony and I were joking about what a nice date we had, cause that's as close as we get! :)

It was really nice though, to just be the two of us for a long drive.

The appointment went well. Baby looks good. I got a flu shot and passed my glucose test. So all good news.

Dr Hartman was fancying himself quite the photographer. So we got several pictures:

This one below, was from our last appointment that I never posted:

The Sweetest Thing

Saturday we went for a little drive and stopped at a little trailhead in Highland, right at the base of the mountain. The girls had fun playing in the mountains. They are so much fun!

A couple of days ago, Ayla was standing by the bottom of my bed and Tayvie came in from the bathroom and gave Ayla the sweetest hug. She just hugged her for atleast a minute, for no particular reason. It was the sweetest thing.

This morning they've been riding their bikes, sometimes both of them on the same bike. They've also been coloring, and they did the spots on the floor again. I just get a kick out of watching them do things together. I love that they play together!

Legacy Pamphlet

Remeber THIS ?

Last October, we did this little photoshoot for Legacy Village and they used one of the photos on their website. Well, yesterday Michele Cockayne walked into their new location on 5400 South & 3200 West and was surprised to see this: How cute is that? Ayla is on the front cover of their pamphlets!

So then, of course, I had to check out their website again and they've redone it. This is the second page of their website:

We just think these are fun! I've seen billboards with some of these pictures on them, I haven't seen any with Ayla yet but keep an eye out and let me know if you do! How funny huh?