12 months

I realized I never did a 12 months update for Arya with her birthday posts.  This will probably be the last one, since i'm sure by now everyone is sick of seeing the monthly (it's mostly just for my reference since i forget what happened yesterday.)

At 12 month she is:

-a walking pro...she's doing the really fast walk that's not quite a run now.
- she's saying a few more words, but is still the queen of pointing to try and get what she wants.  her most used word right now is poop, yep my little princess.  Her newest is book.
- puppies are her latest obsession (pup pup).  she can spot a (real or fake) puppy anywhere and goes crazy. she has a new stuffed one that sleeps with her every night too.  babies are still a big hit as well.
- she still hates baths.
- she is on all whole foods and loves, i mean loves water.  We could never get Casen to drink it so this is a nice change.  she eats everything but fruit and veggies, those i have to sneak in somehow.  i think it's more of a texture thing, but she is the queen of meat, bread, and cheese!
- 12-18 months clothes and still size 3 diapers.
- she loves to fake cough and point to the fake "ouch" on top of her head.  and if you ask her where something is she throws up her "i dunno" hands.
- her and casen are still best buds.

and of course, we love her to death!  she loves to make us laugh and she brings so much joy to our home.*

Wordless Wednesday

she really is my mini mo!

Bompa and Monki came for a visit and as always I didn't take pictures.  We definitely had fun though!

We visited a really cool estate called Maymont.  We're excited to go back in the summer when everything is looking nicer, and hopefully i'll get more pictures.

And they watched the kids for us so Caleb and I were able to go on a date, (after kids that happens about once a year.)  We even got to go to our absolute favorite spot, the melting pot (highly recommend it to anyone looking for a really fun romantic date night.)

And the lack of pictures doesn't mean we had a lack of fun.  I just usually have a little one hanging on my arm so pictures don't happen as often as i'd like.

Before and After

We finally finished the dreaded upstairs "master" bath.  It was a big pain and it will be a long long time before it is painted again, so i'm glad I like the color.


                                      Before:

                                       After:  (The color isn't translating that well.  It's a brighter blue in person.)

My Valentine

I love my valentine!

I really hate on Valentine's Day seeing comments full of people complaining that your husband only needs to do something for Valentine's Day if they aren't good at showing their love the rest of the year.  I appreciate and love when my husband does the little things all year round (he seems to know just when I need that Pepsi and Snicker,) but I also love and appreciate when he thinks of me for Valentine's Day.  So Happy Valentine's Day, especially to my sweetheart of 7 years.
Also I just have to throw in year how completely amazing my husband is.  This year he went above and beyond!
I love black diamonds and he surprised me with this gorgeous ring (web pic is needed because I have ugly fingers.)  It's my dream ring! He has definitely spoiled me in the jewelry department in our years together :)

1 Year Photos

So I really wanted to get some nice 1 year pictures of Arya.  I am not exaggerating when I say that attempted 5 differen't "shoots" and I didn't get a single one that I wanted.  As soon as I set her down for a picture and picked up my camera she was already across the room doing something else.  And if I make her sit then all I get are crying pictures...so, anyways...this is the best I could get.  I will try to get some sent out so people have an updated one.  If anyone has preferences let me know.

Arya's Birthday

Both my kids had not so exciting first birthdays.  We ordered some pizza, had some cake, and opened some presents.  A simple birthday that they aren't going to remember anyway :)

the crown never stayed on long

 her present from us

 she was a princess about eating her cake too.  Taking it off little piece by piece.

I will get some pictures of the grandparent's gifts up tomorrow