Happy 1st Birthday Alyvia!!!

Sunday my baby girl turned 1! I really can't believe it has already been a year. She looked so cute in her birthday dress (it was kind of big).

 

 Our little princess!

 

 She hated the hat!

 Birthday breakfast.

 and kind of cranky.

 Kaite and Lyvi are so close, Lyvi really loves Kaite. Both girls in their pretty dresses.

 She would have been happy with just a hula hoop!

 presents, the girls helped

 

 

 new dress and shoes (it took her a whole hour to get them off)

 

 

 playing ball with Chelsea

 loving the doll and blanket from Missy

 

 matching dress with her sisters

 cake!

 

 ice cream!

 Uncle Chris in his Tiara

 the girls made everyone wear sashes since it was a princess party, everyone was a good sport!

 not too messy

 who were the blocks for?

 Kami showing us her "moves"

Alyvia is such a cutie and she is growing! She is 17 pounds now and 29 1/2 inches tall. She has a very strong personality and definitely knows what she wants. She loves to get into everything and is really talking up a storm. Lately she has been saying "thank you" she also says "more, bottle, grandpa, ball, mama, daddy, Ash, Mar, Sam, and Daisy" I am sure I am missing some. She is still not walking, but she can stand and even took a few steps (she just didn't realize she did). She can be very timid. She loves her sisters so much and gets so excited to see them. She is also still a HUGE daddy's girl and her day is better when she gets to see him in the morning. She is working on more bottom teeth and is drooling everywhere again. She is a huge eater and loves pretty much everything, I really can't figure out why she is so small. Lyvi loves to dance, it is so cute! We all love her so much and she adds so much to our family!

Her last present finally came today, guaranteed delivery last Friday and I was reassured by the local woman that it was on the truck and would be here by 4, yeah right! Well she loves it, it lights up and makes kissing noises.

Happy Birthday baby girl!!!

Ky got the job with the city and the benefits are even better than expected!

Random Catch-up

Wow, with everything going on around here I have had trouble keeping up on the blog. I just keep adding pics and things to this post, but not actually finishing it, haha. Okay so quickly here is what we have been up to around here in no particular order.

Kami got her red ribbon in gym.

Lyvi learned a couple of new tricks, one is pretty disgusting
(and everyone laughs and encourages it)!

 

She likes to jump on the trampoline.

Ash had her science fair project, on display golden citrine monoammonium phosphate crystals.

Marianne got married on the beach. I still think it is crazy that my little sis is married. Congrats to her and Cory!

We made a trip to Utah to see our new niece/cousin. Her and Lyvi are 10 months apart but seriously about the same size. And check out all that hair, she has more than all of my girls combined at like 18 months old!!

She LOVED Kami!

 

All of us after the blessing.

We planted our peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers. The cucumbers went wild, but the tomatoes are really struggling this year.

Found this on my phone. She finally broke all four top teeth through and within about a three day span. She was so much happier after that, Kami had been calling her "grumpy bear".

On our way to Utah we stopped at Hill AFB and saw all the planes with Chris, Chantelle, and Chelsea. Lyvi slept through it.

Here is the SR71 blackbird that Ky really wanted to see. I can't believe how big they all were especially the choppers!

Ash had her tonsils out just over a week ago. She was pretty excited about it, they took them out in 12 minutes. They were also able to knock her out with the gas before starting the IV-lucky girl.She did so well and was wide awake and talking when they wheeled her out of recovery. She has done amazing in her recovery! She is almost back to normal.

Recovering on the couch reading..... and balancing her journal on her head. I think she lived on ice cream for like 3 days! The doc said her tonsils were pretty gross, just like her mom.

Ky started on the trench for the downstairs bathroom, what a mess! He used a jackhammer and made the job so much faster, Lyvi slept through it!!

With the pipe in, it was deep too. I had to tell Kaite not to play in the dirt, not something you should have to say in your own house!

Going under the wall.

It is now buried and we will be covering it with concrete Saturday, yay! I am so ready to get the carpet down in that area!
*Update Ky and Chris got the concrete done on Saturday, yay! No more holes in my basement! Just a few things left to do and the carpet can go down!
 

Also, I finally got the taxes done and filed! 

And I finally joined Facebook, not too impressed so far but I am still learning.

Kaite is performing her dance again on Wednesday, they also performed for Jr. miss, I guess everyone really liked those kittens!!
Ky has his interview with the city today, I really hope that goes well we need him to get this job. He did have some really great interviews with Brighton homes and Headwaters, but those are jobs for after he graduates in December.
It has been a hard weekend with Daisy's passing, I will do a post about her later. We sure loved that dog!
I am sure I have forgotten some things but I would like to post this sometime this century!