Cedar City

We took the whole week off last week and went to UTAH! It was a lot of fun seeing family and just relaxing. We were able to stay with my sister and her family (Thanks guys!), see a couple of plays at the Utah Shakespearean Festival (Thanks Bev), hike, go to the Renaissance Fair, quilt, hike, and take naps! It was a lot of fun.

We celebrated the 4th of July at Grandma Roberta's house with our family. We barbequed, played red rover, and capture the flag. It was fun. Then on the 5th the fireworks were shot off. We were right under where they shot them off at, and it was amazing! The fireworks were raining right down on us! I've never seen them like that before. And I'll never wanna see fireworks from afar again! :)

When we went to the Greenshow at the Festival, Alyssa sat there inbetween Mason and Carson and watched for a few minutes! It was so cute! She looked like she was having so much fun! Too bad that on the way home she was so sick! It was horrible. Took a couple of days to get over it, but she was always a GOOD baby! Great moods! How do babies do that? Get sick, but still manage to be pleasant? I know that they aren't like that all the time, but she was with this illness. When she got me sick, I was NOT pleasant. So, good for her!

When we went to the parade, she sat with Grandma Holly and Gigi, Grandpa Charlie, Aunt Bev and her cousin Nico. She fell asleep during the parade, she was so tired!

What a fun trip. Thanks to everyone for putting up with us while we were there! Hope everyone is doing well!

SWIMMING!

Getting ready for the pool!


She loved kicking in the pool!

All smiles!

Alyssa and Jesse!

We took Alyssa swimming for the first time, and she LOVED it! We tried her first in her floatie. But she loved to have one of us hold her while she kicked! Even more than the floatie. That night was the first night that she has EVER slept through the night! It can't get any better than that! Since then she has slept through the night multiple times! We go swimming again this Saturday, and I CAN'T wait! Loving the summertime~

For some reason Alyssa loves to hang out the side of her swing. I don't get what she's doing, but she'll crank all the way to the left of the swing, and play or fall asleep. What is she doing? While we have no idea, it's still fun to watch, and play with her. Can't ever take a good picture though, cause she'll move back into place if I turn the swing off... Hmmm...

Welp, Nothing really going on in our home. We work, sleep, eat, and hang out. We are trying to lost weight, but don't take it seriously enough. I wanna get that Biggest Loser workout that I say my Mom buy. I also want the ab circle pro (or the mini one) I want it SO badly, but money is tight. Dang money!

Alyssa has been eating so well lately! She eats her cereal in the am and pm, then has veggies at lunch. She loves her veggies WAAAY more than her cereal. Sometimes she acts like she's gagging when I give her the cereal. What a drama queen.. Above, she is chilling in the pj's that Grandma Janice found for her at Ross!

We realized just the other day that we don't really have any pics of Alyssa in her towel after bathtime. So I sat her down on Jesse and took some pics while she picked at her towel. She is at such a fun age. She wants to grab at everything, especially my cup when I'm drinking out of it. So, now she has her own cup and I give her water in it. About 2-3 ounces in a day is all she can have though. It's not a sippy cup, just a regular Joe Schmoe cup. She loves it, and laps it up with her tongue like she's a little pup. How cute.

Hope everyone is doing well, and watch out for Summer!

Baking with Alyssa

Alyssa just loves this carrier that I just bought. I was making some cookies one day and Alyssa was being fussy in her seat so I put her in this and we made cookies together! She has a natural gift! She thinks this thing is the stuff, so it's hard for me to keep her out of it! Love toting my little girl around!

Grandmas

Gigi and Alyssa on Easter Sunday

Alyssa enjoying her breezy hawaiian dress

Alyssa's great grandmother Bradley loves her! She is over here every Friday when Grandma Holly is watching her! I imagine both Grandma's just sitting here, and ignoring everything but Alyssa. Alyssa loves ALL of her Grandmas, and lights up when she sees any of them! Love and kisses to all the Grandmas.