the baby giraffe

We got to take this crew...

(Spencer, Malachi, Omar, Sienna, and Abby)to the Hogle Zoo...

to see this 9 day old baby giraffe!! Oh and the baby snow leopard and baby meerkats (sp?), it was quite the baby day at the zoo!

Thanks for coming with us Spencer and Abby-- we LOVE playing with you guys!!

Alex & Tara

We made some of our greatest friends right after we got married... Alex and Tara went to our church and we all clicked!! They are a big reason we miss SD so much!! This past weekend they were in town and we got to go to the Real Salt Lake game with them and then spent more time swimming, picnic-ing, hanging on a farm, playing the wii, and just chillin!!

We love you guys and miss you so much!!

me, Tara and Ava

Don't these two look blissfully happy together??



Thanks for a fun date night!

Alex and Sienna- the diaper heads!

PLEASE MOVE TO UTAH!!!

Our little albino Mexican!

That is O and I's little joke-- but really how did we get such a white little half Mexican?? We are not too sure but we LOVE him! I thought the months flew by in Sienna's first year but they have gone so much faster with this sweet little munchkin! My little baby is already 8 1/2 months and growing and changing so much!

Here are a few of my favorite things about my sweet baby Mac....


I love his bright blue eyes!

He loves to be held and snuggled and I love it!

I love that he is so easy-going about being tortured by the bigger kids!

I love his mischievous side-- if there is trouble to get into he sees it and gets there as fast as possible, he keeps this mama on her toes!


I LOVE his big smile-- how can you not??

We love you Malachi and are so happy we get you FOREVER!!

LAgOoN

Last Friday we went to Lagoon with our friends April & Chadwick for date night. I have to admit I am not one for rollercoasters and crazy rides but I gave in and rode them all except The Rocket! We had so much fun and Omar ALMOST won a SD batting helmet-- maybe next time!

riding the spinning ride that makes you laugh your head off!!!

April, Chadwick, Omar and my empty seat

Sienna passed...

her first dental exam!

And she watched Dora the whole time! She was afraid if everything in the office except the dentist, lucky us!!

ideal...

days with my little family are exactly that!

Last Saturday we went to my old high school so Omar could run and me and Si could play...




but the football team was practicing so Sienna did this instead...

until she got jealous of her brother running with dad...

so Omar seriously did this running around the track...

and then she was happy to play!!


This week we had a picnic at Wheeler Farm

see my little baby sitting there like a big baby? :(

We are happy with every minute we get the daddy all to ourselves (especially this mama)!


Mac was so happy to be free on the blanket!

Then we packed up and went to see all the animals!!

ObsESseD!!!

My daughter has a serious issue!!! She is OBSESSED with shoes! She wants to wear them all the time, including naptime AND she makes me put them on over her pajamas!! Now we even put her shoes in time out instead of her because it is more traumatizing to her- I know, we are mean!!

Look close, she is wearing shoes over her footy pajamas!

So here is the result of 24 hour a day shoe-wearing... the nastiest blister, that had to be wrapped because it would bleed when she walked! So here she is flexing for the camera sporting her wrapped ankle with her beautiful bedhead-- she is a true girl!!