Happy St. Patty's Day

I was in a picture taking mood this afternoon...so Happy St. Patricks Day!

"Chee"


Jolina and Caroline are BFF! So cute!

She loves her slide!

Morning at the Beach!

This morning Tom had to go to the city for work, but I had a Dr's appointment...so I got stuck bringing Caroline. Umm...she was not happy about coming with me. She screamed and cried "out, out" to get out of the stroller. I was not about to let her out of the stroller so the Dr and I just had to talk over her. Needless to say, I will never be bringing her again by myself. At least the Dr was pretty nice about it even though I could tell she was slightly annoyed. Anyway, the poor girl just did not want to sit. When we left the Dr she just screamed and screamed because she did not want to sit in the car seat...so since the beach is about 2 min. from our house, and it was a nice day, I decided it was the perfect place to get her energy out. She LOVED it and never wanted to leave!

She loves stairs...so we both got our exercise going up and down a hundred times.

1st Birthday

A couple Saturdays ago Carolines cousin, Giorgia, celebrated her first birthday. Poor girl was so tired she fell asleep for the night about an hour into her party. Every time we get together we try to get a picture with all the cousins...with 6 kids 4 and under this is NOT an easy task...this is the best we got. I wish I had more pictures from the party, but my camera battery died after we took these pics.
There is an extra kid in the picture...he is a cousin of Nick and Denise's kids.

Caroline: 19 Months

I'm a little behind on this...Caroline actually turned 19 months on Feb 28th...it's now St. Patty's Day...oh well, at least I'm doing it, right? I used to update this during nap time...but her nap time is now my nap time too. I'm so tired all the time now. On the days I don't nap I am busy cleaning the house because I didn't do it the day before...so this has been neglected. Caroline and Jolina are being very good right now playing, so I am able to finally get at least a few updates.

Caroline just keeps amazing us. I think it was the day she turned 19 months...or at least somewhere around there...we decided to turn her crib into a toddler bed to see how she would do. She amazed us by going to bed perfectly, and staying in the bed. She actually stays in her bed until we come and get her in the morning. She even asks to go "nigh nigh" when she is tired. Awesome. I wouldn't say there have been any other BIG changes. She just continues to pick up new words every day. She says and does a lot of funny things. If I can actually get myself on here more than I can write them down when I remember....I'll try to remember a few things


*Her word for all drinks is now "wawa"...sometimes she will say "dink" or "juice"...but it's pretty much always "wawa" even if she really wants milk. *She loves to go to nursery at church and see her friends..."sack" (Zack) and Vivian...that was is to hard so she really doesn't have a name for her yet. *She likes to take my phone and camera and point them at us saying "chee" *She loves to play outside. Now that it is a little warmer she is always asking to go out. *She likes to wear bows in her hair...and earrings on her ears. But, she can't seem to keep the earrings in. After she asks for them and I put them in...she will run off and hide so she can take them out, and then she brings them back to me. Silly girl. *She FINALLY likes to give us kisses. And she likes to give five and knuckles...she has to be even so if someone asks for five she will give everyone in the room five....not as generous with the kisses though. *She is a perfectionist...she cannot handle it if something is out of place unless she is the one that put it there. lol. * She LOVES Minnie Mouse and Elmo!

I have pregnancy brain and that's about all I can think of from last month...hopefully when she turns 20 months I will actually update this while I can remember.

We love you Caroline!

Here are a few pictures...

Her "big girl" bed with Jolina




Playing dress up


At IHOP on Valentines Day


Eating Jello


Yes...she is wearing Minnie mouse underwear over her diaper

Other NM Pics

Caroline had some fun playing Twinkle Twinkle with "Bampa"

Grandpa was able to get Caroline to go to sleep at church...truly amazing...she took him up and down the stairs about 15 x's and then zonked out.

Jarians Baby Blessing

Feb. 20th Kim and Tyler had their baby blessed by my Dad...and James Harper and her bishop also were in the circle. It was great that I could be there for that. :-)

Kim, Tyler and Jarian

Jarian

Cathie, Dad, Kim and Jarian, Tyler, me and Caroline

James, Dad, Kim and Jarian, Tyler, and Bishop

Everyone who was there...

Albuquerque Aquarium

Feb 21st...the day before we left, we went with Aunt Kim, Jarian, "Bampa", and our friends Elizabeth and Brantly to the aquarium. It was a lot smaller than I thought, but fun!

Caroline and Brantly on the ants

My cute little nephew chillin in his stroller

Helping Grandpa push the stroller...she loves her grandpa!

Aunt Kim and Caroline


"Cheese"
I can't figure out how to flip this video..so you will just have to turn your head...it's really short because I thought I was taking a picture, not recording.

Benedryl

Apparently I made this post, but never finished it a month ago...oops.

Feb. 21, 2011
Poor Caroline has a cold or allergies so I went to Walmart today and bought some Benedryl for her. She has had it before and fell right to sleep so I figured it would be GREAT for the plane ride. Well, this afternoon she was pretty stuffy and cranky so I decided to give her some around 3:00. I'm so glad I did because she had the opposite reaction to it this time. She did not take a nap ALL day (she usually takes a nap anywhere from 2-3 hrs) and was just bouncing off the walls at Grandpa and Nanas house tonight. She was chatting away and climbing on everything...she even got close to the dog which NEVER happens. All this after waking up at 6:30 this morning and only sleeping for about 20 min in the car during the day. Here are a few videos from tonight.

Aquatic Center

Tonight Caroline and I had about an hour to kill so I took her to the aquatic center. She LOVED it. She had a really good time bouncing up and down in the water and walking in the part she could reach. Next time we need to have daddy with us because she REALLY wanted to go down the froggy slide, but she is just too small to get up there by herself and she needs someone to catch her at the bottom. It wasn't so bad taking her by myself...but when we were leaving I could have used a couple more hands. I got her all dressed and then as I was getting myself dressed she ran out of the locker room (she is VERY fast). I had to wrap up in my towel and go chase her...luckily it was just one little boy standing outside. Haha

These aren't the best pictures in the world because I was by myself...but I know her daddy will still enjoy them! We miss you Tom!

She wants to do everything by herself these days. This is her trying to get me to let go of her hand so she can go off by herself. She was so mad that I wouldn't let her just jump in the water. If only she knew I was just protecting her :-)