raggedy ann partay!

I asked coco what she wanted for her birthday and she told me she wanted her very own cake, a pink ball and some makeup. She got just what she wanted plus a raggedy ann party! I wish it could stay this easy, but they do have to grow up, and I don't like that thought too much! she is at such a cute age and I am loving every minute of it!
these photos are all sorts of blurry, :( new lenses and camera in the works!

Grandma made her this super princess party dress!


this cake is a little scary, and could promote nightmares, but I was short on time!

doughnut cake from Grandma!

Thursday was Olea's birthday, but we weren't going to celebrate until Saturday when we would have her party. I was feeling kind of bad because I didn't have anything planned for that day, but told her it was her birthday when we woke up that morning, and she kept saying that she wanted a cake! then the doorbell rang and it was Grandma! She had the girls sit down and started layering up their favorite powdered doughnuts and told them a story of a little brown eyed girl that wanted a doughnut cake for her birthday, (it was me from a long time ago!) she lit the candles and Olea blew them out, she was so excited! and made for a perfect birthday!

My Coco is 3 today!

Olea Grace (Coco),
i absolutely Love your size right now
i love that you still love to snuggle
i love to hear you sing somewhere over the rainbow
i love your intense and infectious laugh
i love your floppy body when you run
i love your little chub just above your elbows
i love the raspiness in your voice
i love that you are content just playing by yourself
i think its funny that your favorite food is peanut butter on a spoon
i love that you want me to curl your hair all the time and where my high heals
i sometimes leave your hand prints on the mirror and TV for days just to remind
myself that you wont stay little for long!
you are my sunshine!
-momma





(Grandma made raggedy ann dolls for all the granddaughters, now its time to prepare for a raggedy ann party!)

Tessa

This is Tessa, my little Niece who just turned two. she's not very fond of smiling at the moment, but we did manage to get a few fun expressions out of her!

olea GRACE!

my black eyed baby, Olea Grace is just like her mom, a little clumsy! after looking out the window to see the crazy snowstorm we had last week, she turned around and ran right into the corner of the desk! it was immediately swollen with a dark purple center! she gave a cry like none I had heard before, I knew it hurt bad! so sad! these photos are taken a few days after. To make her feel a little better about her (eye makeup) I went and bought a small barrel curling Iron to give her bouncy curls because she is always wanting her hair curled! she's so girly and yet not so much, my perfect little combo!

My two chefs

How lucky am I? My man likes to cook gourmet, and daughter wants to be like him! I love a good salmon dish, its my favorite! especially when these two make it!

little italy

little italy is not so little anymore! Rohme is growing like crazy, and I love it! I got to babysit the other night, check out those cheeks! and my favorite, knuckle dimples!

Valentine in San Diego

Ben had a business trip in San Diego last week. He surprised me and the girls by flying us out there to spend Valentines together. It was so fun to take my two little girlfriends on the air plane and see them be so excited. I wish I would have got pictures of thier expressions as we took off into the air, even though Bella has flown a bunch of times, it was like it was her first, and to see them both walking down the halls pulling thier own little pink suit cases was so flippin cute! Ben greeted us each with a rose as we came down the escalader to baggage claim. ahh, so sweet!
San Diego was perfect! 80 degrees and sunny, just how I like it! We spent sunday at the board walk with Ben's good friend Gabe and his family. Monday we took the girls to Disneyland. I kept telling them that we were going to see real princesses, but all we saw was the back of Marry Poppins and Burt. We totally spaced that it was Presidents Day, so it was packed! They loved the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, Peter Pan, and It's a small world. Those are really the only rides we went on, but it was just enough, and the girls loved it!


waiting in line for a ride.

after coming out of a ride, she kept saying, it too bright mom!


tired eyes!


The next two nights we stayed in the cutest little blue and white beach house on a pier over the water. You could feel the house move a little when the waves would come in. It was kind of scary, but super fun! We spent all day at the beach. At first, Coco would not walk on the sand because there was sea weed and she thought it was going to bite her toes. We all had to take our turn at explaining that it was just a plant, and would not hurt her, but she was not ok with it until the next day at the beach. Bella is a water girl at heart! No fear at all, she just goes for it, and the whole day we had to keep telling her to not go out so far! she loves to belly surf, and there were some big waves! Wednesday was a sad day when we had to leave the beautiful weather and head home. When we got home to Utah and walked in the door, Coco started crying, saying, not this house, I want the blue house! she thought we had moved to California and wanted the beach house! :) it was a perfect Valentines! Much comparable to last year! What a sweet Man us three girls have! Thank you love!




how come my girls don't like to take a picture with me?












these little girls were part of Gabes family that Bella was able to play with.