California Here We Come!

We left for California at 1:00 this morning. Our hope was that the kids would sleep and we could get the first half of our drive done before they woke up, for the most part it worked. They did wake up when we put them in the car, and it took about an hour and a half for them to go back to sleep, but they were very good during that time. Then they slept all the way to St. George. After that there was a lot of movie watching for Gabby, and toy playing for Annie. I was a little nervous about how Annie would handle the trip, but she was excellent! I packed a bag full of toys for her and when she wasn't sleeping she was happy to play with her toys one at a time. About 8 hours into our trip we stopped at a place called Calico. It's an old ghost town that is now a tourist trap, but it was a fun place for the kids, and Darren, to take a break. 

She missed it!

So on Mothers Day all the primary kids were going to sing in sacrament meeting. We were running a tiny bit late and got there just as sacrament was starting so we didn't get a program. A ways into the first talk Gabby said she had to go potty, so we went potty and just as we were coming back into the chapel the kids were singing the last note of their song. Gabby was so upset she stood in the middle of the aisle and said (pretty loudly) "I missed it! I missed it" It was so sad! I have to say I was disappointed too, I was looking forward to being able to see and hear her sing. This isn't the first time the primary kids have sung in sacrament meeting since Gabby became a Sunbeam, but the last time I was up there with them playing the piano so I didn't get to see. I would have loved to see Gabby up there singing on Mothers Day. I guess there's always next year right?

Party Time!!

Annie's first birthday is on Monday so we had her party today. I can't believe my little girl is one. This year has gone by so fast!

We got Annie to show us how old she is, it took a lot of coaxing to get this shot!

Her big sister and cousins were more then happy to help open the presents.

And the best part.....THE CAKE! This was her first ever taste of cake, and she loved it!

Easter

Darren and I hid Eater eggs all around the house Saturday night after the kids went to bed. I woke up Sunday morning to the sounds of Gabby rummaging through her Easter basket in the kitchen and trying to open up all the eggs she had already found. Most of the eggs were for Gabby with candy in them, but there were a few for Annie with animal crackers in them. Annie mostly just wanted to play with the empty eggs. 

Baby Animal Days

We went to baby animal days on Friday, and although it was fun, it could have been better. I decided to go on Friday because it was supposed to rain on Saturday (it didn't, but oh well). Darren decided that he wanted to come so he took a long lunch and came with us. There were a TON of people there. Gabby wanted to go on the pony ride, but the line was sooo long that by the time we were done doing that there would have been no time to do anything else before Darren had to go back to work. I convinced her that we should go get a balloon from the Macey's booth instead. We did get to pet a few animals, but there were just sooo many people that we didn't get to do much. Maybe we'll try again next year and go first thing in the morning. 

Gabby kept saying she was hungry, which didn't actually mean she was hungry, since we ate lunch right before we went, it just mean she saw everyone else eating food and she wanted some too. So I debated, do I buy my child popcorn, which was $6 a bag, but slightly more healthy, or do I go for the cheap $1 sucker. The picture says it all. 

Gabby holding a baby turtle

Gabby and Anabelle with the Easter Bunny, of course they wouldn't look at the camera

Questions, Questions, Questions

Gabby has always been a pretty curious little girl, but lately it seems like the questions have quadrupled. She wants to know what every animal in the world eats, she wants to know what every word she sees says. She must ask me a million questions a day. Now don't get me wrong, I'm very glad that she's inquisitive and want's to know about things, and most of the time I'm more then happy to answer her bazillion questions, but there are days when I wish that girl had a mute button!

She loves that sippy cup!

I decided that since Annie is going to be turning one in just a little over a month (I still can't believe it.) it was time to start getting her used to a sippy cup, so we can get rid of that bottle. So yesterday while Gabby was having a little snack in the afternoon I put Annie in her highchair with a graham cracker and a little bit of water in a sippy cup and let her try it out. She loved it! She actually cried when I tried to take it away. Today I gave it to her again with some formula while I fixed the rest of her lunch and she drank almost the whole 5 oz. all by herself. She needed a little bit of help tipping it up when it got down to the end, but other then that she did great! I think soon we'll be able to get rid of the bottle completely.