Mommy's Big Helper

I just had to put this picture on the blog too, nothing really special about it except that it's just so cute of my little sweetie pie and it captures her cuteness so well. She has blossomed so much in her personality over the last 6 months. It is amazing how much you can see her personality come out now that she is talking better. The more she can say the cuter she is, I guess because what she says is cute/funny and she is still learning to put sentences together so sometimes it comes out funny. One game that she loves to do right now is to ask me "Where's Mommy?" or "Where's Daddy?" when we are sitting right there. Then I'll say "I don't know. Where's Mommy/Daddy?" And then she'll point to whoever she is talking about and say "Right there!" So cute. She identifies both of us and herself, and she can point to where "Baby Sister" is, although I'm not sure if she understands what that means. We are trying to prepare her for having a baby in our house. She will love it, I'm sure, as she loves babies and is very good at giving hugs and kisses. "Baby Sister" will not be at a loss when it comes to getting loves from her Big Sister. Speaking of "Baby Sister", anyone have any name suggestions? See our baby name poll for more.....

So this picture...I was folding laundry one day and Gabby was "helping" me (which means taking all the clothes out of the clothes basket and throwing them all over the floor, then hiding in them and yelling "Mommy, watch!"). She found a pair of Daddy's socks and she wanted to put them on. It was so funny, I was laughing at how cute she looked and was being so I had to take a picture. I have to admit, being a blogger has made me more picture-conscious. I am more often than not looking for opportunities to take pictures to post. It makes the blog more fun. But I should just write on it more too.

Day at the park

Here we are at the park on February 9th. We actually went to the park today too, it's been so nice out lately. Gabby loves to go to the park and go on the slides and swings. She always seems to make friends when we go over there, just playing with anyone who happens to be there. Little kids are so unassuming and friendly, I think we can all learn something from them. It's crazy to go to the park in February though. The ice cream man always drives by when we are there. Ice cream man in February! Ha! Or child snatchers, as my friend Rachael calls them. It's a rip-off, anyway.

So here's our pics from our Feb 9th trip.

Disneyland Trip

Here are our pics of our Disneyland trip. We went Feb 1st and 2nd. Jay's cousin Roger came and hung out with us there the second day. We had a blast. I'm only sad about the fact that I didn't get a picture of Gabby's favorite part, feeding the ducks with Roger during lunch! She just loved it, didn't want to leave. I didn't think about taking their picture until the next day, but that would have been the best one, since Gabby was just loving the ducks.

We didn't really do all the traditional Disneyland things. Mostly just went around meeting the characters. That was Gabby's favorite part. We went on a few rides, the Whinnie the Pooh ride and Pirates of the Carribean. Gabby fell asleep during the Pirates ride, but I thought it was cool. They've updated it to reflect the movies and have a Captian Jack character who looks just like Johnny Depp. Pretty cool. We rode the train around the Disneyland park, something else we've never done, so that was fun. We spent most of our time on the Disneyland side, only going to California Adventure for the Electric Light parade the first night and then again on the second night to check out the Muppet Show 3-D (Gabby didn't like it) and the Crush interactive show, which was really cool and Gabby really liked that. We have one more day left on our three day pass to use by March 1st, so we'll try to go down one more time to take advantage of that. I'd like to go see more of the California Adventure side.

Snow Day, anyone?

This is a lot of snow for Tehachapi. There was actually more, but it has been melting all day. Should have taken some pics yesterday. This is from my back porch.

This view is from my front porch, looking left. School was cancelled yesterday and was delayed for a couple of hours this morning. Most of the neighborhood roads are unplowed, the major roads have been plowed and sanded. I went out this morning to do some errands and to take Gabby to Tiny Tots (which I found out was cancelled), and the roads were a bit icy.

Here we are looking from my front porch straight down the walk. You can see Jay's footprints from this morning when he went to work. We park the Tribute in the driveway that's in the picture above, the Chevy stays in the garage (nice for me!). So not too much snow, you can kind of see how deep it is from Jay's footprints. This is the kind of snow that stops school from happening. At least in my town. :) The first real snow we had was on Wednesday, January 23, 2008. The young women in our ward were doing a babysitting service project so we took Gabby over to the church so she could play with some friends and we tried to go get some ice cream, but Coldstone was closed because of the snow. So we just went to KMart instead to return something. We bought our Christmas cards for next year. Twenty-nine cents for a box of 18. Score! Anyway, when we came home Jay was teaching Gabby how to throw snowballs. She is timid in the snow, anything wet really. She didn't want to step in it or scoop it up herself, but if Jay handed her a snowball then she was more than willing to throw it. Here's how she did:

Checking it all out. Not sure if she wants to step in it or not, but she seems interested!

Getting the hang of it! Mommy's too slow on the trigger finger to get the snowball in the picture.

There we go! Mommy got it right this time. Do we have a little athlete in the making? Possibly! Where are your snow pants?!? Boots? Who needs snow pants and boots in California? ha ha

Tagged

Just goes to show you how often I blog, and how even less often I look at other people's blogs....Holly tagged me on Jan 18th, and I just noticed today! Duh. So here we goooo!!!!

Four jobs I've had:
1. Flower shop clean-up girl (and some occasional errands)
2. Social worker for the State of Hawaii
3. USU Merrill Library, Special Collections student worker
4. Modbe Fashion Consultant (currently, in addition to full-time Mommy), www.kellybaird.mymodbe.com

Four movies I could watch over and over:
1. Pride and Prejudice (the one with Kiera Knightly)
2. You've Got Mail
3. Miss Congeniality
4. Ten Things I Hate About You

Four places I have lived:
1. Riverton, Utah
2. Honolulu, Hawaii
3. Rochester, Minnesota
4. Katy, Texas

Four T.V. shows I love:
1. Prison Break
2. Lost
3. The Office
4. What Not to Wear

Four places I have vacationed:
1. New York City
2. Cancun, Mexico
3. Island of Kauai, Hawaii
4. Boston, Massachusets

Four of my favorite dishes/foods:
1. Roast beef and mashed potatoes
2. Ice cream
3. Most pasta
4. Cafe Rio

Four sites I visit daily:
1. gmail.com
2. msn.com (homepage)
3. yahoo.com (weekly here)
4. Modbe-related websites

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Utah, visiting family
2. Hawaii, on the beach getting warm (Waimea would be nice, but I'll take Ala Moana at this point)
3. Out shopping for whatever I want (and money is not an issue!)
4. At the movies

Four bloggers I am tagging:
1. Miranda
2. Cami
3. Jaclyn
4. Liz
If you've been tagged on this before then sorry, just ignore. Thanks for playing along. :)