A Visit from the TOOTH FAIRY!!!

There is nothing like pulling your own teeth out!!! What a little studett!!! Two weeks ago Saturday we were looking at my little sweetie's loose tooth.....it was loose, but not to the point where it was hanging on by a thread. I asked her "Can I just push it and it will come out?" She looked at me in horror and said, "NO! it is not ready yet" Well, she disappeared for a minute and the next thing I know she comes walking out with her tooth in hand!!! She just went in the bathroom and pulled it right out!!! What a kid!! With previous experience, loosing a tooth was always a traumatic experience. But not with this kid!!!

Her very first tooth!!! She was so excited to be able to put her name on the tooth chart at school!!

Under the pillow it goes!!!

And whala............ the tooth fairy delivers. $3 dollars for a tooth!! What? Doesn't she know about the economy right now. Maybe she gave extra for pulling it out herself. Just this last weekend she did it again. She pulled out her other bottom tooth!!! She is going to be rich at this rate!!!

St. Patricks Day!

So we started off St. Patricks Day with green pancakes and green eggs. They loved the pancakes but wouldn't touch the eggs. I gave them to my little bug and she just ate them all up!!! I had to laugh because my other girls just looked at her in horror as she ate them. This is how the day ended up. The day after St. Patricks day we woke up to this disaster in the kitchen. The leprechauns came and played a trick on us. There was messes everywhere....from the girls rooms, down the hall, and into the kitchen. Then the leprechauns sent the girls on a scavenger hunt. The started at my oldest's leprechaun trap.....the clue said they would find some gold where your mom washes your clothes........

They found a bunch of chocolate gold!!! Then they were sent to find the leprechauns favorite cereal for the next clue.

Lucky charms of course!!! Then they were off to find a bubbly drink where mom keeps her pots and pans.
Green Shasta is what they found. Last but not least they were off to the oven to find their treasure...........

Yummy green bowls of tasty treats!!!

The girls had a blast!!! Until we had to clean up the mess the leprechauns made.

I had a lot of fun doing this, but I was tormented all day trying to decide if I was going to. I have never done anything on St. Patricks day before because I didn't want to create another fictitious character to fib to my children about. But it was fun.....and we will see if those crazy leprechauns return next year. (just so I give credit where credit is due.....I looked one of Lisa's bloglinks and one of her friends did this and I thought it was a cute idea).

Fork or No Fork!!! That is the Question?

Okay so my little bug normally eats with her fingers and I decided it was about time she start using a fork and spoon. Well, one night we were eating spaghetti....her version is hamburger and plain noodles. NO sauce.....way to messy for her to feed herself. So I give her a baby fork to to try and the girls decided to give her this big huge fork. Should she use the fork or not?

NOT!!!!! Who needs a fork when you can just pick up the bowl and dump it on yourself and everywhere else. That's the reason for no sauce!!!

Or she can just lick it out too..............that works!!

All done!!!! When she is finished with dinner she just rips off her bib and dumps everything on herself. Like I said before, the reason for NO sauce!!! This little one sure enjoys eating. I don't think I have found one thing she won't eat. She love veggies, fruit, and meat!!! Yahoo!! Do we have one that is not a picky eater........just wait until her sisters get to her. I will enjoy it while I can!!!

Day Out With DAD!!!!

Last weekend while my little bug was still recuperating from RSV, daddy took the other girls for a day out on the town. The highlight of the day was standing right where High School Musical was filmed. Dad took them to East High..............and they thought that was the coolest thing. My little bug kept saying "we went to High School Musical". That actually was the end of their day. They also had a lot of fun at the Living Planet Aquarium.

The girls had a lot of fun looking at all the fun underwater things....giant lobsters, octopus, seahorses, lots of fish, turtles, frogs, and this stingray that my oldest almost touched. Daddy said that none of the girls were brave enough to touch one. That is okay. Who wants to touch a slimy, scary looking thing anyway. They had a lot of fun with dad and loved getting out of the house since we have all been cooped up. Thanks daddy!!!! As for my little bug and I.....we just sat home and cried and couldn't wait for all of them to come back!!!!

Happy, Happy, Birthday!!!

My little bug turns 1!!!!!! Yea!!! We have a tradition in our family that when we celebrate a #1 birthday, my little one gets her own cake to dig into. Or so that is the objective!!! Well, as you can see from the picture above....she didn't get into it very much. This is how she looked right after we took her out of her high chair. Wow, what a mess she is!! Ha, Ha!!! Not only did she not want to touch it, when I put her hand in the cake.....she gagged!!! I guess she truly is my daughter...she passed the test.

Oh well, since she didn't get in her cake....we got to eat it!!!! How cute is her cake? I bought this pan that makes a giant size cupcake, then my friend Carole came over and helped me decorate it with yummy butter cream frosting. It was really tasty, my little one missed out!!!!

She did love opening her presents though!!! Wrapping paper and tissue paper are her favorite gifts.!!! She did love her new baby though. She kept going back to it every time she would open another present. We loved having having the Balls and Turners over to help us celebrate.

I know I have mentioned in the past the this little one is very high maintenance!!! Holy cow, I love her.........but she requires more attention then my other three combined. I kept thinking to myself the past year..."If I can just make it to her 1st birthday" Well, the birthday has come and gone and.......................yep still high maintenance. I guess that is just her personality, so we will just keep trying to keep up with her demands.

Happy Anniversary!!!!

Happy Anniversary to us!!!! It was a milestone!!! 10 years whaoooo!!! We celebrated by spending Valentine's weekend at sunny San Diego. Thanks to my awesome friend Azuree (love ya) and my mom (of course I love ya too) who kept my girls while we were gone.
It wasn't all that sunny ,but we still had a lot of fun anyway. In fact the only day that was sunny was the day we left. We stayed at a resort on Coronado Island. We were only there a few short days but we got a lot in. This is a picture of my hunk of a husband in front of the bay just off our hotel room.

The thing I wanted to do the most while we were there was to go to the temple. It is one of my favorites, even more so since we were able to go inside. Wow, it is beautiful. This picture doesn't do it justice.

One of the mornings we were there we went on a whale watching tour on a 40 foot sailboat. We were a little nervous about getting sea sick, but both of us did good. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see a whale, but we did see a lot of dolphins. They were so fun to watch. Diving and jumping right in front of us. Our captain said that he had been taking people out on tours for about 4 years and our trip was only the 4th time he had been out during whale watching time and not seen a whale. Just my luck huh?

This picture is of one of the houses along the beach as we set out for the big ocean. Can you imagine owning this thing. Big house with your own private beach? Anyone want to come over for a play date?

The two Love birds!!! It was freezing!!! That is why we are sporting some pretty fashionable, huge, rubber coats!!! I even had a scarf and gloves on!!

We had a great trip!!! It was hard to get me there, because I was so worried about leaving my kids. But once I was there I didn't want to come home. I even tried to change everything so we could stay one more day. The kids did great and I can't wait for my next trip away!!!

RSV Stinks!!!

I will tell you what, after this week I wouldn't wish RSV on anyone. My girls have all been sick the last few weeks with a terrible cough. They sound horrible, but they didn't really run a fever. So we figured we would just let it run its course and I decided not to take them to the doctor. Which is very unusual for me, because I am one of those paranoid mothers who takes their children to the doctor for everything. Well, when my little bug got it last weekend I broke down. Besides she was running a fever, so we just went over to the Morgan clinic. I wanted to try out the new doctors, no big deal....I figured they would just tell me she had an ear infection. Well, not so. He said she has RSV. What? So I admit I freaked out at first because you always hear such horrible things about RSV. Then I kept wishing I would have gone to my regular doctor. I brought her home and have been giving her some TLC all week. I am exhausted!!! Our nights have been worse than when I brought any of my newborns home. She is still sick, but we are on the down side I think. So a word of advice......if you have little ones please try to keep them away from all the gunk. It has not been fun!!

The only plus out of this whole thing is........ it got us out of speaking on Sunday!!!! Yahoo!!!!
Too bad for all of you in my ward they rescheduled us. I let you know when it is so you can plan a trip for that Sunday.