Baby on the MOVE

The Sunday before we left for Disneyland we got to see Gavin crawl for the very first time! By the time we got home he had mastered it and is now officially ON THE MOVE. Life has changed as we know it :). He was pulling out the lamp plugs and pulling down the decorations tonight after dinner. Tomorrow mrng. will have to be spent re-baby-proofing mi casa. He loves to crawl up to anything he can get a hold of to get himself in a standing position and then bobs up and down and smiles from ear to ear. He is so happy and proud of himself and couldn't be any cuter! We love our little guy so much!




(I can't get my video of him crawling to upload so you're just gonna have to take my word for it. ;))

He also just cut his first tooth on the bottom and has two very large bulges on the top which have been bothering him quite a bit so we know they're coming next. 8 1/2 months old ~ wow! Time really does FLY when you're having fun :>!

The World Of Color

Last Sunday my friend Amy and I decided spur-of-the-moment (just our style ;)) to take our girls to Disneyland for the week. We left Monday afternoon and spent the most amazing SUNNY week in California and we loved every minute of it! We lucked out and had weather between 75-80 degrees the entire week. It did mama's body good....











Brynn surprised me by being 42 inches and could ride most of the rides in the park (she liked Thunder Mountain and Maderhorn the best I think and didn't really like pirates). We really enjoyed The World of Color show our second night there - it was amazing! We also took the kids to Ariel's Grotto one morning to have breakfast with the princesses. Brynn was in complete awe and was so adorable to watch with the princesses. She went right in for the hug and had them sign her autograph book. She was a little disappointed that she never got to see Jazmin and Princess Tiana on this trip but we'll have to go back another time to make sure to catch up with them.




I can't tell you how wonderful this week has been. It was totally worth it to soak up some rays and see the light of day for a week. After Amy and I put the kids to bed each night we ordered fruit smoothies and sat out in the warm night air on our awesome patio and talked and ate sunflower seeds. We walked to the park each morning and you couldn't wipe the smile off my face as we walked along in short sleeves underneath the palm trees... ahhhhh. I told Matt at the end of the week that he may just have to come down and drag me back to the cold dark valley cause I couldn't force myself to do it ;). We made it home all safe even though it ended up being quite the journey! Brynn & I were so excited to see Daddy & Gavin.

We hit Sea World the last day of our trip and Brynn loved the dolphin/diving/dancing bird show the very best (the frozen lemonade & popcorn topped it off). It was a wonderful trip & we can't wait for our next Sunny trip the end of February. This time we get to go with Daddy and Gavin along for extra amounts of fun.


Thanks Amy, Tia, & Kendall for sharing this awesome adventure with us~!
And Thank You Auntie Ellie & Grandma Miller for watching Gavers while we played!

The Happy Holidays of 2010

We sure had fun this Holiday season and it's only because we are UnBelievably BLESSED in the family department! We spent Christmas with my family in Moroni and then went to a cabin in Bear Lake with Matt's family for our New Year's celebrations. In my opinion the best form of blogging is to have TONS of pictures so brace yourself and here we go!

Grandma & Grandpa Miller came over before Christmas bearing gifts and we let the kids unwrap them right away so that they could enjoy it with us. Brynn loves her doll house and so do we because she stays in her bedroom until at least 7 every morning playing with it ;). We didn't think Gavin would be able to figure out his car center thing-a-ma-bob but he pushed the buttons and happily chewed on the cars for 2 hours the next morning while I packed everything to get ready to go.




We really enjoyed ourselves at my parent's house this year. My dad just finished "The Loft" above the barn which has a couple of bedrooms, a kitchen & bathroom, and a great room with a nice warm fire. Grammy moved in after Thanksgiving and has made it all nice and comfy. We got to sleep out there with her this year and thoroughly enjoyed her company.

This is what I absolutely LOVE about going to my parent's house... I feel like I can breathe deeper surrounded by this...


We fit all of our favorite things in as we decorated cookies for Santa, went sledding on the back hill, played TONS of board games, ate clam chowder by candle-light on Christmas Eve, opened up our Christmas jammies and snuggled up and read the story of Christ's birth. We woke up early to open presents together around the tree, and then of course ate my mom's infamous warm Danish Pastries and scrambled eggs. Brynn told us on the way home that she LOVES her uncles and aunts and has FUN playing with her cousins. We couldn't agree more :).


Hey Brynners, do you want a little cookie to go with those sprinkles?






Christmas Morning!








Gavin at home after Christmas with his new stash. He LOVES this stuff!


We were too busy having fun to get many pictures of our time in Bear Lake. Our cabin had 7 bedrooms so it fit us all perfectly and we had an absolute blast! Grandpa rented a couple of snowmobiles for two days and the kids did a LOT of sledding. We stayed up until all hours of the morning playing "Reverse Charades" and it was HILARIOUS to say the least (OH I WISH I had video!!! I could use it as blackmail to get my brother-in-laws to do anything I wanted! muah ha ha). Our awesome Sariah cut and/or highlighted all of our hair one of the days and I love my new-do. It was altogether very enjoyable and relaxing and we love our family more than ever!