New House

We bought a new house in Holladay. It is fairly close to our old house, much bigger and newer than it too. We didn't like some of the things in the house and decided to remodel them before we moved in. It turned into a bigger project and more time intensive than we thought, but don't all remodel projects? We were only a little bit off our timing and had only one minor show stopping problem. Not bad huh? Here are a couple of pics of the new house.

My baby is 2!

Cecilia's birthday was Friday. Because of the remodel and listing our house we didn't do much. It also didn't help that Cecilia was sick. Poor thing had a cough so bad that she threw up twice. Needless to say it wasn't the best day she has ever had. So Saturday, when she was feeling better we took her to the aquarium. She had a great time seeing all the fish and penguins. Next year we'll have to do something more, hopefully she won't be sick for it :) Happy Birthday little toddler!

Cute Video

I caught this cute video of Cecilia at our new house the other day. I mentioned I was thirsty and was going to walk over to the other side of the house to get my water bottle. She pushed me back and said "Ceesa (what she calls herself) do it" I said ok. She quickly disappears around the side if the house. This is me waiting for her to come back. Notice the look on her face when she hides the keys behind her back. Isn't that the most typical guilty kids look? It makes me laugh everytime I watch this.

Pork chops

I finally did it. I've tried for years to make a juicy pork chop. Each recipe in turn produced a dry chop. But this one succeeded! Try it for yourself.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Ed-Ziebas-Famous-Family-Pork-Chops/Detail.aspx

Lady and the Tramp moment

Cecilia and her friend Piper sharing a berry smoothie from Costco. They collectively finished half in the time it took us to cross the parking lot! I was amazed until I tasted it and realized how much sugar there is in it. Mmm!

Venezuela

While the optimist in me would like to think Shaun will sit down and write a blog post about his trip to Venezuela the realist in me knows that isn't going to happen. Fortunately for us he went to visit his brother who has taken the time to write a very entertaining post about their adventures. Find it here.

1 year mark

One year ago this week Cecilia got her cast off. There have been three days in my life that I will never forget, our wedding day, the day Cecilia was born, and the day she got her cast off. I joke that I looked forward to it more than Cecilia's birth. Her cast was more difficult than being 9 months pregnant. Because it was so monumental I think we will celebrate it every year. This week we went swimming (her favorite activity) and played and ran lots. We went to grandma and grandpa Hadley's and played with cousins who kept her running and giggling the whole time. Cecilia had so much fun with them it was worth the rearranging I had to do to get up there and a great way to celebrate being able to move.

She has come so far in the last year! I am so grateful I noticed the problem when I did and we got the cast on then. I can't imagine how challenging it would be if we were going through that right now. I'm so grateful I've had a year to forget :)

I caught this video on the year mark and wanted to share with you what a happy toddler she is. Yeah for a healthy kid!