Thursday, February 14, 2013
Happy Valentine's day!
Friday, February 1, 2013
Update
It is time for an update! We are all doing well.
Shaun had a huge event last week that I think he is still recovering from. He put on a huge 3 day event for 150 people in conjunction with Sundance for the Entrepreneurs Organization he is a member of. The Utah chapter invited 150 other EO members from around the world to come and enjoy Sundance. Shaun organized everything including the film screenings, transportation, food, housing, speakers and fun activities (an Iron Chef dinner, skiing with Olympians, parties on main street Park City and more!) It sounded like a huge success and while Shaun enjoyed it I think he is happy it is over.
Cecilia is doing well. We started a "movie-earning chart" this week. As she cleans, feeds herself, tries a new food etc. she earns a sticker. Three stickers means she gets to watch a movie. I was getting very tired of her continually asking for a movie and this is the solution we came up with. Hopefully this will be a good solution, if we can stick with it. We went to a store yesterday and she pestered me until I bought "something" for her. This was the first time this has happened like this and I was wishing for the good old days when I could just say "That's not for us" and get away with it. Time I came up with a more grownup response. She is almost 4 already.
Vivian is doing really well too. She loves her mama and her mama loves her. She has a particular whine for me when I walk in the room that says she wants me to pick her up. It is still endearing, though I'm sure it will get old soon. She has been sitting up since right before Christmas and last week started picking up food and getting it into her mouth. She loves feeding herself. She loves food. She can't wait until she can eat real people food like the rest of us. I'm really hoping feeding Vivian foods Shaun and I eat will get Cecilia to try them too. I can only hope. Anyone have any advice on how best to approach this?
Nothing new with me. Stomach flu last week for the second time this season but it wasn't nearly as bad as last time. Hopefully we can keep the awful flu that is going around out of our house. I'll feel it a miracle if we do.
I forgot to mention we recently went to Cancun as a family. It was so much fun and the only reason to come home was so we could sleep in our own beds. Sleeping in the same room was a challenge, especially when the girls go to bed so early. The first part of the trip we spent on an island that you could drive golf carts around on. It was so much fun and I think I could really get used to driving a golf cart all the time. We will definitely have to go back someday so I can drive the cart more. The weather was also so nice and hard to come back to the freezing cold and snow here. Of which we have a ton.
Shaun had a huge event last week that I think he is still recovering from. He put on a huge 3 day event for 150 people in conjunction with Sundance for the Entrepreneurs Organization he is a member of. The Utah chapter invited 150 other EO members from around the world to come and enjoy Sundance. Shaun organized everything including the film screenings, transportation, food, housing, speakers and fun activities (an Iron Chef dinner, skiing with Olympians, parties on main street Park City and more!) It sounded like a huge success and while Shaun enjoyed it I think he is happy it is over.
Cecilia is doing well. We started a "movie-earning chart" this week. As she cleans, feeds herself, tries a new food etc. she earns a sticker. Three stickers means she gets to watch a movie. I was getting very tired of her continually asking for a movie and this is the solution we came up with. Hopefully this will be a good solution, if we can stick with it. We went to a store yesterday and she pestered me until I bought "something" for her. This was the first time this has happened like this and I was wishing for the good old days when I could just say "That's not for us" and get away with it. Time I came up with a more grownup response. She is almost 4 already.
Vivian is doing really well too. She loves her mama and her mama loves her. She has a particular whine for me when I walk in the room that says she wants me to pick her up. It is still endearing, though I'm sure it will get old soon. She has been sitting up since right before Christmas and last week started picking up food and getting it into her mouth. She loves feeding herself. She loves food. She can't wait until she can eat real people food like the rest of us. I'm really hoping feeding Vivian foods Shaun and I eat will get Cecilia to try them too. I can only hope. Anyone have any advice on how best to approach this?
Nothing new with me. Stomach flu last week for the second time this season but it wasn't nearly as bad as last time. Hopefully we can keep the awful flu that is going around out of our house. I'll feel it a miracle if we do.
I forgot to mention we recently went to Cancun as a family. It was so much fun and the only reason to come home was so we could sleep in our own beds. Sleeping in the same room was a challenge, especially when the girls go to bed so early. The first part of the trip we spent on an island that you could drive golf carts around on. It was so much fun and I think I could really get used to driving a golf cart all the time. We will definitely have to go back someday so I can drive the cart more. The weather was also so nice and hard to come back to the freezing cold and snow here. Of which we have a ton.
Playing in the pool on Isla Mujeres
Playing in the fine, soft white sand. Cecilia felt it was so nice, she could swim in it.
Standing in our shared driveway after the last storm a few days ago.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Friday, December 21, 2012
Christmas Holiday
I have written this post three or four times on my phone using the blogger app and all of them have been deleted. If anyone has any recommendations of a different app that works on an iphone I'm all ears. I'm sure the fourth time I write this post won't be nearly as creative as the three before it as I'm sick of writing it.
Cecilia has really been enjoying this Christmas season. I feel like it is the first year she is old enough to get into it. We pulled out the ornament advent calendar and she got a sticker one from preschool and we have a paper chain. She remembers every morning to do them and it has become part of our morning ritual. She also loves a book of Christmas stories my mom gave me several years ago. She takes it everywhere she goes in the house. Cecilia has also been talking about Santa coming. We saw him in the mall a few weeks ago. I was so proud of her because she walked up to him and sat on his lap with out any reservations. When he asked her what she wants for Christmas you will never guess what she said. Toys you might say? Nope. A doll? Nada. A little sister? Has one of those. No, she asked for "A Greenish-Blue Sweater." Yes you read that right. A Greenish-Blue Sweater. Where she came up with that, I have no idea. She is so funny sometimes. I can't imagine the things Santa must hear from kids. Luckily Santa found a "greenish-blue" sweater to put under the tree. Merry Christmas everybody!
Cecilia has really been enjoying this Christmas season. I feel like it is the first year she is old enough to get into it. We pulled out the ornament advent calendar and she got a sticker one from preschool and we have a paper chain. She remembers every morning to do them and it has become part of our morning ritual. She also loves a book of Christmas stories my mom gave me several years ago. She takes it everywhere she goes in the house. Cecilia has also been talking about Santa coming. We saw him in the mall a few weeks ago. I was so proud of her because she walked up to him and sat on his lap with out any reservations. When he asked her what she wants for Christmas you will never guess what she said. Toys you might say? Nope. A doll? Nada. A little sister? Has one of those. No, she asked for "A Greenish-Blue Sweater." Yes you read that right. A Greenish-Blue Sweater. Where she came up with that, I have no idea. She is so funny sometimes. I can't imagine the things Santa must hear from kids. Luckily Santa found a "greenish-blue" sweater to put under the tree. Merry Christmas everybody!
Cecilia's first horse ride.
In November we went to Mexico to have an early Thanksgiving with the Ritchie's. Mike and Shannon came up from Argentina. It was so fun to see everyone! While we were there grandpa got a horse ride arranged for Cecilia. She got on and rode like a champ! Mom was nervous about her being by herself but the horse was really calm and she had no problems. Good job Cecilia!
GG with the GG kids.
My grandma Ritchie came to town and visited her great-granddaughters. It was so fun to see GG!
Monday, December 17, 2012
Vivian giggling
One of my favorite times of the day is getting Vivian ready for bed.
For some reason she is always super giggly (unless it is too late). I
am guaranteed a belly roll after I take her shirt off and tickle under
her chin. She has also started to play peek-a-boo. I hope this makes
you smile!
For some reason she is always super giggly (unless it is too late). I
am guaranteed a belly roll after I take her shirt off and tickle under
her chin. She has also started to play peek-a-boo. I hope this makes
you smile!
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