All dressed up....

Zaylee and I had a busy day yesterday. This picture was taken just before we headed out the door to go to Tiny Tot Tales at the library. I had her all dressed ready to go and asked her if she was ready. She ran in the living room and grabbed her purse then back in the kitchen to hand me her sunglasses to put on her. This picture was the end result.



We also went to the doctor for her 15 month check-up. He said she is looking great! She is just a tiny little thing though. She only weighed 20.13 pounds and was 29.4 inches. She is only in the 17th percentile on both. And her head, well it's just small. It measures in the 2nd percentile! Luckily, as the doctor said, at least she doesn't look disporportioned! I asked about the spots on her belly and cheek and he said that there is no way he can tell now if it was chicken pox or not but he said it very well could have been. And since she just had her vaccine at 12 months it could've just been a mild version. I kinda hope it was just because it was hardly anything at all. But anyway, she got 4 shots and now only has one more at 2 years and then she is done until kindergarten. YEA!! They rewarded her with a sucker and a ball though so she recovered quickly from the SCREAMING pain. =)

After we got home, we were just heading out to go visiting teaching and she managed to trip over her feet and fell right into the dresser. I of course told her she was fine and to hop up when she was screaming only to look down at her and see that she is gushing blood out of her mouth. Well, she had managed to bite right through her bottom lip. Luckily it is just a small cut and it clotted really quick. She seems fine with it now and just has an ugly little spot on her chin.

So, it was an eventful day.

Cupboards

So you may remember a few months ago (well back in March) when I published a post about Zaylee finding the tupperware cupboard...well, now she's found it to a new extent. After emptying the cupboard today she decided to try it out for size. What a silly girl! (Please don't mind the pink cupboards and the stains inside...that's what happens when you rent a house that is about 80 years or more old). =)

Zaylee's ears

Zaylee is learning where her eyes, nose, mouth, and ears are and we had a new development yesterday. I had been asking her where her ears were and she would just show me but then Alex asked her where her ears were and she pointed at them and started talking and pointing towards the bedroom. We figured out that she had connected Daddy, her ears, and her getting her ears checked (Alex using the otoscope to look in her ears). This is a regular at our house just so Alex can practice and Zaylee is becoming an expert patient. We thought the whole situation was quite funny. Here are some pictures to show you how good she is. Now I just wish she would hold that still and be that good when her regular doctor does it!

Hide and Seek

Zaylee loves playing hide and seek. This is where I found her hiding today. (To those of you who don't know my house, this is the little space between the fridge and the wall).

Playing in the rain

The other day we had quite the rainstorm so Alex, Zaylee, and I went out under our breezeway to watch it come down. But, Zaylee decided she didn't want to sit under the blanket! So after a quick dash into the house for the rain jacket, she was out and running. I don't know that she really knew what to think about it. She kept running back in under the roof but then shortly after was headed back out to explore. She's a funny girl!

Grandpa's grapes

Grandpa & Grandma Heaton gave us some grapes when we went visiting last weekend and Zaylee has been loving them! They are SO yummy! Zaylee loves it when I give her a little bowl with a few grapes in it. Here are a couple of photos of her enjoying them.

Camping

For our final weekend before Alex goes back to school we decided to go camping. We went to Oak Grove in Southern Utah and it was a BLAST!! We had so much fun! It was so beautiful there and so much cooler up in the mountains. Zaylee loved being outdoors and getting to wander around but she got very frustrated with all of the pinecones, rocks, and sticks that kept tripping her! =) Needless to say, she had many falls and by the end was just so frustrated with them that when she would fall down--even the little falls--she would just sit there and cry. She wouldn't try to get up, she wouldn't try to move, nothing...she just sat there and cried for mommy until I went over to pick her up and get her going again. It was quite funny.

We went hiking, played horseshoes, sat around the camp fire roasting hot dogs and marshmellows, played games, had our own version of the Olympic Games with the kids, and many other fun things. I love the peacefulness of the mountains and I LOVE how many stars you can see!! That is one thing that I really miss about small towns...the amount of stars that you can see without all of the city lights. Now I just wish we would've gone sooner during Alex's break so we could've gone again!

Anniversary

We made it! It's been 3 years...well, almost. Wednesday is our anniversary but since we will be out of town I thought that I would post about it today. It has been a wonderful three years. There are so many things that I have learned and loved. It has been a crazy time with a lot of ups and downs but luckily for us there have been a lot more ups. I know that there are many more lessons still to be learned in the many years to come but I am looking forward to every minute of it. I am so grateful to have Alex in my life. Marrying him has been the best decision that I have ever made. Here are a few of our memories so far:

WAHOO!!

Well, Alex has made it through Fall, Spring, and now Summer semesters for his first year of Graduate school. (Summer actually counted as the beginning of his 2nd year but still...) And guess what! Yep, you guessed it, he made it through with flying colors. Today he got his last grade for this semester and *drum roll please* STRAIGHT A'S!! I know, I am the proud wife, but hey someone has to do it! I have to brag for him because I know that he would never do it on his own. =) He works so hard and I am so proud of him. I know I don't make it easy for him all the time because I love to have him home playing with me and Zaylee but still he manages to pull it off somehow. So, great job babe-Ruski!! I Love you!!! =)

New tutu and a hair cut

Zaylee got her first haircut today. Nothing, fancy just a trim of the bangs...so all of you that have been harassing me about it, there! it's done!! =) Now we no longer have to worry about her pulling her hair clips out or about hair hanging in her eyes! Awesome!! =) And, check out the cute tutu she's sporting!! Thanks to cousin Steph for the awesome new homemade tutu!! We love it!!