4.29.10

For Monet's first birthday party I decided to make it a little French.

She loved being around all the kids. I saw Graham showing her how to open the french doors into the craft room, something she wants to do every day, so this morning she went right to the doors and opened them. She had this excited look on her face like she had just done something amazing.

She had lots of new faces and friends to play with.

I think Finn's face shows that the candy table was a success.

Everyone was so nice to help Monet open all of her lovely gifts.

My dad gave her an Elmo card that talks.

And also this pool chair (and a swimming pool and toys.) She was really excited.

Wyatt & Lindsay made the cardinal sin and gave Monet some Ute attire.

Chloe's best friend Remmy.

We sung happy birthday and gave her a cupcake. But at that point she was too tired and barely even tasted it.

So we put on her pjs, fed her top roman and strawberry's and put her to bed. She slept until 9:45 this morning. She was partied out.

We had such a great day with so many fun memories. Thank you all for coming and making it that much more special.

4.28.10

Today Monet turned one. And oh the fun we had.

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Jack & Monet trying out her new bouncy giraffe.
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(More photos tomorrow. Too tired tonight!)

4.27.10

I tried to get a photo of Monet with her 12 month sign. As you can see it didn't go so well.

She walked around with it.

Climbed the stairs with it.

I tried sitting her down but she was only interested in looking for small particles in the carpet to eat.

I finally contained her in the crib, but as you can see that didn't work either.

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She's a busy little thing.

Monet at 12 Months

She only walks now. Never crawls.

She does so big, claps her hands, waves hello and goodbye, points to her nose, blows kisses, gives kisses, holds up one finger when you ask how old she is, and my new favorite puckers her lips when you ask her to make a fishy face.

She likes her baby doll, Elmo and a stuffed bunny from Easter.

She still likes Elmo's Christmas Countdown.

She just started to hate her car seat.

Chloe makes her laugh the hardest.

She's finally sleeping really well.

She likes to dance. And we love it when she dances!

4.23.10

Monet turns one this week. I'm so lucky to have spent the last 365 days with her.

4.20.10

I don't have a lot of blogging energy, so I will post these beautiful photos of Paris.

(that I stole off of SF Girl By Bay)

Hope you're enjoying spring.

4.16.10

Hayley Anderson took Monet's one year photos and also did her birthday invitation. I really love how they turned out.

(Here's just a few)

4.14.10

I have a new tv obsession...

'9 By Design'

It's on Bravo, Tuesday nights, 7:00ish.

These two have 7 kids with crazy names like Wolfgang and Five. And they take old buildings and turn them into these fantastic homes. I love it. (It just started so you're not too late.)

4.12.10

This afternoon, after I gave Monet her bath, we played on my bed. This is the happiest I've seen her in four days. Two more of her bottom teeth came in and she's been miserable with pain and a fever. Thankfully she's on the up swing now.

4.12.10

I wish I owned this blog. It's my favorite.

www.bkids.typepad.com/knockknock/

4.09.10

If you haven't experienced Paris in the Spring yet, you'll have to take my word for it...

it's pretty magical.
Wouldn't it be great if Spring could spring here in ut.
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(However I can't deny that I'm really excited to go skiing tomorrow.)

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Have a good weekend.

4.05.10

Our week in California.

We arrived Friday afternoon, ate at the Cheesecake Factory and watched college basketball. Then went to a really cool bowling alley.
Saturday we hung out by the pool. 80 degree weather felt like heaven. Monet went swimming for the first time.
We then went to the Anaheim Convention Center to watch Timpview compete. They did awesome. They hit every stunt and looked so sharp and clean.
This is Chloe about to do a full down out of her heel stretch. I'm so proud of her, she didn't fall in any of her stunts all weekend.

They qualified for finals the next day.

Sunday we went to Disneyland. This is Monet on her first ride.

We waited in the shade while everyone else waited in line. Monet was enjoying walking all over Disneyland.

It's A Small World.

She was loving it.

That night Timpview competed again. They did great and took 2nd place (which was a huge accomplishment because the first place team is a California school that looks almost like a college squad). It was so fun to watch them.

Monday was another day at Disneyland. It was Spring Break for lots of schools so it was extremely crowded. We usually go in the fall when the lines are small, so it was a lot slower pace than we're used to! However it was nice just strolling around, letting Monet look at things and eating all sorts of junk food.

Eating in line. She was a baby on the go.

The Carousel again.

Watching the band.

Monet on Winnie the Pooh. She had this face the entire time.

The sun felt so good.

Tuesday at Disneyland, eating lunch.

We took Monet into PlayHouse Disney, a live show with a bunch of kids. She was so adorable. She was walking, clapping, dancing and laughing. We didn't see much of the show because we couldn't stop looking at her.

We were all ready to go on the kids rides with Monet before we left but there was one problem... she took about a 3 hour nap in her stroller.

Finally woke up and was ready for some more fun.

After dinner, late Tuesday night we packed up and headed to Ventura.

Wyatt's fiance Lindsay, has a beach house right on the water. We had the best time just relaxing in the adorable little beach town.

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The first night we went to this amazing Italian restaurant. There was this lady (a Tina Turner look a like) who was singing and Monet was loving every second of it. Dancing and watching her every move. They lady was talking to Monet during the songs. It was pretty cute.

Thursday we went to Santa Barbara and shopped. I think I ate mine, Grants and Chloe's Pink Berry.

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Friday we rode beach bikes all day long. We rode to a 50's diner for breakfast. (This was Monet's first bike ride. My dad pulled her all over the city.)

We rode out to the Pier.

Monet fell asleep.

After lunch we went on a long ride along the coast. Riley and Grant thoroughly enjoyed this tandem bike.

It was unbelievably beautiful.

We let Monet play on the beach for the first time.

On our way back we rode to this candy and soda shop.

Drinking soda and eating lots of candy.
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On Saturday we stopped at the Getty Museum in LA to have lunch with my aunt Joyce. I wish we would have had more time to spend there, it looked amazing. We ate in this really cool restuarnt that over looked the entire city. We then walked out in the museum gardens.

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Monet learned how much fun it is to walk down stairs.

Me, Monet, Joyce, My Mom and Chloe.

We had a tired baby that I thought would be out on the plane ride home. Instead she was so wired and crazy it took all 8 of us to keep her busy. I think she took my dads hat off his head about 50 times. She even tore the Sky Mall magazine to shreads.

We had the best time. None of us wanted to come home. (Especially to snow!)

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EASTER

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My mom got Monet lots of cute Easter things. Monet was so sweet.

She especially loved the grass.