girl time

with the exception of my husband and choosing someone to marry... i 99% prefer to spend my time with girls.  yesterday i did just that.  i never see honey in the morning and of course my day is spent entirely with baby girl, who is very aptly named.  yesterday though, my mother in law and sister in law, kelsey, came over for our monthly quilting session.  i quilt now.  twelve times a year in fact (nevermind that this was only our second time ever), and that makes me domestic.  pick your chin up off the floor, i know i'm impressive.  anyways, we quilted (and ate large quantities of freshly baked cinnamon rolls kelsey brought) from 9 30 to 1 30.  if you weren't already aware, quilting is extremely tedious and time consuming.  anyways, i took pictures.

two important things to note are that while baby girl was in my mother in law's arms, she pointed to her and said "grandma" for the first time ever.  "grandpa"?  she's had that mastered since 2011... but grandma is new.  she's been holding out on me but what can you do but just embrace it when it comes?!  the second thing is that baby girl knows who kelsey is.  like would point to her when asked.  she's a smart girl that one.

after they left, baby got lunch and nap... i got lunch, reading time, and although fighting so hard not to take a nap, finally gave in at 4 15 and was still sleeping when honey got home at 5 and probably didn't get out of bed til closer to 6.  it actually worked out kinda perfectly because we had a girls night planned for seven and let me tell you, i was fresh and awake clear til after midnight.  normally i have young womens on tuesday night... but due to the democratic caucuses, it was cancelled.  what's the point of those though when there's only one person racing in the race?!  

anyways, girls night was amazing and i love my life.  

the end.

socks

ummm did i post these already?!  i'm having a little bit of trouble keeping my life straight.  and i feel like i'm drowning in a sea of baby girl pictures.  every second of the day i am 100% overwhelmed by her adorableness.  it is seriously out of control.

so these are pictures from last week.  when baby girl decided to try on a pair of honey's socks.

i love that they stuck to her tights and stayed up perfectly

my how she couldn't get enough of her reflection!

i know it's irrational but i can't imagine loving future kids as much as i love her.  sorry babies  #2 through 5.

she was laughing so hard at herself.  she's got quite the sense of humor these days.

onward!  triva: did you know my dad's name is william wallace?  true story.  she's genetically a pink brush braveheart.

all i see is field hockey.  just a girl and a skirt and running and knee socks.  like this... but not so butch.

all done!

medusa hair.  but just on the one side.

she cracks herself up.  cracks me up too.  but i seriously love how good she is at entertaining herself with regular every day household finds.

also, symmetrical  hair is overrated.

also again, GO MITT!

i'm so glad when daddy comes home!

and here is the reunion from tonight.

these two sure love each other.

ps- ignore that terrible freeze frame at the end that makes my honey look like the creepiest guy on the planet.  that was pure laziness on my part.

glorious park day

the forecast for today said sunny with highs in the 70's.  so of course we had to make the most of it.  last night i'd considered emailing the girls in the ward and organizing a park play date but i chickened out for fear of commitment.  we struggle to get out of the house before 10 or 10 30 and i didn't want to stress about getting us up and ready in time.  i would have had to set my alarm and possibly wake baby up and i just wasn't willing to devote that much to a park playdate.  so i slept in, woke up with the sun on my face, hopped on facebook, saw my friend jill's status update about heading to the park and naturally, invited myself and my baby.

it worked out great, she texted the park and what time she'd be there and we met up and had a grand old time.  halfway through, i started taking pictures.  and over 100 shots later, we were spent.

sooo, here are some pictures from our trip to the park this morning.  you can go ahead and thank me for the 70+ pictures i didn't post.  ;-)  

my favorite pictures are pointing ones

already a little worn out

resting for a bit

such a big kid.  it tears at my heart to see how she looks at the older children.

more worn out

another favorite pointing picture!

loved loved loooooved this slide

why hello there!

ignore that the focus of this picture seems to be baby's crotch

love the smile.  and those eye lashes.

chivalry is not dead.  baby could do the whole slide process by herself but this little boy kept wanting to help her climb up.

that same little boy kept talking to baby and i don't know if he was speaking another language or if it was gibberish but baby couldn't understand him and she shot him this look.  it was pretty funny.

noticing her shadow

experimenting with her shadow

and then finally just checking it out.  i love her ponytail shadow.

speaking of shadows... playgrounds are the hardest place ever to take pictures .

because you always end up with these terrible shadows

this one made me laugh.  most of the time she stayed upright... sometimes not so much.

glamour shot left

glamour shot right.  lookin' good baby girl.

ps- holy cow the park was PACKED!  every mom and kid came out of the woodwork today to soak up the sun.  baby girl liked seeing the kids but still, the dogs are her favorite.  can't get enough of 'em.

a very sad video

tonight honey left for wyoming.

baby girl actually watched this video on my camera after i recorded it and when it got to the part where she was all out crying, her lip started quivering again and she almost lost it.  not sure if she was just sympathetic with the girl in the video or if it just brought back such painful memories of her life five minutes previous.

all i gotta say is, it's just real great that baby girl isn't awake yet every morning when her daddy leaves for work.

$1 day

yesterday we went to the kids wildlife experience museum.  it was $1 day so the whole thing only cost $2 for our little family to have a fun afternoon out.

we met up with michaela for a bit.

since it was $1 day, they had a whole room of tables and promotions set up and extra activities for the kids.  we got that little green backpack thing and chex mix and pretzels to snack on and a bunch of random toys and treats that we collected in the green bag.  pretty sweet setup if you ask me.