Summer & Tyler

I love this boy and his parents so much! It's so fun to see his little personality coming through and how independent he's getting. His singing gibberish puts such a huge smile on my face. I think this guy's got music in his future. :)

Just the first few from this morning:

I adore Tyler. He cracks me up even in the most unlikely situations and is hilarious even when he doesn't mean to be. I'm glad he lets me laugh at him and not with him sometimes. Like right now--he is trying to be sweet, popped in some toaster streudels for us, and just ended up scorching them into black bricks and triggering the fire alarm to go off. And last night my sweet husband went to the store to get his sick wife some Emergen-C and came back with nail files, tweezers, Oh's (my favorite cereal on the planet) and numerous other things meant just for me, but forgot the one thing I needed the most-my much needed fizzy Emergen-C! Having such a thoughtful and considerate husband 99.999999% of the time means that Tyler can get away with pretty much anything-and sure gets a whole lot of freebies to be a blonde once in awhile.

{Sporting my new hair}

Saturday we drove up to Park City and did a little shopping at the outlets before my big surprise for Ty. We each treated ourself to a few things and we almost came home with another kitty! Spending time in Furburbia could have been a bad idea. Tyler immediate took a liking to a 1 year old Bengal named Ace who needed a home. He was huge, beautifully striped, and had a cute but funny looking wide nose. He was a sweetheart, but there was no way I could have devastated our darlings at home by bringing someone new into their territory. Being called a cat lady was probably another deciding factor...3 is a tad too much don't you think?

Pulling into the Canyons I had us change into the snow gear we brought for our 25 minute sleigh ride in the snow for a candlelit dinner up at the top of the mountain to a small cabin/tent-like structure called the Viking Yurt. Ty knew my plan as soon as he saw the sign-thanks Kandells for the great idea... Not sure we were able to enjoy it totally because it was so cold, but it's not everyday that we get this sort of transportation to a unique, fancy dinner. Two occasions rolled into one-- it was completely worth it and something I'll remember for a long time.

These chubbers are my babies for now--and oh how they make us happy!

But I'm really esctatic for 2010 and all my friend who are preggers right now. It's about time I put up my annual list--I'm bummed I can't name 3 ladies at the moment-but hopefully in a few months their little jellybeans will be big and healthy and the word will allowed to be out.

Shira Clement-Boy (& I totally called it!)

Lindsey Zils-Boy

Jamie Onken-Girl

Hailey Kandell-Girl (Just picked the name Lucy)

Jocelyn Wharton

Melanie Rice

Alexis Scheid

Courtney Neff

Karlie White

Amanda Panee

Congrats everyone!!! I'm soooo excited to meet all of your new munchkins. I'm sure I've forgotten someone though...but I'll add you later!

Before going over to Ty's parents to watch the Superbowl, we went over to the Harris' for our Asian fix. Olane made spare ribs, papaya salad, meatballs, and my favorite sticky rice. I still don't understand....no matter how many times I try, my rice just never tastes as good as hers or is as sticky without becoming mushy. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

I think it's really neat that Ethan was able to see his great-grandpa one last time. It worked out so Amanda was able to stay a few days longer for the memorial service on Thursday, and the entire family (minus Ben who met us there from NY) traveled to San Diego together for the graveside service the following day.

Procrastination. It's one of those parts of me that I absolutely hate, but the more I try, the worse it becomes.

Ha..I had to write it down or I know I would forget. Charlie is a Morkie (a Maltese Yorki mix) and is the most adorable, funny, and lovable little guy ever. I guess we were the lucky ones to babysit while the Shergills were in Cali because I hear everyone begs at the chance! The not so happy ones were my kitties because he instantly became my lap friend and he would scare the crap out of them when he wanted to play, chasing and barking at them until they found a sufficient hiding spot.

Look at that face! You can't tell in this pic but he is smaller than my cats and is barely there once you get past all that fur! Love him!

{I just got my new portrait lens-Canon 50mm 1.4 and had to try it out on Charlie's dad Jimmy}

Thanks to some friends who have gotten me out of the house--we went to Color Me Mine to paint some mugs. I don't have an ounce of creativity (in an art sense) and I was so frustrated at my ugly mug--I've yet to pick it up yet so we'll see how it turns out. Thanks Sara!