Scarlett's 14 Month Update

My baby girl isn't really a baby any more. Sad face. Even though the baby stage is quickly winding down the little girl she is becoming is so stinking fun it makes it's ok to see the baby go. It felt like it happened over night. I would say right around her birthday at the end of November is when she started the quick transition. She started walking on her birthday. I think her cousins being around really lit the fire and got her moving. Ever since then it's been one thing after the next. Just in the past few weeks I could see a major difference in her ability to really understand what I was saying. She comes when I ask her to(unless we're outside and she's on the run, she's purposefully ignoring me, or she's hitting the tv), she will drop her pasi in the crib when I ask her to which helps me to know she's not a pasi addict : ) even though we need to get rid of it soon.
She still refuses to learn how to get down off the bed and couches the right way. She likes to go off head first or stand up and run off. Luckily she's only fallen twice (both on daddy's watch) and she was fine both times. She also getting more adventurous loves to go up steps but again won't learn how to get down. A little stubbornness isn't so bad I guess. She started giving open mouth kisses on demand and her aunt Charlcie taught her how to blow kisses. The other day I was sitting on the ground going through some things and she came up to me and wrapped her arms around me and gave me a huge hug. I melted. She's only done it a few times since.
Tantrums are definitely a new thing for her too. She hasn't had one that was too ridiculous yet but she has her moments it's usually when I make her come in from outside or she wants to walk at a store instead of having me hold her. Luckily she gets over them just as fast as they come on.Here she is happy as can be walking around in front of the house.After I took away her Pei Wei chopstick so they wouldn't be in the picture. haha It's fun to be a parent.
Still loving bath time. Now she'll hear the water running and run into the bathroom. She also knows the drill now. She stands there and helps to take her clothes off to hop in. She will hold her arms up and pick up her feet.
She's still a great eater and will eat most foods. It's hard to say what her favorites are anymore she really loves fruit and vegetables, meats and cheeses and pastas and snacks. Oh and she's now a chocolate lover (it was inevitable) and likes to sip grandma's soda when Mom's not around. My favorite is when she says yummm after she eats chocolate or something she likes. She's learning how to use a fork and is doing pretty good with it.She loves books but the ones with shiny and fuzzy things are her favorite. She also loves to dance to music. I need to get a video of that soon. She loves all her toys that sing and play music. She also loves when I sing her songs. I think Itsy Bitsy Spider is still her favorite but she likes the rest too.She's not saying exact words yet but she's mimicking a lot and will say mamamama, dadadada, no no no no, don't don't don't : ), and other random things I try to get her to say. My dad is convinced that she says nay when she's around the horses but I'm not quite sure.
She also loves being outside and being around other kids. I've been trying to get her out to park day a lot more and she is crazy about it even if it's over nap time.
Scarlett will also sit through a whole episode every once in a while of Super Why or Backyardagains and also likes Sesame Street during breakfast.Recently found out she is crazy for balloons when we were at Charlcie and Brittney's beauty school graduation and she would not give them up.Here she is begging Britt for the balloons.
Side note: I'm really going to miss having our roommates here a few nights a week. They really were so much fun and we will miss them but we are so proud of accomplishing their goal of getting it done in a year! I may have to give them their own blog tribute.

There are so many cute and fun things but I'm tired and that's all I've got for now.
So in conclusion. Scarlett is awesome.

One Step Closer to becoming a Legit Dentist

Jon PASSED his Part II National Dental Boards!! He took his boards the week before Christmas which was perfect so he could relax and enjoy the rest of the holidays. He had to wait an anxious 3 weeks to hear back about the results but they were worth the wait. He rocked the test, he got an 88 which he doesn't like to brag about but I will. It was one of the highest in his class and one of his teachers even said it could put their program on the map. I'm so proud of him but I would have still been proud if he passed by only one point. He works so hard and really does enjoy dentistry so he deserves to reap what he sows. Life has been a bit nicer since he took his test though since he has a lot more free time to spend with me and Scarlett. Now it's just a few more tests then graduation here we come!

New Years 2011 in Alpine

For New Years we went out to Alpine where they had tons of snow to play in. We met up with a few of the cousins mainly the Owens and then a few kids from each family. It was fun little trip.
Scarlett did really good on the drive out. This was when we got there and we got stuck in the snow at the end of the road. She was ready to get out.
Brielle and Scarlett had fun hanging out and playing in the snow. Brielle would not stop eating the snow it was a hoot.


We took Scarlett for her first snowmobile ride. She didn't really seem excited, I think it was a little scary for her but she didn't cry or try to get off. She made this face the whole time.
New Years we had a yummy turkey dinner Carrie made for us. It was like having our own chef Carrie made all of the meals (with some help of course) but she did great at planning it all for us.
Then we made a bonfire and made some delicious smores. Mmm I love smores.
We welcomed 2012 with a Bang!
Here's to a wonderful new year!

Skiing with the Lehnhof's

Over Jon's winter break we were able to take a quick day trip out to Snowbowl in Flagstaff for a ski/snowboarding trip with Bobbie and Brian. Jon was getting "bored" of snowboarding so Brian and Bobbie being the pro skiers that they are offered to help teach Jon how to ski. He loved it and picked it up pretty quickly. I was impressed with him and how good Brian and Bobbie were. The boys were on skies and the girls on snowboards. We had a really fun day out on the mountain. I did get a super bad headache on the way home probably from dehydration but I recovered. My mom being the awesome grandma that she is watched Scarlett and Finn for 12hours! She looked a little worn out by the time we got back but we were grateful for her help. I look forward to another trip with the Lehnhof's we have a lot of skills we can pick up from them! : )

Christmas 2011

Wow what a busy, fun season we had. I seriously couldn't remember a single thing that happened until I looked at my calendar from December and remembered all the events that happened. Sadly I took very few photos which explains why I don't remember what happened but I want to at least give a written record.
December kicked off with Jon's birthday then quickly the Christmas parties started up. My first one was the Relief Society Christmas dinner. My calling is activity leader for the Relief Society. It is seriously such a fun calling especially when you have awesome women with great experience that you work with. We had our dinner/program at the church buidling, I have to admit it was the most beautiful, spiritual activity I've helped to throw and even been to. It just came together so well, I can't believe I didn't snap a few photos. We finally figured out how to use the dimmers with Jon's help;), used lots of white twinkle light, tons of smaller fake trees, with large pictures of Christ around the room, and nativities set up in different areas. The tables had maroon toppers with large vases filled with bulbs and then a green garland around the bottom, with a few large wreaths at the door. An awesome woman in our ward made a back drop that looked like rock for the program. The program was the Women who knew Christ with some really amazing women who memorized their parts and some great musical numbers. We also had a delicious dinner with NY strip roast, baked potatoes, rolls, salad, punch and dessert. We had around 90 women show up and we got such wonderful feed back. I don't usually boast but we put a lot effort into it and it turned out fabulous, it was such a great feeling.
The Fulmer family started a new tradition last year of making gingerbread houses. So we kept it up this year out at Nicki and Jayson's house. I'm a little jealous Nicki already has ten times more decorating done in her house in a year than I've done in 6...oh well someday : ). We exchanged our kids gift exchange and ate a yummy dinner of BBQ meats from a local BBQ joint with some great treats Nicki made. My mom shocking also bought a chocolate cake for Dillon and Jon's birthday, she's so crazy about her cake. Everyone was too full from everything else to eat the cake but I'm sure my mom took care if at her house throughout the rest of the week with a fork staying in the box for a little bite each time she passed by.That same week we had our ward Christmas party which was a BBQ. Sadly we couldn't stay long because Scarlett was ready for a nap. We missed Santa. Scarlett didn't see Santa this year : ( I felt bad and I wanted the photo of her screaming on his lap. Oh well, there's always next year.
That night we had an super fun Ugly Sweater party with some of our friends from Jon's class. The hostesses(Heather and Valerie) made some delicious soup with bread bowls and amazing desserts. The cute hostesses had place cards for the dinner but all the boys served themselves first and all sat together. Such dental dorks, but it was fun catching up with all the girls I don't see enough of. We played a really hilarious game of Christmas Jeopardy which the girls won by the skin of our teeth oddly enough with the "Dental" category! We played a few other fun games and enjoyed each others company. I won the Ugliest sweater for the girls which isn't much of a surprise with how awful my outfit was I borrowed from Charlcie.The following week Lindsee had a Girls Christmas Party at her house. We've had a few craft/girls night as a group and it's been so nice to have a little girl time every now and again. We ate some yummy appetizers and desserts with tasty fun holiday flavored Jones Sodas. I loved the Jones sodas, I'll have to start buying those again. We socialized, pretty much a given with women, then played some pretty hilarious games. My favorite was the question game. It was a fun way to learn really random facts about friends. Also the white elephant gifts were pretty good with the calendar of hot guys with baby animals being the best gift.
The next night was our friends Lisa and Matt's party. They had some awesome Mexican food catered in and Lisa went all out with the adorable decorations. We ate and chatted with some pretty awesome friends. We're really going to miss Glendale when we have to move this summer.Christmas weekend we went out the East Valley of course and stayed out there going back and forth between the two family. All of Jon's family was able to come except for the Weiss's. We had tons of fun doing the traditional Christmas stuff- driving around looking at light, presents, dinners, family, Olsen Family Christmas party, movies, puzzles, kids being excited, grandparents house, games. The three little girls were adorable together, they make everything so fun.

Over the Hill

Jon has been claiming old man for some time now, so at least he can claim it somewhat accurately now that he's 30! This picture makes me laugh, he just looks like the total dork that I love with his military issued glass commonly referred to as BCG (birth control glasses).
I was hoping to throw a big shindig but I ended up going to my cousin Belinda's wedding in St. George on his birthday. It was fun girls trip with my mom, Nicki, Scarlett, and I. It was so fun seeing family and having the adventure of driving through snow and ice roads to get to the ceremony in a church building built in 1860's in Pine Valley just north of St. George. Belinda was a beautiful bride and Brad and her seem to be very happy which makes me happy. But I was disappointed I didn't make a bigger deal out his birthday. We went out to dinner to Oregano's before I left. Then he had made dinner the night we got back with his own double chocolate cake. That made me feel even worse that he had to make his own. Lame wife award, but it makes it easy when Jon couldn't care less.It was delicious, I think Jon ate almost the whole thing by himself! I guess he deserves it, I would probably do worse after a big birthday like that!
We also had a fun belated birthday celebration with Jon's family. Jody and Maddison were in town to hang out before baby number two pops out. They came with his parents out to Glendale for a dinner and a yummy chocolate cheesecake that Jody made. Me and Scarlett spent a few fun days playing with the Weiss's before they had to head back to the cold distant land known as Ohio.Everyone who knows Jon knows how truly awesome he is. I was just the lucky girl to happen to catch his eye and that he was willing to put up with my craziness. Now I get to enjoy life with him forever. Scarlett's a pretty lucky girl to have him as a daddy, she love him so much.
Happy Birthday Jon! you know you're loved.

Scarlett's 1st Birthday!

Seriously what an awesome year! That's the best way I can put it. Scarlett has been such a great baby we are just so in love with her. Now I remember what we did the rest of Thanksgiving weekend we had Scarlett's party! ha
We had a party at my parents house to celebrate our wonderful little girls 1st year of life with family and a few friends. Thanks to everyone who was able to come and who helped with all the preparation I really appreciate it!
I don't think I could have asked for a better, sweeter, cuter baby to call my own. She brings so much joy into our life. Her little personality is really showing and I'm excited to get to be there first hand to enjoy all of it.
Our precious little thing who, like many babies, isn't in love with sitting still to take a picture. While preparing for the party, I was determined to bring my parents trampoline which weighs a billion pounds out front for the kids to play on. The wound on my toe shows that the trampoline won that battle and it stayed in the backyard. As we were trying to move it I stupidly wearing flip flops jammed the big toe and lost half of the nail. Not a pretty site or a good feeling, but it's recovering nicely. Probably a lesson for me to know that I can't always get my way. : )

So since I joined pinterest I went a little overboard trying to make a few crafts for her party(that looked simple and not time consuming, I was wrong). I just made the dots and the banners, Tempestt made the cute puffs for Brielle's party so I borrowed them.

It was fun going through her pictures over the past year and remembering all the fun times.


Thanks to Nicki for her cute birthday get up. Aunt Nicki and both grandma's love to dress her so cute.





Yay for toys! I was being a mean mommy and not wasting my money on toys when a wooden spoon was her favorite thing to play with but she is just crazy for them. So we take more regular trips to the toys/book isle.
Mmm birthday cake! I made cupcakes and then a extra big cupcake for Scarlett. She was ready for a nap by this point and hadn't quite found her sweet tooth just yet (that's changed).




Our family! SO in love with them, even though Jon was complaining about have to take these pictures.