Valentines Morning

I LOVE Valentine's Day. Always have, always will. Call me cheezy if you want.
This year before Scott left for work he left sweet little gifts for me and Annie. I decided to take pictures of the day but only got so far, so here you go.
Here is Annie inspecting her chocolate. She is a little chocolate monster.

It took her several attempts to get close to her dog (dogs make her nervous).

She officially warmed up to her dog.

Here's the love bug after sucking on her kiss. Happy as can be. The videos are even cuter, but I'm video challenged on this blog.

Hope your day was "love"ly!

18 months!

We love our Annie Kay! Everyday she makes us smile. Scott and I were watching her play around our feet and started talking about how life would be so different without her. She is our sweet angel!
I attemped to take some pictures of her all cute and still. But after about one pic. she was done.

Off to put on her beads and play with her babies.

Squishy little profile.

And of course she ends up reading books. That is what always ends up happening. Books all day long. ALL DAY LONG. Which is great if she's not throwing a tantrum because I'm busy and can't read to her.

We love you BIG girl!!

Island Park 2012

Another wonderful Island Park trip :). The Bosters, Bairds, and Eastmans made it perfect. Lounging in the cabin, hot tubbing, and snowmobiling.
Grant and Annie playing in the snow.


Lil Ezra wants to play!

Annie hated walking on the snow. So picky.

Happy to watch Grant play in the snow from her patch of dry land.

Walking home from an A-mazing dinner at the Pines.

Annie's first snowmobil ride.

A terrible attempt at a cousin shot. But aren't they cute?

Little Mommy

Pushing your stroller can be hard work.

2012

New Year's weekend we spent down in UT. New Year's Eve is one of my favorite holidays. No stress just a party! New Year's Eve day our family was ALL together and we decided to go to the temple. We got dressed up, found babysitters, and were on our way. Until we discovered that the temple closes by 10 on New Year's Eve. Whoops. Then we got to have Christmas #2 with my family. It was perfect.

Annie NEVER holds still for pictures anymore. Ever. So with my camera she's blurry in just about all my pics. Oh well, you get the idea.

Trying to get a pic. of the two girls in their skirts Kiera made. Not happening.

My little fam :)

We rang in New Year's just like allways, minus the snowman and snow. Tons of fireworks, family, and friends.

At least my dad didn't shoot fireworks at children this year. Just our neighbor's roofs.

Something for everyone.

Happy New Year!

Merry Chirstmas!

Christmas was wonderful once again. Nothing beats this time of year. This year we spent Christmas in Boise and it was so great to be with ALL of the Bairds (even Brad who skyped from Jamaica almost the entire Christmas day).
Christmas Eve was hilarious with a late night visit from Santa (will Annie ever forgive me?), dinner, Christmas Eve program, ugly sweaters, pj openings, and a white elephant gift exchange. Here's a few candid shots of almost everyone.

Annie was not a fan of Santa. But I am a cruel mom and made her sit on his lap (Adam is a kind soul).

The Christmas Eve festivities were a little late, so after Annie was traumatized by Santa we put her to bed. :) We did our own Christmas Eve singing with Annie, and here she is joining in. Christmas just gets better every year with her!

Christmas morning was glorious. So many presnts and surprises. All the kids walked around sharing and playing in the wrapping paper. Annie loved her baby and elmo chair, but mostly her cousin Sophia's cat. Luckily she didn't notcie we didn't take it home.

Thank you Drapers and Bairds for a perfect and wonderful Christmas!!!

For we need a little Christmas..

Here are our Christmas lights. In the pic. they don't look that great, but they are red and white (my favorite) with sparkling snowflakes. Scott did them very professionaly :)

At one of the light shows by our house. Annie is facinated by them.

Annie loves to sleep on her tummy and knees. She was sick and fell asleep on the floor. When I went to check on her she had scooted under the Christmas tree.

Sweet Annie watched me wrap all the presents and put them under the tree. I told her nono you can't touch them. About an hour later I watched Annie scoot to my diaper bag, take out the wipes and put them under the tree. When I tried to pick them up Annie told me nono. I guess I'm getting wipes for Christmas.

Our Chirstmas ornament. Perfect for this year because Annie scoots on her bum!

I can hardly wait for Christmas!

Disneyland!

It was magical.
Annie was an angel and it was that much more perfect having her there ( I was a little worried about how she would do). As long as she held her button they gave her on all the rides she just sat still and soaked it all in.
The whole family was together.
There were hardly any lines and the longest ones were about 20 minutes max.
Between child swap, grandparents, and kid friendly Disneyland, we got to do everything we wanted. Poor Scott got sick towards the end but stayed pleasant :).
Now I want to go back!

It was Kyla's "birthday"