January 2009

Daddy took me on a trip to Seattle to visit his grandma Jones, it was a nice trip.

Mommy is really really upset with herself, she washed her Ipod, not once, but twice, so it’s broken :(. She's not quite sure that she'll ever forgive herself or get over it, somehow I think she'll live though.

Mommy finally got to pick up the keys to our new house today, so we can finally start moving in!

Grandma and mommy took me in to get my two year pictures. To say the least, it did not go well. The lady taking the pictures kept insisting on getting a certain shot to the point that I started to cry. So mommy had to make an appointment for a later date. I hope I get someone else to take the pictures next time. I'm just little and I can only do and take so much.

Mommy and I went to our house so that mommy could start to put the things together that she got for out house. I had a really good time while we were there :). As the days went on mommy and I spent a lot of our time at the house while mommy cleaned, put things together, and unpacked. We finally got everything moved in by the end of the month, all the snow that we got made it hard to get everything moved. When we were finally finished, mommy everyone that helped us move out to dinner as a thank you. We were so excited to spend our first night in our house!

I went to my two year check up, I weigh 29 pounds and am 35 inches tall. After that mommy made my birthday cake. Everyone was at grandma and grandpa's to help me celebrate my birthday. I got lots of good stuff, I loved opening my presents. The cake frosting made for a pretty nice facial ;). Two years passed by to quickly and I've changed so much. I'm excited to see what fun things the next year will bring.

Mommy and I flew to Utah so that I can spend the weekend with daddy!

Now that we are in our own place, grandma and grandpa find reasons to stop by quit often. I think they must miss us or something.

We go over to grandma and grandpa's every Wendesday so that mommy can help grandpa with his bookkeeping and we go over there every Sunday for Sunday dinner, yum yum! One morning when we left to go to grandma and grandpa's, mommy told me where we were going and when we pulled out to leave I said, "I'm coming Grandma!" Then I of course proceeded to say goodbye to the trees and clouds and what not :).

I went to Boise with mommy and grandma. Grandma had Il Divo on while I watched Word World. Grandma turned down the music and I said, "Thank you Grandma." It was a little too loud, I could hear my show very well, so it was a welcome change in volume :).

I went back to get my two year pictures. Just about the whole family came this time. After last time I guess mom thought we would need reinforcements. It went much better this time, we had photography success. What I look like at two has now been properly documented.

December 2008

This morning grandpa got me up and took me into his room. He asked me if I wanted to go to grandma and I said, “No.” So grandpa said, “Is grandma scary in the morning.” And I said “Scary.” I think it’s the morning hair, lol.

We had St. Nicholas Day today and I really liked opening my presents. I didn’t know what was going on at first, but once I got the hang of it with help from grandpa, I was excited. I started saying please ready for the next present and thank you when mommy gave it to me. Mommy gave me a bath and I liked the body paint rollers I got for the tub for St. Nick's Day. I had grandpa read me all the books I got and help me with all of the puzzles I got.

Mommy was in the shower, I was in bathroom, and mommy stuck her head out and asked me to turn on the fan. I looked at her like I didn’t understand, so she some more to me. Then I got a look on my face like the light bulb turned on and I said, “OK” and went and flushed the toilet. Hey, it was the best I could figure she could possibly want.

This morning grandma was printing some things off and I went to pull it out of the printer, but grandma told me that it wasn’t finished yet and to wait. When it was done the printer spit it out, I took it and said to the printer, “Thank you!” It works hard and I'm sure likes to be appreciated as much as the rest of us do.

Mommy and grandma took me to the ward Christmas party and took a picture of me with Santa Clause.

I was in my bed in the morning and in my sleep I said with a tone of despair, “Cookie.” When I see a snowman, I’ll point at it and say snowman. I catch on quick, I'm learning all sorts of things about this Christmas holiday. Mommy took me in to get my shots this morning. The bad news is, it hurt not only my arm, but my feelings. The good news is I don't have to have any more shots until I'm four.

Daddy came to Idaho and spent the weekend with me!

Mommy said "I love you" to me and I said it back to her! I have also started to say “Awesome.” Sometimes when I hug mommy, I pat her on the back. There's just something soothing about being patted on the back, I figure everyone would like it was much as I do.

Mommy played tea party with me, what fun! I was pretending to talk on the phone and then said, “Just a sec.” and handed it to mommy. I really like to stack blocks and am rather good at it, I'm also really good at the puzzles I got for Christmas. Grandma and grandpa say that I'm really smart for my age and I'm inclined to agree :).

Mommy drove me down to Utah so that I could see daddy!

Mommy bought me a sled and some snow pants and played with me in the back yard in the snow. It was so much fun!

I put on some socks grandma got and was hopping around the room, they weren't actually bouncy, but I had fun anyway. I had grandpa's belt, put it around me, and ran around the room saying "Giddy up horse". Then I got on mommy's legs with it and said "giddy up horse" to her.

I got lots of great stuff for Christmas and had lots and lots of fun! I especially loved the alphabet fridge magnets I got and wanted to play with them right away and couldn't focus on opening anymore presents. And I called daddy to wish him a merry Christmas.

The other night mommy was helping me go to sleep and I lined up both of my dolls, my sippy, and my bear. Then to each of them one at a time, I said some jibber jabber, called them by name, and said "night night". From what I gather, it's what you do when you put someone to bed.

I've decided to shorten thank you to just thanks, it saves me a bit of hassle, and I'm all about eliminating hassle :). I also recently started to say, "where are you?"

November 2008

I took some magnets from the fridge and was disappointed when they wouldn’t stick to my dresser. Tonight after grandpa got home from work, I had him get the back massager out, then she patted the foot stool and motioned mommy to sit on it, and then patted the chair motioning grandpa to sit in it and give mommy a back massage. I'm just trying to look out for mommy, I know she likes to get her back massaged. She spends so much time taking care of me, someone's got to take care of her and it may as well be me :).

Mommy tried to take me on a bike ride today, I don't know what she was thinking though, I didn’t like it at all, it was way too cold. I had to keep my head tucked down behind mommy to keep the freezing wind from stinging me face.

Mommy tried to clean out my ear today because I was rubbing it and saying owe, I really do not like having my ear cleaned out in the least bit. For heaven sakes it was like they were trying to kill me, or so I acted. I took care of the problem though and hid the stuff that mommy uses to clean them out, but she spotted me coming from somewhere with the pain medicine that was with the cleaner, so she knew I did something with it. Mommy asked me to show her where I got it, in hopes to find the ear cleaner, but I said, “No show you.”

There was a chewed up tissue on the floor in my room, I pointed at it and said Mag Pie. I know which dog does what naughty thing, you can't pull on over on me.

Mommy took me to the doctors to confirm that I have an ear infection and got me some medicine for it. After that we picked up daddy at the air port and he and I got dropped off at their hotel we daddy and I are staying in for the weekend.

I have now started to say "ewe" and in proper context to :). I was watched a dancing show with grandma while sitting on my hippo seat aunt Jenny gave me and said “Shake it, shake it.” I also pointed at my Winnie the Pooh calendar and said "Pooh and Piglet".

Lately I've been holding something up to my eye and saying, “I see you.” I took my baby doll, put it in my fish tunnel, looked through the mesh part, and said, “I see you.” :)

While grandma was watching me today grandma burped and she swears that I said, “Excuse you belch beast.” I watching the home video of myself and then insisted on having my purse like I had in the video.

Mommy and I were brushing our teeth this morning and I was trying to do everything that mommy was doing, so when she spit in the sink I tried to, but it was just a little string of slobber. I'll get the hang of this tooth brushing thing, I'm sure like everything else, it takes practice. At least I get to learn from the master.

I was teasing the dogs with a dog biscuit today and laughing. I would move it all around and watch them follow it with their eyes or try and get it, and then I would laugh even more, or I would walk around with it trailing behind me and enjoyed them following me. Those dogs are so gullible.

I was in the living room with mommy and said, “Grandpa.” Mommy told me that he was in his room and then I said (to him), “I’m coming.” I figured it was only right to give him fair warning.

I had a flashlight and shined it on my doll and said, baby, then did the same for her ball and her car. I was spotlighting them I suppose.

I have started using my own made up sign language for tootsie roll. I touch my thumb and pointer finger together on both hands, put them together, and then twists them back and forth like you do when you are unwrapping a tootsie roll. Mommy figured out what I meant, so when grandpa asked what I meant when I do that she was able to enlighten him.

I was sitting on the couch with my doll, reading to it, and using my dolls hand to point to the elephants while I counted them, but I just kept saying seven and nine. I haven't quite figured out the rest of the numbers yet, but I really like seven and nine.

This morning I was in my crib and grandma was in the kitchen. She sneezed and I said “Bless you.” Then mommy was making me a pancake and asked me if I was ready to eat my pancake, I folded my arms and insisted that we have a blessing. Earlier I was lying on the floor with a book upside down, “reading” it, and following along with her finger.

Mommy and daddy met in Twin Falls today so that he could take me to Utah for Thanksgiving. While I was gone mommy had a birthday. It was a bitter sweet birthday for her, on the one had she's never been happier, but on the other hand it was really difficult for her to officially have out lived her older sister.

October 2008

I've heard everyone else saying it, so I figured I may as well join them and started to call Maggie, Mag Pie.

I helped grandpa get hay for the horses. While mommy was giving me a bath today, I was busy entertaining myself by doing the actions to Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes. I love singing time in nursery at church and love to do the actions to all of the songs. I was playing with mommy's phone and she couldn't find it, so she called it to be able to find it. When she finally found it, it was in the seat of my toy car where I like to stores my treasures :). I have started to try to put my clothes on all by myself, I usually get my shirt on my legs and my pants over my head, I suppose it's a long road to self sufficiency. Grandpa took me on a four wheeler ride and I loved it! So now I want him to take me on it all of the time. I also love to be outside. When I'm hungry I open my mouth and points inside of it, it works, they know what I want, and I don't have to say a word :). Mommy previously noted that I say thank you now and would like to add that I even uses it appropriately.

For my diaper changing entertainment today, I covered my eye and said, “Where Sadie!” I can play peek-a-boo all by myself :).

Mommy couldn't find Molly this morning, when she found her outside, her leg was broken. So mommy took her into the vets and verified that it was broken. They said that at her age it would be very difficult for her to heal from it if at all. Mommy had to do what was best for Molly and had her put to sleep. When grandpa got home from work he dug a hole for her and we buried her next to mommy's dog Penny by the apple tree in the back yard. Mommy said that she was the best dog a girl could ask for and that she was lucky to have her in her life and that she couldn’t have asked for more than Molly gave.

Mommy and I drove up to McCall to paint pumpkins with mommy's cousin Travis and his family. It was my first pumpkin painting experience and I think I did pretty darn good for a first timer.

This morning, I got Molly’s jacket out of the closet and was looking for her, calling her name and patting my leg. Mommy told me that she was sorry but Molly was gone. I said, "All gone" and mommy said, "Yes baby, all gone."

Mommy cut my nails today and when she was done, I took the clippers and acted like I was clipping my baby doll’s nails, I'm just trying to be a good little mommy.

We flew to Utah so I can see daddy. When I saw him, I ran to him with her arms open and my little backpack bouncing along.

I was on mommy's bed in the morning and climbed off. Uncle James's dog PJ had pooped on the floor and so I picked it up and was saying "poo poo" and sounded really upset. I think if you had poop in your hand you would sound a little upset too.

I got dressed up for Halloween like the most adorable lady bug that ever was. Grandma and mommy took me around to show me off and take Halloween treats to some people. At one of the stops some kids came trick or treating and I noticed that they had buckets they were getting candy in, so I grabbed the nearest bucket I could find and wanted candy in it, although my bucket was a regular bucket and the other kids were more of a Halloween themed bucket, oh well it did the job.

September 2008

I finally caught on to cartoons, I tell ya, they are mesmerizing. I've found another use for a screwdriver, it's perfect for leading the music while driving in a car. I sometimes like to assist in leading the music at church too, but not with a screwdriver.

I said my first prayer today, mommy told me what to say and I put forth my best effort to repeat what she said.

I've added "sorry" to my ever growing list of words I use. I find it a very useful word when I've done something that I shouldn't. For example, this morning when my cup fell off the counter and onto Molly’s head, so I said sorry to her.

After my nap mommy let me play in my wading pool until I got to cold, I love playing in the water!

Mommy gave all of the dog’s haircuts today. While she was doing that, I cut my shirt with the scissors and threw dog hair on mommy's head. I guess this was not helpful, or something like that, I thought it was rather helpful though. Oh well, you can't win them all

Grandpa Bob went out of town for work for a few days, I was sitting on the cupboard and asked, "Where’s grandpa?" When they told me he was working out of town that certainly explained why I hadn't seen him around lately.

When mommy put me to bed, she laid down with me. When she thought I was asleep, she started to get up, but I grabbed her by the shirt and pulled her back down. I don't know where she thinks she was going. So then I had my arm around her and was patting her on the back, so that she wouldn't get any ideas about trying to leave again.

Mommy and I flew to Utah so that I could spend some time with daddy.

I was sick last week and having a hard time sleeping, so mommy would lay down with me until I fell asleep. So no when she puts me in my crib I points to the side of the pillow where she usually lays and then I say, “Stay.” with a smile of course. Who could resist that?

August 2008

Uncle Clancy taught me how to do a WWF move, by hitting my elbow to my hand :).

I have recently added "good job" to my rotation of words I use. Mommy's cousin Golden was looking for his pill pack and asked me if I knew where it was. I pointed at the couch and jibber jabbered. Golden looked in between the cushions where I pointed and loan behold there it was.

I have successfully for the first time in my life gone potty in my potty training toilet! I'm not sure what is so exciting about it, but mommy is ecstatic and mentioned something about not having to change diapers anymore once I'm potty trained.

We were watching America's Got Talent. Mommy asked me if I wanted to be on it and I said yes and then started to shake my groove thang. Later she asked me again if I wanted to be on the show and I said yes again. She asked me what my talent was going to be and I started to do the "mark it with a b" part of patty cake.

I not only had new words to the mix, but I also add new sounds and have started to make a monkey sound every time I see a monkey or hear the word said. I did add "thank you" also and have found this most helpful when I'm given something that I wanted. It seems like I say just about a new word every day and repeat almost everything others say to me and copies everything others do.

Daddy and grandma Jolene came to see me for the weekend. Daddy also brought Sandy for mommy to keep until he finds a place of his own.

I'm such a genius. They try and test my smarts and I get them every time. When they ask me where my eye, nose, mouth, ear, or belly button is, I will point to it. They think they can pull one over on me. I will take stuff to whoever you tell me to, I'm like a little errand girl. Grandpa Bob likes to give me a dog treat and then tells me which dog to give it to and I always get it right.

I went to the park and had so much fun!

This morning I knocked on grandma and grandpa's bedroom door and said, "Grandpa?" Grandma told me that grandpa already left for work, what a bummer, I missed him. I was in a store with mommy and I stood up in my stroller after mommy told me not to and it fell over. Mommy picked me up and I had a look like I wasn’t sure if I should cry or not. So mommy told me I was OK and that it just scared me. Then she said, do you see what happens when you don’t listen to mommy and she had me there so I said, "Yeah." After that mommy took me into a store and bought me a purse, sun glasses, and a bracelet. While we were in the store I kept looking at things, pushing the stroller a little farther and looking at more things until I pushed it into a wall and it wouldn’t go anymore. Mommy let me pick out the purse that I wanted. When we got out of the store she put the bracelet on me, gave me the purse to carry, and put my sunglasses on me and I was just strutting around the mall like I was a princess and was I suddenly completely incapable of listening or being obedient in the slightest. Those items must have some kind of magic or something because I felt like a transformed person, like I was really something :).

July 2008

I get tickled a lot, so I thought I would see what it was all about and tickled my dolls foot, it didn't laugh though. So I did what any good mother caring for her baby would do and tried to pick its nose for further entertainment for myself and those observing me, I then tried to boing its lip. And what else could happen to me, but of course, another tooth is in.

We went out to dinner with daddy’s family for aunt Jenny’s birthday and saw fireworks afterwards! I watched the fireworks in awe, with my mouth open and everything and then gave them the round of applause that they rightly deserved. I don't know who invented them but they were great and he deserves an award!

I've seen it over and over again and have finally caught on. I was outside and then I crawled in the dog door, and then I was inside. The dogs finally taught me something useful.

I am continuously expanding my vocabulary and have added "all gone". I have also picked up on mommy blowing on my food to cool it off and have started to help her by blowing on it too.

Something happened and most of mommy's journal for this month is missing in action. I guess the only notable things that happened are as follows. Mommy's family came down and helped me and mommy move to Idaho. We are staying with grandma Connie and grandpa Bob until further notice. Mommy's uncle LaMarr died after a ten year battle with cancer and we attended his funeral. Also, mommy took aunt Reeree's name through the temple on her birthday, now she can progress in heaven. There was lots of family there to help support mommy and her family on such an important day.