My love,

One of the many reasons why I wanted to marry you was because I had a feeling you'd be an amazing pappa. Well, on 8/12/08 that feeling was confirmed with the birth of our daughter. My heart melted when I saw you look at her for the first time. I knew then, for a fact, you'd be the BEST pappa! I love you so much. And I love how much you love our little princess. You even show so much love for our new baby we have yet to meet in December. I love you and am so blessed to call you my husband and father of my children.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!

Your wife always,
Pao

what happens when you roll down your car windows??

You let some breeze in ... and make a toddler REALLY happy!!

huh?!

Stop following me around with a camera, mami!

HaPPy HappY

...40th Birthday, Michael!!

Our friend Mariela threw a surprise bbq party for her husband. So we drove down to Layton for one fun afternoon! The adults had a great time, but the kids had an even better one!

the piñata:

running for it! (except she liked the paper on the ground more than the candy) my pretty girl

yummmmmmm

Happy Birthday!!! We had a lot fun!!

Fun in the Sun

Great Expectations

For those of you who don't have facebook and keep in touch with us via our blog:

We're having a baby in December!!! And are way excited about it :)

Animal Love

This past weekend we took Lucia to see the baby animals at the Heritage Center. We ALL had fun watching her just LOVE the animals!

Begin tour by posing!

Touching the pig butt :P

(her idea)

They had slides too!

Easter Weekend

We had and Easter egg hunt...

We opened the eggs...

Colored some eggs...

Made rice crispies treat eggs..

(without the chocolate, we burned it)


Got a package from Grandma and Grandpa...

And ate a yummy dinner!

Our Ladybug Lately

That would be Lucia :) She is now 20 months (I know, crazy, huh?) and is talking so much. There are many new fun facts about this little one which I would like to share before I forget... It might sound like I'm bragging about my daughter, but hey, maybe I am :P


*She's been enjoying gymnastics for a month now and is doing better each week. That even includes her behavior. Who would have thought that my fun, spirited child would actually sit and wait her turn?! She is also doing great following instructions. I'm seriously soooo proud of her!
* It's IMPOSSIBLE to put her in time out! Everything is fun to her!!! Seriously?! Everything?! Now, feel free to leave some wisdom on this please :) We don't like using her crib for time-out, because it's a pleasant place for her and we don't want to change that. If I sit her on a chair or have her stare at the wall... she thinks it's fun! I also don't want to spank her... so please... any ideas? She might also be too young...
* Back to the positive, fun stuff... She spits water into the sink after brushing her teeth! So fun to watch thanks to Daddy!
* I bought her a little crib for her baby doll, because she's really into babies lately. What does she do? She sits in it like it's for her with her doll or stuffed animals.

*She is LOVING pretend play! ANd I sure love watcing her pretend! She will talk to her dolls like we usually speak to her. She'll even put her in her the doll crib, lean forward to speak to the doll, and say "no,no,no" using her finger.
* Her hair is growing long enough for a 'real' ponytail, instead of the one on the top!
*She talks to me up to the moment I put her down to bed. I honestly feel like she's telling me about her day. That's my favorite part of the day! She is at such a fun age, in which she just loves interacting with people.
*Her favorite games always involve her being chased. She prefers daddy chasing her, but I do pretty well when daddy isn't around :)


She's at such a fun age!!! We love her so much and are so proud of every milestone she hits! Every day I thank Heavenly Father for allowing me to be this ladybug's mamma! It's THE best job I've ever had! And I know Chauncey really enjoys playing with his little girl.

Pig Tails

She now has hair long enough for this:

Spring Flower

I found this cute flower head 'thing' at Joann's and really cheap tulle (hope I spelled it right). Since I ONLY know how to make tutus, I decided I'd make Lucia a Spring one. Here is Lucia modeling it all before it's completed:

Viva Las Vegas!!

We're lucky we can visit my aunt in Vegas once in a while. The drive has gotten a bit harder, and slower as Lucia grows older. It's still fun to spend time with family! My aunt's youngest is 6 and absolutely LOVES Lucia! We love it too, because she never gets tired of playing with her. Lucia loves her a lot too. We get a huge break from entertaining Lucia when we're out there thanks to Daniella! We're so thankful for my aunt and her family. Spencer is always so nice to give up his room for us when we go! Thanks Spence!!!

Here are Daniella and Lucia (not sure what they're doing):

Daniella has a couple dress up costumes
Which Lucia loved! And she HAD to get into one of them (which actually fit)