A Fun Day at the Park!

We had a great time at the park the other day. It was a bit chilly, but it didn't stop Mya and her friend Cole from having a blast!



I don't know who had more fun on the teeter-totter... the kids or the dads : )




Mya hasn't been a huge fan of the swings--but she enjoyed it a little more this time around

Hey, What's That Girl's Name Again?

Lately Alex and I have been forgetting our daughter's name a lot... so as you can see, we posted it across her chest to help our young but already failing memories. Well, okay, maybe we didn't actually forget her name--but it's sure a cute picture! And Alex is mad that I put this picture on my blog (hey man, you snooze, you lose). But he wanted me to make sure and put a disclaimer on here that he was the one who came up with the idea to stick letters on our daughter.


As my dear friend/co-worker (AKA my "work wife" as Alex would call her) pointed out to me today, that I am officially no better at blogging than my husband. It's true. I figured I would suck at it, and I do. Really though, I just don't know if I have a whole lot of information to share with the world... And I don't really think anyone is reading the blog anyway, so I just kind of feel like I'm talking to myself as I type (and then I just start to feel weird...)



I've tried to think about what has been entertaining to me lately, because maybe if I blogged about whatever that might be, then maybe it could be entertaining to somebody else too. So, of course, my thoughts defer to Miss Mya...She continues to be a hilarious little girl, so very full of personality. The other night we went to a Jazz game, and we had a blast. Mya babbled on the way there about "pizza pasta pizza pasta pizza pasta pizza pasta" for I don't know how long. And on the way back, it was "yay cabakee ('basketball') and "choo choo" (we rode the trax down to the game). It was such a fun night!

Sometimes she talks in her sleep about 'Grandma,' 'hair,' 'jammies,' and 'Swiper no swiping' (all you Dora fans out there know what I'm talking about). I just wonder what is going on in that little head sometimes...



I'm going to try to start speaking more Italian from now on. First I will need to learn some Italian, but once I do that, I am going to try to speak it. The reason is, Alex apparently has the chance to do an internship in Italy next summer... so there's a chance that we might be living in Torino for two months in 2010! Ciao!!

Everybody Poops

Until you have a potty-training toddler, I don't think you can really understand just how exciting poop really is... Mya had her first success on the potty tonight! I never imagined myself having such a fun celebration over poop. Granted, the first part of it did exit Mya's little body while she was standing in the bath tub, but that's not the point. The second part came out in the potty (nice work on the quick hussle Alex ; )! ), and wow, was that a party! I think that Mya was a little too sleepy to fully enjoy our enthusiasm, but she had fun getting to pull some toilet paper off the roll, and then getting to flush the toilet. Hooray for pooping!!!

Here We Go!

Hello all! I have recently gotten complaints from multiple sources that my dear husband is just too inconsistent with his blogging... and while he is brilliant and entertaining, I challenged him that I could have a prettier, more consistently updated blog. I've never done this before, and really, I'm not very good at keeping up with things that require any maintenance (it's hard enough for me to keep up with clipping my fingernails...). But what the heck, I'm always up for a challenge.

My fun little family and I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. We are lucky to be living with my husband's Grandma right now, and we have been her very own basement dwellers for almost a year now. I work as a Housing Counselor at the Community Development Corp. of Utah. It's a great place to work, with lots of fun people. I mostly do foreclosure prevention counseling, and I also teach first time home buyer education classes and do pre-purchase counseling. It can be stressful sometimes ("will you please save my house and keep me and my kids from being homeless??" No pressure there), but it's rewarding and I really do love it most of the time. My sexy husband, Alex, is a stay at home dad and a student in the CHEF program. He is a great cook (and yes, I know, I am a VERY lucky wife!), and it's exciting for him to be getting more into the Culinary Arts program.

Alex and I have been married for about 5 1/2 years, and we have one beautiful little girl that we like to call Mya. She is almost 20 months old, and she is a spunky little angel. She has officially mastered the highest level of cuteness, and she is currently working on mastering new levels of naughtiness. Mommy accidentally taught her the "C" word recently (c-r-a-p). Oops. Now I just try not to laugh when she says it, and we try not to say it in front of her anymore! She's like a 35 pound sponge.

Nothing real exciting is going on in my life right now. I think I prefer things that way actually. I have been blessed with so much, and I am very grateful to be able to say that my life is wonderful, even if it is somewhat uneventful!

A Few Pictures and News

Welcome all to the year 2009!!! I know I am a few weeks late but I just woke up from the new year eve party. We know how to party here in SLC. I am sure that everyone had an enjoyable Christmas. You can tell from the pictures that Mya loved it. Well with the new year I have started back at school and love every minute. I can say this now because the first day was yesterday. We don't have anything else going on at this time. Our life is fairly boring except for little Miss Mya. I swear that kid is nuts!! She has gotten into setting the table and enjoys putting plates all over the table. We have so much fun, everyday is a party! I hope my time will allow me to keep everyone up to speed on all the fun that goes on. But for now I must leave this entry, less exciting I know but they can't all be great. Go now and be full of pleasure and oranges.

DC Dance Party in Da House!!!

No pictures this week (a united sob from the audience), but I do have many words which will paint a picture in your mind. So everyone sit back and open up your imagination's, this sounds like the beginning of a Sesame Street episode. Karissa and I have just returned from a trip to Washington DC. Fear not I will get the pics of the trip up pronto. We saw everything we could in a few days, from the White House to the crazy's that walk about swearing. Ah memories..... We hooked up with B-Rock and went dancing. That Obama can do the hustle like nobody's business!!! He was smooth but the same can not be said for his lovely horse.... I mean wife. But what do you expect from a women that is as broad as a bulldozer, but to her defense she does a mean robot!! So this was a good highlight apart from the many historical sights we saw. We left our house in disarray because of a flood. I am not exaggerating when I say that Noah had nothing on what we had to go through. Maybe that is a bit much but at least Noah did not have to deal with Stove Top floating about his office. But we are dried out now and happy to be home. However, I will not be eating Stove Top stuffing anytime to soon.

December cometh like a Ninja (Throwing Stars Not Included)

A hardy happy December 1st to you all!! I am sure you all enjoyed the turkey day and are feeling the fun regret after. Our Thanksgiving was nothing to brag about so that is all I will say on the matter. Mya is going to be 18 months this week, so that is exciting. She is repeating everything, so no more swears. Just kidding, you can curse around the child if you need too. So what is everyone asking Santa for Christmas? I am hoping for lingerie. I love the way lace and satin caress my skin and it really makes me feel pretty. Karissa thinks I look best in a shear babydoll. I hope you all are able to picture the beauty of me in the outfit, and only the outfit, maybe some heels for the sexy legs. Well enough of my wife's disturbing fantasy and let us rescue our minds from the dark gutter from which it has been placed. It sure is a good thing no one reads my blog otherwise people may think me a bit strange. Okay, go out and party like it is 0 BC, because of Chirstmas, birth of Christ, uhh.... you guys get what I am saying. I gotta go get groceries (check the alliteration), need anything??