Annie the Nanny

    On Thursday I worked my last day with my nanny family that I have been with for four years.  I was kind of sad all day.  I did enjoy my day with Piper though.  We did what we always do.  We went to the park, fed the ducks, played in her driveway, blew bubbles, chased Dawson and just played all day.  As the day drew to a close I knew I was going to cry.  I was doing great until I hugged Brody, than I just lost it.  I started to cry.  I gave Kevin a hug and than I had to go find the hardest person to say bye to, my Piper.  I found her outside and she gave Dawson and I the best hug she's ever given.  I will miss this family.  My family.
      I have watched Piper since she was 2 months old.  Let me tell you a little about this little firecracker.  She is adorable.  She is such a spunky, fun little girl.  She was a wonderful little baby.  She would slept great, eat good and loved to be snuggled.  I watched her full time for two years.  When I got pregnant with Dawson I stopped watching her full time towards the end of the pregnancy.  This was really hard on me to not watch her everyday.  I was grateful when they let me come back part time with Dawson.  I really feel like she is my sweet little girl.  I really believe she helped me learn how to be a mom even before I was a mom to Dawson.  She walked the day she turned one, she loves Mickey Mouse and Doc Mcstuffins, she is not shy at all and you will find her singing and dancing most of the time, she loves Dawson and calls him Dawcie.
     Brody is not shy at all either, I remember when he was a little younger anywhere we would go he would instantly make friends and often times want me to get mothers phone numbers for "play dates".  He is a very determined little boy.  We played a game where I would say, "Guess what Brody?"  He'd say "what"?  "I love you," I'd reply.  Than he would say it back and he would laugh and laugh.  He loves Piper, Dawson, his video games, and he always told me that I made the best mac n cheese in the world along with peanut butter bananas.
    I love these kids so much.  I hope to keep in touch with them.  They have taught me so much and I am so grateful that the Lord placed them in my life.  I needed them just as much as they needed me.  I will always a place in my heart for my Brody and Piper.  

Lately....

    Well I haven't posed in a long time!  We have been busy little people lately!  Having a 20 month old means being busy all the time!  They are so much fun and Dawson is definitly go go go!  First of all we painted our kitchen wall and I love it!  It was red and I was sick of it so we painted it blue.

I think it looks a million times better!  It made the room look bigger and brighter!  Thank you Jesse you are amazing!

Dawson is cuter than ever......
He is a wild one!

He is a climber, I have to keep my eye on this kid!

Friday night Jesse ran with Dawson in the stroller and I rode my bike.  It was fun.  I love that the weather is getting nice!  We would stop at parks and let Dawson get out and play.  He loves slides and running around.

We just got done listening to conference and it was really good.  (It is much harder to listen to when your little boy is climbing on your head!)  I wouldn't want it anyother way though.  I look forward to when they have it in the Ensign!
After conference I decided to make up some edible paint and see if Dawson is creative!  He is....

Jesse was liking it too!  At one point it kind of became a science experiment with the boys....hahah!

We had fun making a mess!  :)
Anyways....that's all for today!  I've got to go chase my little monster!

Reception

Karen's reception was beautiful.  It was fun to watch my little sister look so happy.  We all had a great time.  I was glad that Jesse was able to come to the last hour of it.

 he loved the player piano!

 Finally Jesse made it!

my silly boys

Jade, Rachael and Kaylee.  They liked to Dance!

Karen is married!

    Well the big day came and went!  My little sis is married!  Still so crazy that I can say that!  The wedding day was perfect.  Karen and Kevin are very cute together.  The day started with them getting married at ten in the salt lake temple.  It was beautiful!
       We were having fun taking some pictures of Dawson while we waited for Karen to come out!

 We love to see the temple

 RaNea and her kids!

They finally came out!

 She looked stunning!

 Karen and Kaylee

 My mom and the cute couple!

 Karen and all the kids!  It was kind of crazy!

 Sisters!

Mel, Barb and Jade hanging out!

He got so tired at the lunch in.....ZZZZZZ  alseeep on Monte!
I'll post the reception later!  :)

18 months old

    Dawson is 18 months old today!  
18 months old and......
He loves books, he would read them all day if you'd let him
He started saying "Pi Pi" for Piper and "bro bro" for Brody.  (His first names!)
He loves Dad and says "Dad?"  a million times a day
He loves my phone!  Steals it and starts talking
He is talking a lot more now.  I love how he says, "Beep beep" for cars and "choo choo" for train
He runs, fast
He sleeps from 8-6ish
He still loves his bottle
He loves to try on my jewlery and comb his hair
He loves the bath and brushing his teeth
He can always eat yogurt and applesauce
He loves waving and saying, "bye bye"
He hates blankets and stuffed animals
He loves cars
He loves being outside.  Lots of times he'll stand by the window and say, "side"
He doesn't get scared easily
He hates being alone
He laughs alot, at nothing
He is such a happy little kid!  I love my baby boy!

He is so funny he takes my camera and holds it in front of him and says "Cheese!"  

We threw Karen a bridal shower and it was so much fun!  I hosted it at my house and it was a really good turn out.  I'm getting so excited for my little sis to get hitched!

 Pin the mustache on Kevin! or karen, hahah!

 Dawson loves balloons, he thinks they are hillarious!

My pretty sis and Mommy  :)

Not much

   Well we haven't been up to too much lately.  A lot of hanging out at home and just working.  This last weekend Jesse and I were able to get away for the weekend and it was so nice.  Jesse's parents watched Dawson which was so nice of them!  Dawson had so much fun!  When we came back to get him he didn't want to go home.  He had a blast.
     Jesse and I went up to Snowbird and hung out.  On Saturday we went hiking and brought a sled and sled down the big mountain.  It was really fun and it was so nice to be outside!  It was beautiful!  We also went swimming outside, hot tubing, watched tv and just hung out!  It was a nice little break from everyday life.

 Nap time...ZZZZZzzzzz

 One night Jesse and I made popcorn and watched tv and Dawson loved the popcorn.  He had to have his own.  Yummy.

 He loves to brush his teeth!  Daddy says, "time to brush your teeth!"  Dawson goes running up into the bathroom.

 

 Love this little busy boy!  He keeps me going!

"Look up, it helps"

    It's a new year!  Crazy how fast 2013 went by for me.  I feel like now that I have a child time goes by 10 times faster.  I think because in a small little way you wish that your precious little baby would stay little forever.  Forever little, forever in your arms and forever right by your side.  2013 was a good year.  I have really enjoyed watching Dawson grow and learn.  He is a happy boy that has changed my life forever in a good way.  I love him so much.  I have also loved watching Jesse be a Dad.  It's amazing how much he loves his boy.  The other day I went dress shopping with Karen and Jesse had to watch Dawson all day.  I asked what they did all day.  Jesse said he painted some of the upstairs and I asked him what he did with Dawson and he said that he would hide crackers in Dawson's room and Dawson would go and find them.  He loved it!  He said he would have 10 crackers in his mouth at once!  That just shows that Jesse is a very creative Dad.  He is always making me laugh.  I also came home that night to a fort built in the family room.  These boys had fun while I was gone!  The fort had tunnels and a huge blanket.  Jesse is such a good Dad.
    While my sisters, Mom and I were dress shopping Mel said something that I loved.  It is our new quotie!  We have an inside joke thing and anyways.....I started to cry and she said, "look up, it helps."  Isn't that sooo true!?  When we have hard times we need to remember to look up.  Our Savior can help us with anything and everything.  He is always "UP" there.  Although 2013 was wonderful, we are always going to have hard times as well.  We are here to learn and grow and go through trials.  I hope that this year I remember to always "look up", during the hard and good times.
    On New Years Jesse, Dawson and I went sledding by our house.  It was so much fun.  It is my new favorite family activity.  Dawson absolutely loves it!  We went down the hill probably 20 times!  I feel so blessed.  I hope 2014 will be even better!  :)

Dawson with a sucker.  He was being funny

After this it was bath time....sticky mess!  :)