Monday, September 21, 2009

As I finally sat down to update my blog, I looked over and this is the little booty I saw! I have been meaning to put her walker away but lately when I'm doing Justin's paperwork I have found that if I set her in it and give her a few snacks it helps to keep her trapped so she can't make HUGE messes (for at lease a short while) !
I don't know what happened to my sweet little baby. It seemed like the day she turned one is the day she got an attitude and turned into my little terrorizer! Her favorite things to do are: unload everything from the cupboards while mommy isn't looking; quietly sneak into her room and pull out ALL the wet wipes from a new case; push all of daddy's buttons on his printers and credit card machines so the next day he spends and least 30 min figuring it all out; kiss mom's newly cleaned mirrors with peanut butter covered lips; once outside, immediately head to any dirt, water or mud and completely cover herself with it; etc. etc , but her absolute favorite is bossing around Saydie (our dog) and her baby dolls!
Although she does definitely keep me on my toes, I have to say I do love her little sassy attitude! She is so much fun and cracks me up everyday with all her new words and just watching how her little mind works!
Lately going shopping has been a nightmare... I won't even go into the details I'm sure everyone gets the picture - but I have found the solution!!! We went to Costco and they had balloons and of course she had to have an "oon" so I loosely tied it to her wrist and I was in total shock!!! She didn't want out of the cart once the entire time.. miracle!!! She was even good when we went to Target after! Now I just need to find a place that has helium balloons every time I go shopping :)

Anyway.. this summer was super crazy, which they usually always are and I was really bad at remembering my camera, so I'll just post what we have been up to lately. For labor day we went to SJ to hang out with my fam. As always it was a lot of fun. We decided to try our luck and go 4-wheeling in Nutrioso...and it turned out that we got pretty lucky it only rained on us for a short while. Abbie loved it.. she slept most of the time.. yea!! Oh- and don't you just love Justin's pink little coat, we were really scrounging to find rain proof gear! The pose makes it look even better!:)

This is on the top of Greens Peak.. soo pretty!! We were able to climb the big metal tower, which I thought was actually kinda scary, but worth it. I just LOVE the mountains!






This is a really bad pic (camera phone) but we went to the Brad Paisley Concert!!! I just loved our double date.. Garret and James.. it reminded me of the cruise we took a while ago. It seems like I'm always stuck with a bunch of boys! They are a lot of fun but it would be nice to have a little more girl talk..hint hint!!





It rained all day and so I thought for sure we were going to get soaked, but we got lucky again because it stopped right before we left!! It was a blast and Brad was great!!


This year our garden once again turned into a jungle! I thought that I had done so well at spacing the plants so it wouldn't, but I was once again wrong.. maybe next year! Abbie loved just about everything, but her favorite was the grapes from our grape vine. I think she liked it because she could pick them herself and then they popped in her mouth when she bit them.


This year I tried canning salsa which of course was a lot of work, but worth it when I was done! I just got a bunch of apples so this week I'm heading to my gram's so she can help me make applesauce and apple pie filling .. she is the best!


7 comments:

Brett and Melissa said...

Oh man Jan you have been a busy little bee! I can't believe you have a grape vine! I am jealous, If I had a grape vine here they would just be raisins! :) Good job on the salsa. I ordered 2 boxes of peaches from utah to can and they are suppose to be here this week and now I am wondering what in the heck was I thinking... Oh well!

Rachel said...

Way to go, Domestic Goddess! Love that little baby and her little attitude. Hope I see you guys soon!
And thanks again for the produce. MMMMM!

kh said...

Ditto on Rachel's comment. DOMESTIC GODDESS! Oh my! Your harvest from your garden is BEAUTIFUL. YUM.

Your description of Abbie and 'her day' is hilarious! I can see her doing that so perfectly. Sounds like another little girl I know... humm... they can't be related can they! :0)

It was SO FUN to see you and to take photos of that sweet little girl, sassy tude or not, she's simple ADORABLE! (Just put a camera in her face, she might stay in her cart. Hee hee.)

Riddlez said...

I laughed through most of this post. And you know, it's ok to admit that the pink coat is really Justin's and not borrowed.

Lexi and Hector said...

cute pics....I am so jealous that you are going to get to can with Gram....Oh well have fun and we cant wait to see you soon.

Hendriksen Happenings said...

So WHEN the day comes that we move back to Arizona (not IF, it's WHEN! haha) you need to teach me all your domestic ways! I can't believe Abbie's so big now- hurry up and get prego again and tell Ki too so we can all be pregnant together! haha- it'll be shared misery! jk.

Jess & Jessica said...

I hear you on the whole baby tasmanian devil thing. Addison is the worst at making messes and fast. Just wait until Abby turns two, i think it gets worse. :) Good thing their so cute! Abby is such a cutie.