Birthday Girl!!

Today is my little Skylar-girl's first birthday! It is hard to believe that she is already a year old! It makes us sad and excited at the same time. I'm sure I will feel this way on many occasions to come...her first day of Kindergarten, her first date, her graduation and wedding day, etc. It is just part of being a parent, I guess. Here are a few of her stats so far:

-She weighs just about 20 pounds and is 28" tall
-She has two bottom teeth
-She can stand on her own for a few seconds at a time
-She crawls around...fast
-She cruises around the furniture
-She walks if you hold her hands
-She can say a few words: Baby, Kitty, Hiiii!, Bye, Dad, Mom, Dog, Uh-Oh
-She dances to any, and I mean any, rhythm or music that she hears
-She loves our cat Fred
-She points at everything
-She can drink from a glass and thru a straw
-She loves her blankies, it doesn't matter which one as long as it is a flannel recieving blanket!
-She finally will sleep all night long...not every night but she can do it!
-She still loves her bathtime! She will stay in there for hours if we would let her!

All in all, she is such a happy baby and we can't even imagine our lives without her! This past year has been so much fun and quite an experience as any first time parent knows! We are excited to see what the years to come have in store for us! We love you Skylar! Happy first birthday!

Spud Graduates!

On Friday, May 30, my brother Spud will graduate from Morgan High! He is so excited to be done with high school! Spud is such a nice guy and he is so cute with Skylar. He is truly a great person and we love him so much! Congrats, Spud!

Grandma Joni visits!

This past week my mom came to visit. She was my resident babysitter while I worked and did some random things like doctor appointments and nail appointments. I was so glad to have her here and I know Skylar loved spending some quality time with her Grandma. Last Saturday while Travis played in a golf tourny (shocking, I know) me, my mom and Grandma Mona, and Skylar went to Salt Lake to look for a dresser for the new baby. We went to USA Baby and found the cutest dresser and convertible crib that matched. The dresser was a floor sample and was more than half-off. What a great buy for an awesome piece of furniture. So I bought them and now Travis just has to pick them up with his truck! What a relief to have that done. Now I feel a little more prepared for this baby girl to come into our family! I am getting really excited now and I can't wait to kiss her cute little cheeks!

Happy Birthday Kerri!

Today is Kerri Hess' birthday! She is such a great sister-in-law, aunt but most of all she is one of my best friends! Kerri is always the one that will call just to see how my day is going or to check on me if I have had a bad day. She is very selfless and such a beautiful person inside and out! Hope you have a great day, Kerri! I love you tons!

Palm Springs

We are home from our fun-filled weekend to visit my mom! We had a great time. We had great weather and it was really fun to spend some time with her. Travis played a ton of golf. He played at a really nice resort on Friday. There are two different courses at this resort and he played both of them (36 holes). On Saturday he played at another resort and when he was done with the first 18, he decided to play it again! That is 72 holes in 2 days! What a diehard! Skylar got a little bit of one-on-one time with her Grandma Joni, once on Friday night while Travis and I went out to dinner and did a little shopping, and for a lot of the day on Sunday while Travis and I went golfing (another 18 in for Trav, I just rode along). That was really nice to have some time to ourselves! I think my mom really enjoyed having her all to herself for a little while. It sure did make her remember how much work it is to have a crawler around. Skylar is sooooo busy! She did pretty good on the plane. She liked to look at all of the people around us. She would get their attention and wave to them and talk to them. She is the center of attention wherever we go! We had a really fun trip but I think we will wait a while before we fly anywhere with her again...it is really exausting!

On Vacation!

Well, we are here in sunny Palm Springs, California! It is really nice here. It was snowing when we left SLC yesterday and it is 95 degrees here today! What a difference an hour and a half plane ride makes! We are having fun shopping and hanging out by the pool. Travis golfed 36 holes today, he loves it. I will post some pix when we get home!

Crazy week!

This week was very busy! Travis was out of town all week for work. He went to a place called Show Low, Arizona. It was about a 13 hour drive. I worked Monday, Wednesday, Friday and also a few hours on Saturday morning. Travis got home late on Friday night and early Saturday got up to play in a softball tourny at 4th Street park. He had to take Skylar with him to the park. She just got to hang out in the dugout with all the guys for the first game until I got there! I guess that is something that she will have to get used to! It was really warm but incredibly windy! I felt like we were at the sand dunes with all the dirt from the infields being blown around! Anyway, the guys ended up taking second place in the tournament which was awesome! They played 5 games to get to the champoinship and all of the players were so sore and tired by the end of the night! This is the second weekend in a row that the Ribbies (team name) have placed second in a tournament. Way to go!