Happy First Birthday Maizy

I'm only a couple months behind but here we go!

She woke up a Happy Girl!  (she almost always does)

 
I put balloons in Maizy's room for her to wake up to.









Grandma Susan came and helped us make the cutest cake ever







Somehow this is the best picture I got of her cute birthday outfit!





Her curls were perfect!





checking out her cake






With Grandma Maldonado








Aunt Chelsea







The little buddies



Attempts at pictures with all of us are usually pretty entertaining





Croix "helping" Maizy with her gifts





She didn't need much help though








She got her first baby and quickly learned how to say baby








Of course she though the bottle was for her






Her cute baby owl.





That she promptly touched the flame of....yes we had practiced!








As soon as we were done with all the filly singing and fire business she chowed down.











And so did everyone else




















She ended up quite messy





I know she's out of focus but look at that smile!





A bath was in order!





It was a perfect day for our perfect little girl!

Comradery

We have a very dear friend who had a bad accident.   He got his arm suck between the wall and a treadmill with it on high.  He lost the top layer of skin on his arm, knee, and hand.  With other burns on his face and other arm and hand.  He had to have a couple skin grafts.  They took skin from his scalp so he had to shave his head.  He was quite sad about all his hair being gone.  So Brent and Croix shaved their heads to show support.

Don't worry, we didn't leave it like that.

I really don't like how it looks on either of them, but I love what is says about their kind hearts.  Croix didn't like it either.  He kept asking me when he could get his hair back.  He did like how soft it was for a while though.  Brent's hair has completely grown back.  Croix's is a little slower, but it is back to the "alfalfa" stage.  Sticking straight up no matter what we try.  Love these kind men!

Last Minute

Today was full of a lot of last minute fun.  We left the house at 9am and didn't get back until 4pm.  I noticed yesterday that I had a Google to BounceU offer expiring. So I called some friends to see if they wanted to go with us today.  We went and it was loads of fun! 

The staff were nice and indulged Croix

(These pictures make me miss his long hair!!)

Our friends make cute kids!

Croix and Maizy both had a blast. 

Her cheesy grin!

Only bad thing it was right in the middle of Maizy's nap time. She usually goes down for her morning nap at 10 and open bounce was 9:30-11:30. Poor thing was so tired by time we left. I thought for sure she'd sleep the whole hour of driving we had to do. She did not. She slept 30min that's it.

Then we went to pick up Brent from work and from there we went to a lunch to welcome Yanira home (if you haven't heard about this story about her being wrongfully detained in Mexico you haven't been watching the news)

 

After lunch we came home cleaned up the house. Our friends came over left their kid here and we went to dinner at BJ's brewery. Yum! Then we went and watched Now You See Me. I'm not sure the last time we did dinner AND a movie. And I can't remember the last time we went to dinner with friends and without kids. Ah it was fun! We talked politics and societal responsibilities. I never picked food up off the floor or said shhhh or sit in your seat. Ahh. So nice!

Secret House

We went to AMY with my brother Trenton and his son Seth today.  The last time Seth was over Croix asked him where his house was.  Said said on a secret road.  Croix has been wanting to go ever since.  So we met them at their house so Croix could check it out. He was as hesitant to see their bunny as he is with dogs.  We then headed to the museum.  the kids had a blast.  Trenton met us there and brought pizza which we ate out in the atrium.  It was nice.  I"m loving that the weather is not horrible yet!

NOT The Blueberries!

A few days after Maizy's blueberry reaction Brent started throwing up too.  I was SO happy!  After confirming with the GI specialist we are safe to assume it was not the blueberries!  And she has eaten them since and been fine.  Thank goodness.  We are also trialing in wheat and she is doing well.  We'll start dairy in the next week or two.  I'm terrified and excited all at the same time. 

Growing

In case you have any doubt that the Gospel is spreading there were three new wards added to our stake!  I'm glad we are new to the ward because honestly there were only two people I thought man I'll be sad if they aren't in our ward.  One was Croix's primary teacher, we lost her :(.  He's going to be sad about that.  But I think he'll be pretty happy to hear that his preschool teacher is now in our ward!  We are also back in the same ward as the Blunts.  They were in our Ellsworth ward.  He was our home teacher almost the entire time we lived there.  We lost two of our six primary kids in my class.  I'm sure we'll get some from the new people.  we did not loose too many people from our ward, mostly got new people from the other ward.  I'm looking forward to meeting all the new people.

Social Saturday

We stayed pretty busy today. After breakfast I finished up editing some pictures. Croix played in the sprinklers in the backyard. Maizy went down for a nap and I went to my counseling appointment.  After Maizy's first nap we want out to the grand opening of a new community called Eastmark. It seems like it will be a great community. They had all sorts of free stuff and fun activities. We only looked at 1 1/2 model homes. There were so many people there that it really was difficult to get a good idea of what the houses were like. And in one model we didn't even go up to the second story. They have a splash pad and Croix, fully clothed hopped in and splashed away!

Home for lunch a nap for Maizy and I. Then some friends D's called us up and invited us over. So we hung out with the Gun ells at their community pool and grilled. 

It was a pretty nice day.