April

Alisha says: April fun.

Jade loved playing at the splash pad. She would walk right over all the jets while giggling and waving her hands around.

We made a trip out to the arboretum.

Our Argentine Giant cactus had a ton of beautiful blooms this year. The flowers only last one day so you have to catch them when they open.

For earth day we went to a ladybug party where they released a zillion lady bugs. Some of the kids were covered in them.

15 Months

Alisha says: 

Still getting into everything.

Jade kitchen destruction. 

She likes to stand right in front of the tv and rest her arms and chin on the bin and watch tv.

She was trying suck on her toes while riding in her car seat. I found one of Skye doing the same thing at about the same age.

Easter Weekend

Alisha says: We had a really great Easter weekend. Well actually I guess it was the whole week cause the festivities started on Thursday at preschool and lasted through Sunday. Skye is at such a cute age where she gets really excited for things. She had an Easter party at preschool and when I picked her up she was sooo excited to show me this one sparkly egg that she said was "super beautiful".

Then on Saturday we took the girls to the Val Vista beach pool where they had fun playing in the sand and swimming. After some initial nervousness on Skye's part she quickly remembered her swimming/floating skills and was doing some great swimming. Jade loved the water. She just started swim lessons and is learning to roll onto her back and float. So far she has cried through every lesson though.

On Sunday morning her and Jade had a fun time hunting for eggs in the backyard. Jade quickly figured out how to open them and was eating the M&M's faster that I would have liked her to. We followed it up with a nice day at church and some yummy lunch.

14 Months

Alisha says: Jade has really perfected walking this past month and with her newfound movement she is getting more and more mischievous as she tries to climb and get into everything. Even though she is into everything I still call her sweet pea and Dave calls her buhbuh because she is constantly babbling now and says that quite a bit. She will also say ma ma ma and will wave to people and sometimes say bye.

There was a slight scheduling error at the pediatrician and we went in at 14 months for her 15 month checkup. Not really a big deal but they didn't want to do her immunizations early so we have to wait on those.

Weight: 20 pound 1 ounce (50%)
Height: 29 3/4 inches (40%)
Head Circumference: 18 inches (55%)

I failed at taking getting a cute 14 month picture

 I just love when she sits like this, her little feet look so cute!

 We had mini ice cream cones for dessert and she reached right over and took control of the cone and wouldn't give it back. I tried to take it away from her and she kept pushing my hand away and would start crying so we just let her have at it. I should have taken an after picture of the messy face.

Climbing antics:

Pediatrician Appoitment

Yay! No shots!!

March

Alisha says: March came and went in a hurry although it was just mostly regular life as usual. Dave and I have been trying to get in a bit of fitness to get ready for a big mountain bike event that we are doing at the end of April so I did the Cactus Cup mountain bike race at McDowell for some race miles. It was a 43 mile event on some really fun trails. I raced in the open women category and came out on the top step.

While I was racing Dave was away at a conference in California receiving an Ascending Scholar award. He got a nice plaque that he took into his office before I was able to snap a picture of him with it.

Skye has really improved her skills on both her bike and scooter and likes to ride around the neighborhood which is great because March weather is perfect for daily morning and evening walks around the neighborhood. The kids are always saying funny things as they figure out the world, currently Skye calls the grocery store "Sprouts" "Brussel Sprouts". I must be telling her to "pay attention" a lot because lately she has been telling me to pay attention but for some reason she always adds "don't" to the beginning of the phrase so she is always saying "don't pay attention mom" which is really funny. She still loves to dance and lately has been watching irish dancing on youtube videos.

February

Alisha says:
Skye has started riding her bike and scooter more!! She loves to play "tea party" and is developing quite the imagination. She calls the snack "fruit by the foot", "fruit by the toe". She loves going to her dance class and wearing her tap shoes.

Valentines Day Pictures: I sure love these two! Skye had a valentine party at preschool where she gave sticky hands valentines to her friends.

Valentine from Skye to mom!!

We had some friends from Seattle and Oregon fly out for a long weekend. We showed them our local trails and had fun hanging out and catching up. Skye had lots of fun playing with Sarah and Chris's son.

It has been a little cooler and much more rainy than usual. Skye didn't care and wanted to go scootering in the rain.

We celebrated Dave's 36th birthday!