Around and around we go!

Here are some pictures of Robyn's very first merry-go-round ride.  Luckily for us it's small enough that we didn't have to ride with her.  We'd both be puking our guts out!  Hopefully it takes her a while to realize the larger one on the other side of the mall.  I promise she was smiling all the way around, just never when I took a picture!

New Year

                                                            Before

Sorry about the before picture, had to dig into Robyn's baby book and then scan it.  I couldn't figure out how to rotate the picture!

After

So far this year, no job, trying to do yoga everyday, some very early spring cleaning and trying to find places for Robyn's new toys from Santa.  I decided to rearrange Robyn's bedroom to add a new corner cabinet.  It took me a couple of hours and I think it looks great.  Tons of storage now.........Thanks boss!

Jumping Fool

Anyone who knows Robyn, know that she LOVES to jump. She jumps sitting, standing, laying down..... jumps in the tub of water, jumps on the bed, in your lap....I even swear she jumps in her sleep.  She grew out of her Johnny jump up a while ago and now we have to hold her hands to help her jump.  I remembered that Tammy and Scott use to have a kids trampoline and asked if they still had it. Lucky for us they did! Now it's at our house. Check out my sweet girl jumping like a fool.

*******Santa******

The day I've dreaded the most has finally arrived.  Valley's Christmas party....which means Robyn sitting on Santa's lap!  The party was great, don't get me wrong, great food, great people, great bouncy houses for the kids....great that Robyn ran into the glass wall and screamed forever about it, it was a great night.  Robyn really did LOVE the bouncy house.  As everyone knows, she's a great bouncer.  Thanks Johnny-jump up!!  At the end of the night Santa comes for a visit with a present for each kid.  Robyn received a little people Elmo and The Count.  Robyn is really into Elmo right now.  It's Elmo this and Elmo that, I was hoping Elmo would help with the fear of Santa.  Not even close.  Here is the evidence of the night
I personally love the picture of Robyn sliding off Santa's lap....Merry freaking Christmas!

Who can't wait for Christmas?!?

ROBYN!

Although I would have to say me too.  The past couple of days I've been decorating our home for Christmas.  The village took me a day and now that Robyn can walk around, I have to put the houses in different areas this year.  Daris and I put the house lights up yesterday.  Took us forever to replace some of the bulbs that were dead.  We didn't add new lights this year....going for a fake Christmas tree!!  It's sad to see my neighbor's yard.  No lights up and it's so dark over there, I always looked forward to her lights.  It will be interesting to see what happens when Robyn goes to visit Santa this year.  I think there is going to be some major tears shedding......even walking around the mall and seeing Santa there gives her a scare.  It just must be built into kids to cry when they see him.  I have to say, I was one of those kids....must have passed it on.

The past three months......

If I have to sit here and blog about everything that has happened to our family these last three months it would takes hours and since I have a fourteen month old, that's not happening!  So here is a quick update.....

The month of August was great.  The sun was out and we all had some great weather and we had shorts on (which I'm dying for some of that right now)  My sister Lisa came for a visit back to Washington!!  She was here for Robyn's first birthday.  Had some other birthdays too!  My Grandma came for a visit and my cousin Kelcie moved to Seattle!!!!

September was a nice month......We had our seven year wedding anniversary, not that we did anything special.  Just stayed in our pj's the whole day.  We had some more birthdays (I swear, there is a birthday ever month in our families)

October is cooling down...... I joined a book club this month, I was tired of only reading Good Night Moon for the thousandth time.  We just finished Robinson Crusoe.  That was a great book!!  Nice reading it again.  Daris had a week long fire truck academy.  He worked nine to five for five days in a row.  Don't know how families do it.  We love our twenty-four hour break!  Halloween was a blast.  Robyn won cutest costume at our ward Halloween party.  On Halloween, I took Robyn to the mall ( when did I become one of those parents?)  and then later that night we attended the Carson's Halloween party.  Needless to say Robyn was a hit. 

November is freezing already.....  For book club this month, we are reading Marley and me.  It was my pick, you have to love a good dog story.  Daris's birthday is coming up.....( what to get him?)  and Tiff is coming into town for Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!  I can't wait and counting down the days...14 .

The best part of these three months, Robyn took her first steps!!!!!!  She started walking around and slipped on our hard wood floors and has never tried walking again.  She is walking everywhere on her knees, which is funny as it sounds.

Finally back after three months becuase of a stupid virus on my computer......thanks Dad!