Santa

Pictures with Santa this year she was screaming! She did awesome until we put her on his lap and than once we pulled her off his lap she stopped and reached out her hand like where is my candy?

Waiting for winter to be done!!!

With the weather getting warmer (sort of) we've been able to go out side. My sister gave Shelby their car and she LOVES it!! Our family is so ready for spring to get here. Our lawn mower died last year so we got a new one last week and that's when our spring fever hit. Shelby's getting bigger and bigger every day. She's walking and starting to run all over and has the cutest personality every. She make us laugh all day.

Shelby's 1st Birthday

Shelby's

1st

Birthday I can't believe how fast this past year has gone!! Friday February 25th was Shelby's 1st birthday I wanted to make the day special for her so we started the day off with banana pancakes and a smoothie and ended the day with her birthday party. Shelby had so much fun opening her presents, playing with her cousins and friend, playing with her new toys, and eating her very own cake. Scott and I thought she would dive right into the cake, but she acted like a little lady and ate a little at a time, but by the end she was covered in frosting and she even kicked her feet up in it too.

Shelby's the best baby we could ask for and is starting to become the biggest daddy's girl(not fare) She can say mama, dada, and dog (sometimes) and is walking so well!! We love our little peanut and she has blessing our lives so much! We're so proud of her and all that she's accomplished and what's yet to come. WE LOVE YOU SHELBY! Thanks everyone for making Shelby's 1st birthday so special!

All clean and finally went to bed at 10:00 p.m.

Christmas cheer

I love this time of year for many reasons and one of those is all the fun activities. We started this month off by going to a play with our friends at the Desert Star in SLC, The Bipolar Express....one word...HILARIOUS! We loved it! Than we've been to the Festival of tress...nightmare!! Way too packed for us and pushing Shelby around in her stroller was even worse and did if forget to mention she pooped out of her diaper just as we walked in, I mean it was up her back, down her legs and up her tummy! The bathrooms were also packed so I had to find a private corner and change her in the stroller, sorry Shelby, but it's a good thing we packed an extra set of pj's.

Next on the list was the ward Christmas pj breakfast party (pretty funny seeing everyone at 8:00 am in their pj's instead of church dress) and Festival of lights here in Spanish. We went with our neighbors and they have a little girl 4 months older than Shelby. We all crammed into one car and let the girls get out of their car seats to walk around in the back of the rover, but not a good idea, because now whenever I put Shelby in her seat she puts up a fight, but we all had a lot of fun. The last activity we just did was Santa. Shelby was perfectly calm when she saw Santa, but as soon as Scott put her on his lap she put her head back and started crying. We couldn't stop laughing.

This month has been non-stop fun for us and next on the list: Temple Square, Christmas shopping, and sleigh rides.Shelby still loves bath time and is starting to get into things like mommy's jewelry

and the dvd player...o-boy were in trouble nowAnd in the next few months were welcoming 2 new babies into our family. Jen's due in December/Januaray with another girl and Becky is due in March with another boy. While Jen was here for Thanksgiving we all got together and had a baby shower.

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a day at the station

Last week Orem City was having an open house where locals and all elementary schools came to the fire station so they can learn about fire safety and what firemen do. Scott would show everyone "the jaws of life" and tear open a car with a machine and axes. Shelby loved seeing daddy in action and got to see Smoky the bear.

Shelby is days away from crawling! She is constantly rocking on her knees and can army crawl, it's the cutes thing ever.

6 Months

I can't believe Shelby is 6 months old! The time has gone by so fast! She brings so much happiness into our lives! Shelby is now eating food, but hates it. I've been feeding her peas, and beans for 2 weeks now and she is just starting to show improvement. Shelby loves her bath, naps, rolling all over the place, sitting up, laughing, squealing like a girl, smacking her lips, playing with her toys and Lexi, and the other morning she was saying dadadada. We love you so much Shel bel!!

4 1/2 months

CUTEST BABY EVER!!

My little peanut isn't so little anymore as you can see. Shelby turned 4 months old 2 weeks ago and at her visit the doc. said she is little, but chubby. Shelby is now 25% for her weight YEAH!!! She is growing like a weed and we love watching her grow! Shelby loves baths still, being outside, has rolled over, wishes she could stand, talks all day, so happy, so giddy, loves her mommy and daddy, is tired of milk and wishes the doc would let her start cereal, loves walks, figuring out Lexi is our dog, sleeps through the night and mommy finally let me sleep in my crib. We LOVE you so much pumpkin!!

3 months

Shelby turned 3 months old last week. I can't believe how fast time goes and how big our little angel is getting. Shelby is around 11 pounds and 23 inches. She is so much fun and makes me laugh every day. I love you Shel bel! Lately Shelby loves to have her head rubbed, sleep 7-9 hours at night, splash while taking her bath, eat, play under her gym, smile, walks in her stroller, rides in the car, being read too, sitting up, and making mama's heart melt with her hugs and baby talk. Shelby is all girl with her high pitch squeals and loves to be cuddled!!! I love being a mom!

Shelby's Blessing

We blessed Shelby last Sunday. It was such a fun day for us! Scott did a wonderful job on her blessing!! We were so happy that Shelby's Great Grandpa Beardall came up from St. Georg to be here for her special day. She was an angel during her blessing, didn't make a peep and stared up at her Dada the whole time.

2 Months

2 months oldBurp time with DadaSome of her first smilesI love our bug-a-boo!!! I can't believe how big she is getting!! Two months old and it seems like she should only be one. I think the best thing about having a small baby is that she is still small and I get to enjoy her being little for a little longer. Yesterday we went in to the doctor for her 2 month check up and Shelby is weighing in at 9.0 lbs!!!! I can't believe how big she has gotten, almost double her birth weight. Shelby is the size I was when I was born! Crazy!!(yes, I was a very big baby) Her head is in the 30% and her body is in the 15%. She had to get her shots at this visit and seeing her cry like that made me want to cry and punch the nurse for hurting my bug-a-boo!! But the good thing is that she only cried for 5 min. then was out for the rest of the day.

I feel so blessed to have the most beautiful, amazing, smart, loves to smile baby! Shelby makes us so happy and we couldn't imagine life without her!! In the past month Shelby is smiling more, looking at us, cooing, kicking her feet and waving her arms more, and holding her head up completely. She loves bath time, smiling at mommy and daddy's silly faces, milk, her swing, her gym mat, milk, walks in her stroller, driving in the car, and I love how she is sleeping 5-6 hours now Yeah!!! and did I mention she LOVES milk (she is eating double for her size)!!! Shelby still hates her diaper changed at night, when daddy tries to clean her arm pits with a wet wipe, and going to bed, but when she does fall asleep she's in heaven. We are so proud of you and love you so much Shelby!!