What does a 1 yr girl do?

READS, I like that she climbs into this chair in her bedroom with a book and sits there and reads all by herself. POINTS in her books, I love it because it means she's observant. EATS Vicks baby vapor rub and lately Aquaphor, so messy and gross.ACCESSORIZES! She loves pulling on mom's necklaces and wearing them around the house.

BATHES! Bath time is the best time in the house, its quiet and so peaceful.

WASHES, or tries to put herself through a cycle. She almost made it into the drum. Good thing it has a child proof lock, that I don't know how to use.

CHEESES. Her hair is getting long, halelujah. Mothers with long & thick haired girls just don't understand.

HANGS OUT. She LOVES to play with Liz. I babysat last night and the girls had a ball. Liz jumped for joy when Maddie woke up from her nap and then Maddie jumped for joy in her crib when she found out Liz was over. They are so funny.She can also CHATTER and SCREAM and FAKE CRY. But I love when she tries to uses words she can say "hi", "ow", "no no", "mommy", and "Dad's awesome" oh wait thats what Jon says. She'll point at food that I'm usually eating and then say something resembling "me". She loves smoothies I'll have to get a picture of that.

SALES

I love sales. I am so excited about the deals I got yesterday I had to share.
Scenario 1:

I NEEDED shampoo and conditioner. If you know me then you know I'm picky about my shampoo and conditioner. I must use salon products, this was probably something my first hair dresser stressed to me and it stuck. I was worried about bothering in-laws to get my products from a beauty supply store, but yesterday I found out TRADE SECRET is having a sweet deal. All liter bottles of shampoo and conditioner are 50% OFF. I don't know if there is one is in Tri-Cities but its in Utah. This made my two Redken bottles $24 together which is alot better than a deal at the Walmart salon. My bottles last me months too. Just thought I'd share, and they did have the larger size of the Bedhead head rush spray which is another of my favs.

Scenario 2:

Maddie is growing like crazy, really making up for the tiny baby she once was. I used to get handme downs (can't really call them handme downs because they are always in perfect condition), anyway she's caught up with her cousin in size. So I had a Old Navy gift card and I went to there clearance section and got 6 items shirts, pants, & two sweatshirts. I used a 15% off entire purchase and only had to pay $2 for everything w/ the giftcard of course.

Nothing like a savings high. Thank you to all my "money saving blogs" oh how I love you. Had to mention my blogs:
www.fistfulofcoupons.com
www.freebies2deals.com
www.pinchingyourpennies.com
www.thekrazycouponlady.com
www.fatwallet.com

The Holidays

Maddie's hair is growing, this picture was taken yesterday. Her latest trick is jumping, or more like her attempt at jumping. I'll be posting that video later.
What did you do for New Years? We celebrated with the Coltons at the SLC Grizzlies vs. Victoria's Salmon Kings hockey game. I really enjoy going to sporting events. Realized hockey fans like their beer.

We had pretty good seats, I should have got a picture with Liz & Maddie wearing their cute hats.Maddie was pretty good for a two hour game.

The first fight so CRAZY, I couldn't believe they were letting them throw punches. Did you know they don't stop the fight until they hit the ground? It was too violent for me. These two fought again, the Grizzlie player won.

Kelly showing off her lanyard, she caught that from above.

Unfortunately the grizzlies lost by one point after a shoot out.

Thanks Alpine Storage for the tickets, we wouldn't have had any plans for New Years Eve other wise.

Christmas was wonderful we got to go home to Washington and spend lots of time with family. I was really sad to go which is weird I normally am ready to go home by the end of the trip. I think I'm ready to leave Utah. I guess we'll just wait and see what happens. Jon will be going back to Washington this week to test for different agencies hopefully something works out. Thanks to my family and Jon's brothers family for the fun times during the holiday. I am really missing the WII tournements. We got a different camera so I don't have many pictures but here's what I got.

Dollar microphone, loved it. She knew right away what to do with it.

Princess foam chair, LOVED IT!

Dollar bouncy ball, loved it.

Maddie has been climbing in and out of the tub. She loves the bathtub, loves loves loves it. Hope your HOLIDAYS were as merry as ours. Bring it on 2010, good riddens 2009!

Every Day Heroes

This is a shout out to my every day heroes. We have been overwhelmingly blessed by freinds and family through our financial struggle. I received a couple hundred dollars worth of gift cards this week and I am floored by the generosity by everyone. One was from Questar Gas who has been replacing a pipe line this last month or so and had to work some nights, crazy that they thought the should give such a generous gift to ALL THREE families that live here at our storage facility. I hope one day I can pay it all forward. Thank YOU, and you know who you are.

SLC Escapade

Salt Lake City Temple Square

The lights were awesome, too bad my camera died.

BRRRR......

Happy Sumo makes me happy :)

Lettuce wraps, Vegas, Mia, and Baked Lobster roll we were full.

Thanks goodness we had a bday voucher to help with the bill.

Happy Birthday

Happy 25th BIRTHDAY Jon! You are an amazing husband, friend, and father. I want you to know that Maddie & I appreciate you so much. I admire your hard work and your perseverance .

You are as attractive as the day that I met you, but now with alot more muscles :) . I'm proud of the person you've become and the talents you've acquired. You are my favorite.

I love you and am sorry that your birthday this year is sparse. But here's my shout out to you my OLD man. A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.

Thanksgiving

Notice Jon's BYU-I shirt, found it at the D.I.





Liz & Scott




Kelly


Alittle behind I know, what a great Thanksgiving we had this year. It was so much fun and I felt like it was so simple. I didn't make the hard entrees either though. I will be dreaming of the mashed potatoes and turkey with the yummy gravy Kelly whipped up for the rest of the year. Oh and the sparkling cider, its what I live for each holiday:) I even got some pomegranate sparkling cider this year, which was alittle bitter for me. I tried sweet potatoes for the first time ever and they were delicious. Oh it was so much fun and I've still got pumpkin cheesecake in my fridge, anyone want some? I've still got the carmel I drizzled on top. Thanks Coltons for being such wonderful neighbors.
That next morning Kelly and I did our BF shopping. It was awesome to say that least we got crazy bought alot then returned quite a bit but I didn't have to wait in any cashier lines can you believe it? I'm afraid next year won't be quite as easy. Unless I can convince Kelly to move to WA (I don't know if we'll be in WA next year).
Jon has taken his P.O.S.T. exam and felt like it was easy, lets hope I'm eager to see his scores. He's still been looking for work until we figure this whole police thing out. I can't wait to go home for Christmas! I have my home decorated I suppose I'll post about that next. Tomorrow is my company party should be wild, just kidding but it should be fun.