Big Girl

I am in utter shock at my little girl. Occasionally she will tell me she wants to go to the bathroom. She takes off all her clothes and sits on the toilet. Nothing of course happens. Then she flushes. Yesterday she told me 4 times she wanted to go. One time she had peed in her diaper just before getting to the bathroom, once she pooped on the way to the bathroom and then other times she went a few minutes after. It made me realize that she knows when she needs to go. I was not considering potty training at all. She is not going to be 2 for another month. This morning she told Russ she needed to go to the bathroom. Lo and behold when he sat her on the toilet she pooped!!! I can't believe it. I am not going to do hard core potty training but if she wants to go then she can. But I think she may potty train her self. Crazy!

Princess

Today my visiting teacher brought this crown for Alyssa. She immediately said Princess and put in on her head.

Future Gymnast

I signed Alyssa for a parent & Tot gymnastics class. There was only one class at night in the whole valley. The rest are in the day when I am working. I was so excited that one gym had a night class. We have to go to springville but it is worth it. She was so cute today as we got her a leo. I think she is adorable. She did so good in class today. She did forward rolls, hung on the bars, walked on the balance beam. It is a lot of fun to see her learn and develop.

Showing off her new leo before going to gymnastics class

getting ready to jump

showing her jumping skills

she gets stamps on her hands and feet. She loves it!

cold

I am cold. Although it is 40 degrees outside compared to the 10-20 that it had been. I can't seem to get warm. I am dreaming of going on a vacation. These pictures make me want to go to right now!!

This doesn't seem that long ago but she looks so much older now! They grow so much in 6 months!!

This vacation was perfect. I miss it...

I could go to Hawaii every year.........

Sweet

Alyssa loves her baby she got for Christmas. She always wants to sleep with her, and kiss her. She is so sweet!

New Room

Since Alyssa was born she has shared a room with me and Russ. This was for many reasons, one being we only had one bedroom. We originally make shifted half of the family room into a room for her. This didn't work out so well. Russ stays up studying and it is noisy. I also love sleeping with her. It is so fun to cuddle her and have her with us at night. But she is getting too big. Russ convinced  me to clean out the disgusting storage room and turn it in to a room for her. It is the grossest room in the whole house, I couldn't imagine it being a little girls room. 

Before,but after we moved all the boxes out.

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After, Alyss cheesing it for the camera

She took to her new room very well. She loves it. She says Mine when we go in there. She didn't complain or  fuss at all when we put her to bed in there the first night. She does wake up in the middle of the night crying for me but besides that it is going really well. It is amazing what new carpet, paint and some TLC can do. My handy husband did most of it. I helped paint =).

Happy New Year!

New years eve we took Alyssa to the aquarium.  Apparently it was the thing to do since it was about 20 degrees outside. It was wall to wall packed we had to practically fight out way up to the tanks. Alyssa loved it. Her favorite thing was the sting ray pool. She would have stayed there the whole time. The first time the sting ray swam by the touched it,  after that when they would swim by she would take out her hands and put them back in the water after they left. But after they left she would say " come here, come here". She is funny. I don't blame her though I get a little nervous the pet them as well. We saw penguins, alligators, all sorts of fish and snakes. They had a reptile room where you could touch disgusting bugs like cockroaches, snakes and other hideous insects. Russ took Alyssa and she touch them with out worry. I almost threw up so I left the room right after I got the picture of her touching the snake. I HATE BUGS! (especially large hissing cockroaches) (how did I survive in the Philippines and Kenya I am not sure)