I absolutley love Christmas! It is so much more fun with a baby around...isn't she cute? It is hard to get her to smile in front of the camera...she really gets camera shy for some reason. Just like her dad. Notice that her nails are red? She got to spend a little bit of time with her uncle Seth. She is really going to miss him when he goes on his mission, but will think about him all the time. I went to the mall today to see if I could get a picture of my little gal on Santas lap. Well, the world we live it nowadays apparently maked you pay for everything. YOu can't even sit on santa's lap without paying for it. I was devastated. As I was sitting there, figuring what I could do, I ran into an old friend of mine. He looked at my baby and said she needed some pictures with santa, and he wanted to give our family a long overdue present. So, he paid for pictures with santa. It was such a giving act, and I loved it. Unfortunatly, I can't post those pics, so these will have to do...
This is her new thing....she will just sit and put her hands behind her head and chill. She just watch whatever it is I am doing and follow me. If the TV is on, there you go...she just puts her hand behind her head and relaxes! It makes me laugh so hard!
--I love dimples...I love everything about them! When you look at someone who has dimples, it means they are SMILING, and that really makes me happy. Steve and I have dimples on the opposite side that we are both so proud of. When we got married our bro-in-law said our child would be a "six pound dimple". We quote that all the time. Andy does have two huge dimples, but I can never seem to get it on camera...one day!
---I love the power and influence of music. Our first date was at a Jon Schmidt concert (which is another love in my life). Music has healing power, music is how you feel and express things.
---I love that my family has always enjoyed singing together. Mom would always make us carol with a loaf of bread or brownies to our neighbors. I love that my dad had us singing barbershop at a young age. I love that my husband and I were in a musical together.
--I love musicals! For as long as I can remember, I always looked in the weekend section of the newspaper to find out audition times. I love that my dad took me to musicals. I love that my 16th birthday present form my sister were 2 tickets to Les Miserables (not for a date mind you--but for her and I to go). I love that I saw Phantom of the Opera with my husband. I love that my little sister got me obsessed with Highschool musical. I love that my husband bought me the blanket for my birthday. I love performing in them, and being on stage---I love the feeling.
---I love football, but more particularly--BYU football! I love the PRIDE I feel walking into the stadium and seeing my granpa's number displayed. I love cuddling up our baby and making a day of going to the games. I love that my first game was when I was a baby. I love cheering my team on and supporting them through it all.
---I love BYU. It was the only school I applied to, the only one I even wanted to attend. I love that when I was accepted I called up my grandma and that is the first time I remember her crying. I love that I truly had the BYU experience. I love that it is where I met my husband. I love that I bleed BLUE
---I love being a mommy. There is nothing in the WORLD that compares to it! My little gal is really my pride and joy. I cry every day just looking at her. It was such an experience to get her here, and I recognize that some people never get that experience. They will be blessed---I am so glad I got to have that experience, and pray for it to happen more.
---I love that my husband knows how to follow his heart. He had a feeling to make a very important trip to Arizona, and here we are today! I love that he knows just what to say when I need to hear it. I love that he is truly my sweetheart, and my best friend.
---I love that my grandma helped pay for my piano lessons. Piano has been very theraputic for me, and a constant in my life. I love the discipline that comes with the piano...I love the way it makes me feel. I love that my sister asks me to play for her and her husband. I love that my husband will listen to me play.
---I love that both my husband and I speak Spanish. Not only the Spanish but the reason we KNOW Spanish. I love that we both served missions and that we loved them and love talking about them.
---I love the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is what makes me whole, what makes me complete. It is what makes sense...It is what brings families together.