Pictures 2014

3 Year Old & Family Pictures 2014

{taken by Markilynn Photography}

Happy 3rd Birthday!!

 Happy Happy Birthday!!

Can't believe I have a fun, crazy, silly, playful, sweet 3 year old!!

We celebrated in Arizona this year with our friends TJ, Heather & Miller.

We had a blast at a fun resort...good thing there was a water park, cus it was HOT!!

 Chesney was in heaven & played in the water all day long!!

She was way in to presents this birthday...

She got super spoiled:-)

 We enjoyed birthday treats in our cabana...yum!

The next day...she was beat haha! We know how to party:-)

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A few fun things about my 3 year old:

37 inches tall & weighs 36 lbs
Favorite songs: 5 little monkeys, Jesus wants me for a sunbeam & Wheels on the bus.
She still speaks her own language at times, but has quite the vocabulary these days.
She will start preschool in the fall & go two days a week.
She loves the play group she goes to each week.
Asks frequently to play with her cousins & to go ride horses with Grandpa.
Loves to be outside & ride the four wheeler.
Favorite things: Snoopy, playing pretend with her princesses & castle, and her new "ipad" {leap pad}
Favorite movies: Pretty much all of them....but current favorites Shrek 2 & Frozen.
Favorite books: Princess Baby, Shoelala, and Sleepy Bears.
We love how happy this girl is & hope she will always be such a happy girl! 

Disneyland 2014

Disneyland 2014

Chesney's 1st time to California, the Beach & Disneyland

Who went: Bode, me, Chesney (ha incase you were wondering!), Andrew, Liz, Karston, Brienne, Jamison, Micah, Eli, Grandma & Grandpa Ray.

 Chesney looks like such a professional traveler:-)

 Huntington Beach- Chesney probably loved the beach as much as Disneyland:-)

All the kiddos got cute mouse ears from Grandma & Grandpa:-)

 Favorite rides: 

Toon Town, Carousel, Buzzlight Year, Toys Story mania & Mayter's tractor ride.

Bode said she was a crazy driver!

We got pretty tuckered out having so much fun...Thank goodness for stroller naps!! Life saving!!

She did actually really good with the lines & how busy it was...we had our diva moments:-)

I was worried about the potty situation while we were there, but she did really great...except for the one accident while waiting for the Peter pan ride...oops! Great thing about Disney is that they let us back in the line after I got her cleaned up, so we didn't miss out! Ha...Blackmail memory for later;-)

The adults snuck away for an evening to get a few fun rides in...

I forgot how much I love the Tower of Terror!!

We met Mickey Mouse!! 

She wasn't a huge fan of the characters up close, 

but she did really well meeting Mickey in Toon Town.

Can't wait to go back!!

Winter 2013...Happy New Year 2014:-)

We had a fabulous holiday season! We enjoyed time with family...Chesney especially loved hanging out with her cousins.

 She has a special place for Eli:-) She often asks if we can go to Eli's house or if Eli is coming.

We spent Christmas in Richfield...Chesney wasn't very into Christmas. Next year we will leave a note to Santa to not waste time wrapping presents, cus Chesney doesn't want to open them. Once they were open though she did love all her toys:-) 

We had a good time getting a Christmas tree this year...it is nice to not to have a 10 feet of snow to get it in...though I know we will be hurting for it when summer comes. 

We went to Tropic for Christmas Eve & Stanley has some new puppies...she kept saying "he's cute!"

She loves that bucket & uses it as her stool to get to anything she thinks she needs on the counter:-)

Thank goodness Santa stops in Tropic on Christmas Eve...so I didn't fail as a parent:-) 

Yes this is my kiddo sitting on her potty in the back seat of the truck! She is potty trained!! YAY!! She prefers to use her minnie mouse potty, but will use the big potty too:-) She caught on real quick & has been doing so good. Thanks to the ipad:-) We started potty training after thanksgiving just on nights & weekends when we were home...then over the Christmas break when we had some time off we did it full time & we haven't looked back:-)

She likes to be a helper, when she is in the mood:-) She did really good making dinner the other night. 

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She started play group with headstart...she LOVES it! She asks almost daily if she can go to "group." She is talking a lot more & I speak Chesney pretty good:-) 

She sings the ABCs so good!

She loves nursery & likes to go to "chuch...fiends"

She is obsessed wtih Megamind right now.

She calls her panties...minnies:-) 

She is getting so grown up...some days I can't believe she is the same baby I use to have:-/

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Hopefully everyone is having a great 2014 so far!!

Fall 2013

 I definitely took the summer off from the blog...We had a good summer and it was nice to spend time with family. She had her first trip to 7 peaks, the zoo, and we even went river rafting in Wyoming. I honestly can't believe it is fall with only one week left in September. Time is flying by!

We are just back to our normal routine. Chesney is still such a cutie & keeps us on our toes:-) 

We took a drive up the mountain this evening to see the changing leaves & got a few cute pics of this sweetheart...

She is a very busy 2 year old...Here are a few fun things that have been going on with her:

She is growing like crazy! I feel like she is getting so tall & losing that baby look.

Her hair is so long & has a cute natural curl...she wakes up looking like a beauty queen...Lucky girl!!

She is learning her ABC's & will point out letters...her favorites to mention are A, B, C, E, O, X, Y.

She still loves to count & is up to 13.

She will tell us what sounds the animal make, but she has to be in the mood.

She still speaks her Chesney language...she is working with the speech therapy ladies twice a month, but I kinda feel like she just does stuff on her own time. They have great suggestions & she like to play with them when they come over. 

She is doing so good in nursery & at the sitters. She pretty much just walks in & tells me bye!

She is in a toddler bed now:-( Sad day! Bode was watching her one day & left his phone on the dresser in her room...he went back to check on her & she had climbed out & back in her crib & was just watching Mickey...the little stinker! 

It is pretty dramatic to put her to bed now:-( She can't turn door knobs, so she is stuck in there & pretty much cries herself to sleep. Hopefully it will get better. 

Her recent toddler escapade was coloring my couch with a blue sharpie {Bode was suppose to be watching her...he was sitting on the couch on his phone, totally oblivious haha} Thank goodness it came out with rubbing alcohol & magic erasers! 

She has a love/hate relationship with the dogs & well they are pretty much afraid of her... unless she has food.

Her current favorite movies are Tangled & The Lorax.

I just had to put his picture up...it is our fall picture from last year...its crazy how much difference a year makes! {Ha she had like no hair last year}

2 Year Pics {Take Two}

Here are Chesney's round two of 2 year old pictures....ha finally! We got these done back in June....my friend Hollie took them & we love how they turned out:-) 

Definitely shows her personality! 

2 Years old!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHESNEY!!

Can't believe we have a crazy 2 year old!

We had tons of fun for her birthday...I know that the birthdays at this age are mostly still for me, but she seemed to really enjoy it too:-)

  

A few weeks before her birthday, we went on the hunt for the perfect outfit for her 2 year old pics....

Here she is modeling:-)

 Aren't these little boots to die for?!

Well our photoshoot went a lot like this....

Pretty much sums up the terrible twos I think....She was sadly starting to get sick & we didn't quite realize how bad she was feeling when we tried to take these...after that day she ran a fever forever & we finally took her in to get check out.

Poor girl had double ear infections & a sore throat:-(

We pretty much let her do whatever she wanted like take snoopy in the bath tub:-) We took her back to the doctor after she finished her antibiotic & she still had a ear infection & tonsillitis :-(

She seemed to be feeling better by her birthday.

Bode put her power wheel together 

& we tried to decorate a little so she would know it was a special day!

 I made her this cake...I'm pretty proud for my first real decorated cake:-)

{Though next year I think I will continue to use my very talented sister!}

 The Jeep was a hit...she loves to sit & jam in that thing...the sunglasses are quite the item too:-)

 We went to the splash pad in Stg.

My mom, Andrew, Liz, & Karston were all able to come and party with us!

They had a blast:-)

After we went to Olive Garden for lunch & presents.

She is super spoiled {if you didn't already know!} She got a cute toaster & blender to go with her kitchen from Andrew, Liz, & Karston. She got some cute dress ups & an outfit from grandma. She got some cute Minnie pjs from Dean & Eliana:-)

This cutie loved her cupcake, but wouldn't use her hands to eat it?!

We took Karston back to our house & they drove & drove & drove some more in the jeep:-)

Glad he could come be her chauffeur!

                                                

We had some birthday cake:-)

  After we put her to bed that night...she started crying around 11....she must of partied a bit to hard, because pretty much everything she ate that day was in her crib:-( Her poor new minnie pjs...

Poor thing...here is her post party hangover fix the next day.

I took her back to the doctor this week for her well child & she still has ear infections:-( Poor thing...so we are on our 3rd antibiotic & will check back with him this week....this little thing might have some tubes in her future. 

She weighed 28lbs {60%} & is 34 inches tall {75%}

She is a fun active 2 year old... the tantrums aren't horrid {yet!}

She isn't talking as understandably as she should be for her age.... so she has an appointment with the speech therapist to see if we can't help her out a little:-) 

She still loves to count.

She loves to be outside.

We went to the aquatic center a couple weeks ago & she had a blast...hopefully I will be a good mom & take her lots this summer!

We also had our first pee pee in the potty!! Of coarse I took a picture:-)

Now I am trying to get motivated to do the potty training thing this summer...wish me luck!!