Most kids like to watch the T.V. but not mine....

We were doing our normal washing of the clothes and Anastasia has always loved to watch the washing machine. She will sit there almost the whole cycle and just watch it. Who needs a T.V. when you have a washing machine! She is so funny...

Happy 4th of July

This past weekend we had quite the full weekend. On Friday Mark and I went to Lagoon and rode rides without our child. It was nice to get out and be alone for a while and just play. Then Friday night we went to my brother Mike's house to do the traditional Eaglewood fireworks. They always do such a great show and have amazing fireworks. When the fireworks started I wasn't sure how Anastasia was going to act with the loud noise. To our surprise the first one went off and then she started to laugh so everytime one went off she just giggled. It was very cute and entertained us all. I wasn't expecting her to act that way but I was glad she was laughing and not crying through the whole show. Then on Saturday we went up to Kaysville to watch the parade and then came home and we all took a long nap. So we didn't end up doing much on Saturday night because we were all tired and ready to just rest up. It was fun to be with family and friends.
All the kids got glow sticks for the fireworks and she thought it was really cool.

Right before we hiked up a HUGE hill to get to the fireworks

Her cute 4th outfit


This is how tired she was after the whole weekend. She just fell over and went to sleep in his arms

So today I needed to run and answer the phone and I went back into the family room thinking she was in there still playing with her toys. She was no where in site so I started to search the house and I found her here, in the bathroom pulling everything out! She just looked up at me and smiled and just finished what she was doing! She is pretty crazy but alot of fun! Lets just say my house is always a mess, no matter how many times I follow her and pick things up it is out in less then 30 seconds.

I can't believe it.

I was just thinking back on how fast time has really gone by with this daughter of mine! So I was going through all those cute pictures back when she was first born and how small and cuddly they are. Then just 8 months later they are crawling, standing, and trying to walk, pulling everything down from where you thought they couldn't reach. Finding them in places you didn't know how they got there in the first place, or how they are going to get out. It is has been so fun to watch her grow and interact with everyone and just learn so much. She is just learning so fast and I will be chasing her around the house in probably a month. I just can't believe how much time has passed. So when you do have children you really do need to enjoy the time you have when they will just sleep in your arms and go so many places and they don't even notice they have gone anywhere because they have slept through the whole thing. At the same time it is so fun to have them play at the park and just to get all the kids and keep up with them and interact with them. All stages with kids are really fun and make the most of every stage. That is pretty much what I have concluded with in my own mind.

Here is picture of the day after she was born and then of now.