Charli's Two!

Earth to Maggie! Is anyone there? Man, I suck at blogging lately. Like the fact I didn't blog all summer. I'll try to catch up on all of that goodness soon. You know maybe before 2017 rolls on in.

But in better news Charli is TWO today! Wow where has time has gone.

Wow. I can't believe that we have a two year old now. She is such a busy girl but so much fun!

Charli has grown up so much. She enjoys doing so many things and is always happy for the majority until sadness kicks in then its rough. 

Some of the things Charli loves to do is:

Play in the sand, slide & swings, Go 'side' (outside), play with 'talk' (chalk), eat all the snacks & treats, she loves the movie Inside Out, Nemo & Mickey Mouse, Little Mermaid and Clifford. She is a chatterbox all hours of the day unless her thumb is in her mouth ( she loves her thumb) , she loves seeing animals especially puppies and kitties, she likes to give cuddles and say hi to strangers until they say hi back to her. She loves to shop with her mom and loves to play in the puppies food & water. She will give you kisses and then punch you (typical two year old).We're PJ obsessed all hours of the day. She loves to pull out all her clothes if she's left in her room. And she always loves to try out the snapchat filters especially the puppies! Coloring is a hit as much as we hid crayons & pens we always tend to find new drawings on the back door, furniture and her legs. 

Charli likes nursery a lot. She loves playing with the babies. In fact if she doesn't see them when she walks in she gets upset. She is one of the few girls in nursery so she doesn't have to worry much about sharing. We have daily dance parties and multiple showings of different movies especially BING BONG! In the last couple weeks she's been all about things "match" she knows what shoes go together and socks. Too bad her mom doesn't know that socks are suppose to match ;)

Words: 

tar tar (her name)

Nana & Papa

Stu stu (my parents dog)

Nala

tickey ouse (mickey mouse)

BING BONG

MAMA & DADA

Ali, Ashy, Jessie, Max, Corbin, Aria play (she is always rattling off her cousins names)

Telsey (kelsey)

PIZZA

Marci

Shell (Kishell)

kistal (Krystal)

NEMO 

Uh oh

NO NO NO

DONE

Shoes mama, socks mama

BUBBLES

bathtime

Santa

Wich (witch)

Hello & Bye

Todd

Shop Shop Shop

Puppy mom (with the actions of the filter on snapchat) 

show me the money

JUICE

NACK'S MOM (snacks)

dad's cheap

messy

eeesa (lisa)

lex 

SHOW Mom 

DANCE

fries

Rice beans

shawim suit (swimsuit)

cheeks, nose, eyes, hair, knees, toes, ears

mean mom

moon, stars, sun

PLANE

BOON (balloon obsessed)

HAPPY

Fishes

JEEP RIDE

Nails (she wants me to do her nails all the time)

Ray Ray Ride (Razor)

Songs:

She loves dancing to Can't Stop this Feeling by Justin Timberlake (my kinda girl)

She loves the itsy bitsy spider

hiko chiko chickery chan (its a song Kelly's Grandma use to sing to him)

Head shoulders knees & toes

Taylor Swift & Adele always is a dance party especially in the car

She doesn't like being in timeout or getting told she's gotta go to bed. She doesn't like when we go for rides in the car instead of the ray ray. She pretty much eats everything we give her. Charli has noticed that mom needs her juice and will always point out when I have my juice (mommies juice) aka dr.pepper. Jumping is hilarious to watch with her, she can do a summersault and loves the downward dog pose. Charli has always been a great napper and sleeper it takes some convincing somedays. Charli has a thing about taking things out and then putting them away which as long as she puts them back its been okay. For example my mom has colored pencils for her adult coloring books and charli will take out each one and have you hold them and then one by one she puts them back in. She also has a thing for certain toys at all the grandparents houses. At my parents she loves the giant minnie mouse from when I was a kid my parents got it for me in Disneyland when I was like 6 years old all I wanted to do was shop when we went. At Kelly's parents she loves this tiny pig, blocks and reading books with grandma. At Grandma Smiths she loves the blocks and puppies. At my grandparents she loves getting out the millions and millions of balls they have.

We have been blessed with the most perfect girl and as much as she wears me out somedays I can't imagine life without her. 

Now for her party. We had it this last Saturday on the 12th. It was a fun time with cousins, family and our friends. We are so blessed to have such great supporters and people who love little Charli as much as we do.

I made the decorations for her party after having the Ice Cream theme in my head for a couple months. So after finding the perfect metal pots that looked like cones. I made the giant milkshake's and ice cream cone garland. The Birthday banner came from the dollar bins at Target. 

So happy with how it turned out!

And because I'm not great with anything when it comes to baking I had my go to people make all the cupcakes (sam's club) seriously they have the best cupcakes and for a great price too. I also had a local grocery bakery make her cake. It turned out amazing! They nailed it! Although we didn't end up cutting her cake that night maybe we will tonight! 

Everyone dove on in to the Ice Cream Bar & Cupcakes and so did Charli. She loved it!

We then opened up all the gifts she was spoiled WAY TOO MUCH! Between Minnie Mouse, Babies, Drawing pads, Books, Clothes, Shoes, Puppies, Shopping Carts & her parents got her a BING BONG! As you can tell she was in love with it. Some of the cousins wanted to play with it and she didn't let that happen. She loved unwrapping and throwing all the toys everywhere. Its safe to say she knows what gifts are now. 

I had a couple gifts I didn't wrap yet and earlier that day while Kelly was watching her he didn't have the gate closed to the basement and she found them and of course started to play with them. Stinker. I told Kelly why is she playing with this. He replied " I asked her where she got it" ... I was like really a two year old isn't going to tell you. Men right? 

Charli has a really cool cousin who gave her a Jeep. I was debating about getting her something like this and my sister in law was like here take ours. Charli is obsessed with it. She can't push the gas but she loves to just sit in it. It makes my heart happy. As a mom there are toys that I always wanted as a kid and never got. This was one of them.. I had been talking to Kelly about these for a while and looking for used ones and he was like she doesn't need a car. I finally told him it wasn't for her as much as it was for me! Cause you know I can totally fit in it! 

We would like to thank all of our friends & family who came and partied with us. It was a great night and Charli enjoyed her cousins and friends! Can't believe she is TWO!! 

If I had a wish to make it would be that the terrible two's wouldn't happen but its not my birthday. 

But HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLI! We LOVE YOU! 

Has it been Four Years?!

I can hardly believe that 2012 was 4 years ago. It makes my heart so happy when I think about that day. Throughout the last year it has made me even happier now that we have little Ms. Charli. Being sealed for eternity just makes me even happier because I get that little bug and that handsome stud FOREVER!

A few weeks before our anniversary Kelly was asking what I wanted to do and I told him that I would love to go back to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple (where we were sealed & do a session). Last year for our anniversary we drove down but since it was closed for cleaning we couldn't do a session and we took Charli with us last year. So we headed out early afternoon and dropped Charli off with one of my awesome sister in laws for the day. We ate lunch at cute burger stop close to the temple and then headed for a afternoon session. I had so many flashbacks walking throughout the temple and remember that day from 4 years ago. 

The session was awesome and I felt so loved by my Heavenly Father. After we were sitting in the Celestial room sometimes we are quick to leave after we do a session but it was so relaxing to just sit, ponder and smile at each other while we just enjoyed the peacefulness. I definitely believe that there is nothing better than sitting next to your eternal companion in the Lords house.

As we got home I was waiting for a package to come from Jamberry. It was a massive order and I couldn't wait for it to get to our house. I had Kelly stop at the mailbox he then wouldn't let me have the box. He kept saying things like "Oh I can't wait to show you my new wraps... you can't have any of them because they are mine..." He pretty much thought he was hilarious.

Charli had a great time at her Aunts house playing with dolls and even dressing up like Elsa. 

She loves playing with her cousins and always hates when we make her leave any of their homes. 

I'm so thankful to be able to take time out of our daily lives and just enjoy each other for a moment. 

Thanks Kelly for being the best husband, dad and eternal companion. LOVE YOU!

January 2016!

Okay I'll admit it... I'm behind. I did better in 2015 with blogging than I have in 2016.

Uh first off can we say how weird it is that its 2016!! Helloooo odd!

January was full of different things from the dance girls performing at the Jazz Game halftime to me having a gum graft done on several of my teeth, hanging out with family and watching our little Charli bean grow up.

Because we love moms rain boots so why not wear them?

What happens when Charli hits the spoon away during lunch! 

I went and visited the dermatologist. My skin had been really bad with acne .  I was excited to get started on what the doctor prescribed to me. 

My dance buddy stealing sips out of my drink. 

What happens when Charli lets me do her hair.. The first few days of doing a little pig tail were not easy. SHE HATED IT!

When you finally are tall enough to see yourself in the mirrors at the studio.

Just practicing some ballet moves. 

We had a lazy Sunday. Dad was going to be working all day and we had a rough morning with someone's attitude. No, not moms but Charli's. So we stayed home from church.. Played with the iPad and cuddled.

We also watched Frozen.. Although as you can tell Charli is more interested in books than the movie.

Hanging out on a Sunday Afternoon with Grandma Malone. 

How else do you do laundry when your little girl wants to go every where with you?
You set them in the basket and climb three flights of stairs with them. Another reason I want a rambler eventually.. no more split level house!

We love our walker. She just cruises along the family room! Although all her toys have to be picked up for her to not fall!

The best mornings is when Kelly tells me as he leaves to work that I can go and get doughnuts..
Sometimes you take advantage of it and buy yourself a half dozen at your favorite doughnut shop and eat all of them by lunch time. #momsneedabreak

This day was hard for Charli it seemed like every where she went in the family room her baskets were in her way. She would sit on them or in them and not know what had happened or how to get off of them. 

Uhh the best friday is spent shopping.. but when you and your sister go into the cutest store ever and buy stuff in secret and hope that the hubby won't notice your new dress... that is a successfully fun friday! We love SHABBY APPLE!

Sunday best.. Charli is passed out from church! Just in time for mom and dad to be able to nap.
PS. Don't you love Kelly's tie he got for Christmas.

Someone turned 14 months. WHAT! 

The dermatologist said it would be a while before I would see results. Well
I hate to say it but it had only been a couple weeks and I saw a big improvement in this picture I am wearing Maskcara Cosmetics. Seriously you need to check it out. I love it! But it was always so thin and light application and wouldn't cover up my blemishes and redness. Well that day was the first day that I applied it without anything else on but moisturizer. 

IKEA! Another fun day is spent with the Preece family at IKEA. Once again we hope that our husbands won't care what we come home with. Its always a riot and we end the trip with ice cream cones!

I wish I didn't have to document this but in case there is a world record that we can win.
This is the biggest blood blister I have ever seen. Kelly got this at work! He was on call and got called out to a retirement home center. He was trying to lift up a gas range with a worker and it ended up coming back down and pinching him. It swelled up to this in a matter of seconds. When he showed me what had happened I wanted to BARF!

Remember how I say Kelly does so much for me. This is one of those times. He kept putting off the fact that we needed to get a couple baby gates. I had told him what one I wanted and he didn't like it because it wasn't a pressure mounted gate. Well after some convincing and some scares of Charli just showing up in the kitchen from the basement we finally got the gates I wanted on sale at BabiesRUs. I seriously love that they are retractable so the stair way is still open when we need it to be. BEST GATES! I however don't love the redneck look of 2x4's holding it all together but whatever makes us both satisfied right!?

The Jazz Game! The girls did awesome! It was a long day of walking and I was nervous on how Charli would do since we have to be there early in the afternoon to practice on the floor. But it went so smooth! I absolutely love the BEATLES routine this year!

Like I said earlier I had to get some gum grafts done. Not the funnest but I figured to get them done with as soon as I could. I had some gums receding on my bottom teeth and on the upper left hand side.

They cut a "small" incisison on the roof of your mouth and take tissue from there. Then they stitch that up and mold that tissue to make the graphs. Then the receded tissue is cut and pushed farther down so they have something to hook the new tissue too. 

Luckily with this whole process they give you a clear retainer tray that covers the stitches on the roof of your mouth. I wore it for the first day and it helped me not be so grossed out. I have to admit I was 100% out of it. They don't knock you out for the procedure but they send you home with pain killers. Which I wasn't sure if I would need. I'm so thankful I had them. It was just annoying to have the aches for so long. The first night Kelly took me to the grocery store as we were walking around the store he looked at me and said... "I like you on pain killers.. you are really nice".. I looked at him and said "Does that mean I'm never nice.." he then ended the conversation. Smart Man.

I only took a couple pictures of the bottom one and the roof of my mouth. 

My mom was nice enough the second day to pick me and Charli up and take me to get some soup at Zupas. Nothing tasted good for a long time because it felt like a pizza burn on the top of my mouth. I slept a lot mainly because of the pain killers and it was really nice to take naps. :)

Although don't judge me that it was like 2pm when we went to Zupas and that Charli was in her PJ's. I was drugged people & well I was in my pjs too. So take that! 

It was the most relaxing week we played with toys and hung out. Although I hated at some points that I was still on pain killers and couldn't go anywhere unless someone took me or Kelly would when he got home. 

She loved stealing my Go Gurt's. This girl sure does love yogurt.

Happy Nail day to me!

This little crazy got to go to Johnny Rockets. She didn't sit in a high chair. I felt bad after her being in the car the entire day going to the Provo City Temple Open House and to look at granite in West Valley. But she was awesome and she helped me eat my tatortots! I couldn't eat well since the surgery was only a few days before that but if I leaned my head just right it was fine to chew.. Charli soon caught on and would then eat with her head tilted as well to mimic me.. goof ball.

That temple was so pretty. Its literally like walking into something so historical. Its like if the pioneers would have built it but in modern day. I couldn't get over the detail and how many things they were able to mimic from the tabernacle over into the temple. The wood work was simply stunning and down to the lighting, carpet and hinges on the doors. 

Okay don't judge the fact this totally shows you up my nose. But I was really curious on how my roof looked. Gross Right!

Uhm once again I was shocked at how well my skin was looking! And well I just want spring to be here so I can wear florals all the time (Wait I already do!)

Bath Time.. She loves to lay there in her towel. Its one of the few times she will let me wrap her like a burrito.

The drama is real in our house.

Ice Cream with dad... YUMMY! Mom even shared her Play-Dough! 

Almost a week later.. it had healed pretty good.

I never understood mischief and quietness. I was enjoying reading and it was silent.. I looked over to find this girl consumed in shredding a box of tissues.

She loves playing with the Mr. Potato Head my roommate Kenzie bought me in College. She thinks its fun to pull of the glasses and hat.