Hair Cut

We finally got Elizabeth's hair cut. Here are some pictures.

Before

She got to sit in a pink car and watch Baby Einstein

They put a little pony tail on the side and tucked it under so it will stay down. I'll have to try that one in the future, she's kept it in all day so far, and she likes to point to it and say "hair cut."

She got a sucker and a balloon!

Busy week

This past week we decided to use our connect pass that we got from Easter. We started out at the Aquarium and then went to the Hogle Zoo. Lizzy loved the fish & the animals. She kept saying "more monkeys" & "more animals."

If you look close, their tails are wrapped around each others, so cute!

We forgot the cooler packed with our lunch, so we stopped by L&L Hawaiian BBQ for lunch on our way to the Gateway Mall. We went to Gateway Discover Children's Museum and the Clark Planetarium. We got to watch an IMAX 3D Under Water movie(45 minutes), it was pretty cool, and Lizzy left the glasses on most of the time! We spend some time walking around the mall and John ran into some friends from Tracy that live in Draper now, what a small world.

It was free ice cream day at Ben & Jerry's, so we had to stop for a treat. Lizzy made such a mess on her shirt, we decided to go back to the Gymboree store and get the shirt that we almost bought earlier. We then took TRAX to Temple Square and had dinner at the Lion House. The rolls there are so good and I really liked their corn chowder. We headed back to Gateway on TRAX, and then headed home. It was a long day and I got a little sun burn on the back of my neck, but we had fun.

On Wednesday I was able to go to our Ward Enrichment. It was great, and I got to meet a lot of people.

On Friday we went to services for baby Paul. Lizzy let us put her hair up for a few minutes... the only time she's kept them in is when we play on the swings and slides. Oh well, someday we'll get her hair cut & it will look cute down (I hope this week). We got a mattress and bedding for Lizzy last night, and she loves it! She was so excited when we set it all up, she was jumping (both feet off the ground).

It seems that everything she says and does is so cute this week. She's been talking a lot more, and saying more sentences. She also repeated a prayer for the first time this week! She's saying a lot of names, and loves to look at the pictures of everyone on the computer.

She's been saying some funny things when she first wakes up:

1. "Sushi" with a huge grin on her face - and she's been saying this a lot during the day, especially when we ask what she wants, or where she wants to go - makes daddy happy :)

2. "chop, chop, Eric" (Eric, John's business partner, taught her that one, hand motions and all).

My little girl is growing up so fast! I could go on and on about all the things she's doing! She'll be two this Saturday, so I've been trying to make a list!

These next couple weeks are going to be busy as well. Family is coming into town this weekend for birthdays, and my cousins are coming the following Monday - Wednesday. Kristy is going into the MTC on May 6th!

More Easter Pictures

On Easter Sunday we went to John's grandma house. We had lots of fun with family. Here are some pictures:

Easter Fun

Since we are new to the area, we were not sure which Easter Egg Hunt to go to this year. The forecast was rain all day; however, this morning it was not raining! We went to Draper City Park for the hunt at 9am. The hunt didn't last long, but Lizzy got enough eggs. On the way home we decided we'd check out the one at the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau Center. Lizzy found the "golden egg" and won the grand prize - a Costco Easter Basket with lots of goodies, and also a city connect tour for each member of the family! The pass gets us into the Hogle Zoo, Discovery Gateway, The Living Planet Aquarium, Clark Planetarium, Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, Olympic Park, Red Butte Garden, Thanksgiving Point, Heritage Park and a few others! It made John's day, after we were nearly runoff the road on the way there! He was especially excited about the Aquarium!

We went to Temple Square and walked around for a while, and John took lots of pictures. The observation deck at the church office building was open, and it was an amazing view. I'm glad we went to SLC today.

Trip to Missoula

Well, we are back from our trip to Missoula, Mt. My mom was visiting from California, and we drove up with Sara. Lizzy really got attached to Sara during the trip, and actually preferred her over me at times. It snowed really big flakes one day, it was so peaceful to watch the snow. I love spending time at my aunts place. It was nice to sleep in, have a great breakfast and just relax. Lizzy loved her dog and cats, always asking "Where puppy go?" and "Where kitty go?" and she would also say "hi puppy" and wave - it was cute.
It was nice to meet some relatives; some that I had not seen in a while, and some I had not met before. For some reason I can't upload pictures, so here are some videos.

Colors!

Today we had a lot of fun. Since our trips we had spent a lot of time at home, and we needed to get out of the house! We played some basketball at the indoor court at the apartment complex, then Elizabeth and I played on the playground for a little while, but it was too cold for me. We hadn't been to the malls nearby, so we went to see what stores they had. Here is the run down of our afternoon:

1. South Towne Mall in Sandy
2. Nielson's Frozen Custard in Holladay
3. Fashion Place Mall in Murray
4. Home to pickup Madagascar 2 (on Blu Ray), and look up a good Chinese Food place near by.
5. Hollywood Video to return the movie
6. Dinner at a Chinese place... won't be returning - I guess the online reviews were bias! It was cheap and the service was good, but the food was just ok.
7. Wal-mart
8. Home

We just didn't want to go home... and Elizabeth was very well behaved. I was so happy she stayed in her stroller the whole time we were at the Malls, well she was asleep most of the time at the Sandy Mall.

We got some Play-Doh today, and Elizabeth is loving it. The past couple weeks she has been saying her colors, mostly everything is yellow at first, but then she'll say the right color after I ask again. This past week she as also been drawing a lot and will tell us the colors, but they were not right half the time. I wasn't sure if she really knew her colors but today confirmed that she really did know. She would tell me the color of the Play-Doh ... green, blue, yellow, orange, pink, purple, red, white. It's great watching her learn and grow. She amazes me with things she says and does all the time. She's got quite the personality already too... I think it's a good mix of John and I. We are blessed to have her in our family. I love my little princess.

Elizabeth made these all by herself