Red, White & Blue Day

We had a fun 4th of July holiday weekend. Anabelle was so cute in her red, white and blue dress. Look how well she smiles for her Daddy. She started laughing for him when he comes home from work. It is SO cute! She also learned to roll from her back to her tummy yesterday, and she has not stopped since. Little Rowley is rollin like crazy.

 Once Shane finished with work we headed over to the Sugarhouse festivities.

There was a fun concert going on

 and hillsides packed with people

Anabelle was fascinated by her glowing bracelet! She looks mad at it in the picture, but she loved it and couldn't stop staring at it.

 My handsome hunny and baby dancing away to the music

 and the fireworks, of course, they were fabulous

Anabelle's cousin London was blessed and we went to her blessing. She was darling in her blessing dress! Wow they grow so fast.

Cute Stacee and London

A few weeks ago my sister and I got the cousins together to take grandkid pictures for my mom and dad. It was so funny the kids were looking at everything but the camera. We took a million pictures and there was probably only two with everyone looking forward.

4 Months

Look who just turned four... four months that is! There are so many things that I am learning with this bundle of joy. Each day I am shocked by how smart she is. She is so pleasant and curious. She is always listening and looking at every little thing around her. She knows exactly what she wants and when she wants it. It's my job to just figure it out. I feel like it has only gotten so much easier with time. We are now on somewhat of a schedule and it is pretty nice. The golden question that everybody asks is "Does she sleep through the night?" The answer is "Ha Ha Ha, No" This little one loves that milk all night long :) She sleeps from 7:30pm to 7:30am and usually eats 3 times within the 12 hours but goes right back to sleep. I guess it works out pretty well. I've enjoyed a little quiet time in the evenings lately. 

We are so lucky to have such a happy baby. She smiles all day long. Lately she has starting to roll from her tummy to her back, and she is more active than ever! Shane and I decided that if we kicked and rolled around in the floor as much as she does, we would have abs of steel!

We went to the Doctor today... Here are Anabelle's stats

25 1/2 inches tall (90%)

13 lbs 9 oz (50%)

and her head is 16 in (45%)

Here she is cheese'n it. Shane says she has a little bashful smile, when she gets happy as we talk to her...Oh I love those chubby cheeks.

 Anabelle loves playing, kicking, hitting, grabbing, pulling, and eating her animal friends.

 One of the 261 old ladies in our Relief Society told me on Sunday that little babies are the flowers in our lives. So true! Babies make everybody smile. I take her with me, and everybody just smiles at us all day long. It's great! Here's our growing flower. She loves playing with her hands and clapping those feet.

And last but not least... Here is Daddy... our workin' fool :) Shane recently started his new job at Tanner. I have always called him the candy man, but now he is the tax man. He is so busy working and studying for the CPA Exams. He has a CPA class every Saturday from 8-5 until November. This past Saturday we went to have lunch with him on his lunch break. He is doing so much, and I'm not sure how.  Amidst all the business and busy-ness, he always finds time for his girls. Anabelle and I are so lucky to have such and good man in our lives. I am overwhelmed with gratitude and love for my beautiful little family!

Back Before Our Time

I recently saw this picture for the first time and I love it!... It is a picture of our parents, before we were born. They went on a river rafting trip in the Grand Canyon. Shane's parents are on the left and my parents are on the right. I think it is so awesome to see them in a picture together at our age. Look at all that leg! ha ha

Cousin Time

We had a birthday BBQ for Grandma Ruby this week. It was so fun to see all the family and spend some time visiting. I took my camera because I wanted to get some pictures, but unfortunately I left the battery at home charging in the wall. It was a lot of fun to see Anabelle's cousins. Here are the three little girls. Anabelle (in the blue, if you can't tell) is 3 1/2 months, Kaylee (in the pink) is 3 months, and London (in the yellow) is 3 weeks. Unfortunately it is not the best photo (taken from the i touch) but aren't they so cute... It is crazy how they grow so fast, Anabelle is a giant next to little London.

3 Months

Happy three months Anabelle! As Daddy would say... "holler little girl, it's your birthday!"

Our little girl is growing up SO fast. She definitely has her own little personality that is starting to show. She is such a happy little baby, she is smiling and gooing more than ever. This past week she started doing the cutest thing... she sings back to me when I make high pitch "Ohhs" she copies me. I love it! Anabelle is a little wiggle worm. She is always kicking like crazy, especially in the bathtub. I think we might have a little fishy this summer.

She loves sticking that tongue out 

Oops... Mommy, I spit up

Look how big she's getting (please excuse my greasy face)

For some reason Anabelle is sporting the popped collar look

 Play time... she's starting to grab her blankets and toys, and reach for things (like the camera)

Quality daddy daughter bonding time watching TV... oh great : /

We love our little girl more and more each day!

Tulip Time

We decided to take a little time for some fun in the sun and we headed down to the tulip festival at Thanksgiving Point. It was so great to spend a little family time together after Shane finished school. I really wonder how many bulbs they planted... the garden was filled with tulips everywhere! I LOVE tulips, they are one of my favorite flowers because they are such a simple and happy flower. I loved seeing the variety they had. It was such a nice day too! It finally felt like Spring :)

Our little flower

It was so fun we even ran into Mom and Dad Rowley and Grandma Ruby. This was Anabelle's first time meeting her great grandma Ruby!

Master Shane

Congratulations to Shane! This week he graduated with his Masters Degree in Accounting. We are so proud of him, he worked hard this year. I'm happy he is done, because now I don't have to stress about his homework! To be honest, I think I stressed over his school a lot more than he did.Shane loved his hood

I surprised Shane and made this onsie for Anabelle to wear to the graduation. It actually turned out really cute. So many people kept commenting about it. It was pretty fun. (Anabelle is cheering "hooray!")

We also went to the MAcc reception last week and where they hand out awards. All of Shane's best friends received academic awards and best team-member awards... Let's just say that Shane picked up a couple of the joke awards. His class members voted him as "class clown" I'm not really sure what to think of it. But if you think that's bad, I'm not even going to tell you what his second award was...

Above are members of the tax track, below are some of Shane's best school buddies!

And Shane's two awards!

We are all so Proud of him!