Greg and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary. We are pretty low key about anniversaries and Valentine's day, but we do go to the temple and do sealings. It's a pretty neat experience and the most romantic thing I can think of to do on that day. It's even more wonderful having Sarah now, as it brings a new level of awareness to the fact that families are forever.
February 7 was miss Sarah's first birthday. She was completely oblivious to the fact, but loved that my mom came over with "Nacks!" as she calls them and a new story. I think I've read it a good 1000 times in the last month. ("hand hand fingers thumb....")
We had a small party with our local family. I made her a smash cake with a rather poor attempt of Abby Caddabby's face on it. She wouldn't touch it though, as she HATES getting her hands messy. She wanted it fed to her. With a fork. She loved the happy birthday song and the thoughtful gifts her friends and family brought her.
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| Elmo cupcakes with blue frosting |
She has decided that it's time to walk now. She took her first steps in January, but at stake conference 3 weeks ago she really took off. Now she walks everywhere, usually with her snack cup in hand. Toddle toddle toddle boom! She also has her one year old molar teeth in now, so her smile definitely looks more like a toddler than a baby smile. Her favorite thing is to go "bye bye." I can't say the word without a rather insistent 13 month old heading for the door, waving her hands and trying to say "buh!" If we don't leave soon enough, she cries. She is also developing into quite the little helper. She loves to help pick up clothes and put them in the laundry basket, put her blocks away (but only the blocks for some reason...) and say "in".
We thought about buying a house and selling the condo, but things fell through twice. I think it's a sign we're supposed to stay put for now. I am thinking about turning our patio space into a mini veggie garden though, to make fruit and vegetables more accessible and to help us be more independent. Guess our chicken dreams will still have to wait for now, but I'm enjoying learning a lot about farming. Some of my favorite reads have been " The Quarter Acre Farm", "A chicken in every yard" and "mini farming: self sufficiency on a 1/4 acre." We definitely don't have a quarter acre yet, but I'm hoping to apply the skill sets to our little condo.
