Brio Buds BBQ

A few weeks ago we got together with our birth class friends...it's so fun to see all the toddlers playing (and trying to share toys) together, plus we have two new additions (Noa and Jesse) 

and two more on the way! 

Everybody is either pregnant with #2 or just had #2.

Needless to say Nate and I did not drink the water they were drinking.

 Kirstin had been teaching maturation classes that week 

to 4-6th graders so she had some great stories!

Two new additions Noa and Jesse.

(Mabel is happy to have some girlfriends now too!)

(Some of the gals met up at City Creek last month too)

Tracy Aviary

{3.15.13}

Last week Mabel and I headed to Salt Lake to visit with our friend Corrine.  

It was such a beautiful day so we decided to go walk around Tracy Aviary. 

This peacock was really strutting his stuff for the lady peahens!

(there were 3 peahens walking around too...and yes, they are really called peahens)

He would open his feathers and do this little shimmy while turning around...

it was quite a show!  

The peahens weren't impressed but 

Mabel, Corrine, and I thought it was the coolest thing!

So pretty! 

We got there early and got the last 3 spots available to feed the Sun Conures.  

It costs $3/per person and you get to go into their cage 

and feed them a little dish of blueberries.

They are super friendly! Mabel thought it was pretty funny 

that one landed on my head!

They loved Corrine!

Mabel was a little nervous at first
(they start chirping really loud because they know food is coming!) 
but she was so curious and kept getting closer and closer.

I decided to let her hold the cup so I could try to take a video of her.  

The second I handed her the cup a bird landed on her arm 
and it totally freaked her out! 

She has been talking about it ever since. This is how it goes: 

Mabel: Tweet Tweet Tweet!

Me: You remember when we when to see the birds?

Mabel: {Points to her arm.}

Me: A bird landed right on your arm didn't it?

Mabel: {Makes a little fake cry sound.}

Me: Yeah, you cried a little because it was kind of scary at first 

when the bird landed on you.

Mabel: Yeah.

Me: But then what did it feel like?

Mabel: Tick Tick Tick {and tickles herself}

Me: That's right, it tickled your arm when the bird landed on you!

Hopefully she isn't totally scarred for life! 
(and I didn't get a chance to get any video!)

 She also loved looking at the flamingos, the bald eagle, the HUGE condor, and the toucans. It was a lot of fun. Quite a bit of the Aviary is under construction right now so we are excited to go again when the new exhibits are all finished. 

Happy St. Pats!

Nate and I got to cross a New Year's Resolution off our list - 

we ran a 5k together!

I ran this particular 5k with a friend several years ago and it was really fun.  

People aren't afraid to get in touch with their inner Irish 

and there were some awesome costumes! 

We ran behind this shaggy leprechaun(?) lady 

so I had to get a picture with her after.

She said it got a little warm under all that.

And who doesn't love a creepy green guy?

Of course there was a piper! 

Who needs Rhianna when you have bag pipes to pump you up?!

We finished in 32.28...

not too bad since there was way more uphill than I remembered!

{3.17.13}

On Sunday we had our friends the Walters over for dinner.

Unfortunately, we all wore green so there was no pinching that took place,

but we still had a great time!

I picked up a few paper plates, cups, and napkins from Michael's.

Their St. Patrick's Day stuff was all 50% off last week.

I'd say it was the luck o' the Irish in our favor! har har

Janai sent me a link to this cute rainbow fruit tray.

I made it and only ate a pound of fruit and "gold" in the process.

We had green pasta alfredo, green garlic bread, 
and salad with green ranch.

Janai brought mint limeade, key lime pie, and some 
green shamrock rice krispy treats.

Everything was green and tasty!

Erin go bragh!

{an afternoon at the park}

It's warming up around here...

even if there is a little bit of snow still on the ground.

Get outta my life winter!

.an afternoon at the park.

{3.02.13}

Big time giggles and grins on the swings!

 

Begging for more swinging.

She wanted a snack, 

but didn't want to get out of the swing.

One of my dear friends from high school had a swing in her house.

(hi elisha!)

There is something pretty fun about swinging INDOORS.

Someday Nate and I want to have a swing in our house.

Dinner in K-Town

{february, 17, 2013}

Grandma and Grandpa Naylor with some of their greats:

(Datan, Jack, Mabel, Donnivan)

Enjoying root beer floats after dinner:

Mabel loved sharing some of my root beer float. 

(then I had to go get another one because I think 

I only got two bites of the one we "shared")

She looked so cute in her new polka dot dress from Nana.

I love seeing how happy this girl is when she is playing with her daddy.

My Aunt Koreen and Uncle Kim brought their two sweet labs over 

and Mabel wanted to kiss and hug them really bad. 

Of course every time she came close they would want to give her a little lick 

and that would freak her out! Especially since their mouths

are right at her level.  I can't blame the dogs for wanting to kiss her cute face!

Here she is being brave and inching her way closer to Koda:

A little after party clean up with Nana:

Mabel and I spent the night so we could take my mom to the airport the next day.

My mom ended up getting really sick and started wearing

 a mask because she was terrified of getting my grandpa sick! :(

Mabel liked sitting by my grandpa for breakfast.

When we got home I was unpacking our stuff and I brought the top of her high chair 

in from the trunk and went to grab a few more things before I put it back together. 

I came back and Mabel had climbed right in.

Feed me momma!

Baby Dolls: The New Fashion Accessory

Last week Mabel wanted to wear 

her scarf, 

her owl hat, 

and her baby.

x.o.x.o.

On Valentine's Day we picked up my mom from the airport and drove to the dialysis center where my grandparents were spending a super romantic afternoon! Not. (Grandpa has dialysis 3 x each week) My mom came out for the weekend to stay in Kamas and help my grandparents while my grandma had to be on strict bed-rest for 24 hours after having a shot in her back for some severe pain that has been bothering her.

Great Grandma Naylor and Nana Naylor gave Mabel lots of Valentine goodies!
Mabel was over the moon for this heart shaped sucker.

After dialysis we stopped at Rumbi for an early dinner and Nate met us there after he got off work.

When we finished dinner we decided to stop and say hi to our midwife who was having a little Valentine open house where clients and their kiddos could come say hi and decorate some sugar cookies. (her office is right down the road from Rumbi) 

Right before we left Rumbi I went to change Mabel's diaper and realized I had NO MORE diapers in my diaper bag. Nate said, "Wow. That is so unlike you."
I know, right?!!

If she was just wet I would have let it go until we got home but it was a stinker. 

My mom and I decided we would change her and then create a makeshift diaper from toilet paper and paper towels (It really did sounds like a decent idea then) since all we were just going to stop and say hi to our midwife and then head home.   

Mabel was a champ and didn't even flinch at her toilet paper diaper
and we headed out.  Well....apparently we didn't pad the front enough because when we got her out of her car seat she looked like this:

Business in the back, pee in the front.

But never fear when you are at a birthing center! Rebecca only had newborn size diapers but she did have some sweet granny underoos that she let Mabel have so she could still play and not get her pee pants on everything. 

Good times everybody!

2.15.13

OVERNIGHT GETAWAY!!

Our first overnight away (alone) since Mabel was born.

Waaaaaaaaaay overdue.

We checked into our hotel...

...and headed to our dinner reservation at The Roof restaurant

which is on the top floor of the beautiful Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Oh hello view!

We got to enjoy a romantic dinner overlooking the  

Salt Lake City temple where we were married.

In the center of the restaurant there is a glass piano and it was

really lovely to have live piano music in the background.

The only bummer and it was a big bummer: the food. 

It was really mediocre for the price.  

It's a buffet, but still. I have been to a few pretty awesome buffets (think Vegas!)

and The Roof's buffet was pretty sad.  Small selection, nothing too fancy,

and nothing that really stood out.  The desserts were very pretty but weren't that tasty either.

The best part of my meal was my passion fruit Italian soda!

Oh well, live and learn!

(but what a view from our table huh?)

 

The next morning we went to The Sanctuary and had a couple's massage.
I wish we could do that every. single. day.
(thanks for the recommendation Megan!)

After the massage they brink you drinks, chocolates, 

and a slice of cheesecake to share while you get to soak in this awesome tub.  

Our next house is definitely going to have a tub like this.

 Thank you to Nate's parents and my sister-in-law Kristy
who took care of Mabel so we could enjoy a great weekend!