Happy Birthday PeiWei !!!

It is hard to believe my baby girl is now two years old. What a wonderful two years it has been. She is the most charming, delightful little girl. Everyone adores her when they meet her. This weekend she and I traveled together to SLC for our monthly trip for the last time. Now that she is two I will have to buy her a ticket to take her so I will now be solo in SLC. Since this is her last monthly trip to SLC my family had an early Birthday Party for her. On Saturday friends and family came and shared cake and ice cream. I will post those pictures later. There were to many cute pictures.

Today we said Happy Birthday PeiWei and she replied "To Me". Then she clapped her hands and said yeah. Tonight when we asked her what she wanted for dinner she said chicken and LaLa which is water. We will do another birthday party for CRW's family on Saturday. After dinner she came home and watched one of her favorite movies which is Tinkerbell. She opened her present from Mom and Dad which is the new PJ's she is wearing in the picture above. The picture of the cake is the cake we eat in SLC with my family and friends.

She had her well check at the doctor today. When we pulled up to the Doctor's office PeiWei started to say over and over "ouchie" in the car. I thought how could she possibly remember her last well check visit where she got a few shots. It must be her lucky day no shots. She played peek-a-boo with Dr. G and said "bye" and waved to all the staff and as she left yelled "see yea". Kia just so you know here are her numbers, tell Claire bear her cousin is moving up on her. Wt: 22 Ibs 6 oz 20%-25%, Ht:35 3/4 in 90%-95%, Head 49 1/2 cm 90%-95%. So she still is tall and skinny with a big head.

And yes Aunt P she is still wearing the skirt and boots you gave her on Saturday. I will strip them from her tomorrow. I know they are her Pretty's but enough is enough. She is healthy happy and the perfect little two year old. Everything a mother would want in a two year old. Best kid ever. What a great day!

Love You

R-

Hair Ball Anyone?

Well CRW found out the draw back of being surrounded by to many females with long, thick hair. He has announced the girls need a hair cut and it needs to be above the shoulders! LuLu looked at her Dad and said "Yea, Right " This weekend we were bathing the girls and the drain was running slow so I asked CRW if he could get the drain cleaned out for me. The above picture is what came out of the drain. The scary thing is, this is the girls bathroom that they share. This is just the two of them and all their glorious hair. Pei Wei and I are in another drain.

On Saturday I go to a lift class at 8:30 a.m. at the gym, when I got back the kids had cleaned the house, sorted the laundry, and put the first load in the washer. CRW had them vacuum the whole house, the girls were disgusted with the amount of hair they picked up with the vacuum. LuLu was extremely upset that the amount of hair and dust had plugged the vacuum and CRW had to take it apart and clean the filters. Maybe the girls and I have to much hair. We could use all that hair on the floor and transplant it to Pei Wei she is lacking in hair as she approaches her 2nd Birthday.

All in all it was a great weekend sunny, warm, blue skies, and we spent the weekend taking walks and at the park. Spring is here two weeks early everything is in bloom. That means I am breaking out the Claritin. LuLu is getting ready for her dance recital in June and Red will have a piano recital in June also.

R-

I must need more sleep?

I think I have hit an all time low! When I was growing up I would say the wrong word in place of another word thinking I had used it correctly. For example instead of saying that guy has cool cuff links I would say handcuffs. Get the idea? Well my family and friends growing up always got a good laugh out of my slips. Often the words come out wrong but in my head they were right so I was not sure of what came out of my mouth. Well this happened the other night.

Red is practicing the piano and she is taking forever and not staying on task. In my frustration I blurt out " Could you just get pregnant!" My eight year old daughter looks up in horror at me and has the most confused look on her face. CRW yells "What did you just say?" must have been a rhetorical question because as soon as I answered: "Could you just practice" he says "NO you didn't". When I realize what I have said I start to back pedal, Fast. Let's just say it was a very embarrassing, awkward moment. I guess I will not get Mother of the year award.

R-

Doughnuts, Nails, Fashion . . .

We started the day off with hot fresh doughnuts at Crispy Cream's, went goofing around with our cameras at a park, and finished the afternoon with finger nail painting . . . the mice are playing. But, we miss you mommy! -CRW

Sledding anyone?

The girls and I went sledding last weekend and had a blast! We went with some friends and their kids and everyone wants to go back for more next week. It was the perfect day to go. It was so warm on Mount Hood they ended up taking off most of their layers. CRW stayed home with PeiWei. That was the best part of the trip leaving Miss Whinny Butt home. That's right Mom I called my kid a name, when the shoe fits wear it. It was so much fun to go with Lulu and Red. I could be the fun parent for the day because, I didn't have a soon to be terrible two's on my hands. Oh wait, I already have a terrible two's on my hands and she is only 21 months. I wonder what it will be like when she is actually two, maybe I shouldn't ask. She is a great kid and so much fun but as you can guess she has been a little whinny lately and a little too attached to her mama.

R-

Photo Session I Dec - 2009

I recently had the opportunity to shoot a bunch of pictures of family that I'll be posting over the next few days. The setting of the house made me feel that a worn look would work well as a background - giving them an aged feel. -CRW

What is wrong with people

I have to share a funny story and I don't know if it will reflect poorly on me or the other person. So we are at the grocery store and the sales clerk says: "Your baby doesn't have any front teeth, what happened?" Well anyone who knows me really well can probably guess what I said next. I said: "We are huge Twilight fans and wanted her to be a vampire for Halloween so, we had them pulled." Now, I don't think that this is the bad part of the story. The truly best part is the look on the sales clerk face after I said it. The worst part of the story is I left her thinking we really did do it just for Halloween. I never said just kidding or at any point in the conversation said gotcha. OK,OK, OK so maybe the term conversation is to loose. I mean she stared at me with her mouth open and had a look of utter confusion on her face. I continued to convince her I was completely serious. Maybe due to the North West's alternative lifestyle here and all the "Weird People" I was just to believable. Come on People it was a joke.

Is this a bad practice to have, pulling other people's leg? Maybe it is only bad if you never correct the wild story weaved. I know Grandpa Walter was the best person to do this to. It was so funny to watch him get all worked up. If I ever got him good I never told him I was kidding. He was the most fun to tease. Maybe this is why I fall for everything my younger brother says to me. My stories are to unbelievable. He always just laughs and says you are so easy to tease. Well what do you think am I horrible or is it just harmless fun?

R-