Bryan & Ricci

Bryan and Ricci got married on Saturday! My little brother is all grown-up! We had a fun and busy weekend with family. Friday night we had a family dinner and then the girls all hung out and watched "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". We stayed the night at my parent's house and were up bright and early the next morning. They got married in the Draper temple by my grandpa. It was such a nice ceremony! And after a very snowy week, it was thankfully sunny and bright. When they came out of the temple, my nephew Joshua was the first one to rush up and give big hugs. He sure loves his aunt Ricci! Kalianna lost it during pictures (she was tired, hungry, cold, and wet). So all the family pictures are going to be...memorable. But after lunch and a nap, she was happy for the reception. We had a luncheon right after the temple and were able to laugh and visit with family for awhile. Then we headed over to the church to help get things ready. Lots to do! It was really fun though! Their reception was really nice! Then Matt and I had to get a very tired little girl home and to bed. We were all exhausted! Such a fun, wonderful weekend! We are so happy to have Ricci in our family now!

Corned Beef & Cabbage

Kalianna got her first taste of corned beef and cabbage yesterday for dinner. I think I forgot to mention that she is completely off baby food now. I figured with four teeth, it was kind of silly. Especially since she would eat all my food anyway. So she just eats whatever we do. Its so nice! She didn't care much for the cabbage, she liked the potatoes, and she loved the corned beef! It was so funny! She ate the first piece of cabbage okay, but then she spit out the second. Then, when I was looking away, she would sneak the rest of the cabbage off her tray for the dogs. Which is really funny, cause normally she drops food right in front of me for the reaction. So she really didn't like it!

This is Kalianna's new camera face. Even with the flash off, if I pull out my camera, she squints her eyes and gives me a cheesy grin. So cute!

Happy St.Patrick's Day!

I almost forgot about today! Which is a horrible sin, considering my husband is in love with all things Irish. I got dressed normally first and then when I got Kalianna dressed and put her in green, I realized I hadn't dressed myself in green! But don't worry, I rectified the situation. And I do have the traditional corn beef & cabbage planned for dinner tonight. Yummy!

So I forgot to post last month about our girl's day. We painted cute Valentines decorations. Well afterwards, I went to the wood connection (a fantastic store for cute decorations) and bought some stuff to decorate for St. Patrick's Day. I painted this cute 'Luck' that sits on my piano. I also have some shamrocks that I am still working on. Its been a crazy busy couple of weeks! Too much to do! Can't wait for this semester to be over, and after Saturday, I will have a new sister-in-law!!

I don't get it

I've noticed an increasing number of people lately are choosing to wait until their child is born to find out the sex. Why is that? What's the draw here? I've heard some people say they like surprises, well so do I! But I like being surprised at 20 weeks when I go in for my ultrasound and they say either "its a boy" or "its a girl". I think I would go crazy knowing the technician knows what I'm having before I do. I guess it has just never appealed to me at all, so I don't understand the people who choose to be in the dark. In my mind, if the technology is there, why wouldn't I use it? It's just funny to me that so many people are choosing to go back in time and not find out like their parents or grandparents. Though when their parents were having kids, the option to find out the gender wasn't available. So for those of you that have gone with the surprise option, why did you choose to do it that way? What appealed to you about not knowing? I'm really curious why it seems to be "the thing to do" now

America sucks!

America is dumb. Results tonight for the top twelve were ridiculous! I could not believe who made the top and who was sent home! *tears*

He was one of THE BEST guys!! He may have a nasty mullet, but his voice was incredible! Never a bad performance! But now he is gone. =-(

He should have gone home instead! His performance was so unbelievably awful last night that we actually had to plug our ears. I really don't know who voted for him, other than all the ten year old girls who watch the show. I'm not sure I can suffer through another week of him!

She has an incredible voice, and so unique! But now she is gone.

She should be gone instead. She is adorable, yes. And I think she has a cute personality, but since being on stage, she has not had a single solid performance. But since the producers spent so much time telling her cute story and focusing on her family, america is voting for her because they have fallen in love. But Lilly gets screwed because they didn't spend as much time on her "story". (and because she looks like the albino from the princess bride. poor girl.)

He was awesome last night! He may have had some rough spots, but based on last night's performance, he should definitely be in the top 12!

He definitely should not! He sang Christina Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle. Yeah. And he didn't sing it well.

She had some good performances, and some bad. So I'm not surprised to see her gone, but she was still better than her

She has not had one single good performance in this competition. Not sure why people keep voting for her.

Okay, I feel better getting that off my chest. I'm all better now. Moving on...

Daddy's Hat

Snuggles

Every child "expert" talks about the importance of teaching your children to fall asleep on their own. Let them cry a little, and always lay them down groggy, but not asleep. Kalianna does know how to put herself to sleep. Almost every nap time and bedtime she goes to sleep without much of a fight. But every once in awhile she needs a good snuggle. I'll lay her down and she will cry and cry until I hold her and rock with her for a minute. Then she will return to bed just fine. And you know what? That's okay! In fact, I love it when she wants to snuggle with me! I figure I might as well take advantage of it now when she wants to be cuddled and loved, because in a matter of months, she will be running around and it will be hard to catch her long enough to hold her! So the experts might say she's spoiled. Then spoiled she shall be! Because I know and understand my own daughter better than anyone else. I'm her own personal expert, and this expert says don't ever pass up a chance to snuggle with your baby!