Modeling

I am getting the girls into modeling and acting. I have 3 agencies that want them both and have a few more interviews to go to. I may sign up with two and see how it happens. Victoria is excited about it all. I had Kenny take some head shots of the girls and of course they are just beautiful.

1st Dentist Appointment

Victoria had her 1st dentist visit. She did such a GREAT job. We tried to take x-rays but she would gag. She did not complain about it just gaged so we will try next time. She did not want to touch any of the instruments but she let Annie clean her teeth. She polished them, flossed, a little scaling and then fluoride. Dr. Brett did her exam and she had no cavities. She loved it so much. She uses her 2 minute timer every time she brushes and makes sure to get out her floss every night to floss. She had her picture taken and it is on the No Cavity board at the dentist office for all to see. She got a treat bag with lots of goodies in it and she will have her picture sent to her in about a month with a special treat. I was so proud of her. She is such a wonderful little girl.

Waiting patiently for her appt to begin

Dr.Brett, Annie and Victoria

Victoria's 3rd Birthday

Well, as of right this minute at 9:51am 3 years ago my little girl was 1 hr and 37 mins old. I cannot believe that 3 years have already gone by. She is such a beautiful little girl and I can just see the beautiful woman that she is going to become. We are pretty sure that she will have a career invloving animals. She has loved them for about 2 years now and loves to watch animal planet and learn about the animals. She loves the Zoo of course. She is a girl who cares about everyone. She wants to know how you are doing and will take care of you if you are ill. She is learning patience and that is hard. She loves to cook and bake with me. If I am in the kitchen you can guarantee that she will be in there with me. She has a lot of chores she does now, set the table, wash dishes, put silverware away, out groceries away, feed the dish, give Hercules water, let him in and out for potty and other daily things...make her bed and put toys away. If someone else tries to do her chore she will tell you that it is her job.

The Birthday Girl

The Birthday Girl and Elizabeth

We celebrated her birthday at the bowling alley. It was so much fun. They had the room decorated in purple and white because that is what Victoria wanted her colors to be. We first did some bowling, ate pizza, ate cake and ice cream, opened presents and then played some games. The kids who was mostly all girls but one boy had a blast bowling. The bowling alley gave her a bowling pin which all the kids signed and a t-shirt.

Her presents she received are:

Mama, Papa and Elizabeth got her a Toyota FJ Cruiser Princess Vehicle

Mamaw got her a Barbie, 2 Playdoh sets, Jewlery box and Bendaroos

Campbell Family got her a Dr Kit

Megan got her a Fancy Nancy Dress Up Game

Arianna got her a Dora Dress Up Outfit

Brooke and Tinity got her a Snow White Doll

Mary and Dimitri got her Lunar Sand and a coloring page

I made her bowling cake and it was a lot of fun but also a lot of work frosting it.

I put her FJ Cruiser together last night and her and Elizabeth cannot stay out of it. They love playing in it and driving it. Victoria will tell her Sister that she needs to be her passenger and Elizabeth gets in and turns on the radio. Today they were in that thing from the time they got up till it was bath time. We played her Fancy Nancy game and that was a lot of fun. She has played with her Bendaroos and Lunar Sand. She loves her Dr Kit. I think today she gave me 500 shots and checked my blood pressure 100 times. She loves to play make believe and I love watching her. Elizabeth loves to be right next to her doing everything she is doing.

It was a great 3rd birthday and I look forward to many more with her.

Sledding and snowmen

Well, as usually it has been snowing here in Tooele. We decided that we needed to make our first snowman and Elizabeth's first also. Elizabeth hates to be in her snow suit and boots but she did a lot better this time. She reminds me of the little boy on Christmas Story...I've fallen and can't get up. We biult it on the deck and Hercules as usual ate the carrots. After we built our snowman we took the girls for rides on the sled. Elizabeth LOVED it so much. We would lay her on her tummy and she would just laugh and smile the whole time. She hated taking turns and letting Victoria ride but she did it. We had a little bump and I would take the girls over it fast and Victoria fell off one time and just laughed. Elizabeth would just laugh when she would go over it. Then we took the girls over to the park for a bigger hill and had so much fun. Both the girls would go down the hill b themselves. We let them race and they loved it. Elizabeth fell off the sled at one point and just laughed. Victoria would try to walk up the hill and would fall down because it was steep and slippery.
We are having them time of our lives with out girls and it is so much fun to watch them grow up. I know I say it a lot but I love being their mom and love being at home with them, even though sometimes it gets stressful. When I do leave them I have a broken heart and cannot wait to be with them again.

Elizabeth

Victoria

Elizabeth 15 months old

Elizabeth had her 15 month check-up yesterday. She weighs 21lbs 11oz, 30 1/4 inches long and her head is 46.5cm. She is in the 50th percentile in everything but her head is in the 75th percentile....for her big brain. She has all 16 of her teeth in...just waiting on the 2 year old molars. She can crawl up and down the staris, walks and runs everywhere, makes animal sounds, shakes her head yes and says mama, dada, sissy, milk, juice, please, minnie, seahorse, uh-oh, yucky, kaka and yes. She is a bringht little girl...when I tell her it's time for bed, she will kiss everyone good night and go to her room. She still hates her teeth being brushed and loves to still suck her thumb and touch our tummies. She is the clown of the family. At night she will start to pace around the room, stop, start to laugh and dance and then do it again. When getting ready for a bath she will fart and just laugh because she thinks it is funny. One night while getting out of the bath, I was brushing Victoria's hair and Elizabeth was handing me something, I grabbed it and it was poop. She had squatted down, pooped and wanted to hand it to me. She went to grab more and I was yelling yucky and she just laughed. She brings so much laughter into our lives. I love her very much and cannot wait to see what the future holds for her.


Victoria now sleeps in her bed without a bed rail. I was scared the first night of her falling out but she did not. She will be 3 in 2 short weeks.

The Nutcracker

Victoria had her Ballet recital on December 5th. She was a mouse and a snowflake in The Nutcracker. The mice had to run around on stage and play dead at the end when the mouse king died....but Victoria watched the Nutcracker and Mouse King fight and then when all the mice left the stage she stayed behind because she wanted to pick up the mouse king's sword.


They changed from a mouse into a snowflake. She comes out on stage and they circle around the Snow Queen...but Victoria decided to sit behind the Queen and play with her snowflake wands, she did get up and dance around her. One of the girls' snowflake wands got caught in the SnowQueen's tutu and she tried to get it out but failed and then one of the little snowflakes also tried to get it out and it was so cute.


Her Papa gave her 3 yellow and 3 pink roses afterwards and she was so happy to get her flowers. As you can see on her face. We went back to our house with close family and friends and had spaghetti. french bread, salad and yummy ballerina cupcakes.


As a mother, I am just so very proud of her and all that she does. I cried when I saw her on stage and at that very moment I looked at her and thought that she is growing up to be such a beautiful little girl...she is no longer my baby.

Family Pictures

There is an old barn by our house and a feed tower of some sort that I thought would be awesome for pictures. I had my friend take the pictures and they turned out pretty good. We needed some new ones with Hercules in them.