Happy Easter!

I think after this post I will be finally caught up. There are more new posts below this one, so just keep on scrollin'.

Before she discovered the bunny ears. Isn't she a cute little bunny?
A lizard got into the house and daddy caught it. Here she is touching it, the brave little soul.
Easter egg hunt. This was her second one, so she understood that she needed to collect the eggs.
However, she didn't want to put them in her basket, so she tried to hold them all at once.
Sharing a gummy worm with mommy.

This is the neighborhood easter egg hunt (her first) in the park. She's not really sure what's going on.
Putting her one egg in the basket. She didn't really get the whole "hurry before they're all gone" attitude.
Enjoying a jelly bean.
Here we are at the Easter pageant at the Mesa Temple. This was before it started, hence we are sitting all together. Once the loud trumpet music started at the beginning, Natalie started crying and we spent most of the pageant wandering around the grounds. It was still fun to go as a family, though. Maybe next year she'll be able to appreciated it more.

And of course, here is her new easter dress. How beautiful!

TTFN!!

Just because...

Isn't my husband sweet? I just love him to pieces.

The disappointing craft boutique

Melanie and I sadly did not sell a single purse or nursing cover. There were a lot less people there than they made it sound like there was going to be. Karlie sold a darling little pair of rhinestone baby shoes, though! It was a really fun day despite the lack of revenue. I sat by Karlie (Mark's cuz) and her friend Nicole, and my cuz Kayci and her friends were right across the way. So I was in good company, plus I got a break from being a mom for a day! Not that I don't love it, but it is nice to have a break here and there. :-)

Our side of the booth (Mel's purses and my covers)

Nicole, Karlie, and I. We had a lot of fun!

How much more fun can we have?

Mark's cousin Jennie's daughter turned two last week, and we all went to Peter Piper Pizza to celebrate. Afton was so cute and looked so grown up!

After dinner we took Natalie around to do some little rides and she had a blast.

This is her "I'm having a blast" face. Can't you tell? She was sad when we were out of tokens and had to stop riding.

New hair

We have been having fun with Mom Simonson's different wigs and hats. She enjoys having different "personalities" to put on, and we have a blast too! Here's a fun evening of musical wigs:

I'm a blonde! I think I did have more fun while I wore this one.
He won't be happy that this pic made it to the blog, but what a cute do!
Me and Aub, aren't we babes?

My nursing covers

Here are some of the covers I am selling on Saturday (see below). My favorite is the black and white one. I just love mine and still use it at church sometimes. Hopefully people will like them! Here I am making use of it at the zoo:

Wish me luck!

My Craft Cottage 1st Annual: Celebrate Spring Time Boutique

In the Mesa area...get your Easter Shopping done!!!!

Crafters around the valley are attending this event. Games & Prizes, Magic Show, Food, & more!!!

Date: Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Location: 922 N. Gilbert Rd. Mesa, AZ 85203

Boutique will be open 10 Hours: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm

I will be selling my lovely nursing covers and my sister Melanie is selling her ADORABLE purses. Mark's cousin Karlie will also be selling cute crafts, and my cousin Kayci will also be there with her array of cute things.

Be sure to come and check it out!!

Katie and I decided that Jason Castro looks like a Greek god. He is amazingly beautiful and Katie, my mom, and I gaze into that face every week and sigh. And sigh again.

My other favorites are David Archuleta, Brooke White, and Michael Johns. What a great season!

Learning new things every day...

Natalie can reach her dresser drawer from her crib and likes to pull her clothes in with her. She also likes to find her belly button, which she is doing here.
The other day she got a hold of the nail clippers and did this. She knows what to do with them!

So Natalie has been learning all sorts of animal noises. When she was a baby and I would read her animal stories, I would always make the noise. It got me wondering --why do we hurry and teach these children animal noises as soon as possible? What use does that have when we don't live on a farm or see animals besides cats, dogs, and birds on a daily basis? Why not teach them something more useful, like the alphabet? Well, now that she can make the noises, I have figured out why we do it. It's because it's SO DARN CUTE!!! Plus it's like they're communicating, ya know? If she is thinking about a dog, she can make a dog sound and I'll know what she means! It's truly amazing once you can start communicating with your child.

She can do dog, cat, bird, elephant (including her arm stretched out to look like a trunk), camel (a spitting sound), monkey, cow, sheep, chicken, rooster, horse, and we're currently working on duck. My personal favorites are the elephant and the monkey.

Natalie is also learning her body parts. She just recently found her nose and stuck her finger right up her nostril. Lovely. She can also locate her mouth, teeth, ears, eyes, head, hair, belly button, toes, hands, arms, and elbow. The elbow one was sort of by accident because whenever I change her diaper, my left elbow is moving around in front of her face. When she was littler she would grab it and try to suck on it, so I told her what it was, and now she has discovered that she has one too.

Well, that's it! TTFN.