Micah & Mandee

Phoebe's Concert

2012-02-15T21:28:00.004-05:00

This is her favorite toy lately. She especially likes playing it with Grandpa C on skype. I learned today that I need to put the mallet away when she's done playing... I caught her trying to play Piper's snout today.

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-15T21:26:00.003-05:00

She was pretty thrilled with her money!

Hiked a new trail

2012-02-12T19:07:00.008-05:00

This was taken from the road near the car. The cave we hiked to is where the shadow is in the top right corner of the picture. We went while Grandma and Grandpa watched Phoebe. Very thankful she wasn't with us. This trail would have been a tough one to carry her on.

Looking at the trail ahead of us.

View from the top. The white area on the mountain says "Phoenix." We can see it from our house too.

Another view from the top.

In the cave.

Snuggles

2012-02-12T19:06:00.000-05:00

Grandma's French Toast!

2012-02-12T19:05:00.001-05:00

12 Month Update

2012-02-10T12:34:00.003-05:00

Phoebe is wearing size 4 diapers during the day and size 5 at night. She wears 24 month, and some 2t, clothes. Phoebe likes to eat everything but bananas. Whatever we are eating for dinner she eats as well. She even ate some sauerkraut one day. She has baths in the big tub now and loves it! She has also discovered her brush, she loves to brush my hair. She still army crawls. She pulls up on her knees and climbs all over Piper. She pulls up to her feet with a tiny bit of help, but doesn't have much interest in doing so. She will take a few steps while you hold her hands, but doesn't have much interest in doing that either. We will keep working on it! Today she took a few sideways steps all on her own while she was holding on to the couch. She is a happy girl! She LOVES music and dancing. She talks A LOT. She says dada, mama, daddy, doggie, whoa, yum yum, nanna (bananna).

12 Month Stats

2012-02-10T12:17:00.002-05:00

Phoebe is 31" tall and weighs 21 lbs.

First Ice Cream Cone

2012-02-08T21:51:00.002-05:00

While we were trying to get a nice family picture she decided to grab a handful of whipped cream off of Daddy's sundae.

One Year - monkey pic

2012-02-08T21:49:00.000-05:00

Birthday Song

2012-02-08T21:48:00.001-05:00

Mom's class called and sang Happy Birthday to Phoebe!

Birthday Breakfast

2012-02-08T21:47:00.000-05:00

Birthday Eve

2012-02-08T21:44:00.001-05:00

Skyping with Grandpa and Grandma C while she opens birthday presents from them.

Choo choo

2012-02-08T21:43:00.000-05:00

Phoebe's Bathroom

2012-02-05T19:23:00.001-05:00

Playing music with Grandpa C via Skype

2012-02-03T22:31:00.004-05:00

Grandpa plays the harmonica and Phoebe dances and plays the musical instruments that he got her for Christmas. She loves them!

Love Daddy!

2012-02-03T22:30:00.002-05:00

First Birthday Card

2012-02-01T22:49:00.007-05:00

Super excited to get her card from Uncle Chris and Aunt Katie!

Phoebe LOVED the card! She had so much fun opening it and closing it! We are going to go shopping for a new bathing suit with the giftcard she got. Swimming lessons start next week!

Laundry Day

2012-02-01T22:47:00.002-05:00

Stairs

2012-01-31T13:34:00.004-05:00

For the longest time Phoebe had no interest in pulling herself up to get on her knees or stand. For about the past two weeks or so she and I have been working on it... and now, she is all about trying out her new skills. Looks like it is time to get some more baby gates! In the VERY short time it took me to get the clothes out of the dryer she left the family room and discovered the stairs.

Growth Spurt?

2012-01-30T22:34:00.002-05:00

I think that Phoebe is having a growth spurt. I can't even believe how much she has eaten today. Today for the first time, she actually had some liquids with her meals. I usually give her a sippy with something in it at each meal. But today she drank almost all the apple juice I gave her in her sippy with lunch and she drank over half of the cold milk I gave her with her dinner.

The Tunnel

2012-01-30T22:28:00.002-05:00

We got Phoebe this at Ikea when my parents were here for Christmas. It sat in the play room and she never showed much interest in it. I moved it out into the family room and crawled through it while she watched. Now it is a big hit! She goes through it so fast though that I haven't been able to get any good pics!

I really didn't want to go through the tunnel, I was pretty sure I'd get stuck. BUT, I used to climb through Carsyn and Noah's tunnel so I figured if I could be fun and do it for them I definitely needed to do it for my own kid. Carsyn and Noah, Phoebe owes her new found love of climbing through the tunnel to you guys!

Hooray for shorts in January!

2012-01-30T22:16:00.003-05:00

We went for two long bike rides this weekend. Saturday we road to the outside mall, the majority of the ride was off the roads, along the canal. Phoebe's trailer is also a jogging stroller so when we got to the mall we took the trailer off the bike and were able to shop. Sunday we ended up at a Starbucks towards the end of our ride. :o) It was a nice treat for us and Phoebe enjoyed the break. We need to start mixing in more hiking on the weekends. Piper LOVES hiking and she does really well even on some harder trails.

Piper puts up with a lot...

2012-01-30T22:15:00.000-05:00

A Girl and Her Dog

2012-01-30T22:14:00.002-05:00

Playing with Daddy's musical birthday card.

Cacti

2012-01-16T15:32:00.004-05:00

No more dirt yard!

2012-01-16T15:30:00.002-05:00

Silly Piper

2012-01-16T15:29:00.000-05:00

Guess what Phoebe did for the first time today?

2012-01-14T22:40:00.010-05:00

She went to a race!

Uncle Rusty came to Arizona with a racing team and we got to go see him and go to a race! We had a great time! (I could NOT get her to look at me. There were people working on the car next to us and she was pretty entertained.)

Thank you to Dane for being so hospitable! The race was much more enjoyable knowing that if Phoebe needed a nap, or a break, we had access to a motor home!

I knew dirt track races were dirty. I didn't know that occasionally it rained chunks of dirt. :o)

Hanging out on our spot on the hill. This was a GREAT place to sit with a kid. She had a great time sitting on the ground playing. Glad she hasn't figured out how fun it is to roll down hills!

Wishing the Prius keys were keys to a loud, fast car? Apparently the kid who hates the sound of unrolling packing tape, and the vacuum, is totally ok with race cars...

Uncle Rusty came and met us while we were waiting in line to get in. He held Phoebe when he first got there and wasn't too happy. By the time we got to the front of the line they were buddies!

Baby Phoebe

2012-01-14T22:37:00.002-05:00

11 Months Old

2012-01-08T18:39:00.002-05:00

Phoebe is wearing 24 month clothes, size 4 diapers during the day, and size 5 at night. She is quite the talker. She says Dada, Mama, Daddy, and doggie. If Piper isn't around Phoebe will shout DOGGIE, DOGGIE. Piper is starting to respond to her new name. If Micah doesn't pick Phoebe up when he gets home from work, she will crawl over and tug on his pant leg and say DADDY DADDY until he picks her up. Phoebe crawls all over the place. I've caught her dumping over Piper's water bowl in the laundry room and chewing on a rung of a chair while under the dining room table. She likes to do laps around the island in the kitchen. We are working on learning to pull up. She will stand and play for quite awhile if someone helps her stand up, but she has yet to pull herself up. She continues to be an easy baby. I'm so thankful that she is happy while in the nursery each week at church.

11 Months Old - Monkey Pic

2012-01-08T18:35:00.004-05:00

She would NOT smile.

Bike Rides

2012-01-08T18:30:00.003-05:00

Phoebe HATED her helmet and trailer on the bike ride home from the bike shop. Thankfully she now tolerates the helmet and seems to enjoy the ride. Maybe the addition of all of the toys back there helps. :o)

Super cute kitty helmet.

Trouble

2012-01-08T18:29:00.000-05:00

Riparian Preserve

2012-01-02T19:08:00.004-05:00

New flower headband

2012-01-02T19:05:00.004-05:00

Grandma found this at the flea market, so cute! The bigger the flower/bow the better!

First Christmas with Phoebe

2012-01-02T19:05:00.001-05:00

A Girl and Her Dog

2012-01-02T19:04:00.000-05:00

Looking at Christmas lights with Daddy

2012-01-02T19:03:00.002-05:00

Crocs

2012-01-02T19:03:00.001-05:00

A Girl and Her Dog

2012-01-02T19:02:00.002-05:00

Under the tree

2012-01-02T19:01:00.000-05:00

Unwrapping

2011-12-25T13:09:00.000-05:00

Sports Equipment from KT

2011-12-25T13:08:00.001-05:00

Bath Toys

2011-12-25T13:08:00.000-05:00

Angry Blanket

2011-12-25T13:07:00.002-05:00

Singamajig

2011-12-25T13:07:00.001-05:00

Playing with Farm

2011-12-25T13:07:00.000-05:00

New Farm

2011-12-25T13:06:00.001-05:00

New Shoes

2011-12-25T13:06:00.000-05:00

Poor Piper

2011-12-25T13:05:00.002-05:00

Unwrapping with Piper

2011-12-25T13:05:00.001-05:00

Playing

2011-12-25T13:05:00.000-05:00

Toy

2011-12-25T13:04:00.002-05:00

Yum

2011-12-25T13:04:00.001-05:00

Nativity

2011-12-25T13:04:00.000-05:00

More Gifts

2011-12-25T13:03:00.002-05:00

Warm

2011-12-25T13:03:00.001-05:00

New Clothes

2011-12-25T13:03:00.000-05:00

New Shirt

2011-12-25T13:02:00.001-05:00

Unwrapping

2011-12-25T13:02:00.000-05:00

Shirts

2011-12-25T13:01:00.001-05:00

Christmas Morning

2011-12-25T13:01:00.000-05:00

Christmas PJ's

2011-12-25T13:00:00.002-05:00

Playing under Coffee Table

2011-12-25T13:00:00.001-05:00

Enjoying Wrapping Paper

2011-12-25T13:00:00.000-05:00

Playing with Bitty Baby

2011-12-25T12:59:00.002-05:00

Unwrapping Baby

2011-12-25T12:59:00.000-05:00

Playing with Music Toys

2011-12-25T12:58:00.000-05:00

Unwrapping Music Toys

2011-12-25T12:57:00.000-05:00

Unwrapping

2011-12-25T12:56:00.001-05:00

Playing with Puzzle

2011-12-25T12:56:00.000-05:00

Jacket Off

2011-12-25T12:55:00.000-05:00

Wearing new Jacket

2011-12-25T12:54:00.002-05:00

Unwrapping Jacket

2011-12-25T12:54:00.001-05:00

Playing with her house

2011-12-25T12:54:00.000-05:00

Unwrapping her house

2011-12-25T12:53:00.000-05:00

Playing Train with Violet

2011-12-25T12:52:00.000-05:00

Waiting for Violet to be Programmed

2011-12-25T12:51:00.000-05:00

Unwrapping Violet

2011-12-25T12:49:00.000-05:00

Mega Bloks

2011-12-25T12:48:00.000-05:00

Phoebe up high

2011-12-22T23:28:00.000-05:00

Phoebe really enjoys riding on Micah's shoulders.

Early Present for Micah

2011-12-22T23:26:00.001-05:00

Loading Up

2011-12-22T23:26:00.000-05:00

Zoo Lights

2011-12-22T23:23:00.000-05:00

Mandee and Phoebe @ Zoo Lights

2011-12-22T23:22:00.001-05:00

Zoo Lights Sphere

2011-12-22T23:22:00.000-05:00

Visiting the Temple

2011-12-22T23:12:00.001-05:00

We visited the Mesa Mormon temple on Tuesday night. It was very neat, unfortunately our camera battery died shortly after we started taking pictures so we missed getting any pictures of the best parts. They do a very nice Christmas lights display.

Thank you Rob and Hannah!

2011-12-18T23:17:00.004-05:00

Dressed up to go listen to her first Christmas Concert

2011-12-18T23:16:00.003-05:00

Barrel cactus

2011-12-17T17:57:00.002-05:00

Other name for this one is mother-in-law seat.

10 months old

2011-12-08T13:47:00.007-05:00

Ten month olds are great explorers! Phoebe is all over the place, opening drawers, following Piper around, and finding mischief. The baby proofing has begun. She crawls on her knees and elbows. She's wearing size 4 diapers during the day and size 5 at night. She is wearing a mix of 18 months and 24 months clothes. I think she is going to give up her morning nap soon. It will make it easier to go places in the morning, but on other days I will miss it. She is a pretty good eater. She occasional eats Stage 3 baby food. Mostly she is eating whatever we eat. She enjoys feeding herself. She LOVES mac and cheese and black beans.

First Christmas Present

2011-12-07T10:18:00.007-05:00

Phoebe prefers to taste her gifts to try and guess what they are.

Listening to Granny read her a story.

Cold

2011-12-07T10:16:00.002-05:00

It has been pretty cold here the past few days. Phoebe has had to wear her winter coat. She does NOT like wearing it while in the carseat.

All dressed up

2011-12-07T10:10:00.004-05:00

Phoebe keeps doing better and better in the nursery! I think she has given up on the "inconsolable until she gets what she wants (us back)" crying. She fussed a little when we dropped her off, but wasn't crying when we went to pick her up, and didn't cry when she saw us. Lately there have been teenage helpers in the nursery for her age group, she seems to really like them.

Us

2011-12-03T23:35:00.000-05:00

New Skirt

2011-12-03T23:27:00.000-05:00

First Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T22:00:00.006-05:00

This girl ate a lot of turkey today, and several pieces of dinner roll. She also looked at the Black Friday ads with her Dada. Nothing makes her happier than looking at ads! She was laughing and babbling up a storm.

The Snoop

2011-11-24T21:57:00.004-05:00

She found some of her Christmas presents... oops. I guess I have to hide them better.

Not happy

2011-11-24T21:57:00.001-05:00

Story Time Craft

2011-11-24T21:54:00.005-05:00

Phoebe held chewed on the straw while I made this turkey.