Our Little "Tweet-heart" turned 1...

On December 1.

This past year has been the best year of our lives.

We have been blessed with a beautiful, healthy, happy, friendly, & loving little girl.

I cannot even begin to tell you what a blessing she has been to both Dustin and I.

We love you Jijjy-Bug;)

Because of Dustin's work schedule, we celebrated her Birthday with a few friends and LOTS of family on December 2(contrary to what the invite says). She has SO many people in her life that love her so much, and she was SPOILED rotten with gifts! We have absolutely NO room for all of her toys, and she is only 1...;)

Tiffany Jackson made her adorable cake, and daddy drew that picture of her...

She must not like to get her hands dirty. That, or she was just being stubborn. She wouldn't dig into her cake during her cake smash pictures, or her Birthday party...

Not having it...

Jaiya Facts:

She weighs 23lbs.

She is 90th percentile in weight.

And 75th in height.

She repeats anything you ask her to...she can talk SO good.

She loves to go for rides and will tell me, "Mama, bye bye." She always needs to be on the go.

She loves to rip up our phone book.

She loves "Cacks." (Crackers)

She loves to give hugs and pat your back.

She LOVES the bath.

She can make a mess in two seconds flat...such a busy lil' girl!

She has 6 teeth.

She started calling me "Tash." I don't know where it came from, but I came home one day and she said, "Hi, Tash!"

She started walking!!!!!!!!!!! (although she could take a step, she started taking like 7 or more steps on the 5th or 6th of December, while Dustin and I were at the NFR)

I cannot believe the 1st year went by so quickly...but what an amazing time we have had...;)

(Invite & 1 year pics by Krista Schaugaard)

Christmas With the Grossenbacher's

We celebrated Christmas with Lily & Rolf @ the end of November. They spend the holidays at their condo in Salt Lake so we celebrate extra early. They always spoil us rotten...of course. And notice the cute "shoe ring holders" that they got me. They know I LOVE shoes...;)

Lily got the giggles...;)






Jaiya got a turtle for Christmas!!!

Happy Holidays EVERYONE! Xo

Jaiya, Meet Santa...

We (Daddy, Mommy & of course Grandma) took Jaiya to meet Santa at JJWD a couple of weeks ago, and let's just say...They aren't the best of friends...yet!

She didn't know what to think of him, as soon as she laid eyes on him she started clinging to my shirt.

Poor thing! Look how excited she was at Grandma's before...

All of these "new" experiences are so much fun...whether they go well or not;)

Family Pictures.

I know we got family pics not too long ago, but I decided since we were getting Jaiya's 1 year pictures we would do some more family ones for Christmas cards! Here are a few of my favorites:

Thanks Krista!
Picture This! Photography By Krista Schaugaard.

Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is one of my FAVORITE holidays. I love spending time with family..and eating of course. This year we spent Thanksgiving at my mom and Jerry's house. Dinner was wonderful & so was the company. We couldn't ask for a better family;)

Preparing dinner.

LOVED my mom's turkey veggie tray...isn't it cute!?

My mom always does the cutest things!

Me & Cory

Every year, my dad comes to my Grandma Linda's for Thanksgiving. So, we always take the time to go out and visit, and catch up on as much as possible.


Dad opening his birthday present!

Shandee's birthday was on Thanksgiving, so they celebrated at Grandma and Pappa Johnson's! What a cute little princess!;)

The Holiday's are the BEST time of year;)

1st Haircut

11.6.11

Our beautiful baby girl is experiencing many firsts, and it's all happening so quickly! It's been amazing sharing all of these special moments with her, and we are so lucky to have such a beautiful, happy, and healthy little girl!

She was such a trooper while having her hair cut by Grandma Mill on Sunday! Although, she wasn't quite sure what was going on so she kept trying to watch the scissors as grandma was trying to cut her hair! Grandma ended up cutting about an inch, and it turned out perfect. As you can see in the "before" picture, it was getting a little straggley on top!
Before-

She looked so big and grown up in her cape.

After-

And, of course, we have it saved in a little bag so we can remember it forever!

Xo.

11 Months

Oh my...seriously? 11 months? Why does it go by so quick? I actually don't mind that she is growing because I have loved every minute of watching our sweet baby learn and grow, but I worry that because it goes so quickly, I won't take it all in and enjoy every little moment...but, I'm trying.

Jaiya is changing so much. Her little personality is shining through more than ever, and her little temper tantrums are nothing less than expected for being a little girl!

Here are some new updates @ 11 months:

She blows kisses...

She walks around saying "Mmm-wah" (kisses)

She says "Hush"

She can say "Shhhhhh" while holder her finger to her lips

She is STILL in size 3 diapers

She had her first haircut

She wants to eat ANYTHING & EVERYTHING you eat...

She loves sips of Mommy's Dt.D.P.

After 2 nights of letting her cry, she goes right to bed without fussing...or she plays in her crib til she is ready to sleep

She still loves Dora and other cartoons!

She, according to our scale, weighs 23 lbs!

She has her little moments of being Hyper and bounces and hops all over the floor while giggling! It's absolutely adorable!

She has been on Whole Milk for about 2 months, so far so good!

She gets shy around BIG groups of people she doesn't know...so UNLIKE her Momma!

She loves Kezi. Kezi isn't so sure about Jaiya still, but..she's coming along.

She HAS to destroy the same kitchen drawer every single day...the one full of tape, phonebooks, and other junk.

Such a big girl..she can walk with her walker toy!