Kelsey's Sleeping Quarters

Last night before I headed to bed I went to check on the girls. This is what I found when I went into Kelsey's room.

Mylee's 2 years of life

Mylee's 2nd Birthday

Mylee turned 2 yesterday!! I can't believe it has been two years since she joined our family. What a joy she is!! I can't imagine life without her. She definitely has our own personality and we have loved watching her lately as she uses more words and tries to communitcate with us. Me and the girls were surprised to hear the garage door open yesterday morning and see Blake!! He had been working too many hours at work, so he was able to come home and take pages from home. So Mylee even got her Daddy home on her birthday.

She opened her presents in the morning per Daddy's request. Blake and Kelsey had gone to the store and picked out a pretty pink basketball. Kelsey found the pink ball. Mylee loves it!! She loves playing with balls. When she opened it she said, "Ball!! Wow!!" I made her a pretty pink and green tutu that she LOVES. Aunt Megan got her some cute puppies that came in a purse. Grandmas and Grandpas gave her some money to go buy something. We feel very blessed!

Mylee in her tutu

Later that evening we went to go get pizza and went to one of my friend's home to get some pumpkins. Her husband is a food scientist and brings home loads of food often. We got lots of watermellon a little over a month ago. The girls thought it was pretty cool to get some pumpkins. Mylee is my little doll. She and Blake have an especially close relationship. Every time he gets home, she is super excited to see him. Mylee is also loves having routines. She says her prayers every night. She doesn't get many words out, but she has Amen down. Then she gives us all big hugs and then says, "Night night" and goes to bed. I of course end up having to take her. We love you Mylee!!

My Girls

First there is Kelsey

My Little Model

Photogenic

Cheeser

Little Poser

Then There is Mylee with her Many Expressions:

Inquisitive

Cheeser

Genuine Smile


Grumpy

Fake Smile

Small Cheeser

Then There is Both of Them:

My Mom Says I'm Mischievous

(Don't worry, this is chocolate pudding)

I don't know why exactly. Maybe it's because she doesn't like my new trick. Did you hear about it? I can climb out of my crib all by myself!! It's so cool. My mommy puts me to bed and I can climb out and still play. Today I climbed out of my crib during my nap time. I looked all over for mommy and finally found her sleeping in her bed. Silly mommy!! What was she doing in bed? She even got Kelsey to lay down in her bed too, only she wasn't sleeping. My mommy wasn't too happy to see me. She took me back to my bed again and told me I needed to go night night. I stayed in my bed for a while, but then got out again--I wasn't tired. Only this time I stayed in my room. My diaper was feeling like it needed a change, so I took it off. Today it had stinkys in it. My mommy usually changes these diapers, but she was sleeping, so I thought I would try to change it myself. I never realized how fun stinky is to play with. I took my diaper off and sat down by my door on the carpet and painted my walls and my door. It was sooo cool, it made brown marks all over the place, even on the carpet. It was really cool to feel in my hands too. After playing for a while, I thought I better call mommy because I needed her help. Changing stinkys was harder then I thought it would be. It took her a while to come, but when she finally did come, she wasn't happy to see me again. She put me in the tubby and washed off all the stinkys. Mommy said I had to soak in the tub for a while so the stinkys would come out of my fingernails. That was fine with me, I love the tub. Mommy got me dressed and told me to go play with Kelsey and watch a movie while she cleaned up the mess. She told daddy later on the phone that it took her 2 hours to clean it up. What is 2 hours? Daddy won't be home until I wake up in the morning. He has a funny job!! Working when it is night!! Daddy says he is saving lives, what's that? I will try to make mommy happier with me tomorrow. Maybe next time I will stay in my bed and let her change my stinky diaper.

Go Cougars!!

This past weekend we went to Arlington, Texas to see the BYU Cougars play!!! Blake was able to get work off early on Friday. Once he arrived home around 12 PM, we left about an hour later for our 6 hour drive. Blake's Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy Clifton live in Plano, so we stayed with them. We had such a GREAT time. Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy have their 3 grandkids living with them and they are all close to our girl's ages, so our girls were in heaven. Blake's brother flew in for the event, so we met up with him and Uncle Bob, Aunt Kathy, the grandkids and Douglas (Blake's cousin) and his fiance for dinner at Scottie P's--a hamburger joint. It was Delicious!

Blake and I had stopped for gas on the way home and told them we would meet up with them at their house. When we arrived at their house, no one was home. We just figured that they had stopped somewhere. So we unloaded our things on their steps and waited... and waited. After a while I insisted that Blake call them. After some proding he called, and sure enough--there was a problem. We had been waiting at the WRONG house!!

Once we arrived at the right house, we got the girls down to bed and then talked into the wee hours of the night. The next day Blake and Trevor used their handy skills to help around the house. Blake fixed their broken mailbox and Trevor fixed some cabinets and did some repair work in the bathrooms. I got to go to the store with Aunt Kathy and the three girls.

Saturday night, we left our girls with the Clifton's and went to the game located at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium (SO Cool!!). Aparently Kelsey taught all the kids to dance while we were gone. Mylee did acrobatics in the port-a-crib by climbing out onto the nightstand and dancing around when she should have been going to sleep. Kelsey also showed off her swimming skills in the bathtub, showing Uncle Bob that she could blow bubbles underneath the water and so forth. As for Blake, Trevor, and I. Well, what can I say!! We were in one of the coolest stadiums ever--indoor, air-conditioned (whew!!), with the biggest television screen I had ever seen--AND our BYU Cougars beat the #3 Oklahoma Sooners! Let me tell you, we were proud to be cougar fans.

Our seats were in the middle of a sea of Sooner fans, but we didn't let our voices go unheard. Luckily there was a couple that were BYU fans that sat next to us. So there were us 5 cheering for the Cougars in the midst of a bunch of frustrated Sooner fans. Sam Bradford's injury was unfortnate of course. Blake was already diagnosing his problem before they pulled him off the field. He examined the way the team doctors were holding his arm and how they treated it when they put him on the table to be examined. He even called one of his chiefs (another BYU fan, watching from home) to discuss the diagnosis. Their diagnosis matched what reports have been confirming--go Dr. Blake!

Overall the Oklahoma fans were very nice as we walked out of the stadium. One man sitting next to us that had had a few too many drinks was a little upset with us, but his family was quick to apologize for his comments. After the win, the side of the stadium where most of the BYU fans were, stayed and cheered with their team. The players were living up the moment and boy did they deserve it.

It took us 2 hours to get out of the stadium and game traffic before we were on our way. There was even a wreck that happened right in front of us in the stadium parking lot! When we got home, the Clifton's filled us in on the night and we stayed up until 1:30 A.M. talking.

The next morning we went to a local ward and then the Clifton's fixed us a yummy lunch before we dropped Trevor off at the airport. It was a great weekend!

We're number 1!!
Blake and his brother Trevor, the stadium lit up in the background
Mylee (2), Cassidy(5), Kelsey(4.5), Cassandra(2.5), Denny(4)