Tea Party-Grandma's 75th Birthday

In January Vivian took her first trip on an airplane. We went to Boise for my Grandma's 75th birthday. My Aunt Diane planned an amazing tea party and invited all the girls in the family. I was so lucky to spend time with Sisters, Cousins, Aunts, Nieces,Great Aunt, Second Cousin, and my Mom. These wonderful ladies traveled from across the United States. There were lots of babies and Vivian wasn't even the youngest one. My sister Jessica documented the event with her camera, this is an obvious talent of hers. She was great to take pictures of every one's kids and babies. I can't wait to hang out with these wonderful ladies again. Here is a couple of highlights.

1. My cousin Melissa, who has a baby two months younger than Vivian, introduced me to the only pacifier that Vivian will take (Gumdrop vanilla scented).

2. Hanging out at my Aunt Diane's house. Not only did she host the tea party she also kept everyone fed for the 3-5 days they were in town.

3. My cousins Isaac and Jacob decked out in bow ties and serving at the tea party.

4. Dance party and group karaoke to Mama Mia.

5. Staying up with my Aunt Julie until 3 in the morning reconnecting and reminiscing.

6. Having Rachel and Kyla stay with me in my room.

7. Hanging out with my grandma and spending a night at her house.

8. Telling embarrassing stories. Lost Keys and lost cars......Ha ha hee hee.

9. Enjoying my sweet Vivian. Just the two of us.

10. An amazing husband who watched our two year old while I jetted with our 6 week old. And was genuinely excited for me to spend time with my family. Love Him!

Big Grins and 5 Weeks Old

Yeah I am behind on blogging.......again. We are getting ready to go on a trip, so I thought I would get a few old posts taken care of before I have a whole trip to post. Vivian started smiling when she was 5 weeks old. She is such a happy baby and will smile on demand. Just give her a little eye contact and say her name and wallah, a huge grin.

Fondue for New Years!

Some day when I'm more organized and fun, all of my holidays will have awesome themed dinners with hand crafted menu's like many of my fellow bloggers (you know who you are). This is as close as we get for a theme. Every New Years we have Cheese and Chocolate Fondue. This year Matt's parents were in town, so they joined us. Ava is usually a "dipper", always wanting sauce for everything. I thought she would really dig this whole concept, but not so much. she wanted her cauliflower w/o cheese and her cake and strawberries w/o chocolate.......what is that all about? We had a really nice time celebrating with our fancy hats and my lovely husband cut up and prepared everything, which made it even more enjoyable.