2 years old

Lorelai loves reading and mommy has become addicted to finding her vintage books.

We were going to get a toddler bed but since we are probably moving soon it seemed dumb to buy a big piece of furniture just to move it... But Lorelai insisted on a big girl bed. So I just flipped the twin bed in her room around so the headboard could act as a guard rail and she loves it. She has been so easy on us with transitions and change. I am so grateful for her and all the joy she brings to our family. Love my little 2 year old. :)

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More gluten free info

Sorry if this is bugging any of you "normal" folk ;) just skip it.

I went to the gluten free fair in sandy on Saturday and tried so many new and great things!

Newgrains.com is by far the highlight though. Cookies. Bread. Pizza crust. No weird textures or aftertastes. Twice I said to the lady "and this is gluten free?!" please get a coconut macaroon.

Also the same company that I get bread crumbs from, kinninick, makes a bomb pancake mix! My husband couldn't believe it was gluten free!

I also got some new info- dominos is now offering a gluten free pizza crust. They are of course warning that cross contamination is possible but let's be real- this not horribly sensitive girl is gonna try it out!

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Favorite

Sometimes you hear something and think, I needed to hear this. In fact, every person who is going to be a parent should hear this. I just loved it so much- so I'm posting it here to share it, as well as so I can come back and watch it to remind myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckqSQFAfbzs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Day of birth

What do you want to do for your birthday?

I want to be 8. I want to have a tea party and then eat something that gets me really messy and then have unlimited tokens at an arcade.

1. Buffalo wild wings is the most delicious thing ever. 2. I hit the jackpot and won 281 tickets. Believe it. 3. Baby was so over stimulated she kept just running around like a maniac. 4. But Lorelai loved the ball that we got with our tickets.

And my birthday morning the boy surprised me with breakfast in bed, some money to go shopping, and a song he wrote! Well done hubster! And he even preordered me season 1 of new girl! I am obsessed. I pee my pants laughing. So spoiled. So happy.
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Life lately

Life has been a little crazy lately. Chris graduates in 2 days! So he's been gone pretty much the last month or so. We don't know where we are headed yet, and Chris is quite satisfied to stay in Utah for a little bit while he applies to various agencies... A little break... Maybe even a vacation?!

I can't get over this picture of little Chris. Can I have a sweet little freckle faced mini-him please? Ok yes I'm getting slightly baby hungry. Which is funny because we had a couple of great friends babysit the other night and they said "if we had a kid as good as Lorelai I think we would be done."

I've thought that many a night where Lorelai went to sleep at 7:30 pm and didn't make a peep until 9:00 am.... But I want a big family so the sleepless nights are far from over.

1. I finally saw the hunger games and was in awe! I loved the books, I loved the movie! That never happens. 2. I kinda love her hair in this pic. Looks like she is rockin the awkward grow out bangs too. Gotta love those.

Could it please stop pretending its winter? We built our snowman. Now we are done. Thank you.

Lorelai's has daddy withdrawals. He has to leave before she wakes up in the morning or it's just too sad. She clings and clings and cries. When he comes home at night she runs to the door and immediately demands to be held. This girl loves her papa.

Soon all the madness will be over! And then a whole new kind of madness can begin ;)

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Easter

I took nice pictures with my SLR camera... But i probably won't see the Mac until post graduation so i guess my iPhone pics will do just fine :)

Happy

This girl is almost 2. She is crazy and sassy and doesn't take any crap. Just exactly what I hoped for. She's a tough girl with a soft heart. So sweet, so helpful and affectionate.

When I took her for her 2 year immunizations, they stuck the needle in and she just twitched and gave the nurse the stink eye. No crying. Just "and what do you think you're doing? Huh?!"

I love her too much and very.
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