Meeting Baby Darla!

Last Monday Marcus & Natalie had a new baby girl! 
Meet Darla Jane Shields!

She is so adorable and sweet, and smells just like a newborn should. Monica & I went to their house last week to hold her and cuddle her.  She was so cute, and we fell in love with her. 

Congratulations Marcus and Natalie! 

Happy 9th Bday Taylor!



Taylor turned 9 this week!  He had a great weekend for of celebrations! 
We had a family party at G & G Shields with Colton for the "February Bdays", then we had his friends come over for games, presents, and dessert on his actual Bday.  This weekend he is going skiing at Snowbird with Danny. He is thrilled about that! 



He was spoiled with a new soccer ball, basketball, Harry Potter Lego game, and a Wii game. 

Colton and Taylor waiting for their Bday cake.

Lighting the candles, such a thrill for a 9 year old to play with matches. 

The boys eating their dessert.

Taylor doesn't actually like bday cake, so he chose chocolate donuts with chocolate milk for his party.  It was easy and all the kids loved it!  We were comptetely overloaded with sweets and sugar on Valentines day! 

We love you Taylor! 
We are so proud of you, and are happy you are the oldest in our family!

Feb events

Elizabeth is getting so grown up!  She loves meals and snacks in her high chair.  She insists on eating by herself which means it's a huge mess! 
She is really busy now, pulling up on furniture, climbing the stairs, opening drawers and emptying them, eating anything she finds on the floor.  She is hard to keep track of.  She goes straight into the bathroom if the door is left open.  She likes to crawl around the toilet.  We call it "Lizzie's hot tub" because she tries to get her hands in it!  It is so gross!

Even though she is super busy and into everything we all adore her just as much.  I follow her around all day, and if I have to be productive I put her in her high chair or crib to be contained for a minute. 

She makes a "doggy" noise when we see animals in books, and she likes to say "Uh Oh". 
She makes us smile all day long!

A few weekends ago we went to Jeffrey's baptism.  It was a special day, and we had a lot of fun!

These two little boys are so funny, they both hate getting their pictures taken.  But I manged to get a few pics. 

They are such good friends and have so much fun together; playing parcheesi, doing legos, or spying on their sisters! 
I can't believe how old they are getting. 

Isaac has stopped taking naps, but he still gets really tired. 
The other day he was throwing a fit, so I told him to sit on this chair until he could settle down.  It got really quiet and I went in and he was sound asleep sitting up. 

He slept like this for about 45 minutes, and woke up really happy.  I think he still needs a nap, but I never win that battle! 

He is still such a funny kid; super defiant and strong willed but tons of energy and fun!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I know this post is late, but it's been a wild week.  Having a Birthday on Valentine's day really makes for a crazy week. 
The kids were busy making their Vday boxes and cards for their friends and classmates, I was planning Tay's Bday party, and his classroom Valentines day party, and our computer broke.  This makes no time or means to blog.  We made it through the crazy week and got our computer fixed.

Danny really spoiled me this year for Valentine's Day.  We both got new phones, which I LOVE!  Then he brought home these beautiful flowers after work.  They really made me day.

I feel so lucky to be married to Danny.  He is a fantastic husband, father and friend!

I love you honey!

Jr Jazz team party

Taylor just ended his Jr. Jazz basketball season. 

We had a fun group of boys on our team this year, and it was a good season.  The boys worked hard and were really improving their Bball skills. 

After their last game we had a team party and passed out the trophies to the boys.  It was a fun time to celebrate the season of the boys team! 

Ryan was our Assistant Coach, because he wasn't able to play in any games after his illness.  He was so cute to come to all the games and cheer his friends on!

Danny does a fabulous job coaching, all the boys really like him and look up to him!  Way to play Taylor!

Tub Time

Lizzie loves her baths!  She gets a bath every night because she makes such a huge mess while eating dinner.  She is serious about her food, and wants a lot of food on her tray at all times.  She doesn't like to be spoon fed, unless she is holding a spoon.  Her favorite foods are; yogurt, cheese, fruit, oatmeal, pancakes, eggs, pasta, beans, and ice cream.  So much for not giving a baby sugar until she is one year old!

Elizabeth is 11 months old!
She is starting to really get her own personality now, and it's so fun to see her interact with her siblings etc..
She is crawling everywhere, standing in her crib and next to furniture, and gets into everything!  She has discovered drawers, closets, the toilet and everything else that is near the floor.  She loves to crawl around the house exploring and eating whatever she finds on the floor ( legos, crumbs, lint, etc..)

Lizzie has 2 teeth on the bottom, and is currently getting her top 2 teeth.  They are just about to pop through her gums, and seem to be causing her pain.

Elizabeth loves to play with other babies especially her cousin Ali.  She gets so happy when she sees Ali, and they crawl around together and seem to have fun.

Lizzie can clap, wave and do a fake cough and laugh to get attention.  She loves her little doll, binky, blanket and snuggling with those before she goes to bed. She is still a bad sleeper and gets up 1-3 times in a night!  She goes to sleep around 8pm and wakes up around 7:30am.  Then she takes on short nap  (sometimes) in the morning, and a long 3 hour nap in the afternoon.

She is getting really vocal and yells super loud if she wants something.  It can be very annoying especially in public.

Her latest nickname is "Lu Lu" or "Lizzie Lu Lu", it is what Emily and I call her.  Or we all call her "Big, Fat Girl"!  She laughs when we sing her song about being a big girl.

Lizzie brings the entire family lots of smiles, laughs and we all adore her!
She is going to be really spoiled as the years go by.
We love you LuLu.

Tay's stuff

Taylor and his friends went and did laser tag last week.  They all had tons of fun!  We are so happy Ryan is home and feeling better, he was even able to participate in laser tag, because no running was allowed.
These are a great group of boys, we love having them as neighbors and friends for Taylor!

Last week for Cub Scouts we went on  tour of the KSL studio.  It was a fun, crazy field trip with 19 eight year olds, but everyone had a great time.

The DJ in the Fm 100 studio let all of the boys crash his office and look at the computers, music etc...  They loved it, and were requesting all sorts of funny songs for him to play on the radio.

Here is another funny shot of some of our boys!

It was a memorable field trip.