Made it to Vernal

Anna screamed from Salt Lake to Heber. We stopped in Heber and got her some milk. She drank it up then continued to cry. It's a bad thing when babies get too tired. She sort of fell asleep but would wake up every 15 or so minutes and scream for a bit then go back to sleep. It made for a horrible midnight trip to Vernal. But we did make it and I was able to enjoy some SLEEP this morning while Anna hung out with the buhlers. I heard that her favorite two things were grandpas tomatoes and the dog lady, who she was actually brave enough to pet. Anna went back to bed for a few hours and just woke up because she pooped her pants - I made richard change it (he's been off duty for so long I deserve a break). But I guess I bet get into the shower, we are off to grandma feilds viewing in Peoa. Please pray that Anna doesn't scream this whole ride.

I'm just people watch'n all the people watch'n me.

We had a few minutes before we had to be at the airport so Anna and I met up with my old roommate Rach at the Utah Capitol. She took right to miss rach.
She is so small next to the capitol!


While rach and i chatted anna enjoyed some good old people watch'n. While she was watching the asian tourists some other tourists came up to her and took pictures of her. I guess she is pretty cute to other people too!Thanks for meeting us Rach it was so good to see you!! I did finally figure out how to get the airport from the capitol!

eat ride slide

We had a little more time at the Heiners before we headed out to the airport wednesday. Grandpa had a great time playing with Anna outside.

My dad put our playhouse up in the air when my little bro and sis were still little (they are 14 and 15 now). There is a big blue slide that goes down to the ground. I guess anna kept wanting to climb up it, but my dad set her straight and helped her down a few times. She loved it. What a dare devil. She would always grab onto him on her way down though.....
They also have one of those slides that you ride a car down. She kept saying "weeee" every time grandpa would push her down. She had this big old smile on her face too. What a cutie. Thanks for saving me that back ache dad!
My mom treated us to my favorite: CAFE RIO. oh yum. Anna enjoyed it too.
Sideways video of the car ride slide.

Sister Act

A trip to utah would not be complete if I didn't spend a day with my best friend and sister Amy Lynn. Last time we stayed at Amy's she had a newborn and Anna didn't sleep at all. It was a little rough. This time she has a 4 month old baby Jane who is Pretty much the happiest baby on the earth. Anna took a great nap in the closet and it was a GOOD TIME.

Anyways, Jane is roll'n and rock'n on all fours. She's read to go. Anna loved her. She loved to watch her and poke her eyes out. She's funny. We pawned evan off to a friends house while the older 2 were at school and took the girls for walk. Amy has the most beautiful mountains around her house. I love walking there. Anyways of this picture my sis in law joy said "you have the baby that ate the other baby...." seriously.
But Amy also has 3 more kids. Gavin, Amber and Evan. Evan is always picked on by Amber and Gavin, so he really enjoyed having Anna around so he could be the boss for once. It was nice for me because he'd tell her no when she got into drawers and put things away that she got out. Anna is a bit of a star at their house for the first hour or so - Gavin and Amber give her tons of attention. When Gavin got home from school he was feeding her pretzels one by one and making her say "please" before he would give her more. Pretty funny. Amber mostly wanted to pick anna up - which is a bit sketchy because Anna probably weighs just as much if not more than Amber.
Amy's really got her kids on a schedule in the morning. Its a busy busy time and I think Anna and I were a little distracto's to the game plan. But I enjoyed it anyways. The video below is us distracting everyone during morning scripture study. Thanks for letting us come sister sister! We love you and mostly your kiddo's. They are hilarious.

cherry hill

Cherry hill is a water/family fun park in Utah. We went there today for a good time with the heiner/yorks. I didn't get any water pictures for pretty obvious reasons. It was an overcast day and anna got a bit cold ( lips blue, feet blue, cheeks blue) - so we decided to go mini golfing after a couple of hours of water slides and lazy rivers.

Anna was sort of a pain mini golfing, but still fun. It was fun to hang out with my dad. Anna liked to climb through the obstacles.

Chloe and uncle andy stopped by for a couple holes.

This is all the cousins before we left grammas house. chloe is mad because gavin took something from her. Remi and anna are like "whats going on" and amber is just chill'n. Thanks for the good time grandma!

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Richards sweet grandma passed away last friday. We love her. We are also glad that she is now reunited with her husband, mom, dad, sister and little baby boy. We wouldn't miss her funeral for the world, so we decided to make a suprise trek to Utah! Turns out the funeral is now friday, but I was antsy to get down here to see my family...so we took the drive.

Anna is real bad in the car. So bad that it's painful to go to church because she screams the whole way. Church is within walking distance. Bountiful is about 700 miles. So my dear friends (anna's friends moms) were really concerned for my mental hea!lth and brought me gifts to help the ride go a little smoother......thank you friends - what would I do without you!

And smoother it was! Anna hardly cried at all, slept for 5 or so of the 14 hour drive and read books/played with toys for the other 9 hours. Her uncle steven was kind enough to help us drive there since rich has to work - he played with her at the park and entertained her while we were driving. It was AMAZING! We got here at like 8:30 at night.

Boy was Anna overwhelmed. Not only was it past her bedtime - but there was like triple the amount of adults that she is used to - and all giving her 100% attention! So I tried putting her down in grandmas basement. It was little sketchy at first but after a little snuggle she went down okay and slept through the night.

But don't worry - we were up at the usual 5:00. We had our oatmeal and headed to the park with grandma where anna chased a stray cat instead of playing on the big toy. She went down the slide a few times with pure delight having grandma at the end (: On the way home we stopped at a few neighbors houses to visit. Anna loved the dog beau and parakeets and goldfish at leanns.

When we got home Suprise! Aunt Amy and crew were there! So we packed up the girls (amy, me, anna, amber, baby jane (you can see her bonnet) and went on my favorite hike above the temple. It was fun. cousin amber was butt sliding down the hill. Anna kept signing "down" - so I put her down and she copied amber butt sliding it down the hill. It took a LONG time to get down (:

When we got home Uncle andy and Aunt virginia were here with cousins remi and chole. Anna likes to follow Remi around (he's 6 mo older than her). Well she loves to follow all the cousins around. So we've just been chatting and now they are all at cherry hill and anna is down for a nap. I think I may join her.........

thanks for camera bry and breea! its really nice and fast to upload to blogger!

Anna Today

Just some things about anna today.

I'm trying to get her to tinkle on the potty. It's early i know - but hey worth a shot. She peed on the floor 3 times today. Awesome. She'll start peeing while she's standing, so I put her on the pot and she holds it - stand her up and she pees - put her on and she holds it.......... golly gee.

She fell down the stairs today at the park. It was very traumatic for me. I was waiting for her on the slide. I have to remember that she's not as big as I think she is.

She is a signing maven. But none of her signs really make sense. She looks at me like I'm supposed to know what she means when she signs combobulated forms of more/help all day. Its really cute. She does know our made up sign for hot and knows when things are hot. I guess its good that she burned her hand on the griddle a week ago! Now she won't get near it!

She is a big helper with the laundry. She puts the clothes in the washer and pulls them out the dryer and shuts the door. She is a big helper in the car. I was wiping down the dash and stuff and she grabs and wipe and starts wiping everything down. I hope her helper attitude continues.

she is starting to go to toddler time instead of baby time. It's scary for her. She won't leave my lap. But she loves it at the same time.

She wanted corn today. She pointed it out in a book. So we went out the back yard and picked some. When I shucked it she got so excited she couldn't handle it - she grabbed that corn and gobbled it down. She was pretty mad at me when I took it away to cook it.

I taught her how to turn on and off the light switch yesterday. She can't get enough! As soon as we go in the bathroom she's got to turn the light on and off on and off (its a great distraction for her while i change her diaper)!

She knows the sound a lion makes. Whenever we see one in a book she growls. She also stops everything she is doing and looks out the window when she hears a dog barking. If only she wasn't so afraid of them when we get near!

I love this little pea. Its amazing all the new things she learns every day! I hope I'm teaching her to be a kind loving and responsible person.