The faith of a 3 year old

This morning's prayer had the typical bless this food, help us to be safe and healthy, but then she went off on a limb...

Please bless us that we can play and have fun today and that the carpet won't stink. (We just had the basement carpet pulled up and new carpet installed because of previous renter's cats)

Then she said, "Please bless that Kristy's baby can get here safely and that she won't get fat." Yes that is right she prayed that Kristy wouldn't get fat- I just told her a couple weeks ago that i needed to go running because I had a fat belly. When she asked why, I told her that I ate too much when I was pregnant with Maddie and now I just cannot get it off, and I STILL eat too much. Guess she has been thinking about that in regards to Kristy's pregnancy. HA!

This afternoon she said she prayed that she wouldn't have any more diarrhea.

She is Hilarious AND I cannot help but want that kind of faith. (:

9 months and cannot keep up with her!

I tried to do my typical photo shoot to show how big she gets every month.  I love how it shows what they are doing as well as size.  However, now that she is crawling, I wasn’t able to catch many shots before she almost crawled off. 

Anna wanted to be the photographer for a moment, these are her photos….

Not to bad for a 3 year old eh?

Then I had to catch a few photos of the sisters (Anna still in her jammies). Can you tell they love each other? Anna adores Maddie! And if I could capture the moment Maddie sees Anna each moment it would be a priceless photo.

As far as 9 month stats go….

I still haven’t taken her to the doc for her 9 month check up, but she is about 16.5 pounds and (I’ll measure her tomorrow for the length).

Started crawling a little on her 9 month birthday and today is a FULL crawler! I need to baby proof a little bit better as she is definitely mischievous.  She also wants to be SO independent.

Today she started to growl like a lion.  She babbles all day long.  Loves to sign all done to tell me exactly that, when she is DONE with something.  It’s rather convenient.  Now I need to work on the other signs a bit more.

Has two teeth just barely breaking the skin (this week has NOT been a fun one as she has been uncomfortable).

Still a HORRIBLE napper, much like big sister was at this age. Though she has been sleeping through the night and wakes up at 6ish to eat then sleeps again until 8ish.

She just started this whiney cry which I hope doesn’t stay too long.

She is SO curious. And tries things over and over. She has a will of her own and is very picky about certain things.

Doesn’t like to eat sweet stuff, but LOVES veggies, pasta, crackers, and bread.  Will eat baby puffs all day long.

FINALLY took a bottle last week, which I think has helped her sleeping as I think she is finally getting a full tummy.

LOVES Mia, the dog, and will crawl to wherever she is and let her lick her like crazy. 

She is, as usual, a pure joy.  Her smile is addicting.  He snuggles are to die for. And her giggles are too cute. I need a clock to slow time down!!!

Love you Mads!

Little Miss Personality

I am loving the little things Anna does and says these days.  She has SUCH an imagination, that along with her enthusiasm makes for some funny moments. Here are some of my favorite moments I have been collecting and want to remember.

As we drove up to Artic Circle for dinner she exclaimed..  “I am going to LOVE this place!”

Watching TV shows, like Dora, she talks to Dora and follows along with what Dora asks her to do. After “helping” Dora get across the number bridge she said, “that was fun!”

When Dave comes home at night she will yell “Daddy’s home” and run to the garage.  Then inside the garage she screams, with her high pitched scream, “DADDY!!!”  It is so cute.

She hums along with any new song she doesn’t know. Then after about two times of listening she knows a lot of the words.

She knows the words to a country song and randomly sings it all the time, “Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight…”

On Sunday she asked how far Heaven was. After Dave responded, we don’t know she said, “ It’s probably 30 minutes away.”

Woke up the other morning, “ I was ‘out hot’ so I took my shirt off, then I got ‘out cold’ again so I put it on, the I got ‘out hot,’  I was ‘out hot’ TWO times!!”

She can be mid- thought in the car and see something and get distracted, “A train”  or “bingo” (her new game she learned from her Curtis cousins, she will say bingo for yellow cars), or her new favorite thing, living in Layton, “JET!”

She came up to us at the dinner table at my parents house with a mad face.  “Look at my shirt and skirt they are ALL red!”  We were expecting a tattle tale, then she said, “ it’s from the red berries!” Then Daddy cleaned it off and she went around naked (in her underwear) the rest of the afternoon as she waited for them to dry.  She didn’t mind one bit!

After driving past a construction zone, “that is crazy!  Craziness, that is SO CRAZY! Mommy, What does Crazy mean?”

We had a long conversation about the porta-potty out by the homes being built.  She thought is was so cool.  I told her it was so they had a potty while they were working.  She said, “I bet that is where Grandpa goes potty when he is at work!”  (not quite. (: )  Now whenever we drive by it she will exclaim, “There’s the construction potty” Right now as I type she is watching Dora and just turned to me and said, “I am so happy, guess what happened to the toys.  They flew up in the sky and went back to their owners!”  Oh she (Dora) sure loves her teddy bear!”  “That was my favorite part too,” when Dora got her teddy bear back.

“It’s like 30 pounds long!”

Tonight at Dinner we were having French bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.  I dipped my bread and showed Anna.  She said, “I like oil! I like to put my hands in oil.” Random.

She was playing with her nativity set and I came downstairs.  “Mom, the camel’s mother (the donkey) died and went to Heaven, this is heaven (the top stair).”  Me: “Oh sad how did she die?”  Anna said sweetly, “she had a bad heart.”   ( This is sweet and almost made me cry because she is referring to Grandma Karen who died when Dave was 14 years old when her heart failed)

She will remind me to “Shhhhh”  because “Maddie is sleeping,”  then 2 seconds later yell something or start singing loud.

When I asked her if she wanted to go to Primary instead of Nursery her response was, “NURSERY! Primary was too long”

Refers to the Burton cabin as “The little cabin” and the cabin at Snyder mill the “big cabin” and Snowbird condo as “ the big cabin up the mountains when I went with Kjersti and great grandma.”

How far is Michigan?  Why do we have to take a plane to get there?

“How long is California? (meaning how far)  When can we go to California?”

Pulled a shirt out of Maddie’s closet today, “it’s so darling!”

Hard kisses

I wrote these down in April…

“Please and tojunkl  ment”  I think she was trying to say Ladies and Gentlemen.  She would say this over and over.

“Is Grandma Karen in Heaven?  Do we take a plane to get to Heaven?  Is Heaven far far away? Where is it? What City is it in?”

I tried to tell her that I didn't believe her when she said she needed to go pee while she was in time out because of past experiences when it was an excuse to get out of time out. .  I said, "I thought you were crying wolf!"  To which she replied, "there aren't any wolves in my room!"

“What’s that Sneakyness doing?”

While blowing then popping bubbles she said, “delete, delete, delete”

July 31st-

“That’s RUDE!”

In the car we had a very awkward and hilarious conversation.  She asked me something and all I (and Dave) heard was “…..  What is it?”  I responded, “What are you talking about”  She said, “what IS it?”  Me: “I don’t know what you are talking about.” Anna:  “Why?… That is silly.  Daddy do you know?”

August 1st- Why are they lost? (the lost Boys on Peter Pan).  I said, Maybe because they want to live there.  She said, “there is a huge home,  There are TWENTY lost boys!”

“I don’t Wike (like) Pirates, They’re MEAN!”

“Let’s get out of this room, it smells awful!”

She asked when her birthday was so I told her in sequence r of events,  Daddy’s birthday, Halloween, Maddie’s birthday, Christmas, Then her birthday.  “Whoa that is SO Soon!”  What is after my birthday?  I said Valentines. “OH! I woave (love) that day! It is SOOO Fun!”  I laughed and asked why? “Because we get to send people all sorts of nummy treats!”  (While eating dried Mangos)  “I bet Syd and Cait would WOAVE these Mangos!”

Favorite activities… Scissors and puzzles

One Day she surprised me with a clean (and VERY organized) playroom!

The “Little Cabin”

We love the Burton Cabin (or as Anna calls it the “little cabin”.) Dave’s Great- Grandparents built it.  Betty Lou’s red decorating is perfect. Dave’s Mom designed the loft.  Dave’s Dad built many things around the cabin.  And Dave’s whole extended family has enjoyed it for YEARS.  We truly miss Dave’s Grandma, Betty Lou, and her dancing moves to Stayin’ Alive, but we are forever grateful for the memories and now the opportunity to enjoy more family time up there.  I could fill this post with hundreds of photos from over the years, but the most meaningful photos are the reason I blog tonight.  Last Sunday we had ALL of Art and Betty Lou’s descendants at the cabin for dinner (minus Dave’s Mom, Karen, who passed away 15 years ago).

37 total people

2 of Art and Betty Lou’s children + 2 spouses, 1 son in law + 1 spouse

11 of Art and Betty Lou’s grandchildren + 7 spouses

14 great-grandchildren (including 5 infants all born within the last 10 months)

6 states represented ( 5 of those from the Richard Burton Family (:   )

1st time in over 15 years ( I don’t even know when) but I know not everyone has been there when I first started going.

It was a memorable night to say the least.  We had great conversations, lots of photos taken (Sarah I need a copy of the good one!), some joyful tears shed, renovation plans discussed, and most importantly LOTS of yummy food and too much dessert

Thank you Richard and Emmy for planning a GREAT EVENING!!

EVERYONE… (37 in all)

Children and Grandchildren

Grandchildren and Great- Grandchildren

Grand children and Great Grand Babies -  all born within 7 months of each other (isn’t Maddie’s Face hilarious?!)

Diane and Peter holding down the Kid’s table

Andrew Dave and Peter (one boy from each family)

Group shot in the quaint family room (remember we call it the “little cabin”)

 

Just Ask Anna what she thought of the night… ROCK ON!!! (She enjoyed it when Daddy put her PJ’s on her head!)

Scary Car Seat

Exhibit A – My little SWEETIE

Exhibit B – The CAR SEAT

Exhibit C – The POORLY installed car seat

Exhibit D – The MOUTH of an almost 9 month old

Exhibit E – Large piece of FOAM

Exhibit E was extracted from Exhibit D after she had it in her mouth for over 30 minutes without us knowing (we thought her small gags in the car were from the puff cereal she was eating in the car… she has a bad gag reflex like her mother). I went to nurse her and she started crying, it was then, in the dark I saw a foreign object in her mouth. I’M STILL SHAKING.

Hopefully the free replacement parts will actually work!!