It's a boy!!

Hello all family and friends...we don't know how many get a chance to look at our blog (since we don't seem to update it as much as we should), but for those who didn't know the exciting news, let us share it with you all: We are pregnant and are having a baby boy sometime in December! He is due 4 days before Eden's birthday, so hopefully he'll come earlier than later. As far as a name for our son, we're still working on it. The goal is to have something long before the labor begins...and once he's here, you'll be sure to see a lot of pictures. Until then, we'll just imagine him looking as Eden did, a lot of soft hair and chubby cheeks.

Playing the piano

Is the hair of Mozart, Bach, Mendelssohn? Or is it just a baby playing her own interpretations on the piano? Each day she gets a little bit better on the piano, nothing like the primary songs, but it's still pretty in it's own little way...

...the only thing that could make this better was if the piano was actually in tune. Maybe when we start paying for lessons we'll invest in a newer piano, until then, this one seems to work just fine!

Pigtails

A few weeks ago I realized that Eden's hair was getting too long for just a clip, so I went out and bought some hair ties. I don't do my hair often, so I'm far from expert level, but I wanted to see her face and eyes, so I gave it a try. She screamed at first, tried to pull away, but I was determined. So I put on a Veggie Tales and with her focus on something else, I was able to get the deed done!
Here is the end result, a beautiful girl with beautiful eyes. (now the trick is to convince her to keep them in)

The Easter Duck

At Easter we went to a few Easter egg hunts, one was with our play group at Autumn Anderson's home. She filled Easter baskets with all sorts of fun treats for little kids, one was this small candy duck. Eden loves duckies and will imitate their sound all the time. But when we put her in her high chair and presented this duckie, it took her a moments of looking at the duckie before she noticed the surprise it held within as it began to melt in her hands. This was by far, her favorite Easter treat.

At the Zoo

A few weeks ago we went to the Zoo in Salt Lake with our play group. Eden had been to the Zoo before, but this time she knew some animals and could imitate some animal sounds.

Eden had to get a picture with the giraffe, both Eden's and Daddy's favorite animal.

We also took a ride on the carousel. This had to be by far Eden's favorite experience. She smiled the entire time as she rode her little tiger.

I tried to take video as much as possible of Eden at the zoo, but she was so excited that I couldn't get her to hold still. She saw the ducks, birds, turtles, and just about anything else you could find. By the end of the day she was exhusted and had a good nap for the long ride home.

Pucker fish

Eden has a talent she would like to show everyone...it is the pucker fish! She started doing this a few months ago, but only randomly, and she couldn't do it on command. She has now figured out how to do it on her own and will pucker up when you do it to her! It's so cute to see this little girl grow up and learn how to use her little body.

Are we ready for this?

For Eden's 1st birthday, great-grandma Smith gave her a cell phone. Of course it is a play princess cell phone, but she loves it. The phones Aaron and I have are not as nice as this one. Her phone is a flip phone and it even simulates taking pictures (accessories that we don't have on ours). She walks around with it and pushes the buttons and takes pretend pictures.

As you can see, she is much more knowledgeable with cell phones than I am...

she can already text message better than me.
What is this world coming to when a one-year-old can text better than her mom?