My Little Princess

Lately Caylin has been my little princess; really getting into the "girly" stuff. I love it because for so long all she really cared about was trucks, tractors, and watching sports with daddy. The other day we went on a hunt to find a princess crown for her and I was so happy to find this little number from Target, complete with the necklace, earrings and ring (she even completes the theme with her princess fruit snacks)! She is so funny with it and loves it!

So did anyone else know that Tuesday nights at Baskin Robbins is $1 kiddie scoop night? I was in heaven when I figured this one out (especially since I've been craving ice cream lately)! I tutor on Tuesday nights, so when I left, I told Caylin that if she was good I would bring her some ice cream home. I called when I was done, and she answered the phone with "Hi mommy! Mommy, you bringing ice cream?!" My mom said that she had been patiently waiting all night for her ice cream, so I rewarded her with some chocolate chip. She was so excited and I think this just might become a tradition!This is the face she gave me when I told her to say "Cheese"! I love it!

Shaun the Sheep

So Caylin and I have found a new favorite show, if you could really call it that, because the clips are only 5 minutes long on TV. Anyway, we have found "Shaun the Sheep" on Disney Channel. We are big fans of Wallace and Gromit, and this is so cute, and so hilarious. Caylin goes nuts whenever it comes on, and I have even set the DVR to record them. Check out the clip on the right and you will see what I mean!

The Day of Reasoning and President Monson

So, for those of you who really know Caylin know what a little stinker she is when she comes to eating. It is like pulling teeth to get her to eat anything most of the time. She still won't even touch bread, and no, not even the sacrament! Her meal choices at this time consist of waffles, oatmeal, cereal, corn and chicken nuggets. Most of the time she opts for cereal, but every once in a while she has been known to throw us for a loop and actually eat something different. Well, for a while now I have basically given up on trying to get her to eat a variety of foods and just say that at some point she'll understand enough to let me reason with her. I am happy to say that I believe that day is in the near future! Today at lunch I got her a Happy Meal, and usually if she sees the french fries she won't even consider eating anything else. I told her today that if she ate some of her chicken she could have some french fries. She didn't even put up a fight and ate the whole thing! I was shocked! She got a few french fries and I tried it again. It worked! I cannot even tell you how surprised and happy that made me! Hopefully now we can coax her into trying something new every once in a while, and maybe she might even be willing to touch the bread, although eating it may be something entirely different!

On a completely different note, I had the Presidential Inauguration on the other day as we were playing in the living room. After a while Caylin went in her room and began playing. She grabbed something and said, "I go see Monson." I asked her what she said, and she said again, "I go see President Monson!" and then proceeded to go out in front of the TV and play again. Wrong President, but I just had to laugh!

All Tuckered Out

This is how I found Caylin the other day when I went in to check on her during her nap. It doesn't look too comfortable to me, but whatever works, I guess!

St. George

Okay, so I realize this post is really far behind, but my camera has been a little stinker and wouldn't let me get any photos from it. So that's my excuse.

We drove down to St. George on New Year's Eve to spend time with Colby's family. It was such a fun trip, although I was freezing the entire time, but at least there wasn't any snow! The girls got in lots of shopping and the guys even got in a round of golf. Caylin just loved having kids around all the time to play with.

New Year's Eve - love the half evil eye?
partners in crime - Caylin and Haley

we went swimming, and when I put her swimsuit on, she danced around on the bed saying "Halloween costume!!!" - I guess it's been a while since she's been in the pool!

she loved cousin Josh's bike and rode around forever - too bad we really don't have anywhere to store one for her right now

all ready to go, although I don't know where

what would a Utes victory be without a victory dance?
(Creed, Colby, Tyler, John, Brett)

it just kept going and going, but then again, can you blame them?!

Go Utes!

Christmas Eve and Christmas

I am so sad that the holidays are really over, but it was so much fun this year. We started off Christmas Eve with an early present from Uncle Creed and Aunt Amanda. They brought over this super cute vacuum for Caylin. She absolutely loved it! She had seen one at her cousin's a couple of weeks ago, and cute Amanda vowed she would find one for Caylin for Christmas.

After the traditional Healey family movie on Christmas Eve (this year's flick was Tale of Desperaux, and unfortunately because of a busy toddler, I missed the entire middle section of the movie) and a much needed nap, we went to my grandparents' for pizza. Even though you can't tell much from the picture, Caylin went to town on that peppermint fat boy ice cream. She also really loves her mimi!

Opening pj's on Christmas Eve.

I'll just explain now that it's a good thing I got a picture of the new pj's the night before, because Christmas morning didn't get off to a smooth start. I'll spare the details, but I will say that I was awakened by the unmistakable sound of a dirty diaper over the monitor, and a good load of laundry and a shower soon followed for Caylin.

All month long she would tell you that Santa was going to bring her a bike, and that is the first thing she saw when she walked out to look at the tree. We had a hard time getting her off it to open anything else.


The only thing she legitimately asked for herself (without mommy or daddy feeding her ideas) was "ABC cereal." That was an easy wish to fulfill!

After opening presents at our house and getting ready, we went to my parents'. Caylin was spoiled once again. She got the cutest outfit for the baby Stella doll my mom got her last year. She also got a "fort" so that she and mimi don't have to drag out the card table and blankets every time now! This was a big hit!

new shades!

nice hat! Our little family at the Healeys.

Caylin got a tutu, wings, wand and Tinkerbell doll from Haley.

She also got the cutest princess castle from Grandma Jill and Papa Fred, along with a cute book.

Our last stop of the day was at DeeDee and Grum's (my grandparents). I love this picture of Caylin and Papa laying on her new owl sleeping bag.

The sleeping bag came in a backpack and even had a flashlight and water bottle along with it. When she put this on and started running around, time all of a sudden flashed forward about four years (although I really hope she doesn't need to take lovey to school with her!).

That night my parents and my brother came over for pizza and a movie and to see all of Caylin's new toys. She really got spoiled, but it was so fun to see her with everything. The next morning when she woke up and started looking around her room, she kept saying, "I want that! I want that!" It has been a crazy couple of weeks, but it all went by way too fast. I just keep thinking how fortunate we are and how grateful I am to have the family and friends that we do.

Merry Christmas!

I can't believe to day is Christmas Eve already. I can't explain how excited I am to see Caylin tomorrow morning and see how she reacts to all the presents under the tree. Last year I was excited, but the only thing she really cared about was a package of peanut M&Ms from my stocking. She has been singing Christmas songs all month (Up On the Housetop and Santa Cwaus is Coming to Town being her personal favorites), enjoying opening up the advent calendar each morning, and searching for Christmas lights whenever we go out in the car. She loves to help me turn the Christmas tree lights on, and has even helped take the tags off some of the presents. What a magical time of year to experience all these joys through the eyes of a child, and it has been really neat to try and teach Caylin about the true meaning of Christmas and about the birth of our Savior. I wish that the season wasn't almost over and we could keep it around longer because I think Caylin and I will both really miss everything. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and get to enjoy time with your families and friends!

(I just had to post a pic of my little girly girl - she has really become ALL girl the last little bit and it has been so fun!)

I Need Daddy!

Almost everytime Caylin wakes up, either first thing in the morning or from a nap, she calls out "Mommy, where are you?" repeatedly until I come in and get her. The other morning I can hear her call out, and I turned over to see that it was still only 6:30 in the morning. Hoping that she may go back to sleep for a bit (which happens sometimes), I stayed in bed for a minute. She kept calling out to me, but I guess she realized that wasn't working because I hear "Mommy, where are you? I need daddy!" I couldn't help but laugh, and yes, I did go in and get her.

I Am a Child of God

So last Sunday I was sitting in the foyer with Caylin during Sacrament Meeting, and she turns to me and says, out of nowhere, "I am a kild (child) of God!" It caught me a bit off guard, but I couldn't help but smile and give her a big hug.

She was in the Primary program a few weeks ago along with the rest of the Nursery, and they were supposed to get up and say "My name is . . . I am a Child of God." She got up and said her name, and I told her the I am a Child of God part a bit fast, so she just said "God," but that's better than what she had practiced, which was either "My name is God," or "My name is Caylin, I am God!"

Anyway, she has been saying "I am a kild of God" randomly the past couple of days and it is so cute. While in the store the other day, she wouldn't stop saying it. I don't know if the people around us could really hear her, but it was so cute!

This is my Caylin after a sheet of stickers. She also had to have her glasses on because mommy did too.
I thought this was so cute! She was playing with her "tato bugs" the other day and I looked over and she had created this masterpiece all by herself! The pieces are even in the right places, although a bit crooked, but I have to say I was impressed!

Bus Ride to see Santa

Last week we went with Colby's family for the annual bus ride to see Santa. I was so happy it was actually decent weather so we didn't freeze.

Caylin is not a fan of Santa, so she was really hesitant to get near him. She is so funny because as much as she doesn't want to be around him, she still has to watch him and say hi to him, but from a distance. Pretty soon there will be too many kids to get all in one picture!

Santa gave out coloring books to all the kids, and Caylin was thrilled. Hopefully next year she'll want to sit on his lap!