Potty Tranning!

I cannot believe that I am actually starting to potty train my baby!!! As I was holding her in the potty last night trying to sing in a very animated way, I started to shed some tears. It hit me like a ton a bricks that my baby is no longer a baby and once she starts wearing underwear she will officially be considered a big girl to me. It's so sad! Miya is doing great! She loves to get Elmo stickers and loves to show her Daddy when he comes home. She likes to look in the toilet afterwards to see the great "stuff" mommy is cheering and going crazy about. She then likes to turn around and give me a high five. I love our little miya. I have come to learn to cherish every second that I have with her because they just grow up too fast.

Dancing It Up

I am so excited to announce that Miya was signed up for Dancing lessons!!! I have been waiting for this, for so long. Miya will dance to any Music anywhere, anytime! We took her to her first Dance concert last week to watch Vibe-The Evolution of Dancing in Provo and she absolutely enjoyed every minute of it!! She would get up and Dance, if the girls were shaking their bum, Miya would shake hers! If they were kicking their legs, Miya was kicking her legs! I was laughing so hard! She would clap and scream just like the rest of us. I was entertained by the show but a lot more by Miya "trying" to move like the dancers.

Her lessons start next week at Dancing It Up in Bountiful and I cannot wait! In Miyas words..."Woo Hoo!"

Check out Dancing It Up! It is a new Dance studio that will open next week. It is owned by my good friend Cami Bryson, who is an excellent dancer. Other then having excellent instructors it is also very affordable! For more information call Cami at 801-635-5450

Covey Theater-Vibe-The Evolution of Dancing

I wish my camera phone could have captured Dancing Miya but unfortunately it was too dark!

Christmas 2008

Very Late Post. I'm still trying to catch up!

Christmas was so fun this year. It was all about Miya! Paper cuts from wrapping gifts was so worth the reaction we got from her the next morning! She was excited to see that George had made it to our house and since everything else was wrapped up she did not care for anything else but George. As soon as Daddy helped open the first gift she realize that fun and great things were under all the wrapping paper. It took us forever to open up her presents b/c she wanted to play w/ each and every one of them after she unwrapped them. Her big and most favorite present was her baby set. She played with her baby all day and it was so cute to watch her care for her baby doll. We had a wonderful Christmas and loved every second spent with each other.

Santa made it to our home!!!

Unwrapping her Favorite present

She loved everything she got, she didn't know what t play with next!!

Daddy helping Miya with her baby Miya had to have her baby with her at all times!

First Snow Of The Season!

Miya got to play in the snow for the very first time and she absolutely loves it!! She loved eating the snow (gross!), jumping into piles of snow and then crying b/c she couldn't get up, but most of all she loved the fact that she was playing outside!!! It has been hard trying to keep her busy inside so it was a luxury to play outside!! The snow was fun the first day but now I want it to be over!

Trying to Catch Up

While Aunt Jenny made this amazing 4 layer rasberry cake Uncle Stephen gave Miya a little treat! Miya's new thing is to put her clothes on or our clothes and shoes on all by herlself. She tries...really hard. The outcome...hillarious.

7 Days Till Christmas

Yay! It's that wonderful time of year again. I love Christmas! This year I am very excited to open presents w/ Miya. She is going to be so much fun! My highlight of this month has been watching Miya kiss baby Jesus. Every time she sees a manger she grabs baby Jesus and kisses him a million times and then will rub its face oh so gently. I Love It! I am trying to teach her what Christmas is really all about but for a toddler the whole Santa and presents thing is all that matters. Can't hurt to try. Well for those of you who have E-mailed me about our blog, I'm sorry! I have been to busy to blog let alone send out the invite. So, So, sorry! I will be better. Thanksgiving was so fun this year. My family came out from Arizona and we had so much fun eating our favorite food, playing boardgames and teasing each other. It was a blast. Thanks Dad and Mom for coming out! We went to Temple Square to see the lights. It was so magical! The Rogers Family + my brothers BFF who we call our adopted Brother(bottom left.) They are attached at the hip and well, he joined the Family pic. "The Roger Girls"

A Perfect Heart

On Sunday Miya's friends and cousins dropped by to wish her good luck, along w/ some sweet cards and presents....Thank You, from the bottom of our hearts! On our way to the hospital... Playing w/ toys while waiting. Miya was a little loopy. They had just given her some drugs to calm her down. It was quite funny seeing her tilt her head back, close her eyes, rock from side to side and giggle. Our Family before heading to the OR. Pre surgery...The Amazing Dr Gray who fixed Miyas heart! Post surgery...First time I held Miya after her surgery in the recovery room and our awsome master suite for the night.We could not believe that Miya had a perfect heart and she was in our arms. Best feeling I have felt in 2 yrs!!!! One out of 4 EKGs Miya had to get done. This one was right after her surgery. While holding Miya, she decided her tummy was not settling and threw up all over me. The nurse was so kind to find me this wondelful scrub outfit. Quite cumfy I might add. Miya had to lay flat on her back, legs straight for 6 hrs after her surgery. Let me tell you it wasn't easy but she was so wonderful the whole time. She did it w/ only one small tantrum. Her first "yummy" after surgery...graham cracker. Miya had taken over the only comfy couch in our room so we put her in her bed for a while and was happy as long as she had her show on. The Fam. We were so relieved but now so exhausted! Miyas first wagon ride after her 6 hrs of laying flat were up. She loved it! We were so happy to see a big smile on her face. These were going to be our sleeping accomidations, Me on this couch, most likely w/ miya and stu on the rocking chair until our wonderful nurse brought us a big bed. Our Master Suite! Yea Baby! Our 2 am wagon ride. Miya could not sleep and kept crying through out the night. We finally decided to take her on a wagon ride. She was so happy and we were so dead! We walked around the hospital for about an hr and it made us feel good to see her so happy. No more Mommy!!! This was her last EKG and echo but she could noe longer do it anymore. It broke my heart! I wanted it to be over just as much as she did. Only Daddy could comfort her. It's Over!!! She was so happy...she new she was going to go get "yummmies"... Breakfast "Yuuuummmmyyyy!" She was in heaven eating her breakfast. She wanted no help!! Last Oui! I helped the nurse take her dressings off. The funniest part was when we took her IV bandage of her hand. She looked at her hand and started kissing it and licking it. It was so cute and funny. She just went around saying "YAY!!" while kissing her hand. It's Over!!!! Lets go home and sleep!!!! Miya said goodbye to the elevator fishes. Always have faith and hope!