Happy Birthday Becca!

Today my baby turns 4. I can't believe she's so old! I thought I'd follow the example set by others and make a list of some of my favorite things about my wonderful little girl.

1. She has the best smile I've ever seen.
2. She wants to be friends with everyone she meets.
3. She is definitely a fashionista in training.
4. Hearing her count in Spanish always makes me laugh. "Una, dos, bles, watto..."
5. Her excitement is contagious, and she gets excited over everything!
6. She loves to share.
7. She has stopped cutting her own hair!
8. She says funny things every single day, many times a day.
9. She loves to cheer other people on, and she'll cheer herself on.
10. She loves to shake her booty and dance.
11. She is adamant that you call her by her name, whatever name she happens to have chosen for the day.
12. She is incredibly smart and learns so fast!
13. She LOVES Sunbeams.
14. She wants to be everything when she grows up. Nothing is out of reach for her.
15. She loves digging in the dirt as much as wearing nail polish.
16. She is fearless!
17. A kiss can still make everything all better for her.
18. Her bear hugs can knock you to the ground, and she loves giving them.
19. When she does something, she does it with all her energy.
20. She wants so much to do everything her older brother and sister do, and most of the time she can do it.
21. She runs nonstop until she drops in her tracks.
22. Her mood can change from happy to devastated to overjoyed in a matter of seconds.
23. Everything is her favorite!
24. She wants to include everyone in everything she does.

25. She is generous with her love and affection.

I am so lucky to have my Becca. Every day I am thankful for her. Becca (or Jo Jo or Pinky or Baby or whoever you are today), I LOVE YOU!

I'm not dead, I promise!

I know, it's been forever and a day since I've blogged. I'm not even sure I can tell you why or what I've been doing. But I'm almost never home, and even when I am I have a difficult time finding time to get to blogs. So I'm sorry I haven't been reading or commenting on your blogs. I'm going to try to be better about that. And I'll try to update all of you on what's been going on with me. Since it's getting close to midnight, I'll be brief tonight, but I promise to work harder at keeping you updated!

Becca had her birthday party yesterday. Her birthday isn't actually until Tuesday, but we wanted Scott's family to be able to come, so we had her party on Saturday. We decided to do an ice cream party, and it was a huge success! We had a couple of buckets of ice cream and a bunch of different toppings so everyone could pick what they wanted on their sundaes. I'll try to get pics up tomorrow of that. Now she's thrilled to be 4 (even though she's not quite yet), and she had a wonderful time at her pink ice cream party.

Tyler had the interesting experience of losing his first two teeth within a few days of each other, both in public! His first tooth came out in Jack in the Box. We were done with dinner, killing time in between gymnastics classes, and I decided to wiggle it a little. To everyone's surprise, it came out! Then a few days later, he was wiggling his other tooth in the middle of Sacrament meeting, and to everyone's shock, it came out too! He pulled out his own tooth! It was hilarious.

Rachel is thriving in school. I'm wowed at how quickly she is absorbing knowledge. She has also, after just one term, been moved up into the advanced grade school gymnastics class at The Little Gym. Her skills there are progressing rapidly, and I'm constantly amazed by her and how much she can do in every aspect of her life.

I'm actually getting to the gym again. I trade babysitting with a friend every morning, so from about 10:30-11:30 every morning, you'll find me at the gym! It feels really great to get back to it. I feel better, I'm lag less during the day, and I actually sleep better at night. I'm not sure what else I have to say about my life. I'm back to no dessert in my diet, I'm finally feeling competent in my calling at church, and I've made so much of Jenn's popcorn for my friends that it's becoming famous!

Scott is doing well. He mostly still likes his job, even though he works late most days. He enjoys his calling and is overall happy and busy. He's enjoying his X-Box 360. It took him less than 2 weeks to finish Halo 2!

So we're all (mostly) healthy and happy and doing well!