April is 2

I can't believe my baby is no longer a Baby. 2 years old!!!!!

April is perfect.

 

She is sensitive to others feelings. She will try comfort anyone who is upset including myself. 

BEST hugger ever. She is very generous with her hugs and squeezes tight. It's my favorite and will cure any bad mood. At evening prayer and scripture study she makes her rounds hugging and kissing everyone sometimes multiple times.

She is a CLIMBER (thankfully not out of her crib yet crossing my fingers on that one... I started working on this blog post 4-17-17. On April 18th she climbed out of her crib and banged on the door. 

I think my life just got really hard :/... oh April)

She climbs ladders and chairs and loves to play on the kitchen table.

SNUGGLER she loves to cuddle and snuggle. If a movie is going she immediately finds someone to snuggle up with.

BINKY GIRL all the way. This is going to be hard to get rid of. I'm not looking forward to that. Although now that Ron can sit with us in church now that should help!

DANCER She loves dancing. Certain songs make her especially excited. If one of her favorite tunes comes on she will go and recruit dancing partners. It's so sweet she will run up to me or whoever, grab our hands and babble excitedly while pointing to the "dance floor" (family room by the speakers) She also dances to the blender. Every time it's on she comes running to the kitchen and does stationary squats and bounces. It's adorable.

"Cheeser" smile. She gives the best "cheese" smiles anytime a camera or phone is out.

Cookie. This is her favorite word and thing in the whole world. If you say this word you better have a cookie to share or you are in trouble.

Words that she says frequently that we can understand:

Love you

Cheese

Cookie

Please

Bink and Drink sound the same

Mommy and Daddy

Callie

"Good-night"

"Where go?"

"Don't know"

April is literally the glue that holds this family together. She is a popular topic in our family evening prayers. "we are grateful that we have April to cheer us up" -- Noah 

That's exactly what she does EVERY single day of our lives. Cheers us all up.

Easter Sunday

The Easter Bunny brought Beach towels and water toys for all the kids this year. He must have known we were planning a Beach trip soon.

Hopefully this is the last family picture with out Ron (He was in church meetings). I have mixed feelings on this wonderful Sabbath day. I love this time of year (not so much the sugar crazed kids or the bunny junk) I love the reminder of our Saviors atonement and resurrection. Church was absolutely beautiful today with musical numbers and talks that made me weep. Primary children sang one of my favorites Gethsemane. Ron has served as a member in our church bishopric for the past 4 1/2 years. It's gone by so fast. He has put a lot into his calling and I have happily (most of the time happily) supported him. He will be released this next week and while part of me is happy to have him around a little more, the other part is nervous. Nervous for the unknown and nervous for change. The OCD planner in me likes to have things mapped out. I KNOW I'm going to miss certain aspects of him serving. I have felt the Lords hand in my life many specific times in the past few years. I know my family has been watched over and I'm sure that won't stop but all the same I'm grateful for the Lords gentle pushes and my little guardian angels looking out for me. Guiding me shaping me and helping me to be better and do better. I'm grateful for my struggles. And I'm thankful for my forever family. Happy Easter all! I know he lives. And I know He loves us.

One of the BEST parts of Ron's calling (in my opinion) was his presence in primary. This is the closest we have ever come to having a calling together. As the bishopric member over Primary he would visit primary often and even taught sharing time once a month. It was really fun to watch him go out of his comfort zone and teach the children. It's sad to me that he won't be in there anymore but I look forward to having him around a little more. They better not change my calling because I'm convinced it's the greatest calling in the whole world. I LOVE primary. Not just because my kids are in it (that's an added bonus). I love the spirit that is there, I love primary music, I just love EVERYTHING about it.