A Life of Charity

March 1, 2014

Ogden Train Station!

There's an old train station in downtown Ogden. There are now several different museums in the station and lots of old train cars outside. We went with the Roths and Sam while he was in town. I also got my first smashed penny from Ogden! FYI- I have a smashed penny collection. I even got one in Paris (I guess that's a smashed Euro though).

Play area at the train museum:

Old train cars outside:

Utah graffiti!

Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day we had the Roths and Sam over for dinner who was visiting from Washington. The girls had a great time playing dress up!

Charlotte even gave us a beautiful rendition of Katy Perry's Roar! It was a fun evening full of silly girls and the Winter Olympics!

February 13, 2014

13

Today on February 13th Hattie is 13 months old. She was born on the 13th day of 2013 in room 13 of the maternity ward. I think it's her lucky number!

Also, Happy Galentine's Day (for more info see here)!

Hattie's starting to climb! It's rather scary for me!

She is also starting to repeat words and phrases, loves ring-around-the-rosy, and could eat pesto pasta every night for dinner. Her only consistent words right now are 'hi' and 'bye' and also elephant noises.

Happy 13 months Hattie!

February 11, 2014

Growing up!

Exciting news! Hattie is now using a forward facing car seat. And she loves it! Car rides are way better when you can see your parents and out the window. A huge thanks to Megan and Joe for the car seat!

We also stopped by the little kid playground at the mall for the first time. She spent most of the time standing right by me and watching the other kids. Eventually she ventured out to say hello to the turtle:

Here she is all ready for a walk! It's been much warmer lately (in the 40s!!!)

She's starting to like girly things- like tutus, scarves, and especially mom's necklaces! Here she is wearing one of my scarves:

She's fascinated by the camera, but always wants to be on my side and see what I'm looking at. She's starting to smile when I ask her to and it's adorable! See?

We also put away the 9 month sized clothes this past week! She just keeps growing and learning! She's the best!

February 6, 2014

Seahawks!

In case you didn't hear- the Seahawks won the Super Bowl!!! I'm not a big football fan, but my husband is! And of course I root for any team from Seattle so it was exciting for them to win. I decided Hattie and I should dress up for Blue Friday (the Friday before the Super Bowl) but we didn't have any Hawks' gear. And we no longer live in Washington so I couldn't just go to any old store and buy some. Instead I made us some shirts using iron on transfers:

We went and visited Kurt (who was wearing his Russell Wilson jersey) to show our support in his rather anti-Seahawks office. And to show off Hattie of course :)

At one point while watching the Super Bowl I said 'dang it'. I'm glad I don't use worse language:

Adorable! Sadly, it was a one day word. She no longer says 'dang it' even with prompting. Go Seahawks!

January 17, 2014

1st Birthday Party!

For Hattie's first birthday party we did a Dumbo theme! Why? Because of this picture of me on my first birthday!

I made a crown for her to wear...it was a bit big and made her ears stick out, but we decided that fit in with the theme:

And here's our circus tent table!

The tickets around the edge of the cake are from an arcade in Seaside, OR. Kurt and I went there with a group of friends and won the tickets before we were even dating (I save a lot of stuff).

Hattie loved the cake! She broke it up into pieces first and then went to town! And made a mess.

We didn't get pictures of everyone, but here's Hattie with Charlotte and then with Sarah and David:

Thank you to the Roths (the Joe Roths and the Gordon Roths) and the Fletchers for coming to celebrate Hattie! We're so glad to have you nearby and are incredibly grateful for your love and support!

And here are Kurt, Hattie, and me on our first birthdays. She definitely got my hair!