I took Elese, James, Emily (cousins) and Nana to the Arizona Science Center. We intended on heading out to the Wildlife World Zoo but it started to rain. Needless to say, we made a slight detour and had an awesome time despite the rain.


Elese loved playing in the playhouse. She had a really good time running around. We actually had to pry her from the blocks.



Elese walked on this balancing mechanism. Her favorite part was sitting down and pulling off the knobs. She also enjoyed licking this metal pole that was slathered with germs.



Emily, Elese's cousin, laid on a bed of nails. She said that it felt like a massage.



James and Nana played a little game of tug-o-war. James won and Nana was a sore loser. She could not figure out how a scrawny little 12 year old could possibly have beaten her. I finally pointed out the sign that explained why. James was pulling from the top of the beam and Nana was pulling from the middle. It's easier to pull from the top due to the fact that the rope is being pulled on a pivot system. It was pretty funny to watch my mom become so flustered. Sorry Mom!



Nana, James and Emily went behind this screen to catch rocks. Of course, when Elese and I went behind the screen.... nothin'. I guess we're just not the rock catchin' type.

In the same room they had a face morphing screen. It was pretty fun to see the different ways you can morph yourself. Elese was so fascinated with the buttons that she never even got to see her ginormous head.


This exhibit was modeled after the movie Robots. They had all the robots from the movie and some robots from the past like R2D2. The kids got to play with domino's and walk around in robot shoes.

Elese just was fascinated with watching the kids create a dam using water and sand.



Elese loves being held by James.

Elese and I went to the Arabian Horse Show at West World. We mostly walked around and admired the beautiful horses. It was a fun little mommy and me outing.

Elese loves spaghetti! She makes such a huge mess.

Super Bowl

Elese, Garrett and I went to a Super Bowl party at the Dehmer's house. We had to tag along with Garrett while he ran some real estate errands. Elese grew tired of her car seat rather quickly, so I gave her a break and put her in the front seat of the car while Garrett was pumping gas. She had a blast trying to put the key in the ignition and trying to turn the car on. I had a quick flash that had something to do with a teenager and driving.... scary. Anyhow, we had a great time hanging out with daddy.

Elese and Brynn turns a year old!

Elese and Brynn were born on the same day. Brynn was born roughly 6 hours before Elese. We had a birthday party for the girls. Tara, my B.F.F., had no idea that the party was for Brynnie, too. It was fun being able to surprise her.

We had a ladybug themed birthday. We had chocolate suckers, made by Auntie Jen , black and red M&M's, black and red licorice, red hots, and hot tamales.
Elese and Brynn had their very own "smash" cakes!

Elese was very spoiled by all her presents!

Elese, Nana and Emily getting ready for her grand entrance!



And the party continues:



The gifts!

We went to visit my grandfather who is very ill. He loves to see Elese but can only take visits in small doses. Hopefully he enjoys the time he spends with her.

I know you can't even see it but trust me it's there. Today I was leaving my house with an arm full of stuff, including Elese in her car seat. As we were walking out the door I dropped a water bottle on her head. She of course cried but she wasn't the only one. I think I cried more than she did. I have never felt so bad and she took it like a champ. So here's the evidence that her mom gave her her very first bruise.