A Birthday, Christmas, And A New Year

We are so excited to start another Year together. Natalie has been such a joy! We are anxious to see what 2011 brings for us. Daniel and I are both working hard and keeping busy with our little one. We are loving Arizona. Being close to family has been great, and also getting visits from Daniels family makes it even better. We hope this next year will be even better. We want to be healthy, stay fit, save, maybe a vacation or 2, or even start to grow our family by the end of the year :0) I love Daniels optimism it really helps me keep my mind on track. So my ultimate goal is to be positive, and look for the good in everything I do.

Natalie is 9 months old! We have enjoyed every second with her. She is crawling, waving, climbing, standing, and saying ma ma! She loves to feed herself, and loves her veggies. This is a fun age and am looking forward to another month of new milestones! Maybe she'll start walking!!! Natalie loves her cousin Harlo, she always gets excited to see her. It's so cute they will lean in to eachother to give kisses. Too cute!

Daniel Celebrated his 27th Birthday! We were lucky to have his dad in town to celebrate the holidays with. Daniel is such a hard worker. I appreciate and love him so much!







It was Natalies First Christmas!! She loved all of her presents. I thought for sure she would be all about the wrapping paper.. but nope! She wanted her presents :)

Thanksgiving/Sedona!

Thanksgiving this year was so fun!! Daniel's mom and stepdad came in town from Victoria B.C. I am so lucky to have such wonderful inlaws! We had such a great "feast".. Daniels Turkey was by far the best turkey I have ever had. I watch all the shows on food network... I idolize Bobby Flay (and yes I did make his vanilla pecan pomegranate roasted brussel sprouts which were amazing) I compare Daniel to him!! Daniel makes perfect meat. It is always tender juicy and full of flavor. So Daniel has one uped Bobby Flay!!!

We also headed off to beautiful Sedona. that place makes me excited to be old. It's the best place to retire to! The homes all have breath taking views of all the red rocks! Living in Az has it's benefits. You can drive 2 hours and be in snow! We had fun.



We also took Natalie Horseback riding! She loved it!

Baby Colt!

Congratulations to Sam and Amber and their beautiful baby boy Colt Steven Daley! Amber did absolutley amazing! The whole family is doing great! I was honored to be in the room when little Colt was born. It was a very beautiful and spiritual experience witnessing a new life enter into our world. Amber and I arrived at the hospital around 1 pm, Sam followed shortly after. Amber was calm and in no pain!!! By 9pm she was ready to push... 23 minutes later Colt was here! It was so amazing to be apart of his birth. It made me excited to have another baby (not any time soon!).

All about Natalie...

Our beautiful Natalie is 7 1/2 months! It is so fun to see her grow. Everyday she's learning something new. In the last month she's clapping, waving, she can go from laying on her back to sitting all on her own, she lays on her back and scoots around the house, and of course eating solids. So much in a month.. i'm excited to see what the next month will bring.

Speaking of solids...

Something I love is making Natalies baby food! It saves so much money doing it your self and it's fun. I couldn't do it with out my vita mixer. I have this awesome baby food storage container that freezes perfect portion so I can make a lot and use as much as I need through out the week. Lately I've just been blending up what we have for dinner for her. The other night we had turkey burgers and sweet potatoes.. so did she! I'm not being shy really with seasoning her food (i of course watch out for salt) but as far as spice i've been more lenient. She is getting to the point that she won't eat the store bought stuff... uh oh another food snob :)

Long Time No Blogs!

Seriously I have not Blogged since we were in Washington!! So much has changed! Our little Nat-a-tat is 7 months! We Live in Arizona! Well... I guess that's really all that's happened! We are loving it here! Being close to my family is great! We love our little house.. especially just being a few doors down from Amber and Sam. We are both loving our jobs. Daniel is a chef at Whole Foods, and I'm a stylist at Habit Salon. So it's been a pretty smooth transition. We do need to get back on top of our finances (the move was not cheap)... we want to go on vacation!! :)

What I'll Miss

I am kind of freaking out! We move to Arizona in less than 2 weeks!! I thought I would totally loose it by now, but I have a strong stable husband that keeps at least the tips of my toes on the ground. If he wasn't so mellow I would have lost it. There is so much I wish we could do before we go, but we just don't have the time. I guess I will just have to reminisce instead.
I WILL MISS....

#1 The city. It is gorgeous here. The mountains, the water, the rain! I will miss it all!
#2 My Friends! They have challenged me and inspired me to be better!
#3 The food! I know I know... Daniels a chef, but the northwest has something the southwest doesn't! Fresh Seafood!

4 months.... and I'm a little worried!

Little Miss Natalie Parker only 4 months old and is getting a little too close to the boys! I thought we wouldn't have to worry about it until she was a teenager.. but I'm wrong... Daniel's going to have to watch her like a hawk... these boys are putting the moves on to his little princess :)