Bella's 1st Birthday

We did a ladybug themed party for Bella's 1st birthday because we call her our little bug :)

We had it at a beautiful park in Orem and couldn't have asked for better weather.

Our family and best friends were there to celebrate with us, and it was seriously just a perfect evening. (I tried to get pictures of everyone that was there, but as I was going through them, I noticed I'm missing some people! I was so busy with everything going on)

We played, talked, ate, laughed, opened presents, and of course watched Bella smash her cake!

(Erin helped me make the invitation)

Auntie Nicole and I spent allll day making the cupcakes and the cake the day before the party. I couldn't have done it without her! In fact, the cake was mainly her and I was just her helper. I thought everything turned out cute!

I also made chocolate dipped strawberries with dots to look like ladybugs, had red and black licorice, and red and black m&m's for some other treats too.

Momma Sanford made her delicious potato salad, and Dani made a yummy chicken dip and we had rolls, chips and carrots to go along with everything (oh and red kool-aid to drink to get the red ladybug theme in there).

 

I hung a clothesline of pictures of Bella above the food table of months 0-12

Bella literally smashed her cake. She was squishing it inbetween her fingers forever before she even took her first bite, it was so funny! After she realized she had an audience responding to what she was doing, she totally put on a show and would raise her arms up and cheer after each bite. Here's a little video her cake smash:

Bella was so happy the entire night and it was great to have everyone who loves her in the same place. We're so grateful for such amazing family and friends to share these moments with!

Splish Splash

Over the weekend we went swimming with the Normans at a new indoor pool in Herriman. 

I'm not a huge fan of indoor pools, but it was supposed to rain and it was fun to let the babies splash around.

I'm such a girly girl when it comes to swimming-- I never wanna get my face or hair wet. Everyone took a turn on the water slide (including Bella.. Trevor went down while holding her) and wanted me to go too. After trying to avoid it forever, Trevor picked me up and carried me over his shoulder to the slide as I was screaming. I'm sure the little kids probably thought I was crazy. He promised me I wouldn't get wet, and then I came out completely soaked of course. Rick said it was so funny to watch. Oh man.

After swimming, we hung out at Steph and Rick's place and face-timed with Lessley while the babies played (and by that I mean while Bella made a complete mess of their living room and dumped out every.single.toy they had in their house, haha).

Born on the 4th of July

Trevor turned 29 (on the 4th of July-- which is why they have fireworks of course!) and he is not loving the fact that he's now in his last year of his twenties. He's kinda a little depressed about it actually. Sooo we kept it low key this year, which is exactly what he wanted. We had a BBQ with the fam and just hung out and enjoyed each other's company. It was a good day.
Happy Birthday to my amazing hubby!

Trevor's dad made these delicious, massive hamburgers-- stuffed with onions, bacon and cheese. So so good! (and the cut up hotdog is for Bella, which she devoured in minutes)

Oakley helped me put the candles in Trevor's pie. She wanted to put all pink candles at first, but I told her we should probably mix it up a little bit.

P.S. I got Trevor a nook color for his present and he is slightly obsessed with it (in a good way)-- I'm glad :)

Belle's Birthday

We celebrated Belle turning 1 at the Norman's house with cake and presents (and delicious fruit pizza for the adults)! 

I can't believe Belle is already 1. It seriously doesn't seem that long ago that Steph and I were both pregnant, imagining what our baby girls were going to look like.

 It was so fun to watch Belle with her birthday cake-- she totally put on a show!

There were lots of cousins there from Rick's side of the fam, so all the kids had fun playing together. Bella had a blast (We need to go up and play there more often)!

Trevor picked out this singing stuffed animal for Belle's present. This wasn't just any stuffed animal though, the lips actually moved one word at a time. Everyone was cracking up watching it because it was so funny! I don't think the picture captures how weird/funny this little creature is, but you can tell by Belle's face that it's definitely intriguing.

Splash Pad

We spent our Friday evening with the Normans playing in their splash pad. (It was still so hot at 6pm so we took advantage!)

I love love love being out in the sun. I swear I need to move to Arizona or somewhere that's hot all the time so I can enjoy it for more than 3 months. It is nice that we have seasons here, I just wish my favorite season was a tiny bit longer.

Father's Day

This was Trevor's first Father's Day!

I have a feeling Bella is gonna be a daddy's girl. I think she already is. He is the only person who can get her to laugh, and she will seriously crack up with him. It's the cutest thing ever to watch. A lot of the time we go wait outside for him to come home from work, and the second he pulls up in front of our house, Bella gets the biggest smile on her face and is such a happy little bug. She adores her daddy.

For our Father's Day celebration, we got together with all the Sanfords and had a BBQ. Trevor was beyond excited to have steak-- it'd been forever since we've had it (probably since last summer actually, cuz the weather hasn't been good enough to bust out the grill).