No Nap For Ali

With a face like that how could I not let her skip her nap? :) Although I might feel differently later....

Just Shopping

We were at Ross the other day and we stuck these cute earmuffs on Ali. I'm holding her hands down because she wouldn't keep them on. But, she did flash a quick smile for Daddy's phone! Oh, and this little darling now has her 3rd tooth as of today! Strangely enough it's a top molar! I was told that Down's kids get their teeth in a random order.... get ready for some crazy toothy grins!

Ali's Favorite Christmas Gift

This is Ali's favorite Christmas gift this year... a box. It came from her birth-grandparents, and it had a doll attached. But after taking the doll off, she just wanted the box. I keep thinking I need to throw it out, since it looks like I just have garbage on my floor, but I can't bring myself to do it. She plays with this box EVERYDAY! She actually 'reads' it. She holds it up and looks at the back and talks in a very loud voice as if she is reading the words on it. It's hilarious! So, if you come to my house, just know the box is a toy, not garbage!

Working on Crawling

These are the many positions Ali goes through to get to things on the floor. She does ultimately get there though! :)

Messy, messy, messy...

Ali is such a clean eater.... unless Sesaly is feeding her! We had a wet-wipe bath after this meal, as well as an outfit change!

Standing Like A Pro

This little cutie is standing like a pro these days! She's got great balance and core strength, she can even dance a little while standing!

Finger Painting

Ali did a little finger-painting with yogurt tonight. She was hesitant at first, but ended up making some beautiful art! Then it was off to the tub!

Christmas Help

Ali kind of fizzled out on opening her presents in the morning, so Sesaly and Howie came and helped her out in the afternoon!

Can you tell that Ali loves these girls??

Christmas 2011

Ali seeing what Santa left her in her stocking!

Aliyah liked to taste a lot of her presents...

And gifts!

Ali was so excited she just kept making this face and sticking her arms straight out! So stinking cute!

Aliyah's birth-Grandma made this beautiful aphagan/blanket for her. She loves it!

All ready to head off to church!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I will now be posting on our blog again! :) My shutterfly account only allows so many posts... boo. We had a wonderful Christmas with our little family, on the 23rd, we went to SLC and visited my Dad and his fiance, Karen. It was great, we went swimming and saw the lights at Temple Square. It was crazy busy, so we made it quick!

Ali got to visit Santa and Mrs. Claus at the local grocery store. She thought they were great! She was probably just very comfortable due to Santa's Diet Coke throne! :)

Yes, Aliyah only has eyes for Sesaly.... you can kind of tell that Ali is smiling at her in this photo. She thought she was pretty cool sitting there with Howie and Sesaly.

Great-Grandpa and Grandma Stephens came and brought Ali a gift! She was more interested in them than opening the gift! Although she did very much appreciate the gifts! More Christmas posts to come!

What we have been up to....

We have been having a BLAST with this little baby! :) We are so excited to have her sealed to us in June! I know I'm terrible at updating this blog, but I've been busy updating my baby blog. So, to find out how we're doing... hop on over there!

ADOPTED!

For any of you who don't know, we have adopted a beautiful baby girl! She has her own website http://worthwaitingfor.shutterfly.com However, you will need a password to enter the site. If you are interested, email me (celestebrower@hotmail.com) or leave a comment with your email! Thanks!

Domesticated!

I'm not sure if it's the change in the weather or what, but I've been busy trying new things lately. Whitney and I canned salsa (for the first time ever), and we made cute little Halloween lanterns with Mod Poge and tissue paper. Then I made some delicious apple dumplings tonight ... FROM SCRATCH! :) They are delicious and I'm quite proud of myself!

OLD Grandma's

So, as most of you know I spend an un-healthy amount of time with Whitney (my sis.) and her 2 girls. :) I use them as my proxy children so I don't get too sad about having none of my own. Whitney is nice enough to let me use them all of the time and invade upon her home daily.

Sesaly is always saying crazy things. Here's the latest:

Sesaly: Aunt Awest (Celeste), did you know that Jaq (her cousin) got stung by a bee?

Me: Yes

Sesaly: He's ok now.

Me: I'm so glad!

Sesaly: It didn't happen at Jaq's house, it happened on Grandma-with-the-puppies (my mom) birthday, but she didn't have her birthday at her own house, she had it at my OLD Grandma's house (my mom's mom), it's not the Grandma-with-the-Earl (Whitney's mother-in-law.. Earl is a dog). It's my OLD Grandma.

Me: I know, I was there.

Sesaly: Oh yeah.

So, apparently only Great-Grandma's are old.... the other ones aren't! :)

Stuart's Lesson

Stuart is the new Young Men's President in our ward, so he has to teach tomorrow (the 5th Sunday so it's combined YM/YW). He's doing his lesson on the theme for the year Joshua 1:9, he's talking about courage and standing up for what you know is right. So, I made these Back To School Survival Kits for the youth in our ward. They all started school this last Thursday, so it's kinda fitting. I think they turned out pretty cute though.

These are the magnets I made to put in the kits, they were super easy. Just some clear rocks, bright paper, magnets and mod podge. Super easy and super cute!

Save the Tots!

Today I was making Sunday dinner. While I was using a hotpad to help me drain the greenbeans, the steam from the beans must've gotten my hotpad wet. I then proceeded to get the tatertots (don't be jealous of our gourmet dinner!) out of the 450 degree oven, the heat from the pan went right through the wet spot on my hotpad and burnt my finger. So, I being the genius that I am, immediately grabbed the 450 degree pan with my other BARE HAND! And rather than waste a tray of tatertots, or grab the pan back with my protected hand, I held onto it until I set it on the counter (while yelling profanities). Needless to say, I have a very sore index finger on my left hand. :( The moral of the story is: BEWARE OF WET HOTPADS!!!

Little Lark

Stuart got me a kitten for my birthday!!! Here she is, Lark. I LOVE calico cats, and Whitney and Heidi drove all the way down to Ogden to get her for me. We recently found evidence of mice in our garage (which I cleaned out for Stuart's birthday), so we thought a cat is our best option! Lark is so sweet and she loves to be held. It's hard to stick her out in the garage already, but she has a nice little set-up and that's kind of the point. Thanks Honey!!!

Flowers

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Stuart's been gone camping for a few days this week, and I have been hanging out with Whitney and her girls. This is the project we took on, after cleaning out my garage (pictures to come). I think they turned out pretty cute. Sesaly wanted a picture with the flowers, it turned out a little creepy.

Cruise In

We went to the Cruise In parade with Whit and Paul (and their friends Brad and Brittany) on Saturday. It was a nice night, we saw some awesome cars, and some that probably shouldn't have been in cruise in. :) Isn't Sesaly so cute in this picture?

Happy 4th!

For the 4th of July this year we had a fun BBQ at Whitney and Paul's house!

This is the cute cake I made for the 4th! I wish I could say it was my idea, but I got the idea here. Still, I am very impressed with myself that it turned out!

Then we had fun with some fireworks while watching USU's fireworks. And a few people (Stuart and Paul) who were a tiny bit obsessed with the lighters! It was a very fun night!