No motivation.

I had absolutely no motivation to do anything yesterday. So I picked up a project I cut out a month ago and finally sewed it together. I found this pattern online and fell in love with it. It is Amy Butler's Birdie Sling. It his HUGE which is exactly what I need for a diaper bag/purse. (you can't really tell in this picture, but it has cute pleats on the top)
I always alter my patterns, so I added a magnetic snap to keep it closed, and a clip on the side to keep track of my keys (an idea from my cousin Ally-love it)

I found this online and altered it a little as well. It is a clutch to hold diapers and wipes, as well as a changing pad.

When it's all open, the top is the changing pad. I covered it with vinyl so it's water proof (just the changing pad side.)

And the pocket at the bottom holds the diapers and wipes.

I love it!! I should have no motivation more often.... :)

Cake class week 1

I just started a cake decorating class and this was my first cake. Not too shabby- especially since we only got about 20 minutes at the end of class to decorate it. I'm pretty much a perfectionist, so it took me an hour to ice the cake and it still wasn't as good as I wanted it! I was a little bummed to learn that this is the last time Wilton will offer this class because they've overhauled the whole program and it's all new starting next month! But I am taking the fondant class next month, which is what I'm really interested in.

(Yes, those are my kitchen counters that are pretty much the color of a yellow crayon. They are even more yellow in real life...)

I knew it!

I always knew it, but now I have justification that Caydence is the cutest baby ever. Yesterday I had a lady stop me and tell me she was a talent agent for Nickelodeon and Baby Gap, etc. and she was interested in Caydence. She gave me her card and asked when she could call me, but I was definitely not interested (the LAST place I want my child is in show business).

I shouldn't discredit the fact by telling you this was in the toy department at WALMART, and she was stopping EVERY person that walked by, and she was pretty trashy, but come on, tell me you wouldn't have stopped this:

13.1 miles + NO walking = AWESOME

Salt Lake City 1/2 marathon

We may have been really slow, but we accomplished our goal of not walking a SINGLE STEP! Wow, I still can't believe we did it (except that my legs are still feeling it.)

Lame.

Sometimes I am a lame parent. I know Caydence is our first child so we should be really excited about the holidays, and making them extra special for her, but I've been feeling absolutely no need to spend money on things she won't remember. Today is Easter. The "Easter Bunny" brought her $1 peeps and a $1 sucker, that's it. She hasn't even seen them yet. For her birthday we got her a soccer ball. That's it. We've never spent much on her for any holiday/birthday. I just don't feel like she needs a lot of money spent on her. After all, that's not what Easter is about anyways. And she's never going to remember. And she has everything she needs. She had fun at the Easter egg hunt with my fam, and that's really all the candy she needs.

Am I lame for not wanting to spend money on her? I just think I'd rather save our money. She doesn't know the difference, right?

We like to party!

All of the birthdays in our family seem to turn into a week-long event. Caydence's 2nd birthday was no exception.

We started with a combined party for Caydence and her great grandma (they share a birthday). We did it the week before their birthday because we had a bunch of family in town from California who wanted to join in the fun.

Caydence was pretty cute this year because she actually blew out the candles all by herself.

The birthday girls!

The ONE day a year I'm ok with Caydence being messy.

Dress up shoes from my mom.

The second party was with Danny's family. This was her cute cupcake.

She started out pretty clean.

Her cousin, Analyssa, gave her this purse and necklaces and she wouldn't take them off the whole time she was opening presents. Made for some pretty funny moments.

Party 3 was on her actual birthday. We had dinner with my family, and a couple more presents.

And more cupcakes, of course!

And more messes!
I still can't believe our little girl is 2! I feel like she was just born yesterday, but at the same time it feels like we've always had her. She is the joy of our lives. We love our Caydence!!

A SIDE NOTE (but still extremely exciting)

Danny got a new job! He'll be starting Monday for Goldman Sach's in SLC. We're really excited, especially for the better hours, better pay, and shorter commute!

This is how we celebrated. WINGER'S!!

Where has the time gone?!?!

I still can't believe it, but last night Danny and I celebrated our FOURTH anniversary! Crazy.

I surprised Danny with the entire night. He had NO idea what we were doing. I just told him to take the day off work because I had a lot planned.

We started the day at the Salt Lake temple. I LOVE that they still do live sessions. We even got to be the witness couple which made it even better!

We then had reservations at Donovan's- an amazing steak place in SLC. It was really good, and I just love the high-class atmosphere.
And we finished off the night with the funniest man ever. This is the 2nd time we've gotten to see him. I could watch him every day!

Pretty much the best night ever.