one last Utah note

It was also London's birthday while we were there.  She turned three, and since she is by far Davyn's favorite person in the multiverse, here are a few pictures of last Friday's birthday girl:

  

These two photos represent London perfectly:  equal parts Angel and Attitude.  Not a bad combo at all, really.  

 

On our way home, Davyn was saying something to me that I couldn't understand.  Finally, I realized he was saying "London", but had dropped the "Ya Ya" version in favor of her true name.  So our Ya Ya is no more, and now we have both an older London and a Davyn who is listening more to words.  If I sigh and tear up at every tiny change, how will I ever make it to adulthood with these guys!

Comments

[Sheri]

Love that attitude!

[Michelle]

These pictures of your Utah trip are so great!!! You really did a lot of fun things!!! I love the sister picture with the masks on....to cute!!! It looks like your having some fun with your new camera! :)

[Marie]

I know what you mean about tearing up at the end of something. Carter was a slow talker. He did sounds for everything. If he wanted his bear, he'd growl. If he saw a truck, he'd vroom.

I was worried about his speech development, and took him to a speech therapist, who said he was just fine, and told me to relax.

Sure enough, within a month of his appointment, his vocabulary sky-rocketed. While this was exciting and fun to watch him develop, I was a little sad that when I tucked him in, he no longer growled but said, "bear." Actually, this was two years ago, and just writing it out brought tears to my eyes. Moms are just emotional wrecks I guess.

[Cozzette:)]

I love your camera. The pics are so clear. The littles are sooo cute!!!!

[Shanon]

I love all the fun pictures!! I hate the fish ones though. I can just smell it! I'm glad you gals got to have some girl time. I love those times and need more! Your boys are just adorable and D always looks so sweet and innocent in every picture!

[jenny c.]

So many fun photos. Thanks for sharing your Utah trip with us. That sister one is classic. LOVE IT! Glad you had such a wonderful trip.

[Tiffany]

It is so fun to visit with family! What cute pictures of the kids! Little cousins have such a lot of great energy when they get together--I know what that is like! Hope you are having a great week back home.

[Marie]

Harry Potter V movie review: It was a great adaptation from the book. The stuff that I thought would be really hard to show (He-who-must-not-be-named possessing Harry) was done really well. The actress who played Umbridge was brilliant. It was spot on. Umbridge is one of the best bad-guys, simply because she wears pink, had tea parties, giggles, and is evil. Such a funny contrast. I loved it. You should totally go.

[Barb]

I have a girl (Carmen) who has that personality combo. When she was 3 I was curling her hair and when the bangs fell out of the curling iron they made a little ringlet. I laughed and told her the poem:
There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good she was very very good,
And when she was bad she was horrid!
Carmen laughed and said, "That girl is just like me!"

[amy m]

I am hoping you have the answer for us both because as each day passes and I see them getting older my heart hurts at each change as I realize one day too soon they will leave me. Not sure I'm ready to handle that.

[Elizabeth]

WHat a great trip. I love the pictures of all the cousins. Noting makes me happier then cousins playing togther and hanging out with siblings.

[Kelly]

I loved all your Utah posts and seeing all your fam in pictures. I'm glad you guys had so much fun. And, yes, it's easy to tear up at the little changes. One of Brynlee's final remaining mispronounced words was vanilla. She called it "vee-lala" for the longest time. And I remember when it stopped, and it just killed me.

[Jordan]

Just caught up on you! Sisters, cousins, and Utah summers...can't get much better than that...I was up getting my own dose of those. Great funny face photos. How do you format them on your blog like that?

[Kelly N.'s Dad]

Amy! You were so close to Montana . . . but so far away! You really need to bring your family up to visit us before we decide to sell "the little house on the river" and move to a condo somewhere in BozeAngeles. We'd love to have your family, the Nortons and the Torgersons all here running about the yard, playing in the water and . . . we'd have to get another trailer for the "parade" . . . but it could work! Mike

[Mandi]

They are cute together, aren't they?

[Annalisa]

How cute, not just of London but how much Davyn loves her.
I'd take Kelly's dad up on his offer today!