Two Ladies

:::Chase's First Ever Blog:::

Exactly one week after Luv-Day, I wanted to surprise Toots and SadieLadie with a blog reporting the Top Ten Reasons each is the greatest to ever roam planet earth:

TOOTS:
10) She only showers one out of every three to four days, and still looks like a model.

9) She only showers one out of every three to four days, and still smells like a petunia!

8) She can crochet a beanie in less than two hours.

7) She checks out other hot guys (see previous post entitled "Be Still My Beating Heart"), but then always reminds me that I "am way hotter" than any of them.

6) She can make an angel food cake with chocolate frosting just like my mom.

5) She is a classics-lover, from movies to music. Lately she has DVR'd all the oldies-but-goodies-movies being shown on AMC and TCM, and watches them while Sadie naps in the afternoons.

4) Her "walk" is better than any future model on America's Next Top Model. (you should see it, it's FIERCE!)

3) She can play cards with her toes.

2) She tickles my neck more than once a week (as compared to never previously).

1) She is Toots!

SADIELADIE
10) She likes to "shake her sillies out" by dancing all around her room.

9) She eats her oatmeal even though her mom likes to load it up with kale and flaxseed oil and other nutritional additives that make it look like green puke.

8) She makes her mom sing "Little Mermaid", "Jungle Book" and other Disney tunes while driving.

7) Despite all the cute disney characters she knows, including Nemo, Dori, Baloo, Mowgeli, Arial, and all the other princesses, her favorite is "Bruce", the scary, teeth-baring shark from Finding Nemo, and she loves the shark meeting. (Every morning when we enter her room, she immediately yells, "BWUCE, BWUCE, NEMO, NEMO, BWUCE, SHAHK!!!)

6) She can't go to sleep without laughing wildly over the 'caterpillars' who attack her legs and feet while she lays in her crib.

5) She can give "bones", or the rock, and immediately asks to give you "five" afterward.

4) She likes WATCHING ba-keyball, or basketball both live and on t.v. (Oh blessed March Madness will be enjoyable for at least the two of us!)

3) She can say "Manny", "Papi", and "Schilling". (We're still working on "Bucky Freaking Dent" and "Aaron Freaking Boone", as well as "Jeter is a Pretty-Boy.")

2) She can say "Cookie, Cookie, Cookie" in a low and raspy cookie-monster voice.

1) She is the Little Lady.

Be still my heart!!

I just finished watching American Idol and I have my new favorite. I know I'm a married woman but lets just say..."he's not ugly" and he can sing too. Michael Johns, you have my vote.

Piper's Quilts and Comforts

Connie gave me a gift certificate to an adorable yarn and fabric store. I used the credit to learn how to crochet. Seeing that I was in Utah for about 2 months I had a lot of time to learn. Jeanette (the owner) has classes every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday. I took every single one of them and look what I learned how to make!! If you live in Utah, you should take these classes. I had so much fun learning a new skill. I only wish I lived there so I could learn how to quilt. Maybe next Christmas.

Discovery Zone

Leslie and I took our girls to the Discovery Zone to play. It was so cool!! Sadie loved everything. I won't go into details but she and lttle Lucy had a great time.

Go utes

We went to a basketball game with Pops and CC. She sat on Pop's lap the whole time and loved watching the "bakaball." In fact she went to a couple of games while we were in Utah and she loved them both. It must be all the action on the court that grabs her attention. She also just loves hanging out with her Pops and CC.

Hogle Zoo

It's been a long time since I've been to Hogle zoo in Utah. They have made so many improvements and I was very impressed by all the new animal exhibits. I was especially amazed by how close you could see the cougars and other cats. Sadie was a little timid at first but after our second visit she warmed up to them. She at first kept saying goodbye to them to let us know she wanted to get as far away from them as possible.

Bi Bi and Bahh

Sadie has always had her binky and her lamb blanket for as long as we can remember. We have officially been through about a dozen of each by misplacements or forgetfulness. We keep several handy because if they weren't around for Sadie in her desperate times of need, life would be grave indeed. She has simplified life by calling them Bi Bi(short for "binky") and Bahh (short for lamb blanket, hence the sound of the lamb). She's even gone as far as shortening it to a simple "biba" when she desires to find these "essentials" as we call them as code so she doesn't know what we're talking about. It isn't so much the lamb attached to the blanket that she likes but more so the tag. She strokes the tag all around her face and sometimes sticks it in her eyes. If you are one of the lucky people in the world who have had the privilege of partaking of a little "tag" then you are also favored by our little lady. Once she warms up to someone, she likes to share "tag" with them and gives them a similar stroke on their face. When in Utah she desperately tried to give our cat Walter some tag from which resulted many bites and hisses. Lately she's been sharing tag with her books, stuffed animals and even a nearby wall. We caught on tape Sadie in a daze with her "Biba" busy at work. The kid is hilarious. I never thought she would ever get so attached to something. As of 10 days ago we have officially implemented the rule that "Biba" is only allowed during nap times and night time. She's been a real trooper about it and amazingly understands. However, right around story time we hear our favorite little sound "bi ba bibi ba ba, bi bi ba ba." She sounds like a regular Hansen groupie.

Hike to the living room

In rain or shine, Dad can always get us into the mountains. He, Emily and I went hiking in the snow up behing the University of Utah to what most natives call the "Living Room." I love being around these guys. We had such a great time. Emily is still nursing her little guy so she called to make sure he wasn't hungry. Cracks me up that she was able to get reception up on top of a mountain.

Two kids!!

My dad is such a wonderful grandpa. Ruby and Sadie are obsessed with him. This is an after thought post seeing the movie was shot on Christmas eve. This is Dad singing one of his "self composed" songs. Here's "Two Kids."

Eating blueberries with Ruby. She is so dainty. Look at her fingers. She usually eats with her pinky finger straight up.