This weekend we were lucky enough to have awesome weather! It was nothing but blue skies so we had to partake of it by biking our hearts out! Brighton got this cool bike carrier from grandma and G-pops so we have been loving our lives being outside. I thought I would share these pics and let everyone know that it is officially summertime here in AK! Hooray! 
Brighton's new fetish is to open the bottom kitchen drawers and pull out all the tupperware and pot/pan lids. It's her favorite pastime! I can't get over how much of a little girl she's already becoming! 
When we took Brighton's clothes off to give her a bath last night, we found she had a diaper wedgie! She had one full cheek completely hanging out! We thought it was so funny we had to take a picture of it! We'd also like to point out the chunkiness of the legs. We went to the doctor's office on Monday for a 1 year appointment and they said that she is in the 5th percentile for weight! Can you believe that?! I sure as heck can't! How can someone with legs like that be in the scrawny percentile? Beats me!
So last week Bright and I had a little girls' night and we painted our toenails! It was super fun and she was unbelievably cooperative! It took no time at all and there was no mess! She still has no hair so I've got to make her look like a girl somehow! Here's a start!
On Saturday, in preparation for the super sweet birthday cake Sunday we had, we decided to do The Heart Run as a family. The Heart Run is this big 5k run in Anchorage that 8,000 people participate in, in order to raise money for heart disease and further research for the American Heart Association. Anyway, strollers are allowed so we packed the jogger and went! It was a ton of fun! They even gave Brighton a medal at the end of the race! It was a great family tradition and when we go down to Cedar City we hope to find other fun fam runs as well!
Today was a fun-filled Sunday! Brighton actually turned 1 whole year old! I still can't believe how fast she's growing! Next thing you know she'll be dating (Eeeek! I shouldn't even talk like that!) The day started out with a good day at church, then we came home and made her cake (a watermelon slice as shown above) and decorated the house while she was napping. She didn't wake up until dinner so she had a birthday dinner (sweet potatoes and turkey in a jar) and after that she opened presents (all from grandparents and great-grandparents! Thanks guys!). Next we let her go wild with her cake and she loved it, although I think she liked the ice cream more (she's definitely her mother's child!). Finally, we went for our first ever family bike ride. For her birthday, my parents got her a bike carriage thing that attaches to our bike (I'll post pics soon) which is so great because Kyle is finally starting to show a love for the sport (that I have loved for so long) and is really excited to get out there and hit the biking trails this summer. Now we can hitch little B in the back and go! Anyway, it was a great day and we recieved many calls from family and friends wishing Brighton a happy day! Thanks again to everyone who made her day so special!
Brighton has gotten to the point where I can turn my back on her for a second and she'll be knee-deep in trouble when I turn back around. Well, I was getting her dinner ready and she managed to pull the entire fruit basket from behind her booster chair and started mowing on some oranges. She then proceeded to find the kiwis and eat the hair off of them! Gross huh?! She finally broke the skin to the kiwi and actually enjoyed the fruit inside. Well, instead of taking them away like any normal mom would do, I decided it was a great photo op! Let's just hope she continues this love for vitamin C and healthy nutrients in the future!
Since I've been a little on the lonely side up here in AK I've had to find a few hobbies. Knitting being one and card making being another. My friend started ordering all this stampin' up stuff and invited me to a party which totally reeled me in. So now I'm a little embarrassed to say that I'm hooked on their stuff! Well, the demonstrator of the stamp stuff talked me into having a hostess party which I'm having tonight and am very nervous about because I'm not good at the whole product party thing so wish me luck! If you have a minute and feel like looking at super creative stuff go to www.stampinup.com
We recieved a package the other day from Grandma and Grandpa Comin and inside was an early birthday gift for Brighton. It was a special Carebear which she loved! She is obsessed with giving kisses to her stuffed animals and in the pic above she giving it a big smooch! She hasn't mastered the whole kiss thing because she leaves her mouth wide open and drools all over. Needless to say, you definitely get a mouthful when she puckers up! Well anyway, thanks Gma and Gpa Comin! You're great! 
We just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Easter and show you a few pics of our day. Well we went to church and thought we'd take a family pic for all to see. After church, we had Brighton find her Easter basket and she seemed to LOVE all the candy inside. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to eat any of it so she acquired quite a taste for the wrappers. Anyways, we hope everyone had a great day because I know we did!
We have these friends in our ward named Delmar and Jared Foley and about a month after we moved into the ward, they received a foster baby from the Alaska Native hospital that was 2 weeks old! They've been going about every way to start a family and they've been on the foster care list for a while, so it was a great blessing to have Taya. Well, Brighton and Taya are about a month and a half apart so they've enjoyed hanging out together. Well, right from the very beginning, Delmar and Jared have been trying to adopt little Taya, but since she was an Alaska Native baby, the state has to go back to the village and see if anyone in the tribe wants her. And if they don't get the mother's consent to adopt, then they have to wait a lot longer to even START the adoption, so as you can see there were a ton of hoops to jump through and they have been nervous and praying for it to all work out. I think the entire ward has been praying for this for a while! Well, no one in the tribe has wanted her, and last week the mother (who is in jail) signed the consent form which means the adoption can fully go forward! So by the end of this month, Taya will officially be a Foley! We couldn't be happier for them and just wanted to share the good news of Brighton's pal with everyone! 