Talking on the phone

She is in there somewhere

Priya insisted on eating breakfast like this one morning.
I do not know why.
Sometimes I would love to know what she is thinking.

Dress myself day

It was another dress myself day. We have these quite often. Priya really has an opinion about what she wears. I love it. She thinks one item at a time and voila', a masterpiece.

Man she is cute, I am so lucky!

Moab March 2010

Priya is at it again, eating rocks and dirt. Maybe she needs more minerals?

Where's Waldo

It is March, that means all of us Shurtleffs go to Moab for the Moab half marathon. Grandpa bill runs every year and each year one or some of us join him. This year it was Robyn who joined in. It has become a tradition we all look forward to. I started it unknowingly before Matt and I were even dating. Boy that sure was a good idea.

We always get out on a good hike and enjoy the red rocks. Priya spent half the hike in the kid carrier for the first time, in the past she is always in the Moby wrap. She liked the backpack. Mom hiked her up a really really big hill and she kept me going by saying, "giddy up horsey" I sure felt like a pack horse. It was lots of fun.

The whole trip was great. The only thing missing was Grandma Janet. She got sick and had to stay home, bummer, we sure missed her. Even though she didn't come she still sent a bunch of yummy food down for us all. Thanks Janet you are a great mom.





Has anyone found Waldo yet?

Egg lollipop

The creativity and imagination of a child is so fun to be a part of. One day I handed Priya a boiled egg for a snack then I got busy doing dishes. A while later I went to check on Priya. She had her egg on a pretzel. When I asked her what she had she called it her lollipop.

1st Ice Cream Cone

This was a hit. "I ceam cone" is one of Priya's new favorite treats. It took her a long time to get through that little bit of ice cream. It was messy also, Matt says that is how they are supposed to be.

A few words Priya used to describe her ice cream were: very good, yumm, licious (delicious), like it.

Chicago

Matt had an interview at the The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. So March 5th-7th We got to run away to Chicago for the weekend. Priya stayed home with Grandma Net.

Matt and I tried to see as much of Chicago as possible. We walked so many miles in three days our legs were about to melt by the time we got on our return flight.

We had fun exploring and finding great places to eat. The Indian food, yum. The public library is absolutely beautiful, with a great children's wing. I am sure Priya and I will go there often. The whole city was amazing.

Matt felt like his interview went well and it must have because we have since found out that he was accepted to the MFA program. Congratulations!

Baby Dolls

Priya has been crazy about baby dolls her whole life. She always keeps me posted on how her babies are feeling, happy, sad, crying. She kisses them and tells them "Its ok baby" when they are sad. She dances with them when they are happy. Changes their dopees (Priyas word for diaper), takes them on walks, and feeds them often. What a good little mommy.

Cinnamon Toast

Cinnamon Toast can be very messy when you try to eat the center first. This was the first time I handed a whole piece of toast to Priya without first breaking it up. She really wanted the good stuff in the middle. It was pretty entertaining to watch. This girl sure has a funny personality, I love it.

Mauck and Papa come to dinner

Grandma and Grandpa came for dinner and Family Home Evening. We had a delicious lasagna dinner. It was also fun to share our Family Home Evening with some of the wonderful people who taught us how important Family night is. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is very important in our home. We appreciate your examples. Priya usually picks the songs we sing, she picked the "ABC's and Sunbeam song." Of course we also sang Love at Home for Grandpa Bud.

Baking Treats!!!

Priya knows yummy treats come out of the Kitchen Aid mixer. As soon as I start mixing there is a little Priya girl by my side saying, "little bit on my finger mama. Taste some mama." She is also very good at helping measure and add ingredients . I think we have a little cook on our hands, or at least a great taste tester.

Hugs and Kisses

We are catching up to February now.
Hugs and Kisses for daddy are the best.
This little girls loves her daddy and
I happen to know her daddy is pretty
crazy about her too.

Yes she is!!!

Painting!

It was the end of January and we found a forgotten Christmas present. The perfect find on a winter day. This kept us busy for hours. This was also during the "Oh boy" phase when everything exciting got an"Oh Boy!"

Dancing with Mauck Net and Papa Bud

She is quite the dancer. She is taking after her mom who danced and danced through her childhood.

Like I have said before, Priya has great grandparents. Thanks for all the love you give our little girl.

Tutu's make good hats too.

Priya and Pearl

Pretty simple day but they had fun playing at Grandma and Grandpas house.

Movie Night

Priya gathered up a few good friends to watch her favorite show, Curious George.

January is here Happy New Year!

Snow day for Priya girl. She really liked falling forward into the snow.

Wraping paper or presents, whats cooler?

Video Clips of Christmas Morning

Cristmas day

Priya caught on to the present thing pretty quick. She started saying "merry cimis" as she opened her presents. We did a little sledding in the backyard. She wasn't a huge fan but she did like eating snow.

Merry Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas with our Shurtleff Family. Grandma Janet sure made some cute gifts for Priya, that lucky girl. Her elephant coat, beanie, and gloves have been the best. She also made the greatest quite book ever, thank you Grandma!
Best of all was all the time we got to spent with family. Priya sure loves all the wonderful people in her life and talks about them often.

Winter Days

What did we do on those cold winter days?
Relive Halloween in December. The "piller" costume from her first Halloween when her feet didn't even poke out the bottom.
Bundle up for a little fresh air. The baby stroller was a must, it could take us 15 minutes to make it to the corner with that thing.
Oh and lots of warm bath tubs, sometimes more than one a day.

Christmas is in the air

Time to get our tree. We gave the smallest tree on the lot a home. If we hadn't I don't know who would have. It was perfect for our place. Priya thought it was pretty fun to bring a tree inside.

laundry hide out

Priys's new hide out

We were doing laundry one day and she thought this looked like fun.

Priya and Papa Bud

Priya is lucky to have wonderful mauck's and papa's

Everyday life

Dad had a great idea to build a fort under the kitchen table. The only problem was Priya wanted everyone inside at once and our table is not that big.