Life as We Know it : Janurary

January has come and gone and was pretty low key so it will be easy to catch up.

Kelsey has gotten super good at playing these days. I totally love it. She is all about her babies, singing to her princess toys, and getting things out without any prompting. I have to say she also cleans up without any prompting. All kids come like this right?
One day, while we were at the library she asked if we could go home to play with toys. I am just loving this about her.

I really wasn't lying about the cleaning thing. She is an all star at it despite the picture. She is also super good at wardrobe changes but I'm pretty sure that deserves a post in itself. We go through about 5 outfits a day heaven help me.

In January, Ethan took me on two dates just the two of us! I felt so special!! One date he brought me beautiful flowers followed by Nickel City and Zubs and the other date he took me to Body World in Salt Lake which was fascinating. I know Ethan must love me because he does not love looking at cadavers nearly as much as I do but he planned the whole thing regardless.

After we went to Body World, we also got to make our own movies at another exhibit. Ethan was very proud of his movie.

Since we are "never tired", Kelsey has been falling asleep everywhere and in the most hilarious positions.

This picture was taken because she literally walked up to Ethan, handed him her blanket, got in his lap and fell asleep. It is the fastest we have ever seen her fall asleep. Honestly less than 30 seconds.

Creepy eyes and mouth open

This one I swear looks like she got hit by a truck. It makes me laugh every time I look at it

Another "I quit on life" sort of picture

One morning I went to the gym and I came home to a deep cleaning party. The laundry was going, the dusting was done, Ethan was in the midst of vacuuming while Kelsey was cleaning the floors. (We may have had to re-wash the floors after but she did a really REALLY good job at getting the soap on the floor for us) My favorite part of this whole thing was that when Ethan helped her they started singing "Sing Sweet Nightingale" from Cinderella.

At the end of January my dear friends from MBASA threw me a "baby shower." To call it a baby shower feels funny because it really was just an excuse to get together and eat some cake. I felt a little funny inviting people because this is baby two and that seems weird to me, but they insisted and were so sweet regardless of my hesitations. Elisa planned the whole thing and did an amazing job. I am so lucky to have a friend like her. She is the best.(PS Kelsey calls Elisa Elisala)

Elisa Johnson, Heather Palmer, Kirsta Black, Katie Apker, Stacey Morris, and Virginia Barrett

Sometime, near the end of January, MBASA scheduled a group visit to the Ice Castles in Midway. We have felt like we should go to these because everyone talks about them. We got a group rate and decided to go, but my goodness. Waste of time if you don't have a discount. Its literally a giant fort where everyone stands and looks at the walls. Plus for full price its like a 40 buck date! ALSO the line of cars as we were leaving, was at least 500 long, not including the people already standing in line AND the people already in the fort. They were fine.
I don't know if I would recommend going but overall the night was really fun. Ana and Elsa were walking around the castle and that was fun for Kelsey. She got to talk to Ana and Ana asked her all about her coat. Now Kelsey will wear her coat. Next time I see Ana, I am going to give her a kiss.

On some Saturday we were heading up north and stopped at the children's museum to take advantage of our passes. Kelsey really took to the vet shop this time and luckily its not a very popular area so she pretty much had the whole place to herself.
In the pet shop, you got to x-ray the animals, feed them, and doctor them. Kelsey loves animals so much and it was so cute to watch her playing with them.