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Every once in a while Augi stops to allow the papparazzi to take a quick picture. Life is hard for a little diva.

There always seems to be something fun happening for us. We used our Wednesday fun day to spend some quality time with the cousins.






Don't we all have a picture in front of the big stretched out gorilla? Augi was trying to show Zion how to stand by it. So, he folded his arms. Little stinker.

























Chris took these cute pics of Augi playing in the yard with Bobo. Yes, Bobo was the name of our original boy bunny. I tried to name this little guy Ziggy. Augi would have none of that. So, this is Bobo the second. He is a sweet little guy. We have been letting him run around the yard. He loves Augi and runs up to her every few minutes to sniff her.

Take note of the jammies Augi is wearing. She now wears these ALL the time. She wants to be a "teeny baby." Well, I wanted her to wear some warmer jammies last week, so I told her these were the jammies she wore when she was a teeny baby. My punishment for lying to her? She has had several HUGE tantrums over changing out of her jammies. Damn. Now what do I do? They are all stretched out and dirty. She lets Sarah change her into her regular clothes, but not me.

Happy Summer Ending...

Summer isn't really over, but going back to work makes it feel as if it is. As I looked at these pictures today, I started to feel sad. This summer went by so quickly. Augi is growing. She uses real words and full sentences. It is hard to say goodbye to my little baby, even if the little girl she is becoming is wonderful. The other night I was really frustrated with her because she wouldn't go to sleep. Then, I realized that I am not going to get to hold her forever, so I should enjoy the nights when she just wants to lie in my arms and chatter, even if it takes two hours!

Augi loves Sara, Tanner, and baby Libby. I am happy with the new daycare situation. I miss her during the day, but I feel so much more satisfied at the end of the day when I work. I can appreciate all of the moments I have with her. Waiting for the train at the zoo.
We spend most of our time at the zoo playground.
The little cheeser.
The famous Hogle Zoo lion.
Making mud pies

Nooshy.

Dayton, Augi (aka "Augz"), Nanny and I walked to the playground today. Nanny chilled in the wagon while the kids played. I haven't posted many pictures of her, but I thought this was cute. I start back to work tomorrow. That means getting up at 6 am and getting myself and Augi out of the house by 7. Ugg. We were going to start practicing 2 weeks ago. Well, the alarm went off every day at 6, I hit snooze, and we went back to sleep til 8. So, here we are, back to work and no practice. Augi did go to sleep by 8, so hopefully she will be able to wake up easily. Chris and I are watching a movie with Cameron Diaz acting very poorly. I am swearing I will be to sleep by 1030. We'll see.
My grandfather's funeral was yesterday. I am glad it is over. I will miss him.

Sad News.

I just received word today that Augi's great grandparents have passed away. My grandfather died two days ago and my grandmother passed away in May. It is very sad. I haven't stayed close to my family, so nobody remembered to call in May. It doesn't really make a difference to know now or in May. Either way, I have lots of regrets. I hadn't seen them in three years or so. My grandfather used to call weekly, until last year when he was put in the nursing home with my grandmother. I couldn't go visit them until this summer because Augi couldn't tolerate a long car ride. We planned to go this summer, but never got around to it. In fact, Chris was just thinking about it this morning, trying to come up with a plan. The drive was only 3 1/2 hours, but that seems like forever and becomes 5 hours with a little person. Anyway, I have lots of guilt for not visiting them more often. They were an important part of my life and a big influence on who I am. I am sorry Augi did not get to meet them.

Fun Fun Fun

We have had a really exciting couple of days. First, we went to the frog exhibit at the Natural History Museum. I loved seeing all of the cool frogs. Augi was a little frightened, especially by the one frog who climbed all over the glass. She did enjoy lunch at the park with Chiana and Julia, though.

Then, today, Dayton was over to play. I went against my better judgement and got out the paints. Really, it was fine. They were both so well behaved and the paintings were beautiful. Maybe not Monet, but definitely Pollack worthy. You know, I have wondered how many times someone has looked at Jackson Pollack's art and said, "Well, I could splatter paint around and make that." But really, we never do it. So maybe he did have something there...

Then, tonight we went to the Davis County Fair. It was great. Augi got to ride a real pony and the look of joy on her face made waiting in line totally worth it. She loved the boat ride and train. She wasn't so thrilled with the airplane ride. Dayton is a daredevil and loved all of it!

Take my picture

Augi asked me to take her picture, well, she demanded that I take her picture today. She struck a pose as soon as I got out the camera. We are enjoying our last week of summer vacation before work and daycare begins. I am really nervous about Augi going to daycare. I know Sara is wonderful, but I worry that Augi will feel sad all day long. What if I feel sad all day long? Hopefully she will adjust, and so will I. I really do love working. The time away is good for both of us. We will have a trial run this week for a few hours.
We are watching home videos right now. Augi gets so excited to see herself as a "teeny baby." She has been talking about having a baby in her tummy. Very cute.
Augi is just getting over some wierd virus. She had three days of a high fever and some tummy trouble. She is enjoying being terrible now that she is two. I think she knows everything is about to change with summer ending. So, she wants nothing to do with her daddy and she is super clingy with me. I have to enjoy the cuddles when I can get them, but sometimes it is overwhelming, like when I have to carry her and her doll and her drink outside just to take the garbage out. Honestly, I love every minute of it. She will never be two again.

More Luau Shots

Olive Garden Dinner. Yum Yum.

My Craftiness--I Made These Party Hats!!!! Only 3 glue gun burns...


Decorating cupcakes

OOOOOO! Presents.

Watching

More Sand Play. She held so still while the kids buried her.

Tammy just sent me all these shots. I wasn't going to put them all up, but I can't choose my favorite. Decisions are so hard. We took Augi to Olive Garden for her birthday tonight. She wondered why the birthday song they sang was so weird. But, the chocolate cake was yummy! More pictures to come...Tammy took over 200!

The Luau/Birthday

Getting Buried in the Sand

Lighting the Candles

Cheeser

Hooray for 2 years!

OOOOOOOOO!

Smackin' Elmo!

Grouchy?

Post, but No Picture

Happy Birthday Squig!!!! Augi is a little confused about why today is her "real" birthday. I need to figure out how to put a sound link on this blog so you can hear her sing the birthday song. It is so cute. We are taking her out to dinner tonight to celebrate. She finally started saying she is "2" yesterday. She is warming up to the idea.
We met her new sitter, Sara, today. I think it is going to be great. Sara is wonderful.
I am not posting a picture yet. We didn't take any at the luau, so I am waiting for those with cameras to send them to us. I tried to take a picture yesterday, but Augi spent most of the day in her birthday suit, not appropriate for public view. Today we just haven't had time. I will get one up, just be patient!
Check your email--I will send the audio recording to you.
P.S., if you click the link to cousin Munchy's blog, you can see pictures from the luau.

Birthday Cupcakes

Augi is so excited about her birthday. We have a ton of family birthdays this month, and hers is last. She is realy starting to understand what happens--the friends, cake, presents, singing, etc. She was thrilled to make her birthday cupcakes today. We are freezing them to be decorated at her party. They turned out really cute and we taste-tested a few. Yum! My PR rep informed me today that cupcakes are very "in" right now. She said Paris requested them immediately upon her release. All the in people are ordering cupcakes for their parties. Yeah, I know, we are trendy. It just comes naturally for us.

Squooshin' Aunt Tabi

Grumble grumble

I have to have a stinky medical thing done tomorrow. I can't eat for 12 hours. Well, since I have to be there at 7 am, I haven't been able to eat or drink for 2 1/2 hours. I just started to panic because I am not sure when I will be able to eat tomorrow. OMG. I am hungry already. Someone better drive me. Maybe they should have admitted me tonight.
It has been a busy few weeks. Augi is so flippin' cute. We bought 2 pinatas for the luau today. One elmo, the other a pirate. Augi was talking about how we will smash them with a stick--she is very excited. However, she doesn't torture her prisoners. She carried them everywhere with her tonight. She even made me put a diaper on them. Yes, Elmo and Pirate pinatas are wearing diapers. She tried to take them in the tub, but I had to put my foot down. We did let them pull weeds in the flower garden with us. Well, I will post some pics, finally.


I know, she is going to kill me for the swimsuit shot. I just couldn't help myself.
Check out the Big Girl on the airplane. She is the best traveller.




Hangin' with the Lanes is so much fun. There are so many of them!







Here are the BFF's in action. Can't you just see them getting into mischief when they are older?

I really tried to get a nice shot of Dayton and Augi hugging. They just wanted to get on with playing in the wading pool at Liberty park.

The Stinker

This little girl can be such a stinker. I wish I had a picture of her having one of her tantrums. They are getting more frequent. Maybe this is the beginning of the terrible twos. We now have a daily battle over clothes. The funny thing is that I don't really care what she wears. It isn't a battle of what she will wear in general. If she wants to wear purple poka-dot pants and a red striped shirt, so be it. The battle is whether or not she will wear clothes at all. For a week now she has had huge tantrums over getting dressed. She wants to be "Nee-nee." Last night she had the biggest tantrum of all because she was wearing a button down shirt under a onsie (both are waaaayyyyy too small and she found them in the donate pile) and she didn't want to take them off for her bath. She was kicking, smacking, screaming, and crying. I had to put her in her room just to keep her from flipping out of my arms. At least she is asserting herself, right? But then, once in a while, she stops in the middle of a fit to do something funny, like laugh at the little wooden duck staring at her from across the room.
She also called me "dorky" three times this weekend. I'll post a picture when I have more energy. Nanny is making her whiney little hiss noise at me as she stares from the dark hall. She needs me to take her on a walk. She refuses to poo in our back yard. Weird kids.

The Thinker

Whenever we go to new places with lots of people, Augi quietly takes it all in. I don't ever remember being this way. Maybe she gets it from Chris. She seems to enjoy being there, but she is so quiet and spends most of her time watching the other children. After about an hour, she will jump right in and act like a crazy little monkey. I wish I could know what she is thinking when she sits and watches.
We went to Liberty park with Patricia and her girls this week. It was great. I forgot to bring a swim diaper, so Augi went in the water with a regular diaper. The signs told me this is forbidden--for sanitary reasons. Well, she hardly got in the water so I am not feeling too bad. A few people gave us dirty looks. Oh-well. She enjoyed herself. We will go again soon. I bet she will be much more comfortable the second time. She talked about this little turtle last night. She loved that it was just her size. When her daddy asked her about it, she told him it was "Tend." That is Augish for pretend.
An old friend sent me some pictures of his two children today. His daughter is three, his son just a few months old. It made me think about having another. Maybe sometime soon. I don't know. When I showed Augi the pictures, she told me she wanted to hold the baby in the photo.

First Sleepover

Augi and Dayton are having a sleepover tonight. When we got to Dayton's house to pick him up, Augi refused to get out of the car because she wanted us to immediately get Dayton and head home. After dinner at Gramma-Grammpa's house, we finally got home. The kids took a bath (I will save this for blackmail when they are older.), read books and jumped on the bed, gave good night kisses, and settled down for sleep. Augi had a few tantrums along the way. She screamed because Dayton peed on his jammies after the bath and I rinsed them and put them in the dryer. She was very concerned that he might not wear jammies like her. Then, she had a fit because she wanted water in her sippie cup rather than water.

Dayton fell asleep immediately. It is now 10:30 p.m. and Augi is in her play house with Bailee changing baby doll diapers. She was up at 3:50 am this morning, so she had two naps today and she is totally screwed up. Oh well. Her first sleep over is fun anyway. Augi and Dayton will be in the same grade in school. It would be fun if they could go to the same school. Although, I was in the same 4th grade class as my cousin Justin. The kids would all tease us because we walked home together. 4th grade boys and girls aren't supposed to speak, I guess.

I have the cutest picture of Augi doing dishes nakie-nakie. I will have to figure out how to restrict access to the blog so I can put it up. Maybe I'll just email it. She is such a nudest.

No Title Today

I can't think of a title. Just more pictures of my cute kiddo. She was seriously the Augi Monster for a few days. She has been such a turkey that I was tempted to give her up for adoption. (I'm only kidding Abbie--don't get your hopes up.) But, today my sweet little girl was back. Maybe we were both more rested. Maybe it was just that my 2nd nagging migraine in less than a month was under control. She woke up this morning and patted Nanny as she said, "Hi baby Nanny. Cuddle me?" We spent ALL MORNING cleaning and putting together her slide. I had all but one side put together. I worked on that last side for at least an hour before I called for backup. Then, Chris came and ta-da, it was finished in less than 30 seconds. Silly boys. I guess they are good for something.

This picture was taken at the petting zoo. Those little pygmy goats are adorable. Augi was in heaven.

We went hiking for a while. Augi did pretty well. Playing in the water was fun. It was hot, but the water was cool.