How crystal spent the weekend of 3/24/07

Scotts birthday/Life with crystal

We celebrated Scotts birthday a little late, we actually celebrated it on Jared's birthday (Lisas brother) but we had a lot of fun. We went out to eat at GoodWood with Lisas side of the family, and after that we spent some time in the Rock Canyon park with crystal, so that she could get her wiggles out and run around. Crystal is testing her limits and freedom as much as possible. It seems that now that she can walk, she's decided she can also make her own decisions. The second we tell her "no", she smiles and tries to do it anyway to see how we respond. She's also showing the beginnings of temper trantums as when we take away a dangerous object she finds; she cries as loud as she can, and will sit down and hang her head as low as possible to make sure we know that she's sad. As funny as it is, it can also be a headache at times. This is so unlike her as she's usually a very well behaved little girl. We're hoping this is just a phase and is not going to last too long. We still enjoy her for the most part, and when she's in a good mood you won't find a happier toddler. The video clip attached to this is after we went out to eat, it's just Crystal eating a popsicle and walking around. She likes to take a bite of what we have, walk around and come back for another bite. Like we mentioned, she can't hold still now that she's walking and this video is an example.

Crystal and daddy playing

Crystal playing with her dad during lunchtime, just a typical day at home.

Month of March 2007

This has been a busy month. Scott and all the other boys in Lisa's family were born this month, starting with Matt who turned seventeen on the 5th, then Mike who turned twenty four on the 17th. Scott's birthday is this thursday on the 22nd, and this Saturday, Jared will be twenty-two on the 24th. Needless to say we've been going out to eat a lot this month and even though it's been fun, it will nice to relax a little more in April. Crystal finally started walking a little over a week and a half ago and hasn't stopped since. This has made child-proofing the home an adventure and even more difficult than expected at times. Now that spring is showing its face, we enjoy taking our little monkey Crystal outside to run around in the grass. Last Monday we took her to a nearby pond where she enjoyed watching the "duckies", which were actually geese, walking around. She was so excited she couldn't stop squealing and giggling the whole time.

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