Malea {Hearts} "Cars"

"My name is Malea, and I'm a 'Cars'-aholic."

Well, at least that's what she would say if she could speak in sentences. Or even words with more than 2 syllables for that matter.

My child is obsessed with the movie "Cars" right now, and pretty much anything that has to do with it. Every morning when she wakes up, the first thing she says is, "Cars"? If she sees anything when we are out with "Cars" or Lightning McQueen or Mater or whoever on it, she points and says "Cars"!! She has a "Cars" toothbrush, sippie cup, books, etc. We saw some "Cars" pajamas at the store the other day (that were intended for boys) but I thought that was a little too much. Maybe if they were pink.....

Anyway, we have even started to slowly get her some of the "Cars" cars. So far we have Lightning McQueen, Mater, King (her favorite, which is kind of odd), Sally, Doc, Ramone, and I can't remember the rest. She just loves to play with them and line them up all OCD-like. She will hug and kiss them too, which is ADORABLE.


I love my little girl!

"Thanta" Found Our House!

Christmas Morning!

This was the only picture I could get where she was actually looking at the camera smiling...the rest of the pictures were of her focusing on the presents! lol She looks so cute with her hair all disheveled. She is really into Thomas the train and anything "Cars" related right now.....you would think I had a little boy!

Malea was so funny this year. She was all about unwrapping the presents, whether they were for her or not! We didn't really get to open our own presents, but we didn't mind. The tree before we were unleashed

Our cute stockings :)

My dad and step-mom gave us a Kitchen Aid Mixer! We were so excited, it was such a fun surprise!

Malea got a lot of fun things. The best reaction we got was when she opened this toy shopping cart....she let out a little squeal when she opened it! It was really cute.

We had a really great Christmas and were able to spend a lot of time with family and friends at various parties and events. We are so incredibly blessed and grateful for all that we have. I can't believe another year is starting! It seems like we just had Malea and now she is almost 2! Where does the time go?

Temple Square Lights

This Christmas season we decided to go up to see the lights at Temple Square in SLC. It had been a couple of years since the last time we had gone, and I forgot how beautiful it is! It was Malea's first time seeing them, and she loved it. It was pretty cold but we bundled up!

This red tree was so breathtaking....it was the only thing that had red lights in the whole square, so it really stuck out.

Malea kept pointing to the lights saying "tree!" It was so cute.
P.S. She wasn't too happy in this picture for some reason!

Malea really enjoyed riding Trax....it was nice to get out of the cold, too!

All bundled up!