Spring is in the Air...

Playing around at Gardner Village

One of Paul's birthday presents: the gift of sight

Dress-up at the Discovery Gateway children's museum

Another month and another birthday has come and gone -- this time it was Paul's! For his birthday, we got some bikes so that we can take family rides together (pictures to come). Poppy definitely likes the bike rides, but hates the helmet even more. Hopefully she'll get used to it soon, now that the weather is warming up and the snow's all melted! As you can see from the pictures above, Paul also got some glasses, finally. He's been saying things like, "what does that sign say?", and "I can't read the hymn number" for months, so I finally convinced him to get his eyes examined, which was not easy to do! We went to the eye doctor on his birthday, where they ended up dilating his eyes. So Paul spent the better part of his birthday squinting, holding on to my arm, and wearing my sunglasses. But, he got some really cool glasses, and is enjoying his sharper vision! We were also able to go on a birthday date and see the new Alice in Wonderland movie in 3D, which in all honesty is a pretty mediocre film, but all in all was a really fun date night.
Eduardo was kind enough to snap some photos of Poppy at Gardner Village a couple of weeks ago, so that we could have some 1-year-old pics of her. They turned out great, and he got a few really good shots of her smiling, so we're happy!
Other than that, we've been pretty busy with work, church and life in general. Paul went to D.C. a couple of weeks ago, and will be heading to Baltimore next week, so we'll all be happy come April and the traveling is over! Next week we will have a couple of friends in town from Luxembourg who Paul taught on his mission. It'll be their first trip to Utah, and they will be staying with us for a few days, so we're looking forward to showing them around. We found out yesterday that Tracy will be having her baby on the 9th of April, so in a couple more weeks, Poppy will have a new little cousin to play with! Poppy loves her cousins so much - last week she had lots of fun at the children's museum with Maia and Cullen, and at the playground with Edison and Luke. We're hoping in another month or so, she'll be ready to move on from cruising to walking so that she can keep up!
Our little girl is prettier, happier and busier every day. She now has (almost) 8 teeth, and shows them constantly with her cute little grins. She can say a few limited words; the other day, while watching a video of a child saying "Mama", Paul asked her if she could say "Mama", and right on cue, she said "Ma-ma"! It was pretty funny. She now can give a high-five, thanks to grandpa. Her favorite toys right now are her Little People; she drags them around the house and once in awhile we will find them in random places, like on top of the DVD player or her sippy cup. Right now she's got a little cold and a fever, so we're hoping she feels better soon so she can play outside again!