Can you believe that this little cutie has turned one? It has all happened so fast. She is a mover and a shaker for sure! I have loved every stage more then the last, currently she mimicks everything we do and say. Her words are not clear but the inflection is the same. She loves to dance and steal toys from her brother and every so often she will even snuggle. She will not however let Mommy out of sight which is ok because Mommy does not like having Tuzie out of her sight either.
So it has been a while since our last post.... like a long 8 months while. There is no excuse for it and then it gets you thinking where do you even begin? Beans and K-Man playing tug a war seemed appropriate. K-Man loves pretending to be different animals and creatures at any given moment but he does favor being a dog a little more then others. I think its because he has unlimited time to observe the worlds worst dog. His favorite dog behaviors are playing fetch, tug od war and growling if you to close to his dish while he is eating. Another dog feature that has reared its ugly happened head during potty training.... marking territory. Thankfully this had a quick fix!
In our long abcence we have been busy. We finally got the kids room painted and put together Cookie has turned into quite the handy man! He has painted and put in all the wood details on the walls.
I was talking to Glama tonight whe she reminded me that once a upon a time I had a blog that I updated fairly regularly and that she needed photographic proof that her name sake was meeting her potential as the worlds most darling girl. So to you my 2-3 readers I submit a beauty shot of Tuzie. I will post more this weekend I promise, There is a ton from December and January to choose from and their are EVEN some of K-Man. Stay tunned...
Our little yummy baby girl is just growing up super fast. Tuzie loves to watch the Beans and K-Man run laps around the house and play. in fact she actually keeps a very close eye on K-Man because he has recently caught on to how easily she startles. K-Man's new favorite game is to sneak up as quietly as a lion stalking it prey on poor unsuspecting Tuzie and let out a ferocious growl with a pounce. I nearly have to peal her off the ceiling every time. Where he learned this I do not know, maybe it is a natural big brother instinct to that is meant to keep baby sisters on their toes.
For K-Man first Halloween he wore this same costume and I could not help but have two sweet little pumpkin's
Well it has been a busy couple of weeks for us Polywogs but that does not mean we did not have our camera's ready. K-Man enjoying some couch time with Tuzie, its funny because she is growing so fast. Every morning when she wakes up she looks bigger but when I see her next to K-Man it puts everything into perspective.
A quick family photo opt at the pumpkin patch, there will be another post on this so stay tuned..
And finally our feature
Cutest pumpkin in the patch!
Today we blessed our Baby Girl Tuzie We could not be any luckier to have her in our family. She brings such a joyful light and presence to our family. We have been blessed in so many ways the moment she came into our lives. For this special day we had so much to be thankful for. Cookie gave a beautiful blessing and we were so fortunate to have good men to stand in the circle with him on this important day. My Dad Bampa flew in from SLC to be here with us, Uncle Ryan, Jeff (Cookies Best friend), Brian (Cookies work best friend) and the bishop lent their Priesthood to help perform the ordinance. We missed our brothers who are spread out all over the US and our Grandpa BK in Afghanistan but we know they were there in spirit. Tuzie's beautiful Blessing gown was designed and made by my talented sister in law Becky, I teared up when I first saw her in it. Such a darling little girl in such a beautiful dress sown by a wonderful Auntie. It was a beautiful gift.
Our gorgeous red heads graciously posing for a photo, Grandma Jo Momma and Tuzie
The Radiant Grandma Tuzie and Little Tuzie
It was love at first sight
I know I have said this before but dagnabbit I was really hoping that my daughter would look like me, not the cute girl version of Cookie.
She even got Cookies amazingly fast growing and super thick facial hair 
This week at our pad has been a very uneventful one. Cookie, Jo Momma and I ALL had the stomach flue so between running to the bathroom, lysoling everything our poor babies were left to fend for themselves. OK not really but there was a A LOT of movie watching and K-Man finally likes to hold his sister. Now whenever I pull Tuzie up into my lap K-Man says "My turn hold Harper" He seems most interested in holding her when she is screaming so either he wants to comfort her or he really likes loud squirmy creatures, both could very much be true.
First day at Church
Snuggling with Mommy and Big Bro, to be fair this is about as close as K-Man gets to Tuzie. He is interested in her but since she does not share his enthusiasm for trains and Toy Story he generally keeps his distance. He does pop in throughout the day to give her a kiss on the forehead and occasionally he will rat out her naughty deeds to me.
And last but not least Tuzie at her first afternoon at the pool! It was a proud day at the Polywog pad. She did not actually touch the water but she definitely was the cutest in her swim suit.
