I love birthdays, especially my own but I tried really hard not to have this birthday....the dreaded dirty thirty. Eeeek.  All of my friends say that 30 is the new 20 but I'm not buying it.  So today I celebrated my second 29th birthday. I still feel like a teenager and I am in denial that I could possible by this old.

I had to speak in sacrament today  as part of the Easter Sunday meeting, since Easter will fall over General Conference this year. I generally don't get too nervous speaking in front of others, but speaking in church is a whole other story.  The good news is it totally took my mind off of my birthday! Tenley was not the most reverent child today during sacrament meeting and Dave ended up taking her our into the foyer when it was finally my turn to speak.  Crazy little cutie, I love her just the way she is.

                                            

We later celebrated my birthday by going out to one of my favorite restaurants, the Elephant Bar.  I sure do love my people.

Pool Play Date

 Last week at church I met the cutest girl who has 2 darling little girls. Tenley played so well with Jordynn (her little 2 year old) during nursery and we knew we had to set up a play date. There is a little kiddie pool at our clubhouse and it was so fun for the girls to get to play together!

Tenley loves rolley polley's. Unfortunately for them she also really loves to squish them and then say, "a gone.....mwooooooore?"  

I am so happy I met a friend who has little girls for Tenley to play with as well.

Tenley Turns Two

I feel like such boring mom this year. We have been in Riverside, California for about 6 weeks now and I haven't managed to make any friends. Lame, I know.  Throwing a big birthday party for my 2 year old, with just myself and Dave seemed weird.  So we just kept is real simple this year and it was still super fun. I took Tenners to Target to get some party supplies & she had a party just helping me pick out the decorations. Can she please always be this easy to entertain?

{oh hey, crazy face!}

I spent all night blowing up balloons and I nearly passed out several times but T's reaction was so worth it.

Then we hopped in the car and headed to Newport for some beach time.  We had to stop at the grocery store for snacks and of course more "balls" aka balloons. 

Oh Crystal Cove, you are a gem.

What a perfect little stream for my baby to play in right!?...oh no, just kidding. I apparently missed the sign at the top of the beach sating that this lovely stream is actually run off water and is toxic. Thank goodness for concerned strangers watching out for Newport newbies like myself. I quickly rinsed her off and said a quick prayer.  Major mom fail. Sorry Tenley baby.  I did see the sign as we were leaving and it was pretty intense. Like, maybe if the water really is that bad they should have more than one little sign? Just a thought.

We spent the rest of the day building sand castles and chasing seagulls.

Happy Birthday to my sweet & sassy, tender & determined, shy & outgoing, happy, energetic, perfect little daughter.  She lights up any room she goes in to. If we're at the grocery store, she makes it her job to get the attention of anyone around us and make them laugh. She'll put on a show and dance and clap and sing "go" (which is her version of Let it Go, from the movie Frozen) to everyone she sees. She's an attention seeker most of the time, but then sometimes if you laugh at her (because she's pretty funny) then she'll cry and get all embarrassed. She is always on the move. The only time she will sit still is to watch Despicable Me, and even then she has to get up an dance every time there is music. She absolutely loves to dance. Her little feet move a million miles a minute. Lately her favorite is the "Hot Dog Dance" from Mickey Mouse club house. (I swear we don't really sit around and watch TV all day.) She sings "hot gog, hot gog, hot giggy gog" and kicks her feet out just like they do on the show. It's pretty dang cute. She loves all fruit, broccoli, green beans, mac & cheese, pickles, cashews & string cheese. She's currently a bit of a vegetarian though because she will not eat meat. She also won't drink milk. She is an amazing sleeper and sleeps 12 hours through the night and also takes a 2-3 hour nap every day. She loves to play outside and loves anything involving water. She absolutely adores her dad. Dave has to sneak out in the morning because if she sees him leave she has a major meltdown. Every night when he comes home from work she runs to the door screaming "Daaaaddy! Daddy!"She loves me and gives me kisses all day long. She makes me feel so important and needed. I love being her mom. Happy Birthday baby.