Twenty-nine and Happy Easter.

Last Saturday we celebrated Swami's 29th

with all his favorites:

friends, family, cheesecake and March Madness.

And we spent this whole weekend enjoying/celebrating Easter.

Happy Easter from the Alletto family!

Updates.

Asha

4 year checkup:

49 lbs. (100%)

46.5 in. (Over 100%)

Dear Asha,

It is hard to believe that you are 4 years old

and even harder to believe that you requested a Ninja Turtle party.

Especially since the only thing you know about them is they were Daddy's favorite when he was a little boy and he had a Ninja Turtle party until he was about 23  9 years old.

You continually make us laugh with things like

"Let's go baby!"

"Of course" when asked a question

"Oh dear"

"Oh no what'll we do?"

or by shouting "Dreams come true!" when told you can have a treat.

You wanted to pee in the house because you "wanted to get grass."

You said your birthday wish was for "big shoes to be robot."

Your favorite color is rainbow.

Your favorite song is "Diamonds" by Rihanna and "Scream and Shout" by Will.i.am and Britney Spears.

Your favorite movie is "Tangled."

Your favorite book is about sharks, Tinkerbell and Merida.

You want Daddy to buy a house with sparkle and glitter paint.

You also want 2 dragons (that can fly, of course), 2 horses, 2 puppies, and 2 cats.

You want to be a doctor when you grow up.

Your favorite bedtime story told by Daddy is one where Tinkerbell's eye fell out.

You got your hair caught in the KitchenAid while helping mom make homemade tortillas this year.

We had to cut a little of your hair and you got a black eye.

You are much more careful in the kitchen now.

You told Daddy and I "you guys are in love" when we hugged a couple days ago.

You love your sister and want to give her hugs for like 20 minutes every night before bed.

You  even asked if you can marry her in the Temple so that you can be with her forever.

We all love you too.

Kali

18 month checkup:

22 lbs. 8 oz. (25%)

34 in. (95%)

Dear Kali,

Where has the time gone?

It seems like you were born yesterday.

But you are no longer a baby.

You are in nursery!

Well actually I think we are both in nursery since you cry hysterically when I leave.

You love stuffed animals 

and to play "boo" as you can see above.

You can say sooooo many words now.

"uck uck uck"=yuck

"acker"=cracker

hot+blow on food

"nana"=banana

shoes

"awe-some"=awesome

"oohhh"=dog bark

"gog"=dog

"esus"=Jesus

"uppp"=up

trash

bye bye

cheese

But I think your favorite one right now is "NO"

"NO" is your official answer to everything.

You are feisty and when you get mad, 

you make a fist with your hand high behind your head and try to hit me. 

 I tell you no hitting before you even get to me and you give me a dirty look.

 I'll take that over hitting any day.

You love shoes.

You love to go bye bye.

You run now. Awesome.

You LOVE LOVE LOVE dogs.
You love the popcorn song and try hard to make binoculars with your little hands.
You love to dance and spin.

You are Asha's shadow.

You officially have food preferences.

Hello independent you.

Your 2 top I teeth finally popped out.

You almost got your front top left tooth knocked out though while playing outside in the parking lot.

Thankfully it has tightened up.

It definitely has added some extra character to your already gaping, crooked teeth.

Don't worry you are still cute and

we'll love you even if you are toothless before Asha.

ten.

Our top ten.
January-February.

1. Asha became a Sunbeam and Kali sported her first ponytail.

2.  We played dress up and organized our shoes. 

3. Kali turned 17 months

&

 proudly earned her first bandaid.

4.  We packed up and moved to Utah for Swami's job transfer to BYU

where the girls have a new found love for Nana's bubble bathtub.

5. Asha's turtley awesome 4th birthday & party in a 

Ninja Turtle  

"Turtle Ninja" fashion.

      

6. Valentine's Day love.

7. New job=new toys

& the discovery of our new fav spot.

The Sweet Tooth Fairy.

8. Daddy/Daughter's date to the aquarium.

9. BYU Creamery+Cosmo=a pretty happy family.

10.  1st Ferris Wheel Ride with one of her new besties, Mary.

Here's to hoping that the next few months are a little less hectic 

with all the fun still included.

Holidays 2012.

Our December was crazy

and the start of our 2013 looks like it might be the same.

But for now here is an update from our December travels to Missouri and Seattle, visit from Nana and our Christmas:

Family fun to start off the holiday season.

Asha may or may not have tried to chase the ball down the lane when she didn't throw it fast enough=bowling for the 1st with an almost 4 year old is pretty entertaining.

The excitement of the Christmas tree.

MISSOURI:

Early Christmas from Granny, Poppie & Uncle D. 

 A visit to see Santa, target practice and carousel ride at Bass Pro.

Lucky me, the girls never want to sit on Santa's lap so I get to see him every year!

Christmas Parade=bag full of candy=Kali begged for suckers the entire time.

 Great-grandparent visits.

 New found love for climbing and rocking chairs. 

  

SEATTLE:

Public Market.

Aquarium.

 It's not an Alletto vacation without a bakery stop.

Monorail and Carousel.

A little bit of shopping at the Children's Museum.

A Gingerbread House competition.

Alice in Wonderland=pretty amazing.

SPOKANE:

Kali discovered the art of feeding herself and had her 15 month check-up.

At 15 1/2 months: 

21 lbs. 5 oz. (25%)

32 in. (90%).

Her new words:

good job,

night night,

AAAA-sha,

amen (which sounds like "mmm"),

Nana.
=
this age is so much fun.

 Making Christmas cookies and Kali demonstrating her new found hide-and-seek skills.

Asha's creations.

Swami's Ninja Turtle creations= the Raphael, Leonardo, Jamie and Asha.

 Christmas Eve princess pajama's and letter from Santa.

Our Christmas Morning. 

"Santa ate him cookies!"

Cinderella and Snow White picnics with Dad 

(The best dads play princesses)

and bike riding in the snow. 

(Thank you to whoever invented balance bikes=she rode it all by herself on the 2nd day!)

  

Happy New Year!