Amaya update

O.K. I had intended on taking more video footage of Amaya this weekend and posting a clip because she has just gotten to be such the little walker. As daddy says, "she's officially retired from crawling." She walks any and everywhere she wants to go now. It's so fun to watch her. But, the weekend flew by as always. So that's my mission for this week. Stay tuned...

Spring is in Bloom

O.K. This is our second spring in Arizona and I've officially decided I love it here. Arizona is definitely growing on me. The longer we're here, the more I love it. And now that we've discovered how close we are to a winter wonderland during the winter months, we realize we can have our cake and eat it too. And spring in "the valley" is the best. It reminds me of May and early June in North Dakota, and April, too, those years when we had warm springs. Everything's starting to bloom. The air smells sweet. Temps are perfect. No humidity. Cool evenings. Perfect outside weather. We start to live on our patio this time of year. We even have a t.v. on our patio. Though we discovered we tend to not use it much. Just last night Scott and I went outside before bed to gaze at the stars because it was a beautiful, clear night. We can see the stars so well in AZ compared to Chicago. Less city light interfering. So, anyway, spring is in the air, and we're loving it. Check out some blooms from our blue hibiscus. It's finally giving us lots of blooms. Yeah. Will post more pics once everything is fully blooming.

Amaya Strollin' with Jaxon

Jaxon enjoying his frog rattle. Amaya watching the ducks.
Having a little chat.

Breezy, a rarity in AZ.

Amaya and Jaxon got together for another playdate on Friday. They started off by playing in Amaya's family room. Then they got to go strollin' together to the duck pond, followed by strollin' to the park. They got to the park only to learn that it's spring break. The park was crazy busy and there wasn't a free swing to be found. So Amaya and Jaxon got to enjoy watching all the activity. Which was almost as fun as swinging. Amaya loves watching other children.

Amaya's Modeling Debut

Here it is... the ad from Amaya's first modeling job. So all you Arizonans go check out your newspapers. The ad is in "The Arizona Republic" today. It's on page 5 of the first section. It's a half-page ad, and it's in color, so you can't miss it. It's also appearing in newspapers in California, Nevada and New Mexico. So those of you who live in those states, watch for Amaya. You can also view the ad this week on Dillard's website. Just go to www.dillards.com, click on store locator, pick any store in the aforementioned states, then select ADS. There she'll be. It's suppose to be on the website www.azcentral.com eventually, too. So there's lots of ways to check it out. That's our girl. Smile, smile.

NO!!! HE DIDN'T!!!

HE DID!!!

Our beloved Brett Favre has retired. The Mitchell household is officially in mourning. The phone has begun ringing off the hook with condolence calls. O.K. Slight exaggeration. A few people have called to check on us. We are hanging in there. We just weren't mentally prepared for this decision. We were sure he was going to come back for one more season. We are shocked, stunned, in disbelief. If only we had one more game to watch, one last goodbye, it would be easier. How do we say goodbye? It's been so long. Years and years and years. Our (Scott and I) relationship with Brett Favre almost goes back as far as our relationship. Scott and I started dating in Jan. of 1992, and Brett Favre took over as the Packers' quarterback the fall of 1992. Every fall for our entire relationship thus far we watched Brett Favre lead the Packers. Falls in high school. Falls throughout college. Falls during our early marriage, well, falls during our entire marriage so far. Falls in the midwest and falls in AZ. Even our daughter's first fall season centered around Sundays spent watching Brett Favre. Atleast she got to experience a season of Brett Favre's extraordinary abilities. That's a good thing. So, I guess there's nothing left to say except for a congratulations to Brett Favre on his retirement. Congratulations, too, on a glorious career. Thanks for all the memories!!! We will miss you. But we find comfort in knowing that Brett's been mentoring Aaron Rodgers for several seasons now. It will be fun and exciting to see him have his chance to show us what he can do. I've liked what I've seen each time he's seen action so far. I am optimistic that he will be another Packer great. We'll see!

Amaya's First Haircut

We took Amaya to get her first haircut this weekend. I decided it was time and I was ready. We do plan to grow her hair out, but there were some areas that needed a little trim. Some areas have grown quicker than other. So now she's ready for her 1 year pictures in 2 weeks.

Amaya waiting patiently for what's to come.

Cape time.
The "wet down."
Amaya watching in the mirror.
Amaya was so good. She actually seemed to enjoy her first haircut.
Here she's watching another little girl get her haircut. The other little girl wasn't very happy with the process.
'Bye Snip-its. Thanks for the fun experience. We'll be back.

Amaya with Grandma Kim and Grandpa John

I remembered to take a picture of Amaya with her paternal grandparents when we got together for dinner last night. I couldn't get her to look at the camera because we were at the mall and she was too interested in all the people walking by, especially the kids. Here she's pointing at some passerbys. We haven't yet taught her that pointing is rude. Our bad. Smile, smile. Now I need to take a photo of Amaya with her maternal grandparents next time we get together.