Arizona on my mind

More than anything else, Shye and I had a great time hanging out with the family while we were in Tucson. I got to visit some family that I don't usually get to see like my grandmother and my sister Kelly. And my great-nephew Camden must have been super excited to meet me because he decided be born three weeks early while we were down there. Getting to meet him and have a few snuggles was the highlight of our trip. Man, I thought I was baby-hungry before. I seriously considered swiping Camden and taking him home with me.

Shye just adores her auntie Jamie. Her favorite part of the day was when we went to pick Jamie up from school everyday. Seriously, all I had to say was "Let's go get Jamie!" and Shye would be scrambling to put her shoes on and go running for the door.  And then on the weekends Shye would go wake Jamie up so that they could play and would follow her around the house. I just want to point out how unusual this all is since Shye is an extreme momma's girl and doesn't really care about anyone else. At all.
(I keep promising Brian that the next one can be his, I can only sustain this level of affection from one child. )

This picture kills me everytime. Shye's face.

 She loves her.

Even though I really have no desire to ever live in AZ again, in a way it will always be home to me because that's where most of my family is. I really wish I could just box all these people up and have them shipped to Utah so that they can be around all the time. Especially my mom and Jamie. I pray everyday that her house will hurry up and sell so that they can move up here and be closer to us. It would be nice to have a free babysitting privileges that I could abuse.

And this post concludes the Arizona portion of my blog. Just in time for Shye's 2nd birthday (nuts!) and Mother's Day (should I write a poetic post about how being a mom is soooo wonderful/hard?). After that I'll be back to blogging about this boring life of mine. Please try to contain your excitement.