Happy Birthday Daisy Rae!!!!

For all of you who don't know, we were able to celebrate a very special day in our lives on the 15th of March. At 1:59 p.m. our little princess, Daisy Rae, came out into this world to brace us with her presence. She was 6lb 4oz and was only 18 1/2inches long! She seems to be really tiny to us, our little Ethan was 7lb 2oz and was 19 inches long when he was born over 2 1/2 years ago. She is a great spirit to have in our lives and we are very grateful to have her! Here are some pictures that we were able to take on such a great day!

Just before going into surgery! Last picture of Daisy in the tummy!

Mommy, Daddy, and Daisy!

Grandma Phillips with Daisy!

Grandpa Phillips and Daisy!

Grandma McClaskey and Daisy!

Grandpa McClaskey and Daisy!

Daddy and Daisy!The boys with Daisy!Our new family!Big Brother with little sister!Ethan giving his sister, Daisy, a big "Welcome to the Family" kiss! Oh how cute!!!Uncle Matt and Daisy!Aunt Sierra and Daisy!

Daisy gave Ethan this cool White Sox hat!Mommy's Twin Boys!!

A party for Daisy!!!

For the past few weeks sharifa has been feeling more and more tired, or other words a little lazy! (Ha Ha Ha!!!) Nothing really new has happened recently and so we haven't blogged lately. But just this past weekend one of sharifa's college friends (she's one of the best!!!) was so kind enough to throw her a little shower/sparkle for Daisy. We had lots of fun, just the women, and sharifa got lots of cute girly things from such great people! We are way excited for the birth of our little baby Daisy and can't wait to try out all the new clothes and items that people were so nice enough to give us! Daisy seems excited to come out too, but who knows she's probably like her older brother who had to be taken out kicking and screaming!!! We go to the doctor's on Friday and will set a date to go to the hospital and get Daisy out! In other words we have decided to do a repeat c-section. Why you might ask? Well, we both feel that a c-section will have the best outcome for both mommy and little Daisy. Also the hospital, where the doctor will deliver, is a long ways away from our house and we don't want to get stuck on the freeway trying to have a baby when there might be some difficulties with the delivery! So now you know. Here are some pictures of the great items we will be using for Daisy when she comes. Thank you Nikki for taking the time to put together such a wonderful party! You are one of these best friends that I(sharifa) could ever have!! Thanks also to all that participated whether by being there or taking the time to send something so very cute!!! What great friends and family we are so blessed to have and we're very grateful for each and everyone!!!!

The beautiful decor that Nikki brought to make our house so spring like!! Thanks Nikki we really love the flowers.Lots of cute outfits that people gave us to use for Daisy! Thanks everyone!!

We got some gift cards for this past Christmas and decided to use them on somethings for Daisy. We saw these cute outfits and just had to buy them, plus we were able to get her a cute bumper pad for her crib!

These are one of sharifa's favorite items. Hair items, she is so excited to be able to put Daisy's hair up in cute little does! Thank you all for these too!!!

Cute blankets and burp rags that lots of women made! They are so cute!!! Thanks!

Some fun items for Daisy to play with or use! Can you believe that someone could crochet that pig? Our Grandma Rector has such great talent and made the cute little pig for Daisy! We love all the other little items and think Daisy is going to love them too! Thank everyone!!

Lots of diapers! We can always use lot of these! Thanks!!

One Sad Day... One 'Appy' Day!!!

For those of you who don't know, our family are big time Dallas Cowboys Fans!!!! We were sad to hear that they lost a divisional game to the Vikings!!!! It turned out to be a sad day for our family. Even though Sunday turned out to be sad, Monday was a much better day for the family!!!! One reason and one reason only... it was Steve's birthday so Sharifa and Ethan went crazy with the great gifts!!!! Here are some pictures of our eventful day!!!!Sharifa got Steve a cool shirt with Jason Witten on it!Sharifa also got Steve a Miles Austin Jersey!Steve wanted cheese cake for his birthday cake; this is a picture of the boys licking the bowl after Sharifa was done making the cake!Ethan got Steve the license plate for his birthday! What a great son!!!Ethan got Steve this car sticker!Sharifa saw this and thought it would good in Steve study/room!!Ethan really loves to open presents and thought that the presents were for him to open! He was such a great helper for his dad!Steve's Birthday Cake!!!

Ethan helped Steve blow out the candles. That's one things that Ethan loves to do, blowing out candles!

Lights and Camera!!!

So we know it's a little late, but one of the traditions we decided to start doing was going down to Temple Square and looking at the beautiful lights. Here are just a few pictures of us enjoying our time there with each other and some friends of ours!!! We hope you all enjoyed your holiday season and have so much more happiness in this new year!!!

Daddy and Ethan posing in front of some beautiful lights!!! Aren't they just the cutest boys ever!!!

Daddy, Ethan, Dan, and Will all having fun play fighting out in the cold!

Stopping just to take a nice picture for Sharifa!

Our family picture in front of the Salt Lake City Temple Reflection Pond!

"Appy Yay!!"

So every year, since we've been married, we have always had a little/big New Years party with all of our friends and family that live close around us and always seem to have lots of fun. This year Steve had to get up WAY too early on New Years (because he had to work) that we couldn't have a party and that made Sharifa a little bit sad. So instead of having lots of people over playing games and watching the ball drop in Time Square it ended up just being Sharifa and Ethan who stayed up 'till midnight. Surprisingly, Ethan stayed up the entire time and didn't fall asleep once. When it was midnight Sharifa told Ethan "Happy New Year!" His response was, "Appy Yay!" Which in English means... Happy Yay! or Happy Day! We can't figure out which one! It's just so much fun to hear him say new words. Here are some pictures of our fun night with just the two of us (Sharifa and Ethan)!!!!

Picture taken at the beginning of the night!Getting into later part of the night! New Years Kiss! Just before bedtime!!! It's time to go to sleep!

This video is of Ethan hiding his toys in his PJs. It's really funny that we wanted to share it with all of you! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!