chillin on the couch

For some reason Bailey LOVES these little kid couches. She thinks that are the coolest ever. Well Owen has one so she was thrilled to play on it the whole time we were there. Here are the cute cousins watching Jay play his new Wii!
Bailey is using the wiimote as a phone! She is adorable!

Vauri's baby shower

My sweet sister Vauri is pregnant with her second baby . She is due in March, she is having a girl and naming her Ava. While I was in California we had a baby shower for her. It was so fun. She is such a cute pregnant girlie! I can't wait to meet sweet little Ava! I plan to go up in April for her blessing.

Here is Vauri at 37 weeks, WOW what a cute belly!
Opening some of the gifts
My mom made this diaper cake for Vauri and Ava. I love it!
My mom's friend Marsha put together this cute candy bar for the favors. Yummy!

Me and Vauri
Bailey and her Great-Grandma Wilson!
She is so cute!

Bailey's birthday bash in California

As I wrote in an earlier post, my family planned a birthday party for Bailey. It was so fun to have everyone over to celebrate with us! I thought it was so sweet that so many people ended up making it even when last minute we had to change it to the next day! My family did such a good job at planning it! Thank you so much guys!

Here is our princess with her birthday balloons!
Memaw and Bailey!
Birthday princess
The pinata
My Aunt Ann and I made sushi for the kids... They have peanut butter and banana or cheese and ham. What a cute idea mom!
The little bug crackers and fruit. My mom is so creative! The party had a lady bug theme.Getting ready to eat

Bailey's cousin Owen

The cute centerpieces my Mom made





My camara died so I didn't get pictures of the cake. :( It was adorable my Aunt Ann made it and it was a giant lady bug. Sooo cute!

I made it!

Well I am in California! I forgot my camera cord for the computer, so I will just post pictures when I get home. This trip did not start out very well at all. I missed my first flight (Long story!) Luckily I was able to get on a flight later that same day. However... my family had planned a surprise birthday party for Bailey so they had to call everyone and change it to the next day. I seriously felt sooo bad! My mom (Jan) said it was actually better because it gave her more time to get ready but I think she was just saying that because I was crying when she told me! So when I finally got on the plane that was seriously a nightmare. I am not even kidding Bailey screamed about 2/3rd's of the way here. It was so embarrassing! Luckily no one was sitting right next to me because she was like flailing her little body around in a full on temper tantrum. NO fun! She finally fell asleep as we were landing. Which was actually good because we had to wait in the plane an extra 20 minutes. Oh I just really hope the flight home will be better than that! I am just going to bring more toys for her. I didn't bring any of her toys that made noise because I thought it would bug people... but I think the blood curdling screams is probably a bit more annoying!

Once we got here things have gone a lot smoother! Bailey's birthday party was so much fun! My family is so sweet and there were a ton of people that made it to celebrate for our sweet Bailey! (My family is HUGE) They did a lady bug theme and my mom did such a good job putting it all together. And not to rub it in to my fellow Utahn's but we had it outside! The weather was awesome most of the time. It got a little cold later in the day but my Dad just turned on their outdoor heater and we were good to go! My sweet Aunt Ann made the CUTEST cake I have seen! It was grass with a giant lady bug on it. She is so talented. Anyway it was a lot of fun and Bailey got a lot of cute stuff. I can't wait to post the pictures.

The weather isn't the greatest but it's a lot better than the 20 degrees back home! It has been a little rainy but we are still having a blast. So far we have done some shopping, eating out, lots of fun talks at home. Yesterday my Dad, Vauri, Owen, Bailey and I went to the Aquarium of the Pacific. I seriously LOVE that place. It is huge and Bailey loved it! She was even reaching in to touch the sea urchins at the little place where you can touch the star fish, rays and some nice sharks. We are having lots of fun but missing Chris a lot! I will post more later!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's day!!! I love Valentine's day so much! Growing up we always woke up to some kind of pink breakfast. My mom (Jan) would put food coloring in our oatmeal or pancakes! So fun! Then in our lunch would be some kind of special treat and note. We also always got a huge basket with toys and candy sent to our house from Aunt Susan and my mom(Julie.) With Chris we always try to make Valentine's day a big deal too. Usually we go out to dinner and its always crazy busy. One year we took a horse ride up memory grove. It was sooo cold but so beautiful and fun. This year we decided to have a low key Valentine's day and it was so great! I love my hubby so much! He is so great to me and Bailey. We are going to miss him so much while we are in California. I love celebrating Valentine's with Bailey too. She was very spoiled. My aunt Susan and Ashley came over and gave her some presents. While they were here she took a few steps and we were all screaming. It was funny. We are definitely not a quiet family. She is so proud of herself when she tries to walk. Then we went to Ed and Linda's for dinner. They wanted to see Bailey before we leave. Ed made a very yummy pizza. We always have so much fun when we are with them. I so lucked out in the in-law department! Bailey fell asleep in the car on the way home so Chris and I had a little time to ourselves! It was such a nice day! Well I am headed to California tomorrow! Wish me luck on the plane with Bailey.

Here is Bailey and her giant stuffed dog that Susan and Ashley brought over. Bailey LOVES it. When they gave it to her she was hugging it.

Our little love bug!
Bailey and her auntie Ashley.
I'm sorry but her little bum in that skirt is sooo cute!

Opening her presents
Eating some of Daddy's burrito
Bailey playing at Ed and Linda's house
Glamma gave Bailey a sucker (well 2) she loved it so much!

Hanging out with the fam!

Great (Great) Grandma Anna's 93rd Birthday!

Chris's Great-Grandma (Bailey's Great-Great-Grandma) Anna turned 93 so a few of us went to IHOP to celebrate.

Here is the 5 generation picture... Cindy, Chris, Bailey, Grandma Joanne and Great-Grandma Anna
Here is the bunch

Bailey was over the bow at this point... this nice lady came over to see Bailey and Brooklyn and bought them both those little lambs. It was so sweet!
Great-Grandma Anna, Chris's aunt Theresa and Chris
Nick, Tracy and Brooklyn




Bailey loves feeding me!

Oh and it looks like my last post is starting to work Lisa started a blog. If you click on her name <- it will take you to her blog!

A side note

I just wanted to add something to my post below... most of you who read my blog have not set up your own blogs...well I am also tagging all of you to fill out the survey below and start your own blog. It has been so fun blogging. Sometimes I think I am going to stop because my life is so busy, but then someone comments to me how much they love reading it. It also has been like a journal for me, which I have been wanting to start for a long time now. Shandra (an old friend I grew up with and fellow beach bum of mine) had a great idea to print off your blog posts and keep them in a folder and it can be like your journal. I love that idea and I am going to start doing that. So I encourage all of you to start a blog... you will become addicted! xoxo~Jen

Well Bailey is taking a nap right now so I thought I would finally do this survey thing my sista Vauri tagged me to do...

Well Bailey is taking a nap right now so I thought I would finally do this survey thing my sista Vauri tagged me to do...

The rules of the Game:

• Each player answers questions about themselves
  
• At the end, the player then "tags" 2 people and posts their names at the end
• You then go to their page leaving them a comment letting them know they've been tagged & refer to your post

10 years ago:
I was just barely 17 and a junior in high school. I was living in California with no plans to EVER live in Utah..haha! Ah those were the days... no responsibilities just lots of hanging out with friends and going to school. I was a major beach bum back then so I am sure I was going there every day.

5 things that are on my "to do" list for today:
1. Do my workout while Bailey is still napping...
2. Clean the upstairs bathroom, vacuum, mop, finish laundry
3. Play with Bailey
4. Make dinner
5. Have fun with Chris and Bailey

I Enjoy:

• My family
  
• Going out to dinner
  
• Watching movies
  
• I Love to travel although I really haven't gone too many places. This is one of my goals!
  
• Playing with Bailey
  
• Making her laugh
• Reading- I made a goal for myself to read one book a month. And I want to join a book club
  
• Shopping
  
• Boating-ahhh I can't wait for this summer!
  
• Camping
  
• Hanging out with Chris...I love that I can totally be myself with him!
  
• Fresh flowers
  
• The beach~Can't wait to go back home and take Bailey there!!
• Cooking and baking
  
• Taking pictures
• First snow days of the winter
  
• I love that Chris' job is so flexible. I get to see him a lot!
  
• People watching
  
• My sisters!!!
• My parents and Chris' family
• My aunt Susan
  
• My girlfriends!!!
  
• I love my bedtime routine with Bailey...Bath, then I rock her and read her a few books then give her a bottle! She is so cuddly at bedtime!
  
• Hiking
• I love getting in the hot tub with Chris after Bailey is in bed.... so relaxing!
• Game night
• Right now I am LOVING that Lost is back on!!!
  

In no particular order. I could go on forever I'm sure....


What would I do if I suddenly became a hundred Millionaire?:
Pay off our house and buy another one. Put a huge chunk of it in a savings account for my baby girl. Pay off our parents houses. Pay for all of our friends to go on a huge long trip with us. Invest the rest.


5 Jobs I've had:
-In no order, this was hard, I really haven't worked too many places!
1. Discovercard
2. Remax Advantage... Zoom marketing(Chris' Dad's company)
3. E Commerce Processing in Aliso Viejo when Chris and I lived in Laguna.
4. I worked at Express a couple months my senior year of high school
That is all the jobs I can remember...

5 Things people don't know about me:
I have no idea so you probably already know this about me...

1. Me and Bailey stay in our pj's until her nap time at noon...
2. I am usually shy until I really get to know people then you can't shut me up.
3. I have always been a klutz... when I was 2 I ran into the corner of the wall twice in one year and had to get stitches, locked my thumb in the car door and had to get stitches, I broke my arm by jump roping on my bunk bed and fell off when I was in first grade, I broke my back snowboarding while I was here in Christmas break my senior year and I couldn't go back home for an extra few weeks because I couldn't sit up on the plane, somehow this summer I get 2nd degree burns on my shin because I was in my bathing suit cover-up by the camp fire at the lake... the wind shifted and the fire got too close to me... there is a lot more of these stories but I could seriously go on and on!
4. I always really wanted a girl... I would say I wanted a boy so I wouldn't jinx myself but when I found out it was a girl I was ecstatic! And I am torn between wanting a boy next or a sister for Bailey. I loved having sisters because we were all so close. Chris only wants two kids. I am sure I would be happy with either!
5. I want another baby but I don't ever want to be pregnant or give birth again! Maybe after more time I will forget how miserable I was through it all.



And now I Tag...... Christina and Tracy~ and yes Trac that means you need to start a blog!

Bailey is 11 months old today!

Wow! My little love is growing so fast I can't believe it! Looks like I need to start planning her first birthday party. AH! I am kind of freaking out. I feel like it's going way to fast. There is a part of me that wants her to stay my little baby that lets me cuddle with her all the time! But there is also the part of me that can't wait to have her running all over the place, laughing and having the time of her life. We can't wait to show her the world. She is such a blast to be with and I am so thankful to my wonderful hubby for working so hard because I get to spend just about every second of the day with her. I LOVE being a stay at home mom. It is hard sometimes like when she is teething or it is too cold outside so we are inside every single day, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Just some updates on Bailey... she is the BEST sleeper in the world. She sleeps from about 9:30 at night to around 9:00 in the A.M. and takes a 1-2 hour nap during the day! I am sooo lucky. She is standing all by herself and has even taken a few steps towards me! She loves to help me vacuum. She likes playing hide and go seek, and the tickle game with me. She likes to pretend to feed me her food and her bottle and laughs hysterically when I act like I am really eating it. She is such a happy girl and has brought so much happiness to Chris and I!

Here she is in her crib. I love her crib and bedding so much. We are actually transitioning to have her sleep in her own room now. I didn't think it would be this hard for me!

HA! This picture makes me laugh so hard. Before bed a couple nights ago I let her try a little bit of a Chocolate chip cookie I made when my friend Danielle was over. Big mistake... who know she could make such a mess out of it!!
Loving the mornings!
Bailey just woke up from her nap and Chris just got home from work. She gets so excited to see him when he gets home. I am in love with this picture!
Sorry this picture is so horrible but I just had to catch her hair sticking straight up! Her hair is really growing now.