two to the nine

My birthday was amazing this year. I just really enjoyed the day hanging out at home with Bailey and Chris, shopping, and then Me, Chris, and Bailey went out to dinner at Bonzai. Yum-y! This is officially my last year in my 20's and I really am loving my age. I think with age I have come to know myself so much better than I used to. I am doing what I love-being a mom and a wife. I am pursuing my dreams of being in the medical field. Life is good!!! :)


Here we are at Bonsai

She loved the soy sauce. She was actually drinking it. The waitress couldn't stop laughing.
Gotta love the volcano. My favorite part!
She was mesmerized!

Susan's birthday

My Aunt Susan's birthday is the day before mine so we always celebrate together. This year we met at my house for pizza then left Bailey with Chris at home to play while the girls went and saw the movie 'New Moon.' (Loved it by the way) We then came back to my house and had cake and conversation.

Beautiful cake
Bailey putting all the candles on

Getting ready to blow out the candles
Making my birthday wish!
Dig in. This girl sure does have a sweet tooth.

Going home

I think this was the first time Bailey really understood that we were in an airplane that is actually flying in the sky. She loved watching the city lights below us. It was sad though when we were leaving for home she said "I want to go back on the ground...I want to see Memaw!" She cried and cried. So sad. She doesn't understand that we can't just fly to California all the time. She is constantly asking to go to Owen and Ava's house. I say to her "Honey we live too far" and she replies "let's go on a plane." Man I wish it was that easy!

Walking out to the plane at the Long Beach airport. (Bailey insisted on wearing her Belle jammies over her clothes.) :)
Looking down on the Ocean and the Southern California coast.

*Disneyland*

I am just getting all my pictures loaded to the computer... Holidays are a crazy time. When we went to California for Thanksgiving we went to Disneyland twice. We LOVE Disneyland. Thanks Mom and Dad for renewing my pass seriously!!! We were lucky too because it was all decked out for Christmas which got us even more in the holiday spirit.

Bay is obsessed with anything Princess so she wanted to be in the princess castle the whole time.
The giant Christmas tree on Main Street. After the fireworks this is where they have 'snow' at Disneyland. It is so magical there!
Here is Memaw with Bailey and Owen, and Vauri and Ava watching the fireworks. My Dad was sitting by me.
I don't know do you think she likes her new princesses Memaw got her?
On the tram going home. This was me and Bay's last day in California :(
We of course had to make a stop to see the princesses for Bailey. We waited in line for an hour and a half. The kids were champs though. Bailey's favorite princess lately is Belle so she was asking to see her the whole time. There ended up being only 3 princesses to meet when we finally got to the front of the line so I was so happy to see Belle was one of them.
Waiting in line with Memaw, Owen and Ava
Bailey loved Ava I wish we lived closer!
Owen and Bailey really get along now too. YAY!
So happy to be at Disneyland with her cousins!



Bailey and Owen meeting Mulan

Bailey loves Sleeping 'Booty'

~Thanksgiving~

I love Thanksgiving! Definitely one of my favorite holidays! I have so much in my life to be Thankful for, and it is nice to really focus on that. This year we went to California for Thanksgiving. The weather was more than perfect... we ate our Thanksgiving feast outside! So nice!!! We really missed Chris though. Chris burned his arm while camping a few weeks ago and required a skin graft. His surgery was scheduled the day before our flight, and the doctor said Chris would not be able to come with us. :( We were pretty sad, but were also very excited to visit my family!

Owen playing while we all veg out!
My cousin Joe and Owen fighting with light sabers Owen is a little obsessed with star wars! By the end of our trip Bailey was even getting into it!
I love this picture of the Sheans!
Pretty much my entire family has IPhones Here are some of my cousins playing with theirs
Wes, Kim, Will (who just barely got back from his mission and already has one) his girlfriend Lindsey, and Rose

Here are the kiddos on Thanksgiving morning.. Bailey is in the same clothes she wore to Disneyland the day before! Bailey really loves her cousins so much. They all got along so well on this trip. Vauri's inlaws came into town one day so we didn't see them that day and Bailey kept asking where Ava and Owen were, she was pretty bummed that day. I am so sad we don't live closer.
Ava, Bay and O
Bailey playing outside on Thanksgiving.
Cheese!
Talking on the phone to "Dama" (Grandma) She was pretending!
Ava, Mema and Bailey cuddling before bed. I love Ava's face when she says cheese, it makes me laugh every time!
More pics to come!

Halloween Party for the adults

The weekend before Halloween weekend, our friends invited us to a costume party and we had such a good time. Lot's of dancing and chatting! We love to have some adult time!


Here we are with our friends Josh and Amy, they are so fun!
Me and Chris

Halloween!!!

Halloween was so awesome this year. Bailey has been so into it and was so excited to be a witch. She also insisted that Chris be a monkey. A few days before Halloween Lisa came over and we carved pumpkins. Bailey painted hers and was so cute doing it because she was so serious about it.

Here is the finished product. I really wanted to make the puking pumkin. I thought it was pretty funny.
Here is Bailey Boo checking out the pumpkins. I love that she has her princesses in her hands. She is obsessed with them!
On Halloween we decided to go trick or treating with the Bush family. We had such a fun night! I bought a Halloween Gingerbread house kit that we did after trick or treating. During trick or treating we came up to the house and all of these teenagers were going into the house and Bailey just followed them right in and went down the hall. It was so funny!
Kalon and Bailey getting ready to go trick or treating!

Cuties!
Chris is the background! He is so funny! Love my monkey man!

Leaving with their loot!
Bailey was walking very s-l-o-w so Kalon said carry her Chris! It was so funny!