Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. We spent Christmas Eve with Ben's family which is always a party. Ann (Ben's Mom) made a wonderful dinner and after we had eaten moved onto the presents. The weather and roads were horrible and on the way to Ann's we had to turn around and go borrow my Dad's pickup so we could get there and back safely and we left some presents in our car. But we had a great time, most of the night Bailey played with Jacob (Ben's brother) she would curl up like a little ball next to him and play peek a boo it was soo cute. On Christmas day we opened presents in the morning with my parents and then headed to Todd's for our traditional Christmas breakfast. It was a wonderful Christmas I just wish the weather would have been better. Ann and all that was in her house was snowed in their house for 24 hrs and she lost power for an hour. It was wonderful to be with family at this time of year.

First Birthday

The week before Christmas we celebrated Bailey's first birthday. We are so grateful to have her and can't imagine how we ever lived without her. She keeps us so busy all the time. She loves to dance and every she can she will start to clean! She will clean with a piece of paper, cloth, pull towels out of the drawers and go to work. She cleans the floor, the walls, doors, etc. Anyway my parents, brother Todd, his wife Brenda, and my niece Lyndsie drove down from Burley to celebrate with us. Mom and Dad went shopping while Todd took the rest of us out to lunch- Thanks Todd. Than we all met back at the house. Lyndsie offered to decorate the cake for us and it was soo cute and everything was polka dots. Todd was finally able to feed Bailey Ice cream, cake, the cheese from his pizza -we said no on the pop. She was very timid about her cake when we set it in front of her -less mess for me to clean up! :) Here are pictures of her big day. THANK YOU so much to all of our family and friends who have been apart of Bailey's life this past year.

Weekend in Salt Lake

The same week that we got Bailey's pictures taken Ben's cousin got married. So it was off to Salt Lake for the wedding, dinner, and having fun with the Brown family. We got to Sandy Friday afternoon and stopped by to say hi and change our clothes at my sisters. Thanks Wendy and Lexie for spending time with us, it was great to see you. After that we headed to "The Woods" for the wedding and reception. After the celebration Ben, Bailey, and I headed to Babies R' Us to buy Bailey a new big girl car seat. After that we headed into Salt Lake where we had a hotel with the rest of the Brown's. I went with the rest of the Brown girls to Temple Square to see the lights (which I love) we had a great time. The next morning we woke up to a lot of snow. Most of the Brown's who lived in Idaho took off early to make it home. Ben, Bailey, Jacob, Breawna and I headed to have breakfast. These are some pictures from that weekend of fun. We loved spending time with everyone.

First Year Pictures

Ok, I know that I haven't blogged for a while-blame it on the crazy Holiday Season. So two weeks ago we got Bailey's first year pictures taken!! Can you believe that it has been a year, I can't. Anyway we got them taken at JC Penny. I have been other places for her pictures and I LOVED JC Penny not to mention I had a killer coupon. We got one of her birthday presents early and thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law Yvonne who gave us the cutest outfit that I used for her pictures. Here are two of my favorite pictures.

Happy Birthday

Today is my brother Eric's Birthday. I have three wonderful brothers and I don't have a clear picture of Eric (I'm not the greatest picture taker) so I have a pretty good picture of all three of my brothers. Eric is a great friend, brother, and always good for a laugh. We hope that you have a great birthday and we love you.

Thanksgiving 08

Ok well here is a little of our Thanksgiving. We were able to spend time with Ben's family and mine, which is nice for everyone. We had great meals, and ate way to much the roles and pies were great. We stayed with my brother Todd for most of the time. Ben left early because he had to fly to Denver for work and I stayed with my parents. We had a great time and loved seeing everyone. The pictures (not in this order, but what I remember) Ben holding Bailey and niece Taylee, Bailey and cousin Jaycee (She was so cute with Bailey), The Brown Turkey Bowl (about 10 minutes after dinner the boys went out to play!!) Bailey with the rest of the Brown Babies that were born all within a year of each other, The Gerratt Babies all with their "Huggies", Uncle Todd feeding Bailey any thing I would let him, Bailey playing in the fridge, Uncle Todd playing with nieces and nephews, Uncle Scott treating us all to a piano Christmas solo, All 3 of my nieces and Bailey (way cute picture), Nephew Nic looking cute with his different head attire and dinner and ice cream at Al's Pizza. We had a great time seeing and being with family.