Catching Up... again!

This blog will probably be a jumble of pictures and words, but here goes.

Maid for Hire: Very portable, cute, and fun, but usually causes more of mess! Bailey loves to wipe anything down with her rag and sweeps every surface she can reach even me!


Easter-A religious moment- I am so grateful for the whole purpose of Easter and all that the Savior did for me. Now a spoiled child moment-with the end of tax season I get more and more stir crazy so Bailey and I did a lot of shopping the week before Easter which means her Easter surprises where a bit much, but she's so dang cute I couldn't help myself. I DON'T know why the hat had to be on, when she woke up Ben went to get her and she spotted the hat and had it on ALL morning. She got her own broom from the Easter Bunny and sweeps 3-4 times a day!


Ben was awesome that morning, took care of Bailey when she woke up (fed and changed diaper) let me sleep a little longer, made breakfast for us, and I found an IPOD Nano in my Easter Basket. My old MP3 player died, but I am still trying to figure out how to work the new one, any help would be nice! This picture is on our way out the door to church.


On Thursday Ben's sister called and said that they were on their way through Logan and would be at my house in about 20 minutes. We went for some ice cream before they headed on to Ben's brother's house. This is Bailey and Corbyn, he is a cutie.


On Saturday the USU Football team was having a spring game and of course anything sports related Ben had to go. It was a nice day and great to be together even at a USU football game. Bailey loves having Ben home more often. I thought the picture was so cute, she looks so little.


Ben also attacked his list of "Honey Do's" on Saturday! After 5 months of not having a husband he had a lot of things to do. Some he ignored, others took little time and some he hated! Bailey has been getting into drawers and cupboards since February and Ben said that HE would put on clips to stop her from emptying every cupboard I have so that was the one he hated. I stayed by his side for moral support and tried not to giggle to much!

A Moment...

Ok, I am having a tender moment :) I usually don't share these because anyone close to me knows that I am normally very emotional, but here goes. I put Bailey down for her nap at 10:45am, she went right down like a little champ, I then proceeded to check my e-mail and than forced myself away from the computer to clean the bathrooms. I love cleaning (my house doesn't always show it though) but not the bathrooms. But today is clean the bathroom day and yes I did clean both bathrooms and am done. Bailey usually wakes up when I have about 5-10 minutes left, but didn't this time so I went and checked on her and she is still out plug in mouth and huggies on each side of her. I was very grateful that she slept the whole time and grateful when I checked on her for just having her little self all together. And than I had a random thought of how grateful I am for Ben for not EVER arguing with me when I do or buy something for Bailey that he may not understand, but that I feel very strongly about. I am also grateful for a very hard working husband and SOOO grateful that the dreaded tax season is over!

I also realize that I have not posted about last week, but I have yet to down load last weeks pictures-on my to do list maybe for Bailey's next nap!

Home Again

Well last week, the week before Easter, my sister and brothers all had plans to go to my parents for Easter, like we did. But with Tax Season being what it is Ben didn't know if he would be able to get off work in time on Saturday to make the trip even worth it. So when my Mom called asking that Bailey and I come down a little early to help her we decided to go. We headed down on Thursday morning and Bailey slept all the way until Obi sneezed and scared her. When we got there my Dad decided to take Bailey and I on a little ride on the Gator.

We were able to spend time with a lot of family which is always fun and Bailey was able to see most of her cousins. I stayed at my brother's house which is nice because Brenda (my sister-in-law) is always willing to watch and help with Bailey. Thanks for letting us stay. Poor Brandon, my oldest nephew is under the four youngest grandkids, it's so cute to see them altogether.


Bailey and I left on Saturday afternoon so that we could spend Easter with Ben. But before we left my wonderful family gave Bailey her Easter surprises. My sister-in-law Sommers gave Bailey a bag of candy, toys, headbands and she MADE Bailey the cutest denim skirt, she's so crafty! Yvonne gave Bailey the cutest Tea Set which Bailey loves and we get fed spoon fulls of food constantly. My sister gave Bailey this amazing picture of Jesus holding hands with the cutest little girl holding her doll I love it but since it's for Bailey it's in her room.


I love being with family and the support and love that they have for me and my little family always amazes me. Thank you to my amazing family.

Another week down

Well this week Bailey had her 15 month appointment. She passed her 15 month date awhile ago, but the doctor was gone so we just barely had it. Anyway Bailey is healthy and slowly growing. She weights 21 lbs and is 30 inches long. The doctor said that her growth wasn't anything to worry about because that just wasn't the genes that she was given :)!! She is doing great. This is a picture of Bailey right before Easter last year! Where in the crap has the time gone!

After spending time with my nephew Shaydon, who Sommers has taught some sign language to, I decided I needed to teach Bailey how to say please. Now when she is screaming at me when she wants something at least she will now scream at me politely! But now that she knows it will get her what she wants it's really hard not to give her everything, it's especially hard for Ben because he is such a softy toward her.

This week was also General Conference. I love Conference, I think my love for Conference really grew while I was on my mission. First -because it was in English and Second - because Salt Lake was close to home. While we were watching the Sunday morning session at the closing song "We Thank Thee Oh God For a Prophet" the showed pictures of President Monson and My Dad was in one of the pictures! As soon as it was over I called him and he hadn't seen himself!

I hope everyone has a great week and a wonderful Easter. And to all the Tax Season wives- we've almost made it!!

New old toys and cleaning

Last year my sister-in-law Yvonne got Bailey this cute toy. She wasn't old enough to do much with it, but after I changed the batteries and gave it to her it's her new favorite toy! She carried it like a baby until I turned it on and now she loves to hear it sing and I can't get the song out of my head.


Also here is a video of Bailey cleaning. She found my niece Lily's broom and swept the back porch for about 30 minutes! Also every time she finds a towel, washcloth, or rag she cleans everything in reach. I'm not really sure where she picked that up because I'm not OCD about my cleaning or anything :)!I have tried to take a video of that, but every time I do she goes after the camera.

Home Sweet Home

Ok well it's time for another two week update! First though I would like to add a picture of Bailey and I coloring. My parents got her a giant coloring book for Christmas and she is to the point where she isn't eating her crayons any more so we are doing a little more coloring. Actually I just color and Bailey holds the crayon the right way but just high enough that the point of the crayon is in her fist and never touches the paper. It's pretty cute and it makes her happy so it's all good. As you can tell by the look on her face she is a pretty serious about her coloring!





Now for the update... Last week on Tuesday (St.Patrick's day) Bailey and I took off to my parents house. I love spending time in Idaho and with my family, BUT it is still Tax Season (YUCK) so we went alone.

I got into town, had lunch with my mom, went to see my sister-in-law and drop Bailey off with her for a little bit while I went to see my cousin Brooke. Brooke had a scheduled c-section that day and I was able to see her and new baby Davnie. She was a cute little girl - congratulations Brooke and Jon. I was also able to see my Grandma, Bailey and I went to see Ben's mom and his Grandma. And we were able to see my niece before her radiation treatment. We are SOO glad that my niece is feeling better and that life is almost back to normal for her. We love you Lou!

On Thursday my parents, Bailey and I headed for the two hour drive to my brothers house. My brothers were able to get tickets to the NCAA games in Boise for them and my Dad. They had tickets for Friday and Sunday, but since my Dad had to be back home for Sunday we bought his tickets and Ben came up on Friday night. We played on Saturday and the boys went to the games on Sunday. Ben loved it and had a great time. Thanks Eric for hooking us up with the tickets.

While we were there we went to story time with Sommers and Shaydon, shopped at Costco. I love Costco, ate way to much, went shopping at Target (Thanks Yvonne)that was one of the highlights of my trip! Had a day of great weather (74 degrees) so we played on the tramp, in the sandbox, with the toys and Bailey did some cleaning. We celebrated my mom's birthday and Bailey, Ben, and I had a great time seeing everyone.

Zach-thanks for being so sweet to Bailey. Lily, thanks for letting her play with all of your toys. Nic thanks for letting Bailey have your room. Eric and Yvonne thanks for letting us invade your house we really appreciate it and for putting up with us and Bailey getting sick! Scott, Sommers, Shaydon, thank you for spending time with us and for letting Shaydon skip naps and go to bed late! We love you all!

A busy week

This week was a busy week, but it also made the days go by faster. Which is always nice during tax season - another week down.

On Monday we (Bailey and I) went visiting teaching. Bailey was a good girl and that was nice. On Tuesday we had lunch with my cousins Katie, her two daughters, and my cousin Avery. It was nice to see them. On Wednesday library books were due so it was off to the library. On Thursday we had some work done on the house and Obi had a hair appointment, it is so nice to have a clean dog! On Friday we went to lunch with my friend Krista, it was great to see her. On Saturday morning we were off to Primary activity day were once again Bailey was a very good girl and just hung out in her stroller most of the time.

Bailey has also broke a couple of teeth her upper right one and her upper left two! So now my almost 15 month old has almost 5 teeth!

The video was taken at my parents house. Bailey is going around the base of their kitchen table! I thought it was pretty cute and Ben thought it was pretty funny so we thought we would share.