Fourth of July

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We spent the fourth at my parents house. The night before, we went to see fireworks at Sarah’s house. Bailey didn’t cry, but she did not like them. They were shooting them up from a nearby park and we had a great view- but I didn’t realize they would be as loud as they were- so we decided to skip going to a fireworks display on the fourth and just hang out at my parents. It was just us and my grandparents over there. We barbecued and hung out and that’s about it. I decided I wanted to go see fireworks but by then it was too late and I couldn’t get anyone to go with me. My mom kept yelling at me that I was tired and needed to go home and go to bed. Yes, almost 30 years old and my mom still tries to tell me what to do.

“Hey, I wonder what’s under here…”

Raisins are her favorite snack. She likes having the “Fun Size” boxes because she can eat them all by herself. I think half the fun is digging them out of the box.

Helping Grammy get dinner ready

Outside while Grampa grilled our dinner

Apparently at that point I quit taking pictures. But I promise you aren’t missing anything exciting. I wish we had more family in town to get together with. It’s always the same people. But I guess it’s better than not having any family around at all.

Happy 4th of July

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I am very thankful to live in a country where we are free. Free to have our own opinions, to express ourselves, to worship as we choose, to work where we want to, to have a right to an education… I am thankful for the men who fought for those rights so many years ago. I am thankful for the men and women in the armed services who continue to protect those rights.

Happy Father’s Day!

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Just wanted to wish Jonathon and my dad (who doesn’t read this) and all the other dads out there a happy Father’s Day!

Jonathon is so good with Bailey. From the beginning, I have trusted him completely with her. Which is saying a lot, because I am seriously a control freak. I have learned that daddies don’t always do things the same as mommies would, but their way is okay. Bailey loves Jonathon so much. He plays with her whenever he is around, and talks to her, and teaches her things. He even reads to her, and he HATES reading. I could not ask for a better father for my daughter. I am so proud of him and love him so much.

Just a few pictures of Jonathon and Bailey…

Easter, long overdue

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I figured I should get around to posting all the pictures of Easter and writing about it before I post the new pictures from the wedding this weekend. So here it is…

We got Bailey’s Easter basket ready the night before, so that it would be there when she woke up… but then we decided not to give it to her before church when we were rushed. Also I was yelling at Jonathon at the moment, so it was better to wait. But here was her basket, before she dug into it:

Obviously she can’t do candy or little toys yet, but I knew the Puffs would be just as good. The animal crackers were something new, and the eggs were an idea that I got at Parents as Teachers. We I put different items in each egg to make
shakers, and then hot glued them shut.

Easter was a weird day, weather-wise. It was actually snowing, big fat snowflakes, off and on during the day. So Bailey did not get to wear her sandals that I had searched the entire world for In fact the dress we had for her to wear, was sleeveless and seersucker, so she had to wear tights and a sweater with it. There was not a chance of going outside for an egg hunt, but we weren’t really planning on doing one anyway.

We got ready in the morning and went to church for Easter service. I tried to get a few pictures of Bailey in her dress, but she was not cooperating. My mom held her while I took some, but I still didn’t get any great ones. She does not seem to want to look at the camera anymore, and she tries to run away. She’s just too busy. I just liked this first picture because you can see her sparkly shoes.

Here she is in the nursery; another attempt at taking a good Easter picture.

After church, we went home and Bailey took a nap, while Jonathon and I finished getting things ready for the big meal over here. I got a ham at Honeybaked Ham and it was really good! Although I have to say that for $35 for a mini ham, I should not have had to pick a speck of fat off. Those things are overpriced for what you get, I think. When she woke up from nap, we let her open her basket before everyone arrived. I know they wanted to watch, but I figured it would just get too crazy and then she wouldn’t care about it. You can see what she grabbed for first…

I just love the look on her face here…

Here is Bailey with my parents. They gave her a sparkly Easter egg with money for a Grant’s Farm season pass in it. We love Grant’s Farm and can’t wait until it opens in April!

And doing what we do, sitting around and watching Bailey…

And just because this is one of the least icky pictures I’ve seen of myself lately, I thought I’d share

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Belated Christmas Pics

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Here are our pictures from Christmas in Oklahoma City with Jonathon’s parents. They are pretty blurry because they were taken with our video camera (so no flash) because we (I) forgot the memory card for our digital camera. I tend to do that. So here are the memories from the horrible week. Apparently we ONLY took pictures on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I guess we didn’t even want to remember anything else. LOL

Taking a bath in Grandma’s sink on Christmas Eve. Let me tell you we had to seriously scrub that sink before putting her in it. Their kitchen makes me want to vomit.


Checking out what Santa brought- Christmas morning- this was her first gift (from Mom and Dad obviously).



Yay, Mommy!

Opening our presents on Christmas Day




Stopping to check out the Christmas tree

Opening more Christmas presents


We spent Christmas afternoon/evening with Jonathon’s cousins and aunts and uncles. They are all much more normal than his parents. In fact his parents are really the only weirdos in the family. I don’t quite understand. Anyway here is Bailey’s cousin Grace and great uncle Marvin.

Bailey with cousin Isaac, who was one in November.

Bailey’s First Christmas

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Here is a whole slew of pictures from Christmas today at my parents house. Bailey got a ton of stuff. Well, we all did! I got a really cool keychain that you can load up to 60 digital photos into and it has like a two inch screen to view them. Perfect for showing off new pictures of my Bug I also got a gift certificate for a manicure/pedicure and some new OPI polish in dark colors! I had been wanting that. Bailey got a ride on lion. That and her Fridge Farm were probably her favorites.

My big gift to Jonathon was a new hard drive… how terribly exciting. But it was a good surprise for him because he had been bugging me for one and didn’t think he would get it because I said that was a boring Christmas present.

It was a very long day. I think everyone had a good time. My dad and grandpa got into a little tiff at the end of the day but overall, there wasn’t any major bickering or anything which is kind of rare with my family! Anyway, here are a bunch of the pictures in no particular order. I am tired and this is the best I can do.

I’ll post pictures soon

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from our horrible trip

Today and tonight I have been running around trying to get things ready for our “real” Christmas celebration at my parents’ house tomorrow. I had a few things left to wrap, and I have been trying to unpack and get the endless loads of laundry done from our trip. Our downstairs is still a mess and I feel like I haven’t gotten a whole lot done. I took Bailey to my parents house to play for a little bit because they couldn’t wait to see her. I listed a bunch of stuff on eBay tonight.

Jonathon has been talking about what he is going to do with the Best Buy giftcard from his brother. He really wants to get some sort of flat panel tv for downstairs. He also wants a plasma mount thing to put it on the wall. I told him we should at least get it carpeted before we worry about stuff like that.

Big news: WE ARE GETTING CARPET FOR THE DOWNSTAIRS ON TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Hope everyone has enjoyed their Thanksgiving and eaten lots of turkey. We had ham… it was really good! It was just us, my parents, and my grandparents. We don’t really have many aunts/uncles/cousins etc in town, so I am used to small family get-togethers. I always thought it sounded fun to have like thirty people over. Okay, well to someone else’s house, anyway

We had a great day and lots of laughs. I ended up with tons of pictures, so I wanted to share some.

Someone brought this fake bug to dinner and everyone kept trying to scare each other with it. I guess at some point Jonathon thought it would be funny to put it on Bailey’s tray and take a picture.



Attempting to get some pictures in her Thanksgiving outfit, but she wasn’t cooperating very much today. There was a lot going on, she had a snotty nose, and she just wasn’t in the mood for modeling.


I want these shoes OFF, Mom!


Daddy, you’re so funny


Bailey kept getting bread stuck in her snot… gross, I know, but it was worth a picture.

She is getting to be a pretty fast crawler now. My parents put a baby gate up in front of the stairs today. We seriously need to go to BRU and buy a gate. They loaned us theirs to use at our house in the meantime.


Bailey loves doggies. She wanted to follow Koby everywhere and pet him… here they are having a little supervised introduction




Hanging out with Grampa


Bailey is starting to truly enjoy looking at her books. She can turn the pages herself now. Not sure why she has a diaper on her head, though.

Trick or Treat

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On Monday night, we took Bailey out in her costume to visit my parents and grandparents. Her wings buttoned on and off her costume, so it was easy to get her in and out of the carseat. She didn’t seem to mind being dressed up OR wearing the giant hair/hat/wig thing. Yeah, my kid rocks


Ready for Halloween!

My friend Sarah and her husband Josh came over with their baby to hang out for a while on Halloween night while we passed out candy. We sat in the driveway- and Jonathon brought the fire pit out from the backyard and built a huge fire. Seriously, at first it was like six feet tall. I was like- Um, sweetie, please don’t burn down the house!

Andrew was dressed up as The Incredible Hulk. His pacifier was just hilarious!

We took Bailey trick-or-treating to probably 7 or 8 houses. Really just to show her off to the neighbors we know and to get a little candy for Jonathon She seemed to enjoy all the lights and stuff that people had hanging around their porches.


Bailey started getting cold (I think) and a little tired, and she was becoming a crabby Tinkerbell…. so we changed her into her Halloween outfit and mittens. She got a little happier after that and we sat out in the driveway for a while longer and passed out candy. Everyone commented on what a cute little boy she was. I guess they couldn’t see the earrings.

Something I have Wondered…

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There is a place near our house with a digital sign out front, advertising that they do a “colon cleanse.”

Do people actually drive past that place and think, “Hmmm, I think I need to get my colon cleaned out. It’s been a while since last time I did that.” ?????

In other news- this is my kid’s cute trick-or-treat bag. Which I carried while we collected candy last night. Except from the old lady who wouldn’t give us any candy

I will write a real post about trick-or-treating and share lots of pictures tomorrow. Right now I need to go to bed. You know, so I can be wide awake at four a.m. with Bailey, who thinks that’s a great time to hang out with mommy.

Wordless Wednesday- Happy Halloween!

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Christmas Shopping

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I have been doing a lot of Christmas shopping already- most of it online because it’s so much easier than toting Bailey around everywhere. I have never been much of an online holiday shopper- I always thought it was impersonal- but I have found some really cool stuff.

So far we got Jonathon’s parents some car-related things that they have wanted (on eBay) and I got my mom something for her china set. We have finished shopping for my grandparents entirely. I would never have really thought to buy people gold lockets for gifts, but I found a website with some really cool ones so I ordered one for my grandma.

It came in the mail and it looks really nice. It’s white gold and you send in a digital picture to be printed in the locket. They sized it for me (remember when we were little and you had to cut down a picture and try to tape it inside your locket necklace?) and then I had something nice about great grandma engraved on the back. It’s going to be Bailey’s gift to her

Also we decided in my family that instead of spending like $100 on each person we are going to just get like one nicer gift for each person, from each person/family. It is really getting out of control, now that Jonathon and my grandparents celebrate Christmas with us, and I’m sure now that Bailey is here it will be even crazier. Plus, we have to buy for his parents, brother, our friends, etc.

My goal for this year is to be done with Christmas shopping by the end of November, and to have everything wrapped by Jonathon’s birthday, which is in early December.

Costume Party

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My little Tinkerbell She didn’t seem to mind being dressed up at all!

Today we went to Bailey’s first “costume party” ever! Our nursing group decided to dress up the babies today. I took tons of pictures and I’m posting them here for anyone who wants to snag pictures of their own kid. I know there were a few moms without cameras or without a free hand.

Princess Kaitlynn



It was really hard to get pictures of happy babies all at one time. Plus mine kept tipping over because there was stuffing in the butt of her costume.


I’m sorry Ella, but your mom was trying to suffocate you. where is your face?? Just kidding, Emily


Freya the very cute skunk




After our nursing group, I decided to go up to my mom’s work and let Bailey pass out candy. My mom loved showing her off, and everyone got a big kick out of seeing her dressed up

Fourth of July Photos

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Getting ready to go… I’m not a big fan of red on pale babies so we skipped the 4th of July outfits and got this cute shirt instead.

We went to a barbecue at my friend Faith’s. Bailey hates the heat just like her mommy. We were outside for about two minutes and she had a meltdown, so I had a great excuse to come back in!



Bailey and Grampa

My mom watched Bailey while Jonathon and I went to see fireworks with my dad and my grandpa… but I forgot to bring my camera for that