My #402 Girls!!!

Remember my beautiful drawings, girls? ha ha...I am so talented! I kept this one! "Merry Christmas! IT's Tiiimme For Christmas!"Monkey Walk!
Good times!
"La Vega" Spring road trip! I miss ya'll!!! (Sniff, Sniff)
K, for some reason the holidays and this time of year makes me miss my old roomies! Probably because we did a lot of fun things, and did our own lil' Christmas! Aww, the memories! I love you girls! I still can't believe how close we all are and how close we became! You guys are like my sisters that I never had!!! :) Oh, and the song is for you girls...cheers to old times as roomies! ha ha...that song cracks me up--sorry if it offends anyone! :)

Bailey feelin the Christmas Spirit!

My sweetie in a beanie!Bailey is so excited for Christmas! (OK, I am)!Bailey and her bear! She loves him!
Bailey dancing at the intro to Christmas Vacation! She dances with her hands up in the air like that! I LOVE IT!
Saying hello while she stands with her new walker (it was supposed to be for Christmas--but I couldn't wait)!

Bryson's B-day/BYU game/Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!Bailey getting ready for BYU game and birthday surpriseBailey and DaddyTwins! Bay and I have the same shirt!Happy birthday, Bryson!Birthday boyRylee girl! So happy!The theater room, watching the game

Jaimee and Rylee
Tyler in the wrong color
Holden and Carter in the play room
Holden--the Ute fan, from the small Ute clan!
My family! I am so thankful for Bryson and Bailey! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I didn't take any pictures that day! But we had a great Thanksgiving at the Warnick's. The day after I got into all the craziness and went shoppingat 530 am! It was kinda fun actually! It feels like Christmas now! I am used to working and having it feel like Christmas in OCT, so it was nice for it to finally feel like the holidays! But also VERY NICE not to have to get up for work at 2 am Friday! Saturday was Bryson's birthday and thank you to everyone who came! It was a lot of fun! We surprised him at our clubhouse and watched the game in the theater room! It was great! Bryson had a lot of fun and I am so glad the Cougs won!!! But I am so thankful for my family and friends! YOu guys are the best! Thanks MOm and Doug for helping set up the clubhouse, and bringing chips, and June for bringing salad, and Carl, Ethan, Tyler, Mandy, Keera, Jaxson, Holden, Caleb, Jaimee, Ryan, Rylee, and Carter for coming!!! IT was fun! How was everyone else's Thanksgiving weekend? Anyone go shopping FRI?

Pretty in Pink

Pretty in pink! I love this outfit! Thanks grandma Jan for the cute pink dress! And thanks everyone for your advice on getting Bay to sleep through the night...maybe it was good luck, bc she is sleeping through the night again! YEAH! I think she was teething! It was just a lot longer than I thought! She has slept the past few nights though! YES! It is wonderful! She is such a sweet girl! She gets smarter everyday! This morning she amazed Bryson and I! She was playing with two toys in her hands and Bryson would ask for one of them by name and she would hand it to him, and then I would ask for one and she would hand it to me. We thought it was a fluke thing, and it probably was, but she did it like 10 or so times and never did the wrong one! So amazing! She is fun!

I have been Tagged

Okay "neighbor" here we go! My friend Robin tagged me, and I am not very good at responding to these, but I shall try.
6 facts/habits about me:

1. Fact: I am a wife and mother. I love love love being at home with my daughter Bailey! She is the coolest kid! :) She has brought so much joy and fulfillment to my life! I love my husband Bryson--he's a cool kid, too! He is working so hard for our family and he has no idea how much I love him for that!

2. Fact: I love art. Not a lot of people know that about me. I have always wished I could be a painter! I could go to art exhibits daily! I just love paintings...I love photography and other stuff too..but mostly paintings.

3. Fact: I love to read and to write! I love reading, but I wish I had more time for it...I love writing and also wish I had more time. I always have ideas for children's books, and for short stories and characters, but I never have time (or make time) to write them out.

4. Habit: I have a habit of checking email and blogs daily.

5. Habit: I have a habit of taking pictures of Bailey!

6. Fact: I have great friends and family and I love you guys!

K--now these people have to do the same thing! I tag:
Lindsay, Michelle, Lisa, Mandy, Jill, Ashley, Jaimee!!!

Bailey and Sleep

Oh, the good ol' days when Bailey would sleep at night!!! For the past month she has been waking up every 1 &1/2 to 2 hours!!! I think I am going crazy! :) The worst part is that she is soo busy during the day, and I am so tired! (can't wait til she is walking! Yikes!--she is already soo busy!) She just got in her two top front teeth, and I thought that was the reason for the waking at night...but I think she should be over it by now!!! She does not have a hard time going to sleep...she even settles herself down, it is staying asleep!!! In the past month she has only had 3 manageable nights (she only woke up once or twice those nights). Any advice?

I had to add this last picture!! ha ha so cute! My baby grew up too fast!

Baldy to Beauty!

Baldy!
HEY! THERE'S SOME HAIR!
Bailey's hair has slowly been growing...but look at the huge difference since the beginning of August in the top picture...to just the other day in the bottom pictures! YEAH! I am excited to have a daughter with hair! Can't wait to play with it, and do different things! It will be fun!

Bailey waves hello!

My princess!
Bailey loves Daddy!
Once again, Bay and Daddy have the same facial expression!
Here is my attempt to get her wave on film--don't blink, you will miss it!

So Bailey has been waving hello and goodbye for a few weeks, and I just barely was able to catch it on video (barely!)...She is so funny, though, about waving. One time I was in her room with her just watching her play, and she was so involved with playing and exploring, she forgot I was there...then I laughed at something she was doing and she looked up and got all excited and waved at me with a huge grin on her face! I swear! She is so fun! She also waves at me when I say hello from the kitchen, when she is in the living room...and she waves at kids and Daddy, and anyone she is excited to see--especially her own reflection in the mirror! Such a funny girl!

Amber & Carson (and Zane in the belly)

The cute couple!The cute parents to be
Bailey loves her Aunt Amber and Uncle Carson
Here are some pics of Amber and Carson (and Zane in the belly)! I am sad they already had to go back to FL...but it was good to see them! And great to finally see Amber's cute belly! I am so excited to meet Zane! They will be great parents! We love you guys!

Our Next Home...sigh...

House in Jacksonville (below) OK, as some of you may know, I am obsessed with HGTV. I watch "House Hunters" and "HIdden Potential" before I go to sleep every night...well, this is starting to make me extremely anxious...I am really excited for our next home...which is in the future at least 2 years!!! Is it a little early to be looking into homes? I have even looked at homes for sale in Jacksonville...WOW! I know, I know--way too soon to be doing that, but it is fun! I have so many pictures on my computer of homes that I love....Turns out I like craftsman style homes with contemporary features and design. Here are a few of the ones I love! (I don't think they are very practical for FL, but I did find one in Jax similar to these--so there is hope!) They are in order of my favs! What do you think? Does anybody else watch those shows?


(Oh and this last one, is what all the others were inspired from..this is the house in Lehi that we almost got...but I think I like some of the ones I found online better....)