FLORIDA!

We were finally able to make a trip to Florida in May.  My sister and her family have been there for a year now and I still had not been to visit.  I had not seen Jared for almost a year, I had not seen Nat and the kids for almost 9 months, and I had not even met my little nephew Mason who was born in December.  I tell you this was a much needed vacations.  Chill was busy working as usual so I packed up the kids and recruited some help from my sister Mindi.  I couldn't have done it without her!  The kids did great on the flight for the most part.  We arrived in one piece so I was happy about that.  The sun was shining it was warm and beautiful and it was so nice to get out of the nasty Utah weather.  We just played for a week straight and had so much fun.  We spent 4 wonderful days at the beach, had a few pool days, ate tons of yummy food, had way to many sweets, and just had a blast.  It was fun for Nat, Min, and I to spend some time together.  We don't get to do that near enough.  Watching the kids play together is so fun.  Logan and Carson actually got a long for the most part which is a miracle.  We only had to break up a few fights!  Bailey absolutely LOVES Lexi ( and Jared!) and little Mason just might be the cutest dude ever. Carson tells me at least two times a week that he just wants to go back to Florida.  I would say it was definitely a much needed and wonderful vacation.  Nat and Jared spoiled us rotten.  Can't wait to go again! 

9 Months Old

Yes I am WAY behind.  Bailey, or Bayla (the nickname Carson gave her) as we call her in our house, is fast approaching 10 months so I thought I'd better post a few 9 month pictures.  I honestly don't know where the last 9 months has gone.  I am seriously just loving every minute of this little girl.  She has made having 2 kids so much easier than I had anticipated.  It makes me scared to even think about or attempt 3 kids because there is no way I will get another "good" baby!  Carson still would like to bop her over the head for the most part, but we do have days when he is very sweet to her, so we are making progress.  She finally got the army crawl down about 2 1/2 weeks ago.  She just really isn't in a hurry to crawl and I am perfectly fine with that.  She has her two bottom teeth which is just the cutest thing ever and I think the top teeth will make their grand entrance any time now! Bailey is getting quite the personality, and yes she can be a drama queen.  She is also still such a good eater.  My favorite line from Chill, "Is she still eating?"  As long as you put food in front of her, she will eat!

Here are little Miss Bayla's Stats

Weight:  17.44 lbs. (26 %)

Height:  28.5 inches (82%)

Head Circumference:  18.1 in (94%)

Love this picture...
Carson told me to take a picture of him hugging Bailey.

I guess if that is what you call a hug!

Easter

Chill has been working like crazy lately and had to work on Easter so we decided to do Easter a few days early when he had his day off.  We scrambled last Monday night to pull everything together so we could celebrate on Tuesday and we did it. We died eggs Monday night which was so fun.  I think Easter is one of Carson's favorites.  He has talked about the Easter bunny quite frequently since last year so when it was FINALLY time for the Easter Bunny to visit our house, he was so excited.  He ran around the house finding eggs and then found his and Bailey's baskets.  He was pretty happy with everything he got.  I love that he gets excited at the littlest things.  He is at such a fun age.  As usual Bailey was just happy to be there.

Check out Bailey's face in the next two pictures...she LOVES the camera!

Chill was supposed to be running to the store for me and this is where I found him...in bed!!

On Easter morning the kids and I went to church as usual.  After we were able to have dinner at my parents house. I sure love Easter dinner... yum!  I don't know if you were all lucky enough to have Spiderman at your Easter dinner...we sure were!  Carson LIVES in this costume.  After dinner we Skyped with Nat and her family.  We sure miss them so much and are so excited to visit them next month in Florida.  It just can't come quick enough.  We had another little celebration and my parents were sweet and of course hid some eggs and gifts for the kids.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yes in the middle of all the Easter fun, I had a birthday.  I of course love birthdays (especially my own)!  Chill worked all day and evening so he wasn't able to make the day all about me ha ha!  Thankfully my mom came through for me.  We spent the day with her dying easter eggs, lunch from Kneaders, talking and I got to go by myself and do a little shopping.  We ended the day with dinner at Texas Roadhouse, presents, and Strawberry Pie!  The best part about it all was Carson opened all my presents for me, it was great.  My favorite line of the night..."Ahh Wranglers!" after Carson opened a pair of jeans. (No I didn't not get a pair of wranglers!)  I told Chill that because his schedule is so crazy this week, I am accepting gifts through next week. 

1st Trip to the Dentist

I decided it was time to take Carson to the dentist.  We have been talking about it for the past few months and he finally decided it was okay to go.  I found a "Superhero" dentist in Salt Lake ( Burg Pediatric Dentistry which I would highly recommend to anyone) and after that Carson was sold.  Tangled was playing in the waiting room when we got there which he thought was so cool  He was a little timid when they took us back to the room, but it only took a few minutes and he was just fine.  He let the girl take xrays, clean his teeth, and do floride.  She talked him into all those things by giving him Spiderman stickers.  He got to watch Megamind while he got his teeth cleaned and that made him happy.  After the dentist checked him out and gave him the okay Carson got to pick out some stickers and prizes.  He thought it was great.  He also got a superhero cape because he is a new patient.  I always worried a little about our first trip to the dentist, but boy was that a breeze!

8 Months Old

She just keeps growing and growing.  As always Bailey is just our angel baby.  She is so cute and fun to watch.  She loves to interact with Carson and wants to be on the move all the time.  She is not crawling yet...not even inching her way to things.  She does roll and can get around that way.  I am trying to enjoy the last little bit of limited mobility while I can because we all know after that things get a little more difficult.  I didn't have to do much baby proofing when Carson started crawling, but I'm afraid it is going to be a different story with Bailey.  I guess we will see!