Little Miss Bayla is ONE!

Yes it is true, our little Diva/Drama Queen is ONE! I didn't want to face the fact that she was growing up so fast, but I have to come to terms with the reality that my little girl is a year old.  I have loved every second of her.  That is part of the reason I wanted her to say little for so long.  She seriously has been such a good baby so having two kids has just been fun.  Yes I do have my moments when I turn into the wicked witch and wonder why I have any kids at all, but that only lasts a few minutes.  We were able to celebrate her birthday with just the 4 of us on her actual birthday.  I have to admit that I threw something together last minute because after all the summer events, I didn't have the time or the energy for that matter to plan something big...Sad I Know!!!  Bailey seemed to enjoy herself so I think we are good.  We were able to celebrate later in the week with our families which was a lot of fun and of course she got spoiled by everyone!

Bailey is an eater.  She can out eat Carson any day.  She loves most anything you put in her mouth.  She loves watermelon and can eat half of one I swear.  She isn't saying any words other than Mamama and Dadada....oh and Nanana which she says over and over and over and gets louder every time.  That  means Give Me More Food Now!  She is on the verge of walking.  She has taken steps in between people and is really starting to get her balance.  I am afraid she is going to be one of those kids that just takes off running when she finally gets the hang of it.  She cut one of her top teeth but don't you worry, it isn't the middle one... but the one next to the middle one.  Yeah right, I know snaggletooth right, but the cutest dang snaggletooth you've ever seen!  I guess "awkward moments" are starting early for her.   

Yes that is right, the little stinker was trying to hide from me so I couldn't take her picture!

            Carson loves when Bailey walks to him.  It might be the only thing he likes about her right now!     

Lets just say going on to dinner with the kids right now can be a little challenging.  We were in and out of Red Robin so fast.  I seriously wonder sometimes why we even try to go out.

 

               Bailey wasn't so sure about her birthday cake...She pretty much ate the sprinkles off half the       cake and decided she was done!   

Party #2 Started off with A LOT of Watermelon followed by a fabulous lasagna dinner!

Bailey did not want to wait for us to sing or blow oh the dang candles.  She just wanted to dig in to the cake!

She was fine until she realized she was very messy and then she just got mad!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAILEY BUG!

5 Years

Yes we made it to 5 years and it is a miracle.  Okay so maybe not a miracle but I honestly can't believe it's been 5 years.  I also can't believe we have 2 kids. (If it was up to Chill we would have 3 by now)!  We were actually able to spend our anniversary together which we don't always get to go.  We try and work something in every year, but it doesn't always work.  Okay so the truth is we are supposed to take turns planning our anniversary and Chill is really good at it...me not so much.  I have GREAT intentions, but just never follow through.  Part of the problem is I think I have been at Bear Lake on our anniversary 3 of the 5 years we have been married.  Chill usually isn't with us when we are in Bear Lake.  Anyway enough with the excuses.  We found out Chill didn't have to be to work the next day until 1 pm so my sister was sweet enough to volunteer to watch our kids over night.  I left them at my parents, ran home and then Chill and I got on the computer to find somewhere to stay.  We decided on the Grand America.  The best thing about it was it took us all of 5 minutes to get there.  We had such a great time.  It is such a beautiful place with so much to see.  We ate dinner at the hotel out on the patio which was so nice.  The weather was perfect. Our food looked and tasted amazing.  We sat and talked for hours and our waitress thought we were dating because we were having such a good time..so funny!  It was just so nice to have a night to ourselves.  Chill's work schedule had been so crazy for the past 2 months we rarely saw each otehr or had time to just talk.  It was so nice to not worry about the kiddos at all.  A big thanks to my sisters and mom for watching them and a big thanks to Chill for a great night out! 

11 Months Old

Bailey has decided that these monthly pictures are not much fun.  She spends most of her time trying to figure out how to rip the stickers of the onesie.  I try to distract her with something and then take it away quickly... I know it only works when they are tiny.  So lets just say that being 11 months is hard work. Bailey is definitely getting more dramatic by the day, but cuter by the minute.  She is walking around everything and climbing anything she can pull herself up on- her favorite is Carson's bed.  Carson wasn't ever a climber so I never had to worry about that kind of stuff.  She loves to dance to music and I would say she has pretty good rhythm.  It is fun to watch her explore and get excited about new things!   

On a happier note, Carson LOVES the camera...most of the time!

Match Day

This was definitely a big day for us.  We had been waiting and wondering for months where the next and LAST part of Chill's training would be.  Chill applied back in October 2010 for the fellowship program and in Jan/Feb 2011 he started all his interviews.  He interviewed at 6 different programs in Arizona, New York, Florida, Utah, Texas, and Minnesota.  It was tough trying to decide how to rank the programs and wondering if we should try and stay in Utah or if it was time for us to move out of state and take a little adventure for a few years.  We really felt that moving out of state was right for us but our future would be decided by a computerized match.  Chill had to put his rank list in by June 1st and then had to wait until June 15 to find out the results.  On the Match Day we decided to head down to Lehi and find out at Chill's parents.  We thought Chill would get an e-mail at 10:00 a.m.  At 10:02 a.m. we were kind of stressing and getting a little anxious so he logged onto the website and there were the results.  It was a relief to know that Chill had matched, and that he had matched in the program he was hoping for.  We found out that we will be moving to

Rochester, Minnesota in July 2012

Chill will complete his fellowship in

Hematology/Oncology at the Mayo Clinic

I am very proud of Chill for all his hard work.  All the crazy schedules/stressful schedules have been worth it.  I can't believe we are about to be on the last leg of his training.  We have definitely been blessed through it all.   Yes I am a little nervous to move away from our families and from everything that is familiar, but also very excited for the opportunity to take an adventure.  I know it will be good for us and our little family.  Thank heavens we are moving there when it is warm so that I have time to get my food storage before the hibernation begins.  I have heard wonderful things about Minnesota and it can't be all that bad if that is where the Mall of America is right???!!!  That was all I needed to hear to be sold on the idea!  After we got over the excitement of it all, called our family and friends, we spent time at the pool and had a little bbq!

The Swing Set

So my parents have been talking about getting a swing set for the grandkids for a while now.  Mom decided to just go for it so that we could all put it together before Nat and her kids came for the summer.  I thought if we could recruit a few people putting it together would be easy.  Well I recruited Mindi and her boyfriend Matt to help.  When we opened the box, took all the pieces out, and tried to organize everything, I could tell this just wasn't my type of task.  Unfortunately Chill was busy working all and was not able to help so that meant Matt with the help of his side kick, Min, were in charge!!  It was a task to say the least, but they did a great job.  It took about 1 1/2 days to put together and the the kids love it so it was all worth it!

10 Months Old!

Bailey is well on her way to being One Year Old!  This last month with her has been so much fun.  She is growing and changing so fast.  She has the cutest, sweetest, and sometimes sassiest personality.  She is such a busy body and just has places to go.  She perfected her army crawl and started crawling a few days ago.  It is so amazing to me how quickly babies learn things.  Bailey loves most any food in large quantities and she is really a fan of watermelon right now.  She is thinks bath time is great and loves to splash and get everything wet (especially Carson).  She is getting a little more cuddly which I am loving for sure.  She loves Chill and most men for that matter. I feel so lucky to have such a great baby.  I sometimes wonder what the toddler years will bring...watch out!