Bakers Take Two

November 2011

2012-01-22T19:51:00.000-08:00

Well November seemed busy but not too crazy- Mikayla was already anticipating Christmas so most of the month was a countdown to the Christmas count-down. We managed to get our annual outfits and family pictures taken and that was a huge success! (I'll include pictures in December)

I love how the girls love holding hands and taking cute pictures!

Mikayla picked out this red dress and wanted to wear it the minute we got it!

My girls in their cute warm jumper dresses.

The first real snow and Mikayla played out there for a couple of hours.

Marissa finally fits in the the cute little skirt I made her and Mikayla- she is getting to be so fun and is finally rolling over front to back and back to front.

Marissa loves sitting in the Bumbo chair to watch Baby Signing Time!

THis is really how our living room looks- Mariss chilling out, the dogs sniffing EVERYthing and Mikayla playing with every baby toy that she thinks I won't get bugged at her playing with!

Teething her first two bottom Teeth!

Mikayla wanted to make a Turkey. She was so proud of it and set it out as a new decoration.

Thanksgiving was spent with Jonathan's family- We went to Bennihanas with his mom a few days before Thanksgiving with entire family. Then we went to the annual Aunt Margaret's Feast, and then the day after we went to his dads house for another buffet type dinner. I was missing my family a ton but it was nice that we had some family here to spend the holiday with.

She also decided to get her own orange juice while I was getting ready in the morning. I made her take a pictures with it since the ENTIRE container was on the floor. I try really hard not to get so upset at things like this so my way of dealing with is is laughing and photographing the event. I think she was more embarrassed to take a picture than about the actual mess!

Yes Mikayla likes playing on this toy more than the baby does.

After Thanksgiving our tradition has always been to put up Christmas decorations. This year we waited until Black Friday to get out the decorations. Mikayla had so much fun getting out all the decorations and remembering things from previous years. So on to the Christmas season-

Mikayla had her dress rehearsal for her first dance appearance for the Festival of Trees. This is also her first time of wearing "real" makeup (as required by her dance company)- eye liner, lipstick, eye shadow, mascara. The entire time I was putting this on her I kept reminding her that this is ONLY for dance and we don't wear real make up until we are a lot older.

So cute! She invited Jonathan's mom, Granny, Aunts and cousins to the Dance and she did awesome. She smiled the whole time and actually danced! We were so proud of her!

2012-01-22T19:07:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween 2011- Grandma Barby and Papa T. purchased the girls their cute costumes this year.

Mikayla loved her Cheerleader outfit.

Mikayla wore this outfit to her yearly preschool party and afterwards they come outside and sing a few songs for the parents and then they trick or treat down the line of mommies. Well Mikayla realized I was giving the puppy tattoos (I had purchased the previous year for this event) away- and she cried the entire time and wouldn't sing a single song and then told me how mad she was for me giving those things away to the kids! I felt like she was a little spoiled but the other moms kept telling me it was a normal 4 year old reaction. Either way I am not letting her get those again!

I bought this cute little sleeper for Marissa last year on sale for like 2 bucks so it was a perfect fit! And of course Mikayla loved her little pumpkin Sparkly shirt.

Ward Party- Mikayla came out of her room insisting she was a cowgirl so I decided to let her be for the night.

Mikayla made out like a bandit with tons of candy (most is still sitting in our pantry!)

Yes Mikayla loves dressing up the dogs... unfortunately they hate it! so half the time whatever she puts on them they bite off! so she has already ruined about 3 build-a-bear leashes to try and "play" with her pups.

My sweet girl finally wearing 6 month clothing!

Our first attempt at Oatmeal cereal! she didn't like it at first but once she realized how yummy it was with breast-milk she loved it! She is a great eater!

One of her last times taking a bath in my sink. I was one of those moms who said "I will NEVER bath my kid in a sink" but here is to putting my foot in my mouth again! She loved it and it was much easier than trying to keep her contained in her bath tub.

My little lady bug! So cute!

I had planned on making orange tutus but never got around to doing it that the day they wore these. Oh well they still look cute!

This was my big fun project for Halloween this year. I made all of the hats but one- guess which one it is? Either way it was fun and I plan on adding to it again next year so I can eventually put them up around the ceiling ledges. All in all it was a fun month, very busy and the girls seemed to have fun doing all the crafty projects, the fun parties and the finish off of candy night!

2012-01-07T19:32:00.000-08:00

July/ August, and September 2011- hopefully I'm getting back to blogging- here's to the rest of 2011

Mikayla Loves helping "sti-ster" with her binky

My Cute little Twinners!

My happy girl!

Marissa looked so cute in this little sleeper.

Mikayla didn't want this picture but her little dress and lace leggings were sooo cute on her.

My little lady buggy- she has this cute little hair clip from my buddy that has a lady bug on it too!

Mikayla's first day of Preschool- she chose to bring her "fur-real friends puppy" from last Christmas to show the kids.

Our first Apple Harvest! The apples were so yummy- over half the apples were enjoyed by wasps. So next year we are going to have wasp traps galore to keep them from ruining our yummy gala's.

Our First Peach! the BEST Peach I've had in years- Georgia peaches are still the best but this was a very close second.

Yes the swing is still my baby holder/sleeper! This was one of the only ways Marissa would let me put her down when she wasn't feeling so well!

Marissa had her first toenail painting in the summer. and Yes I continued to paint them up until it was too cold. Because she has the tiniest feet. None of the cute little shoes I had of Mikayla's will fit her still so I thought this was the best way to show them off :-)

Mikayla begged me to go get strawberry short cakes so I finally gave in and got some. She re payed me by putting whipping cream all over her face and her arms and eating NONE OF IT! but I did seem to make her day so I was okay with that.

2011-09-19T13:34:00.000-07:00

I came in to find them both with binkies in their mouths- ahh the binkies are still sneaking into Mikayla's mouth!

Marissa's first smiles...and many more to come!

chilling on her belly

Mikayla loves holding sister..for about two minutes!

This was about the time I stopped taking pictures for a little bit. Marissa got VERY fussy and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. after a few sleepless nights and her screaming I decided to take her to the DR. The Doctor told me she as acid reflux as well as some possible food sensitivities. So the bland diet of mommy began...
no Dairy, chocolate, nuts, broccoli, tomatoes.... and yes that's about half of my diet right there! So it took a good 4 weeks and we seem to be on track again. Every once in a while she has an episode of screaming but its much better than every day. So hopefully she will out grow this issue and we will move on.
I seem to remember Mikayla always being fussy and I am almost positive she had the same thing I just never kept bugging the doctor about it. So now we know and life goes on! Mikayla has out grown the issues and I am hoping this little one will do the same.

June Fun and Family

2011-07-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

Well the first few weeks of Marissa being here was soooo much harder that I expected! I had a wonderfully pleasant experience at the hospital and I was actually sad to leave! My experience compared to 4 years ago was 5 star! The hospital food was great, the nurses were great and my Dr was awesome. When I got home we all had meltdowns and ended up needing "Grandma back-up" that night. We are so thankful again for all the family and friend help -especially since my mom wasn't able to come out right when the baby was born. I have learned how much more I need to ask for help than ever before!

The best part of all this- I have had to learn to let a lot of things go and not get so stressed like I was as a new mom before! I must have seemed so crazy to my Canadian friends with all my silly little quirks of parenting- I would never have let my baby lay on the ground near my dogs, or even be held by someone with out them washing their hands and sanitizing! I am not saying I have become more dirty....just less paranoid and less stressed! So in turn life is a little easier and parenting is less of a "no no no" and more of a "just be careful" approach! I think part of that solved itself when Mikayla picked up a lollipop from a parking lot....and hid it from me, then when she was asked what it was, her response was "Mom don't get mad- I just wanted a candy." So all the germ sheltering doesn't really help when your kid will pick up a strangers used lollipop!

Marissa did end up with a little jaundice and was able to get over it with in a few days! Part of it is that my milk supply seems to be more than plentiful for this one so much that she gags! So she gained about 2 pounds in 2 days! But she still was in preemie clothes for about 3 weeks and they were so cute!

Mikayla has been an amazing help and a sweet big sister. She was so cute when she first got to see sister. She was the happiest little girl I have ever seen! I had never noticed all the sweet little baby talk I say until I hear Mikayla repeat things like "its okay you little bean" or "you sweet pea its okay I'll get you a binkie, no cries". I love it! I almost can't explain in words how much I can see her love for her little sister! It is heavenly! And yes Mikayla has had quite a few meltdowns but she never went through a real "terrible twos" so I think she is going through the "terrible fours!" Even then she will stop crying and quiet her sister down or smile for her and help out the second she is asked.

My parents came out the middle of June for the Baby Blessing and to help out a bit. I thought I might feel like an intrusion but it ended up being the best break ever! I was so sad when they left because they helped out so much!

Marrisa is Here

2011-07-19T14:35:00.000-07:00

Marissa is here!

After being put on bed rest @ 28 weeks pregnant because I was having contractions we had a long last few months of me being pregnant and VERY grumpy. There were a few bedtime prayers where Mikayla asked for Marissa to be born so Mommy would stop being grumpy! I had two wonderful baby showers! and a visit from my Mommy and my older brother. Also had tons of friends and family help with babysitting and meals which we were so blessed and thankful for! So after the first scare I had to go in three other times thinking I was about to have this baby- first was from sitting up too long one day and the next was from dehydration from being sick. The third time I went in and was told (on Mikayla's real Birthday - and also Mothers Day) that I was going to have the baby that day because my water was leaking- just to find out the test they did was a false positive test and that I needed to go home and take a bath, drink lots of water and rest. The last visit I swear almost sent me over the edge because we thought we were so close to having our little one here! Anyways I finally decided that I may not have her early and to just enjoy the bits of time I had left with just one child so I did! I was scheduled to go into the Dr to be induced around noon the day we had Marissa. I woke up with my water leaking and so we packed up and went to the hospital. We got all set up in the room and had Mikayla go visit Grandma's house. I had my epidural put in and was told my whole bag of water hadn't broken but only a part- so the Dr. came in broke my water and told me he would be back in a few hours to see how far i had progressed. In ten minutes I went from a 6 to a 10 and with about 5 pushes Marissa was here! Weighing 6.2 pounds and 17 inches long.

and yes we had the most amazing hospital photographer ever!

Back up and running

2011-06-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

We are alive and well!

I don't even know where to start as to why we haven't blogged our life away this year.

To sum up the reason in one word- Pregnancy-

So here we are a Family of Four now. It all seems so new but at the same time this little one was a missing piece of our family!

We were so blessed to welcome this little girl into our family so but before I start bragging I don't want to forget our Sweet Mikayla turned 4 this year!

We celebrated with a low key dinner at Mimi and Papa Bakers house and a Tangled Birthday cake-

She is such a smart girl and has learned how to negotiate (like Daddy)

She just finished her first year of preschool and has learned so much from "Miss Joey"

She loves to make up jokes and she has been so excited about becoming a big sister.

I Still can't believe its been four years since the first time I met her face to face I have fallen in love with her all over again seeing our new little one...why? because she looks almost Identical to her! So enough ramblings from the Mommy- I am so blessed to have such a cute little girl and can't wait to see what the next year will bring our Mikayla! She is growing up so fast!

Happy Four Years Old!

January 2011

2011-02-07T09:34:00.000-08:00

January where did you go?

Well I am okay with January leaving us so quickly...because its that much closer to us seeing our new baby!...

We found out that we are having another beautiful BABY GIRL!!!!!!

Mikayla is VERY excited and loves to tell EVERYONE (including the greeter at Wal-mart) that she is having a baby sister.

but in the mean time of playing the bun in the oven game-

Mikayla has definitely tested us!....

*Jonathan took her with him to do some errands which included a trip to Lowe's- and she came back home telling me "Mom I got to see a Penis fly trap today!...you know the plants that eat bugs!"

*She came in one night after having a great day and told me she pooped her pants. I completely didn't believe her because she was laughing so hard. Then to realize she was serious! She had a #3 accident while trying to run back to her bathroom- and lets just say we spent the next hour cleaning and laughing- (what else was there to do- either laugh or cry so we chose to laugh!)

*She has some pretty amazing Mikayla words and song lyrics: "on the 8th day of Christmas my true love gave to me- 8 Lucky charms, 7 words of wisdom..." "can we get a "stample" (aka sample) at Costco", "My stuffed animals are in time out so don't talk to them", "Dude I am just resting, I don't need a nap", "Mom- there are more Freaking flies in our house!", "Mom I am growing a baby puppy in my belly and it will be here when sister comes home"

Yes the list is much longer than that but those ones are stuck in my brain for now-

So onto another fun 2011 year and hope for new beginnings, more success and lots of fun!

The rest of 2010

2011-02-07T09:20:00.001-08:00

Sum UP the rest of the 2010 Year-
our Top Ten:
10- Mikayla picking out a huge horse costume as a favorite costume EVER!
9- I found out I am pregnant! (Due in May)
8- Being sicker than a dog and broke blood vessels in my eye puking up!
7- Mikayla loving every second of Halloween- Decorations, visiting the Halloween store daily!, making treats...(the list can go on!)
6- Singing Thanksgiving songs daily
5-Having Uncle Ryan come to visit- and go the Thanksgiving at Little America- Yum!
4-Setting up Christmas and singing Christmas songs hourly!
3- Threats of Calling Santa for a naughty little girl
2- Shopping, Wrapping and Sleeping!
1- Spending time together laughing and playing games (and all of the fun new toys/ DVD's Mikayla was so spoiled with!)

Funny things we can not forget you say

2010-09-30T21:37:00.000-07:00

Mikayla- "Mom- we don't use the word kill right?"
Mommy- "that's correct we don't use that word"

(a few minutes later I went to ask Jonathan what that was all about)

here's Jonathan's conversation with her-
Mikayla- "Dad, Don't kill Mommy"
Daddy- "Why would I do that Mikayla?"
Mikayla- "Mommy says you would kill her"
Daddy- "Why would I want to do that to Mom"
Mikayla- "When we were at Costco the other day I tried to get Mommy to buy some more new clothes for me"
Daddy- "Okay....?"
Mikayla- "Mommy said that you would kill her if she bought any more clothes right now"

Another pretty funny one she has said lately-
"Mom I have a hypothesis"...
me- "whats your Hypothesis Mikayla?"
Mikayla- "well its about Dinosaurs"
(for those of you who don't know 'Dinosaur Train' is a great PBS kids show)

September

2010-09-30T20:50:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: I still don't know how to post in order of events so sorry if this is confusing-

Its official the busy season has started in the Baker household!

My parents came out for a short visit the first weekend of Sept.

I was sick in bed almost the entire time they were here...so Mikayla was kept busy by Papa and "Wyan" and my lovely husband-

Mikayla started Preschool, Dance, and Gymnastics!

The morning of preschool she got herself ready almost an hour before we had to leave and tried to get in our car about three times

She was so frustrated that I had to take a before and after picture- but she will always have pictures on the first day of school so hopefully she gets use to it!

So tired looking and happy when she came out from her first day!

First day of Dance- she gets to go with her best friend so she was so excited to tap and do ballet! and she came back singing a song about "Ellie the elf sitting on a shelf" so cute!

We went and hung out with one of my bff's from college- Stacie and her husband and Mikayla HAD to get a puppy painted on her face- that was also a fight to clean off!

Finally she let me take some cute pictures of her and she even sat still!

We had a fun Park City weekend date with Daddy- went on the Alpine Coaster and Slide,

and got to go visit a fun work site for Daddy! So pretty too!

"Mom take a picture of me and Addie- he is wearing a necklace" Gosh I love that she tortures the dogs and they don't mind!

Jonathan turned 30

2010-09-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

Here's to a Happy 30 year for my wonderful husband! He is my best friend and I am so thankful to have such a good man! Love you Babe!

At the beginning of the month I asked Jonathan what he wanted for his Birthday- all he seems to ever say is "do what you want to do, its not a big deal"....

so this year I thought I would surprise him more than a couple times

We started off with a yummy Breakfast at a new waffle house called Red Rooster,

then went on a bit of a fun Mall date with Mikayla,

the off to Benihanna for a yummy dinner- which I think was the first Dinner Mikayla has sat through entirely- because she ate with chopsticks!

Well that was the day of his birthday-

So on the 30th we surprised him big time-

first I told him we were going out so not to stay in basketball attire-

We surprised him with his immediate family for dinner at Olive Garden-

His brother David prank called him 30 (well almost) times on the phone-

And then we topped it off we coming home to an empty drive way (like normal)

to find 20 people inside waiting to surprised him for cake and ice cream (Thanks to my friend Kristy)

August

2010-09-12T20:39:00.001-07:00

August was full of family!

Jonathan's Granny had her 80th Birthday

so the whole family was there to celebrate-

All three little boys are about 1 year old!

Porter (sitting with Mikayla) on the deer is 2, Mikayla 3 and Shaleigh 4! these little kids are growing up too fast!

Mikayla loves this dress but I have yet to get a good picture of her in it

She loves being goofy so this is the best portrayal of her!

Sick Mikayla chilling on the couch!

Mommy being crazy making too many hair bows!

Mikayla's buddy Tanner trying to sneak up on her to snatch her lolly pop...

I just sat and watched- but he never touched it...just there to observe!

really pretty sunset about 70 degrees...

NO Wind! it was a beautiful night!

Mikayla and Mommy all dress up for Church...my new red shoes and MIkayla insisted on putting flowers on hers to match!

July

2010-09-06T06:12:00.001-07:00

After Cali- Mikayla was invited to this huge birthday for some Hispanic girls in our ward- they throw the best parties!

So she came home like this....with her face painted and tons of candy, snow cone stained hands and skirt, happy as could be.....

Until I gave her a bath night and washed her face!

You would have thought I was abusing the kid by how upset she was to have that face paint taken off.....

So the next day I went and purchased a kit....

She had her face painted about three days in a row before realizing that she didn't always have to have it like this! ...too funny!

"Mom take a picture of me and my dogs!, Cowina is being hiwawious!"

attempted upside down french braids...and before I could take this picture she already rubbed on the carpet and messed it up....

Maybe we'll try again when she is older!

This was so funny- all I hear was Mikayla begging Jonathan to do her hair-

"Dad can you please fix my hair today...I want you to do it instead of Mommy"....

Here it goes..... He had a few pointers but not too bad for the first time!

Mikayla loves her best friend 'Summer' but I feel its more of a love hate relationship....

They love to play together ....but hate to share toys! fun times!

Cali Trip

2010-09-01T09:51:00.000-07:00

I don't feel like we took enough pictures of the whole Cali trip but it was so much fun

My little bro Ryan came with us and we drove...

Vegas, and a two day drive...

The beach house was so much fun -The sand box was Mikayla's favorite part.

Any time we were home Mikayla was in her bathing suit....or playing in the sad...

OH ....did I mention that Mikayla also loved the hot tub-

she would come out butt naked and then ask if she could go swimming....

Nice

and yes she also played pool this way....I finally had to take a picture after the third day of this nudity!

Mikaylas first trip to Seaworld!

Riding the funny Elmo ride at Seaworld

Watching Shamu

After the pet show...

covering Mikayla with sand...she thought this was pretty funny

Tried to boogie board but the water was freezing

Ryan and I chilling on the beach

June Fun

2010-09-01T09:18:00.000-07:00

Mikayla loves dressing herself...

and she doesn't do to bad of a job!

Mikayla and mommy sick..and fell asleep!

Mikayla came out laughing her head off and this is what I found!

Happy Fathers day! Mikayla had fun getting Daddy

a few presents and this fun kitty card!

New Found Talent for Treats and pretty THings

2010-08-29T18:04:00.001-07:00

Made this for Mimi Terry- and so now I have a love for making fruit bouquets!

Grannys 80 Birthday fruit Bouquet

New hair bows and flowers!

Mothers day fruit bouquet

More Chocolate covered Strawberries!

Hello Kitty Party

2010-08-29T15:57:00.000-07:00

The Hello Kitty Party that was litterally planned since November of last year! So here it is:

These Adorable invitations - thanks to Aunt Charlotte and her Cricuit machine

The huge Pinata that ended up being made by my wonderful neighbor!

Mikayla loved it so much that we just cut a hole in the back and dumped the candy out.

The kids didn't seem to care since they still got tons of candy!

Totally forgot to take pictures of all the fruit, veggies and 2 dozen cupcakes on the stand...

so here is a few cupcakes the next day.

90 balloons total! crazy!
30 hello kitty hand made faces...crazy!

"Pin the nose on the Hello kitty face"

After the treasure hunt..

Tons of presenets...lots of kids...and lots of decorations.... how fun!

Uncle Paul and Cousin Thomson

Papa Jon and Mimi Terry

These crazy cake pops dont look like the picture from bakerella.com but the kids loved them

and they tasted amazing.

Charlotte helped me make these two different times and they took about 5 hours!

Mikayla's request "pink hello kitty cupcakes"

April Showers

2010-08-29T15:39:00.000-07:00

Cute Cousins. The little cousin beside Mikayla is a whole year younger than her...and he has almost passed her up in weight and height!

Mikayla was "helping" Porter sit still for the picture

Mikayla loves putting her feet in the dogs water bowl

"Mom take a picture of me and Addie because is a bunny 'wight' now!

The adorable skirt my sis in laws mom helped me make! Mikayla loves it!

Visit to the Great grand Bakers- The sun was a little crazy in this picture.

"Addie dogs just like my Addie at home- take a picture Mom"

March Happenings

2010-08-28T09:51:00.001-07:00

Freezing cold Easter!

Mikayla loved hunting for eggs this year!

The Cousins annual egg hunt- Mikayla made out like a bandit!

Easter morning. She found every egg and a few fun treats and toys!

Papa Jon's neighborhood egg hunt. We got there just after the people in charge had dumped eggs in a pile and so 10 kids got dozens of eggs. Luckily Papa had saved some for her...and she didn't know the difference! it was soooooo cold and about 3 inches of snow on the ground

She loved playing in the last big snow of the season!

Grandma Curtis gave her this cute kitty dress that she loves!

My new treat to make and take- Love them!

Alive

2010-07-18T21:48:00.000-07:00

Yes We are still Alive..
Just haven't felt like bloggin for a while-
Mikayla is good
Life is good-
will post some of our crazy year so far ..... Sometime soon (when I feel like it)

Ta- Ta

Oh the funny things you say

2010-02-28T14:18:00.000-08:00

The Olympics have played on our TV for the past two weeks! At first it was fun, exciting and amazing to watch all those athletes try for a gold...but now...I think I'm done with them...

Mikayla being the sponge that she is was going back and forth from my bathroom to the main family room where Jonathan was watching some sort of game. Anyways, all of a sudden I hear "Bull Cwap, Daddy Bull Cwap, Bull Cwap Daddy, Bull Cwap (repeated at least 50 times!!!!)" I knew she had to have heard this from her Dad so I just kept my mouth shut and was trying not to laugh and I hear him try and explain that Bull Crap is a naughty word, and that Daddy shouldn't be saying this word.

Maybe that will be the last lesson he needs to watch what he says....

Last month she was watching TV with daddy when someone said, "You Bit@#" and so yes...she repeated that word for a few minutes...luckily no reaction was given so she has forgotten all about it (hopefully)

February Fun

2010-02-15T21:43:00.000-08:00

My little girl is not a baby anymore!

She definitely has some funny genes from the two of us...

Being goofy- from me...

and the famous "Taco Tongue" from Daddy! (it must a recessive gene because my Dad & Cousins have it too! Dang it!...
Mikayla has made some great things happen in the last couple of weeks!

-She loves playing with our new neighbor Summer...who happens to be a month younger and just as sneaky as Mikayla!

-Wearing Mommy's make-up "Look Mommy I am a clown" is what she said when she saw her face!

-She loves hiding Daddy while he is taking a nap..in all of her clean (just folded laundry!)- and yes she is in underwear! So.........

-To my Favorite part....SHE IS ALL POTTY TRAINED!!!!!!!! wahoo!

Our Trip to Seattle

2010-02-15T20:49:00.000-08:00

Mikayla and I had the opportunity to go to Seattle to see my family. We had so much fun enjoying the unusually warm weather they had. One day it felt like 70 degrees! It was great! Mikayla learned some new dance moves from Uncle Ryan...and I got to help make tons more Birthday and Thank You cards with my Mom's talent of rubber stamping!

We also had the opportunity to go downtown to the Science Center & play on a few fun rides out near the Space needle. Mikayla's favorite part of the trip she says was "playing with Papa & making crafts with Grandma Barby." The funny thing is that all she says everyday is "Uncle Ryan is a devil Child...he's a funny guy." So I am glad she has a fun memory. She also saw Uncle Brad who she hasn't seen in a year! She keeps telling me that Uncle Brad gave her a shirt (which I mentioned to her about 6 months ago!) She has a great little memory!

New Year and New Goals

2010-01-10T22:01:00.000-08:00

Yes, we all seem to have these things called "resolutions" but do we really ever stick to them? Hummm probably not, I know I tried really hard to ...but yet I failed again and I am not any better than I was a year ago, or so it seems.

This past week I was chatting with a good friend of mine and she mentioned this story about a friend of hers who has lost a two month old baby boy. I got off the phone very sad, but thought I needed to really have a reality check of what happened to this family. I just wanted to go and hug them and take away their pain. Help with her kids, comfort the mom.
What gives me the right to bare and rear a child that is healthy and perfect as any child could be? Why am I blessed to be okay with the money we have, or the lovely home we have been able to afford? Why should I be grateful. Well I would right a few novels on the the subject after reading that blog and knowing that no matter what, no matter what we are given in life- we can do this! We are able to handle everything if we but trust in the Lord. Pray for those you hear of and know that no one wants you to Not succeed in whatever desires you have. And that I do care about you and your families. I am thankful for the many blessings I have and many more to come blessing in my life. Thankful everyday that Heavenly Father has blessed me to be who I am. Onto bigger and a better 2010 for you and your families. Set goals...that you can accomplish! and good luck!

Back to Blogging

2010-01-10T21:30:00.000-08:00

So I guess I have procrastinated the inevitable...until this past week. Yes I take breaks, and yes my blog is NOT my number one priority in life so there you go-

No excuses...just life!

December seemed to come and go so quickly that I took tons of pictures and videos - and here are some quick thoughts-

*Mikayla, loving every second of having our Christmas Tree up & asking to make Ginger bread houses every day- till we gave in and had fun making them!* A completely lost week after what was supposed to be a two day ear surgery/adenoid removal for our little girl! -and Yes she is better now...and hearing tons better (which means she is also speaking better)

*Mikayla asking every day- "Mom when is Santa gonna come and bring presents?"

*Snow, Snow and more snow- that still hasn't melted off our driveway from a few weeks ago, thanks to the North facing view!

*Tons of fun with Family (including a yummy dinner my Sis-in-law and I made for our Husbands! Delicious & not to be attempted again anytime soon!

*An Overwhelming supply of presents for our beautiful little girl!

* And of course an amazing nice quiet Christmas at home with my little family, enjoying every second of each other company and a Yummy Turkey Dinner for the three of us- leftovers included! Yum!

*And yes we can't forget about the nice surprising New Years Eve Dinner, complete with some Pearl Earrings to match my Bracelet and Necklace!

I am so blessed and thankful for my husband and healthy Little girl!

"Waaadies and Gentewlman"

2009-11-15T08:26:00.000-08:00

I think its about time to post something amazing on here. Especially being that its almost the end of November already! Time flies when you are having fun!
Mikayla's Vocabulary has skyrocketed so here is a sample of what funny phrases she is saying:
"Waadies and gentewlman"
"Ha Raw Kit Tee" (Hello Kitty- almost sounds the same as a Japanese person speaking English!)
"Mom, I Haab a question"......pause.... more pausing.... (she will say that and then walk away)
"Addies a Boy puppy"
"Kina is a Girl Puppy"
"Mom I Hab Boobs"
"I want to go see Kwistmas at Wowwes" (I want to go see Christmas at Lowe's)
"Santas Bwinging me a Pink Monkey" ....and where is Santa going to find it??????? ahh? Who knows where she saw one!
Anyways she is hilarious so here is a short video of her funniness (may take a while to load) I'll have to find a shorter way to put this on!

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T21:14:00.000-07:00

Mikayla had so much fun this year!

Unfortunately she was under the weather so she wasn't smiley like she normally is...but she did enjoy everything!

First she wanted to be Tinkerbell....and in the end Belle- from Beauty and the Beast won! So she was our little Blondie Belle

She was pretty scared at first to trick-or-treat...but she realized she got candy at every house! So she had fun! She also went to a fun Halloween Kids party, with cotton candy, a treasure hunt, pinata and candy necklace making!

October Fun

2009-10-20T22:44:00.000-07:00

October...planting bulbs and organizing the house! And all the while.. Mikayla appears to make her daily messes...

Today...its floss- the dental hygiene is always a good thing...even if it costs a box of floss :-)

To the pumpkin patch we go. Mikayla loved picking up every pumpkin that wasn't heavier than her. It was a pretty cold day but she seemed to have fun. Next year- off to find a more fun patch- w/ hayrides and apple cider

When we returned to Grandpa and Grandma Curtis' house she wanted to be "a real doctor" to Papa- and he had to "sit still"

Sunday before church I even remembered to take a few cute pictures of my little dolly. She had to bring her Pumpkin "wing" and Pumpkin bag to church!

Now time for Happy Halloween! Mikayla has a cold so hopefully it will be gone by Friday! and for sure Saturday to go Trick or Treat!

2009-09-25T21:51:00.000-07:00

Remember our friend "Mickey" the Mouse....

Mikayla is totally into any Disney Characters so we showed her we had a real "Mickey" outside

Last week our little Scottie helped rat out a mouse living in our garden....chased it to a window well and the darn thing was trapped! So we had to get rid of it and Mikayla watched the whole thing. According to her...Mickey the Mouse was just "sleeping"....and then when she kept asking about it we told her we let it go back to its home in the field! Field of Dreams I guess. Anyways

we are busy bees keeping up with her. Loving the weather right now too!

We also got a chance to go to the State Fair....which Mikayla loved!

She Got her fall shoes and loves wearing her new outfits all the time!

Why not take a redneck picture in front of the cow bumms! Yay!

Back in the Swing of Summer

2009-08-25T14:13:00.000-07:00

Well we have had one eventful week after another this summer.

We went to Seattle,

to a Cabin at Flaming Gorge,

on a much needed overnight getaway in Reno.

A Dozen or so trips to the Zoo!

And visits with lots of Family and Friends we haven't seen in a while.

And while all of this is going on....

Jonathan has been a busy working bee finishing up some promising deals,
Julie has been busy being a mommy,

and Miss Mikayla has been potty training, and learning her letters, shapes, and dancing skills!

2009-06-24T09:22:00.000-07:00

To My Sweetheart on our special day
We have now been married for 6 Years! And yes we have had some big things happen in that short time-
3 big moves3 Colleges- and a Graduation!!!
1 sweet baby girl
and 1 beautiful home of our own!
Thank you for everything you do for me and I hope you enjoy the fun things I've planned for today :-)

Love you Always and Forever!

2009-06-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

Pigtails and Babies

My cute little girl let me fix her hair up a few weeks ago...and since then the Pigtails are finally in season. The background to this is from the movie Matilda- where the evil Ms. Trunchbowl swung a little girl around by her braided pigtails....so a stipulation to us having a girl was that I would "NOT" fix our little girls hair like that. So.... I thought I'd test the water and EVERYONE including the husband loves them!

Mikayla looked so grown up the other day when she wanted her pants .....the yellow sweater on...and of course her bear backpack. The funny part is that it was hot outside!!!! but this is what a two year old wants to wear....so this is what she wore! as well as sitting at her own table of course!

Also she has had a weird habit of climbing out of her bed and falling asleep on the chair in her room. So we have found her like this a few times now....doesn't look that comfy to me!

AND....LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!!!!

Mikayla has her First little cousin- named Thomson was born a few days ago and we had the treat of visiting him yesterday. Mikayla loved him and is still talking about him! he was 8lbs 2 oz and 21 inches long!!! so Congrats to her Aunt and Uncle!

2009-06-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

I am Definitely TWO!!!!

-Get a very big boo-boo by putting pajamas over her head and running around the house in circles ...and crashing into our banister

The best part is when I realized while was filming that she had dumped all of our apples into the popcorn bowl. to make a nice soggy "copporn" as she calls it.-She loves to Open doors now...meaning not very many full sleep nights anymore :-(

-She throws a pretty mean tantrum....usually while I laugh my head off at how ridiculous she looks

- She loves to color on the dogs, put stickers on them, or try to sit or ride them like a horse

-She calls us by our first names! (lovely)

-She is Binky & Bottle free for 4 days now! and counting- she has found 3 hidden ones since which is fun to "trade" her for something else

-She loves opening the fridge/freezer and telling me "NO... I needs it" usually followed by a total melt down and laying on the floor.

-She loves to wear our shoes.....which is followed by tons of bracelets and jewelry!

The one to top it off..... at her latest doctor apt I was given a few pamphlets on "normal two year old development- and the list included kicking, biting, pinching and screaming.....and yes she as now learned and managed to do all of these.

Bring on the fun!

2009-06-05T10:15:00.000-07:00

Birthday Post

Mikayla's bug birthday was a huge success. Mikayla got her first "bike" a pink & purple tricycle. Ladybug games, hats, and bug party favors, ladybug cupcakes and all topped off with a few thousand live ladybugs that the kids got to take home. Did I mention you have to put them in the fridge first to take them out of the baggie? Well Jonathan decided to open them in the house and we had a handful flying in our house for a few minutes.

Next My birthday was actually quite nice. Mikayla and I met up with a good friend and her kids for lunch and some cool birthday gifts. That evening Jonathan and I enjoyed a quiet dinner at a place we haven't been to since we moved back and strolled the Mall. Topped off with my favorite....a yummy ice cream cake! I also was shocked at how nice people were at noticing it was my birthday on face book...I think this one hit me a little harder knowing there is only one more year of being in my twenties! But hey I can't say I've change that much...a few wrinkles and gray hairs.

2009-05-22T14:03:00.000-07:00

TWO Birthday Girls!

Yes I have not updated my blog....
Mikayla had her 2nd birthday a few weeks ago....
and I celebrated my 28th Birthday yesterday....
I'll update when I get a chance-

2009-04-27T11:38:00.000-07:00

My Cutest Stockings EVER!

We came across these cute things at a craft show. Thanks to a Grandma who loves fashion she bought an early birthday present for Mikayla.

How cute are these!

2009-04-17T14:02:00.000-07:00

Albuquerque here we come.....and here we leave!

We went down to my Grandma Thompson's 80th Birthday Party this past weekend.

Mikayla and I were able to catch the same flight with my Dad and go down together. This was the most happy I have ever seen my Grandma! I was glad she had a good day with everyone. We had the party at my Grandma's favorite place- the Natural History Museum.

Grandpa with Mikayla looking at Dinosaurs! Roooooaaaar!

Grandma Thompson- seeing her great-granddaughter for the first time! Mikayla was already pigging out on the yummy berries!

This is my Grandma's Brother (Uncle Gordie) Also seeing Mikayla for the first time

Mikayla also had her first real Easter Egg Hunt with some extended family of my Dad's. She was so happy grabbing all of those eggs. She was pretty upset that it was all over so fast and kept talking about it. My dad and I decided to hide some of her eggs back at the hotel so she could play some more!
And last but not least!!! My Sweet Aunts gave Mikayla this very nice Easter basket full of goodies! Mikayla immediately dug into a chocolate egg and she still has to carry around her basket and bunnies!
Over all- the best visit I've ever had with my Dad's side of the family! I hope we can see them again soon!

2009-04-08T20:59:00.000-07:00

Going Private.....
Seriously
I have on more than one occasion lately found the most random people on my blog....
so I am giving this a few more weeks before I will be private.
If you want to catch up on my family blog or my mommy thought ramblings just let me know by leaving a comment (or emailing me)

Ta-ta to the crazy unknown visitors of my blog-

2009-04-02T21:07:00.000-07:00

Yes we are still alive...
just too busy to want to blog lately
here's a very quick update....
Mikayla is in her big girl bed- not sleeping in it the entire night = mommy gets little sleep
Utah Crazy weather.....warm enough to garden...then snow, snow, and more snow
Mikayla gave us a scare having to be tested for a very serious childhood disease...but everything is well and she was not diagnosed with anything!
Jonathan- busy as ever closing deals w/ work and making new ones!
and me.... cleaning, trying to get sleep whenever I can! and of course gardening when its warm!

I'll put some new Pict's up soon-

2009-03-09T15:42:00.000-07:00

Mikayla wore this cute dress to church. She thought it was so neat to have pockets for her binky! She decided to stand still for a moment to take these two pictures... in front of her little kitchen of course!

Say NO to "CACK"

The other night I was getting ready to put Mikayla to bed and I looked over to see her bumm sticking out of a wet saggy diaper. I picked her up and made a comment to Daddy "Look Daddy, say no to crack", and he started laughing. Then our little sponge said "CACK", "CACK Funny", "CACK". So Cack is the new word of our household! and then today she started showing one again so yes....Mikayla's first really embarrassing picture was taken!

2009-02-25T20:48:00.000-08:00

Cleaning up messes is my new middle name...

Mikayla is such a funny little girl

growing and learning every day...Goldfish...no.."Me all Done"

Chocolate brownie mix..."Yummy, Mo Peeese"

"Mommy Please don't cry over spilled milk...especially since it spilled into every kitchen drawer on the way down....don't worry Nana will help clean it up!"

Mikayla is always able to enjoy a good bowl of ice cream with me. Of course her latest is eating out of her own bowl... Yummy!

Mikayla has also learned the art of wearing jewelry sooo....

this brings us to the next grown up thing....

Mikayla got her ears pierced

Yes she did cry TONS!!!!! and Yes I felt like she was a circus freak in the store since every customer seemed to freeze and watch our beauty get hurt! luckily she only complained for the first 2 days and has been a trooper since.... the painful but fun things about being a girl!

And of course the best part of the month...Coming home to find 4 dozen roses and a home cooked yummy dinner and romantic evening from my husband.

2009-01-28T20:14:00.000-08:00

Time passes by so fast....
when your little girl has an ear infection!
Anyways we are still alive and doing well.
Valentines Day is just around the corner....no crazy get-aways this year
but I have a great hubby and a very active (and cute) 21 month old!
What more can I ask for :-)
Any cute Valentines ideas that you've used?

2009-01-19T15:22:00.000-08:00

I know I am not the most educated person.
I also know that I don't follow politics as well as I should...
I don't usually like forwarded emails either....but this ticked me off so bad that I feel like I might go smack someone (or something worse)...

http://www.fightfoca.com/

After being told that I may not EVER have children and then being blessed with our little Mikayla I can't imagine ANYONE who is sane actually wanting to do something like a partial birth abortion.
Because I have such a strong view of this...I won't comment anymore. Only to not offend someone of the opposing side. I just hope that when anyone makes a decision as big as that they will ponder, pray, and go watch someone like many friends of mine who have struggled to conceive a child and then decide. What would you choose?

2009-01-08T21:52:00.000-08:00

Up late once again....this time Mikayla is sleeping peacefully
but I guess with all the late nights with her lately I've somehow become a night owl....
I can't believe I'm even saying that! I have never liked staying up late really ever.
but a few thoughts came to me and I hope some comments (or suggestions) of Mommies can help!
Eventually (and no we will not say when) we want to have more children. But sometimes I worry how I can handle one little angel girl I've been blessed with. So how in the world do you do it???? Have more than one child that is..?????

Anyways more snow on its way to SLC and We discovered a new dog park right near our home. Jonathan, Mikayla and I went there today with our puppies. I think Mikayla liked running around more than the dogs. I don't think it was the wisest thing she did to eat some snow but hey it wasn't like it was yellow. We made a monster snowman with Mikayla- and while driving home I realized that I just rolled up wet snow in a dog park! Luckily I didn't see any yellow or brown decorations on the snow when I was rolling. So maybe we'll go back to make another one tomorrow. Yummm!

2009-01-02T19:53:00.000-08:00

January is here already. I am still shocked that we have been out of Canada for almost a year now! I will always reminisce this past year there were a lot of Firsts:

10-We moved in the middle of winter to a less cold Winter....still burrrrrrrrrr

9- We have our own home! we love this home, lots of space, beautiful and of course did I mention no more crazy Landlords or Old Grumpy Neighbors!...and lots of room for the Puppies!

8- Jonathan is now loving his new job with his Dad & of course....working from home..... (should we say why he really likes working from home- lets just say it includes his first name "Jon")

7- Mikayla celebrated her First Birthday & her First Cupcake....and the sweets have never stopped!

6-I attempted my first vegetable Garden mostly on my own (with the help of My mom and Husband)

5- Jonathan and I celebrated a quiet but very Happy 5th Anniversary!

4- We went on an amazing Baker Vacation to Alaska! Mikayla was treated like a princess!

3- Mikayla is now very active, talking lots Mostly saying her favorite things like: apples, candy, crackers, juice, Addie, Nana (Corrina), Mommy, Daddy, MoeMoe, Boooos (Blues Clues), Elmo

2- I have lost so much weight from nursing Mikayla and staying fit- that mere strangers feel the need to comment on my skinniness (I even went to the Dr. to make sure I was healthy!)

1- Enjoyed Many wonderful trips to Seattle to visit Grandma & Grandpa Thompson & Uncle Ryan

2009-01-02T19:43:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was the most quiet Christmas that Jonathan and I will see for a long time!

Christmas Eve, We started a new tradition that I hope to continue. We went with our Friends downtown to Temple Square to see the Christmas lights, then onto a yummy dinner at Benihanas. Yummm!

You can't really tell but there was a Camel behind Mikayla and her friend Luke- she calls them Nay-Nays (I guess it kind of looks like a horse to her)

Mikayla with Grandpa Baker

I was so excited for the presents that Santa would bring Mikayla that I could hardly sleep! It almost reminded me of when I was a kid and I would get sick because I was so excited!

We awoke to our lights out and freezing cold. Our Power went out only an hour before we woke up but with the crazy winds out here in B.F.West Jordan we got up and opened presents very quickly. Jonathan conquered the gusty winds and dug out our 6 feet of snow drifted driveway! and Mikayla started to get acquainted with a few new toys! Mikayla's favorite toy was Moe-Moe in Mikayla words: Nemo. She is addicted to that fish! She also got a very cool Kitchen set, a beautiful Baby Doll, a fun play house, some cool puzzles and a few other neat toys. And yes I think I have enjoyed the variety of her new toys more than she has! She is just starting to use a few Birthday toys that were a little old for a 1 year old....so I guess I could slow down on thinking what I can get her for birthday #2!

Anyways to summarize our Chilling Christmas....it was nice to stay home and be together as our little family this year. I definitely missed all the funny gag gifts and laughter of my Family Christmas growing up but I know it only gets louder as Mikayla gets older!

We hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas and were able to stay warm!

2008-12-22T10:49:00.000-08:00

Well I missed a Week.....I guess it was that busy!

Mikayla saw Santa last week and I was for sure that she would cry her eyes out! but to my suprise she was scared but when Sant held her she realized there were candy canes next to him so she sat nice and still. and let me take a few pictures.

She also went on a Merry-Go-Round for the first time....and loved ever second of it.....

and when I put her back in her stroller she kept signing "more" and saying "mow....Moww" meaning More...

She also had her first Oreo Cookie...and loved every second of it!

Well Christmas is almost here. WE hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas and New Years!

2008-12-08T21:56:00.000-08:00

Bad Hair Day....

Mikayla was as happy as a Clam....

but her Hair wasn't

I came in to get her out of her crib and couldn't resist keeping it this nappy for a few hours

2008-12-08T21:36:00.000-08:00

The first Week of December

My Mikayla gave to me:

1 BIG Head Cold....

and a ringing in my ear of the name "MOMEEEE"

- no really this is what our week as been....but of course we can't forget that I LOVE this time of year!!!!! and we are seeing that Mikayla does as well.

She looked so cute in her little Christmas Party outfit...she was so nice she even posed for a few pictures after a very long night...

She went to a great ward Christmas Party that our new friends Paige & Scott did such a great job in putting together -especially being called at the last minute! Then off to a Baker cousin wedding. Beautifully done and of course the Bride & Groom were adorable http://www.christianandbrooke.com/

Bringing back memories of our own wedding....(minus the stress and family Drama!)

We made it through the first week of Christmas....and oh yeah...I can't forget this!.... Jonathan surprised me a bit when Mikayla and I returned to SLC by taking us to pick out some more Christmas Decorations and Christmas lights for the outside! So we are almost all ready for Christmas.

2008-12-08T21:00:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving is already over!
We had a great time with my family in Seattle this year.

Uncle Braddie came to visit from D.C. , the only ones we missed were Adam and Heather....which hopefully we'll see soon!

The Turkey Dinner was the yummy highlight of the week.

We also went to the Space Needle- which Jonathan and Mikayla had not been to before.Played a few rounds of Settlers of Catan, and sat in traffic for over 8 total hours that I can count. The only saving grace of this was the new van my parents have that has a DVD system in it.....Mikayla learned a new word "Mo-Mo" which in Mikayla means: Nemo. She is in love with the move Finding Nemo. Which has become the new reason to respect our parents....for watching the same movie....over and OVER and OVER again! My Mom and I made and Advent Calendar for Mikayla which was a lot of work! I wish we lived closer so we could do more crafts when Mikayla is taking her naps! Well onto Christmas!

Thanks again to Mom and Dad for the fun week! and of course the 10 trips to the airport for 4 people!

2008-12-04T16:12:00.000-08:00

MOm......
MOOOOOOMMMMEEEEEEEE

DAD...........
DAddie......

Addie.....
ADDDDDDeeeeeeeeee

.....wait a few more....
MOm
MOMMMeeeeee
MOM
Mikayla's favorite words.

2008-11-05T11:36:00.000-08:00

My first Snow ....
of course this isn't the first snow that has fallen since Mikayla was born...but it's the first snow she has been able to go and walk and play in. We got her a pair of snow boots and winter coat. Along with mittens and snow pants....she could barely walk! but she had fun for a few minutes. It was a bit cold for her and she didn't complain about coming inside after ten minutes!

She fell and couldn't get up and Jonathan and I were laughing so hard it took a few minutes to get her up....

and YES Jonathan wore sandals outside! What a weirdo!

2008-11-05T11:06:00.000-08:00

TRICK OR TREAT??

Getting to eat candy right before bedtime...Yummy was this a trick? or treat?.....wait...this was a TRICK!!!!!!! Throw-up everywhere for Mommy and Daddy to clean up!

Note to self: Don't give Mikayla candy after she drinks a whole bottle of milk!

Mikayla had a very eventful Halloween this year.

She went to her First Kids Halloween Party-

Decorated (ate) frosted cookies....hers as well as anyone else that she could reach!

Watched a Pinata get torn up and ate a few Tootsie roll pops that fell!

Visited Grandpa Baker's house for some yummy M&M's

Visited Grandma Curtis's house for a yummy apple and candy stick...and Cousin Madeline's house for some more candy and apples...boy was she a Gem when we came home late!
WE hope you had a Happy Halloweenie!

*A disclaimer on these photos- Mikayla was not liking having her picture taken in her Halloween costume...so I got out her tent and some treats so I could snap a few shots! And yes the little pumpkin was Mikayla's and she gave it a Cleft Lip! nice!

2008-10-20T19:48:00.000-07:00

Mikayla loves (not so much) getting dressed.

Once she is in the clothes she could probably wear them for a week if I let her!

My mom sent some very cute Winter dresses so I have to show them off just in case she somehow doesn't get her picture taken in them.

Thank you Grandma & Grandpa Thompson! She loves her new pink Cell phone too!

2008-10-20T19:37:00.000-07:00

To the Great Women of the World:

BEWARE!!!!!!!!

Football is hazardous to your health! (or maybe just to mine!!!!)

If you ever thought you could get away from it......

stay at my house for a fall season....

Every Saturday (or whatever day) the lovely team of choice is playing

YOU may find yourself like me.....

realizing that your husbands Life for those 4+ hours (which may also include a pre/post game review) that your Husbands are NON Existent! I somehow seem to block this out every year until the blessed first game comes....and the season begins.....

"Jonathan, could you help get Mikayla"...

pause.....

(long pause)......

"WHAT????", says Jonathan as he pushes Pause on the already 5 minutes into the game and frustrated that he might miss the single play that every Man involved in the game will talk about the rest of the week.....

Ahhhh the life of a Football Widow.....

GGOOOOOOOOO BYU! (you can sense my excitement!)*

*Disclaimer-Sorry Babe...this the only way I can get excited for you and your Team!

2008-10-07T13:18:00.000-07:00

Fall is one of my favorite seasons. I miss the traditions my family use to do like picking apples and sitting outside to eat dinner. But luckily there are always things I Love about this time of year...and of course everyday!

Mikayla's huge happy smile when she wakes up and then claps when she sees that I've come to pick her up.

Flower surprises from Jonathan.

The Crisp Fall Air.
Leaves Changing color.
Pumpkin pies & pumpkin cookies!
My family!

2008-09-30T21:00:00.000-07:00

Circus Circus Circus!!!!!

Jonathan and I took our little Mikayla to her first Circus last week. She loved the entire show.

I would have to say her favorite part was the Tigers or as she calls them "Abbies". Everything that is an animal is called a "Doggie" or an "Abbie"- instead of Addie. Mikayla wouldn't even look at us when she was given some Dinner she would reach for it blindly and keep staring at all the fun things going on. That was probably one of our most fun days with her lately. She is such a cute little thing. Anyways we are totally going back next year and getting closer seats.

2008-09-29T15:31:00.000-07:00

Seattle Trip

Mikayla loved having a real life "tiny" dog to play with up at my parents. The funny part is she loved going in Lilly's cage- We had fun as usual at my parents in Seattle. Here is my stinker.

and of course Lilly was only 8 weeks old in this picture. I am sure she is huge now! Luckily she is NOT ours so we can still remember her being a sweet little snugly puppy with out all the responsibilities! We also went to a very fun BYU Vs. Huskies Game. Mikayla was so cute in her little Cheerleader outfit.

2008-09-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

16 Months old....
where has the time gone????
I am up at my parents in Seatle for a few more days and I can't belive what a big girl Mikayla has become. Being a Mom makes me question my sanity and makes me happier than I've ever been in my entire life! Mikayla is learning new things everyday. I am not able to post any pictures right now due to my lack of computer skills but I'll try and post some when I get back home.
My parents got their new puppy and its a good/bad thing depending on how Mikayla likes the puppy. Mikayla is such a loveable child but she is not up for being a puppy chew toy or playmate. Which is hard to tell a 9 week old little thing.

Anyways just chatting for a min so everyone knows we are still alive. I am missing Jonathan more than ever so We are going to be happy to be back home on Monday.

Fun Times- I was able to get the seasonal Peppermint Icecream and I'm having as much a I can handle every day!!! YUMMMM

2008-09-01T09:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Jonathan!

We had a pretty low key birthday for him this year...but I hope he still knows that Mikayla and I love him very much and We are so happy to have him as our Daddy & Husband!

When we were "just really good friends" Dec 2002

Engaged- taking me out for a very romantic Birthday May 2003

Then Along came the Pets- and of course a big move to Calgary- He even forced Addie to watch the BYU Games!

Dolci- you big OOOMF! She loved chilling with Jonathan while he was working!

And of course another 2 years later----- Daddy's Girl!

Happy Birthday Babe! We Love you!

2008-08-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

....And the Poop Gets Worse!!!!!!!

So before we ever decided to have a baby I contemplated different things like- having to change diapers 24-7 and cleaning up things I wouldn't ever think of in my scariest dreams. I always knew it wouldn't be an easy job and that I would have to do things I didn't want to... well here it goes. This has no pictures so I can spare Mikayla some embarrassment in her future.
These are the 3 greatest Poo stories of Mikayla so far- the worse part is I can't even imagine this getting any worse!!!!!!!

First was when she was about 5 months old she sat in her new bumbo chair and of course this is the perfect pooing position. I was watching a friends little boy as well so I didn't really have any extra hands to clean up....but she pooped all the way up to her neck and when I picked her up the liquid poo was pouring out of outfit and a puddle of this mess was in her chair. I wrapped her in a blanket carried her up to the tub and she had a bath! Ahh clean again

The second was definitely bad luck because my little brother had just asked me the day before "Julie, What is the worse mess of Mikayla's you've ever changed?" We were stuck in Seattle traffic coming home and I thought she was just fussy. So when we stopped to get a few groceries I opted to change her in the van- thinking this would be the normal poo. Well this poo was also not-so-normal. She had had too many grapes that day and ohhhh yes liquid poo everywhere in her new pink car seat, her hair!!!, just trust me it was everywhere! And yes I was by myself again changing this. I did have the little brother as an on looker! with the teenage comments like "ewe that is so gross" and "I am never having kids."

Number 3 yet again- TODAY I called her Dr. worried about a bumm rash that has been an extreme for the past two days. It was recommended to let her sleep with a diaper off so she can "air out" So I kept checking on her so she wouldn't pee/poo in her bed. Well the quiet little one woke up and I thought Oh good I was just about to check on her again. So I went in to find poo EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!! hair, hands, blankets, back you name it she did it (luckily she still was sucking on her binky.....and I checked to make sure she didn't sample any!!! AHHHH the joys of being a mommy!!!

And I want another one???

2008-08-23T18:52:00.000-07:00

Week 3-

Well after a long week of rocking and rolling...

Mikayla and I stayed with my parents back in Seattle. Jonathan unfortunately came home to the dogs disasters in the backyard. Meaning that Corrina decided to tear out about 10 sprinklers to our sprinkler system....and Addie dug about that same number of holes around the fence. The sad part is they didn't work together...maybe next time they'll actually flood the yard and find escape route!

Grandpa Thompson bought a cool bike hookup for Mikayla to sit in so our family could go on a bike ride. Mikayla did not like the idea of a helmet at all! But she did love the ride- so much that she fell asleep every day we went for a ride!

Mikayla got to see the "doggies" again and was much more gentle this time.

She also went to the Science Center in Seattle and loved the Butterflies and of course the cool baby play area!

Ryan ....well of course he loved the NAKED MOLE RATS!!!

The best was Mikayla loving Grandpa Thompson. He always would take her outside to feed the animals. This included Mikayla carrying the corn- so she of course had to eat some herself-

The is thinking "this is serious business carrying my new toy that I won't let anyone touch or take away. And- time to go home!

2008-08-21T16:08:00.000-07:00

The Second Week was our Adventure on a Celebrity Cruise to Alaska.
Mikayla had a lot of "firsts" on this that definately can't be ignored. We had a fun time with

Jonathan's family- his Dad, Terry, Paul, Charlotte, David, Annie & Jon.

This was a 7 day cruise so here is Mikayla's Diary of her experience:

Day 1:
*I had my picture taken by atleast 10 oriental people.
*I broke my first plate and spilt a glass of water.

*I had a whole gourmet meal just for me: Carrots, Broccoli, Chicken, Spagetti and Bread- all of these plates are mine!

*Daddy put on my swimming suit so I was like a mermaid (all in one leg!) Day 2:

*I went to my first formal dinner

*I danced for a few strangers

*Looked through a cool glass floor.

*I got really good at walking while the boat was rocking-Mommy and Daddy laughed the entire time.

Day 3:

*I said "Doggie" for the first time and about 50 more times that day! Now everything that moves is a "Doggie".

*I went Bed Bundgie Jumping- right into the mirror Wall of our bedroom!

*I picked up my first Alaskan Sea Rock and tried to eat it.

*I went on my first Tender Boat to go to shore at Sitka Alaska!

*I met my first real boyfriend-Oliver, who people say that we look alike just a boy and girl version!

*I got up the stairs to the main Stage while waiting and Ran across Stage in front of everyone.

*The best part of the day is when I took a small carton of Milk and spilt it all over Mommys nice dinner dress and smiled!

Day 4:

*I was captivated by Asians all Day LONG!

*Daddy decided to do a Polar Bear swim while by Hubbard Glacier. He won the Polar Bear Award- meaning he likes being in cold water and screaming like a Bear!

Day 5:

*I let Mommy and Daddy go so they could take a helicopter ride to a Glacier. I wasn't too happy staying with Grandma and Grandpa- I cried almost the whole time!

Day 6:

*Spent the morning with Mommy touring Ketchikan, Alaska while Daddy went on a Salmon fishing trip.

Day 7:

*Had picture taken by orientals all day long!

*Went to the Beautiful Butchart Gardens in Victoria, B.C.- I loved eating the flowers!

*The taxi driver drove us back to the boat so slow that I decided to drop a big poo in my pants and make the whole van smell and the Driver still took his time getting us back!

The END! (This is me after a long week!)

2008-08-19T07:57:00.000-07:00

Mikayla had such a fun time up in Seattle with my family. She loved going on walks with Grandpa and Grandma.

We took an evening walk over to see the newest addition to their family.

Mikayla loved the Puppies (a little too much...but luckily we were there to help out)

The Momma of these Golden Retrivers had her first littler... 12 puppies!!!!

3 Girls and 9 Boys! Ryan picked out a Girl. Here she is! how cute!

I would be crazy to take one home because I know how big they get! But they were definately tempting because of how cute and little they are right now!

2008-07-24T18:54:00.000-07:00

I realized this past blog that I haven't put enough videos up lately. Mikayla is on the Go so I don't have much time to snap the cute pictures! Also a good hint for these videos is to minimize the window when you click on the link (the videos are not that clear)

The first video is a few seconds of her in the bath. She seems to enjoy the camera lately so she didn't sing like normal..but she is still funny.... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2776790030214970061&hl=en

The next two...you have to play in order ...We had a huge rain storm so our backyard got quite flooded in spots...Mikayla decided to help the situation out by sitting in a puddle and drinking it! YUmmy! Play this first: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7717937639991403034&hl=en

Play this Second: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4497776352988473943&hl=en

The last one was requested by Grandpa Thompson...I purchased some squeaky sandals for her yesterday for our trip so she LOVES these shoes....
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8282615389507660137&hl=en

Mikayla and I are leaving in a few days for a 3 week trip to Seattle so Off for some fun...and oh wait I can't forget the Alaskan Cruise in the middle of that w/ Jonathan's Fam as well!!!! Fun stuff.

2008-07-17T21:22:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th....5th....and wait its already the 17th of July!

Happy Summer!

5 things that have happened this month:

5. Fireworks! We saw REAL 4th of JULY Fireworks! Legal and Illegal ones! Mikayla was quite intrigued by the illegal ones our neighbors were doing because she would hear the crash sound and that would scare her...then she would see these great bright lights. The dogs...well scared to death of course!

4. Lots of Playing outside. Mikayla has learned that things don't just disappear so she knows where her bubble toys are and wants to play with them at least 5 times a day!

Grandpa if this isn't the face.....Well its pretty close to it!

This is of course after Jonathan threw the hose in the pool and it hit Mikayla- He got in trouble by me so I made him pick her up while she was all wet...wet soggy diaper, clothes and all!...and this is how he repays me...nice... *** I had to take out this picture.....so don't worry he'll get his!

3. Mikayla got to meet my best friend Carole, and her two cute kids Emiline & Shane. I already miss them! **** picture to be inserted soon**

2. Mommy Changing tons of lovely #3's (liquid poo) Mikayla got some sort of bug!
Muffins Yummy...Mommy's first attempt at blueberry muffins from scratch..not too bad!

Popsicles always a must in this heat!

1. Trouble of course! We always get into lots of trouble. Yes I'm a grown up but I don't really care if I am having fun with my baby! We were shopping in Wal-Mart and Mikayla started playing the yelling game..and of course I yelled back...so there was -the old lady giving us the crusty "I can't stand kids" look....and the young man who thought I was pretty funny (or I am not sure what else he was thinking). Anyways I told Jonathan I am going to be the Mom sliding down the stairs with the kids and throwing the food across the dinner table. Why not? Life is too short to take it serious all the time!
Drawer climbing....Eat your heart out Uncle Adam! I can climb now too! Fun stuff!

Oh yeah I'm not sure if I ever posted this because I've been a lot more busy since...but Mikayla is walking lots and learning how to run as well.

I never knew how much trouble she was until those little feet started moving faster! Our Puppies even hide from her!

As for Jonathan and I -we are having so much fun enjoying every second of this little girl! We also are having fun with our new Wii Nintendo and of course just relaxing when Mikayla is asleep. Ahhh the quiet!

Mikayla and the Fake Wallet...she thinks this is my wallet I use when we go shopping....so she likes to sneak around with it! and take it outside- as she is about to do here.

This last picture is for Auntie Bree - don't worry I cleaned these up today...but aren't they cute!

2008-06-25T15:49:00.000-07:00

Summer Heat! UMMM okay....

The top 5 things I miss about Canada are......

1. The most beautiful summer days...and nights -midnight walks when its just starting to get dark!

2. It rarely gets really hot!..... the heat is killing me! I am glad we didn't move down in the summer or I wouldn't be able to handle it!

3. Chinese Food....is wayyyyyyyy better up there....in fact any type of Ethnics food (minus the Mexican food of course) is soooo good. Like our favorite place... Cilantro for some amazing food!

4. There is enough diversity that I don't feel like I am white bread stuck in the middle of a wonder bread loaf...that is frozen of course ...and then thawed - gotta love the Utah Mormons!

5. The amazing friends that we had...that we miss all the time...wondering if Shannon found any more random rude people at Tim Horton's....or if Tanya is going to find Teo doing any crazy toilet tricks....or Amanda finding Walker or Jackson getting into mischief! or of course our Work friends who every day found a way to tell us how many days there were until the Stampede.

And to make you laugh....here is the explanation of this video. I was trying to teach Mikayla to be quiet in Church one day...so when she started screaming like normal...I patted her mouth so it made sort of an Indian noise....like ma-ma-ma-ma.... so she thought it was funny and before I knew it she started her own way of doing this....with food in her mouth....and of course some dancing while she's eating..... I have been trying to capture this for a few weeks now- so I am glad I had my camera out at good old Village Inn...

Well Mikayla is walking soooo much now. I can't believe that in just a few short days she is now walking instead of crawling everywhere! Because of this...she now loves the backyard. She loves playing in the puppies water....and caring things around (like our nice spoons) to find dirt clots!!!! YUmmmy!

Having fun with a little visit from Uncle Ryan...who she has always taken a liking too!...and of course for another laugh...Ryan isn't use to the UV rays so High so I put some sunscreen on his back while he was helping Jonathan with some yard work.....as you can see I think I missed a spot!

2008-06-16T22:03:00.000-07:00

Yes I actually am doing an update!

So onto a new month and of course Mikayla is now walking!....of course if she wants to get around fast she prefers to crawl but she has been trying to walk everywhere she can.

We got some new shoes for her today....Pumas of course! her first real shoes!.....so Auntie Bree will be very proud of her!

Also she has become so much fun lately....here are a few pictures from the past few days.

Jonathan is still having tests done for this crazy illness he has so we have been trying to keep occupied in other ways (besides me having time on the computer). I finally realized today that I miss doing this because its my way to vent...and chat to my very very missed friends back in Calgary!!!!!

As you can see- Mikayla has become a handful very quickly...I can just imagine how crazy she would be if she was a boy!!!! Thank goodness for little girls!.... This last picture shoes her lovely teeth....cheeeeeese!

2008-06-04T12:57:00.000-07:00

Un-Crappy Birthday to Me!

So to put it bluntly it seems that every year I end up having something crazy happen...last year was an unusual one because I was recovering from having Mikayla...but this year.... crazy all around.

Jonathan had the opportunity to go to Australia for work. He seemed to be doing okay when he got there but just had a bit of blotchy swollen legs from the flight. He emailed me a few times telling me that he was having these crazy stomach pains and finally went to an ER down there. So he went and was given a bunch of pain medicine but no answer to why he was feeling so yucky. He flew back to the USA 6 days later and when he got into California he called to tell me that his blotchy legs were now this horrible rash and that if people saw it he wouldn't be allowed to fly home. I picked him up at the airport in SLC and asked him to show me some of this lovely rash......

Well I brought him home and met his Step-Dad who is an ER Doctor...and told us to go get some test done. The freak rash on his legs was also going on in his stomach. So my sweetheart was in a lot of pain and incredibly jet-lagged! He was given some pain medicine and sent home by this time it was May 21....So I decided to forgo being happy I was a year older...and realized Jonathan was not doing so well. We had planned a trip to Seattle the next day so I was on the phone with Doctors....and Airlines for most of the morning. Cancelling flights and trying to get him to see a specialist ASAP.

So to make this more stressful long story (that is still ongoing)short...We re-booked the trip and went to Seattle for a fun little vacation.

My little brother Adam and his girlfriend Heather were there as well so we had a fun few days with most of the fam.....of course we were missing our "Braddie" the whole time but hopefully he can come next time!

This is Mikayla and Me and Deception Pass right outside of where my Mom grew up on Whidbey Island Washington.

Mikayla and Uncle Ryan in the Cold Northwestern waters....the first time in the Ocean!

And of course the Happy Family...I loved this day because the weather was perfect!

2008-05-09T21:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday To Mikayla!

I can't believe its been a year! I am honestly overwhelmed with emotion thinking of how much time has gone by with our little Mikayla here with us. Jonathan and I are so happy to have her in our lives and couldn't image our life together with out her! She makes us smile, dance, cry, name the emotion...she has some how helped us have that! So I want to share with you a few things that make Mikayla the unique puzzle piece that fits our little family!

*Mikayla's Laugh- when helping "get the puppies"

*Mikayla's Dance- every single time she watches Backyardigans

*Mikayla's Smile- when ever she sees Mommy or Daddy!

She came into this world May 8, 2007 purple, and the first sign of life she the Doctors was peeing on them! As soon as I held her she stopped crying. We had a few eventful days in the hospital and we were so happy to have her home healthy and snugly! She has grown so much and she is learning new things every day. We love you Mikayla and hope you know you are the most beautiful to us and Mommy and Daddy love you so much! Happy 1 year!

2008-04-21T19:24:00.000-07:00

Another new Dress....man are we spoiled!....or wait maybe we are just growing a lot!
Mikayla is such a trooper every Sunday. Our church time is right when she usually takes a good 2 hour nap so she can get pretty naughty by the end of the 3 hours! So when we got home and I wanted to take a picture of this cute outfit she wasn't having so much fun with it...but hey I got the dress in the picture!

Mikayla loves to stand under the kitchen table now and stare out the backdoor window. I think its like a little fort for her or something. The fun part is going to be when she is too tall to fit under there and she still tries to. The other fun part is when she is old enough to know how to build a fort and Mommy and Mikayla will "hide" under there to be sneaky..he he he!

Okay I have been trying to get a good video to put on her of our cute little bug dancing. From our friends up in Canada we learned about the Backyardigans....well I played the show for her a couple of times and she seemed to love it. So when I started dancing with her she would dance any time music that she liked was on. One day Jonathan and I put on the show so we could try and plant some starters for our garden and she didn't notice the show was coming on until the opening music came on.....hence the cute little dance..... Jonathan puts this on at least once a day to watch her get soooo excited about her show. so here it is.....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8088647089932772970&hl=en

Sometimes she dances the whole time the song is going and other times she is a little distracted...so the first is a little more active-

This movie is from this morning she loves just trying to watch the characters and move around like them. So cute-

2008-04-16T21:10:00.000-07:00

I was reading a friends blog and she happened to mention she wished that people updated their blogs more.....sooooo I know I can totally do a better job of that. Of course taking the pictures also helps! So here is a little more of an update of us.

When Jonathan and I were first married we watched the movie Matilda....and on that show there is a little girl that has pigtail braids that end up getting her in trouble by the mean Miss Trunchbowl Principal. So he told me...that our girls will "NEVER" have pigtails like that. So I have to start being creative since Mikayla is growing a little more hair. so here is my latest creation of her hairdo- of course it started out as a foehawk and then sort of layed over...so when it gets a bit longer I'll probably start using hairspray!

The other fun thing she likes to do is brush her teeth. I don't think that she is really "brushing" its more of a "chewing" but either way....eat your heart out Dentists of the US! She has the best of both worlds being health conscience by brushing her teeth and being "horrible" as my Canadian Dentist told me- for having a pacifier "Binky".

Mikayla and I went to Seattle for a week to hang out with my family. I will get some more pictures on here of that trip...I realized I was pretty horrible of taking them. Mikayla went to her first Aquarium in downtown Seattle and we all knew she loved it when she started waving her arms around and kicking her legs like it was fun. She also had a fun time at lunch at my parents favorite Ivars Salmon pulling the napkin & silverware off the table....and pooping through almost her entire outfit! What an eventful day! So we took it pretty easy the rest of the days and had fun shopping with Grandma at the Outlet Mall which I love! Mikayla scored some very cute outfits and so Grandma wanted her to do a fashion show before we left so she could see them on her. I totally forgot that we used to do that as kids. My brothers and I would come home from shopping and try on all of our brand new clothes to show Mom and Dad. So..the Tradition continues!

As you can see she is pretty happy for the first outfit....very cute of course...

Second outfit just as cute....but a little more tense...

My favorite outfit...and of course you will see these later this summer when she gets a little bigger!

Again outfit number 3.

As you can see the outfits become a bit harder for her to want to change into...but still very cute.

If we could only read Mikayla's mind when I told her that we were done playing dress up for the day.

I hate to brag....but -

The flight home Mikayla was the best baby on the plane! I tried to schedule our flights around her nap so she would possibly sleep on the flight..and wa-la- it worked! So she was very easy and out of 10 babies...she probably fussed for about 10 seconds! Meanwhile...when we got back home she was back to her normal Trouble!

WE usually put the dog cage away during the day so that Mikayla doesn't play in it...but we hadn't done that yet...so I went out of range of her and came back to her inside Addie's cage. The only worry I have is...that she doesn't act like a dog when she gets older because she's around these crazy pups all the time!

WEll I'll post more tomorrow (possibly)

2008-04-16T20:45:00.000-07:00

Mikayla is starting to do really well around other people- I wish she would have been like this when she was younger! So Mommy could hang out with her Canadian friends more often!
I asked Jonathan to watch Mikayla while I took a quick shower...and I was wondering what was going on because it was so quiet when I was finished. I came out to find these two snugglers and it just made me smile. So cute!
ANd yes...we did sort of try to take a family picture at Easter...so here is the best mug shot we could get before the Battery died!

And yes...Mikayla loves her Auntie Charlotte and Uncle Crazy Paul.

2008-03-26T20:21:00.000-07:00

OOOPS! I forgot to push "publish"-
Happy Easter!

Mikayla's Easter Egg hunt at Aunt Margrets house

Mikala wasn't sure what to make of the Easter stuff but everything had to go in the mouth. I can say that now her favorite is a little Backyardigan figure (Pablo)

OOOh look at the cute ladybug basket!

I tried to take a picture of her cute dress that Grandma Thompson bought her....but as you can see she doesn't understand the whole pose for the camera thing yet.

She does like laughing though- as you can see here (and the dog looking at her like she is protecting her)

And yes Mikayla went to 2 JAZZ Games in a row!!! we got lucky and were fortunate enough to have tickets of his Dad's while he was out of town. Mikayla actually did great at the game for being her bed time and really loud at times. She is 2 for 2 wins- so hopefully she will be a playoffs "goodluck charm".

Daddy and Mikayla for her first game- as you can see Daddy didn't want me to take any pictures.

Sorry I thought I had posted this already since its been almost a month since I put these on here! Mikayla and I have been in Seattle with my family for the past week and then settling back in to life in Utah (fun). Anyways I hope you all had a happy Easter and that it is getting warmer whether in Canada or the USA.

This past Friday we got our grass in!!!!! the hard part is that the puppies can't go out on it yet so that it can settle and root before the dog races start!

Well let us know what you have been up to...I'll post more pictures later this week (hopefully).

2008-03-17T19:57:00.000-07:00

The past few days have been quite eventful in the life of our little Mikayla...so here are just a few of the things that have stuck out...

Mikayla saw her first "full length animated feature" on Saturday....Horton Hears A Who- and she loved it....for about 10 minutes and then she wanted to get down and crawl around. So I spent the majority of the movie near the front of the theatre on the stairs while Mikayla found popcorn and licorice....that we didn't purchase of course! Luckily I brought plenty of snacks to substitute her findings! The other funny thing about this was on the way home from the movie I picked through the almond M&M's and went to put this great treasure in my mouth....and I realized it is the true definition of a "Weenis" so if anyone ever happens to ask you what one is.....show them this picture-

Mikayla loves pulling herself up on everything she can get her hands on. So our latest buy was a baby lock for the TV cabinet...unfortunately the pet cage can't have to much of a lock since we use it every day!

And for the last update........umm yeah I don't have to say much....

This picture and video explains it all....so here it is....

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5165196626725036648&hl=en

2008-03-06T20:04:00.000-08:00

Everything and More....Happy March!
Sooooo yes I guess in a sense I have no excuses for not posting for almost a month so here is a catch up. Mikayla our "little Princess" is crawling now so she is trouble! she loves crawling over to her diaper bag and taking everything out of it and inspecting each thing by teeth or by shaking it in her hand and jabbering like she needs that item. Its pretty funny.

here is the first video of Mikayla crawling...sorry I will get a clearer one on here soon-

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7921959822608791235&hl=en

This is Mikayla in her Purple Princess outfit after church. She didn't even mess with the cute new Tiara! I love dressing her up of course! Why not...she is only little once!

Corrina also loves Mikayla and likes to lick her....Mikayla tends to squirm like I do and not let her...but the attempt is always made!

The one thing we did agree on is changing the place to put our new TV. It originally was "Jonathan's new toy" but I have to say watching HD brings Ellen, Oprah, and Tyra shows to a whole new level! I guess that's what I was afraid of...now I don't even like watching TV on anything else!

Mikayla has loved being able to crawl around in her diaper after she is clean/ has a diaper change....sometimes I feel she is escaping the minute her bum is clean...so I am sure when she starts walking there will be a nakie girl in our house!

The other day I was making dinner and was in the living room and as usual she was playing with all the things in her diaper bag....and the next thing I know I can here this plastic sliding on the ground...and Mikayla had pushed her wipes into the kitchen to me. Gee mom do you think this is a hint.....the funny part was...as you can see by the bulging diaper it was a "huge hint". What a funny girl!

WE went to our first "feeding the ducks" day. We tried to go to a place that Jonathan use to go growing up but found it covered with a barbed wire fence and there were goats/ducks everywhere.....pretty gross...so we decided to drive around to see if there were any other parks near the Jordan River that would be a bit cleaner. We happend upon a park in Taylorsville that also has a huge enclosed dog park that we'll be trying out this next week. They had a kids park as well and so we thought we'd try Mikayla in a swing. So instead of sitting her in the regular way Jonathan thought it would be good to try her so she wouldn't fall out easily.

Mikayla was laughing so hard. Unfortunately I only brought my the regular picture camera so we will be back to the park when it is warmer. She was laughing the entire time she was on the swing. The only draw back was it wasn't super warm so she was getting cold and so were we! When we brought her back to the car she was crying and babbling the whole way home. We didn't have to think twice to know this was because she wanted back on that swing.

Mikayla got a bunch of cute Lady bug clothes from Grandma Thompson. I looked at them and thought they looked too big to wear for a while.....but couldn't resist putting this on her.....to find out that it fits her perfect...meaning she is wearing big girl clothes! My baby is growing up so fast. She loves her highchair most times now because she knows that she is going to get something yummy to eat!

No picture for this...so I'll make a better effort next time to take one. This past Sunday I gave a talk in Church (you know the ones you get when you move to a new area). and of course the topic completely was meant for me to hear....I don't know how many people really cared to hear a talk about the Book of Mormon but I was grateful to have the chance to study and really plan my talk out. I stayed up late almost every night and with the help of Jonathan was able to get a pretty good idea of what I was doing instead of feeling like I was going to mess up.

Jonathan and I were called into the Bishops office this week and given callings......who guessed it....with the huge primary we have in the ward. We are going to be Team Teaching in Primary...I actually think this will be good for Mikayla since every week that I've been here I seem to have to leave to the hallway so she can not make so much noise for the lesson. While we are out there she always happens to find the primary room because of the children songs. I know she will like being in there with us and hopefully by the time she is 18 months she'll have no problem leaving us to play with the other kids!

Today we had the landscape company out to help us plan our grass, sprinklers and flower beds. I am so excited to be able to plant again and grow things! So in less than a month we will have GREEN grass and eventually some color along with that!

-well on a random note -

-American Idol is getting better each week...

-Corrina and Addie still bark at any noise that is out of range of site (IE a bedroom door when I am putting Mikayla to bed, the ice maker dumping a new thing of ice, a drawer closing) fun stuff for me!

-Ikea seems to not have what I am after....any suggestions on where to find nice looking storage boxes for toys in the living room?-

BEfore I forget about this.......

my little Brother Adam has been in a band that is now touring all over the country. This summer they will be in Europe and then back to the USA for another tour. Jonathan and I got to see them play the other night here in SLC and they were awesome! Their music is much different than I expected so I'm sure they will be much liked where ever they go. here is their website...and of course if you want any music....the more the Merrier for them! http://www.thaomusic.com/ I have to say if you can see them LIVE its well worth it.

The band stayed at our house. And as some of you know we don't have our basement finished so there was a few ground sleepers, and of course the couch. Mikayla got to see all of them in the morning and she seemed to really take to Thao.....maybe it was Thao taking to her..but either way They were both singing and eating apples it was pretty funny. I missed Adam the minute they left....I wish he lived closer to us! I guess thats what happens when we grow up :-(

2008-02-10T18:35:00.000-08:00

So I did it....The Mom haircut....or as defined by me.....I went from one extreme to the other.

The Haircut has been a long time coming and yes I trim my hair but I haven't taken off 6 plus inches before at a time so this one was very needed. I have a before and after...so explain myself before you see that the "after" doesn't look greatly styled you have ot know that I am by myself for the week with Mikayla so taking a picture of myself isn't the easiest!

Anyways its warming up a bit down here in Utah and the mud....ummm a whole fun other story to deal with the dogs!....because going around the mudd is just way to easy.....walking through it is much more fun!

Mikayla is still being such a goof so here are a few pictures of her as well in her Valentines Day Dress.

Have a fun week...and if you get bored...email me or call...I'd love to hear from you all!

2008-02-06T21:35:00.000-08:00

The big move to Utah is almost done so here are a few memories of the past few weeks...

Mikayla looking ado"red" and clueless that we are leaving her "lovely" brown carpet behind!

Okay...yes I'm sure there are much worse faces and pictures of me than this...seriously but this was taken with our last bag (for a while) of Kearnels Popcorn...and I was beating my husband in the game "chubby bunny" dont worry no pickles for me...JOnathan can't even play this game...so now I have something to back up my no pickles ever theory. By the way...this was also taken after packing all day and having a few moments to ourselves with Mikayla asleep...fun times!

Happy girl with daddy home from work...this is his favorite outfit..Osh-Kosh-BGosh overalls!

This was Mikaylas way of showing that she was helping pack on the last day in Canada.Yummy sock...and of course rolling into a desk!

WE are on the move! At Aunt Charlotte & Uncle Pauls house...Mikayla learned how to slide on the hardwood floors...the best was when she got stuck in a corner and was trying to play with the doggie (Hank) and she was tickling his paws...then she realized that he moved because he didn't want to be bothered and she started screaming.

See look I like sliding...now for the crawling part.... uh oh!

The puppies in their own back yard....well to make a long story short our fence as you can see wasn't able to be put to the ground due to the weather....so Addie "sort of" has a back yard....plus a new 50 foot rope for now! Corrina on the other hand...well she loves being able to chase Addie to the end of his rope and taunt him from just far enough away that he can't get her!

There is a baby in there...she finally realized I had put her in a basket after the last stuffed animal was placed...too bad she can't be as quiet as these animals!

Yummy lunch...Chicken noodles..and pears...and wait....I think there is some room for grahm crackers too. Mikayla loves talking while she is eating now..it is pretty funny.

Corrina also loves it when Mikayla eats...as you can see we have a regular floor sweeper! Well that is until bedtime thats when the real cleaner comes in....I wish there really was a cleaning Gnome! but for now its just mommy when she has time!

This video is of Mikayla and Daddy playing..and to show our friend Greg that there is a time and place that you can toss a baby with out obstructions of ceiling fans.

The last update is the massive -compared to Calgary- snow we've had. Last Sunday we woke up to a 5 foot snow drift in front of our garage so we thought we couldn't get out to go to Stake Confrence...our first Sunday here! WEll we finally shimmied the car into the smaller of the two garages and went out ...down the street and got stuck for 45 minutes in a 2 foot snow. The best part was I was in heals....no gloves/jacket...and had a screaming baby int he back while JOnathan and 2 random neighbor kids came out to help shovel us out....The moral of the story is...sometimes its not worth going to church....Heavenly Father won't be upset if we stay warm/safe and away from crazy snow drifts. So now we have a 5 plus foot pile of snow and growing in our front yard. it seems to never end here!

Last..but not least....is a huge THANK YOU to all of our friends in Calgary that helped Jonathan and My Dad move us down here....as well as a huge help once they got down here of Jonathan's family....His Brother Paul and Sister-in Law Charlotte helped out so much ....I can't even list everything they helped us with on here! Also his Mom and Step-Dad Robert....shoveling the layers of ice off our driveway and installing window blinds! Thanks again for everyone's help we couldn't have done this with out you!

2008-02-06T21:16:00.000-08:00

The Challenges of Moving with an Infant....

1. Not being able to pack every box so when they are being unpacked I know where things are.

2. Watching the heard of family move us into our house on a nasty cold, windy, snowy day and not being able to help with out a baby screaming because she is in a new place.
3. No time is "my time" its either the babies....or the houses time.

4. Sleeping in different places that Mikayla isn't use to ....hence....mommy gets no sleep :-(

Positives of MOving with an Infant....

1. No unnessesairy comments about where to put things or what room she is moving into.

2. It could be worse....there could be two of her!

3. I guess watching people unload a huge truck is still better than having to lift the crap out of the truck :-)

2008-01-26T19:48:00.000-08:00

WEll as you can see we haven't updated our blog in quite a while so I thought you might like an update of what the Bakers are up to....
We have packed up and left Calgary as of this weekend and are moving back down to the U.S.of A. So we have been packing and ....thanks to Jonathan (the crazy working bee) cleaned the townhome and is still on the road with the puppies...our stuff...and my Daddio. So Back to Utah we go for another chapter of our life! WE purchased our first home and are excited to get in and feel like home again! Mikayla is doing well...still has a crazy cough but she is scooting on her belly and smiling lots! She will be crawling in no time! I am on a different computer than normal so I'll update this with pictures of our new house....and of course Mikayla in a few days when we have internet again. We hope to stay in touch with our Canadian friends .... I will miss them more than they'll ever know! Off to bed and up for another day of getting the house ready for move-in.

2007-12-29T20:15:00.000-08:00

The Christmas Cold...

Still living of course!

WE had a wonderful visit with my entire family in Seattle this past week for Christmas! Unfortunately with that came the Christmas Cold....that was past from one brother to the next to the husband and the worst.....the baby! So Mikayla now has the most snot I've ever seen from a child but luckily this is her first real "sickness" so we have been very blessed. So Mom has also not gotten any sleep and I will write and share our trip pictures when I have a little more time. WE hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and are getting ready for a New and hopefully not to adventurous Year!

2007-12-12T20:03:00.000-08:00

December is going by so quickly. WE are off to the USA again next week for Christmas so I want to share our fun couple of weeks so far in December.

Mikayla is now 7 months old and we still can't believe she is this big! She is such a happy baby most of the time that we are very lucky and blessed to have this little angel in our lives! She is still teething so her occasional crying is not so bad. Corrina and Addie have become Mikayla's new excitement so she gets so happy when she sees them both! I have to say she is a little more excited to touch and be around Addie...I think because he is smaller than her....but sadly enough she also doesn't understand what "gentle" means so Addie being the cranky moody dog he is only will sit close enough to get a light tap from Mikayla. On the other hand Mikayla is a little more shy around Corrina...but Corrina seems to understand that Mikayla wants to pet her so she is all about the attention (go figure!) So this also means that Mikayla gets the random Italian Paw...luckily Daddy or Mommy are always there to catch the paw before it does any damage. All three of us went to a baby Christmas Party hosted by another family that was in our Maternity Class. There are 7 ladies that Mikayla and Mommy have hung out with and so we thought it would be fun to see how grown up all the babies were. Of course Mikayla wanted nothing to do with the change of environment and let Mommy and Daddy know this for the first 15 minutes of being at our friends house. But once she settled down she saw Santa for the first time....that lasted about 20 seconds...then of course back to Mommy.

It has been quite cold since we've been back here in Calgary and our house never seems to be warm enough (to Mikayla and Mommy!)

Mikayla has somehow gotten hooked on the Jazz as well (Gee I wonder why?) but she supposedly is good luck because she was born during the Finals last season. Lucky for Daddy- Mikayla doesn't mind watching the games....Not so sure of Football though (Uncle Paul still thinks she is a Ute fan....even if they didn't win this year!)

Well off to another week of fun....please keep in touch and email....or send Pict's of your cute families too! Happy Holidays!

I can't forget the most important news of this week....Mikayla is sitting up on her own now! She had her first "ouchy boo-boo" today though because she is like a little tippys cup and fell forward because she hasn't figured out that her hands can catch her yet...but no bruises yet...just a very upset Mikayla for about 10 mins....poor little thing!

2007-12-03T20:33:00.000-08:00

Daddy Graduated!!!!!!

I thought that Jonathan deserved a separate post of his graduation because we are so proud of him. The past 3 years here in Calgary Jonathan has worked full time and gone to school full time to finish his degree! He is one of the few up here in Calgary that has attempted both at the same time.....and have a marriage! So we were very excited to go to his graduation ceremony in November.

2007-12-01T20:49:00.000-08:00

Mikayla and Julie went to Seattle at the very end of October....since then they have taken two trips and have only been home a few short weeks. Mommy is now getting time to get some pictures up so here is the month in review...
Julie & Mikayla in Seattle

Grandma, Mommy, Brad, & of course the "happy" baby

happy "Nakie" girl!

Grandma & Grandpa w/ Mikayla

Uncle Ryan was Mikayla's favorite!

Mikayla all bundled up for a nice morning walk.

Happy girl before eating!

Yummy Bananas and Carrots!

Look Daddy I'm standing on my own!

I have a new hair bow too!

Peas are also Mikaylas favorite!

Mikayla now has two "Teefers" and has a little drool rash

I think she wants the camera (this was taken yesterday)

Hummm yummy!

So Mikayla has now taken two round trip plane rides... eaten vegetables, fruits and turkey... and is starting to want to sit up on her own! She is so much fun. Jonathan and I had the best laugh with her the other night and the little stinker was laughing because we were. So a good laugh session did all three of us some belly exercise! She is getting so big so quick...so I'll try and be better about getting things updated on here. I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. Now onto December!

2007-10-23T21:18:00.000-07:00

Thank goodness for warm days like today!

Today we had a nice warm sunny day and Mikayla went to the park for the first time (well the first time actually able to do anything). She had her first real baby swing ride and was smiling the whole time-hopefully that means that she liked it!

She has had a hard time lately having me feed her cereal so I thought maybe she needed a few more weeks before she started real food. I actually think its because she wants to be able to feed herself instead of being fed! So she had a teething cookie today and she loved it! She is getting more wiggly now and when she doesn't want to do something like sit in her swing or if she wants to sit up instead of lay down she starts crying and kicking her legs like she is having a mini temper tantrum. The good part is that Daddy and Mommy can laugh at this right now! Hopefully we'll be able to do the same in the future when she has the full out tantrums! Mikayla and Mommy went to pick up Daddy at work today and Mikayla was a little fussy so Mommy turned on the radio...and she stopped crying and started talking-like she was singing along with the music. A little singer is on the rise....watch out American Idol!

2007-10-13T20:47:00.000-07:00

I have to brag about the beautiful Flowers Jonathan gave me the other day. I love suprise flowers!!!!

Mikayla's first Dilly Bar....yummy-

The months seem to be going by so quickly so here is another update of our cute little Mikayla.

Mikayla loves Mommy but is definately a Daddy's Girl! When he comes home in the evenings she loves to talk to him and she just babbles on and on...its the cuttiest thing ever. Today Daddy and Mikayla were having a chat Mikayla just started laughing like crazy....so here it is

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-8976329162364321641

just in case you are reading this from an email...you have to go to our blog -www.jjbaker624.blogspot.com in order to view this ...this is towards the end of her laughs...so she is almost starting to cry and laugh at the same time because Daddy, Mikayla and Mommy were laughing so hard for almost 15 minutes.

We went to the Mall today for some Saturday shopping. Daddy and Mikayla were waiting for Mommy outsite the dressingroom and Mikayla was discovering herself in the mirror....more than ever before and she touched the mirror like it was another little girl- Daddy had a good laugh out of that.

Also here is a sneak peek and Mikayla's Ladybug Halloween Costume...

2007-10-04T21:20:00.000-07:00

Happy 5 Months old (Well Almost..)

Mikayla had her first rice cereal a few days ago....and I got it on film.

She loves it! More is on her face than in her tummy but I'm know it only gets messier from here!

She also had her first roll over on her own yesterday (Wednesday October 4th!) I was at a friends house and she all of a sudden pushed over and I clapped and started saying "yay" and she looked at me like "what did I do?" she is such a good baby and we are so happy to have this little girl in our lives!

2007-09-20T14:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has taken me so long to update....here is the past month in review...

Beautiful Blessing picture (courtesy of "Auntie Tanya")

Happy Girl! 3 Months old

The Start of our Utah Journey...2am we finally made it to the hotel and she was out for the night!

What's for Breakfast Daddy? (Day 2 of our long journey to Utah)

Mikayla in her new cute purple dress....12 months size!

Sleepy girls. snuggling for a nap.

Mikayla meeting her cousin Madeline for the first time! Was a little overwhelming to her but everyone was so happy to meet her!

"The G.G. Posie" (Grandma's Galore!) with Mikayla

Mikayla had a Build'a'Bear Puppy made -she had no idea was was going on but Mommy and Daddy had fun making it! & Daddy has a fun sound in it to remind Mikayla to give her puppies "snacks" and it is named "Rina the Noni" (for Corrina the Spinone)

Mikayla with Uncle Ryan she seemed to take right to him!

Mikayla chilling on the way back on the short part of journey home. We stopped in Cardston at the Temple and sat out on the grass and relaxed for a bit. She was so happy to be out of her Carseat! only 3 hours left after that and we were finally home. So happy to be in our beds! and to get our puppies back. Sadly enough our puppies weren't so excited to see us because they had a nice big yard to run around in from our friends house that so graciously watched them.

Mikayla 4 weeks old! the day after her shots....and seems to be doing much better. Her legs have a little "ouchy" soreness to them but other than that she is her happy self!

here are a few new videos....

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4234032680405116304

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7473344851909902254

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4562651326779888111

2007-08-24T17:35:00.000-07:00

Well Mikayla is on her way to being able to sit up on her own
as well as roll to one side. She has gotten so much more alert in the past few weeks.
She is a total Mommas girl right now and knows my voice so when she hears me she either smiles because she can hear me or cries because i'm not holding her! We are having so much fun with her. I gave her a bath the other night and put a few bath toys in the water and she was splashing and smiling so much! Its fun to see her new excitement of life! Things seem to be going pretty well here for us. Jonathan is getting ready to turn the big "2-7" this Sunday he will be an old fart soon! (wait....if he is an old fart what does that make the grandparents?....just kidding. Anyways happy end of August-
here are some more fun pictures of Mikayla and her first play date (the three babies are Sophia (6 weeks old), Mikayla (3.5 months old), and Brooklyn (4.5 months old).

2007-08-21T16:26:00.000-07:00

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378862582060630564&hl=en

2007-08-10T21:09:00.000-07:00

Mikayla had her baby blessing this past sunday and saw some family that she hasn't met before. She seemed to do pretty well being held by a few more people than normal. She seemed to settle right into Grandpa and Grandma Bakers arms! And giggled a little when being tickled by "Duncle" (Uncle David)...

She looked so cute in her beautiful blessing dress that Grandma Curtis brought up...and She had some glamour shots taken by her adopted Grandma and Aunt (Cynthia and Tanya). We bought her a bumbo chair to help her sit up and she seems to like it. So we took a video clip for you to see her. The funniest part of it all is she seemed so happy and smiley during this video. Right after this video was taken I knew I needed to check her diaper well.....lets just say that Daddy had an excuse to "do the dishes" because she had the BIGGEST EXPLOSION diaper yet! I'm sure that their are plenty more of those to come but it was a big supprise to me. Luckliy a bath was all she needed! and I am sure that her babbling and wines during her bath translated into 'my daddy is to much of a wuss! to change my bad diapers!' luckily she is cute! Happy 3 months old Mikayla! http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=5268798492869346054

This is of Mikayla in her new chair.... turn your laptops sideways (sorry!)http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-6678985994582372675(Smiles for mommy)

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-4554275889974734938

(update on how the puppies are doing)

2007-07-31T13:01:00.000-07:00

Attack of the Killer Shard

Def of SHARD- the combination of a Fart and a Sh@..poop
This morning when Mikayla woke up from her nap I was holding her and getting ready to feed her. She was soooo smiley I thought she was just in such a good mood. All of a sudden she scrunched her arms and legs and out came the explosion of the poo all over Mommy and baby. Then when I went to change her she seemed to be a little happier so I stood back to watch her a minute and she let out the biggest toot and scared herself and started crying. The joys of being a baby! She is much more playful and alert now when she is awake so I took a video of her...here she is...
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-7851064931798186880

2007-07-23T17:29:00.000-07:00

Too Hot for Clothes!!!!!!!!

We dont normally say anything about it being too hot up here in Canada but when it is....we miss things like Air Condition...swimming pools...and any other necessity of the summer in the states! Anyways Mikayla is 11 weeks old and today she finally had her first sucessful thumb sucking!!!! It sounds like a small thing but to us its pretty big when for the past couple of weeks she balls her fist up and tries her hardest to find her thumb! She is much more alert than she use to be so she has started recognizing Mommy and Daddy and smiling lots more.

Here she is....

2007-07-18T15:50:00.000-07:00

Mikayla is 10 weeks old and growing like crazy! She had a very cute lady bug dress that I purchased for her when she was a few weeks old...and I thought I'd wait and let her wear it to church ...so thinking since it says "0-3" months that she was okay for a few more weeks. Well Daddy put the dress on her and off we went to church. During sacrament meeting I was holding her and I looked down to see that the bloomers were cutting into her chubby legs! Ahhh so needless to say she ended up half dressed and will never wear the cute little dress I bought! She has started cooing and babbling a little bit so this has been fun to see! She also has this little fake cry when she wants to be held or have attention that Jonathan and I just laugh at. She has started sleeping in her crib for parts of the night and last night Jonathan and I attempted to play a few board games while she was asleep. All of a sudden we heard this scream that sounded like a child playing outside or something because Mikayla's cries have never been that loud and went up to find our little Missy almost like she had a bad dream!

anyways I'm getting a few more hours of sleep and feeling a little more confident of this whole mommy thing! WE love Mikayla!

2007-07-12T12:46:00.000-07:00

Happy 9 weeks! Mikayla is now 12lbs! She had her shots on Monday and took it way better than any other shot I've been given! She was given 3 different needles...and she screamed for abou 1 minute! and the Nurse was able to calm her right down....after that she was fine and fell asleep for the rest of the afternoon! but other than that she is has been quite trying for me lately and very fussy so I hope she grows out of this ....here she is....and yes she definately is a daddies girl (and mommies-for obvious reasons :-)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=6405&l=b654a&id=623606947
(this is a link to facebook to view some more pictures)

2007-07-03T21:50:00.000-07:00

Jonathan and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary over the weekend and we went up to the Calgary Tower for a nice dinner. Mikayla was so good and slept the entire time....but that also ment she was up the entire night!

Well Mikayla is now 8 weeks old! and here is her latest wrapping of the fingers around daddys hand...

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-6040595786174141727&hl=en-CA

Also She is getting really strong so Jonathan had the idea of trying to get her to scoot on the floor and she did this for a good 15 mins!

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=114935925984199071&hl=en-CA

She is going through a growth spurt righ tnow so not much sleep for me....this morning she all of a sudden just started screaming like she was hurt or something....so I looked down at her and she had the fingernail monster visit her! She had scratched the side of her nose and there was blood all over the one side of her face...poor little thing...so I decided not to be scared of hurting her with the nail clippers and chopped them down! Well we gotta go for now...

2007-06-27T21:04:00.000-07:00

7 weeks and 1 day old! Today Mikayla started smiling in response to us! so we got a few smiles on video http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=3758640123196774431

Also we went on our first play date with the girls from my Maternity class. Mikayla was suppose to be the last born out of the other babies in the class and she was the first....but is still the tiniest. She is growing so much but it seems the other babies had a a bigger head start!

And just an FYI for reasons I have gotten most of her pictures taken while she is sleeping....because she is either crying or eating when she's awake...so the occasional video is usually at her most alert time of the day.

Anyways off to feed her :-) good night

2007-06-25T17:42:00.000-07:00

7 weeks old tonight!

WEll Mikayla is getting bigger by the second! She is staying awake a lote more..but is still very fussy if she isnt being held....so we are spending a lot of time here at home :-)

anyways We finally got to church on sunday and she was very good! she slept almost the entire time so it made me a little more encouraged to get my bumm out of bed and go!

She is still mixing her days and nights right now so I've become a night owl for the first time in my life! 1-5am seem to be the "funnest" and occasionally she'll sleep 4-5 hours from around 2am on.

Anyways I'm finally starting to feel somewhat normal so hopefully with this a routine will come in to play. Our house is still a disaster but that was to be expected.

The pictures are....1st one is an outfit that says "chicks rule" and has little chickens on it...Thank you Grandma Thompson!....and the second is one I bought in the states that Jonthan liked! its very cute (and she didnt even poop on it :-)

WEll off to feed the baby....have a good one!

2007-06-18T19:47:00.000-07:00

Happy 6 weeks! well in a few hours Mikayla will officially be six weeks old! I can't belive how fast time has gone by. Its amazing to she how much she has grown in a few short weeks....

here are a few video clips we took today.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-6781780386757469358

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=8759785255659482340

Life of being a new mommy is amazing! the only crazy thing is adjusting my entire life! I am so happy to have little Mikayla here! Jonathan is such a good daddy to her and we just love this little girl so much! I am very thankful that everything went so well with this pregnancy. What a blessing it is to have this little family!