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!

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 :-)

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!