Happy Birthday Aunt Say!!

Happy Birthday Aunt Say!! We love you and hope you have a GREAT day!!

Aunt Say and Jaylee both can look a little crazy when their hair gets going!!

Happy Birthday Tate!!

Happy Birthday!! We hope you have a GREAT day!!

Planting Season, well almost...

Today was transplant day with our little garden. Our little tomato plants were getting way to big for the little pots they came in so it was time to move them to the big buckets. We're doing a raised garden since we don't really have space for anything else. You can kind of get an idea of how it works from the pics below. The buckets just sit on wood that is raised by blocks. We are so excited and can't wait to taste all the yummy veggies from our own garden!! Hopefully it will be great like Marlee's!! My sister-in-law is a rockin' gardener!! If it wasn't so windy, they could stay outside, but for now they are still in our dinning room.

Look how big one of our Tomato plants already is. It was just a little duffer when we got it!!

Of course our little helper girl was right there to help her Daddy!!

Daddy teaching J how to use the hose... that might come back to haunt us later!!

Our pet named Lady!!

Easter in Sedona

We spent Easter in Sedona (the same place we took our family pictures in November of 2005). It was so beautiful!! We had a great time and so did the kids!! Jaylee was much more into finding the eggs on this hunt that's for sure!! No one to run over her and push her out of the way!! We had a BBQ with lots of way yummy food and then we played around with the kids while the Easter Bunny hid the eggs!! I'm so glad Kevin and Michele started the tradition when they first moved to Arizona. We look forward to next year!!

The Cousins playing around waiting for the Easter Bunny to hide eggs!!

Playing follow the leader!!

Jaylee is into this whole "me" thing where she'll raise her hand!! It's way cute and it just makes me laugh when she does it!!

Lizzi and Nikki playing on the bridge

Adam and Brian being handsome as usual

These eggs that J was trying to get above were on this little hill. I'm sure she could have walked up it just fine but she decided she needed to lay down and REACH for it!! I was laughing so hard!!

Above-Jaylee feeding Uncle Kevin some candy!! He was the only one who would open the candy for her!!

Dying Eggs with our 2 year old!!

Twas the night before Easter and all through the land, little boys and girls were dying Easter Eggs, one in each hand!!

Our 2 year old Jaylee so crazy and fun, would have dyed everything right down to the bun.

She colored and colored each egg with care, even mixing the colors to give them some flare!!

3 eggs in one wasn't very neat, but somehow became her greatest egg dying feat!!

She was so happy with each new adventure, but now she'll have to fork over some money for a new wardrobe expenditure!!

Her fun didn't end when the dye was thrown out, she grabbed the stickers and exclaimed with a shout...

"Jaylee's Egg" was her continuous cheer, and now were all looking forward to next year!!

Happy Easter!!

First Born

I saw this tag and thought it was cute, so I'm tagging anyone who wants to do it!!

On the day we brought her home

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Kind of-we knew we wanted a baby but she was a little earlier then we expected!!

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yes to my wonderful Brady!!

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
Excited and very nervous!!!!

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
25

5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Well being a girl, I knew something was up when my little friend didn't come to visit, so I bought like 3 test and took them the next morning. I wasn't really sick, lucky for me!!

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
My husband, who cried (of course) and then our friend Leslie who was visiting from New Mexico.

7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
YES!! I'm so into that!!

8. DUE DATE?
March 19th

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
I did a few mornings. I think it was all of 5 days!!

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
Mexican food-Everyday!!

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
There was something about Brady that I would cry at the drop of a hat with him!! It didn't matter what he said, how he said it or what he did, I cried!!

12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
A Girl!!

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
Not really. I had always wanted a boy first and Brady always wanted a girl first but we were so Excited!!

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
Well I think I gained more at the very first before the doctor appointment, but it was only like 8 pounds.

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
A few!! I have wonderful family, wonderful in-laws and wonderful friends!! They all helped us out so much!!

16. WAS THE SHOWER A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
We knew about all of them!! My family had one at Christmas while we were in California, and the other 2 were in the beginning of March!!

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
No, I really had it easy!!

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Ogden Regional Medical Center in Ogden Utah

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
About 12 total-Of course during the first couple hours I took a shower, curled my hair and put on some makeup. I knew there would be a bunch of pictures and I didn't want to look totally bad!!

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
My wonderful husband Brady

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Well besides the doctor, nurse and 2 nurse interns and the baby peps, my husband and my sister Stephanie.

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Completely natural!!! No meds or anything!! I'm weird!!

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
NO!! I did do a bunch of counter pressure points to help with the pain though. I felt great after though!!

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
7lbs

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN?
March 21, 2007

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Jaylee Carol

27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?

She just turned 2 and is the light of our lives!! She is such a joy and we LOVE her so much!!!Jaylee's 2 year old pics!!

Opening Day 2009

Well today was the official opening day for Baseball. Yesterday was opening day but only 2 teams played so we counted today the day!!
So in honor of Opening day, I had Brady and Jaylee take pictures in their Cubs gear!! Brady LOVES the cubs and we found this adorable little dress for Jaylee and had to get it for her. She needs to be a cubs fan with her Daddy!! I know there's a bunch of pictures but this was only a few of my favorites from the pics we took!! They really turned out cute!! And Jaylee I think really likes being a cubs fan with her Daddy!! She loved the dress and didn't want to take it off!! It was way cute!!!
Just a note-don't mind Jaylee's shoes. She got these clogs for her birthday and she is obsessed with them. She wants to wear them EVERYWHERE!! So we let her wear them so she wouldn't be in a bad mood for pictures!!

I guess there's only one thing left to say,
Go Cubs!!