Monday, March 1, 2010

February Favorites




Here's a list of Baylor's February Favorites- in no particular order...

Squirty bath toys
Laptops
Cell Phones
Peek a Boo
Mom and Dads made up songs
Crawl Crawl Crawl
New Toys
Loves to Read Books
Chase Vaccum
Chase balls
Clap Clap Clap
Squealing like a Piggy!
Saying Ma Ma Ma Ma for everything
Grins ear to ear when Daddy comes home

Pictures of Our Little Family


We met up with my old roomie Des and her husband Chad and their cute little girl, Samara a few weeks ago. We looked at some houses in Millcreek, took some pictures and ate Cafe Rio. Really fun. Thank you Des for the pictures. Missing a nap is Baylor's excuse for not smiling:) Good excuse little buddy, I'd be serious too.


Grade 3 Locks

My next door neighbor called me last Friday wondering if I saw anything strange in the area. She returned home around 7 p.m. to find her basement window had a rock thrown through it and her front door had been kicked in. Her husbands laptop gone. "I don't want to concern you, but did you see anything?" Concern me....who me.....concerned?? Of course I'm concerned! I did not see anything but concerned is an understatement. I'm so upset for my sweet neighbors. They moved in only 6 months ago and have a 2 month old baby. She had been gone that day since 1 p.m., so apparantley these brazen morons did this crime in daylight on our busy, busy street, I might add. She said earlier that week twice there had been a knock on the door and when she went to answer no one there. They have one car, which her husband takes to work. So, without a garage it appeared no one was home. Well, last Friday someone threw a rock through her window, then when no one came out of the house, they came back and kicked in the door. Her basset hound throws himself at the back door when he hears his family come in the front door, so they figure the robber heard that and ran off quickly with just the laptop. Suffice it to say we are looking more diligently for a new hood. This is just the umpteen time, I've been "concerned" or scared out of my mind, in other words. This past week we had installed grade 3 security locks for the front and side door.... they have double strike plates and we also had a metal plate put in the door frames. Josh also gave me a refresher course on how to use his guns. I plan on just bringing the posse to their attention. See posse picture. No one would get past Biance, look at that face....GRRRRRRR!


OUR PROTECTION POSSE

The Best $50 We've Spent


For Valentine's Day Josh snagged a pair of BYU Basketball Tickets, 5 rows back from BYU's Bench!! $50 for these killer seats! What a game too! Mom came down and toured the campus with Baylor - Thank you Mom! Josh and I loved these primo seats! The game was neck and neck and BYU did not pull it off - but what a game! Josh and I left hoarse from cheering and tuckered out too from the adrenaline rush. We Love BYU basketball! Happy Valentine's Sweets!

**NEWS FLASH** Baylor is Crawling!!

What has the B-man been up to this past month! He started to crawl middle of February and we can't stop the little guy! All this action works up quite an appetite as he is eating more and more solid foods! Yum! A little avocado here and some multi grain cereal there....a little tahini, egg yolk, flax seed and you've got his favorite meal - make sure it's warm...does not like cold food! He started to clap his hands on January 25th and he claps when we cheer "Yeah!!" or often when someone smiles at him! He loves to crawl! He cruises around the house following Mommy and Daddy or even better the Vaccum! Another favorite of his is the dirt eater. Great motivation for me to pull it out at least twice a day so he can squeal and chase it around! On the subject of squealing and screaming it's his way of hooping and hollering to let us know he's having a great time! He LOVES his voice! He's no respecter of where or when - he just loves to yell and scream - "Yahooo!" He makes mommy and daddy smile all the time! One more thing he's crazy about right now is a set of animal bath toys that Aunt Di and Uncle Mitch got him - they squirt water out their mouths and he loves to chew on all the different animals. Josh and I feel so blessed to have him in our home. It is so fun to watch him grow and discover!

Flew to the Sun!


Back in October I found great deals on flights to Phoenix. The last day the $50 flights were good for was February 9, 2010. So I quickly booked my mom, Josh, Baylor and I a flight out of the cold. It was a much needed break from our winter weather. Grandpa and GG's house was our first stop! We enjoyed the great company and food and an exciting trip to Kiwanis park and little lake where we paddled around with Di and our precious, chubby new niece Adele. Who is every bit as beautiful as her momma. Baylor loved to chase AJ and Rosie, Grandpa and GG's little pups. He'd been army crawlin' around for 2 weeks at that point and was excited to show off his new moves. He loved the sun! It was therapy for all of us! Thank you for having us Grandpa and GG!

Our next stop in AZ was Jason, Mel and Carson's house! They surprised us with the great news they are expecting in September!! How Exciting! Carson is the brightest, happiest guy! We loved enjoying his smiles and energy! Again we took walks often and enjoyed our family and the sun! Nothing better than family and sun! We loved being there but it was good to get home and try to get Baylor back into his routine! He's a tough little guy when it comes to sleeping in unfamiliar places. Oh the sun, hope spring comes soon for us!
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