Christmas 2009

We went home for Christmas and spent a week relaxing and hanging out with family. Here's our week in a nut shell:

Wednesday--Boden family pictures (to come later)

Thursday--Christmas Eve with the Kazes

Bailey in her Christmas jammies

Bailey learned to climb up and down the stairs at Grandma & Grandpa Kazes

Bailey & Cousin O in their Christmas jammies

Friday--Christmas Day with the Bodens

Christmas Morning

Bailey learned how to climb up on the coffee table and spent a majority of her time walking back and forth.

Monday night Jayson and I celebrated our anniversary a week early by going out to dinner and movie. It was a great night with just the two of us!

Tuesday morning we were able to attend the Sacramento Temple before heading home. It was a foggy morning and the temple looked so pretty in the fog.

Christmas-ness

Last night was our ward Chirstmas party, and Bailey's first visit with Santa!

Although she didn't smile, she did better than I thought she would.

She looked so cute today at church in her Christmas Dress. She discovered how to twirl in it!

What Goes Around...

I once laughed at my sister's tree because of her little ones...
but, I guess it's her turn to laugh!

One Year Pictures

While we were in Roseville for Thanksgiving, I took Bailey to Target and had her one year pictures done. I am so happy with how they turned out!

For some reason our scanner doesn't want to work, so these are pictures of her pictures. As cutes as these are, imagine the real ones!

This is not a pose that I originally picked out, but Target used it on a calendar then gave it to me for free!

This is the picture that I choose for her 1 year picture frame.

We kept trying to get her to sit down on the stool, but all she wanted to do was get up and walk towards me!

Memories

Dad, Kim, Me, Blain, Abby, & Bryan
Homewood, CA (Lake Tahoe in the background)

It has been extremely cold here in the Central Valley and the cold has brought some forgotten memories. While walking outside Tuesday morning I suddenly smelled a smell I haven't smelled in over 4 years-the smell of the cold as I put on my ski boots, attach the lift ticket to my jacket, and step into my skis. I had forgotten how much fun it was to go skiing with my family; how much fun it was to watch my nephew and niece fly down the mountain without fear. Oh, how I miss those days! Maybe one day....

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Girl!

Black Friday

I don't particularly enjoy shopping, but I braved the crowds and chaos of Black Friday to do a little shopping and get Bailey's 1 year pictures done. And, I have to say not too bad. I just might venture out again next year.

I got Bailey's pictures done at Target. Anticipating craziness, I had hoped that the photo studio would be less crazy, and it was as we were the first appointment. After her pictures, I decided that since I was there I might as well get some much needed items that I had been putting off getting (because who wants to go to Target on Black Friday, right?). The craziest place in the story? The toy section! But once I was done there, the rest of the store was fine. The lines were even super short. Talk about a well-oiled machine! Every single cashier was open and there was just one line, so there ended up being absolutely no waiting. Woohoo! Is every Target like this?

Then it was off to the shoe store to get Bailey her first pair of shoes. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Boden!

Beverly's wasn't too bad either (craft/fabric store).

Maybe next year I'll brave some other stores!

Family Pictures

We took some family pictures this morning and had a fun time. My good friend Liz helped us out and took some good pictures. However, we either picked the wrong time of day or the wrong places because the lighting isn't quite right. Also the little munchkin wasn't in a smiling mood.

This is one of my favorites. I've played with the contrast a bit and it's bit better, but Bailey wouldn't smile.

When we were done with the family pictures, Liz took a couple of Bailey playing in the leaves. Every time she would smile she would turn from the camera, but she has a little bit of a smile in this one.

11 Month Firsties

This has been such an exciting month for Bailey. Her are her firsts as she enters her 11 month:

--1st Halloween
--1st steps and walking (although she's not walking so much now, but every now and then she'll get a run going)
--she's finally drinking 6oz. (she's been drinking 4 oz. since she was about 3 months old).
--she's almost back to sleeping all night in her own bed
--she loves to "talk," especially to the t.v.

Who knew 11 months would come so quickly, or that before I know it she'll be 1. How fast time flies!

Zzzzz

This is what I found as I left for work yesterday.

Trick or Treat

Last night was our first Halloween as a family. Jayson and I have pretty much ignored Halloween the last 3 years since we didn't have any children and lived in an apartment complex, which ensured that we wouldn't get any trick-or-treaters. But this year we were going all out. Well, sorta.

We were planning on going to our ward Trunk-or-Treat Wednesday night, but Jayson wasn't feeling well. That just meant that I was going to do what I swore I never would--take my infant trick-or-treating (I think it's corny that parents take their babies who can't walk, can't talk, and sure aren't going to eat the candy trick-or-treating). But, before you get up in arms, we went to 6 houses and it was more the photo-op than anything.

Our adorable little spider!

Spidey and Daddy, the P.I.

Our first house!

And, my first pumpkin. I forgot how much I dislike gutting pumpkins. But once that was done, I had fun carving this guy!

Guess Who's Walking!

She just took off tonight. It was super exciting!

Bookcase Bailey

We have a bookcase that, because Bailey likes to eat books, we haven't filled yet, so it sits empty in the living room. We often find her inside of the bookcase playing and took some pictures because she's just too adorable!

The Great Pumpkin Patch

Saturday we went to the Great Pumpkin Patch and JoAnna, Melvin, and Owen were in town, so they joined us (Jayson's sister, her husband and son).

Our little rooster, who, although not up at the "crack of dawn," is our own little alarm clock.

Bailey & Cousin Owen

My little pumpkin is growing so tall! (She wasn't too happy having her feet in the dirt).

The "cornbox" was a blast and went much better than I expected. She was playing in the corn box for 15 minutes or so before she decided to try and eat the corn!



Owen--what a trooper. He's 5 months old and not quite sitting on his own. So, at first we propped him up with corn and he soon fell back, but he didn't seem to mind!

Family picture on the haystack pyramid.

JoAnna, Melvin, Owen, Jayson, & Bailey.

Another family picture.

Bailey isn't the only one who had fun. I got my first married pumpkin and I'm excited to carve it. We're even planning on going back one night to let her play some more in the cornbox and go on the hayride. It was a fun experience and I can't wait until next year when she'll be old enough to go on the train ride. I think this will become a family tradition as long as we are here.

Walkin' Laundry

10 Month Firsties

Shortly after Bailey was born my sister-in-law gave me this wonderful picture frame that chronicles the first year of Bailey's life in pictures. Yesterday I put in her 9 month & 10 month pictures and it struck me that I only have 2 more empty picture holes to fill. Everyone said it would go by fast, but I didn't realize just HOW fast. I look at pictures of her when she was just born and I miss that little itty bitty baby. But, then I look at her now, and all that she's doing, and I can't image her at any other stage.

She took her first steps today and I MISSED it! I was ironing clothes and she took 2 steps toward Jayson. I keep waiting for her to do it again so I can see it (and hopefully get it on video)!She's been ready to start walking for the last month or so, but hasn't had the nerve to take those first steps. Well, it looks like she does now!

The other big "milestone" (if you can call it that) is that his adorable girl won't sleep in her own bed. She's ended up in our bed the last week and a half. Ugh, it's starting to drive us crazy and we can't get her to sleep for more than an hour in her crib. We get so tired of fighting her that we just give up and put her in bed with us, and then Jayson eventually leaves and sleeps on the couch. So any ideas would be appreciated!

Regardless though we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this little girl!

Park Play Time

Between General Conference sessions we went to a park that is a block from our home. This is the first time we've actually taken Bailey out and tried to get her to play with all of the fun toys.

Did you notice her face in most of the pictures? She never quite knew what to make of the whole experience until we got to the swings. Then she had fun. But she must have worn herself out because she fell asleep on the walk home and is still asleep!