Story Time

Okay,.. So I have a good story for ya'll! Be prepared for a good mixture of comedy, tragedy, stairs, heels, and urine.

So Peter's sister Rebekah graduated from BYU on Friday. GO BEKAH!!!! Well graduation was at 8:00 am and that's early for me! Bailey usually doesn't wake up till then. Well we decided that Peter would run to the school bookstore to get the gift we wanted to get her and I would take Bailey with me in the car. I get there and realize that this is the hill I "GET" to hike up, in heels, with a baby, camera bag, diaper bag, and big fat blanket to keep the baby warm.

SO OF COURSE,.. I was late and I had to pretty much run up these stairs. So I finally get there and I am gasping for air, quite certain they will be my last breaths. Well, although I spent the entire time in the hallway with rambunctious little children it was great! I really would rather have played with the kids! No offence Bekah! After the ceremony we gathered outside to begin the family photo shoot. It was still pretty cold and Bailey was really tired, and I was STARVING! The photo shoot was a wrap and Peter decided that we would walk down the mountain together, so he could carry the bags and I would carry Bailey, and then I would take him to where he parked the scootie, and we would all meet for THE BEST all you can eat French Toast at Kneaders. Well about 2 steps into my journey, my right foot slipped out from underneath me and I grabbed onto the rail and I tried to catch my self with my arms and my other leg,...... to no avail. With the added weight of Bailey on front and the lack of strength in my legs because of the hike up the mountain, my other leg went underneath me acting as a sled to my body against the edge of each cement-chipped stair. I finally caught my self a few stairs later and just so happened to catch my self with my legs spread open and the burning sensation of my left leg pinned underneath me and the pain from the right ankle twisted in the chaos, my bladder decided to fail at its ONLY job,.. containing the urine. SO,.. AS I am sitting there basically yelling profanities because I couldn't even help my self and trying for the LIFE of me to stop the flow of urine from running down my leg, I just had to let it go!! After Peter put down all the bags he was carrying (ie diaper bag, camera bag, gift bag, backpack ect.) He helped me up and I look back at the sweet puddle left by my useless, waste of space bladder, and the ginormous gashes in my leg my first thought was, dang, that's gonna leave scars that won't tan this summer!!! GRRRRR!! I found my shoes, put them back on (I know,.. pointless) looked up at the next passer by and gently warned him to look out for the pee puddle, and finished my trek down the stairs. -Amen

Check the Damage!

My sister-in-law, Amanda Bateman, (Yes we used to share that name) gave me this card for my birthday and it just describes me to a T. It also reminds me of Finding Nemo where they scare the Squid and she says, "Agh, you guys made me ink" Story of my life!



In other related news: (not so much related, but more like 4th cousin twice removed or something)

Bailey had her Doctors appointment this week and she is growing like a a bad weed.
Weighing in at 19 lbs 8 oz.(75%)
27 inches long(25%), and
45 cm head circumference(75%)

My Daughter will have a HUGE head, and be a little chubby, with a rather short stature. No I am kidding, those percentiles don't predict the future, but I think it's so funny. She has 6,.. SIX teeth and is a walking maniac. She was chasing her cousins around like a fat kid chases cake.

Probably not the CUTEST picture ever, but it shows those amazing over-sized teeth! So here is a cuter recent picture.

AMERICAN Idol

Okay before you think I am predigest I must explain! I think Carly is an amazing singer, don't get me wrong! BUT this is AMERICAN Idol not Irish Idol, and so you should at least be a citizen or something. JUST TO WIN! I think that they can join the competition but they should be american! I am glad that she made it as far as she did but we all know Daivd Archuleta is going to win, and even though I TRULY love Brooke (go Mormons!!) Everyone else has to go home whether I like their singing or not. That's the stinky part of being in a competition where there is just ONE winner! Rock out David!


That sounds kinda bad doesn't it!?

Walkin on into Summer!?

Yes, Yes, it is true. My "baby" is walking all over the place. She has no fears when it comes to walking. She just started letting go of the furniture. I know that she learned it from her cousin after spending lots of time with them. It is a little bitter sweet. At (not even) 10 months old I can't believe that my little baby is walking. Tonight after bathtime and before we put jammies on, i let her walk around naked and oh my goodness!! The chubby thighs mixed with the tight but celulite-esk bum is just irresistable. We have her 9 month well baby appointment on Thursday (I know I am a little late,.. better late than never right?). I will let you know what the stats are and I am sure that by then we will have some head boo-boos. She is rather top heavy,.. she gets that from her Daddy. But as long as she gets the big brains of his too, we will be stoked!








Speaking of Daddy's Big Brains,.. we are SOOOOOOOO excited that this semester is over!! It has been the longest 4 1/2 months of my life! Finding out that he had mono didn't help the situation though. Peter will be working full time all summer and taking one class! It is going to be a FUN summer. I was looking at our Calander for the summer and I can't believe all the fun things we are going to do. I think that every weekend in July we will be at Bear Lake(our favorite summer spot) and if we aren't there we will be playing at SpringHaven. Bailey and I will kick start the summer with a trip to New York to see my sister and her family in June, so with Bear Lake, and Springhaven and New York AND SevenPeaks passes we are going to be tan, warm, and surrounded with friends and family,.. and COULDN'T be happier about it all! YAHOOOOOOOO!!!

Ode to the Besties

They are like 2 peas in a pod. They are 2 months apart but you would never know it. Eve teaches Bailey everything she knows and Bailey is like a little spounge. With Jan and Lynn(Peter's Mom and Dad) in town the last 2 weeks we have been staying with Andy and Emily(brother and sister-in-law) Eve is basically walking and Bailey has caught right on, and much to my sadness, Bailey took about 3 steps today.

I am SOOO glad that Bailey and Eve are so close in age and they already have so much fun together. From the time that Bailey could giggle we would sit them facing each other and they would just smile and laugh. It was almost like they knew that they would be best friends forever and couldn't wait to really play together.

Speaking of best friends, I just want to take a second and add a shout out to Shmalgal Rock. Melanie and I have been besties for a REALLY long time and have been able to maintain a solid, close bond through a lot. We are both at really different points in our life and we still manage to talk a LEAST once a week and manage to see each other when we are really lucky. But today is her Birthday and I just want her to know how much I love her. I am so grateful to have such an awesome friend and I am so glad to know that we will have that friendship through out our lives. Love ya shmal! Have an AWESOME birthday!

Conference Weekend

At the Robbins house we are getting excited for Spring to REALLY spring,.. the weather has been a HUGE bummer the last few days. I have just sat looking out the window hoping the sun will shine through.


With conference being this last weekend, Grandma and Grandpa Robbins were home from Argentina. We are SOOOOOOOO excited to announce that Grandma and Grandpa will be coming home this July to live!! We can hardly wait!! It has been hard to have them gone for so long but grateful for their willingness to serve and being so amazing!!!

I just want to take a second and blog about my in-law family. I love them soooooo much!! I was always worried that my mother-in-law would hate me and that all of my husbands siblings would hate me too(it kinds goes with my fear of being forgotten) I don't think that any of them hate me. I have felt so loved and welcome from day numero uno and appreciate all of their support, and love. I couldn't have wished for a better family to marry into. Family get-togethers are always so fun. Laughter galore and the fmaily dynamic is just so fun. I love you all!! Thank you for everything.


More Robbins Family outtings pictures will be posted shortly

Come out, Come Out Who Ever you are,...

So I must admit, there are people who have blogs that I stalk. There, it's out! My name is Amanda and I am Blog Stalker!

So this past week in talking to a few people I have come to understand that there may be people who look at my blog and don't ever comment or make them selves know to me. You sillies. If you are taking the time to look at my LAME blog I want to know that I may stalk you in return.

To make you feel better, I am probably looking at your Blog too Yo! I have this major fear of people not knowing me or remembering me. I ALWAYS feel SOOO lame when I have to tell people why I know them and it just takes them a while to remember the face or whatever. I will just share one little story,..

Last conference Peter opted to watch Bailey so that I could go to a session of conference. Well I didn't want to go alone and so I asked my mom to come with me. I was talking to a good friend of mine who just so happened to be sitting next to me and in the isle I noticed this guy who looked strangely familiar. It took about .5 seconds of staring before my jaw dropped to the floor to realize that my eyes were now resting upon my 8th grade love. I lived with my sister in West Point, New York when I was in 8th grade and they "sponsored" the cadets. One in particular named Tommy. I was in love and age didn't matter. I knew he would one day find me and fall in love with me. (He was 26 and I was 13) So after the .5 seconds of staring my body just stood up and pushed through the isle yelling (louder that acceptable for the conference center) TOMMY, TOMMY, TOMMY O'LAUGHLIN and he looked back at me a few times and kept walking and then did it again and kept walking a little faster (it seemed) and then he stopped and said,.. "Do I know you?" Yeah I know, harsh! I looked at him and I was like, "It's me Mandy Bateman", and he looked at me and said, "how you do you know me?" (that was twisting the knife) and I said I am Debbie Gerber's little sister and he said, "Oh,.. I think I remember you!"

So anyway,.. this fear of being the forgotten one was there before this happened and is even worse now.
Moral of the story,.. I want to know if you are stalking me so we can be friends. And I am going to make an effort to be more fourth coming about my stalker tendencies. I have this weird thing where I remeber faces and names REALLY well,.. I never forget a face, but I can't put them together if it were to save my life. So I will know who you are!!

And to those of you I am aware of thanks for being great!! I love you all!!!