Now I know my ABC's, next time,.. it's your turn man!

A- Age: 23
B- Bed size: King,.. ahhhh i love my bed!! Thanks Jan and Lynn
Chore I love: umm,.. none,...?
D- Dogs name:
E- Essential start to my day: an empty bladder,.. not that it helps though,.. then kisses from my girls!!
F- Favorite color: Red prolly
G- Gold or Silver: Silver mostly
H- How many times have you been outside the USA: 4 times Europe, Argentina twice, a short drive in Canada
I- Instruments I play: Saxophone,.. i played in elementary and jr. high
J- Job Title- Mommy, Wifey,.. ie slave! JAY KAY!! I LOVE this job!!!!!!!!
K- Kid (s)- Two! Bailey-2, Chloe 2 months( wow has it been 2 months already!?)
L- Living arrangements- Still alive!?
M- Most popular dessert at my house: The best cookies in the world made by yours truly!
N- Number of times I have stayed overnight at the hospital, not counting my own birth: 4 nights when I had pancriatitus while pregnant with Bailey, 2 nights with Bailey, 2 nights with Chloe!! :)
O- Outdoor activity I have never tried, but would like to: bungee jumping!!!
P- Pet peeve: Obama, and mean stupid people in general.
Q- Quote from a movie: "you did what,.. you pooped in the fridge,.. and ate the whole wheel of cheese? I'm not even mad, that's amazing!" -Ron Burgundy, Anchorman PURE AWESOMENESS!
R- Restaurant I could eat at everyday: Cafe Rio,.. Mel,...... come home!
S- Siblings: 6, Deb, Dan, Beck(even though you don't give ME money!?), Dave, Tom, Bob
T- Time I wake-up: 8:30 or 9,.. Bailey likes to sleep in,.. she gets it from her mommy!
U- Unknown fact about me: Umm,.. Most things are known but I pee my pants all the time, and I have never had a cavity!
V- Vegetable I dislike: umm,.... Vegetables are eatible, therefore I like them all!
W- What is my dream vacation: Bora Bora
X- X-rays I've had: Do Dental ones count? None other than that,..
Y- Yummy food I make: Cinnamon Rolls,........ my mouth is now watering!
Z- Zoo favorite-Bailey's expressions while she sees her beloved "a monos" in real form.

I now tag,.. Melanie(it's an excuse to blog!), Ratch, Marci and Kara!

Dear Bailey's "A monos"

Dear Bailey's "A Monos" (Animals),

I do have a love-hate relationship with you and let me explain why.

I see the absolute JOY you bring to Bailey's life, but I also have to deal with her devastation when I forget to bring ALL of you, to each and every outing.

I have to wipe your poops off when Bailey is ABSOLUTELY sure that you have also pooped your diaper, hence the extreme amount of credit card debt created by purchasing wipes(not really,.. but kinda)

Bailey loves you all SO dearly, she lines you up so you can enjoy her movies like Tinkerbell, just as much as she enjoys them!

Once again with the wipes thing,.. Bailey loves to share her breakfast, lunch, and dinner with you, and when I wipe her down, post eating, I also have to wipe YOU down. And Bailey would only allow the best for her "a monos" so it must be a CLEAN wipe. AGAIN with the Wipes!?

You hurt my feet when I step on you.

Bailey would NEVER set you down on the ground, only comfy couch seats for her beloved animals, so you hurt my bum when I sit down on you. OUCH!

You say your noises FAR too much and TOO loud during sacrament meeting and Bailey likes to announce when you toot during said meeting.

I find you EVERYWHERE!

I have to hold you when Bailey needs to take a drink, and if I immediately set you down, she FREAKS!!!

If I can't find your partner,.. ie Cheeta goes with Lionie, Pig goes with Lizard(this is a new pair) Rhino("story") goes with Hippo, Zebra(seeba) goes with a sea creature usually. Dori and Nemo go together of course! Just to name a few

Dori I really love you, but I am tired of singing "Just keep Swimming, Just keep Swimming" just because Bailey is holding you.

But, all in all ,..."A Monos" I love you, because Bailey loves you! (I will have to remember this when Bailey starts bringing friends home and starts dating!) I will gladly buy extra "yipes" and sing "just keep swimming" 50 times a day, and step on you, and be embarrassed by your imaginary toots in church, and send out search parties for you when you are lost,.. just because you make Bailey happy!

Sincerely,

Your Human Mommy (If I have to change your "poops" and "feed" you everyday,.. I must be your mom!)

{Meet the Family}

I wanted to take pictures of some of MY favorite animals,.. favorite because I love what Bailey calls them. I will spell it phonetically for you.

I don't know why, but Rhino's are called "story" at our house.

"Lefadent" or "Iloveit" that's right,.. an "I LOVE IT!"

"Slob-smer"

"sli-slird"

Turnin' Back Time Tuesday

I have been trying to figure out who my girlies look like and I think I figured it out,.. well for Bailey anyway!

I kept telling people I didn't know where my girls got such big, chubby cheeks,........?

Me at 2 months

Me at 18 months(I don't necessarily see Bailey in this picture,.. but maybe!?)

Me,.. 2 1/2,.. holding my new little nephew. He is more like my little brother really. I miss him,.. he is on a mission these days.

Tee Hee,.. I tried to remake these pictures,.. it didn't really turn out like I wanted,.. but it's funny none the less!

Cute baby Peter. I think this is close to what Chloe is going to look like when she is 15 months old. I'm pretty sure she is going to have curly hair,.. it's pretty curly when it's wet, but straightens out when it's dry. I am keeping my fingers crossed!!

Spanx

Since having Chloe, I have come to realize that my children have sucked my body dry of it's youthful elasticity.

This tummy will never be the same.

(until I make that phone call to Dr. Bindrup)

The pregnancy weight didn't take long to lose,.. there were only 26 lbs of it. (I know it looked a lot steeper!)

I went to my 6 week check up and,............

Since the day BEFORE I delivered (it makes me feel better to count from then) I have lost,.....

drum roll please

48 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT? I kept thinking,.. where the HECK did it go,.. then I looked at my baby.

{Pretty much my new favorite picture!}

Yes,.. she just skipped from Newborn clothes to 3-6 month clothes. A little tear because she is getting so big,.. but NO tears about my weight!!!!

(I don't know if you can hear it,.. but there are heavenly choirs singing!)

But the weight loss isn't helping my "mama pouch".

{BTW,.. Santa can in NO WAY compare his tummy to a bowl full of jelly, he has never had a baby,.. unless Santa was really a female,.. which,.. now that I think about makes a lot of sense,.. Remembering who wants what, and where they live, and if they have been good or not, and that's not even mentioning making and organizing all those presents!!!}

ANYWAY,.. I am really good at getting off track!

I want Spanks,. or is it Spanx? I don't know!? But when looking on line at them, I was super ticked to find this,.....

Who does this chick think she is!?

Like she needs Spanx!?

Let me spell this out for you:

I feel like crap about my body,.. I search for a solution to the problem. I think of this heaven sent invention, and when I find it, it's a HUGE slap in the face.

I think I will go eat my emotions now.

-Spanx,.. but no Spanx!

While the Men are away,.. the Women will Play!

{I will NOT refer to my self as any disease infested rodent such as a rat or mouse}

I meant to post this before my Zoo post. oops!

While the boys were off fishin' up a storm, their girls decided to go have some fun!

Utah has this AMAZING thing out right now called a Connect Pass. You spend $20 and get a ticket to a tooshie load of fun things. (2 and under is free!!)

So with OUR connect passes, this is what we did!

This is the Place

You would think that with such a bored look on their faces that they were ACTUALLY in school!?

She is so studious.

This was us on the train,.. I couldn't zoom out any further.

Brother Brigham was right,.. This IS the Place. He was the Man!

Hi Punka and Chloe!!

Some horrible Mother was there, and she was just letting her poor kid scream and cry on the floor. Bad Mom!

This poor neglected child must have had some serious sympathy for the Pioneer children.

Cute little Pioneer Children! Note the poor child with a sucker in her hands still crying and throwing a fit. Who's kid is this anyway!?!?

To continue the Pioneer spirit,.. we went and had a tasty lunch at the Lion House.(no pics)

Then we were off to

Discovery Gateway and Planetarium

and The Gateway in general

We got home and Sweet aunt Rachel gave Bailey an ice cream sandwich. It is very obvious that if an ice cream sandwich can't make this kid happy,.. nothing will.

Day 2

Thanksgiving Point Children's Garden

As you can tell, this SAME poor girl was at the Gardens, the next day!?

We obviously started the day out GREAT!

With a few "Lella" hugs and Loves and,....

We can be happy again!!

Dinosaur Museum

SHARK!!!!!!!
Heaven forbid looking at the camera!?

Bailey LOVED the wet sand!

Tram to the Top of Snowbird

Gotta have my "farsh"(giraffe)

Pete's Girls at the Top of Snowbird

*reminder,.. we did ALL of these fun things for $20!! TOTALLY worth it if you can take 2 FULL days of fun!!!*

Right after going to the top of Snowbird, we hopped in the car and headed to Logan just in time to catch a BBQ with some old friends! It was SOOO good to catch up and see these girls!

(Katie, Michon holding Chloe, Marci, Me, Kara, Taylor and baby Dawson)

Bailey's New Home

That's a horrible title,.. but if Bailey could have,.. she would have moved in with the giraffe's,.. or the lion they don't have at the zoo!?

It's no secret that the weeks before Chloe was born that I tried EVERY trick in the book to induce labor(to no avail). One of them being to walk a butt load. Well Peter still had a bum leg, and I wanted to take Bailey to the Zoo. This meant I had to push them both around. So we got Pete a wheelchair and Bailey sat on Daddy's lap,.. and 9 month preggie mama got to push.

Well I had never been to Hogle Zoo,.. I assumed it was flat terrain.

{WRONG!!!!!!!!}

In the end,.. it was super fun, even if it didn't induce labor!!

P.S. It was MY idea to push those two crazy kids around! I wanted to!! Peter didn't really like the idea, but I made him! :D

Here are the pics!

We did find the Tiger,.. Bailey LOVED them!

I'm sorry if you know this woman but,.. this hair made me laugh,.. hard.
I'm pretty sure I had the same hair bow, in 1992!!

We found the Zebra's and Mommy happened to have this Zebra in her purse.

It's a Bear!

You can't tell ,.. but this is an Alligator. Bailey LOVES alligators!!

I was a bad mom and told Bailey there were Lions at the Zoo before I did my research to find out if there REALLY were Lion's at the Zoo.

But we DID find the closest thing to a Lion.

It was JUST as good as the real thing!

"Lefadent"

Look Mom,.. a REAL "Lefadent"

Punka came too. She was GREAT help when it came to pushing Pete and Bailey up the big hills!

Did you know a turtle is really called a Dude and Dudes say Whoa!?

I tried and tried to get this picture without the glare, but I just couldn't! Bailey and a monkey, kissing!

A quick train ride before we went home.

Favorite Picture of the Day!!!

We went in the tunnel and I KNEW Bailey was going to make a funny face.

I DIDN'T expect a funny face from Pete,

CLASSIC!

Big Kid Trips

I have A LOT to post about, and I'm not promising it's all going to happen this week,.. but be prepared for pretty much a post a day, that is if Chloe will stop eating for maybe an hour a day, AND OR, Bailey stops randomly puking because all she wants to eat is Milk and Apple Juice.

So here were Go!

This year we were SUPER lucky! Peter's parents planned, and executed two separate vacations, one for the girls and one for the boys,.. Adults Only vacations,.. Thanks Jan and Lynn!!

The girls went to New York City and Boston in March. I never blogged it, but I meant to. Here are a few pictures of that.

Probably the longest flight/night ever. Catching the Red Eye when you are 6 months pregnant,.. not a very good idea.
Our first day in the Big Apple on the double-decker bus

Me, Emily, Rachel, and Megan

We were trying to re-create the Wicked poster,.. did it work!?

We got to see West Side Story, it was GREAT, but a little disappointing at the same time. They changed it and made it more scandalous and risque. ANNOYING!!

My Sister Deb (who lives an hour outside NYC) met us for a day. It was SOO fun to spend time with her. I sure love her and miss her a lot! We are tizight! All the girls in Time Square after WICKED!!!!!

Wicked was VERY high on my "Bucket List" like 2nd to having more children. It exceeded ALL my expectations. It took me a few minutes to get over the fact that it wasn't Kristen Chennoweth on stage, but once I got over that, I was IN LOVE!! really,.. I was giggling that whole day.

{AMAZING!}

I Missed the good shot of the Statue of Liberty because I was too tired to stand up. I know,.. I'm Pathetic!

Boston, it was REALLY rainy but we found AMAZING pastries, totally worth it!

We took an afternoon and went up to Salem. It was SO fun! I think all the Wickens that were there thought our group of blonde witches were really odd.

I just realized that I don't have any pictures of the World Trade Center on this computer. It was one of the highlights of the trip for me. Second favorite thing we did, Wicked being Numero Uno! It was AMAZING to go there, and STRONGLY suggest it to anyone and everyone!

{ALASKA}

I don't know a whole lot about these pictures but I will try my hardest to get it right.

Some glacier in Juneau

{Notice,.. Peter is standing and walking without a crutch! What a happy thing!!}

Peter's first encounter with Crab,.. he said it wasn't too bad!

Frozen Wave,.. well that's what it looks like anyway. Notice the little bird on top of it

The boys and their loot. Peter was disappointed that he didn't catch anything very big this year but our freezer is full either way, and I am content with that!

On the little plane home. The boxes stacked in the back are what they brought the fish home in.

Note: Jason beard growing cheater;) (on the left) Not only did he secretly start growing his beard early, but he also colored it to make it seem thicker. tisk tisk Jason!

Good Bye Pybus Point,.. for a few years anyway!

Coming Up Next: What the girls did while(why ;)) the men were away!