Hug a Bub!

I received a pretty awesome package when we got back home this weekend from our visit to my parents last week... The mom of the twin boys I worked as an au pair for in Australia had sent me a Hug a Bub wrap made from a company in Australia! We got it Saturday night and I have already used it a few times in just 2 days! I was so excited because I was going to make one, but found it was more expensive to buy enough fabric than it would have been to just buy one.

Bailee really likes it too. We went shopping today and she was talking and laughing most of the time :)

Well... I finished my internship yesterday... It was such a great experience and it didn't feel like it was really over. These are all of the treats I received as going away gifts :) I think we have enough almond products to last quite a while! Dave also made me a very cute Congratulatory sign that was hanging right in front of me as I walked in the door to come home today! It was so sweet.

 Although I will miss working, I know I will LOVE my time home with Bailee! Last night we had her in her Bumbo seat on the kitchen counter because she gets bored with the floor and likes being up at our eye level.. I usually do it while I am making dinner so I can entertain her by talking about what I am making. I turned from doing some things at the sink and found her like this-

It was too cute! There are cookies in that Tupperware so it appears as if she is truing to get into the cookie jar :)

Last weekend we went to Apple Hill in Placerville which was a great little day trip! We were supposed to meet our friends up there, but they had weren't able to make it and we decided to go anyway to check things out. It was so nice to get out of the city and breathe fresh, clean air! Dave recognized a little gas station that we stopped at on our way to Tahoe for our honeymoon :) It was fun reminiscing on how much our life has changed just by the difference of the contents in our car from that first trip to this second one. We went to a farm called Kids Inc where we sat on a grassy green hill and had lunch while we looked out across many acres of apple orchards! It was a relaxing day that we all needed. We also had some apple cheesecake that was AMAZING! After we explored the various activities at that farm, we stopped at another farm to pick apples. We picked fugi and one granny smith. We have now decided that we don't ever want to buy fugi from the store because they were so great right off the tree and they are never that good from the store. Bailee was ready for a nap while we were picking apples....

Here are a few more recent pictures :)

So my parents brought us a whole bunch of jalapeno peppers and I found an awesome appetizer recipe that is so good! Cream cheese and cheddar cheese stuffed in the jalapeno wrapped in bacon! A good artery clogger, but all things in moderation can be enjoyed :)

Dave got Bailee ready so I had to document how cute he can put together an outfit. I love that he even did the flower in her hair.

Just chillin' in the kitchen

LOVES her toes! She is also very helpful holding her feet up while we change her diaper :)

Just lookin' cute in daddy's hat

                                                                                                              

Gran and Papa Visit!

Gran and Papa Barrett came yesterday by my request to watch Bailee so Dave and I could go on a date to the temple. It was a surprise to Dave that I had planned since Tuesday! We loved going to the Sacramento temple. It was our first time and we were right next to it about a week ago getting our brakes fixed in the car and had no idea! The temple is so beautiful and we were due for a visit :) My parents were so excited to come and play with Bailee and visit us. We taught them our new favorite game, Mexican dominoes.

One day she will get a proper ride on the bike but for now she can just sit on it with them :)

She loves getting their 100% attention while they are here and they love giving it!

Loves her Papa

Went to an awesome place called Letherby's for lunch and had this AWESOME sundae afterward and are still full from it!

We loved having my parents here! Dave and I even got an extra nap this morning while they took Bailee out for a walk :)

Settling down feels so good!

We are finally in our own place and it is getting in order. A much slower process with Bailee around but it is getting there and we just take advantage of her down time to organize and establish our new home :) Bailee had her first set of vaccines last Friday which made for a stressful weekend of moving in with an unhappy baby. We learned that the doctor prescribed her a minimal dose of tylenol so she was toughing out those shots on her own :( She did really well getting them and is now back to her normal smiley self!
I have added a whole load of pictures since we have been here and there for the past little while... some are older than others but it is crazy to see how much she has grown in just a month!
She LOVES LOVES LOVES her swing! It is entertaining just watching her fascination with the little ball that rolls back and forth as songs are played. Once it stops she has even cried for us to turn it back on and once we do she gets a huge grin and throws her arms around in excitement!

prefers to eat her clothes :)

from the beginning...

with Auntie Jennah

These shorts dont fit her anymore

footprints with Gran and Daddy

It is so amazing to see how she looks at Jesus. I showed her the picture again yesterday and she just got really still and looked at it in a way that was a very obvious sign of connectedness... i can't fully explain it but I know she knows who he is because she was with him not too long ago :)

holding the rattle that Great Uncle Nate made for her

Grandma and Bailee taking a nap

First trip to the beach

She loves looking at the books and gets really excited

First trip to the zoo

Riding with Daddy on Papa Barrett's tractor

Our dinner centerpiece and the centerpiece of our lives!

Shots :(

Today Bailee had her first round of her 2 month shots. She cried right when the stuck her with the needle but it wasn't long! She did so well :) She is now weighing 13 lbs and is 23 inches long and we are loving watching her changes each day! She rolled over for Dave the other day but it took quite the effort. I was at my internship, which can be hard being gone, but I am so glad Dave gets the opportunity to spend time with her while she is little because he will likely not have the same experience with any of the other children we have in the future. Dave is so great with her and I am so grateful to have him in my life for eternity :)

The Internship begins!

I started my internship this week and I just have to say Dave is SO WONDERFUL!! Of course I already knew this but I am finding it fascinating how my love for him can grow by me being the one working right now. My internship began on Monday so it has only been 3 days. Dave has had patience with Bailee and has been so good about helping me get out the door in the morning! I am not much of a fan of the California commuting environment but I love the work that I get to do! I have learned so much about the almond business in the past few days from Blue Diamond as well as a lot about the business world in general. I never would have guessed I would be in this environment for work but I love it! Then I get to come home to an awesome and handsome husband who I love so much! I also am blessed to come home to a beautiful daughter who is developing more and more everyday :) I am so grateful for my life. It may be busy without very much sleep but the Lord has blessed me tremendously and I am so grateful! Oh and it is a free day at the zoo on monday so we will be there! LOVE free day at the zoo!

Today Dave sent this picture to me when I was about to leave work to come home :)

The beginning of a new stage

This was at our apartment in Rexburg and my mom happened to catch a smiley pic of Bailee. Too bad I had yet to get ready that day!

She snuggled right up to Dave's armpit which was too cute!

Finally taking to a pacifier, but only this type. She doesn't like the ones from the hospital so thankfully Leslie thought to try out these.

We are officially in Sacramento now but won't be in our new apartment for 3 more weeks. We are staying at the home of a friend's brother who only uses the house a couple of times a month! It has been so relaxing and nice to have a place to ourselves for a bit. Bailee is growing so fast and I cant believe she will be 2 months next week! She is smiling a lot now and we love getting up with her in the morning just to watch her smile and laugh. She is getting more active and almost rolling over. It is fun to watch her change each and every day!

This is Bailee's latest pic at the house we are staying at. She loves having some time laying on the ground just looking around at everything.

our precious little girl

Here are just a few pictures of SO many that have already been taken of Bailee in just a month of life :) I have been terrible at posting with the end of school and packing all last week but hope to be better now. We love our little girl so much and she has brought us so much joy already.

movement, movement, movement!

So I am at the stage when I feel Bailee more often than not and I still am not sick of it :) I love knowing that she is moving and alive in there and I get to feel her little body parts all over my tummy! I went to the doctor yesterday and learned that her head is right on my bladder, which explains my frequent visits to the bathroom. I have been riding my bike to school and it feels so good to be able to be active with my tummy being so big. Today was especially nice with the temperature outside being in the high 60's which might as well be 90 for Rexburg. It was a beautiful day and I may have overdone my activity a little bit by going walking with a couple of ladies from my ward for an hour and a half as well as my bike ride to and from class. I love a productive day, especially when it involves being outside in the sun :)
As for David, he is doing pretty well. Working hard to keep up with all of his classes and is excited for his frisbee team which will start up within the next couple of weeks. 

Jogging stroller that I am so
excited for! I will have no excuse
to get out and walk at least with her ;)

So it is now Wednesday and I am starting to get back into somewhat of a routine after the last couple of weeks of being busy! I flew home to California last Friday for my baby shower. My cousin Jenny took a lot of pictures that I am hoping to get soon so I can put a few more up :) It was nice to be home with family, but I sure did miss my hubby who stayed up here to take the GRE to prepare for grad school. I was surprised that my uncle Nathan (dad's brother) came up for the weekend and it was great to see him again! It has been quite a few years. The shower was wonderful and way more than I would ever have expected! So many people helped so much to which I am so grateful. Today, I finally sorted through and organized all of the things I brought back and I will say she surely will be very well dressed! Her hair will also be very well dazzled with so many cute bows that my aunt and cousins made :) 
When I got back on Monday, my wonderful husband took me out to my favorite restaurant, Olive Garden, which was amazing after being on those planes all day! We feel a bit closer to being ready for our little girl to come. Only 8 more weeks! I am just trying to enjoy the last few weeks I have to relax a bit before our lives change forever :)

a little from the baby shower this last weekend!

This was a cute picture from Arizona :) Dave and our niece Bella!

This baby is my motivation! Her mom has had her potty trained since
4 MONTHS old! I am definitely going to try the technique she has been
successful with 3 of 3 children!

Remaking our typical photo in high school :) Me with Lynsee and Haili

Me with my friend Annie who I have known since kindergarten! So
fun to see her and her mom after quite a few years :)

Diaper cake made by my Aunt Tami and her girls... i believe

Just a bit of the many necessities that a baby needs :)