One Year Older

Can't believe that my Baby is a year old! This past year went FAST! I must be getting old! Taby started her special day cuddling in bed with Mom. (I think that was more for me.) Then a bath, and got dressed in a new cute outfit that Roni sent her from Cleveland. (Thanks Roni!) Tabytha finished her day off with presents and a visit from Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Gordon. We had cake and a small BBQ, then it was off to Maggy's preschool graduation. We got Taby a cute little stroller to push around hoping that it will help and motivate her to walk. Right now she has no interest in walking, and would rather scoot on her bum. We love you Taby, squeals and all!

Baylee's Birthday

My little girl is getting so grown-up. Baylee turned 10 today. It's so hard to believe that ten years have passed since Baylee came into our family. Ten years ago our lives changed forever...

Ten Things we Love About Baylee!

1. We love her take charge attitude.
2. Her Photographic Memory
3. Her excitement to become a "Woman"
4. Her obsession with Taylor Swift & Harry Potter
5. Baylee's mothering abilities
6. Her aversion to playing outdoors
7. Her fondness of meat...Ewww Mom, it's gooey
8. Her Responsibility
9. Her Love of Gardening and flowers
10. She'll always be our first little girl.

Baylee, got big girl gifts this year for her birthday. Her room redone, a hair straightener, and a book about "Growing-up." A few days later I questioned the book as she asked me when we were going to get her a bra. I just about choked on my own spit! I'm not ready for her to be that grown-up yet!

Pulling Teeth

Payge just makes me smile. She has been waiting, and waiting to lose another tooth. She really wanted to pull this tooth with pliers, but when that didn't work she found the dental floss and brought it to me. Wrong thing. I don't do teeth, so she had to wait for her dad to help.

Dad tied a string around Payge's tooth upon her request!

She was so excited and had this plan that she would slam the door all by herself and the tooth would be pulled out. Well.....

They tied the string to the door knob and Payge very gingerly pushed the door closed, while walking forward. Plan "A" was not successful. So Jeremy told her he needed to tie the string better, and....

BAM!!!! Slammed the door with his foot catching us all off guard. I didn't even get a picture of the door slamming! Plan "B" did work and Payge's tooth went flying to the ground.

I think next time she will wait until the tooth is a little loser. (We did try and tell her.) I'm pretty sure it hurt.

Now when she comes up stairs dressed like "Payge" she doesn't look like a clown, but a hillbilly!

The toothfairy didn't come to Payge that night, because her room was so messy that she couldn't find her way to her bed. She had to wait until the next day!

Total Room Makeover

Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Gordon promised Baylee a room makeover for her birthday. We planned for months and convinced Grandpa to come help with his mighty man power. Baylee wanted purple so she picked a very pretty color and we painted. We took the nasty flowered wallpaper down, replaced the curtains, and gave everything a new coat of paint.

This was my special project. This is a very old dresser that my Mom and Dad had while I was growing-up. Dad said that it couldn't be painted, and even if it could he thought I would never finish it. Well, I kind of took it as a challenge. Here is the finished product. Looks like a brand new dresser! Phew, I really did finish one whole project!

This was my Dad's project. This is the mirror that sat on top of the dresser. Dad rolled his eyes and didn't think that this could be painted. Mom and I rolled our eyes because we thought that it was just plain UGLY! Dad convinced us to hang it on the wall so Baylee would have somewhere to keep all of her stuff. Okay Dad you were right like you always are. (Even though you did call me an idiot I guess I deserved it.)

Just Got My Ears Pierced

This year Baylee has worked so hard in school. At the beginning of the year I told her if she got 100 AR points that she could get her ears pierced. This was a big deal for Baylee cause she doesn't enjoy reading all that much. I have to say that this school year change that for Baylee, she now reads all the time, and is on book #4 of Harry Potter. I couldn't be prouder!

We planned a trip to the mall after school, and about a hour before she came home I got a phone call, "Mom, my stomach hurts because I'm so nervous about getting my ears pierced." I reassured her that we didn't have to do it, but she said she was excited and wanted to. I thought once we got to the mall Baylee would chicken out. She is what you might call a "Wimp." I kept telling her that once she got the first ear done, she would have to do both! After the first ear, she looked up and said, "that wasn't too bad." The second ear must have hurt a little more cause she jumped and had a pained look on her face. The day was a hit, without a single tear!

Mom's Birthday

This explains it all. It's my party...and I'll make my own cake...and I'll buy my own present....and the older you get the less birthdays are memorable. Just think, by the time I'm 50, April 18 will be completely obsolete and be remove from the calendar year!

Taby was quite sad that her cake was gone. I thought she was sad cause her mommy was just getting older. Go figure, it was the cake.

I'm a beauty I know, and yes the three candles do represent 32, just use your imagination.

Really my birthday was pretty good. A nice Sunday at home. What more could anyone ask for?

Swimming

One of the funnest parts of the trip to Twin Falls was swimming in the hotel swimming pool. It was a great fun time with lots of squeals and splashes. Grandma Green was a real trooper and swam both Friday night and Saturday night with all the grand kids. It was nice to see everyone having so much fun! Taby was quite the attention grabber. There were people in the lobby looking through the window laughing at her as she played in the swimming pool with the goggles.

Even though Taby loves the bath tub it took her a little while to catch on to the swimming pool experience. After awhile she started to like it and I'm sure by the end of the summer will LOVE it.

Hot Tubbin' with Grandma....and only Grandma!

Maggy isn't in love with the water. She hung to the steps most of the time. You could say that she was chicken!

Big sister Baylee. What great help. What would I do without her?