Party!!!

Jackson's first birthday went off without a hitch! He had an exciting day running around town with his mom and dad, picking out his birthday presents and looking for a new carseat(he wasn't able to find one that met his high standards). Then later, it was off to Grandma and Grandpa Stevens for his joint party with Aunt Janette. There were presents, cake, and lots of attention. What more could a little boy ask for?

Bailee wanted to be in on the picture taking

The birthday girl and boy

Time to blow out the candles!Daddys head got in the way a little

Before...

...After

This is just such a hot picture of Neil, I had to put it up. Obviously he likes it too, he's the one who took it

He was too anxious to play with his new toys to care about all the cute clothes he got. He just pushed those away

Little Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday to my favorite little boy! I can't believe it has already been a year! I'm sad that he's not really going to be a baby for much longer. He is excited for tonight when he can open presents, eat cake, and make a big mess!(his big sister is excited to help him)

And Happy Birthday to Great Aunt Janette, who he was named for(sort of). We won't mention how old she's turning!

I am not toothless...

This is a representation of Jackson's mood for the last 2 weeks:

Unfortunately, the pictures don't have sound so you can't quite get the full effect. At 11 months of age he has FINALLY gotten his first tooth(or in his case, teeth). Keep in mind that the average baby gets their first tooth somewhere around 5-6 months, so for the past 5 months, Jackson has been gumming his mush, jealously eyeing the other babies as they bite into more delicious and substantial treats.

2 weeks ago, the first tooth(a top front one) decided to make an appearance, after much screaming and chewing(on me) from Jackson. It was quickly followed by 2 more(the bottom front ones), and will soon be joined by its neighbor(the other top front one)

Needless to say, Jackson's moods have been understandable, although extremely frustrating and tiring for his mommy.

I can't believe he's turning one in 2 days!

Life

I haven't posted much lately. It seems like I have had nothing exciting happening, and at the same time, way too much. Last Monday, we found out that my Grandma Olson (my mom's mom) has a brain tumor. It was the worst kind of news to get, and needless to say the whole family has been devastated by it. She is doing ok considering, and everyone is being really supportive. They will be moving here soon, which will be nice, the family here will be able to help a lot more, and get to see her a lot more often.

We took the kids swimming a while ago, and I have been meaning to put up these pictures. My camera still has no battery, I need to get on that!

Bailee, Dylan, Jackson, and my mom

Bailee is my little fish-she loves the water

Too bad I cut off the top of his head! He's still cute.

I would have taken a lot more, but the stupid lifeguard told me that there are no cameras allowed "To protect the other swimmers privacy". The way he said it made me feel like some perv. He acted like I was walking around taking pictures of random people for my personal collection. Yeah right! I go to the gym for that...

B-day pics

Here are a few pictures of Bailee's birthday that I took from Leslee. I had to use my mom's camera for the party because mine needs a new battery, and now she can't find it! I'm bummed because I want to get the pictures up, but here are a few for those of you who haven't seen them yet. Carlee helped me make little tutus for all the girls

Pinata Time!

We had a fish pond

Bailee blowing out the candles on her cupcake

Presents!

More coming soon...

The Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday to my little baby Bailee! She's turning 3 today, and she's SO excited about it. She's been asking me every day for weeks "Is it my birthday, Mom?" I'm so sad that she's getting so big, I can't believe that right now 3 years ago I was going into the hospital to have her! She wasn't born until about 10 hours later, but still. We were so excited when she was finally born, Scott called everyone he could think of, and kept hogging her, he would barely let me hold her! She's having a little birthday party later today, so pictures of that are coming soon!

4 Years

This was us 4 years ago:

I can't believe it's been that long! Looks like we made it. Here's to another 4 years (Maybe longer, if everything goes well)

Love You Scott!

Yellowstone!

We took a family trip to Yellowstone with my dad's whole family last week. It was so fun, the only downside was that Scott couldn't come(he had to work) so I was stuck taking care of two kids by myself. Luckily, my family likes them, so they were kept pretty entertained.

The biggest adventure happened on the way there, Carlee and Spencer were following us in their car, they had a couple of kids riding with them, and their car broke down! So we waited by the side of the road for a couple of hours(did I mention we were in the middle of nowhere-with no cell phone service) Luckily a road worker came and called a tow truck for them, which took their car back to civilization while we carried on into the wilderness with 11 people and an insane amount of luggage in an 8 passenger car.
Once we got there we had a blast, looking at all the animals and nature, etc. We went to old faithful on the last day, pretty cool. Well, that's our trip, here are some pictures!

The Breakdown

This guy was walking down the road while we were waiting. He was weird, but nice. Yes, that is a cross he was carrying. He said that's all he does is walk around carrying the cross to spread his message.

There was a buffalo right next to our cabin

We saw LOTS of buffalo

Bailee's favorite thing to do was hang out the window yelling "Come here animals!"

The buffalo was running straight at our car. If you ask my dad about it, he'll tell you he almost died.

Whitney got a hold of my camera and decided to hold a photo shoot for herself

Bailee with her two Grandma Stevens'

My dad wanted to go fishing, but he didn't want to get his pants wet...