U of U Football!

Despite my parents hesitation, we took Jaylee to her first Utah football game on 11/7. Utah played New Mexico, and they slaughtered them 45 - 7. Jaylee loved looking around at everyone, and instead of the noise upsetting her, she seemed very interested by it. At one point she even fell asleep for about 1/2 hour. We stayed until there was about 9 minutes left in the 4th quarter, and she didn't fuss once. She will be a true Ute fan, I can just tell!

Pictures to come...

Halloween

I had my heart set on Jaylee being the cutest ladybug, but the costume I bought was a 6-9 mo and was way too big. I looked for over a month to exchange, or even buy a 3-6 mo, but it must have been a popular costume because I never found one. Luckily I found a second best costume at the Children's Place and she was a chubby little pink monster. She didn't mind the body part of the costume, but she did not like the head piece! I don't really blame her, it didn't look very comfortable.

She was a trooper as we went from day care, to Grandma's, and finally to my work to show her off on the 30th. By Halloween day, I think she had had enough. We dressed her up at our bowling league, but the costume only stayed on for about 15 minutes. Hopefully next year she'll appreciate the reason for dressing up a little more. Kind of a bummer when you don't even get any candy for it!

Pictures to come...

Brandon's B-day 2

Just a few pictures from Brandon's birthday dinner at Red Lobster with Joe, Rosalita, Devyn, Darlene, and John.

Jaylee and Papa John

Jaylee and Papa Joe


Brandon and his mini me, Jordon

Brandon, Papa Joe, Jordon, Devyn and Jaylee

Jaylee, me and Darlene

Brandon's Birthday

We went up to the Canyons for a night to celebrate Brandon's birthday about a week early. They had a free concert, so we sat out and enjoyed the beautiful weather and the music. Jaylee did pretty good, and even took a little nap during the festivities. I love getting away, even though we weren't very far away.

I love my hubby!

My precious, sleepy baby girl!

How funny and cute is that face!

Daddy and Jaylee...I guess his thumb taste pretty
good. I'll take her word for it!

Jaylee's Blessing

So it has been almost a month ago, but we had my dad give Jaylee a blessing on 8/30. It was a beautiful blessing, and the cutest part was when my dad started the blessing, Jaylee looked up at him and give him a huge grin. She wiggled a lot, but surprisingly didn't fuss at all. She looked absolutely gorgeous in her long white dress!

She's already learning how to pose!

Cute family picture. Unfortunately Jordon

wasn't there because his brother Ty was

coming home that day.

Daddy and Jaylee

After the blessing, she was playing on her

mat and Grandma got some smiles out of her

This is the picture I blogged about a couple of days ago. Jaylee and Zachary holding hands...too cute!

Another first!

Jaylee was laying on her play mat last night just staring at the hanging toys, as usual. After about 20 minutes of looking at all of them, she started staring very intensely at the one in the middle that plays music when you pull on it. She then started batting at it with her fist. After a couple tries that way, she started batting at it with her hand open. Finally, after about 5 minutes of trying, she successfully grabbed on and was able to hold on long enough to pull on it and make the music try. She seemed proud of herself, but from the excitement it got out of me, you would have thought she just won a gold medal in the Olympics. It's amazing how the little things get you all riled up when you're a parent! She was able to grab on a couple more times before she started getting fussy and gave up. Unfortunately I was so excited just watching that by the time I got my camera, she was done trying, so this is the only picture I got.

Weekend at the Homestead

This past weekend was Jaylee's first trip away from home. It was just a short 1 hour drive up to Midway, but it was a getaway none the less. She also went swimming for the first time, and I was lucky enough to find a swimsuit for her that was not only one of the cutest designs I've seen, but it was only $10! It was a nice relaxing weekend and we all had a lot of fun.

Right before we went swimming,

the first pose is always the best.

Each pose after was just more meltdown, but still cute!


The pool was a hot tub, but the temperature was
like bath water.


She doesn't look too happy in these pictures, but she was
very content for at least 1/2 hour in the pool.

It was so relaxing that she fell asleep in the pool,

and then continued her nap wrapped in her towel.

We can't wait to do it again!

On a happier note!

Today my baby girl is 3 months old! Has it really been that long? I feel like it's going by so fast already! But she continues to make me smile and laugh, and she amazes me every day. With the exception of a couple nights, she has been sleeping through the night (8-9 hours) for the past two weeks. She smiles all the time, and has started to grab for things...unsuccessfully. She does really well at day care from what they tell me, and everyone there loves her. We switched from the Farmington location to the Centerville location and Miss Ami told us that she was sad Jaylee was leaving because she was her favorite and that she is so cute! Miss Tara was very excited that Jaylee was joining her in Centerville.

When I picked Jaylee up from day care yesterday, they told me that at one point during the day she was laying next to one of the other infants, Zachary. They ended up holding hands and smiling! I thought, it can't be exactly as they explained it. But today they handed me a picture, and it sure was! Looks like we're going to have to watch out for boys earlier than expected!!!

The day before Jaylee was born, 5/10/09

Jaylee's Birthday, 5/11/09

Jaylee, 3 months old!

I love you sweetie and I can't wait for all the mile stones to come!

Some people!

As many of you know, my purse was stolen right off the front seat of my car at 7:30am Friday morning when I was dropping Jaylee off at Kinder Care. I've always said, I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost my purse. Well, now I know. It is one of the worst feelings knowing that someone is out there with all your debit and credit cards, checks, drivers license, work badge, etc. It's even worse when you find out that not only were they willing to steal your purse for the cash in it, but to use your ID to withdraw money from your checking account. Thank goodness I got my DL back because of it, but what a pain in the a**!!!!

So ladies, and guys too really, my advice to you is to keep a list of EVERYTHING in your purse. Even make a copy of your cards because the police like to get the numbers. I truly hope this never happens to me or anyone else I know, but if it does, I will be prepared. Also, think seriously about enrolling with a service like Life Lock. It's $10/month, but it provides peace of mind!

Just trying it out...

I was pretty sure I would NEVER blog. But along with many other things in my life, I'm giving in and trying it out. I won't make any promises, so we'll see how long I last.

Because I have been blessed to live in this world of technology, the easiest and fastest way for me to get things down is via computer. That is the reason I've decided to try this out, which I'm I'm sure this is the case with most bloggers. I started keeping a written journal so I could remember everything about Jaylee as she grows (which I swear she grows by the minute!). It seems a little more personal, but my end up being illegible by the time I'm done with it.

Jaylee is my life, my world, my everything. I never imagined the feelings I could have for a little person that we created. Yes, I am human, and there are times when I feel frustrated about her crying, not sleeping, etc. But over all I am in complete awe of how beautiful and amazing she is. I love how small and cuddly she is now, but I can't wait to see how she'll grow and learn. I guess for anyone who ends up reading this blog in the future, just expect that this will pretty much be a tribute to my Jaylee. I think everyone has seen all the pictures of Jaylee on my facebook page, but I will post some on here later anyway.