My Baby's 2nd Birthday

Well Miss Bailyn Joan, this was what you were doing on May 3, 2007 around 4:00 in the afternoon. Yes, still living inside Mommy, but not for long. You made your appearance at 11:35 at night and it has been wonderful having you in our lives! Minutes after you were born...

Maybe 2 weeks old...

About 3 months old...

6 months old...

1 year old...And this was the picture that was on T.V. Good Things Utah does a birthday recognition for all of those who turn 1 and so I sent in your picture and they showed this the day before your birthday because your birthday was on Saturday last year.

18 months old...

Happy 2nd Birthday. Once we said to go open presents you went right for it!

And unlike your sister, you were very excited about your new clothes. Kyleigh just threw hers to the side and wanted the good stuff.

You were so excited about the clothes that you thought you needed to try them on immediately. So here you are trying on the newest outfit.

Then on went the presents. You are sitting your new recliner from Mommy and Daddy. We got one for your sister on her second birthday and decided to do the same for you as we know both of you like them!

You got many babies for your birthday this year and let me tell you why. You stole all of Kyleigh Rae's babies and so we thought that since you are such the mothering type to your babies that you needed to give the other ones back to your sister and take care of your own. As you can see, you loved each and every one of them. You got 3 total.

Oh and again we have changed outfits...what a surprise...NOT. And what is up with the sticker on your head? You saw it and decided that was where it went, but I'm not sure! We love you anyway!

I must say that I was pretty proud of your cake. The decorations around the house were flowers and garden, so I decided to try a daisy cake for you and it turned out better than I hoped.

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Bailyn, Happy Birthday to you. When you first saw your cake on Saturday night you started blowing on it. You knew exactly what to do and you couldn't wait to do it. So when we said it was time for cake, you started blowing, I guess for practice!

And you did a GREAT job!

I used the star tip of a cake decorating kit to decorate your cake and you thought that each of those were a piece of candy and so delicately tried to pull each one off separately to eat it. We thought it was pretty cute.

But once you got to the actual cake, you left us a mess. Not surprised once again. And I am not sure why, but at one point you thought that the plate was your party hat, so cake was all over your hair! Can you say BATH?

After the bath you were once again in a different outfit, and we started to watch Everyone's Hero. Here you are shortly after it started...all the partying got to ya! Don't worry, I was on the couch doing the same thing!

Happy 2nd Birthday Bailyn. You will never know how much I love you and all the joy you bring into my life. I hope that you and Kyleigh will always be best friends. You are such a sweetheart and so precious to me. Thank you for the past 2 years!

Graduation

May 1, 2009 is the day that Joe finally graduated. We have been married for 5 1/2 years and one of us has been going to school the whole time. We are very excited to now have that aspect of our lives behind us! Congratulations honey!

Bailyn & Macoy

Bailyn was excited to see and hold baby Macoy. She really loves her babies, or should I say KyRae's babies, as she has adopted each and every single one that Kyleigh has. But Macoy actually moved and cried and made faces on his own and she didn't know what to think. We thought it was hilarious and now she is just obsessed with real babies. Anyway, we all think Macoy is a keeper!

Kyleigh & Macoy

Kyleigh Rae thought baby Macoy was pretty special. She enjoyed holding her new cousin and actually asked Uncle Lance if she could take hime home...can you believe that? (OK, she may have had a little help from her mother, and believe you me, she was disappointed when she was told no.) ;)

Macoy's Home

On April 19, Lance & Dawn got the wonderful news that they were able to take their baby home. So after church, we headed out to Wendover so we could see him and yes...HOLD HIM! It is so wonderful to be an aunt. This little boy is so precious and sweet. I am so excited that he is doing well and hope that all continues to go well. When I got out to Wendover I was kind of a baby hog, but how could you not be with this sweet one!

Easter Dresses

We didn't go to church on Easter Sunday, so technically this is the week after, but no one would really know anyways huh? Pretty sisters...They are so happy when they are together & I do hope it stays this way! I was able to find them both coral dresses without being matching and was pretty proud of myself. I also made their hairclips to match. I tried to make headbands, but I still mess up on the size, so time will tell if I will be able to make them or not.

I wanted a picture of each of them by themselves. I didn't think it was too much to ask, but appearently it wasn't for Kyleigh...

But was for Bailyn. I tried and tried to get a decent one of her by herself, but this is what we ended up with and since I am the world's best mother, this is what gets to be posted and scrapbooked for this year!

Finding Easter Eggs

All the kids enjoyed this part of Easter. They all just thought they were brilliant every time they found one and it was really cute and enjoyable to watch.

Easter Morning

Uncle Lee stayed the night before Easter and so he was here as well as Lance, Dawn & the kids. The kids got up that morning and while Kyleigh was looking for baskets, Bailyn was overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. So in the midst of looking for her own basket, Kyleigh found Bailyn's. She did finally find her own and boy was the Easter Bunny good to them!