Oh Stinky...

Bailey's latest trick? Whenever she sees a dirty diaper being changed, hears Hazel poop (its usually quite loud), or hears a fart (her own or someone else it doesn't matter) she makes this face...

and then waves her hand to let us know that it is stinky.

Before we had kids Sam would tell me constantly that he was going to teach our kids that stinky smells actually smelled good. He had all these different ways that he was going to convince our kids to enjoy stinky things. I would roll my eyes and tell him he better be rich because their therapy was going to cost him a fortune.

Well Sam, plan failed. Your one year old already hates stinky smells as much as I do.
One minor detail he must have forgotten is that I have a very sensitive nose and anything even a little bit stinky usually makes me start gagging. Sorry Sam. Better luck with your next crazy idea.

Great Grandpa Braden

On our way out of town we stopped in Boise to have a little lunch with Grandma Pam and Uncle Larry. Bailey managed to end lunch by dumping out a cup of water all over the table and missing Uncle Larry by a millisecond. Good thing he has fast reflexes and can jump out of the way quickly. Our reward for putting up with her while we ate lunch? Chocolate covered cinnamon bears, grapefruit slices (just for sam, I think they are gross), and chocolates from the candy store. Then we were off to drop in on Great Grandpa Braden unannounced...

He was eating lunch and was very alert and super funny. He was cracking jokes the whole time.
Bailey loved roaming around his house and found all sorts of things to play with. Luckily she did not break anything even though she would have loved to have free reign on his music boxes.
Catching a decent picture of this group was quite difficult. Maybe even impossible.

We had such a fun quick trip and a not so fun car ride home. It helped me to decide quickly that flying to Dana's California wedding was a much better option than driving without Sam.

Sunday at the Izatt's

Sunday was spent just sitting around talking, eating, and hanging out with cousins. Bailey followed Will and Clyde around like a little puppy dog. She loved watching them wrestle and I was pretty sure she was going to jump in and join them a few times.

She was also obsessed with Will's trampoline. She loves to jump (or at least make the motion of jumping because she never actually leaves the ground) so this was a big hit.
And sometimes when you jump too long you get so tired that you have to awkwardly lay down to rest...

Bailey also loved having friends to entertain her and who would share their snacks with her at church. We loved it because it was the longest we have both sat inside the chapel for sacrament meeting in who knows how long. After church it was naps and then back to roaming the house and playing.
And no picture can better depict a look of pure joy better than this one...
She loved Will's swing so much that we even contemplated installing one in our rental house. I am sure our landlord would love that.
This one just chilled in the car seat so we could play some games.

Settlers, ticket to ride, and monopoly deal were on the agenda for this weekend. Monopoly Deal was a new one for us and we are obsessed.
And these ones passed on the large screen television so they could crowd around the little ipad to watch yogi bear and play a few games.
Our evening ended with Grandma Pam holding her two newest grandchildren...
And last, but certainly not least, we made sure to catch a few shots of Grandma Pam with all five of her grandkids. It sure was fun to try to get them to all look at the camera and smile at the same time (a few of them took some bribes of valentines candy hearts to ease the burden of smiling).

We had such a fun time visiting. Thanks so much for all the delicious food and hospitality hotel Izatt. We love you guys.

Boise Trip

Sam finished his Phase 1 finals on Friday afternoon and then Saturday morning we headed up to Boise for a quick spring break visit. Hazel was a champ the whole drive. I fed her right before we left and she managed to mostly sleep the whole way with the exception of a few minutes of being awoken by Bailey's death screams. As soon as we rolled into town we stopped at Grandma Pam's house to stretch our legs and feed Hazel. Bailey was in heaven.

Grandma Pam's house is a dream come true for her. She ran from room to room getting her grubby little hands on everything in sight.
This is her I am so happy I am shaking face.
Rooms full of toys, a mason jar full of buttons to dump out, plenty of teddy bears and books; you can only imagine the temper tantrum that ensued when we forced her to leave so we could go eat dinner with Grandpa Braden.
This one ate and then smiled away. Of course Sam had to leave her button undone. Apparently sitting after eating demands loosening the belt and pants. Like father like daughter. A few minutes of talking to the missionaries and a couple diaper changes later we were off to Baja Fresh to meet Grandpa Braden for dinner.
We had a delicious dinner and then headed back to Grandpa's house so Bailey could run and scream freely and Grandpa could hold Hazel a little longer.
Bailey once again was in heaven checking out all of Grandpa's fish and bird and making a mess with all of his cruise souvenirs and decorations.
And before we left of course we had to get a shot of this good looking crew.
Thanks for hanging out with us and for dinner Grandpa. We loved seeing you.

Baby Holder

Sometimes Bailey thinks she is old enough to hold the baby. She reaches her arms out and then grabs the baby (usually around the neck) so I make her sit down and then set the baby in her lap.

She sits there and hugs Hazel and pats her back. She definitely loves her little sister.

Binky Thief

The good part about Bailey loving the pacifier so much?

When Hazel's drops in between the bed and the pack'n'play (a space way too small for me to cram my large body into) I can easily convince Bailey to crawl down and rescue it.
The bad part? She promptly sticks the thing into her mouth as a reward.
Good thing this little one doesn't mind sharing too much. She doesn't care for the binky as much as Bailey did/does.

Hazel Baby

Pretty sure I could stare at this cute little face all day...

And I would probably snap more pictures of her too if it wasn't for the monster baby who freaks out when she can't play with the camera. Heaven forbid she see an electronic device and not be allowed to play with it. (And for the record I do wipe off her face some of the time).
Hazel just stares at her like she is crazy most of the day...
Which is probably mostly true. Sam is probably going to go insane considering he gets an instant headache the second he comes home and hears the girlish squeals and screams as she plays. He says she is too loud, and all I can say is he better get used to it because it appears that it will only get worse.
Sorry Sam. I guess I will stock up on ibuprofen.

Hazel is 2 Months

Length: 23.1 inches - 72.37%

Weight: 11 lbs 13.1 oz. - 69.87 %
Head Circumference: 40.2 cm - 80.24%

Hazel is still the dream baby. She sleeps from about 9pm to 3am, eats in about fifteen minutes and then is back down (all I have to do is swaddle her awake and lay her back in her bed and she falls back asleep on her own) till about 6 or 7 am. Then once again I feed her and she sleeps in till around 9 or 10 am. Most days I still feel like I have just one baby (monster Bailey) to take care of because she hardly makes a peep. I usually hold her Bailey's entire nap time just because I feel bad that she doesn't get enough attention.
She was not a fan of her 2 month shots; however once the tylenol kicked in she was back to her old smiling ways. And as a result the lucky lady actually got held the majority of the day! I am pretty sure she is my medical school blessing. And probably Sam's too.

Little Hoodlum

I left the little monster in my room for five minutes while I continued to vacuum the remainder of the house. She usually runs around chasing me, and then runs away because she is scared of the vacuum, but this time she was no where to be found. I got curious as to what she was doing and found this...

She managed to throw everything from the night stand into Hazel's pack'n'play (and thus threw everything from Hazel's bed onto my bed), find her 49ers hat, and then turn the tv on to pbs kids. Busy little monster.
Good thing this one got to follow me from room to room so her sister couldn't hug and kiss attack her to death.
And on a side note Sam was extremely excited that as he pulled into the driveway tonight his scooter managed to top off at 00000 miles. Oh the small/weird things that make him oh so happy.

Valentines Day

I am pretty sure pinterest will be the end of both Sam and I. Sam is so sick of me getting crazy craft project ideas and trying to re-make them. He constantly tells me that it doesn't matter how poor we are, he would rather buy the item then try to make it. I always glared at him until this time; and now I think he may be onto something.

I saw a cute idea to turn a deck of cards into 52 reasons why I love Sam. It looked simple enough so I decide to make it. Wrong. I ordered some cute cards, enlisted Dana's help to make the reasons on powerpoint, and then came up with my list. It was all coming together perfectly until I tried to print. Our printer is a piece of garbage to say the least. I tried all day and couldn't make it work so I just decided to save my slides and ask Sam to fix it when he got home. Next thing I know my saved slides are missing, Sam is at Wal Mart at midnight trying to get new ink cartridges, and I am ready to throw every piece of technology in our house out onto the driveway. Good thing Sam saved the day (and his most favorite present he has ever received). At this point in time I have sworn off all pinterest crafty ideas. We will see how long this lasts.
Bailey was in heaven opening up her gift bag from Dad. The lucky lady scored more gifts than both me and Hazel put together (not sure if this means she is Sam's favorite???)
Pretty sure I made Sam promise me to never buy her a sucker again. I'm not sure if her stomach or shirt got more of that sugary drool.
Who doesn't love Dora stickers?
And of course it wouldn't be a present from Daddy unless there was something that you could shoot around the room.
Little Hazel's loot...a few new binkys for Bailey to eventually steal I am sure.
And of course the day wouldn't be complete without her present from Jack. Sam texted me while at school that Jack's Dad had given him Bailey's valentine. He then told me what it was (a rice krispy treat dipped in chocolate) and I was pretty sure the thing would never make it home.

Happy Valentines Day!

Toy Pile

If you say it in an excited voice Bailey will always play along. This is how I managed to get her to lay on her back and stay still while I piled all her toys on her.

Further, if you tell her to hold still so she can see it in the mirror or take a picture she will almost always oblige.
And just to prove that we do half pay attention to our perfect little baby. She slept/stared into space in the room we played in all morning and didn't even care that Bailey has the loudest, most high pitched scream in history. I'm just glad all of our ear drums are still in working order.

Morning Time...

My morning with my girls...

The little angel baby hardly made a peep as she stared out the window and watched us play until she finally fell asleep.
The little monster baby learned to hold two balls in one hand (an impressive feat for someone with fat little chubby hands), helped me pull out almost every toy we own to play with, and forced me to burn probably a thousand calories as I pushed her around and jumped up to look out the window in search of a bus or garbage truck.

Superbowl Sunday...

Superbowl Sunday brought us back down to our old turf to hang out with our long lost friends: Walker's squared. Bailey was in little kid heaven.

Our little socially awkward child had way too many friends to play with. And for the first time ever she was able to actually participate in the fun with the crew instead of being the baby that sat back and watched them all run around and be crazy.
Little Hazel on the other hand got to hang out in the car seat until we all finished eating and the boys went upstairs to watch the game and play with the kids. Then she got pulled out so she could remind the two pregnant ladies that pregnancy is indeed worth it even though it may not seem like it while you're puking your guts out.
It was so good to catch up. And now I wish even more that we all lived within walking distance of each other.
Sam and Bailey do too. How can I tell? Because no one wanted to leave and one of us through a huge tempter tantrum when they got carried out the door. Thanks Walkers for hosting. We need to hang out again pronto.