Backyard

Bailey loves going in the backyard to play, but she refuses to go out there by herself. Thus, most of our days consist of us blowing bubbles or me sitting while she runs around like a crazy lady till Sam finally gets home from school.

She is also very friendly and brings me back leaves, grass, dirt or rocks that she finds while playing.
Whenever one of the doors to the outside world open (the back sliding door or the front door) Bails gets very excited. She then starts running around the room looking for two of her thousands of balls, picks them up, then runs to the door and chucks them outside. The backyard is no big deal, but the front yard has a long sloping driveway ended by a busy road. Lets just say she is lucky she hasn't caused an accident from them rolling into the street.

She has quite the arm.

I am not looking forward to colder days and snow. I have no idea how I am going to keep this little monster entertained.

Housekeeping...

We recently got a new housekeeper which has been quite nice for me considering my back is the bane of my existence these days.

She pretty much has sweeping, mopping, and the laundry down. We are still working on not being scared of the vacuum cleaner.

We are also working on not taking bites out of everything as she cooks dinner.
Of course I do that a lot too so no judgments here.

The Backyard & Temple Square

Bailey's favorite thing is to be outside. She will just be sitting there and then all of a sudden she will gasp and point outside like she just got this original, out of the blue idea to go outside and play with her toys.
Its kind of hard to not oblige when she asks like that. She pretty much has us wrapped around her finger.

Every time Sam goes into the backyard he turns on the hose and starts spraying away claiming that he has to kill all the spiders and get all their webs. I usually roll my eyes at him, but secretly I am grateful that he may possibly be more scared of spiders than I am because he takes extra precautions in keeping them out of our house. The downside is when I actually see one he usually goes running the other way. I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Bailey also enjoys spraying anything and everything she can. She will scream at you if you don't let her have a turn.

After a little bit of fun in the backyard we decided to drive over to temple square and let Bails see the sights. Sam gets bored too easily at home so I humored him and tagged along as well.

Bailey was very impressed with the Christ Statue. She kept pointing at it and running up to his feet and staring at him. It was a little awkward for us (and by us I mean me because I was the one assigned to go retrieve her) considering there was a tour going on at that moment and they were all sitting there watching Bailey as they listened to the recording.

Grandpa Galeria taught her over the summer how to smell flowers. She has taken it to heart and stops often to just smell the roses.

She also likes to pick them which is probably not really allowed on the temple grounds.

BYU vs. U

Sam probably should have changed his loyalty to the U before the game because then he wouldn't have to be embarrassed at how badly his team got slaughtered.

Sam has deemed Bails our BYU baby because she was born during his BYU years. The next baby is the Utah baby. When we were teaching our 4-5 year old primary class on Sunday we learned a new song about how Utah is the best and BYU is like poo, or something to that affect. I guess that's what happens when you live three minutes from campus. Let the rivalry begin.

Rocking Chair

My mom and Dad drove through Utah to take little Craig off to BYU-Idaho. Unfortunately I got zero pictures, but Bailey managed to score a rocking chair out of the trip.

She pretty much feels on top of the world to have her own special seat that only her butt can fit into.
She also enjoys scaring herself and us half to death by standing up and then teetering around trying to balance herself.
She has yet to fall, but I say it's just a matter of time.
There is too much mischief behind that innocent looking face.

Attitude

Somebody has developed quite the attitude in our house...

Apparently its her way or you go deaf in one ear.

Second Day of School...

Unfortunately on his actual first day of school Bailey slept in and then we forgot to take after school first day pictures, so second day of school pictures it is...

If Bailey wants to stay a member of this family she better get used to this tradition. Sam did have to fight her a little bit to get her to shake his hand.
He got the pointer finger shake.
And then the shoot ended with her trying to pry her hand out of his.