Oregon Trip: The Beach

This was Baylee's first trip to the ocean. We got there before everyone else so we took her right to the beach. Daddy was so excited to show her the water that they headed right out. She ended up in tears because she did not like the Freezing cold water.


Baylee loved the beach because it was an endless supply of dirt to dig in. As long as she didn't have to go near the water she was good.





I think Jon was the only one crazy enough to go into the water that day. The rest of us were freezing in our pants and sweatshirts.
Baylee must have gotten cold because all of the sudden she went running away from me and up to grandpa, this was not a short distance, when she got there grandpa cuddled her right up to get her warm.
Grace who is a little daredevil got in the water with Uncle Jon and loved it.

Trip to Oregon Day 1

The first leg of our trip was to my friend Kistine's house in Washington. For the first 3 hours of the trip Baylee entertained herself with coloring, singing, and just looking out the window. After that we put in a movie thanks to the Hirschi family lending us the DVD player for the car. She loved that she could watch her favorite movies while we were driving. She did so well that we made excelent time and showed up at Kistine's house earlier then expected. Amazingly enough she did not sleep the whole 6 hours drive!


Kistine and Matt took us to this Park in Vancouver that had a water structure for the girls to play in. In the past and when I say past I mean last week, Baylee would have nothing to do with water especially sprinklers and things like that so I figured she would not get wet. After she saw Alexa running and having a blast she decided to try it out and discovered how fun it could be. She was soaked from head to toe when we left but it was so much fun watching her have a blast. Thanks Kistine for the great memories!

The Everything Dance

We have borrowed the video Zoe's Dance Moves from the Library about 10 times because Baylee loves it. She will watch it over and over. She now has gotten to the point where she will say all of the lines before the actors say them. She is very cute when she does the dance as well. I have been trying to catch her doing the dance for awhile but as soon as she sees the camera she either gets shy or wants to play with the camera. I was finally able to get her doing it. She is so funny because she has to go put on some of her church shoes for her dance shoes. I have been looking around for a dance class to put her in because she loves to dance so much. Most of them don't start kids until they are 3 so we have a few months to find one we like.

One of the many great things about having a little girl is that I have so much stuff to pass down to her. My mom had my Grandpa make a little kitchen for me when I was little and I have been able to give this to Baylee. I love watching her play with it and have as much fun as I remember having. There are so many other things such as a baby doll highchair, baby doll cradle, rocking chair and many baby dolls that I watch her play with that I had loved so much.

Christmas in July

Baylee found her Frosty the Snowman video that we have had hidden since Christmas and has only wanted to watch it a million times. She loves to sing and dance to it. She comes over and grabs my hand and says "Dance with me". I thought it was so cute I just had to share it.

Cookie Time!

For about a month straight every time we went to the store Baylee would ask me to buy some star sprinkles for her. I finally gave in and got them and then figured I need to do something with them so I looked up a recipe for Sugar Cookies on line. I have made sugar cookies before and they never turn out for me. I went into this thinking it was going to be a mess and not look cute and I would just end up getting frustrated with Baylee. That is not what happened. Baylee must be getting to the age that doing these kinds of things is fun instead of a pain. She was such a good girl and helped me every step of the way. She loved putting her stars on the cookies!! I think they turned out cute and perfect for the 4th of July.

Wii Time

Having fun with the Wii. Baylee's first time trying to bowl. She loved playing even if it was Daddy actually doing it. The video is all the excitement that we had when Claire, Grace, Aidan, and Baylee were playing. Boy they had a blast doing it.