Brother and Sister

So this morning I was folding some clothes in my room when Carson woke up and came in. He climbed up on the bed with me to see what I was doing. Then we heard Bailey talking in her crib. Carson said very excitedly, "Bailey awake!" He then kept talking and helping me for a bit then he left the room. A minute later I heard him through the intercom in Baileys room saying: "Hi Bailey." I then heard Bailey giggling, and then Carson said "You wake up." Again this was followed by giggling. I went in to see what they were up to, and to my surprise, Carson had climbed into Bailey's crib and was playing with her. It was such a sweet moment. I love that Carson loves Bailey so much. It is surprising to me, to see how much he loves her! From the day I brought her home he has been so sweet and kind. When I first had her, he didn't really want to hold her too much, but he would always bring her blankets and her pacifier, and he loved to give her kisses. But now that Bailey is a little older and can laugh with him, it is really fun to see them interact! I just hope they can keep this relationship going!! :)

(This is what they looked like when I first went in, but then I sat Bailey up to get a good picture!!)

Some big events!!

So we had a couple of big events yesterday! I will start with my sister Katie. We went down to her ward today to watch her get set apart as the new Relief Society President of her ward. We were so proud of her and know that she is going to do a great job! Growing up I have always envied Katie and have ALWAYS wanted to be just like her. I envied her because she has always had such a strong testimony of the gospel, and she honestly has the kindest heart. She would drop everything to help someone else. (She is just like my mom that way!) Katie is my best friend, and I am just so glad that Heavenly Father allowed me to be her sister. I have learned so much from her, and I am so jealous that the sisters in her ward get her as their Relief Society President. I love you Katie!!

Okay so the next event is only a big deal to me, but I put Bailey's hair in a ponytail for the first time! My sister informed me that is still probably a little to early, but I was SO excited! I think she looked adorable, but Katie is probably right!! You can hardly see it in the picture below...

So here is a side view!! She still does not have very much hair! One day I will be able to style it!!

Below is a picture of Carson and Ryan after we went to church! When I was getting Carson ready he kept telling me that he didn't want to wear a tie, but then when I showed him that his tie was going to match Daddy's he didn't want to take it off! He wants to do and wear everything his daddy does!

Below is a picture of Bailey with my mom. I just thought it was a cute picture. I love my mom!

Okay the last big event...Bailey is finally getting the crawling thing down! For some reason she just wants to roll everywhere and does not even attempt to crawl. She can get up on her hands and knees, but then she just falls back onto her stomach and rolls to the toy that she wants. Well yesterday while I was at my sisters house she finally started to do the army crawl! I was pretty excited, and hopefully this is a turning point and she will get the crawling thing down soon!

It's that time again...

That's right the L.A. county fair is back! We got to go on Wednesday with Ryan's family. We had so much fun with them. The best part is that we all got in for FREE!! Wednesday was La Verne day at the fair and Logan, Ryan's brother, was a La Verene Community Hero this year! That is an award they give to people who help out a lot in the community. And just so you know Logan was the youngest one that got this award! Everyone else was like 45 and older! So way to go Logan!! This picture is of Logan at the award ceremony!

Before the ceremony Logan got to ride in the parade on a float! Carson and Grammy got to ride along too! Carson loved throwing the bead necklaces!

I am so grateful for Ryan's dad he is such a great grandpa! My kids adore him. He will do pretty much anything to get a smile out of them! I am so glad that my kids have grandparents that love them so much!

Carson had a lot of fun at the fair! He got to go on a lot of rides with his Dad! What could be better? This is Ryan and Carson on the slide! I was shocked that Carson would go down it because it looked pretty big to me, but he LOVED it! This is the second time he went on it!

And below is what he looked like when he got off!!

He also got to go on the Bee ride. He has not stopped talking about this one! It is like the dumbo ride at Disneyland. You can make it go up and down! Well of course he loved it, and can I just say what a great husband I have! He went on all of the rides with Carson and that just made the rides more fun for Carson! He is definitely a daddy's boy!

Carson and Bailey are becoming great friends! Carson is the best older brother! I am really surprised at how sweet he is with her. He takes this big brother thing very seriously! It is really cute! So I will just say future boyfriends...beware of Bailey's older brother, I have a feeling he is going to be very protective! :)

Below is Bailey with her Grammy! I am so blessed to have Maxine as my mother-in-law. She is so helpful with my kids, and very very patient with them. When I am ready to pull my hair out because Carson is throwing a fit, she is always really calm and very lovingly distracts Carson with some magical toy she pulls out of her purse!! She is one of those amazing grandma's that always comes prepared with toys and goodies in her purse...you gotta love it! And just like Ryan's dad, my kids LOVE LOVE LOVE her!

Well we wore Bailey out, and she fell asleep for a bit!! She did have a bow in her hair I promise, but she kept pulling it out so I just finally took it off!!

But she woke up in a great mood! We gave her this straw to chew on, and she was all smiles!

We had such a great time at the fair! And of course we got eat some food! My favorite thing at the fair is Corn on the Cob! It is so good! There was a new things this year that I have not seen before!! Chocolate covered bacon...trust me, it is not good! Ryan's dad bought some because he says you have to at least try something like that, and we all agreed that it was not a good combination! But it was a great day! Thanks Zylstra's for letting us tag along, and Logan...thanks for helping out the community so that we could go for free!! :)

Dog Owners???

On September 14th I was on a run in the morning with my friend Megan, and as we were running we saw a little black puppy in the middle of the road! Before we knew it the little dog was running with us, and it continued to run with us all the way back to my house. Since I could not leave the little puppy I brought it inside. I thought Ryan was going to freak out when he saw it, but surprisingly he didn't! We put posters up, hoping to find the owners, but it has been two weeks and we have not received any phone calls. So since we are not really dog people, I think we are going to have to take it to a shelter. But Carson has really enjoyed playing with the dog the last couple of weeks!

The dog really does not have blue eyes, but they look blue in every picture I tried to take of her. She is a really cute puppy!

Ryan loved to take the dog out with him while he worked in the yard. And of course Carson and Bailey loved being out there too! Carson would run around and loved when the dog would chase him! However, Bailey does not like it when the dog jumps on her and tries to lick her face!

And last I just thought I would show how big and adorable Bailey is!!

Sweet Moments

Today we had some people over to watch the B.Y.U. football game. We had a really great time with everyone, and Carson was great most of the time. He did have to go into time out once for hitting Morgan, but after that he did pretty well. After everyone had left I was cleaning up the kitchen while Ryan was upstairs and Carson was in the mood to talk. He was telling me how he was being nice today and then he said "Solly Mommy" (Sorry Mommy). And I asked him what he was sorry for, and he said "I hit." I gave him a hug and said it was o.k. but that we need to remember to be nice. He said "I nice" and I said you are a nice boy. Then Ryan came down to get him for bed and as he was leaving I said thanks for being a good boy today Carson and he said "Yah" and I said I love you and he told me that he loved me and then said good night. I know it sounds like a pretty simple story, but as Ryan took him upstairs and tucked him in, I couldn't help but think about how great it is to be a mom! I love my kids and I love and treasure all of the sweet moments I have with them!

COOKIES!!!

I gave Bailey a cookie for the first time on Wednesday that she could gnaw on, and she LOVED it! However...

She was not very happy when the cookie was gone!

But she sure made a mess so I put her in the bath to get all cleaned up! And then of course Carson wanted to take a bath so...

They took one together! I had put some toys in there for them and Bailey started chewing on hers, so Carson thought it would be really funny if he chewed on one too! It is so fun to watch them play together! Bailey LOVES Carson and smiles or laughs every time she sees him! It is really cute!