The Dentist Then Santa!

Baylee had her first Dental visit last week! Then right after that we went to see Santa Clause and his reindeer at the WSU bookstore!

Here she is waiting in the waiting room at the dentist's office! She really did not want to go! She thought she was going to get a shot!

Baylee and Owen sitting on Santa's lap!

Like I mentioned earlier Baylee really did not want to go to the dentist. Once we got there it wasn't so bad though. They have her sunglasses to wear so the light wouldn't bug her eyes.

They let her sit on a big stuffed puppy! The hygienist was really really sweet with her! The dentist was also really nice! We went to the dentist Mark has gone too for a long time. His name is Mark A. Nichols.

She didn't have any cavities! She loved her little bag with a new toothbrush and toothpaste! She also got a new flashlight from the treat drawer.

I also did not have any cavities! Yeah!

They had this cute Dr. Seuss thing outside of the bookstore!

Here's the Grinch! :)

The Cat in the Hat!

Here is HO HO HO Horton!

Another pic of the kids with Santa! I didn't hear Baylee tell him anything she wanted, but when he asked what Owen wanted she said, "Baby toys!"

Upstairs at the bookstore they had an ornament craft.

We stopped on our way out to get a better look at Santa's reindeer!

I'm so excited for Christmas! Only 11 more days! Woohoo!

Mark goes out of town. . .

Mark went on a business trip to sunny Arizona last weekend! He went with Morph2o water management (aka his dad) for a water conservation conference in Phoenix.

While Mark was enjoying 70 degree temps in AZ we were enjoying plenty of this white stuff!

This was terrible packing snow but Baylee still was determined to build a snowman. I shoveled off the back patio and made a little snow pile.

She added some buttons. . .

And a hat. . . and there it is her own little snowman! She cried a few days later when she looked outside and saw that this guy had melted! She kept saying, "I don't know how to make it snow!" Life is rough.

Here Baylee and Owen are warming up from the cold. Doesn't Owen have the cutest face ever?

Baylee has started to write the letter A. It is her favorite letter to write. She can also do I and O. I've tried to get her to do B, ya know, for Baylee but she won't even try it. The other day we were looking at a book and she was kind of looking at it upside down. There was a picture of an Owl and she goes look mom it's IMO get it owl upside down kind of looks like IMO!

Right before Mark came home (like he was probably on the airplane flying back to utah) I was cleaning out my closet and Baylee asked to color her hair. I figured I needed to do something naughty while Mark was gone. Last time he left me (he went to Alaska with his dad and brothers) I painted the wall in our kitchen. Since I didn't have any walls that needed painting I figured this was a good alternative. I didn't really take an after picture but it's pretty subtle, so don't worry!

We made welcome home sign for Mark!

Mark brought home some treats! We're glad to have him back. While he was in Arizona they also got to visit his twin brother Marshall and his family. It was our nephew Carter's third brithday!

Here is a video of Carter blowing out his candles! Pretty stinking cute!

Picking the Perfect Tree!

My favorite thing about real Christmas trees is how good they smell! I love every time I walk downstairs and get a whiff of that fresh pine sent! ahhh!

When I was young, say younger than like 10 we always had a real Christmas tree! I loved it, but I remember when we would go to pick out our tree it took FOREVER! My siblings can attest to that. My mom cannot make decisions (love you mom)! She likes everything to be perfect! Try picking out produce with her she'll look at like ten apples before choosing one! I always wanted a "green tree" but my mom usually bought a flocked tree! So my memories of picking out our Christmas tree are driving around to like 10 different tree farms looking at trees then leaving without one and going to the next place! I'm sure all of that was worth it though cause we'd eventually find the perfect flocked tree!

One year we finally bought the perfect artificial green tree and my parents just barely replaced it this year with a beautiful artificial flocked tree!

Mark and I took our kids Christmas tree shopping the other night. It was a completely different experience than when I was younger. For us the perfect tree is one small enough to fit in our living room and cheap enough to fit our budget! It took us about 15 minutes.

We actually have our own fake tree but it's way too big for our living room! I bought it at an after Christmas clearance sale when Mark and I were dating. We used it when we were in our apartment and the first two Christmases that we've been in our house. Mark hates how crammed it makes our living room, so last year he suggested getting a small real tree and I was so excited!

Here it is. . . or at least I think that's the one we ended up with. Hard to say they all kind of looked alike.

When we got home Baylee realized there was snow outside (I've been trying to hide it from her so I can stay inside where it's warm). She loved it! She went absolutely nuts running around making as many snow angels as she possible could.

She was having a blast! But I was freezing!

I finally convinced her to come inside and help decorate our tree! She thought the angel would look nice on top of daddy head :)

Owen knows how to stay warm!

Before going to bed Baylee warmed up with some hot chocolate!

I am so excited for Christmas this year!

Shutterfly Christmas Cards!

I have my holiday cards designed already this year! Usually I start getting Christmas cards in the mail in December and I think, "I want to send out Christmas Cards!" But, by that time it's usually too late so I never get it done.

This year after I took pictures of my kids, I went to shutterfly.com and designed my own Card! It was so fun, fast, and easy! There were so many fun styles and designs to choose from! I actually designed like 8 cards. Now I just have to pick my favorite!

Shutterfly has free photo storage! They guarantee your satisfaction and you can pick up your photos at Target, Walgreens, or CVS in an hour! So easy, fast, and convenient!

Right after my last post I clicked on my friends blog and saw that she had a link to get an awesome freebie from shutterfly! That's right 50 free holiday cards from shutterfly if you have a blog! So enjoy!

My first photo shoot!

So my sweet husband Mark got me my first Digital SLR for mothers day last May. I've been using it just to take normal pictures, but I took the kids out for my first ever photo shoot today! It was lots of fun and here is what I got :)

My happy boy was not giving me his good smiles! It's ok though cause this face is adorable anyway!

Very serious!

Finally a smile!

I love this of Baylee! See her cute skirt? I made it!

Throwing leaves!

Another cute Owen face!

I love this one of him!

The two of them!

Sweet!

No smiles!

Awe! Sweet kisses!

This is one of my faves!

I plan on putting these on our Christmas cards! That is if I ever get around to making them and mailing them out!

6 Months Old!

Owen is now 6 months old!

I can't believe how fast the last six months have gone by!

Owen is in the 46th percentile for weight at 17 lbs 3 oz! (he's almost five pounds heavier than Baylee was at his age!) He is in the 71st percentile for height at 27 inches long! His doctor said he has very nice growth and proportion :)

He is constantly outgrowing his clothes! It feels like every week I'm boxing up clothes that have gotten too tight on him and getting out bigger sizes!

Owen now has his two bottom front teeth! If you look closely at the picture you can see them! He's been pretty drooly lately so I think he's working on some more!

He can now roll over from his back to his belly and he's been able to foll from his belly to his back for about three months!

Owen is a good little eater! He loves his bottle and he REALLY loves solid food!

Owen loves to play with toys and cell phones, cameras, remotes, etc. He love to watch Baylee run around, he loves his mommy (especially when I make him laugh), and he loves to sit on the couch by his daddy and watch sports!

Happy Halloween!

Mark and I weren't planning on dressing up for Halloween this year but then Mark found this tutorial on youtube and I just had to make it! Plus we had a ward Halloween party to wear our costumes too.

Mark was the mad hatter and I was Alice! Baylee was a witch and Owen was a dragon! (Grandma was nice enough to buy their cute costumes!)

Here is Mark in all of his mad hatter glory!

About an hour before our Ward Halloween party started Baylee was playing with play dough downstairs. I was upstairs and heard a big thud. Apparently she was sitting on her play dough to smash it flat and she fell off of the counter and hit her head.

At first I just assumed she had fallen off of the chair. She was acting really sleepy so that made me think that maybe she had hit her head when she fell. When I was putting her play dough away I notice imprints on it that looked like clothes, so I asked her if she was sitting on her play dough when she fell! She was fine, but she was not very happy at the party and she just wanted to go home! We were about to just leave but people were getting their candy out for the trunk or treat so when she noticed that she decided to stay. She loved trunk or treating!

Here's my little dragon! He stayed by the car with Mark to help pass out candy!

Baylee loves candy! The next morning when she woke up the first thing she said was, "Candy, candy, candy!"

Our ward party was on Friday so we also took her trick or treating around my mom's neighborhood on Saturday.

Here she is after trick or treating. This was her first time having fun dip!