Uh Oh...

Bad news...my camera is broke...unfixable broke. I think it happened in the move, but either way, it may be awhile till I post again. That is, unless someone out there wants to buy me a new camera and I will happily be on my way taking pictures of my adorable 16 month old and blogging about her... ;o) Hopefully I can get one in the next couple of weeks, so don't everyone leave me just yet!

On the other hand, we are FINALLY SETTLED... Settled yes, unpacked...not so much! Bayla is adjusting wonderfully to her new room and swing set in the back yard. Poor Nathan's hunnydo list is not anywhere near complete, but we are getting there!

Have a blessed day and I'll see you soon!

Bittersweet...

Holy Cow!!! Have you seen how behind I am in my blog posting?!? My deepest apologizes!! We do have some big things coming though that have been taking up most of my time. WE ARE MOVING!! It's a little bittersweet. The house we have lived in for the past 4 1/2 years is the house we searched and searched for, the house we remodeled with the help of our family, the house we came home to the night of our wedding, and the same house we brought our baby girl home from the hospital to. We have so many wonderful memories and we have neighbors we hate to leave that have become part of our family. But...we are growing and we have found another beautiful house to start wonderful memories in. A house that has more than ONE bathroom, a garage, and a big backyard. We are SO very excited!


So check out some of the things we have been doing..





















packing....





















and with my little helper at my side to unpack, it makes for a very long process :o)





















as you can see :o)


CAUTION...to all of my male viewers, do I have any of those, the following pictures you may have no interest in....I repeat, procede with caution...don't say I didn't warn you :o)

Bayla's new favorite form of entertainment...

She likes to spread them all over the house.

Seriously, how many of those are in a box?























My child doesn't like the brand name "playschool", she prefers "playtex"...



























So please be thinking about us over the next few weeks as we pack up, and repack, and find tampons in our goodwill and yardsale box's. :o) Hang with me for I'm not sure when I will update next, just depending on how fast we get up and running.

Here's a sneak at where we are going. More to come, I'm sure!

Blessings to all!

Five Generations...

A few weeks ago we had a five generation picture taken. They turned out so good! It includes; Bayla, Myself, Mom, Gramma Janet, and Great Gramma Smith. The cool thing? We are all twenty years apart...well, besides Bayla. 86, 66, 46, 26...and 1 :o) I know, I broke the pattern.

Birthday Party Pictures!!

Here are some pictures of Bayla's birthday party at Gramma and Grampa Espenlaubs. As you can tell she knew what to do with the cake today! :o) Love this girl!!!!

Worn out!!! Birthday cake makes a little girl soooo tired!

"Ruby, would you mind cleaning my hands for me?"

Uncle Heath's new truck!!! Everyone joked saying it was Bayla's gift from Uncle Heath!!

How many people does it take to open up her new toy?

Birthday Party Pictures!!!

Check out some pictures from Bayla's Birthday party at Gramma and Grampa Mohr's...I have a video that I'll work on uploading tomorrow.

Dear Bayla...

Dear Bayla,



If someone told me before I had you how fast one year would go by, I wouldn't realize how true that statement was until I was living it. You are one year old and it's bitter sweet. You are more of a blessing in our lives then we could have ever imagined. I'm amazed at how many new things you are learing and how many things you teach us.



I'm going to miss many things that I know I'll never get back. I will miss feeding you bottles, something so...typical and routine, but pretty soon bottles will be a thing in the past. Crawling, pretty soon you will be running around here and I will miss those days where I could keep up with you. I'm going to miss when you don't "need" your mommy anymore. When you don't reach out for me or say mamamamama when your awake in your crib. There are so many little moments that I have fell in love with that I hope I have etched them in my brain because I won't be able to get them back.

But I also can't wait to see what new things you do and learn this upcoming year. The walking, the different words, the foods... so many new things you will get to experience and Daddy and I can't wait to experience them with you. And I can't wait to watch you grow from our little baby, who is completely dependent on us, into a toddler, little girl, pre-teen...etc.

Daddy and I love you so much and are so proud of you! HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!!!!

LOVE,

Your Mommy

Crawl fast! Maybe Mommy won't know I did it!

Bayla can now pull herself up to the trashcan and take out most of it's contents...and the contents can range from gross coffee ground (see exibit A) all the way to chopped onions (yeah, that was a fun one). She is getting so big and learning new things all the time. She knows when she's doing something she's not supposed to. If you use a certain tone with her (like when she's taking your toothbrush and swirling it around in the toilet) she will turn around and point and smile at you...adorable! (Point at you with the toothbrush she is holding all the while toilet water is dripping in the bathroom floor) I can't believe my baby is going to be one next month..*sigh* Bittersweet it is! Good day everyone!