Guitar Cake

My little sister Lindsey is throwing her friend Ian a birthday party tonight. She wanted to make him a fun cake so this is what we came up with. Happy Birthday Ian!

Farewell Old Friend!

Yesterday we said goodbye to an old friend. After 9 years, 191,538 miles, a thousand trips to Zion's and a lifetime of memories, Dave sold his baby the Mazda. It was a little sad for him, especially since this was his first car but he took it like a champ. I think that's because he's already bought a new car (which he occasionally let's me drive ;) ) that we love just as much.

Goodbye Mazda! We will miss you!!!

Brooklyn's Baby Shower

One of my best friends from High School had a baby about 5 weeks after Bailey. Sue and I had her shower all planned and ready until little Miss Brooklyn decided to come early. So we postponed the shower a few weeks and were able to have it with Brooklyn instead.

Sue made the yummiest chili I've had in a long time. We also had some yummy chocolate cupcakes with pink swirls and some flower shaped sugar cookies. Sorry, this picture of the food table isn't the greatest.



It was fun to see my friend Vanessa who I haven't seen in a while. I love that we three girls were inseperable during high school and we all ended up having a girl first. I hope that all of our girls will be friends too... although I hope they don't give their parents quite the amount of gray hair that we did ;)

(me, Bailey, Ariana, Vanessa, Brooklyn, Jessica)

Congratulations Jessica! Miss Brooklyn sure is a cutie!

2 1/2 Months!

I started back to work on Monday and I've been a little bummed about it. It's nice to get out of the house and get dressed up but I miss my baby! I took this picture of her with my phone the other day and she started to yawn right as I took it and it made me laugh. I just love this girl!



She is 2 1/2 months now and I forgot to document her 2 month check up.

Weight: 8 lbs. 2 oz. - 3rd percentile
Height: 22 inches - 34th percentile

I was a little concerned that she is only 1 lb and 2 oz. heavier than her birthweight but the doctor thinks she is just going to be little. She loves to eat but she's just long and skinny (which she most definitely gets from the Carlson side). :)

Our Nampa Trip

A couple of weeks ago Dave and I took Bailey up to Nampa, Idaho to meet Grandma and Grandpa Morgan and we had a great time. It was a weekend full of food (the best biscuits and gravy ever) and entertainment (which consisted of joke after joke from my cousin Heath... what a funny kid!).
Another of my cousins came up with his little family. They have a little girl a couple of months older than Bailey. It was fun to watch them play together on Bailey's play mat. (p.s. this playmat is the greatest babysitter, Bailey loves it and usually plays under it for an hour at a time!)



Bailey and I with my Grandpa and Grandma Morgan.

Thanks for the great weekend! We will come up and visit again soon!