Cute Toes

Bailey and I had a girls day and painted our toes. Look how cute her little tootsies are... she couldn't stop looking at them. I love having a girl.

Christmas

Each year Santa comes to my parent's house on Christmas Eve. Most kids are terrified of Santa but not Bailey. She couldn't get enough of him and she just had to have his glasses.

and touch his beard...

and she had a list a mile long. (pretty impressive for a 9 month old.)

Bailey had a pretty good first Christmas.

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween this year. We painted and carved pumpkins, had a halloween party at Sue's, did a little trick or treating to Grandma and Grandpa's house and of course watched Hocus Pocus.

Our cute little ladybug.

Grandma Morgan

My cute Grandma passed away on October 22, 2011. I will miss her dearly. My sister Liz is always better with words. To know what a special and amazing lady she was please read here. I echo each word written.

(Grandma Morgan, me, Grandma Bradshaw June 19, 2009)

(Grandma, Grandpa, Bailey and me May 2011)

(Dave, me, Bailey, Grandpa and Grandma Oct. 8, 2011)

This picture will always be special to me. Grandma and Bailey just stared at each other while Bailey stroked Grandma's face... it was heartening and heart wrenching at the same time to see the interaction between this wonderful woman, who was about to end her mortal life, and this little baby who is just starting hers.

(Bailey and Grandma Oct. 8, 2011)

I love you Grandma... Til we meet again.

6 Months

Bailey turned 6 months on the 18th. It's hard believe my little munchkin is already 6 months old! We had her check up yesterday and she is super, super little. Here are her stats:

Head: 2 percentile (15.1 in)
Height: 23 percentile (25 in)
Weight: 1 percentile (11.9 lbs)

We need to go back in December to make sure that she is still growing but I don't know what else to do to make my baby gain weight! Does anyone know of any tricks? I'm getting a little concerned. She loves to eat but she's also super active. Her legs are constantly moving so she's probably burning as many calories as she's taking in... lucky.

Anyway, my sister just gave me some pictures of Bailey that were taken at our family reunion in July. Thanks Liz and thanks Lindsey for taking them! Maybe one day I will not be so lazy and download my pictures from my camera. Enjoy!

Our Big Weekend

This past weekend Dave and I moved into our new home. We are so excited to be homeowners but nervous at the same time. I'm excited to have a nice open kitchen (with a dishwasher) and Dave is excited to work in the yard and one day finish the basement. The only thing we are not so excited about is the 20 minutes we just tacked on to our commute.

Dave's teacher's quorum came over early Saturday morning and spent 2 hours loading the truck. It was nice to have all of those extra hands. Our new Elders Quorum came over and met the truck when it arrived and spent a good 20 minutes unloading it. We are so thankful to have been in such a great ward and we look forward to starting our new ward.

We had so much help putting things away that our house is mostly unpacked. Dave's parents spent the whole time putting our kitchen away, which was a big job, and for that we are extremely grateful. My poor dad uloaded the truck and made about 50 trips up and down the stairs to the basement. Sue, Tyler (who drove in from Cali that morning) and my friend Jessica spent a good amount of time putting things away in the bedrooms and set Bailey's room up completely while my mom watched, fed and entertained Bailey. Everyone was such a great help and we appreciate everything they did!

And to top off the weekend... we found out our baby girl is getting her first tooth! She's only 5 months. Is she old enough for that? We had no idea since she hasn't cried once about it! She's such a good baby!

***pictures of the house to come***

Pioneer Baby

My cute cousin Cindy gave Bailey this little dress and bonnet when she was born. She wore the dress to church yesterday (all except the bonnet). She just looked so cute we had to take a picture! Thanks Cindy!

Baths, Pigtails and Father's Day

I finally downloaded some pictures from our camera so I thought I'd put up some cute pics of Bailey. She gets more and more personality everyday and it's so funny how much she loves her baths! She gets so excited and kicks her legs the whole time.





We tried some pigtails one day and they were cute. She reminded us of Boo from Monster's Inc.


This year Dave got to celebrate his first Father's Day. Our ward had the Primary kids decorate some material in the shape of ties. They passed them out before Sacrament Meeting and all the father's wore them throughout church. It was really cute.

3 1/2 Months

OK, so I stole this picture from my sister's blog. Sorry Liz, but it was too dang cute and I love looking at it!

Anyway, my baby is now 3 1/2 months old and getting to be more fun every day! She has recently started scooting herself backward or to the side while she lays down and plays on her playmat. She's growing up too fast.

Some quick Bailey facts:

Loves:
Chewing on her Hands
Singing Songs (especially Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam)
Taking a Bath
Stroller Rides
Making Noises (or as Dave calls it, Squalking)
Talking
Her Pacifier
Sitting up
Her Playmat
Eating

Doesn't Love So Much:
Getting Dressed
Waiting for a Bottle

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!

Bailey's Blessing Day

Bailey was blessed on May 1st. Dave was super nervous but he did a beautiful job. We found out that Bailey is one slippery girl since she slipped through everyone's fingers and dropped but it was Dave to the rescue. He caught her in the nick of time! What a great dad!

These are the booties that my cute grandma made for Bailey. Thanks Grandma Bradshaw!


Bailey with her Grandma and Grandpa Bradshaw.


Bradshaw family.


Carlson family.


Our little family.


Thanks Steve and Nancy for letting us use your home for the luncheon. It was so fun!

Happy Easter!

Bailey's first Easter.

Sleep Deprived?

If only she would do this during the night...

Our New Addition...

Bailey Jean Carlson

Born Friday, March 18, 2011

7 lbs. 20 Inches long

Bailey was born at 5:48 pm Friday evening.  She was due March 13th and we were told to anticipate an early arrival.  Well, after days of walking around Wal-Mart, Target, Costco and the Rec Center she still wouldn't come.  We had a false alarm early in the morning March 17th but after no progression we were sent home to wait.  We went to a doctor appointment that day and he was stumped as to why she still hadn't come.  The next morning our doctor sent us up to the hospital to do a non stress test to make sure that everything was alright. Everything was fine but since I was dialated to a 4 and scheduled to be induced on Sunday they admitted me that day.  I was admitted at 12:30, after 20 minutes of contractions got my epidural at 2:30 and she was born at 5:48.  It all went really fast, especially since Dave and I just watched Modern Family the whole time.  This whole experience was so awesome and my cute hubby had an "allergy attack" while she was born and had to go wipe his eyes... the doctor said that lots of men get "allergy attacks" in the delivery room.  Since it was such an easy delivery our doctor said he would deliver 10 more kids for me... yikes!  Maybe if we can get Bailey to sleep through the night we'll think about how many more we want.   

First Family Photo

Moving from Delivery to Recovery

First Bath

After her bath

Our Awesome Doc. Doctor Kasteler!

A Proud Dad

Leaving the Hospital