BSU game

Halloween was a very busy holiday for us this year. Jeff's dad got us all tickets for the BSU game vs. San Jose State. We had great seats right down near the field, and it gave us an excuse to dress up in orange for the day which was so appropriate as it was Halloween after all. The game was fun, BSU never seems to disappoint these last few years/ I just hope that they get the national attention that they deserve for how well they play the game of football. Here are some pictures from the land of the blue (smurf) turf!

funny little boy

The other night after Bay finished eating a cookie he was being really funny and giggling really hard. I am not sure what he I was doing that was making him laugh so hard but I decided to take a movie of it because it was so funny. Hopefully it will make you smile or laugh as much as we did.

bird bath splashes

Awhile back we went to Oregon to visit my family. While we were visiting my brother and his wife Bay discovered a bird bath in their back yard. He thought it was great to play with and splash in. Take a look, it is pretty funny.

playing with whiskers

Bay has been playing with Whiskers much more lately. Bay thinks that it is so funny that the cat will chase him. Whiskers is chasing after a soft measuring tape that Bay is holding. I figured this movie was good for a laugh.

fun pictures

I apologize to all of you who have been checking our blog for photos and updates but our internet connection has not been working well and we have not been able to post. We are on vacation and have access to fast internet so I will attempt to try and play catch up a bit...I will try and do better...Here are some funny pictures of emma and bay in the cougar stroller, bay eating a chocolate chip cookie, and reading a magazine...enjoy!

Life with Bay

Life with Bay is crazy and this video is proof!

crazy couch video

Bay loves to horse around on anything that is soft. See what I mean?

are boys born like this too?

I don't know it anyone has seen the video about the little girl who is babbling non-stop in the car...if you haven't you need to check out the link below. If you have already then keep reading.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bksVT0gdBA

If you have already seen that video then you will appreciate Bay's version.
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More random photos

I am still playing catch up on old photos, here are a few more of the things that we have been up and some of my favorite photos that we have taken.Last week one of our friends was in a jam and needed a sitter for her 3 and a half year old kid for 12 hours, guess who got to help? Yep me! I watched Cody for 12 hours in addition to Bay and Emma. It was a wild day but it went pretty well and we had fun playing with Cody. Here is a picture of her that we took at the ice cream shop. She is such a beautiful little girl and so sweet.
Here is what Emma looks like when Candace feeds her...sweet potatoes anyone?
We bought a bike trailer/stroller system called the chariot cougar. We just call it our cougar because we think that it is funny. Its so nice being able to have Jeff and I go on bike rides as a family now that bay has somewhere safe to sit. We have been trying it out with him and Emma since we bought a 2 seater and so far its been great. The kids like it and I like being able to get out of the house.
The car fetish continues. He still is way into knobs and cars these days. He always has one near by. We took this picture while we were at the really neat coffee shop near our house.
Yep another cute picture of Bay again. Every time I put the sunglasses on him he grins for awhile before he takes them off. I just love his smile in this one.

recent photos

I admit that I am so far behind on my blog that I am embarassed so I will just start with the random recent photos that I have taken of things that we have been up to. This first photo was taken at the park where we had Bay's birthday party. This tongue look is pretty typical these days I like to call it the "lizard look". We have no idea why his tongue is always out but it is...he is a strange one sometimes.
This next photo is funny because we brought this baby bouncer over to our house from Candace and Chad's with hopes to get Emma in it but look who likes it more than her. Yes he climbs in there and sometimes out by himself. He has spend way more time in there now than Emma has so far. I guess it is good that someone is liking it so much huh?
Finally the helmet photo. While we were at REI one night looking at helmets I decided to snap this photo because I thought his giggling and laughing over the helmet on his head were cute.

Well that is all for now. I promise as long as our internet cooperates that we will post more pictures again soon..rach

sleeping baby

I was looking through the last few sets of picture that I have taken and I couldn't help hut laugh as I noticed how many of them I have taken of him while he has been asleep.

I are still here...dont worry!

I know that I am way behind on posts but our internet is so slow at our house and I am pretty busy watching 2 kids for 9 hours a day. I have lots of photos to post but will have to do a bit at a time because of the connection speed. I guess I will just start with the oldest photos first and post a few at a time.

One evening during the summer we watched Emma so Chad and Candace could go and see a movie together. It is over 100 degrees outside so rather than walk around or spend time outside we took the kids to the Main Boise Library. Here are a few photos from our visit. Look at how fast Emma is growing up...

bay loves the fountain

There is a fountain in the center of downtown eagle that I have been so excited to take Bay all summer. The first few times that we took him there this summer he cried and was scared of the water, so we took him swimming and from that point on he has loved the water. We take him there just about every week when we go to the Saturday Market and he get so excited to get into the water with all the other kids, its fun to watch him interact with other kids.

summer has come and gone

The summer is pretty much over for me. School has already started up here in Idaho and with that means I am watching one cute little red head Monday through Fridays. I been a big adjustment not only for Bay and I, but also for Emma and her family. It really hard for both Candace and Chad to leave their little girl behind after getting to play with her all summer.

The adjustment has been just that, an adjustment until we get down into a routine of sorts. As for now we will we are just taking one day at a time. I do have to say that I am glad that Jeff's days off happen starting tomorrow, it will be nice to have an extra set of hands for these two little munchkins!

Here are a couple pictures of the first day with the two munchkins!
The two of them really enjoy watching each other. Its neat that they are growing up together.
This photo just illustrates how wonderful it is having a toddler...he is so helpful, at making messes that is. All of the things that you see on the floor are plastic bags.

favorite photo

I can't put my finger on what it is about this photo that I love so much, but I really do love it and just thought I would post it.

Random photos

I have been meaning to post these photos for a long time but our internet has been down for awhile or not working as well. I hope that you are not too overwhelmed with so many posts and pictures. I went to Candace and Chads to use their internet connection since it works well.

I was headed to bed the other night and this is what I came accross...can you say toonsis the driving cat?

My mom took this picture of Bay and I in Oregon while we were visiting. I just thought it was cute.
Finally I had to post another picture of these two snuggling...I think that it is so cute how whiskers waits til he is asleep and then gets on the bed to snuggle with him.

3 great years

Jeff rode his bike to work the day before our anniversary. The morning of our anniversary he came home on his bike carrying these...aren't they beautiful? It just killed me to have to get on a plane later that day and not be able to enjoy them.

I have to say that I married the best man in the entire world! I love him with all my heart and am so grateful for him. He is the best husband anyone could ever ask for and I appreciate all that he does for me and our son. I love you Jeff! Thank you for such a wonderful 3 years of marriage!

4th of July

This year has been the first year since we got married that Jeff was not on duty during the fourth of July yeah! The best part is that Bay is that bay is not a newborn with colic and he is old enough to enjoy fireworks. Last year was a pretty tough year for me since bay was so miserable with colic. Since Jeff had the holiday off we decided to go down to Twin Falls and spend the day with Jeff's family. We got there in the afternoon and stayed until late that evening. We were able to visit with Jeff's grandma, his parents, and Candace Chad and Emma.
That afternoon we went to the old part of downtown and walked along the businesses and looked at lots of handmade quilts that there displayed in the windows. Now I don't know how to sew at all but I definitely can appreciate the had work that went into those amazing quilts. After the quilt walk we went back to house and had BBQ burgers and the traditional 4th of July trimmings. After dinner we visited and Jeff's family watched bay for a bit while Jeff and I went for a drive down into the canyon in the Jeep. I miss our Jeep but appreciate Jeff's parents taking care of it for us. When we got to the river Jeff decided to jump in and convinced me to do the same.
It felt so good.
After our Jeep ride we returned back to the house to visit some more and decide our plans for the evening. The College of Southern Idaho puts on a firework show every year at the college that we were going to watch from Jeff's parent's roof but the neighbors tree was perfectly placed right in the way so we gave up on that idea pretty fast. Instead we did some fireworks out front of their house.
Bay was mesmerized by the colors and the noises, he loved them! We had a great fourth of July!

Bay's first really nasty boo boo

I have to preface this post a bit so bear with me...

Whiskers has been driving us nuts for the past 12 hours. She is getting into everything and won't leave us alone (she is usually like this after we return home from a trip! Today she was being her bad self and jumped up into the pantry onto the lowest shelf of canned goods. I tried to scare her out but Bay thought it was great having her cornered at his level. In the process of trying to get her out a can of string beans fell off the shelf and onto bares bare foot. This was the result...
I don't know if Bay has ever screamed quite that hard before. I thought it just scared him but when I looked at his foot I could see that it was painful. I feel terrible that he got hurt but am grateful that it ended up just being a scrape and a nasty bruise rather than a broken foot. As a result of this fun episode we are not having the pantry door closed at all times in order to prevent further incidents like this one

out with the old in with the new....

Jeff and I have been talking about how we needed to buy a vehicle that is more family friendly and we could travel in together. We love our truck but it is not the most comfortable vehicle for all three of us to travel in since the person in the passenger has to bite their knees in order for Bay to have enough room for his legs in his car seat. We also loved our Honda Civic as well but that car had not been dependable enough for us to drive long distances and we were afraid it was going to die anytime on us. It was just not the best situation.

We were planning on saving up and purchasing a Honda or Toyota car next summer but when we heard that my grandparents were selling their Honda we became very interested. They had a 2002 Honda CR-V that was in amazing condition that they were selling since they were going to buy a new Toyota. We talked it over with my grandparents and with each other and we decided that we were going to do it...we were going to buy the car from them. The next step was how to get it back to Idaho and to sell our Civic, both of which were easy tasks to do.

We put our Civic up for sale on Craigslist and it was sold in about a hour and a half. It was so amazing! We decided to fly into Salt Lake and see my sister and pick up the car and drive it home...It worked out so nicely to see family and get the car all at the same time. As for the Honda Civic...I don't miss it much.

I loved the car but the CR-V has already been such a nice vehicle for us. I love it and can't thank my grandparents enough for giving us the opportunity to purchase their car...we feel like we are in heaven now having a car that is so perfect for us!