Let The Walking Begin!

Today Paige walked! Not by herself but with Jared holding her hands. We were paying with her and having her practice standing when she started picking up her feet and walking! It was amazing! => And in the middle of this clip she starts just cruisin! We are so proud! haha

And it made Jared even more excited for when she is mobile. He can hardly wait to chase her and play more with her.

Bath Time!

This little girl LOVES baths, and swimming for that matter! I am not exagerating, she would stay in the water all day every day if she could. I have a little water lilly on my hands. => And while we were down in CA she had plenty of baths. => Bath time was my Mom and Paige's special bonding time. MY Mom loved giving Paige a bath probably as much as Paige loved having a bath. It was so fun to see them have special one on one time together every night!

Paige had her first bubble bath while we were down there! It was after a fun filled night of swimming! There were a lot of bubbles! At first she was not too sure about it, but that lasted less than a minute.

Then she was just loving it! And both my parents and I never left the bathtub side during this bubble bath. Babies are way slippery when wet, and even more lathered in bubbles. Not that we dont trust my brothers, its just always good to be super careful =>

Other nights at bath time with Granny! This was also a time when I was able to call Jared and talk to him before it got too late! I was really spoiled having so many people willing and eager to watch my little one! =>

And of course, BJ never left her side. He would wait patiently on my parents bed for when Paige was done with the bath, then when my Mom would take her out and put Paige on the bed to dry off BJ was right there. Face to face with Paige sometimes (but I was never quick enough to get a pic of that.Whenever BJ saw me with the camera he would sit back and stare =>)

Here BJ is, just waiting for Paige to be done with her bath. This is the only time Paige is ok with tummy time, getting massaged with lotion fresh from the bath. If you try tummy time not after a bath, she screams, even if you massage her, and after the bath you have about four minutes of scream free tummy time. Anything longer the crying begins. We have to work on the tummy time thing haha.

I love that Paige loves water! I hope it continues when she gets older! And I love that she and my Mom were able to bond thru bath time! I love that!

Bouncer

Paige was having a really hard day one day. Nothing would calm her down or make her happy. So frustrating. So we went to the store and bought her a bouncer/jumper toy to see if that would help.(it combines the jumper that you hang from a door and a saucer that has toys attatched)

She really liked it! It gave us some nice rest fro the crankies. Whoever invented this was a genius!

Look at that little angel all happy and curious! Thats a site I love to see! haha This toy brought us many hands free moments of peace! haha (as well as my brothers entertaining her =>)

Paige Eats Food

While we were down in CA Paige had her first eating experience. She ate the baby rice cereal. Ok, not so much ate as smeared all over everywhere, but it was a valient attempt =>

She didn't really know what to think of it at first. And she made some dang funny faces! =>

Paige has gotten in the habit of putting her hand in her mouth. ALL THE TIME. That was a constant battle when we were feeding her.

In the end she got more on her face and spitup rag than in her. I actually dont think she got any in her, her tounge just kept pushing it out! But it was still funny to see!

A couple days later we tried again. This time I am sure she got the equivalent to one spoonful swallowed! Horray!!

I made this one a bit less runny so I think that helped. But she still got it all over the place! =>

My little silly/messy/cute/and oh so adorable girl!

Paige's First Vacation! Driving There

Vacation Time!! Sat Aug 14th Kalyn Paige and I drove down to Utah! We left our (Mine and Jared's) apartment ten minutes til 7:00am. Early.

Paige did GREAT in the car! She loved to look out the windows and also sing along to the songs Kalyn and I were singing! SO CUTE!!! I just about melted when she sang along to a song for the first time! Thats my girl!

We had a pit stop in Vegas to have lunch with my cousin Cera!! It was perfect timing because Paige was starting to get tired of the car (who could blame her after 5 1/2 hours?) and it was great to get here out and moving around for a couple hours. It was wonderful to see Cera again! The last time I saw her was a couple weeks before my wedding, 2 years ago!! Far too long! =>

Cera is about 29 weeks pregnant with a little girl, Paisley! Paige and Paisley were already just hanging out and chilling together! => So Cute! I hope they are able to play together when they are both older!

Thanks for meeting us for lunch Cera!! I just LOVED seeing you again!

Now onto the home stretch of driving! Claremont here we come!!

Monday Night....Long

Last night was a long night! It started with a family dinner! My Gram and Pa drove up from CA to attend one off their nieces wedding, but while they were up here they wanted to have dinner with all the fam! It was so much fun! I love it when everyone gets together, and it was even better because Gram and Pa were there too!

This is the second time they were able to meet Paige! And she did great! She was smiles all around! Even caught a little half smile on camera! Oh I love seeing my grandparents with her!

We all went to dinner at Golden Corral. They gave us our own private room, which was great because all the kids could run around as they pleased! Again Paige did great!

She wanted that phone so badly! It was quite amusing to see her try and get it.

Paige was just a bundle of awake/talkative/happy cuteness! We could all tell she wanted to be one of the "big kids" running around. She would just stare them down and pump her little legs! I can not wait until she is older! I love to see her learn new things!

After dinner (we left the restaurant at 10pm) I went home, obviously. And right as I parked and was walking the 2 steps to the back of my car to get Paige my Mom called. She said Kalyn had been taken to the emergency room by one of her roommates and Mom wanted me to go down and see whats going on. So I called Jared (he was not at dinner he had to work, and now he was back in our apartment) and he came down and we went to the hospital. I will leave the details to a later post. But eventually she got released and came back to my apartment to stay the night at 2:00am. Thankfully Zach and Pa were so willing and able to help out and Jared and I were able to go to our apartment and put Paige to bed around 1:00am. Thanks so much Zach and Pa for all your help!! Needless to say, it was a LONG night! But Kalyn is feeling better and we are all safe and good. That was our Monday night......eventful.

Holding Paige

At Nikkis house yesterday all the cousins got to play together! It is so fun to see all those little kids running around playing games, it reminds me of when I was little and would play with my aunts and cousins! And of course, all the girls ADORE Paige. But today there was a new one that wanted to always be with Paige, little Crew! He was constantly wanting to "Hold Baby Paige".

This is one of the cutest things ever! This is how Crew wanted to "Hold Baby Paige". And Paige is almost as big as Crew! He did this at least half a dozen times! He just loved it, and Paige didn't mind haha! Look at those two little people! I hope they will be great friends when Paige gets older! So cute!!

More Pictures

I told you, A LOT of pictures. I couldn't resist posting these too! =>

Those CHEEKS!!!! Oh I just can't get enough!!

She was smiling and laughing, but alas, the we were not quick enough on the camera!

Paige and I have the same color hair! She is my daughter! haha Everythign else might be Jared but hair, all me haha jk

Its Super Paige to the rescue! You know, sometimes its very fun having a baby! haha We sure love you Paige!!

Pictures

Sunday was a day of pictures! And I just had to post some, mainly for the grandparents. =>

Paige makes the funniset faces sometimes! We just LOVE it!

She is smiling a whole lot now! I have to say, it is the CUTEST smile I have ever seen!! I have yet to catch a huge, good smile on camera (and believe me, at least 4 different people have tried) but this was a cute little one I got! => She sticks her tounge out in some smiles! Adorable!

When I look at Paige I see Jared. How can you look at this picture and tell me otherwise? I love it! I love that we have resemblance in our offspring! =>

We just love our little one!

Sunday

Today Jared and Paige has some way cute moments that I was able to catch on camera!

The first one is this cute nap! When we got home from church I went to make some food and Jared was playing with Paige. It got quiet so I went to go see what was going on, and I found them both asleep! How cute!!! They just tuckered echother out! =>

Later that afternoon Jared was "training" Paige to sit up. So funny! But she is gettign really good at sitting up. She can't do it by herself on the floor yet, but she can sit by herself on Jared's hand. And she can sit for a good amount of time with a little support behinf her (like pillows.)

For some reason Paige refused to sleep until 11:30 that night. Part of the time she was up JAred was playing a game on his IPad. Paige was entranced by it! She could not take her eyes off the IPad, so cute! =>

And yes, she did go thru 3 outfits in one day! Believe me, thats nothing compared to some days haha.

Baby Headband

I made another craft today! Wahoo! I have been wanting cute headbands for Paige but I just havent had the drive to pack up Paige and take her to the store to find some. haha So I decided to try my hand at making one.

I saw a way cute one on a craft blog, but it was for adults. I decided to try and tweak it and make it for a baba/kid.
I like it a lot! And I think I will try making one for me! =>
Since Paige can't/doesn't wear hard headbands, and I don't have any "extra" babay headbands I had to come up with a way to make it work. I took a hair tie and sewed it onto some ribbon. That way it can be adjustable and grow it Paige! I think it will work pretty well!
I am kindof in love with this headband right now. => All I have to do now is find or get an outfit that matches. haha

Marking Her Territory

I have come to the conclusion that it is natural instinct, both animal and human, to mark your territory with bodily fluids. => Paige will spit up on you if she likes you (yes, i think its because she likes you and feels comfortable with you and not just because you are holding her. haha, sometimes =>) She has ejected her bodily fluids on many people but none as much as myself, Jared and Kalyn. Kalyn and I are the only ones who have been graced with the honor of Paige's poop => (me twice in the last week alone) haha. And last night, Jared had a VERY close call with the spit-up.
Just a stitch to the left and Paige would have hit the jackpot haha. I'm not gonna play this down, it was HILARIOUS!! And Jared was grossed out by it yet amused haha And no, he was not holding her upsidown or anything. This girl just has remarkable aim and projectile spit up.

And look at this baby, doesn't she just have "guilty" written all over her face?

Jared and I are officially property of Paige, and we got the loads and loads of bodily fluid soiled clothes to prove it. So just a note to all, if Paige wants to claim you, there is no stopping it. No matter how hard you try or how prepared you think you are. =>

First Hair Cut!

I gave Paige her first hair cut today! She was such a brave girl! =>

I just had to. Her hair was lop-sided and it was really buggin me. => haha
The left side has always had more hair and now you could really tell. The right side looks like normal baby hair, but the left side was all shaggy and such.
You could even see the difference on the back of her head. (yes her hair does slant more to the left too). Jared didn't want me to cut her hair. He wanted it to "run free and wild", and thought she had to be older to cut it. Once I explained she could be however old to cut her hair he was not so opposed to it anymore. He still wanted it to be wild tho haha.
So I began cutting my 10 week 5 day year olds hair. =>
She was so good! She just sat there and played with her burp cloth! She is such a good little baby!
I only trimmed little bits on the left side. And I am by no means a professional hairdresser, but it will do for babies hair. =>
Just a little trim off the top, still shaggy like Daddy likes it => haha
A little more cleaned up on the side (remember, not a professional)
And cleaned up on the back. I know it looks like Paige has bald spots but she actually has a LOT of hair! Jared and I are suprised about that. All her hair she is growing in now is blonde! Jared calls the hair she was born with "two toned" because the ends are brown but the roots are blonde! Maybe I will have my blonde haired blue eyed California girl after all! => And we are also surpised she has straight hair so far. Both Jared and I have curly/wavey hair. We are betting her curl will come soon tho.