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.

Balboa

Wednesday my Mom and I took the three little boys (and Paige) to Balboa. It was Paige's first time to the ocean! Wahoo!! When we first got there we went on a tour boat to see sea lions! I didn't take pictures of us with the sea lions but my Mom did, so I will have to get them from her later. =>

After the sea lion tour we ate some delicious, greasy, fattening, really good pizza. =>

We then road the ferry across to the actual island of Balboa to get some Balboa bars.

Those of you who don't know about Balboa Bars let me enlighten you. They are a big rectangle of yummy vanilla ice cream on a stick. When you order them they dip the ice cream on a stick into DELICIOUS chocolate then roll it in any topiing you want. Kaden had his rolled in rainbow sprinkles. There is also nuts, crushed up candy bars and cookies, more chololate, etc. Basically it is huge, unhealthy and oh so delicious!

Yum! We are so excited for our Balboa Bars!

After we indulged in some Balboa bars we walked back to our car, which we had to walk thru downtown Balboa to get to. Ont he way we stopped in the cutest little candy store! They had any type of candy you could think of! It was a kids heaven! haha Then we went home. It was a long day but so much fun!

Giant Balloon

My Dad got this giant 4ft balloon from our neighbor. (they wanted to use it in a marketing thing but it didn't end up working so he gave it to my Dad thinking the boys would love to play with it).
OK, so he really blew it up with a pump, but it was dang funny when he pretennded to blow it up with his mouth!

This balloon was HUGE! Almost bigger than Cole!

We had Cole pretend to be .... Atlas?.... I think thats his name, the guy who holds the world on his back. Anyways, it was funny to try and make the balloon stay on Cole haha

Then they took it in the pool! Now that was a great idea, until it started almost floating over the wall and onto the freeway, afterall it was a super light balloon. But Dad was there to hold it in place and such, and when he wasnt they tied a milk jug filled with water to it to make sure it didnt fly over the wall. But while they were playing with it in the pool the little boys dove over it.

Kaden

Cameron....thats some serious air. haha

Cole

That balloon was so huge and super fun!

Tea Party

On Thursday some girl cousins came over for a tea party! Kalyn got a cute tea set from London and was dying to use it! When the girls first got there I taught them how to make cute headbands! Some flowers I have made before they arrived and some I taught how to make! They turned out so cute!

Kalyn had done a lot of cooking that day. She made all the treats for the party. There were cookie/scones, mini cheesecakes and sandwiches. And pink lemonade instead of tea of course.

IT was such a fun idea! and the food was delicious!

Even Paige and I were invited! => Paige's first tea party, and I am sure it will not be her last.

The girls and their adorable headbands/flowers again!

Thanks for such a fun idea for a tea party Kalyn! Cheerio! =>

Showing Off Sunday

Thank goodness my parents church did not start until 11:00am! Paige did great sleeping and only woke up her normal one time in the night to eat and then went right back to sleep. But even with a good night and two extra hours to get ready for church (ours at home starts at 9) we were a little tardy getting there. I think it is my curse to never be able to be on time to things, no matter how hard I try or how much I plan. Oh well, such is life. =>

At church it was so fun to see my parents show off their granddaughter. They are so proud to be grandparents! It is so cute to watch! They would brag and dote and beam everytime someone commented on Paige (which was a LOT). I am so glad I have a cute baby, that was seriously one of my fears (to have an ugly baby).

When we got home from church my Mom was playing with Paige and then her other baby, their dog BJ, came up to play with them. My Mom was so excited to have both her "babies" with her!

Their dog was suprisingly good with Paige! He took it upon himself to be her little protector and gaurdian. Adorable! My parents had also bought a stroller for Paige (and a porta-crib) so they could always have those things at their house for when grandkids come over. So we had to try it out. This is Paige's first "big girl" stroller, the one we have we just hook her car seat onto the stroller so she has never actually sat up in it.

Cam stroller her around the house to test it out. She did very well in it, cam was a little goofy tho haha.

We Made It!

From our pit stop in Vegas we drove about 3 hours to my parents house. Paige was great again, up until the Cahone (is that how you spell it?) Pass. I think she had just had enough of being in the car. But she had her little moment then fell asleep and slept from about Rancho Cucamonga to Claremont (20ish mins with the traffic we had). When we got to my parents house we were greeted with one of the best treats EVER! A giant cookie cake from the Great American Cookie Company! Yummy!

Everyone was so excited to see us, and especially Paige! She is truely one loved little girl!

The boys and my Mom had bought some books for Paige as a "welcome to our house, we love you" present. So nice! And the boys wasted no time each picking a book and reading it to Paige. They are such good uncles!

I am so glad we made it, and especially glad Paige did so well on that long drive! Horray for vacations!!

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.

Daddy Daughter Bonding

Paige LOVES Jared! She is a mommys girl when she is tired/hungry/uncomfortable/....basically anything unpleasant. When she is happy she wants her Dad (go figure right?) But I LOVE it! Whenever Jared is home she just goes to him and talks! (I have some chats on video but for some reason I cant upload them, Ill keep trying tho). She just loves playing and talking to him! So cute!

Paige and Jared play so well together! It is so cute!
Then Paige noticed I was there, and decided she wanted to look at me instead of Daddy. Aren't those the most guilty faces you have ever seen? So cute! => We just love our little girl! And I love that Jared is such an amazing father!!

Rolling Over

PAIGE ROLLED OVER!! Oh I am so excited! My little baby is growing up so fast! It was just yesterday at our doctors appt that they said she would start trying to roll over, and tonight she did! Jared and I were playing with her, giving her some tummy time and she just rolled on over! I was so excited I totally screamed. That frightened Paige more than rolling over did. haha Then I got our video camera to see if I could record her doing it again, and she did! I am a total first time mom, being so excited over the little things, but I am ok with that. => My little baby can roll over!! Wahoo!! (side note, please excuse my annoying excitement and celebrating. haha)

My Little Shopper!

Today was the first time I took Paige to the mall! It was actually my first time at the Gateway Mall in SLC too! LEt me just say, I LOVE that mall!! I so want to go back! => Paige and I met my friend Julie for a little girls play date! We shopped around for a while, had dinner at Costa Vida and went home. It seemed to go by so quick but it was so much fun! I want to do it again! => And Paige did GREAT! She stayed in her car seat and just looked around for the first couple stores. Then she got fussy so we held her. And as soon as she was held and able to look around she was a perfect little shopper! I am so proud! haha While we were in the Claire's store we found out Paige is old enough to get her ears pierced! Oh I am so excited! I want to pierce her ears so bad, Jared on the otherhand really does not want her ears pierced. He thinks only adults should have their ears pierced. I will win this debate, and our little girl will have her ears pierced before she is 18. haha =>

Thanks for coming with us Julie! We had a BLAST!

First Time Swimming!!

Today Nikki and her kids came over to swim! I have been wanting to go swimming FOREVER but was way nervous to take Paige by myself, purely because I didn't know what to expect. So it was a perfect set up with Nik and her kids! And we all had a BLAST!! I am so excited to have them come over again, and more of our family too!!

There was no shade in the pool area, and Nik and I had anticipated that, so I brought two umbrellas to make shade. Nik had the idea to pull two chairs together. IT made for one pretty cool little station for Paige. =>
My friend Julie gave Paige this ADORABLE swimming suit! This suit had a big part in making me want to go swimming so badly! I wanted Paige to use it and look so cute! And she did. =>
When we first got to the pool Paige fell asleep for a little while, which was totally fine with me haha. When she woke up clouds had covered the sun (but it was still a bajillion degrees) so I wanted to brave the pool with her. We went in the "cold pool" first. She obviously did not like it too much.
I felt like such an evil Mom, but I thought it was so cute at the same time! =>
So I decided to try again. This time Paige did not cry, she was just unsure and not enjoying it too well, but it was definately a step up from teh first atempt!
We had survived the cold pool!!! Now time for a shade break. =>
After a little shade break I decided we should try the "little pool". I had tested the water out first and it was not hot, it was as warm as we make Paige's baths (but it was certainly not cold like the big pool). As soon as I put Paige in her eyes closed and she just relaxed.We could not get her to open her eyes for anything while she was in the water. When I took her out of the water she would open her eyes, but put her back in and closed they would go. haha
The cute little girls swimming. A little before Paige and I came in the small pool Nikki and the kids went in there. That quickly changed to their favorite pool and they stayed in there for most of the rest of the time.
Paige and I just chilling in the jaccuzi.
I can not believe how much Paige liked the warm pool. Well I guess I can because she LOVES baths, and it did feel like her bath water.
I know we were there only a couple hours ago, but I can not remember why I was laughing during this picture. haha But I do know we all had a BLAST playing together in the pools!
Nikki and her kids in their favorite pool.
Sydney was learning how to snorkle. She got pretty good at it!
After all her swimming adventures Paige was tuckered out. She went right to sleep in her little cove while Nik the kids and I continued swimming. What a great little baby!
I just HAD to put one more picture of Paige in her cute little bathing suit! I might be a tad obsessed with it haha. I just can't get over how precious she is in it!!
While I was packing up the towels and gear I had to make some shade for Paige. This was the best I could come up with that would stay by itself. haha I amuse myself. =>

I LOVED playing with Nikki and her kids! I am so glad they could come over! And I am so glad I was able to take Paige to the pool and survive! Maybe after a couple more times with company I will be brave enough to take her by myself..... we will see. But Paige will become a water loving/California girl yet! haha