Tuesday, July 27, 2010

We're Expecting...

... ANOTHER BABY the end of JANUARY


I know. I mentioned it in the other post, but it deserves a post of it's own! :-) We are very excited. Jade and Grace pray at each prayer for the baby that it will 'gow healfy' (in Grace's language). We will find out the gender sometime the end of August. I am about 14 weeks along right now.  I have felt fairly good... it goes off and on. I am a lot more tired though! Working out is much, much harder and takes a lot of effort. I just get exhausted by the end of the day! I'm glad I have such a great husband who takes care of me.  Here's to a better 2nd trimester! Yipee! Bring it on!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

JULY fun!

It's not a surprise that i LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the 4th of July! It's like one of my favorite holidays of the year!! I love the time of year, the barbeques, the flags everywhere, people saying the pledge of alliance at every event, the songs, the togetherness i feel with other Americans, and I love how they DO IT IN PROVO!! The patriotic service was absolutely FANTASTIC! I love it.  I look forward to it every year. Then the Stadium of Fire was amazing with Carrie Underwood... and then the FABULOUS PARADE! It means a lot to me.  I love America. I love all the serviceman and woman who currently serve our county and those who have.  Such a blessing to live here!!

So this has been a tradition of ours for YEARS now to run the Freedom Run! It also has a special place in my heart because Jason did it for the first time one YEAR after his cancer treatments and ran a 5k! I was so proud of him because of all the struggles he had to go through and to see him running again healthy and happy... so glad!! LOVE that guy!! So here we are with TWO kiddos and one on the way (3 months along) running again together! :-)

My little Gracie modeling her patriotic attire!! 

weird picture of JAde... but she was being silly and wouldn't let me get a good one of her! She and Grace were TWINS in their little outfits! They LOVE the parade too!

Grace chillin' on Jason... she was a little (ok a LOT) afraid of all loud noises, which was pretty much the whole parade! 

So this is where she ended up sitting... hoping to get farther away from the loud noises! Grandma Jo's lap! :-)

...And the way home from the parade... they CRASHED. 
6:15 AM was WAY too early for those girls! Being pushed in the stroller... exhausting!

.... And Grace... Crashed. Fully decked out still... what a woman!

OUR FIRST GARDEN!!!! Yes, we planted our garden this year and we are very excited! Looks nice huh? Well.... take a look at the next picture....

I don't know how farmers do it!?!? It was so much work getting it ready.  We had to pull out trees, roots, TONS of grass, weeds, leaves, rocks! Lots of work! But hopefully we will reap the REWARDS! 

Thanks to my Dad for coming and teaching us how to plant... we're set! sort of...

The girls with their shovels... destroying (i mean helping) to plant too! We planted BEANS, ZUCCHINI, BELL PEPPERS, TOMATOES, CHERRY TOMATOES, CucumbERS, Carrots, and red onions! Plus some cilantro and basil! Hopefully we'll get something from it!! :-)

AND JULY 8th... GRACE TURNED "2"
Did I mention this was how i found the birthday girl when I came upstairs from unloading the dryer? A WHOLE TWO minutes i was gone and this is what she did... found my black mac makeup and brush and decorated herself 'so prewtty'.  Oh, how could i get mad? I had to get my camera! crazy girl!

What a cutie! I can't believe she's only two! She acts so much older and she's so dang smart that it seems like she should be four! She keeps me on my toes and I am SO blessed to her mommy.  I love her spunk and her personality and flare! She has a love of life and people and it's so contagious to be around her! She absolutely LOVES Jade and follows her everywhere! Oh, LOVE that sweet girl! 

It was a LAST min. birthday party.  We just invited the grandparents and the Baird side of the family, cause my mom was out of town and we'll do an 'Andrews one' later... BUT most couldn't come, I made all this food and texted my sister about an hour before and said... COME over... i have so much food. It worked out. Here she is saying THANKS for her cute present! 
Grace with her  new bubble mower.  (don't waste 20$ ladies, it doesn't work very well) :-)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE ELIZABETH! 

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

ZIONS! Baird style..

                                    We went on our first camping trip of the summer over Memorial day and I am JUST now getting around to posting pics!! We went with Jason's family, Scott, Lisa, Emily, Ron, Nick and Carrie.  IT was a blast, as always, and the hikes were gorgeous! Jade even got out and hiked for about 2 miles! We got to train her!
Group photo of the hiking crew! End of MAY at Zions is the perfect time to camp. After that it's SUPER hot and miserable.  I know, cause i've camped during July! agggh... learned our lesson!

Jade found a cave she was a little obsessed with.  So I hiked up with her to the cave opening and took a picture of her right next to it! Caves are a little creeeeepy.

Jade's favorite spot is on Grandpa Scott's lap listening to him tell her story after story.... she LOVES it! 

Ok is this not the most precious picture? Scott with all the little grandkids (that can walk) going to take them on a stroll around the campground... hunting for squirrels I believe. SOOO CUTE!

Jack and Gracie are like the little dynamic duo! Planning their next scheme. They are soooo funny together. Gracie is the mischievious one and Jack just follows whatever she does.  You gotta keep an eye on those two! :-)

ummmm... Grandpa Scott always makes camping SO great! When we got there, our tent was all set up, camp was all set up.  Cool water in the jugs and snacks to eat... Not to mention when dinner time rolls around funeral potatoes in the dutch oven!!! Seriously, he's the best to camp with! If camps were hotels, our camp was for SURE a 5 star Marriott resort!