Mom's voice brings the pouts

This movie is from the beginning of October. I yawned and made a small noise (similar to what you'll hear in the movie but shorter) and Jayne didn't like it. I tried again and well, you'll see...

I can't get enough of that pouty face! Sorry Miss J, you're just too cute! :)

Jayne - 3 months

Jayne is 3 months old!!

"Who me?"

Wow, we have a 3 month old! I had a moment last week when I just looked at Jayne and couldn't believe how big she's gotten. I want to stop time and just soak up her yummy cuteness. We love Miss J and can't imagine life without her.

Jayne's 3 month stats

• She is smiles all around. She'll smile at you when you smile at her. She knows when someone is smiling at her. Jayne is one happy camper.
• We've got a routine going and its really helpful! It helps to know when she's a little fussy what she most likely wants.
• Jayne is a talker. Her vocabulary has expanded and she has a lot of different sounds now. We love interacting with her.
• Let me just tell you about this girl and sleep...she sleeps 10-11 hours at night! She loves her sleep, and we love her for it. She'll wake up around 6-7am, eat and then sleep again for a few hours. Mommy and daddy love it. We've been told to enjoy it and we are-every minute of it!
• When she's drowsy she snuggles her face into the crevice between you shoulder and neck 
• I tried to weigh her myself last week and she was around 13 1/2 lbs...so for whatever that's worth, she's still growing
• She's started grabbing at things, our hands, sometimes her binky and some toys from over her bouncer. Sometimes she moves her arms/hands around and looks at them like she's figuring out that it's her that's moving them.

Grabbed that binky and slowly pulled it out...

This girl has got some spunk. We love you Miss J. Happy 3 months!

Thanksgiving 2013

I love food Thanksgiving! I've always been in school this time of year so I've been too busy with exams, papers and class to really think about much else. This year I found myself counting down the days until I could devour some turkey, mashed potatoes and of course pie. Ha! 

Just thinking about it makes me want to go back again. MmmmMmm!

This year my mom hosted-my immediate family and my aunt & uncle's family. We had a lot of fun eating, visiting, eating, playing games, eating, entertaining Jayne and eating. :) 

Ok, ok-we really didn't eat that much but slowly but surely we made our way through all the yummy food!

 And of course it was our little minnie's first Thanksgiving. She loved it!

 

She decided to celebrate by sleeping through the whole afternoon and let mom & dad enjoy their meal. She knows how to spend a holiday...and how to melt hearts!

Twas a day well spent. Now I'm off to eat. Just thinking about Thanksgiving does that to you :)

Kaylee = 25

I am a quarter of a century old. How did that happen? I feel like just yesterday I was dancing to Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears in my pink bedroom. Ah, those were the days! Back when texting didn't exist, twerking wasn't even a word, let alone a dance move and it took 5 minutes to connect to the "world wide web". Dang, now I really feel old. 

Anyway, this year we did the usual dinner with the fam and presents with cake afterwards. I feel so spoiled. This 25th birthday of mine did not disappoint! Of course, having our little munchkin around this time made it special too :) 

Braden wraps his presents really well...

 

And Phil made me an ice cream cake (I don't really like normal cake). He's so culinary, and crafty with the chocolate syrup too. Thanks babe!

Thanks everyone for spoiling me rotten! It was great to celebrate one of my best years. On to the next!

The rest of Mum B's visit

We had a lot of fun with Mum B while she was around. She was a perfect house guest and we loved having her here. We shopped til we dropped, ate out at many great restaurants and showed her our daily lives around Provo. Here's a few last random photos from her visit.

The reason she came, to see her son and his first child. They're my favorite people too. :)

Koda loved grandma B! Every morning he'd go down the hall to her room to greet her. He even did it after she'd left...he was a bit confused to find the room empty.

We showed Mum Phil's lab at BYU. This is where the good stuff goes down...meaning: I really have no idea how to describe what Phil does.

We met up with my friend Heather and visited The Peppermint Place which is a candy factory. I loved seeing all the sweets and chocolate...and seeing the prices! We'll definitely be back!

The next few photos are from our walks around our neighborhood with Koda. Like I said, Koda loved grandma. Take him on a walk and you're his best friend I tell you! Anyway, we were glad Mum could be around to see the beautiful fall colors.

view from our front doorstep

Phil and Mum conquered the Y with Koda. They got up on a Saturday morning and made the trek up the mountain. Koda was in heaven...and Phil and Mum were wobbly legged by the time the finished. You can see in the picture above that the Y is quite a ways from the bottom of the mountain. It's a tough hike!

The second to last day Mum was here we had some snow! It was a bit warm so it didn't stick on the ground but she was excited! You can kind of see the flakes in this pic. Good job Utah weather!

Thanks for coming to visit us Mum! We loved having you meet our little Jayne and spending time with you. Can't wait to see you again!