Easter

We had a great Easter this year. Kailin is a little too little for the Easter Egg hunt but some of our best friends the Hones were visiting so it was a lot of fun to see them and spend time with them before their little boy was born. We went to Albertsons for their Easter Egg Hunt and it was a really fun time. Kailin was a little scare of the bunny but honestly I would be too if I were her.

Kailin Screaming at the easter Bunny while I just laugh, such a nice mom.

Brett and Kiley

Go Daddy Go!!!

Craig has been running quite a few 5k's and 10 k's lately. There are always a lot offered in the Boise area and it has been fun going to see him run.

Waiting for the St.Pattys day race to start.

Craig and Isaac after the St. Patty's Day 5K

Craig after the Idaho Potato 10K

Visit from Nana and Brandi in March

We had such a fun time having Sharon and Brandi visiting in March before Kailin's first birthday. I am always amazed at how much Brandi loves little babies. It is the sweetest thing ever. Even when she isn't feeling the best she wants to be right beside Kailin. I don't think Kailin would change that either she absolutely loves her Aunt Brandi. Here are some pictures from our fun week with them.

KAILIN IS ONE!!!!!

From Birth-12mo It is amazing how much she has changed

The past year has been the most rewarding year of my life. It is amazing how much joy Kailin has added to our home. She is full of pizzazz and spunk, requires a lot of work and reassurance, but gives the best hugs and kisses ever.

I will have a more detailed post later but here are a few things she does and loves.

She started crawling at 10 months, has 8 teeth with two more coming in currently, she can say and does say all the time, Mom, Dad, Bath, woof woof, hi, bye,along with the normal, baba, nana, p,p,t,t and her usual chattering. She Claps and has started rolling her arms to Patty Cake. She is also currently working on the Itsy Bitsy Spider. She loves talking on the cell phone but gets mad if it isn't mommy or daddy on the other line. She has the best smile that warms my heart. Every morning when I go into get her she plays peek a boo with her blanket. She stands on her toes which we are working on, it is pretty difficult to walk when you stand on your toes ;). She is very inquisitive about everything which we love. She loves to eat Bananas, apples, pears, squash and rolls. In fact she loves to eat anything which involves bread. Oh yeah and she folds her arms when we pray :)

She constently suprises us with all that she does and I'm sure will continue to do so. I swear she dreams of taking a bath because from the moment she wakes up to the moment she falls asleep she says Bath Bath Bath? It is awesome. I will update later with pictures of our Awesome day as she turns ONE today.

I love you Kailin bug and am so excited for you to continue to learn and grow.

Love Mommy and Daddy.

From Birth-12mo It is amazing how much she has changed

Double chins, friends and sleep???

We have been having a lot of fun lately and I can't believe Kailin is 11 months old. She is so fun. Everyday she does something different which suprises me. A few weeks ago she finally started crawling and since she figured that out it is amazing the confidence she has to do anything. She pulls herself up on everything and creeps around the couch and ottoman and eats everything. Good thing our house is some what baby proofed. Her favorite thing to pull herself up on is on her crib when she is supposed to be sleeping.

These are things she loves:

Her Daddy

Her mom

Her toys and Books

Her blanket my Aunt Dianna made

Her baby sitter

Any finger food she can feed herself

Screaming :)

Smiling and giving hugs

Standing up in her crib

Things she says:

Hi Dad

dad

daddy

mom

momma

bababa

papapa

nana

And sometimes I swear she says " I did it!"

Things she doesn't like:

When we leave the room

When toys are taken away

Staying still while her diaper is changed

So in explanation of the title here is the double chin:

And playing with her friends Charlotte and Ian

Notice the hug she is giving Ian.

And....This is what we find quite often when she is supposed to be asleep. How can you be mad at a smile like this. I give in way too much :)

5 Year Anniversary

5 Years later, three apartments, one house, two bachelor degrees, on masters certificate, living in two states, multiple jobs, a beautiful baby girl, lots of laughs, lots of tears and lots of fun.

Not the best picture but beautiful scenery.

Thanks to my wonderful mom and sister Melissa, Craig was able to plan and take me to McCall for our anniversary. We met my mom and sister with Kailin on Friday morning and went to McCall for the night. We at great food, took naps, went sledding, slept without interruptions and it was wonderful. I did miss Kailin quite a bit but I would be lying if I didn't say it was nice.

We went tubing at the activity barn. They tow you back to the top on tube which was nice because I was sick and didn't have much energy.

This was a delicious Murtle Turtle dessert

Welcome to McCall Lake :)

I would be lost without Craig in my life. I love him more than words can express and he really is the best dad ever. Kailin absolutely adores him. I love you Craig and am excited for more years to come.

Turkey Trot

The Saturday before Thanksgiving we ran a 4 person relay turkey trot with our good friends the Southwicks. The race was set up really cool where you guess your individual times and then the team who finishes closest to their estimated time gets 1 turkey per person. We really weren't running for the turkey but thought it would be cool to be close to our time. We estimated as a team we would finish in 1 hour 9 minutes and 30 seconds and we finished in .......

1 hour 9 minutes 8 seconds
We thought for sure we would win the turkey...we were only off by 22 seconds from our guess which was amazing, but instead we got 11th. The team who won was off by .033 seconds. It was a really fun morning full of snow, geese droppings on the trail and a beautiful run through the park. Oh yeah I almost forgot that we brought Kailin too and she did awesome. She hung out in her stroller most of the time and was really happy and really tired.

Craig giving a thumbs up after running

Ashlee running the final leg of the relay



Thumbs up since I am done running :)

Nate with a Thumbs up

Family picture under the umbrella

Kailin and I keeping warm in the car

Cute Kailin with her beanie. Thanks Grandma

Kailin loves to have her face covered while she sleeps, she pulled her hat over her face and fell asleep almost immediately. She is such a funny little girl.