Don't Leave Anything Out!!

Just wanted to alert everyone about the new terror at my house... BAILEY!

She has started cruising the furniture, walls, cupboards, people's legs, basically anything she can get her hands on. She gets into everything and puts it all in her mouth. Childproofing here we come!

Mothers Day

My first official Mothers Day was great. Ben let me sleep in and then made me breakfast in bed. That was all Bailey could take, afterwards she fell asleep sitting up in her crib.

We visited Grandma Janet and watched the Jazz game.

We had dinner with Grandma Sue.

And Bailey played in the sandbox and swing. A very busy day. Happy Mothers Day to everyone!!

St. George

We went on vacation to St. George from 4/30 - 5/4. It was nice and warm. We took Bailey swimming for the first time, she LOVED it. Once she figured it out, she kept walking us to her swimming suit so we could take her again. We went twice a day just to make her happy.

Ben and I decided we are truly parents, because we visited the Instacare while on vacation. Thursday night Bailey woke up with a high fever and was so upset. She had a sore throat and a tooth coming in. She slept about 2 hours night for the rest of the trip.

So, we had a good time, we were just exhausted. Thank you Emily & Jason for letting us stay at your house and for not getting upset when Bailey kept you up all night :-).

Here is Bailey in her swim suit cover and sun hat.

The backyard of Jason & Emily's house.
Bailey all partied out.

Water

Last night the water main was covered up and we officially have running water!! The heat should be fixed tomorrow (the heating vents had to be cut to fix the water main). Thank you cousin Jason for saving our bacon!

Bailey is also doing well, no more swelling. It was probably just a virus. I guess I shouldn't get too excited about these things. Apparently kids just have weird things all the time and as my mom says, I am too uptight about it. :-)

Next project - getting the sprinkler system in.

Longest Week Ever

Well... We have had the longest week ever, at least it seems that way. I am going to bore you with the details.

Monday - Last weekend we noticed that Bailey's hands were swelling and they were really red. So we watched her and by Monday afternoon her whole body was swollen. So off to the Dr. we went. Three hours, one catheter, and blood draw later...we found out that she may or may not have a viral infection that settled in her skin. Basically we watch her and get another urine sample next week. So far we are good, no swelling and Bailey seems just fine.
While I was having fun with Bailey, Ben was home working on the yard. We are ripping up the lawn and old leaky sprinklers and putting in new. So we have a 1/2 torn out yard.

Tuesday - Ben moved to a new department at work. And I don't think i mentioned this before, but i have a new job at work as well. I started last week.

Wednesday - I did primary visits and book group. Emily (wonderful sister that she is watched Bailey). Ben was back at the yard. Unfortunately while digging up the yard, the backhoe hit the water main and it basically shattered. The pipes were old and corroded so we went without water that night.

Thursday - I spent the day working at my mom's (I work from home two days a week). That way Bailey and I could shower and have hot water for bottles. Tonight we had a number of people over to look at the water main and try to determine how to fix it. The best ideas included: put up a for sale sign, dig a basement, extend the front of the house 2 feet, cut through the foundation, etc. So you can see we have a small problem. Our house is built on a concrete slab, no basement, no crawl space.

Friday... We have another plummer coming over to take a look.

I'm not worried - I hear indoor plumbing is over-rated!