Bailey Jane

Hey everyone! Sorry it took so long to get pictures up. There are more to come but this is all I had patience for this time around (my comp. is slow). Anyway, Bailey was born July 27th at 5 pm and weighed 8lbs 2 oz. 20 in long. She's healthy and has been SO much fun! Piper just ADORES her and has been SO good. I'll update you on more later.

Curtis' Surgery

So on Wed Curtis had his ACL surgery. Here he is goining in - happy. And here he is after - not so happy. Poor guy threw up all night and was not feeling good - how could you I guess! Anyway, Curtis has been such a trooper and is always so happy - He's such a good example to me and Piper. He is SO set on getting his knee back in shape fast and is doing good on his therapy (relatively - there hasn't been much yet just because he JUST had the surgery but I heard him in there today really trying hard to do the few excercises they have given him. It's really amazing what muscles you loose. For example... the quad stops working because of the nerve damage and you have to re-teach it to listen when you want to use it. It was amazing to see at the doctors. When he first said to lift his leg Curtis COULD NOT no matter how hard he tried and his leg would do little spasms but after a couple tries in therapy, with the coach guiding him, he was able to get it up by himself. Good job Curtis!) Anyway, the day after surgery Curtis was bound and determined to walk - so there's my cripple hobbling down the street at 7:30Am thursday morning. It was funny - We decided that the nerve block hadn't worn off yet. He hasn't really done that again. It will all come back at it's own pace but i'm proud of him for being so dedicated and not being a big weenie. He really has been taking care of himself and has such a good attitude! Hope you feel better soon dear!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a great Memorial Day weekend camping in N. Carolina. We thought it would be fun to take Piper out to give it a try and it was. She loved it. She got to play on the "beach" all day with the other kids (which she though was heaven), ride a paddle boat with her dad, eat smores (actually she didn't like them!), cook by the fire, and sleep in a tent. She's STILL talking about sleeping in a tent. Curtis and I had fun although I think Curtis liked it a little more than I did - I think I bring bad weather with me when I camp. I have yet to have a good weather camping experience (minus NV). Last time we went in UT there was snow on the ground and I didn't sleep a wink because of the cold. This time it rained the whole weekend! So we were pretty wet. I was done with it by monday and ready for my dry bed at home! Anyway we had lots of fun and we're glad we got to go! Here's a pic of Curtis going down sliding rock. The water was FEEZING!!! He did it a couple times and loved it. I tried it once but once I saw the picture Curtis took of me (in my swim suit all fat and pregnant) I decided I would put my shirt back on and never put a swim suit on for the rest of my LIFE! It was fun though and I'm glad I did it - don't think the little baby liked it too much, I think the cold got all the way to her!

Piper and her fun Dino camping chair.

Helping dad with the fire.

A busy April

Wow! I'm just realizing how busy a month April has been!! There has been so much going on in the fam!! New baby Wayatt was born - hooray! We can't wait to see him (who knows when though:( John graduated - congratulations John! We have a lot picked out for you next door. And lots of birthdays- Piper's and Curtis'!! Happy birthday! Curtis' birthday was thursday so we got to have presents and cake AGAIN! How fun! Piper was about jumping out of her skin when she saw the presents for daddy. I kindda felt bad that what he opened was so boring to her. Oh well, she benefited from her present to dad. Piper got Curtis a family set of camping chairs for our upcoming camping trip. She LOVES her green dragon? chair and can't WAIT to try it out at the camp site.

Saturday we decided to enjoy the awesome weather at the beach. It was Way fun but WAY windy. Piper loved it though! Curtis and I decided on a new hobby we need to take up - wind surfing! It looked SOOOOOOOOOOO fun! So we'll have to see about getting into that! Here's a picture of my LOVELY belly. I know - i'm a COW ! This is the only picture that will ever be posted of me pregnant for the rest of this pregnancy and probably any other for that matter but I had to show off my new swim suit! I NEVER thought in a million years i would buy a maturnity swim suit because HELLO I would NEVER put on a swim suit while pregnant BUT... The timing didn't work out quite right with this pregnacy so I HAD to get one if to survive the upcoming summer. Luckily I found one! Let me tell you I was worried for a while there - the suits I was finding were pretty rough! Anyway, that's all the fun we've been up to. Happy April!

Happy Birthday Piper!

Last thursday was Pipers 2nd B-day and we had so much fun celebrating all weekend!! Piper's favorit present was the tea set Julie and Donald and the kids gave her so Thursday morning we had Piper's little friend, Emily, over for a tea party. I made Mini cupcakes (which they both could have cared less about - that's ok Carole and I ate them all!) and they had lemonade in there little tea pot. Piper and Emily both LOVED pouring each other a cup. Piper hasn't quite figured out that when the cup is full you stop pouring - so our patio was pretty sticky! They had a blast though - Thanks Emily for playing with us!Dad Brought home balloons for Piper which she LOVED! She's obsessed with balloons and that was a present in itself for her! After dinner we let Piper open our presents and it was so fun to see her get in to opening them. She got a little keyboard which she jammed to all night, some butterflies and a net for the bath (needless to say she insisted on a bath that night!), and a lawn mower that blows bubbles. We has so much fun! Just like last year, Piper could have cared less about her cake. She loved blowing out the candle but was SOOOO not interested in eating it! Crazy child!!

Then we got to celebrate again on saturday with Piper's friends at the park! We had pizza and cake and tond of fun playing in the water!
Piper LOVES "swimming" this year and just couldn't get enough of the "sprinkler".

What's New

Ok So my pictures are out of order but I stink at blogging and cant get them to move around anymore! So sorry. Today was the big day... Precious Piper had her first out-patient surgery. She got her ear tubes put in this morning. This is her on the way to the office. She was in SUCH a good mood (especially since we had to get up at the Bu**-crack of dawn (in curtis' words) ). I felt so bad taking her in when she had such a HUGE smile on her face. But in the end she only cried a TINY bit. Just when they took her away from me. The procedure took literally 10 min. and then they let me back to hold her 'till she woke up - which was only a couple minutes. The anestesiologis said she would not be a happy camper when she woke up but she was - she was SOOOO happy and didn't even think about sniffling. She was such a big girl!! So hopefully we're done with ear infections.

K, yesturday we took Piper on a bike ride and she was so excited! Here she is with her helmet on.

After our bike ride, Curtis decided he needed to go on a little bike ride of his own - just incase he sells the motorcycle (one last ride type thing). He took it around the neighborhood and Piper was so sad that daddy left so I told her Daddy would give her a ride when he got back and sure enough he did. She LOVED it!!! It was SOOOOO cute to watch. Curtis is already planning what bike her wants to get her so they can ride together!

So Curtis is so my handsome prince. He surprised me this weekend with tickets to the Family Cup Circle (tennis tournament). Donald and Julie watched Piper and we had such a fun day date! I loved it. First we saw a doubles match and then we stayed for part of the singles semi-finals. The singles was SOOOO cool and SOOOO fast! It was incredible!

Here's my little dancing star LOVEING watching dancing with the stars with her daddy. (He wasn't so keen on the choice of shows but Piper and I convinced him it was a good choice!) I wated to get a candid picture of her but she kept smiling! But when the camera was down she was SOOOOO intense watching them dance - it was too cute!

Happy Easter

Happy late Easter to everyone. Here are a couple pictures that i could get uploaded (it's taking FOREVER to upload again!!) I'll add more later (with more compentarty!)