Two!

On August 27th my baby girl turned two! How did this happen? I know for a fact that it can't have been two years since Raylee was born. She was a lucky girl and got to celebrate her birthday on three different days.

The Sunday before her birthday we celebrated with my family at my parents house. It was a last minute decision to celebrate it that day, so she just ended up with cupcakes, but she didn't seem to mind. She did really good at blowing out her candles and loved it so much that we had to relight them three times so that she could keep blowing them out, and she probably would have done it all night if we had let her.

While we were all eating our cupcakes Raylee reached for something in the middle of the table and forgot that her cupcake was in front of her and ended up smashing it all over her jammies.

On her actual birthday we didn't do too much since Corey's store was just opening and he had to be there pretty much the whole day. Luckily he got to come for a few hours in the afternoon and Raylee got to open her presents.

Then for the rest of the day she just got to play with all her new stuff, including play dough

and she also went swimming out in the backyard

and ran through the sprinklers which she surprisingly loved.

On the Sunday after her birthday we had all of Coreys family over for dinner and a little party. Raylee had tons of fun playing with all her cousins, especially Dusty who she just adores right now. She follows him everywhere and he is sweet enough to let her follow along and to play with her.

After opening lots more presents she got to blow out her candles again, but none of my pictures worked. Luckily I had taken a picture of the cake earlier, but have decided that cake decorating is definitely not my forte! Oh well, at least it tasted good!

She definitely got enough presents from everyone over the three days to last her until Christams (we hope!) and she had tons of fun! Hopefully this next year will go by a little so slower than the last!

Drum Roll Please.....

So, most of you already know this but for those who don't, we are excited to announce that we are expecting baby #2. I have been a slacker on posting this and am already 4 months along. The baby's due date is January 20th and we couldn't be more excited. We've been to the doctors a couple times and every thing looks great!

(sorry about the poor picture quality, I had to take a picture of the picture of the ultrasound because our scanner is broken)
On our last trip to the doctor, the baby ended up being very cooperative and we were able to find out that we are having a BOY! Needless to say Corey is ecstatic! He went to a soccer game at the Real Stadium the night after we found out and came home with a little Real Jersey which didn't surprise me a bit!

A week at the Cabin!

We just got back from a week at the cabin. I was really excited that we were going for a longer period of time, but it turns out that it still wasn't enough time there! We had so much fun and Raylee was in seventh heaven up there being with her cousins and being able to play outside all day long.

There were lots of little teeny tiny frogs up there. I thought Raylee would be terrified of them, but she even held a couple of them and loved to watch them hop around.

Raylee and Ashlyn were buddies on this trip and you could often here Ashlyn saying Come on Laylee. They loved that there were some cows so close to the cabin and kept saying moo, moo.

Ashlyn was nice enough to share the highchair with Raylee. Unfortunately it was too tight of a fit so they didn't get to eat this way.

There was a little ramp on the stairs and the kids spent hours every day using it as a slide. I was sure someone would get a sliver in their bum or legs, but no one ever did.

The guys all had lots of fun playing together. They went on ATV rides, played badminton watched movies, shot guns, played paint ball, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

We went on some paddleboat rides out on Leo's Lake.

Grandpa took the kids on some wagon rides on the back of the ATV.

Raylee loved going on little ATV rides with anyone that would take her, but especially her daddy.

There is a little wishing well in the back of the cabin and Raylee and Ashlyn loved playing out there.

Grandma brought some visors up for all the kids to decorate, and then they all had fun wearing them around.

The traditional picture by the bear.

The countdown is on until the next time we can head up to the cabin again!

Five

We celebrated our five year anniversary on July 15, and decided to go to Las Vegas for a couple days. My mom was nice enough to watch Raylee for us, so we dropped her off and started the long drive. When we got to Santaquin we started having car problems and ended up turning back around, driving all the way back to Ogden and switched vehicles with Coreys mom so that his dad could fix it for us while we were gone. We then started the drive all over again. We left at nine in the morning and didn't get there until seven that night. Talk about a long drive! It was lots of fun to spend time with just Corey since we usually have Raylee with us and I can't believe it's already been five years!

Bird Family Reunion

We had our annual Bird Family Reunion in the beginning of July, and this year we stayed in some condos above Powder Mountain for a week. We were literally on the top of a mountain and the views were incredible! We went on some walks, did lots of swimming, and spent lots of time chatting with the fam.

Baby Bailey

My sister had her baby girl on June 26th and my sister and I and all our kids went to the hospital to see this little cutie. She is so adorable and Raylee absolutely loved her and wanted to keep holding her.

A picture of Hailey, Raylee, and Bailey

Splash Pad

After we had a family baby shower for my sister Emily, we all decided to try out the new splash pad park that is by my moms house. Raylee wasn't too sure about all the water squirting out of the ground and would only stick her hand in it, but she still had lots of fun playing with her cousins.

Hailey, Ashlyn, Raylee, and Mickell

All my cousins kids that were there.

Disney Train

When the Disney Train made its stop in Ogden to promote their new movie The Christmas Carol, a bunch of my moms family decided to go. It ended up being quite the wait, but it was fun to see. Raylee got to go on a ride on a little train.

And we also looked around at all the trains that were at the Train Station.

Once we actually got inside the train it just kind of showed how they make the movie as well as some of the costumes that were used in the movie. At the end it let you morph a picture of yourself into one of the characters on the movie. The picture below is just a few of us that were there.

We also saw a clip of the movie in 3D. Raylee loved to wear the glasses, although they were a little big on her!

St. George

In June, we went on our yearly St. George trip with Corey's family. We stayed in some really nice condo's just outside of St. George that had an awesome swimming pool, although it was a little cool for my taste. Raylee wasn't too sure about swimming. She never really wanted to get in, and mostly just played on the side of the pool. We also did some shopping, and the guys were able to go golfing everyday. It was so much fun to just spend a few days swimming, shopping, eating, and relaxing!

I finally remembered this time to try and get a 4 generation picture with, but unfortunately none of them really worked out and this was the best I could get.

Digging For Gold

Yesterday Raylee was sitting on Coreys lap watching a cartoon and I turned to look at her and saw that she had fallen asleep like this: