Happiness

This November I've thought a lot about happiness. I've learned to realize that happiness is spending time and going through journeys with the ones that you love. Since Bailey was born, we've never taken another day for granted and hope that we never will. Motherhood is the most amazing and hardest thing ever! But even if she's been screaming all day long when she gives me the gummy smile, or takes a nap for longer than an hour, it makes it all worth it. I think God created babies that they have to nap. Even the most colicky baby you will miss if they sleep for more than an hour. We love our Bai and are excited for our lives with hers. As this Thanksgiving approaches these are the things I am so thankful for..

My house for looking like this..

My hubbyThe opportunity we have to be in school right now during this economy. Yesterday as I was driving through New Haven, I saw a man digging through the trash just for bottles to get a 5 cent refund on. This normally doesn't disturb me that much, but this man wasn't raggedy and homeless looking. He looked like a middle class normal man that the economy obviously affected.

Our great friends here in New Haven that makes up our family away from our family. Without our great friends, this holiday would be a lot harder than it is. And I know that when we come to visit here in years to come, it won't be the same New Haven as we remember it because most of our family here will be gone and done with school.

And finally

need I say more?

6 Weeks Old!

So its official that Bailey has reached the 6 week mark! I though that this point would never come! Now she is supposed to be sleeping longer through the night and getting less fussy! And now I can go back to the gym! So far Bailey has been a joy and I love spending all day everyday with her. She smiles at us so much and loves to be given lots of kisses. She loves tummy time and thinks that it is a game to see how fast she can roll onto her back before I roll her back over. She loves to roll and thinks that its so much fun. She also loves her binkies that I forced on her when I saw her starting to suck her thumb. (binkies you can take away but you can't thumbs). She loves her bath times and the sound of running water soothes her so much that even if she is cold she doesn't cry. We are still working on her going to sleep by herself. We lay her down and have to let her cry for between 5-45 minutes depending on how tired she is. And we are starting getting into a routine of morning, afternoon, and evening naps then bedtime at 6:45-7:00. We just love our little bug and her big cheeks make her cuter everyday! And she fits into some of her newborn clothes that makes me happy!

Guilty Pleasures

So, in my family (this might just be me and Mallari) we love our Christmas Music. We love anything to do with Christmas and I know that she's been to the store to buy Christmas movies already this year (nothing wrong with that). So I loved that year round, FM100.com had Christmas songs that you could listen to even in July. All the songs are just so cheery, and there is no station that has all happy songs. So this year I did have to wait until after Halloween for FM100 to put up their Christmas Music, and I feel a little bad about it this year. People make such a issue with listening to Christmas Music before Thanksgiving. I am here to clear it once and for all. We listen to the music because it makes us happy. It doesn't make us any less American or Thankful when Thanksgiving comes around. I have all my Thanksgiving decorations up and we are thankful people. I'm just really thankful for Christmas Music. One month isn't enough to listen to all the beautiful music about our Savior (and some about Santa). And that's why we ungrateful people listen to Christmas Music this early.

PS this is by Makayla because I had to beg Kyle to let me listen to Christmas Music this early.

An eventful week!

So my dad came into town on Tuesday and we've had a pretty eventful week. First, on our way to pick up my dad, instead of driving to La Guardia Airport, somehow we ended up in Yonkers, then to New Jersey.. but his flight was delayed so we got there just in time to feed Bailey and pick him up. Kyle had to work that night so I had Kasidy come with me and we figured out how to navigate and drive all in one trip while taking a scenic route to the airport. Bailey was a champ and slept the whole way there and back waking up only when we got there to eat.

Wednesday was kind of a lazy day because it rained and Kyle was trying to sleep. But we went down to the carts and got our delicious meals, and then went to the bookstore to get souvenirs for my dad.

Thursday we got up and ready to go and went on a walking tour of Yale. Kyle and I were also lucky enough to get the Flu-mist H1N1 since Bailey isn't old enough to get one. At the Yale tour, we went all around Yale, then when we were getting pictures of something, we lost the tour, so we went to Ashley's Ice Cream, and I'd have to say that it definitely wins over Wentworth's Ice Cream. We also went to East Rock Park and saw the view from there (not as pretty as when the trees actually had leaves on them).
Friday we went to a submarine naval museum that we actually got to tour the submarine they had there. When we were there we saw a sub coming back from sea which was really cool. Afterwards we went up to a cidermill and got the yummy applecider and apple doughnuts. I love New England Falls for the colors, and the cidermills.Our ward then had a Halloween get together that we thought would be fun to dress up and do something for Bailey's first Halloween. So I went as a cowgirl, Kyle went as a hunter, and Bailey went as our little pumpkin.Notice that Bailey is winking at the camera. However our Halloween party didn't last too long because the fog machine that they had setup in one of the rooms set off the fire alarm, and we didn't want to wait for the firetrucks to get there to we decided that we were done for the night.

Saturday we went up to CABELA'S!! We had so much fun and again Bailey slept the whole time (what a champ!). Then we got to bless Bailey today. It was amazing and she was beautiful!