Happy Valentines!

Maylee had her first Valentine's Day!  On Friday, my dad and mom were so nice and volunteered to watch all the grandkids so we could go out for a night on the town!  The kids made valentine frames with my mom and played the Wii.  Maylee was in heaven playing with her cousins.  She loves parties!  I guess she put up quite a fight while my mom was trying to get her to go to sleep... she doesn't want to miss any action!  April, Rob, Jeff and I went out to dinner at Firebirds (the nicest restaurant we have been to for a really long time due to our little lady!) and then to the movies. It was a great night.  On Saturday, I attempted to make a "fancy" homemade dinner.  I made chicken marsala, roasted asparagus, baked pototoes, and then made chocolate strawberry cakes for dessert.  I had to take a picture of the strawberry cakes because I think they are the fanciest looking things I have ever made.  But next time I will use a cake mix to make the cupcake bottom!

Ready, Set, Race!

Feb. 7th was the Sedona marathon, 1/2 marathon, and 5k race.  We had a great time!  My whole family came as well as Bary and Kim.  Jeff and Rob ran in the 1/2 marathon and Bary and I ran in the 5K.  It was a beautiful course, although it didn't seem to have any flat parts!  It was fun watching Jeff and Rob run for the finish line.  They did a great job and made it under 2 hours with a few minutes to spare!

Funny story: Bary had his watch on for the race so he kept track of our time.  They posted the 5K results while we were waiting for Jeff and Rob to come in but there was a long line and since we already knew our time, we left. When we got home that night we checked our results online. We both came in 5th place for our age groups and could have gotten a trophy!  We were a little shocked since we didn't think our time was that great, but happy nonetheless.

Utah Trip

First airplane ride!

             Her first set of wings... She earned them.  She was great on the plane.

Jeff went up to Utah for a week with work , so I decided to tag along with him.  We had a lot of fun.  I wandered around downtown while he worked (unfair, I know).  It was a different experience getting on and off the Trax with a baby and stroller but it sure was nice to get around without needing a car.  We went to Temple Square and the Gateway.  Over the weekend we saw grandparents.  I am so happy that we were able to get 4 generation pics with the grandparents. Maylee also got to see snow for the first time... she was quite intrigued.  All I can say is, "Sign me up for the next work trip!" :-)

My Goodwill Find...

The before...

Here is how it turned out-


The story behind the changing table-

I found this changing table at Goodwill.  I thought it had great potential and was getting tired of bending down on the floor to change Maylee's diapers!  I decided to wait one more day (until Saturday) to buy it since they mark everything another 50% off.  So on Saturday morning my mom went to buy it for us.  It was gone!  I couldn't believe it sold so quickly.  I was pretty disappointed and continued to change Maylee's diapers on the floor.  

A few weeks later we stopped by again.  I went into the furniture section hoping there would be some kind of changing table that would suffice.  As I turned the corner, there sat the changing table!  It was marked down to $30.  I was thrilled, but again- I didn't want to pay full price when I could wait one more day and get it half off.  I took the risk of it being gone and waited.  That Saturday we checked to see if it was there.  Of course, it was.  I am quite happy with my new changing table that only cost $15!  I love it!

Run, Run, Run!

Jeff and Rob are training for the half marathon and I am training for the 5K in Sedona, AZ.  It is a very hilly course so we have been running on South Mountain... the only place in Phoenix with hills.  It is fun to run on the mountain and enjoy the peaceful desert - we even saw a coyote! 

 

We got the jogging stroller for Christmas and have been getting good use out of it lately!  Maylee is a good sport to come along for the ride.  She likes to look around and listen to the tunes (the stroller has built in speakers for the i-pod).  

These are the pictures I took as I waited for them to finish their 11 mile run... I had some time to spare since I went 5.  

1st Christmas!

Our little lady celebrated her first Christmas!  She loved it!  She went crazy for every new toy- legs moving, hands shaking, smiling the whole time.  She did well (as you can see in the pictures)- she got fun toys that light up, sing, or make noise (yea!) and some cute books.  

My mom made her pajamas-  It is a tradition to get flannel pajamas on Christmas Eve so my mom even made some matching pajamas for the babies!

More Holiday Pictures...

(When we took this picture of Maylee I wanted to do it in black and white with a touch of red... I got to give credit to Jeff for finally doing it.  I love it!)