Maylee's Blessing

Maylee was blessed Sunday March 29th. Skylar did a wonderful job with the blessing and I actually got up and said a few words!
The day started out EARLY! I say early because Maylee and I only got about three hours of sleep the night before. She screamed pretty much all night and I cried along with her. She was having gas issues and is all better now. Anyway, my sister in-law Erin was having her son Krew blessed at 8am so we went to her ward first. After that, we rushed home to get Maylee's dress then rushed to our ward building so I could feed and dress her before our sacrament meeting started at 10am. We sent Slade and Daisy to their classes so that is why they aren't in the photo. THEN, we stuck around for the next ward to start because my other sister in-law Lyndsay was having her son Cannon blessed. Skylar's parents came from Utah to share the special day with us so it worked out perfect that we all blessed our babies the same Sunday and that our meetings were right after one another.

*More pictures of Maylee to come! My mom made her dress which turned out really cute!

Maylee's Newborn Photo Shoot

My younger sister, Kendyl, took these pictures when Maylee was two weeks old. She weighed 5 lbs 8 oz at this point and was still 18 inches long. All of her headbands were way too big but we used them anyway. She acted like a newborn during the whole shoot so it was hard to get a picture of her with her eyes open! We will be blessing Maylee on Sunday and she will be 8 weeks, so be watching for those pics! She has changed so much! Enjoy!

We couldn't leave out Slade and Daisy!

Thanks Kendyl! They turned out PERFECT!

Hooray for Warm Weather and Bellybuttons

Beware! Nakey bum! The other day Slade saw the sprinklers go on in the backyard and ripped off his clothes faster than I have ever seen and ran outside!

I'm sure it was pretty cold water.

Slade kept asking non-stop for a puppy one afternoon and it was getting somewhat annoying so I told him to go play outside. A few minutes later he came back inside and told me he found his new pet. I'm glad that he is such a boy and allows a beetle to crawl all over him.

The day after the nakey sprinkler fun, he found his swim trunks and ran outside to enjoy the cool water.

Daisy was a little unsure about the water and just liked to be in her swimsuit.

She hung out with me on the chairs during the duration of the sprinkler rotation.

What is that, you ask? Well, it is Maylee's BELLYBUTTON! Yes it does have several nicknames :)

At her two week appointment, her doctor told me that her bellybutton was herniated and had me feel it because at that point it looked like a regular one. Since then, it has gotten huge and I started getting worried. I called her doctor to see if he needed to check it out because it was so big, but because it is not hurting her and I am able to push it back in (although it pops right back out) he said he would check it out at her two month appointment. Since that conversation, it has gotten a little bigger and I have gotten more worried. Skylar did some research online and found this : http://www.drgreene.com/21_1215.html

It is actually called a Umbilical Hernia and should go away by itself. It is caused when the hole from where the umbilical cord was attached to the intestines does not close all the way. The only concern is if food gets stuck in there (gross!). The first thing that came to my mind after I found out it could take up until the age of 5 for it to go away was, what about when she wears swimsuits? Poor thing! I hope it goes away sooner than later. The doctor did talk about "doing something about it" at age 6 months or 1 year. I'll learn more at her two month appoinment but for now I can relax. Do any of you have any experience with this type of thing? I'd like to know. Other than her bellybutton looking anything but that, Maylee is doing great! She has started to lock eyes and smile. She does pretty good at tummy time and can hold her head up fairly well for a period of time. She is such a good baby and the kids still love her as well.

Ostrich Festival

I was able to talk Skylar into taking us to the Ostrich Festival that was held in Chandler this weekend and we had so much fun! Of course it seemed like all of Arizona was there, but it really wasn't too bad.
We went straight over to see the demolition derby and because there were so many people and not enough bleacher seats, we both had kids on our shoulders so they could see.

I had to raise the camera above my head to get pictures of the derby but I got a few good ones. All the cars are lining up getting ready to crash into each other.

Let the crashing begin! That cop car turned out to be one of the best cars out there. The lights were flashing the whole time too.

What a mess! It's exactly like real-life bumper cars. A lot of cars would get smashed several times in a row and then be stuck in the mud.

They had to stop the derby a couple of times due to small fires. By the time the fire crew drove over, the fire was out and they starting crashing again.

This car obviously lost. His car wasn't drivable, so they had everyone leave the arena and they brought in tractors to push him out. One car drove out of the arena with only three tires!

After the first round of the derby, the kids were getting antsy so we headed over to see the Ostriches. This one was "the mean one" and would try to bite everybody. The camera guy was from some nature show or magazine and the Ostrich wouldn't leave him alone. I did make for some good footage though.

While we waited for the Ostrich races to begin, they had a jousting show. This guy came out and posed for several pictures before the show but it turns out he was just the announcer knight. It was a pretty well choreographed jousting show.

Ostrich jockeys! How would you like that job description? It was hilarious! A young boy, probably 12, won the race! They also had emu and chicken races.

While they were getting ready for another race they had their trained zebra, Rafiki, come out and do a few tricks. He was on a teeter-totter and then rolled a barrel on the ground. My kids thought it was Marty from Madagascar.

I didn't think it could get any better, but when they brought the camels out, I changed my mind! How would you like to be a Camel Jockey? The jockey's even dressed up as Arab's and tried talking with an accent. Those suckers can run!! (the camels)

The Ostrich Festival turned out to be a lot of fun! I hope we will make it there again next year.

Random Fun

Maylee is now 5 weeks old and is now becoming more alert. Her eyes are starting to lighten up and I'm thinking that they might end up light blue like Daisy's. She's fattening up nicely and has the cheeks to prove it.

Daisy is in to doing things herself now. These are Slade's sunglasses and this is how she always wears them.

Slade bit his lip and decided he needed a bandaid. He climbed onto his bathroom counter, opened the medicine cabinet and applied the bandaid all by himself!

Cowgirl Daisy! I love how the horse is looking at her.

Cowboy Slade. That is the same vest Skylar wore as a kid! Not sure about the boots, but Slade loves them!

Wearing Skylar's headset. Check out those cheeks!

This is Maylee thinking. She's going to be our genius child.

This is hard to see, but Slade wrote his name for the first time by himself outside with chalk. I personally love the "E".