If Your Happy And You Know It...Please Just Take A Nap!

So earlier today Baylee was ready for her nap. She kept telling me she was tired and wanted one. We layed down on the Cuddlesac, like always, so she could go to sleep. She tends to get a little restless when she's trying to fall asleep, and we tend to go through the cycle of her having the choice to either lay down or go to her room for a time-out. I usually have to threaten a couple of times, put her down and just tell her to go to her room and let her cry for a minute, and then sometimes I actually have to put her in her room. Today was no different. So, we are laying down and she decides to jump up and sing "Happy and Know It Stomp Feet..." and starts stomping away. I think at this point I told her to go to her room just so she'd cry (that usually wears her out and sometimes makes her go to sleep faster). The whole process for today is kinda a blur, but eventually when I told her to go to her room she just looked at me with this huge grin on her face like "I know you're not really going to put me in there. Yeah right, you're funny, mommy..." So I picked her up and took her in her room and shut the door. She didn't really seem to care. She was quiet for a couple of minutes, and then decided she was ready to come out. I let her kinda cry for a minute, then I went to get her out. There was just one problem-she had locked the door. I knew she kinda knew how to do this, but Ben seemed to think that it wasn't a big deal and convinced me the lock was pretty easy to pick. Of course Baylee knows how to lock but not unlock (I asked her many time to try to unlock it but I don't think she had a clue). So, I got a bobby pin to try to rescue her, but not ever having picked a lock before, had no clue what I was doing and couldn't get it to work. When my brother was little he once purposely locked himself in his room by taking the door knob off his side so my Grandma couldn't get in (she was watching us). I thought maybe if I got the door knob off I could figure out a way to get Baylee's door unlocked. I forgot that our door knobs are pretty old and I didn't have much luck this way either. I called Ben, since Baylee was starting to get a little hysterical. He couldn't really explain to me how to open it, so he called his brother Mike. At this point I tried to go around the backyard and get in through the window, but it was closed pretty well. I went back in and tried to stick the doorknob back on. I grabbed the bobbypin and tried again, and it of course popped open within a few seconds. Baylee was completely quiet after that. Ben had called Mike and told him I no longer needed assistance, but he stopped by to check on us anyways, which was nice of him. Baylee fell asleep about ten seconds after we layed back down. So, I finally got her to sleep, but I don't think this method is going to win me any mom of the year awards. I don't think it's one I will try to repeat either.

Getting A Move On

Ben got a job offer a couple of days ago and decided to accept it today. So, as of June 16/17th we will no longer be California residents, we will now be residents of Arizona! We are sad to leave our family and friends here behind, but are also excited to move on to a new chapter in our lives and live by some of my family there. And we are also excited that we will finally be able to afford to buy a house and decorate it however we want...

The Party Don't Stop....

Our fun week was able to continue through the whole weekend! Friday we went to Point Reyes. Ben wanted to go to a cheese factory there for his birthday. They do tours on Fridays, so we went for that. However the tour wasn't really a tour. It was a lecture with cheese sampling, which would have been fine, except little Baylee didn't like sitting and listening too much. The cheese wasn't coming fast enough, which made her a little cranky and Baylee and I ended up getting kicked out. :( Ben saved us some cheese though.
The Cowgirl Creamery cheese was pretty tasty. We bought a couple, which unfortunately are currently stinking up our fridge and seeping stinky smells throughout our kitchen. Ben's supposed to make Turkey Burgers with one of them tonight, so hopefully that will help...

Ben was told by a co-worker that the light house was a must-see. So, we drove ourselves the 20 miles to it and discovered it was an uphill 1/2 mile hike to the visitor's center. We weren't prepared for the extreme wind and cold on the top of a cliff and wussed out. But we did get a couple of pictures of the beach below. A couple was all we could handle in the freezing wind. Notice also that the wind was so bad that we couldn't keep our eyes open for the pictures. I felt like we might as well have been in a blizzard. I know, I'm a wuss.

Saturday we drove up and saw our friends the Millars and the Millars (yep, they are brothers) in Menlo Park. We hung out a little with them and got some lunch at Chevy's. There Ben got another little bday celebration (making for day 4 of bday related activities).Boz and Ben both have May bdays (Boz's is the 16th I believe?), so we got the waiter at Chevy's to sing to both of them. You gotta love Chevy's and the bday sombreros!

Yesterday we went to Ben's parents for Mother's Day. Ryan cooked an awesome dinner!
We also did the cake deal for Dan's bday. which was the day before. They were at a wedding Saturday so cake got postponed to yesterday. The kids all loved helping Grandpa blow out the candles! And Mother's Day was great. Ben took care of Baylee for the most part, and I got some great presents. The best part was being with Ben and Baylee. I love being Baylee's mom and our little family!

Ben's Bday Extravaganza (So Far)

Ben lucked out this year and is getting three celebrations for his birthday! So here's the first two:
Tuesday we went to fondue with Ben's family. It was for Ben's bday, and his dad's bday (which is Saturday), and the gift certificate we used was from when they charged Ben's mom for Anna's bday since they said our reservation was the day before we were going to go. But, we got to go Tuesday and had a lot of fun! Here's the goofy crew from dinner:
Me, Baylee, and Ben. Happy Birthday, Ben! Baylee would not eat anything that was dipped in cheese, which was really odd since cheese is one of her favorite foods.
Our nefews Owen and Garrett being goofballs!
Our niece, Shelby.

Ben's mom, Kathy. I'm not sure what she's doing....
Ben's dad, Dan. I think he's trying to look older than he is? Preparing for his not-so-distant future?
Ben's brother, Ryan and his wife, Anna. I think Ryan was dipping as much as he could before all the alcohol burned out of the chocolate fondue....
Baylee loved the chocolate fondue (as did we all). A lot of us were eating it plain after all the dippers were gone. Baylee even tried to lick her plate clean after the chocolate was gone. We had a lot of fun, and our fondue meal was a fun little experience. I think it made a good bday dinner for Ben and his dad.

Yesterday for Ben's bday, he went to work so he can take tomorrow off to celebrate even more. After he got home we went to sushi for his bday dinner (just the three of us). That's what he wanted, so we went and Baylee is always wanting sushi, so it made it easy. Later we went over to his parents for presents and cake. So, here's some pictures of that:

What a face! What a cheeseball! I don't think Ben actually got to open any of his presents. I think Baylee did it all for him.Ben getting excited over MarioKart for the Wii.......and Baylee demonstrating for Ben how to work it.Baylee knows her daddy LOVES belt buckles, so when we were doing some shopping yesterday she picked this one out for him all on her own. She did a good job!And finally cake time! We got a Coldstone cake. If you take the time to count the candles, there's actually only 20 on there. We were 6 candles short. Oh well.

Well, I think Ben had a great bday (or at least I hope he did), and the party will continue on tomorrow! We will update on that soon! Happy Birthday Ben! I can't believe we are 26 this year!

Happy Birthday, Ben!!!!!

Today Ben is the big 2-6!!!!! Happy Birthday Ben! We love you!!! We are glad to have Ben in our lives. Last night we celebrated Ben and his dad's bday by going to Fondue with his family. I will write more about that later... Since it is Ben's bday, it also means it is Mike's bday-so Happy birthday to Mike, too!

Bag Tag

Katie tagged me for the diaper bag. I guess you take a picture of your diaper bag or purse and then all the contents inside? Here's a good way to get me to clean out the diaper bag. This could get scary......
I have a cute Petunia Picklebottom touring tote that I absolutely love! I often wish it was a little bigger though.
I have a ton of pockets, so I'm just going to show what's in the main part and it's pockets, otherwise it'll be a ton of stuff, mostly papers and credit cards, money, mints, changing pad, etc. So here's my main part, which really needs to be cleaned out! So, thanks Katie! I have:
*Diapers, including one swim diaper. Just in case we decided to jump into water spontaneously, I guess?
*A package of wipes.
*Knot It- A really cool thing! It has a little blade and you just rip off however much bag you need, knot the bottom, stick whatever you want in it (for us it's almost always dirty diapers), and then knot the top! It's great!
*A First Aid To Go Kit-you never know when you'll need bandaids.
*Sunscreen
*Anti-bacterial Hand Wipes from Bath & Body Works
*Vitamin C drops
*Kleenex
*Little table topper things that I took from Missy's mall food court-they stick to tables so your kids can make a mess or you can put food on them instead of the bare table (yes I am a little germaphobic).
*Two hair clips-Baylee probably decided not to wear them or I stuck them in there before a trip or something. also have extra hair bands and star clips in other pockets.
*Nail Clippers-so I always know where they are and if we go on a trip I have them.
*Baylee's Toy Belle Camera
*Our camera-I usually have extra batteries too. I will need to grab some. The camera obviously was't in the picture...
*A Duck Teething Ring-don't ask me why because I have no idea. I also just took out mittens and a beanie the other day, along with a burp cloth (yeah, I need to clean my diaper bag out more often).
*Baylee's Little Rocket Launcher Toy-This makes for some fun at the office.
*A Few Treats-which I will add to before we head off to work soon.
*A Ziplock Bag with a Tide-To-Go pen that is empty, Tylenol, hand sanatizer, chapstick, a lotion sample, and a pacifer thermometer. It also use to have extra pacifers, but Baylee has lost almost every single one we had.

So, there you have my diaper bag. Real enertaining, huh? Ok, so now I tag the Brooke's, Heather, Laura, and whoever else feels inclined to spill the contents of their purse or diaper bag.