Play time Projects

SO I have decided that Hailey and I need a play time box. Which will be a filing cabinet full of activities. So on raining days or times where we do not have much to do and I do not get board i thought it would be good to come up with a bunch of activities and put them in a little jar, so Hailey can draw one out and then we can set it up and play. So today Hailey and I (which is me mainly) cut our a bunch of fish and and some clocks. So now we have two activities to do. I'll keep building this up if any one has any ideas please share!

Project for Logan

Well as you can see we really have been all about the projects lately. I have been having so much fun! This was actually the first project because i started working on this during school and I'll take more detailed pictures later but I am so excited that i have finished what i wanted to get done before Logan that i just have to share. I wanted to make Logan a bedding set. I took home decor sewing and needed projects so I made a bed-skirt, curtain, and a bumper pad. (the quilt is still in progress but as i said I'm not in a hurry to finish that). And I just finished the bumper pad today! I got the idea off of a bedding set from J.C.Penney's and I really liked it but it did not tie in the colors of Hailey's room already. So I had to find a way to incorporate those-they will be sharing a room for some time. But it had to be boy! So I came up with this!

The bed skirt has little sport embroidery( football, soccer, golf, basket ball). I love that machine! But this was so fun to make-not perfect that is for sure but it looks so cute and I am just so excited for little Logan to come now!  I feel that we are ready when he is now that his bed is set up and Hailey is getting excited to I think.

New Bed

So Logan will be here soon and so we will need the crib-which means Hailey needed a new bed. So over the break Jason and his Dad built Hailey a new bed. They went and got all the supplies and used there power tools and really enjoyed spending their time together.

 When we got back from the break we brought the bed up to our place and sanded it with Jason cool new sander and put it together during Hailey's nap.

 When she woke up we asked her if we could put the bed in her room and put her mattress in it. She only agreed to putting the bed in her room. We rearranged the furniture so that the bed would fit. Which is a hard this to do if half your walls are closets that are a must need at least every other day of the week to get into. But we made it all fit and it looks pretty good and I think we are going to keep it this way. Once it was in there we just talked to Hailey about how this is her new bed and how Logan is going to need the crib and how the bed is so much cooler the the crib because you can climb on it three different ways and so on... Shortly she agreed and we were able to put her mattress in and she has been sleeping and loving it ever since!!!

I have not totally decided how i want to finish it and its not like the weather would let me anyways. We love the look that a stain finish would give it and it would look so good if we stained it the same color as the other furniture in the room...BUT how cute would it be if we painted it white with her name(in pink or purple) on the foot board and flowers on the head board that matched the room... I'm still deciding.

 Now the question is will she let go of her old pillow and take the new? She has been using the boppy as a pillow for a couple of months now-ever since she found it in the drawer under her bed. But with Logan coming I kinda of need it. So I am hoping that with a little more time (don't want to push too many new things on her) that she will start using her new pillow (I'm so excited i made the pillow cases for it and they are so cute!- I love sewing) and let Logan have the boppy. We shall see...

Project

A couple of Christmas's ago my sister gave use some bean bags and since then i have been wanting a bean bag toss board. And I finally found an image that i wanted that i knew the kids would enjoy. So I use this opportunity to get my mom helps.

So I am so excited that we were able to make this (thanks to my mom and her wonderful art talent) This turned out so cute! I am so excited to be able to bring this out and play with it.


We had such a wonderful visit with my family. It is always a bitter sweet to leave and come home. The way back from me was better and thankfully less uncomfortable for some reason. But my parents are just so wonderful and we loved being there and can't wait to see them again when little Logan come to join us in this world! It was such a need get away for us and such a nice break from school!
So Thank you Mom and Dad! We love you!

Just playing

We had so much fun and took full advantage of the beautiful weather. We played basketball, my mom took Hailey for a couple of walks. We came out to the field( back-back yard ) to my parents house and played croquet it was so fun. We tried to get a picture of Hailey doing it but I was able to- I think my mom did on her camera I'll have to see if she did and get it. It was so funny.

She sure did love having so much attention and free space to roam with out having to be herded to get back here or there.

Just a couple of picture of Jason and Hailey playing together!

Spring Break

So for the break we headed down to Cheyenne, Wyoming so we could spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Whitehead. It was so fun to go down and be with them for a couple of days. The drive there for me was not the most fun. I could have just stayed in Rock Springs (3 hours a way) then to continue to drive. But we made it and it only took me a day to recuperate. And totally worth it. We just had so much fun spending time doing fun random things. One of the days we were there we went to the park...

and fed some geese and duck-just as friendly as the ones here in Rexburg...

And then we went to story time at the Library. It was so fun. Cathy is a really good family friend and we had so much fun with her. Hailey did great and loved it.

She did some really fun activities and the stories were great. And then the learning area on the children floor is so fun. Hailey really could just stay there all day.

Girly Girl

Hailey is such a girl and we love it! She found these curlers under the sink and asked for me to put them in. So we put in a couple in her hair and of course we also had to put some in mine to. So we were just playing around and then Hailey went to her room and started to read the books we checked out from the library to her puppies.

She loves brushing her teeth. If we would let her I'm sure some days she would brush them ever time we would go into the bathroom. We use mint tooth paste and she has some berry tooth paste and occasionally she asks for both kinds on it at one time-yuck-but she likes it.

Thank You

I just wanted to express my gratitude to all of those who made graduation possible. It was not until about a month ago that i realized that Hailey has been excepted into so many of your homes so I could go to class. and many of you for numerous hours a week. There would have been no way for me to have gotten this far without each of you. Hailey really enjoyed coming over to your houses. Those who have moved she still remembers and asks where you are. So i tell her that you have moved and we look up up on your blog to see how you are doing.

But truly THANK YOU we are so grateful for you service and taking such good care of our daughter.