Waldron Family Blog

Baby Leg Giveaway!!!

2010-01-28T10:21:00.000-08:00

Check this out!! Baby Snazz is giving away 20 pairs of Baby LEGS!!!

Baby Snazz GIVEAWAY

IT'S A GIRL!

2010-01-27T15:44:00.001-08:00

More PINK for the Waldron Family!!! On Monday, we found out that we are being blessed with another Little Princess!!! Even though we had thought that this baby was a boy, finding out that we are having another daughter was the greatest gift ever!!!! Our princess is PERFECT in every way and SOOO adorable! She definately has daddy's forehead and it is absolutely precious! Paisley is even saying, "Sissy" now which makes my heart melt! They are going to be the best of friends and Tim and I are so proud to be parents to two little girls! Our growing family is so wonderful and we couldn't be happier. We are going to name the little one, Timmery Lee, and cannot wait to meet her!! God has truly blessed us and we are so thankful for our two healthy daughters!

1st Haircut & Root Beer Floats!!

2010-01-24T14:46:00.000-08:00

Recently my mom gave Paisley her first haircut. Okay, so it wasn't really a haircut but more like a "bang trim" :-) Paisley did SO good just sitting there while she got her hair cut! Later on that evening, Paisley discovered something she absolutely LOVES, root beer floats!! She joined her cousins and shared one with Grandpa! It was such a sweet moment and now she is addicted to, "boot beer" :-)

Everyone wants to try the Root Beer Float!!
Proud Grandpa with his 3 grandkids :-)

Paisley getting her bangs cut

Such a good girl!!

Safari Sams

2010-01-24T14:36:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Tim, my Dad and Aubrey went to a reptile expo in Wilsonville to sell spiders, so my sister, mom and I took the babies to Safari Sams for lunch. It was such a blast! The babies had a great time running around and playing in the jungle gym :-)

Taking a break with her ice cream cone :-)
Paisley with Jordy in the Jungle Gym!

Silly boy!

Cousins trying to go down the slide 2 at a time :-)

I'm ready Grandma!!

Climbing up to the slide

Grandma helping Paisley with her root beer!

Alex enjoying his root beer!

Playing Outside!

2010-01-24T14:21:00.000-08:00

Paisley loves playing outside so we try to get her out as much as possible given our rainy weather :-) Here are some photos of her enjoying the outdoors this winter!

Winter Wrap Up

2010-01-24T13:59:00.000-08:00

Here are some photos from the events this winter :-) We took Paisley to Storybook Lane and Zoolights during the holidays and she loved both!

Eating an elephant ear with grandma
Warming up with hot chocolate!

Snugglebugs!

Storybook Lane

Riding on Grandpa's Scooter at Storybook Lane

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-31T07:50:00.001-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!! It is amazing how much Paisley has grown and changed in 1 year! She was SOO fun this year at Christmas :-) She opened her gifts all by herself and was excited about what she got (except for the clothes :-)!! We were able to celebrate with all sides of our families which was awesome. We all got lots of nice things but enjoyed our time and memories together the most!
Our family

Mommy playing with Paisley on Christmas morning

Opening her stocking from Grandma & Grandpa (she opened the things for the new baby as well :-)

Feeding her babies before opening her stocking :-)

Paisley's stocking

My new purse from Timmy

Mommy and Paisley playing with her ATM

Paisley and Alex on Ashton's new Toy Story couch

Alex opened the quilt I made him and instantly wanted to lay down and cover up with it :-)

Elmo!!

Her Elmo book

Another baby!!

Opening up one of her gifts :-)

Ready to open her first present

Paisley helping pass out presents

Our Christmas Tree

Our Christmas Tree!!!

2009-12-07T15:44:00.000-08:00

Today we went and got our Christmas Tree, it was a bright and sunny day but it was extremely cold. We bundled Paisley up in several layers and she must have still been a little chilly because she wanted to be held and snuggled while we were at the tree farm. The best part of the whole day was when Paisley said "Wow Tree" while Daddy was cutting the tree down, it was priceless :-) When we got home we set the tree up and Paisley and her cousins helped put the lights and ornaments on it!!

Playing the Wii!!

2009-12-07T15:37:00.000-08:00

Paisley loves to play the Wii!! If Tim or I are playing, we just give her the spare Wii remote and let her act like she is playing. She points it at the TV and swings it around, it is amazing how much she picks up from us even when we aren't necessarily trying to teach her anything :-)

Work at the Beach

2009-11-10T16:42:00.000-08:00

Last Tuesday, we headed down to the beach to stay for 5 nights. Tim was in class all day in Seaside during the week and then off on the weekend. We stayed with Tim's friend James (who was also taking classes) at his beach house in Astoria. Paisley loves going to the beach house and she really enjoyed it this time because we brought her shopping cart, so she spent lots of time loading up her cart in the kitchen and showing my mom and I what she was buying. One evening Tim was playing around and picked my dad up and put him on the ground, because my dad can't get up by himself he is NEVER on the ground unless he falls, so Paisley freaked out when she saw him sitting on the ground and she immediately wanted to run over to him and make sure he was okay. She kept hugging him and smiling, it was the sweetest thing!! Overall we had a wonderful time at the beach and Tim's classes went great!!

Paisley LOVES Fun Dips :-)

Modeling her new PJs from Grandma

Paisley & her Otz!

Trick or Treat!!!!!!

2009-11-01T07:10:00.001-08:00

Paisley and her cousins were all sick this year for Halloween. So we decided that instead of going out trick and treating and exposing the babies to more sickness, that we would just stay in and let them trick or treat all of the grown ups :-) They carried their buckets around to each one of us and received candy and treats! After our "trick or treating" we set up a cake walk and each of the babies earned a cupcake :-) It was a really low key, fun Halloween and the babies loved it!!

Loving her M&Ms!!!

Seeing what Grandma put in her treat pail

The first cake walk winner!!

Mmmm!!

Paisley's Elmo Pumpkin

2009-10-28T18:07:00.000-07:00

We finally got around to carving Paisley's pumpkin :-) Paisley absolutely LOVED it! She wanted to help clean it out and carve it. Her favorite part was scooping out the seeds, but we had to watch her closely because she was using the scoop as a spoon and eating spoonfuls of pumpkin and seeds!!! She must have liked the taste because she kept doing it :-) When the pumpkin was finally done, Paisley freaked out because she recognized Elmo. She was grabbing my face and pointing to the pumpkin and saying all sorts of things. It was really cute!!

And yes we carved the pumpkin in our bedroom. Hahaha... there is a story for everything. So we were unknowingly exposed to someone who possible could have/had the swine flu. Since I am more at risk to have complications from the virus (due to being pregnant) and my dad is as well (Muscular Dystrophy), everyone in the house stayed quarantined to their own area for a couple of days just in case anyone was to start showing symptoms, we were hoping not to spread it throughout the entire house. Anyways, a few days later and so far so good... so hopefully no one got it!! So we carved the pumpkin in our room :-) We are planning to carve some more pumpkins later this week, just in time for Halloween!

Disney on Ice!

2009-10-28T17:41:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, we took Paisley to see Disney on Ice! The show was outstanding and Paisley loved it! She especially loved seeing the Cars and Lion King performances. Paisley LOVES cotton candy, so you can see she has a sugar mustache in some of the photos :-) I absolutely loved the combination of shows this year, it was perfect for a variety of age groups and it definately kept our one year old's attention!

Eating her snow cone with Mommy!

Grandma showing Paisley how to work her "Princess Wand"

Goofy Baby

Being silly with Grandma

Tinkerbell

Best seat in the house!

The "roars" - Paisley's favorite :-)

Queen of Hearts & Alice in Wonderland Costume Set GIVEAWAY!!!

2009-10-15T16:07:00.000-07:00

Go check out this costume giveaway!!! It is absolutely stunning!!

Queen of Hearts & Alice in Wonderland Costume Set Giveaway!!!

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-11T19:24:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went to the Roloff Farms Pumpkin Patch. We have wanted to go see the Roloffs for a couple of years now but always decide not to because of the crowds, so this year we just went. The crowd actually wasn't that bad, we were able to walk right in and pick out our pumpkins. This was the first year that Paisley has been walking and able to enjoy the pumpkin patch and she had a great time!! She ran around the pumpkins and kept trying to pick them up. Alex and Ashton had a great time as well, Alex loved playing on the hay bales. My parents were on Roloff patrol, they were trying to spot a Roloff at every corner. We did happen to spot two of the Roloffs :-)
Cousins holding their pumpkins

Jumping off the hay

A Roloff sighting

Sitting on a big pumpkin

Looking for the perfect pumpkin!

Our Family

Getting ready for Halloween!

2009-10-07T07:36:00.000-07:00

Paisley, the bumble bee, and her two dinosaur cousins!

Playing at the Park

2009-09-23T16:17:00.000-07:00

We have had a cold for the past 10 days! It has been miserable to say the least, trying to take care of a sick baby while you yourself are sick is not fun but the good news is that we are feeling much better now!! Due to being sick , Paisley hasn't been able to play outside and enjoy the recent nice weather so Tim and I took her to the park along with my sister and her 2 boys so she could run around and play! She had a great time going down the slide and rolling in the grass!!

Big GIrl Potty!

2009-09-07T08:07:00.000-07:00

Paisley has shown a lot of interest in learning to use the "big girl" potty for a little over a month now. Tim and I have been hesitant to start teaching her to use the potty because she is so young but for the last couple of weeks, I have been putting Paisley on her potty chair when I brush my teeth in the morning. All day yesterday and this morning I noticed that Paisley hadn't peed much in her diaper, so I decided to put her on her potty chair this morning and SHE PEED!!! I was SO proud of her, she is such a big girl!! I don't want to push her to potty train at such a young age but if she's ready then she's ready. We will see how it goes from here. Paisley was very excited over her potty and here is our best attempt at a photo of her with her big girl potty :-)

Our Little Tinkerbell

2009-09-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

We are going to Disney on Ice in October and one of the characters featured this year is Tinkerbell! I saw a pattern for this costume at Joanns on Friday and I thought it would be cute to make Paisley a little Tinkerbell costume to wear to the show :-) It turns out the pattern was very easy and didn't take very long to make so I cut it out Friday and made it today. The only problem is that the costume is a little bit big, it gets caught up under her feet when she walks sometimes. So I am going to put it up in her dress up clothes for now :-) Paisley loves to play dress up!!! Overall I am very happy with how the costume turned out, it is very cute!

If you notice Paisley with her hands up by her face, it is a new thing that she does and it is so cute! If you say, "Paisley, come here" and motion for her with your hands, she will look at you with her hands up by her face and wiggle her fingers!!

Baby Leah!

2009-08-28T15:15:00.001-07:00

My baby cousin, Leah, was born on August 16th, she weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. My aunt Stephanie had a very long labor and Paisley spent 6 days up at the hospital with my mom, Tim and I. Paisley was VERY good at the hospital, she played with her toys, colored and took naps in various hospital rooms :-) When Leah finally arrived, Paisley was very excited and wanted to hold the baby!! Paisley is so gentle with her 2nd cousin and gives her plenty of kisses and love pats :-) I am sure that Paisley and Leah will be good friends when they get older!

25th Anniversary Party!!

2009-08-20T17:09:00.000-07:00

On August 9th, my sister and I surprised our parents with a Surprise 25th Anniversary Party!!! It was super hard to keep it a secret from them but it was so worth it, they were totally surprised!! We told them a few days before that we were taking them to The Melting Pot for their anniversary. Ashlee and her family and Tim spent the day setting up the hall with some other family and friends. Tim and I drove them up to the hall and everyone was standing outside when we drove up!! My mom started crying and my dad was totally surprised!! It was so awesome to see their faces :-) The party was absolutely fantastic! Everyone had so much fun, especially the kids! My dad, uncle Jim and Tim played music and all of the kids danced!!

Alex telling the girls something :-)
Paisley and Shelby dancing

Me and my baby girl

The Wedding Party, my dad's brother Jim and my mom's sister Karen

Mom and Dad with their cake

My grandma with her two girls and granddaughters

Paisley trying to get Jaycie while she is singing

Alex being silly

The band

Paisley, Shelby and Audrey

Alex 'singing' for everyone

Ashlee and Ashton

They can't believe what Alex is doing

Silly girl!!

Waiting for mom and dad to arrive..

So surprised!!

The ballroom

Guest book table

Vacationing in Southern Central Oregon

2009-08-07T22:24:00.000-07:00

Last week we spent vacationing in Southern and Central Oregon. After visiting Wildlife Safari, we headed down to Grants Pass where we stayed for one night. The next day we drove to Diamond Lake where we stayed for 3 nights in a fireside cabin. It was beautiful there. Warm during the day and cool at night and in the morning. Tim, Paisley and I went with my sister and her family, my parents and my cousin Jaycie. During one of the days at Diamond Lake we drove to Crater Lake and admired the beautiful land! It was absolutely gorgeous :-) We also fed the chipmunks which Paisley and Alex found hilarious! The next day we went on a horse drawn wagon ride through the national forest bordering Diamond Lake. Everyone enjoyed the ride, especially the babies :-) After 3 days at Diamond Lake, we drove down to Bend and stayed a night at a hotel on the Deschutes River. Our patio door was river front and we had a sitting area outside to sit and admire the view. During our trip we did lots and lots of swimming which we all love and took Paisley on lots of walks. Everyone had a great time!!
Playing music everywhere we go :-)

Feeding ducks with mommy at the Deschutes River

Petting a big horsey

Loving the horse ride

Getting off the saddle

Wayne our guide

Alex with his 'best friend' Paus

The cousins are ready to go

The horses Kate & Franny

Our horse drawn Wagon Ride

Taking turns tickling each other

Going for a walk around Diamond Lake

Waving to Daddy at Crater Lake

Our Family

Crater Lake

Feeding a Chipmunk

Daddy and Paisley at Crater Lake

Beautiful Crater Lake

Cousins riding Quads

The Dynamic Duo

Dancing in our cabin

Tim and my cousin Jaycie

Dinner at Diamond Lake with Grandma & Grandpa

Dancing in her carseat

Clearly up to something..........

Wildlife Safari

2009-08-07T21:55:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday, we visited Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon. I hadn't been to Wildlife Safari in years and Tim had never been. Wildlife Safari is s a wildlife park where the animals are free roaming and you drive through in your vehicle and view them. It is a lot of fun and a great way to view the animals with young kids because they can get out of their car seat and look at the animals out an open window. Paisley loved the park and kept pointing at the animals and jabbering,"Wuz dat" "Wuz dat" "Wuz dat" :-) It was a hot day, but very tolerable inside the vehicle with the air conditioning on. The animals didn't seem to mind the heat and most were very active, except the bears and cats which were sleeping in the shade when we drove through.

Paisley loved the gift shop but could not choose which souveneir she wanted to bring home. She collected everything we held up to her in her arms until her arms were so full with stuffed animals that she couldn't see where she was going :-) She eventually chose a Wild Animal touch and feel board book & a pink purse with a kitty cat inside. Paisley loves carrying around purses and she loves cats, so it was perfect!

Summer Swimming

2009-07-21T08:05:00.000-07:00

Whenever we go in the backyard, Paisley points to our pool and wants to get in. She absolutely LOVES playing in the water!! Here are some pictures of Paisley and Daddy playing in the pool on a hot day with cousins Autumn & Alex and second cousin Jordon.

Family Reunion

2009-07-07T11:04:00.000-07:00

We spent the 4th of July weekend in Montesano, WA for my family reunion. The weather was warm back home but since Montesano is on the coast, the weather where we were was perfect at around 80 degrees :-) On the way down, Paisley spent her time sleeping, snacking and watching Yo Gabba Gabba on our portable DVD player. She was so funny with that thing, she sat it on her lap and if I tried to straighten the screen out, she would jerk it away from me and adjust it herself :-) It was so funny! Tim and my dad spent the majority of their time playing music with various family members. One of the best things at our family reunions is the live music :-) They had a great time!! Paisley loved all of the kids there! She especially loves babies and recently has been spending alot of time playing with baby dolls. It is a tradition in my family to buy gifts for the kids whenever we go on a trip.. so Tim and I got Paisley a new baby for one of her presents and she LOVED it!! She even rode around with her baby on her quad. On Saturday night, we watched the fireworks and Paisley loved them. She kept reaching for the sky and saying all sorts of things :-) It was so fun to watch her face light up with amazement!

Riding her baby around

Loving the fireworks!!

Trying to reach the fireworks

Watching her first fireworks!!

Paisley and cousin Ashton!

Eating a cookie

Watching and laughing at Yo Gabba Gabba on her DVD Player on the way to Washington

Big One Year Old

2009-06-30T20:28:00.000-07:00

Today was Paisley's 1 year old appointment!! She is WAY above on all of her milestones... she is a smart little cookie :-) She amazed the doctors with her good behavior. She just sat on the table all by herself and let the doctor listen to her heart, take her temperature, look in her ears and she didn't even move! She was such a big girl and she didn't even get scared of the doctor :-) I was sooo proud of her. She weighs 20.0 pounds (28th percentile) and is 29.5 inches tall (57th percentile). Paisley had to get her shots which was sad because she has been teething and feeling terrible as it is ... so today has been interesting :-)
Here are some pictures of her this afternoon :-) She is such a big 1 year old!!

Paisley and little cousin Ashton playing together
Cousin Love :-)

Her favorite new trick....

Playing in the Sprinkler

2009-06-23T22:55:00.000-07:00

The weather was so beautiful yesterday so we decided to spend a large portion of the day outside. Paisley played in the sprinkler and loved playing in the little puddles of waters that the sprinkler was making in the grass.

Beach Trip for Father's Day & Paisley's Birthday

2009-06-23T22:27:00.000-07:00

Paisley's birthday was on Father's Day this year which was really special for Tim :-) He loved sharing his first Father's Day with Paisley's first birthday. Tim and I went away with my family to the beach for 2 nights over Father's Day weekend. We stayed at one of Tim's co-worker's beach house and had an awesome time!! We woke up on Father's Day/Paisley's Birthday and ate breakfast out on the deck while watching some raccoons trying to catch fish out of the river that runs behind the beach house. Paisley kept pointing to the raccoons gibbering and saying Kiiiiy (aka Kitty) :-) We then went shopping at the Outlet malls before returning home for Paisley's afternoon nap. After her nap, we took the Father's and Paisley out for a nice dinner out on a Pier over the ocean. It was absolutely gorgeous looking out at the water. After dinner, we went on a drive and saw several deer eating right on the side of the road. We were able to sit there for awhile and let Paisley watch them eat. Everyone had a wonderful time and we are so grateful to have such wonderful friends that allowed us the opportunity to stay at their beach house :-)

Paisley got this baby stroller for her birthday from my parents and it was a HUGE hit at the beach house. She insisted on pushing the stroller around everywhere. She would take out her baby and give her a big kiss and then put the baby back in the stroller and continue pushing her. It was so precious... I know she will be a wonderful big sister some day.

Daddy singing to Paisley on their big day :0)

Happy Birthday Paisley

Yogurt face!!

Snuggling with Grandma

Beautiful day at the beach

Paisley's 1st Birthday Party!!

2009-06-23T08:52:00.000-07:00

For Paisley's 1st Birthday Party we had a Yo Gabba Gabba party. Yo Gabba Gabba is a TV show that Paisley LOVES!! For her party, my mom made Paisley a dress with one of the characters from the show, Foofa. For the gift bags for the kids, we made each of them shirts with a character from Yo Gabba Gabba. Tim, my dad and I wore Yo Gabba Gabba shirts as well :-) We had a banner made for Paisley's party that showed chronological photos of Paisley from her very first ultrasound at 13 weeks to her at a year old! It was very sad to look out, I can't believe how big my baby is! Paisley had a wonderful party, she got lots of wonderful gifts and had fun playing with her friends!!

The big one year old Birthday Girl!!

Paisley's friend, Victoria

Paisley's friend, Tristan and cousin Alex

Paisley is not sure about the cake

Daddy and his princess

Riding her Birthday present from Mommy and Daddy

Opening Presents

Ready for the next gift :-)

Brobee!!

An Elmo card!! She loved it

Pump It Up with ELMO!

2009-06-16T10:24:00.000-07:00

Tim's Aunt Dawn let us know that Elmo was going to be at Pump It Up last Friday! We knew that we just had to take Paisley!! We had never been to Pump It Up so it was a great time to go check it out and let Paisley see Elmo. Paisley had a great time playing!! The Elmo costume was really cheesy, but Paisley did not notice, she kept pointing at him and jibbering, she even gave Elmo a high 5! She loved the slide and even started climbing the little slide all by herself :-) Paisley also loved the obstacle course and took turns racing Mommy and Daddy through the course. Everyone had a great time! We also took some video and will post them if I can find the time ;-) Enjoy!

Paisley's 1 year Photos :-)

2009-06-16T07:27:00.000-07:00

We can hardly believe that Paisley is almost a year old! Here are her 1 year photos :-)

Driving Miss Daisy

2009-06-06T16:02:00.001-07:00

Today is my nephew Alex's 2nd Birthday!!! He had a Disney Cars party and it was a blast!!! It was originally planned as a pool party with our water slide but of course the weather didn't cooperate and everyone was scrambling at the last minute with the change of plans. Regardless of the weather though, the party turned out to be A BLAST and everyone had a great time. Alex was really into opening presents, so that was a big difference from last year. He was really sweet, opening one present at a time and hugging whoever brought the gift :-) Paisley even decided to help him open gifts.. hopefully she still feels like opening presents in 2 weeks :-)

After cake, we all went outside to watch Alex open his big gift from his parents, it was a Power Wheels Jeep Rubicon. He pulled the blanket off and freaked out!! He immediately jumped in and Tim put Paisley in the passenger seat and so it began. Alex drove Paisley around the yard while she stood up in the passenger seat and held on to the bar! It was the cutest thing you have ever seen. Everyone kept saying that he was "Driving Miss Daisy". They looked so adorable!! Alex was very polite and took turns with his friends allowing everyone to drive his Jeep. Paisley even got a turn. Let me just tell you that this Jeep is for ages 3+ and Paisley stood up, pressed the pedal and steered the thing ALL BY HERSELF!! Everyone was laughing, it was soooo hillarious to watch someone her size drive the jeep. She is a go getter and not scared or anything like that. The jeep has two different speeds, a slower one for the younger kids and a faster one for the older kids. So when my cousins (Paisley and Alex's 2nd cousins) were driving, we turned it up on high speed and Paisley and Alex were all smiles as they sat in the passenger seat. All of the kids at the party has a GREAT time and crashed afterwards!! Alex's party got us soooo excited about Paisley's upcoming 1st Birthday Party!! We can't wait....

I'm 2!!
Paisley checking out cousin's gifts

Paisley driving the Jeep all by herself!!!

LOVING IT

In Alex's lap while 2nd Cousin Natalie drives

Driving Miss Daisy

Telling everyone that she is going to be "1" :-)

Holding on!!

Laughing so hard

Holding on with her friend Colton

Daddy's princess

Wanting to see Cousin's new car

Hanging out on Mater during the Party

Memorial Day

2009-05-27T10:45:00.000-07:00

For Memorial Day this year, we had a BBQ with Tim's family. It was really nice to see everyone and it was great because Paisley was able to play with her cousin Mackenzie. Paisley hadn't seen Mackenzie since she started walking, so it was fun to see them together when Paisley was able to better keep up with Mackenzie :-) Paisley LOVED playing in Mackenzie's sand box. We had to watch her though because she kept trying to eat the sand! Here are some pictures of Paisley and Mackenize playing together.

My Favorite

I ♥ Faces Photo Entry

2009-05-18T19:16:00.000-07:00

I am entering this photo of Paisley into a photo contest at http://www.iheartfaces.com/. This is my all time favorite face photo of Paisley. I took this photo when Paisley was 6 months old and enjoying the snow for the first time. Her facial expression tells everything she was feeling at that moment; happy, curious, surprised. I just love this photo!!!

I am submitting this photo into the http://www.iheartfaces.com/ Blurb book photo contest. If chosen, I grant I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites.

Loving the Backyard!!

2009-05-17T15:24:00.000-07:00

Paisley LOVES the backyard and the gorgeous weather!! :-)

Playing House

2009-05-17T15:15:00.000-07:00

Paisley loves to play house!! She spends lots of time playing in this little house, opening and closing the door and crawling through it.

Swimming Lessons

2009-05-12T10:57:00.000-07:00

Ever since Paisley turned 6 months old, Tim and I had been really excited to start her in swimming lessons. We decided to wait until Spring for better weather, who wants to take a baby to swimming lessons in the cold and rain. So we were so excited to finally start swimming with her this month!! Paisley is in a swimming class with 9 other infants between the ages of 6 months and 3 years old, one of them is her cousin Alex. From the first moment that Paisley got in the pool at her first lesson, she has LOVED the water! She gets a huge smile on her face and kicks her legs, it is really cute. Her favorite part of lessons is when she gets to sit on the side of the pool and fall into the pool when the instructor sings "Humpty Dumpty had a great fall". She usually gets so excited and tries to fall into the pool before that line of the song :-) Tim and I both love the water and figured that she would too so it is so cute for us to see her loving the water and floating on her back and kicking her legs. Even though she is only 10.5 months, she is very cooperative in the water and does most everything that the instructor asks the kids to do. Paisley is usually very shy around people that she doesn't know very well, but not in the water, Paisley went to the instructor and swam around with her without looking for me or crying, I was so proud of her :-) It also helps that her cousin Alex is in the class, Paisley loves familar faces and always gives Alex and Aunt Ashlee a big smile and laugh when she sees them across the pool. Tim and I are trading off getting in the water with her. Here are some pictures of her in the water with Daddy yesterday.
Reaching for the toy

Photo with Daddy

Kicking on her back

Kicking her legs

Loving it

Trying to make a break for the "Big" pool :-)

Our 1st Mother's Day!

2009-05-12T10:47:00.000-07:00

I had a great 1st Mother's Day!! I spent the first part of the day making Paisley a skirt, which is something that I had been wanting to do but couldn't find the time to do it. So Tim watched Pay and I made the whole thing from start to finish in about an hour. The best part was putting it on Paisley when I was finished :-) Pay is wearing it in the photos below. For the second half of the day Tim, Paisley and I went with my mom, dad, grandma, sister & her family to Spirit Mountain for dinner. It was a wonderful day :-)

Sesame Street LIVE!!

2009-05-10T11:14:00.001-07:00

Yesterday, we took Paisley to see Elmo's Green Thumb at the Rose Quarter. She absolutely LOVED it! Paisley has been in LOVE with Elmo since I first put an Elmo DVD on for her when she was ~3 Months old. Ever since then she has gotten really excited everytime she sees the little red monster! So of course when we heard that Elmo was going to be at the Rose Quarter we had to buy tickets. The show was really really cute and kept her entertained the whole time. At the beginning of the show, Bert & Ernie came out and were talking and then the Sesame Street characters starting coming out on stage one by one and Elmo was the last, when he finally came out Paisley started pointing at him and rocking back and forth! It was priceless!!! My parents went with us, as well as my sister and her two boys & step daughter and my grandma. My mom made Alex, Paisley and Ashton Elmo outfits that were sooo cute. Paisley got lots of compliments on her Elmo suit :-) The photos aren't as good of quality as usual, we could not take our good camera into the show because they deemed it a 'professional' camera, so we had to use a digital camera of lesser quality.
Shopping in Portland after the Show

ELMO!

Paisley can't take her eyes off the show!

Before the show started...

Paisley's Elmo Light up Twirler

Photo with Elmo

I'm in Elmo Land!

Standing like Elmo :-)

Ashlee, Alex & Ashton w/Elmo :-)

Enjoying the Sunshine!

2009-04-20T10:37:00.000-07:00

Despite Paisley's cold and the fact that she is teething, she has really been enjoying the sunshine! We have spent most of the last couple of days outside and she is loving it. Enjoy the photos of her and her cousin, Alex, playing in our yard.

Easter Sunday!!

2009-04-12T15:34:00.001-07:00

We have had a wonderful first Easter with our little princess!!! We started off the day with Church service this morning which was wonderful and we had brunch with my mom's side of the family. After that, Pay took her morning nap and then we opened her Easter baskets :-) The Easter bunny brought her lots of Little People (which she loves) and books among other things. Mommy and Daddy got Pay her first bible, which was very special! It is even engraved with her name, but for now we are just giving her the board book bible to 'read' :-) The Easter bunny also visited Paisley from all of her grand parents and great grandparents, she is one lucky little girl and I know she appreciates it very much !!! :-)

The Big Girl Way!

2009-04-08T15:59:00.000-07:00

Tim started working with Paisley a couple of weeks ago on how to get off of our bed correctly. Ever since she learned to crawl she had been making us nervous when she is up on our bed. Now when she gets close to the edge of our bed, we tell her "Go off the big girl way" and she turns around and slides off. It is really precious. Here is a video :-)

Paisley has been saying "Mama" and "Dada" for quite awhile now but she never talks when other people are around and she doesn't always do it on demand. Here is a video of her saying Dada and then Mama - although it is not as clear as it usually it. Also at the end of the video you can hear her saying her newest word, "Hi". Sorry that the video is a little blurry.

Paisley's first trip to the Zoo!!

2009-04-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we took Paisley to the zoo for the first time. She absolutely loved it! She was so excited to see all the animals. The weather was so nice and all of the animals were out and about. By the end of the trip, Paisley was exhausted and crashed out :-)

Paisley is 9 months!!

2009-03-26T15:36:00.000-07:00

Our Princess is 9 months and we can hardly believe it!! She went to the doctor today and she weighs 18 pounds 1 ounce (50th percentile) and she is 27.5 inches tall (70th percentile). Here are her 9 month/Easter photos taken at Kiddie Kandids yesterday :-)

Getting close :-)

2009-03-24T16:20:00.001-07:00

Paisley took 7 steps a couple of days ago and has been taking 4-7 steps in a row ever since. She is so close to walking :-) Don't you just love her silly faces!!

New Stroller

2009-03-24T11:38:00.000-07:00

My mom had been wanting this stroller for a long time for her grandkids so my sister and I finally let her buy it :-) The stroller is the Duette, made by Peg Perego, it has excellent reviews online and once you drive it, you can't help but fall in love. Even though Tim and I do not need a double stroller yet, we often take Alex with us when we take Paisley to the park so we will definately use it. Here is some more info about it: Peg Perego Duette Stroller.

Tim and I took Alex and Paisley out in the stroller on Sunday night. The babies absolutely loved it!! You can pop the seats off so that the kids can face each other or both face forward. We let them face each other and they kept laughing at each other and touching each other, it was really sweet. Now we are anxiously awaiting warmer weather so that we can use the new stroller more often.

Adorable Burp Rag Giveaway!!!

2009-03-24T08:53:00.001-07:00

These are so adorable. Check out the giveaway and pray for this family here.

Almost walking.....

2009-03-18T16:49:00.000-07:00

Over the last week or so, Paisley has been taking a couple of steps here and there. She will pull up on one of her toys and then take a couple of steps to get to another toy. One of her favorite things to do is to let go of the couch and bend her knees up and down (this is how she dances). Last night she took 4 steps when she was playing with Daddy and now we are sure walking is right around the corner. Here are some recent photos of her:

Dancing

Crawling

2009-03-05T09:12:00.000-08:00

Right around the time that Paisley turned 8 months, she started crawling. She started by crawling a couple feet to get a toy and now she crawls as fast as she can across the living room away from Tim or I towards something she is not supposed to have (like paper). I don't have any good pictures of her crawling but I thought I would post these photos of her playing with her cousin Alex. They are starting to play really good together because Paisley is mobile and can follow him around. Before, he would play with her and then lose interest and move on to something else but now she follows him around :-) If Alex gets on one of his ride on toys, he will go over to Paisley and motion me to pick her up and put her on the toy, then he will get on and off they go. Paisley absolutely loves it, you can see her laughing in the bottom photo and holding on for dear life :-)

Blushing Buttercream Pettiskirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

2009-02-24T08:03:00.000-08:00

Blushing Buttercream Pettiskirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

Valentines Day!!

2009-02-17T09:48:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Valentines Day! Our Valentines Day was spent at home hanging out with my family and celebrating my sister's birthday. Paisley spent the day doing her favorite things eating paper and playing with her toys :-) In the evening, Paisley gave daddy his valentines gift. It was a pickup for his guitar that he has been wanting. She was so sweet handing the present to daddy :-) Paisley received lots of cute valentines gifts and I got a Wii from Tim!!

Trip down the Oregon Coast

2009-02-17T09:23:00.000-08:00

Last week Paisley and I joined my mom and grandma in a quilt run down the Oregon Coast. The trip starts in Astoria and continues all the way along the Oregon Coast to Brookings. Along the way there are 12 Quilt Shops that you visit in the quilt run. By attending you are entered to win prizes etc. We had so much fun! Paisley was exceptionally good and was a big hit with all of the ladies. Paisley absolutely loves fabric so she was pretty cute in the quilt shops carrying around her fabric :-) Since we drove all day, Paisley really enjoyed stretching her legs in the hotel room at night. You can see her below in her diaper and matching nightgown that my mom made especially for the trip :-) On the way down we saw 4 herds of elk right next to the highway, it was such a pretty sight in the snow.

Eating Grass

2009-02-04T15:31:00.000-08:00

One of the nice things about being a stay at home mommy is being able to make your own schedule. Today was such a nice day outside, so we stopped what we were doing and headed outside to play. Paisley played in her walker in the cul-de-sac for awhile and then I let her play in the grass. She absolutely loved it!!! She picked grass and ate leaves :-) She even got dirt under her fingernails..... it was so cute!!

7 Months

2009-01-25T08:21:00.000-08:00

Paisley is 7 Months already and getting to be such a big girl. She weighs 16 lbs 8 ounces and is 26 3/4 inches tall. As of now, she is in the 50th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height, perfect numbers for a movie star :-) She loves to laugh and is very entertained by little kids. She loves playing with her big cousin Alex and she loves touching her baby cousin Ashton. She is not officially crawling yet, but she gets where she needs to go, she gets up on all four and pivots around until she can make a lunge for whatever it is that she wants. She also pulls up and stands on her toys. No teeth yet but she is definately teething, and you can see her two top teeth through her gums now, I wonder if she will get those first :-) She says "Baaa Baa Baa Baa" and "Ti-Ti-Ti". Sometimes if you start making one her noises than she will start up too, it is really sweet. I think she might be an early talker ... I guess we will see. We started feeding her some food now that she is 7 months old. The only "baby" food that she likes so far is rice cereal mixed with about 5 parts breast milk :-) She gags if you try to feed her bananas, peaches, applesauce, squash or anything else. She does however like regular food. We went out to eat the other night and she tried a little bit of sour cream, refried beans and tomato. She loved every minute of it!! So.. we may be skipping baby food.

Paisleys First Trip to the Park

2009-01-19T11:44:00.000-08:00

The weather has been so beautiful the last few days, so we decided to take Paisley for a walk. We walked down to the park that is just down from our house. Paisley loved it. She went down the slide with us and played on the swings. She was smiling and laughing the whole time and even cried when we left.

Paisley's 6 Month Photos

2009-01-08T09:37:00.001-08:00

Here are Paisley's 6 Months Photos. She wasn't as smiley as she normally is, which was due in part to the fact that it was her nap time and that the lady doing her photos was not all that interactive. Her little half smile is really cute though and I love how precious she looks in her little kitty outfit!

Paisley's 1st Boo-Boo

2009-01-04T13:53:00.000-08:00

Paisley officially got her very first boo-boo yesterday and we ended up taking her to the emergency room. She was playing on the floor with my 13 year old cousin when she went to reach for her Elmo doll and fell face first onto a guitar. Tim was sitting beside them and immediately picked her up. One of the sharp screws on the guitar hit her forehead when she fell and ended up cutting her forehead. Since she fell forward onto it, it made a little hole in her head instead of slicing it. It didn't bleed very much but because it was metal that cut her we felt better taking her into the emergency room to get it checked out. They couldn't really do much for her except put on some antibiotic ointment and a bandaid. She was in a great mood the whole time, laughing at the nurse and at that point we felt silly for taking her in, but you can never be too cautious right?

Everyone always tell you that your kids are going to get hurt but you can't prepare yourself for how bad you feel when they are in pain and scared. We are so thankful that her boo-boo turned out to not be very bad.

Here are some pictures of her last night with her band-aid.

Paisley's 1st Christmas

2008-12-29T08:52:00.000-08:00

Paisley had a wonderful 1st Christmas. She laughed at the lights on the Christmas Tree and enjoyed eating wrapping paper. We had so much fun watching her at Christmas this year and look forward to all of the wonderful years to come :-)

Christmas Nap
Another Christmas Nap :-)

Our Family after Paisley woke up

Our Christmas Tree

Paisley just opened her Elmo Live

Paisley in her new chair

Cousins in Paisley's new chair

Opening her stocking

Paisley's new train

Taking it for a ride

Playing Guitars

2008-12-24T12:30:00.000-08:00

Tim has been playing the guitar for a couple of years now and he loves playing for Paisley. She laughs and smiles at him when he is singing to her. It is really cute :-) Paisley's cousin Alex is very interested in the guitar and loves 'playing' music for her as well. They both sit on her bedroom floor and play music and sing for her. It is very precious. I walked in her room the other day and found the following: Paisley laughing hysterically at her 'band' :-)

One year ago today....

2008-12-24T12:12:00.000-08:00

One year ago today, we saw Paisley for the first time via ultrasound. We were so excited and the whole experience was surreal. Now, I can't believe that it has already been a year since that day!!! Paisley is here and 6 months old already, with a personality her very own and a smile that would melt anyone's heart. The last year has truly been amazing and our little blessing has grown so much! :-)

12/24/07
12/24/08

Paisley's First SNOW!!!!

2008-12-14T22:09:00.001-08:00

Today was Paisley's first snow!!!! We weren't sure if we should take her out in it because she doesn't really like the cold but we decided we couldn't let the moment pass us by. So, we bundled her up and took her outside to let her sit in the snow and feel it. She was soooo smiley despite the cold wind and snow falling on her little cheeks. Overall, I think she really liked the snow :-)

Thanksgiving

2008-12-09T16:01:00.001-08:00

For Thanksgiving this year, we went over to my aunt's house. It was really nice to see everyone and catch up. Paisley slept through the first part but woke up just in time for dinner. She was in such a good mood. Her big cousin Alex was showing off and doing the thing he loves most, play the guitar.

Alex and Jaycie

Grandkids and Great Grandkids

5 Month Pictures

2008-12-02T17:58:00.000-08:00

We just happened to be at Babies "R" Us on Paisley's 5 month birthday getting her a high chair. A lady from Kiddie Kandids came over and commented on how cute Paisley looked and ended up offering to give us a free 5x7 if we wanted to do a photo shoot of her. She was in a great mood so I agreed to do the photo shoot and I am so glad I did because I thought these pictures turned out so cute!! It is funny because when we go through all of the trouble of scheduling her pictures, getting her ready, making sure she is fed at a certain time , etc. she ends up not being as happy for pictures. But of course for some reason when we didn't schedule it, she was in a perfect mood.... :-)

Meet Baby Ashton

2008-11-20T18:38:00.000-08:00

Paisley's new cousin, Ashton Lee, was born on November 17th at 3:45pm. He weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 21.5 inches long. He looks just like his big brother, Alex. He is just the cutest thing. Right after Ashton was born, the nurse took him over to the baby warmer. I took Paisley over there and she started cooing and laughing at him. It was sooooo precious!!!! Here are some pics of Paisley and her new cousin :-)

Dollhouse

2008-11-20T18:23:00.000-08:00

I recently took my old dollhouses out of the attic and set them up in Paisley's room. Paisley is really getting into toys and I thought that she might enjoy to look at them and play with the little people. Tonight we invited Alex into Paisley's room to play with her. They had so much fun together. Alex would hand her the toys that he wanted her to play with and she would grab anything within reach. It was really cute to watch them play together :-)

Paisleys Jumper

2008-11-20T18:11:00.000-08:00

When Paisley turned 4 months old we got her a jumper. At first she didn't know what to think and just kind of sat there but now she jumps up and down in it and plays with all the toys.

Carving Pumpkins

2008-10-30T14:17:00.001-07:00

We got a big pumpkin for Paisley this year. Before we carved it, we decided to cut a big hole in it and put her inside of it. She just loved it!! She was able to move around without anybody holding on to her. I thought she might cry because it was pretty cold inside of the pumpkin but she was actually really happy :-)

Our saltwater fish tank...

2008-10-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

We recently got a new saltwater fish tank for our bedroom. We had a larger saltwater tank a little over a year ago but took it down. While the tank cycles, we can only have damsels and crabs. There are 4 crabs in the tank along with 2 damsels. In about 4-5 weeks we will be able to get some anemones and some better looking fish. We are really enjoying the tank so far. The lights really get Paisley's attention and she loves staring at the little fish darting in and out of the rocks. As we get better stuff for the tank we will post more pictures.

Watch this before you vote.....

2008-10-29T09:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvc0tYG_YpA

4 Month Photos

2008-10-21T17:16:00.000-07:00

Paisley is 4 months today! We had these pictures taken of her in her Halloween costume. There are also some with her cousin Alex. Alex was so sweet when we went to have their photos taken. He had to have his hand around her the whole time. He didn't want the photographer taking her away from him. It was just so cute. I think the photos turned out really well.

Chinook Winds Casino Weekend

2008-10-12T20:22:00.001-07:00

On Saturday, my parents went down to Chinook Winds with us and we all stayed the night in a suite at the Chinook Winds Resort. We had a great time! Paisley loved all the bright lights in the casino and Tim swears she was reaching for the slot machines :-) We spent Saturday at the casino and then met up with Tim's grandparents on Sunday for dinner and shopping at the Lincoln City outlet mall. We had so much fun!! The weather was absolutely gorgeous which made the trip all the better. Here are some pictures from our trip.

A big day for Paisley....

2008-10-08T18:45:00.001-07:00

Paisley was born with an obstructed tear duct that never drained properly. It constantly watered and was goopy. Today we had it 'probed'. The probing consisted of sticking a flexible probe down her tear duct in the corner of her right eye. The procedure took less than 5 minutes and we were not allowed to be in the room during it. It was the longest 5 minutes ever!! I wasn't sure what kind of a mood she would be in this evening... but she has been really happy! Here are some pictures of her this evening after her big day.

HEY! That's my Daddy!

2008-10-04T20:58:00.001-07:00

Our nephew Alex is really into Paisley. He wants to know where she is every second of the day and is very possessive of her. But of course, he can also be very jealous of her. The other day, Tim was holding Paisley on his lap and Alex instantly came over and wanted up on his lap too. As soon as he got up there, Alex started kissing on Uncle Tim and hugging him. As soon as Alex started taking Daddy's attention, Paisley got all concerned and started glaring at Alex. It was so cute to watch the three of them interacting. Here are some priceless photos! So glad the camera was handy ....

Bathtime with Daddy!

2008-10-04T20:46:00.000-07:00

Paisley loves baths! We had been giving her baths in her baby tub but have recently been putting her in the tub with one of us. She just loves smiling and kicking her feet in the water. Here are some pics of her in the tub :-)

Sitting up in the Bumbo!

2008-10-01T19:08:00.000-07:00

Now that Paisley is 3 months, she is finally able to sit up in the Bumbo. We were really worried the first time we put her in it because it didn't seem like she was strong enough to hold up her upper body. We soon found out that she was more than strong enough for the Bumbo and she is just so cute it in!!

Go Oregon Ducks!!

2008-09-22T13:43:00.000-07:00

Daddy loves to watch football with Paisley. We designed this diaper for Paisley to wear while they are cheering on their favorite football team :-)

3 Month Photos

2008-09-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

We can't believe that Paisley is 3 months old already!! She is growing up so fast. At her 3 month appointment Paisley weighed 12 pounds 2 ounces and was 23.75 inches tall. She is only in the 25th percentile for weight and 20th percentile for height. The Doctor says she won't be 6 feet tall :-) She also had her first 2 shots at this appointment. It was really sad to watch her face go from smiling to crying but all in all she handled the shots well.

Smiles :-)

2008-09-01T13:35:00.000-07:00

Paisley is a very happy baby! She loves talking to people and interacting. We love making her smile and laugh.

Pictures of Paisley

2008-08-28T14:40:00.000-07:00

6 week pictures

2008-08-02T21:48:00.000-07:00

Paisley is born....

2008-08-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

Paisley was born on June 21st, 2008 at 3:43 pm. She weighed 6 pounds 13.8 ounces and was 19.25 inches long. She arrived after 34 hours of labor and was the most beautiful baby we had ever seen :-) She is perfect in every way and we are the proudest parents ever!!