Sloan's blessing

So we blessed Sloan on Sunday, July 11th.  It was a great day with family and friends.  Above is a picture I had taken of Sloan in her blessing dress.  I know it's not all about the dress but dang I loved her dress! I have to be honest and tell you I had the dress picked out before I even had kids.  One of my mom's best friends Ramona has this amazing company that sells all kinds of dress and outfits and I love to go online and look at all the stuff.  I knew this would be the dress for my little girl someday.  I've even hung it in her room as decoration because I love it so much.  She looked so pretty in it.  Such a little princess and I think Jed loved holding her up in church for everyone to see his sweet little girl.   Such a proud papa--I love it!  I couldn't believe what a perfect little angel she was during the blessing.  She didn't make a peep much to my amazement. 

Here's a picture of our sweet little family.  A little boy and a little girl---what more could you ask for???  (don't ask my mom---she'd answer with "another boy and gir!") I love the 4 generation picture below.  Although it's not totally a legit 4-generation picture because it's my dad's mom, not my mom's mom--I don't care---I still love it and it's 4 generations to me!  

Here's a few more pictures of her in her dress.  Love them!  She looks like a little baby doll.  Thanks to all our family and friends that were able to make it.  I love having get togethers because everyone is so supportive and the food everyone brings is grubbin! I also like that Jed and my family's get along so well which is nice that we don't have this weird awkwardness.  It's crazy to think the next big family get together that I'll be having will be Cash's baptism.  So see y'all again in 5 1/2 years.  

Sloan's first Airplane Ride

Sloan and I headed to Portland last week to meet her newest cousin!  Maile had little Qorbin 12 days after Sloan was born.  So we jumped on a plane and headed up for a visit for the baby blessing.  Qorbin seemed so tiny compared to Sloan.  He's quite the cute little guy.  I loved just chilling with Maile for a couple days and was quite entertained by her boys while I was there.  Maile and I pretty much spent most of our time sitting on the couch with a bag of doritos between us and ate and gossiped.....it was GREAT!  Cannon is quite the ham and LOVES to try and push your buttons....if he wasn't so cute I probably would have given him a good beating!!!  Here's a picture of cute little Qorbin---he kind of looks like an old man don't you think?

My mom has been in Portland for the past month helping Maile so she was pretty excited to see Sloan again............and I'm not going to lie---I was pretty excited to have my mom watch her so I could get some sleep!!!  My mom is in heaven because she has two more grand babies that will be born this year.

Sloan Rachel Baadsgaard

I figured a new baby was a pretty good reason so finally update my blog!!! Sloan Rachel Baadsgaard (her middle name is after Jed's mom) was born on May 21, 2010 at 1:58am at the American Fork Hospital. She weighed in at 8 pounds 12 ounces (exactly the same amount that I weighed when I was born) and she was 19 1/2 inches long. I was scheduled for a c-section that morning at 6:30am but my water broke right after midnight and by the time we got to the hospital a little before 1:00am my contractions were two minutes apart and I was in some serious pain. So they whisked me into the operating room and had little Sloan out pretty quick!
Here's my first look at my little girl. Soooo happy to finally have her here! I love the picture below of Jed showing Sloan to Cash for the first time......so sweet.
Aunt Meridith brought Cash in to visit his little sister for the first time. She bought him that cute shirt too. Meridith has seriously been my biggest lifesaver since Sloan was born I honestly don't know what I would have done without her--hands down the best sister-in-law ever!

I was so glad that Cash actually liked his little sister. He couldn't get enough of her. He kept wanting to love on her and hold her. I thought for sure he wouldn't be so fond of her once he realized she was coming home with us but he still likes her----except when she's crying....then he likes to yell at her "go to sleep baby...go to sleep!" (I'll admit I've thought those words myself a few times at 3am)Here's our little family heading home from the hospital. As most of you know I'm a HORRIBLE pregnant person. I hate being pregnant more than anything. Once I have that baby I'm a whole new woman! I only stayed in the hospital for two days after Cash and Sloan because I'm just anxious to get home and be normal again. I do have to say that my two little sweeties are well worth the pregnancy. I feel so blessed and lucky to be their mom.

Boating

This weekend we went boating with some of Jed's co-workers and had a blast! Cash was actually pretty good considering we were out on the lake for about 4 hours. He wasn't a fan of his life jacket that I made him wear most of the time (yes, I was a nervous wreck if he didn't have it on). He was happiest just driving his little truck all over the boat or driving the boat!

Here's my man taking a turn at wake-boarding....or at least attempting to. He got up for a good 3 seconds each time! I can't make fun of him too bad because I didn't even try---I was much more concerned with working on my tan. We had so much fun and it seriously makes me want a boat.

Born to Ride!

This kid is obsessed with wheels. He's such a boy. The minute he heads outside he goes straight to the first wheel he can see. When we were riding 4-wheelers the other day he wanted to ride along side the other 4-wheeler so he could watch the wheels go around and around. Tonight we took a walk over to grandma and grandpa's house and we stopped and Cody and Meridith's to say hi and he had to sit on Cody's bike. He didn't want anyone helping him either---he could sit there all by himself! He's quite a stubborn little guy like that---he totally gets that from his dad! This kid is happiest when he's riding on the lawnmower or 4-wheeler. I should start saving my money now because it's only a few years until he'll want a motorcycle. Jed's already been looking for helmets for him----although by the bruises on his head I'm thinking he should be wearing a helmet full time. My dad likes to call him Crash instead of Cash.

July

I'm such a loser---I haven't posted in over a month! To all my fans out there--please forgive me! This is going to be quite the catch up and catch all blog so I don't blame any of you if you can't make it to the end. I know it will be quite a lot for one reading and not to mention all the stunning picture of me and my hot husband and not to mention my little one.....if case you've forgotten over the past month---he is the cutest little boy ever born! This summer Cash has turned into quite the little water baby. Above is a fun picture right before we headed to the Lindon pool---which by the way if you have kids it's the best pool ever! Although it looks like I have Cash in a chokehold I really don't so please don't call DCFS on me.


Kami bought Kai a water table for his b-day and the boys could literally play in it all day every day! They love it! And yes, sometimes we just take off their clothes and let them play in their onesies---I believe it gives meaning to white trash and I think they're in training for "wife-beater" tank tops in the near future.


Wow--Cash is a little excited don't you think? And just look below---that little grin just melts my heart and gets him whatever he wants!!!


For the July 4th weekend Jed and I made a quite trip to wine country in California to do visit some wineries and do a little testing. Kidding! Only kidding! We actually went for a wedding of our good friends Candace and Justin. It was so much fun and such a great little get -away. We rented a little convertible Nissan 350 Z while we were there which I thought would be so fun ----until I realized my husband was maniac behind the wheel! He seriously thought it was in the Indy 500 every time he got on the road. By the time we got to the reception ---which was on the other side of a very windy mountain---I was so car sick I thought I would die not to mention so mad at Jed I couldn't even talk for the first hour of the reception! I recovered and we both had a great time. The reception was so fun. Let's face it ---non-mormon receptions are WAY better than LDS punch and cookie receptions. People actually stay and hang out and dance and have a good time. I even got Jed to bust a move with me---dancing that is!

Next up was a trip to St. George to see my nieces and nephew sealed to their mom and step-dad in the St. George temple. Priceless. I expected to have bittersweet feelings because they were being sealed to their step-dad and not my brother but I didn't. It just felt right. I'm just so grateful that their parents are teaching them what's right and heading them in the right direction. Those kids will never forget that experience or the feelings they had in the temple. There is no doubt in my mind we will all be an eternal family. (whoa--teary eyed---moving on to next subject.)

And last thing on my catching up in July blog .......girls trip to San Fransisco with Karmen and Sarah. I could pretty much sum it up in a few words....shopping, eating, laughing, sleeping. It's so crazy to think they've been my best friends for 18 years. We've been through thick and thin (literally!) together. It doesn't matter what phase or our lives or the fact that we all live far apart from eachother---we remain the 3 stooges. I know there is nothing I could tell either of these two that would make them turn their back on me and not be my friend. Not many people can say that about one friend and I have it in two friends. I'm a lucky girl.

We stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay (got to love my employee discount!) We headed to Santa Cruz, Stanford, and San Fransisco. Above is a nice shot of Karmen and I at China Town. Below is a picture of us all at the hotel. We got plenty of shopping in---ok way too much actually. We had some great food and I got to sleep in every day---pretty much the highlight of my trip!!! We sat in the mineral spa at the hotel---we opted for the one where you had to wear clothes---I mean, come on--we're not THAT good of friends! We're already planning the next trip---but we might actually let the kids and husbands come this time....maybe!

I love this kid!

New Hotel!!

As most of you know I've been a little busy the past couple months with my new job. Our company just opened a new Marriott SpringHill Suites in Provo and I get the fun job of being the General Manager. At least I'm hoping it will be fun eventually.....it's been pretty busy and challenging so far. Don't get me wrong---it's so fun to have everything nice and new and beautiful but working out all the kinks of having a new building is crazy. No major issues just dumb little things like the fact that if you hit the "room service" button on the telephone it dialed 911---minor issues I tell you. If you haven't seen the hotel yet feel free to drop by for a tour----it's awesome!!! It's very different and "fresh". People love it!---except older people which reminds me of a good story. So I was in a "closing construction" meeting the other day where I had to give a little presentation on how our guests have responded so far to the new hotel.... let me give you a little background on who was in the meeting---it was all the owners who are a little older (and one inparticular has a hard time that I'm a woman), the builders of the hotel and the owners of our management company. So I hand out my nice little report with the feedback and forgot that as I was typing the report I put as the very last line "the only guests who have not responded positively to the hotel are simply old foogies with old school taste!" Of course I'm laughing to myself as I type the last sentance. I then got distracted and forgot to take it off the report!!!!! Pretty embarassing as one of the owners reads the report out loud in the meeting!!!!! Yes, I'm glad I still have a job. I feel super lucky to have the best staff ever----I like to refer to them as the "dream team"!! I thought I'd share a couple pictures of the finished product. Of course I couldn't end this post without a few pictures of the cutest little man in my life. We have beads that hang in our lobby area and Cashy LOVES to grab them, pull on them, wind up in them----and he gives me a devilish little grin the whole time knowing he is doing something wrong!

Catching up!

So it's been a few weeks since I've updated so get ready for a long post! Hopefully you don't get too bored reading this. Easter was great this year---nothing says Easter like an Elmo Easter basket with bunny ears! The little yellow "duckie" inside is Cash's new favorite toy. He pretty much takes it everywhere with him and he likes to wear the bunny ears around his neck like a necklace.....yes, it makes Jed nervous. We had an Easter egg hunt in our back yard for Kylee, Kade and Carter.....a big thanks to Kami for coloring the eggs! Kami and I had a throw back to our childhood by writing on the eggs with white crayon before she colored them. We put $.25 or $.10 or "prize".....just like my grandma Oram use to do ....Jed said we were lame and that the kids would rather have candy......boy was he wrong......and boy was he surprised when I pulled out his change jar to pay up on the eggs!!!!

The next adventure was Cash going to Seattle with Kami and Meridith for 5 days!!!! I was a little hesitant at first but then agreed. Jed and I went to Park City for a couple of days which was awesome but by Sunday night I was happy, happy, happy that my baby was coming home!!! It's nice to have a break but even nicer to have Cashy back home. I love the picture of Cashy snuggling with my mom---so cute! That's pretty much the highlight of her life.....snuggling with grandkids. I also love the picture of Cash with the tissue blowing his nose......totally cracks me up every time he does it. Oh the simple pleasures of being a mom. A big thanks to Meridith for taking Cash on the plane.....although Kami finally admitted tonight that he was a stinker on the plane and to not be surprised if Meridith doesn't offer again.....ouch! HA! HA!---I don't blame her!

Nate and Quinn came to visit for a few days last week. Quinn of course had to go see the baby cows out at Grandpa Baadsgaards house---of course he really had twist Jed's arm to take him out there. They tell me that everytime Cash gets in the truck he jumps on grandpas lap and takes the wheel ---he's pretty sure he's driving that rig!.....now don't freak out and call child protective services---out in Spanish Fork it's totally legal for a 14 month old to drive a farm truck! Cash has started a new thing lately where he has a motor sound for everything. (I just realized I've turned into one of those annoying people who all they talk about it their kids on their blog---lame. oh well.)

At last but not least a few pictures that I almost didn't post....why you might ask....because my nanny (aka Kami) didn't match Cash's clothes very well this day----how embarassing! I pride myself on a matching kid! I mean seriously Kami---what kind of aunt, I mean nanny are you?????----grey shirt with blue sweatpants---yikes! Kami took the boys to the park the other day (I know you all wish you had a nanny like her) and they loved it, as you can tell from Kai's face....actually you can really tell from Cash's nice belly laugh he's got going on! I love that kid! Hopefully some day he'll have a nice cackle to go along with that belly laugh.

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