For the sake of starting somewhere...

Saylor Dahl was born on April 5th, 2011 in Jackson, MS. She was 7 pounds even and to be honest, I don't remeber who long she was. Average length, I'm sure.

It was kind of fun having my baby in Jackson. We were there for about a month and a half before she was born so I had time to get to know the area, have a few Dr.'s appointments.

I was going to write a funny thing about Saylor maybe not liking being born in Jackson cause she looks kinda ticked in this picture. But the reality is, she is an angel baby. She is happy, pleasant, easy. She's actually yawning in this picture- not even crying!

She looks so much like Riley.
As usually we had a hard time deciding on her name. I was stuck on the name Amy for most of the pregnancy. She was not an Amy. Jake wanted Scout. Thankfully she wasn't that either.


The second day I was in the hospital I got a call from a girl who worked with the birth certificates at the hospital. She said she couldn't leave until she got the names of all the babies born the day before. I was the last perrson she needed a name from and I could tell she was itching to leave. Jake was gone when she called the second time so when he got back I told him we had to decide now. Somehow we ended up deciding between Jessie and Saylor. I don't even remember considering either of those until that day. I wrote each of them like 50 times on a piece of paper and decided that Saylor was prettier.

Thank you Instagram for helping me pick out and class up some of my favorite pics of my favorite little girl.



Kaylee is a huge help. She absolutely loves Saylor. She loves to carry her and hold her and kiss her. She helps me watch over her and I couldn't be happier.


Riley likes Saylor too, but she is a little more playful. She thought it would be pretty awesome to put Riley under this fort they built.

Love this girl. Hopefully more to come soon!

Riley is obsessed with naughty guys

is anyone there?

I got out of the habit of blogging... way out. Out to the point it got too overwhelming to add any updates. Plus the past year has been super busy. In 2010 we moved to Seattle, then to Baton Rouge, then to Salt Lake. I got pregnant, miscarried and then got pregnant again. Jake changed employers. The girls are great, but keep me on my toes.

So I uploaded all my pics from 2010. If anyone still reads this blogs, or even can cause I made it private and I don't know who I invited... here is a little sample of our year. Better late than never?

Ocean Shores with the Soules

Tulip Festival

Easter

Riley is still a country girl, even in Sammamish

A beautiful day with the Young boys, their favorite friends


Knudson Family vacation to Mexico

Baton Rouge-iana duck pond

Jake hunting with his dad and brothers. They got a deer!

Christmas party in Utah

We are moving back to Baton Rouge in about 2 weeks. I do have more pictures and more things to post, but let's be honest- it might take me another year to post.

What we've been up to...

Gas Works Park in Seattle
The Fremont Troll

Snoqualmie Train Museum

Ocean Shores with the Soules

On the beach

Driving through the waves

Egg hunt and Kaylee's preschool

Mt. Vernon Tulip Festival

Easter morning, after they emptied their baskets.

We are loving living here. We kind of act like tourists. I grew up here but somehow missed out on a bunch of the coolest places around. Hugs and kisses to all!!!!!

So much to post!

Is it almost March?? I keep thinking, "this is the week I'll catch up the blog"... 15 weeks later and I'm wondering, do the people looking at this blog even want to see Christmas pictures? I mean, we're coming up on Spring here!
We moved to Washington the first week in January. We are at my parents house temporarily while we find a place to live. We need to be out of here before Kami and Scott get home. You know, 4 is company, 6 is a crowd.

Snoqualmie Falls. The girls lasted about 8 seconds. It was too windy!

One of the earlier weeks in January we took a ferry out of Anecortes to the San Juan Islands. What a beautiful place.

The girls got a kick out of throwing driftwood into the water. There is something so great about a little beach.

They could have stayed on the ferry all day. We were lucky to have such nice weather.

More to come. Be patient. It might take awhile.

kaylee's preschool concert

Kaylee is in a music preschool. Tonight was her Christmas Concert. I could not be more proud. Here is a little taste of the cuteness!

SNOW!!