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Jenn
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
6 Year Well Child Check Up!
Today, November 15th 2010, I took Bayleigh for her well child visit to the doctor and to get a flu shot! Bayleigh weights 40.0 lbs and is 40.5 inches tall! :) She was EXACTLY 40 inches tall in June so she has grown a 1/2 inch since then! We LOVE her new doctor in Greenfield. We opted to leave Shelbyville because they can't manage to keep a doctor around longer than a year. This new doctor is her 6th doctor and she is 6 years old....NO THANKS! I am tired of no stability there. This new doctor was wonderful! She really spent a lot of time talking to us and getting to know Bayleigh. She spent so much time with us that I was actually thinking...my goodness she is going to be so far behind, but a couple of my friends told me that that is how it works there. I LOVE IT!!!!! We barely waited any time in the waiting room too. And we barely wait between the nurse and the doctor in the room as well! :) Bayleigh's flu shot went great! She didn't even cry. She was on the verge and I cut her off and said proudly that she didn't cry and she was happy! By me saying that it was over before she knew it! :) She has to go back for a booster shot in 4 weeks!
Our baby is certainly growing up! Thanks checking in again!
Love,
Jenn
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6th Birthday Party 11.13.10
Saturday, November 13th, 2010, we celebrated Bayleigh's 6th Birthday at the Waldron Baptist Church.
The turnout was absolutely amazing. We had so many family and friends there that when first welcoming everyone to the party and saying the prayer I got really nervous and was just overwhelmed with absolute PRIDE that SO many wonderful people had shown up to celebrate our wonderful daughter. I had a really hard time keeping myself together. :)
We decided this year we were celebrating with a circus/carnival theme. I thought it was great! I started the night before making the homemade cotton candy from jolly ranchers and then decided that it might get hard so I got up early that morning and made the rest. We also made air popped popcorn and put it into theme bags. I had found circus ducks at a party supply store and put them on the tables for decor and each of the kids got their own clown noses as well. I also had put the cotton candy and some animal crackers on the tables for people to take if they wanted. Simple, but still themed. :) I also hired clowns....more to come on that later! :)
Our popcorn bags and ducks!!!
Papa, Bayleigh, and Grammy!
Daddy, Mommy, and Bayleigh!
Our clown noses!
Bayleigh and her "Kimmie Cake". Kim has made Bayleigh's cakes each year and they are wonderful!!!! This year, the cake had an accident getting to the church, but the front was mostly ok. It was still OH SO YUMMY! Thanks Kim!
Sassy Frass and Bayleigh
Bayleigh realizing she got her Just Like Me American Girl Doll from Aunt Rachel, Uncle Eric, and Max. She even has her ears pierced JUST LIKE BAYLEIGH! Her name is Melissa and is most definately the favorite gift from the party!
Bayleigh and Melissa! BFF'S!
Her Justin Beiber shirts and CD. My LANTA! It is already starting--the musical crushes!
Her Liv NutMeg horse from Grammy. She kept begging for this, but she was calling it the NutBAG horse and we couldn't figure out what she was talking about until viewing the Wal-Mart toy book!
Bayleigh and Papa! I bought this with the intent on getting Bayleigh's picture with each of the guests, BUT! 1. It was TOO chaotic and 2. It glared from the flash and the lighting in the church was terrible. I know that some moms got some pictures of their kids and the kids did have a good time playing with it. Too bad my initial idea didn't work out. The concept was great! :)
Big Buff Bayleigh!
The clowns, Sassy Frass and Funny Bonz, were hired to do face painting, balloon animals, and magic tricks. They flat blew me away! Each child had fun with their balloons. A LOT of swords were made, as well as puppies and flowers too! Bayleigh got a really cute penguin. I thought that Bayleigh was going to get a big face paint job and the others just on their cheeks and to my delight--Sassy went all out on the kids and they all got very elaborate faces! See Below!
Bayleigh's Tiara!
Max's Snake!
Bayleigh and Princess Cendall!
Penelope, (I like her butterfly the best), Funny Bonz, Bayleigh, Elliot, and Loriann!
Hallie!
Hadlie
Hannah!
Bayleigh was the special helper for the magic show. Her magic words were "Hocus, Pocus, I Love You So Mocus"! SO CUTE!
WHAT?! Now, they are attached! (and a little bigger) ;)
Funny Bonz, Bayleigh, and Sassy Frass!
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Feel free to post comments too!**
The turnout was absolutely amazing. We had so many family and friends there that when first welcoming everyone to the party and saying the prayer I got really nervous and was just overwhelmed with absolute PRIDE that SO many wonderful people had shown up to celebrate our wonderful daughter. I had a really hard time keeping myself together. :)
We decided this year we were celebrating with a circus/carnival theme. I thought it was great! I started the night before making the homemade cotton candy from jolly ranchers and then decided that it might get hard so I got up early that morning and made the rest. We also made air popped popcorn and put it into theme bags. I had found circus ducks at a party supply store and put them on the tables for decor and each of the kids got their own clown noses as well. I also had put the cotton candy and some animal crackers on the tables for people to take if they wanted. Simple, but still themed. :) I also hired clowns....more to come on that later! :)
Our popcorn bags and ducks!!!
Papa, Bayleigh, and Grammy!
Daddy, Mommy, and Bayleigh!
Our clown noses!
Bayleigh and her "Kimmie Cake". Kim has made Bayleigh's cakes each year and they are wonderful!!!! This year, the cake had an accident getting to the church, but the front was mostly ok. It was still OH SO YUMMY! Thanks Kim!
Sassy Frass and Bayleigh
Bayleigh realizing she got her Just Like Me American Girl Doll from Aunt Rachel, Uncle Eric, and Max. She even has her ears pierced JUST LIKE BAYLEIGH! Her name is Melissa and is most definately the favorite gift from the party!
Bayleigh and Melissa! BFF'S!
Her Justin Beiber shirts and CD. My LANTA! It is already starting--the musical crushes!
Her Liv NutMeg horse from Grammy. She kept begging for this, but she was calling it the NutBAG horse and we couldn't figure out what she was talking about until viewing the Wal-Mart toy book! 
Bayleigh and Papa! I bought this with the intent on getting Bayleigh's picture with each of the guests, BUT! 1. It was TOO chaotic and 2. It glared from the flash and the lighting in the church was terrible. I know that some moms got some pictures of their kids and the kids did have a good time playing with it. Too bad my initial idea didn't work out. The concept was great! :)
Big Buff Bayleigh!
The clowns, Sassy Frass and Funny Bonz, were hired to do face painting, balloon animals, and magic tricks. They flat blew me away! Each child had fun with their balloons. A LOT of swords were made, as well as puppies and flowers too! Bayleigh got a really cute penguin. I thought that Bayleigh was going to get a big face paint job and the others just on their cheeks and to my delight--Sassy went all out on the kids and they all got very elaborate faces! See Below! 
Bayleigh's Tiara!
Max's Snake!
Bayleigh and Princess Cendall!
Penelope, (I like her butterfly the best), Funny Bonz, Bayleigh, Elliot, and Loriann!
Hallie!
Hadlie
Hannah!
Bayleigh was the special helper for the magic show. Her magic words were "Hocus, Pocus, I Love You So Mocus"! SO CUTE!
WHAT?! Now, they are attached! (and a little bigger) ;)
Funny Bonz, Bayleigh, and Sassy Frass!
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This party ended up being one of the most chaotic parties I have thrown, but with that being said....It was also the BEST! I say chaotic only because I had planned SO much and wanted to do it in a timely manner that MY organization wasn't exactly what I had in mind to get things done, but it worked out for the best because while Sassy was painting faces, and Funny Bonz was doing balloons, Bayleigh opened up her gifts and the children were not crowed around the tables so I was able to get my photos. :) That made me a very happy mommy! The food was good, the company was GREAT, it was FUN! Bayleigh, Larry, and I want to Thank everyone that came and made it such a wonderful time! We are so blessed! SO, SO BLESSED! :) If you were able to make it, I hope you had a great time. Thank you so much!!! xoxoxo!
Thanks for Checking in! Until next blog...
Love, Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Feel free to post comments too!**
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Happy 6th Birthday Bayleigh!
HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY BAYLEIGH!!!! Today was spent doing everything Bayleigh wanted to do. She woke up and wanted to go to Denny's to eat breakfast so we did. (Bayleigh, Daddy, Mommy, Grammy, and "Melissa"). After, we headed up to Greenwood Mall to buy her a Christmas dress. Sears and Penney's has dresses for the dolls that match the big girl dress. Since Bayleigh got an American Girl Doll at her party yesterday that purchase was a must! ((Thank you Aunt Rachel for "Melissa")! After walking around the mall Bayleigh wanted ice cream so we stopped at the food court for that. YUMMY! Next, Bay just wanted to come home. (We did too)! We spent the rest of the day just being together--doesn't get much better than that, right?! :)
I know you were probably thinking from my last post that party pictures would be up, but the lighting in the church was so horrible that I have do some quick editing first. Maybe tomorrow I can make that post--and it will have a ton of pictures! :)
Bayleigh,
Six years ago today, you came into this world and changed mommy and daddy's lives forever. You ARE our PRIDE and JOY. You make my heart beat. You are my every breath! We are SO proud to have you as our daughter. We are so blessed. You are smart, funny, caring, loving, giving, FuN, and delightful in every way! Words could never express how much we love you! I hope you had so much fun on your birthday and at your party yesterday. Remember, you promised to always be my baby?! Even when you're 40! You are not there yet, but I can safely say, Baby girl, Happy Birthday. Thank you for being so amazing in every way! We love you! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo! Love, Daddy and Mommy!
Check back soon for Party details! Until then...
Love,
Jenn
Friday, November 12, 2010
11.11.10 6 year old pictures
It's no secret that I have been bitten by the photography bug! I have had a passion for photography for several years now. I LOVE any photo. It doesn't matter who or what the subject is, it is captivating to me. One year Larry bought me a digital slr camera for a holiday or special day and from then I have added lenses and photo editing programs and I don't do too shabby. I am VERY critical of my work and very hard on myself always. SO, I always take Bayleigh this time of year and have her pictures taken by a professional. This year, money is tight and I decided that I needed to hunker down and just do it. Yesterday, November 11, 2010 just happened to be an expectionally unseasonal November day. It was gorgeous out so it was THE day. My good friend Jodi Kuhn has been wanting to get together and head to a park and take photos together, but we never had the chance. She was available as was I so perfect right?! More detail about Jodi is below. ;) She is pretty amazing...if I do say so myself! :)
Below is probably one of my FAVS from my shoot.
My good friend Jodi Kuhn also has a passion for photography and is actually working on getting her business up and going. She came with us to take pictures of Bayleigh and below are some of her shots she took and edited. Jodi is an all natural light photographer and does everything in manual mode on her camera, which is what I strive to be able to learn. She used her smaller lens during the shoot and I opted to use my largest lens. It is amazing the difference in pictures based on lens, settings, and photo editing programs! She did a very beautiful job and if you are interested in her contact information for a photo shoot sometime let me know! Enjoy!
And THIS ONE below is my MOST FAVORITE of the WHOLE shoot! Didn't Jodi do a BEAUTIFUL job?!
Tomorrow is the big 6th birthday party. My next blog will be all about that and then on Sunday I will have a 6 year old. WOW! Thanks for checking in!
Love,
Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Feel free to post comments too!**
Below is probably one of my FAVS from my shoot.
My good friend Jodi Kuhn also has a passion for photography and is actually working on getting her business up and going. She came with us to take pictures of Bayleigh and below are some of her shots she took and edited. Jodi is an all natural light photographer and does everything in manual mode on her camera, which is what I strive to be able to learn. She used her smaller lens during the shoot and I opted to use my largest lens. It is amazing the difference in pictures based on lens, settings, and photo editing programs! She did a very beautiful job and if you are interested in her contact information for a photo shoot sometime let me know! Enjoy!
And THIS ONE below is my MOST FAVORITE of the WHOLE shoot! Didn't Jodi do a BEAUTIFUL job?!
Tomorrow is the big 6th birthday party. My next blog will be all about that and then on Sunday I will have a 6 year old. WOW! Thanks for checking in!
Love,
Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Feel free to post comments too!**
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Willie Worms and Baby Memories!
Typical Indiana weather has arrived!!! :) One day it is warm, sunny, and beautiful, and the next day it is FREEZING, sunny, and beautiful! LOL! You just never know what you are going to get. If I've said it once, I've said it thousands of times--I am NOT a fan of the cold and dreary weather, but I will admit that the first hard snowfall, worthy of snowmen, snow forts, snow angels, and snow ball fights are SO worth the fun and perfect photo opportunities!!! :) It is said around here you can judge how winter is going to be based on the Willie Worms...
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A COLD ONE!
Our home is still in party planning mode at this point. Final purchases such as table cloths, table decor, and supplies have been bought. Food has been ordered. Kimmie is working on the famous Kimmie cake that MAKES Bayleigh's birthday parties. She always goes above and beyond!!! (I think she must really love Bay). :)
Larry's dad bought Bayleigh 4 tickets to the Ringling Brothers circus that is coming to town in December. Bayleigh is SUPER excited as am I. She is taking Max with her and while sharing the news with Max Larry said that Rachel could have his ticket so us mommies are going to take them and make it a full day event!!! First we are going to hit the Indiana State Museum (I think that is what it is), to see the train that used to be in the department store. Then we are going to lunch. Next will be the circus. We will then follow the circus up with a carriage ride downtown! I don't know who is more excited--the children or Rachel and ME!!!!! Looks like some really exciting blog posts are in our future so keep checking in!
I wanted to share the following picture of Bayleigh and Max from when they were younger. I have to apologize for the poor quality because it is clearly a picture of a picture taken by my cell phone just so I could put it on Facebook. These two children mean the absolute world to me! They are the best of friends and LOVE spending time with each other, every chance they get.
Until next blog!!
Love,
Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Feel free to post comments too!**
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A COLD ONE!
Our home is still in party planning mode at this point. Final purchases such as table cloths, table decor, and supplies have been bought. Food has been ordered. Kimmie is working on the famous Kimmie cake that MAKES Bayleigh's birthday parties. She always goes above and beyond!!! (I think she must really love Bay). :)
Larry's dad bought Bayleigh 4 tickets to the Ringling Brothers circus that is coming to town in December. Bayleigh is SUPER excited as am I. She is taking Max with her and while sharing the news with Max Larry said that Rachel could have his ticket so us mommies are going to take them and make it a full day event!!! First we are going to hit the Indiana State Museum (I think that is what it is), to see the train that used to be in the department store. Then we are going to lunch. Next will be the circus. We will then follow the circus up with a carriage ride downtown! I don't know who is more excited--the children or Rachel and ME!!!!! Looks like some really exciting blog posts are in our future so keep checking in!
I wanted to share the following picture of Bayleigh and Max from when they were younger. I have to apologize for the poor quality because it is clearly a picture of a picture taken by my cell phone just so I could put it on Facebook. These two children mean the absolute world to me! They are the best of friends and LOVE spending time with each other, every chance they get.
Until next blog!!
Love,
Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Feel free to post comments too!**
Monday, November 1, 2010
Halloween 2010 and then some!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! and as of today--HAPPY NOVEMBER! I know that most of you are probably thinking--RUTHERFORD! How many blogs are you going to write involving Bayleigh and her Halloween costume?! The answer is, this is the last one. :) I mean, what kind of mother would I be if I didn't post pictures of her ON Halloween?! We ended up having to go buy long thermal underwear and a long sleeved t-shirt for her to wear under her costume becuase it was so cold. AND GLOVES! With her having wings it wasn't easy for her to wear a coat or jackets so layering up worked the best.
Now, most of you might be saying, when you get to the picture part, "Hey Rutherford, who's that cute little girl hanging out with Bayleigh"? WELLLLL, that is our little cousin Angel. Aunt Teresa came up on Friday evening and we picked her and Angel up at the airport Friday night. Bayleigh and Angel were attached at the hip all weekend long. Prior to them getting here, alls I heard was "When's Angel coming"? I heard that child's name so much I wanted to change it to Karen, Vivian, or just anything but Angel. LOL! Just kidding! This is the first time Angel has really gotten to experience cold weather and gorgeous autumn leaves. As a matter of fact, some Waldron leaves will be making the flight back down to FL tomorrow evening so Angel can show them off to her first grade class. Maybe sometime they can come back and experience snow! I know that I am NOT a fan of snow, but let's just be honest--How fun would it be to see Angel's face the first time she had a snow ball fight, made a snow ANGEL, or built her first snowman--EXACTLY, pretty fun!
SO, it's officially November! YEAH, and our first snow flurries are in the forecast for the end of the week--BOOO! On the 13th this month we will have Bayleigh's birthday party and that also is the 6 year anniversary of the day I got put in the hospital to have her. THEN, the 14th she will be 6. S-I-X!!!! Can you believe it?! I can't either. It seems like just yesterday I had her! We have big plans for this month so stay tuned for updates!
I hope your Halloween was just as wonderful as ours. Thanks for checking in yet again!
Love,
Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Feel free to post comments too!**
Now, most of you might be saying, when you get to the picture part, "Hey Rutherford, who's that cute little girl hanging out with Bayleigh"? WELLLLL, that is our little cousin Angel. Aunt Teresa came up on Friday evening and we picked her and Angel up at the airport Friday night. Bayleigh and Angel were attached at the hip all weekend long. Prior to them getting here, alls I heard was "When's Angel coming"? I heard that child's name so much I wanted to change it to Karen, Vivian, or just anything but Angel. LOL! Just kidding! This is the first time Angel has really gotten to experience cold weather and gorgeous autumn leaves. As a matter of fact, some Waldron leaves will be making the flight back down to FL tomorrow evening so Angel can show them off to her first grade class. Maybe sometime they can come back and experience snow! I know that I am NOT a fan of snow, but let's just be honest--How fun would it be to see Angel's face the first time she had a snow ball fight, made a snow ANGEL, or built her first snowman--EXACTLY, pretty fun!
SO, it's officially November! YEAH, and our first snow flurries are in the forecast for the end of the week--BOOO! On the 13th this month we will have Bayleigh's birthday party and that also is the 6 year anniversary of the day I got put in the hospital to have her. THEN, the 14th she will be 6. S-I-X!!!! Can you believe it?! I can't either. It seems like just yesterday I had her! We have big plans for this month so stay tuned for updates!
I hope your Halloween was just as wonderful as ours. Thanks for checking in yet again!
Love,
Jenn
**On the RIGHT hand side of this page ABOVE the OWL you will find older posts if you are interested in checking them out. They are listed by month. Just click on a month and the posts will expand and you can click on each post individually or if you double click the month they will all pop up. Feel free to post comments too!**
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