Roberts Crafts

To all my Cedar City friends:Maybe you have heard that Roberts Crafts in Cedar City is planning to close in April due to their lease being up and wanting to consolidate a few stores. Cedar City can't afford to lose another store that is vital to our community! We are asking that everyone e-mail the Corporate Headquarters asking them to reconsider their decision. The link to the website is listed below. Thank you for your support! http://www.robertscrafts.com/default.aspx?PageID=53

We really need a craft store here, we really won't have anywhere in Cedar to buy cute scrapbooking items and I buy so much of my supplies for my business www.babyblossom.biz there. I really don't want to take all my business to St. George. I remember when I was little and my mom took me to the Saturday kids craft projects at Roberts. I was looking forward to doing that with my girls. It makes me so sad they are closing.

Weigh In

We went to Jaylee's check up and she is almost 7 months old. She weighs 14lbs 4oz (10%) and is 26 inches (45%) My biggest concern at this appointment was that she does not eat solid foods very well. She spits out almost everything we feed her and she gets a look on her face like it is disgusting. So I've tried everything I can think of. I tried mixing rice cereal with some baby fruits, breast milk, formula, smashed bananas. Then I tried mixed grain cereal with all of the above. I've tried it thin, thick, in a bottle, in a sippy cup and with a spoon. I've tried giving her just the baby fruits and vegetables without the cereal. The only solid thing she likes to snack on is animal crackers. So I told the Pediatrician this and he just looked at me with a blank stare, like he had never heard of a baby not wanting solid food. So he suggested this, LET HER FEED HERSELF THE CEREAL!! Can I just say it was the biggest mess ever. She did enjoy it though and I think she did eat some of it. Sheridyn was so worried about her making a mess, she was cleaning up around her with a rag. It was pretty funny. Well those of you who know rice cereal it is like glue! So I rinsed her off in the sink and gave her a bath that night and in the morning I still found rice cereal on her! I don't think we will be doing this every night. Anyone ever had this problem with their baby? I could use some suggestions. I really don't want to nurse her the rest of my life and she will not sleep more than 2 -3 hours at time at night because she wants to eat! And she will not take a bottle.


MESSY, but she loved it!

Dumont Sand Dunes

Every year we go to Dumont Sand Dunes in California for Presidents Day with my family and the last couple of years the Bates have come with us. It is so nice to get out of the snow and go play in 75 degree temperature. We love to ride on the sand dunes and enjoy seeing all the cool sand toys people have. If you have never been there it is a sight to see. It is like a mini city, there are tons of people and their trailers camping there, they even have a little shopping place. When it gets dark everyone goes over to "comp hill" and we watch the crazy people ride up the steep sand dune on their 4 wheelers and rails in the dark. This year we stayed the first night in Vegas at Treasure Island. We walked the strip with Sheridyn so she could see the Bellagio and stuff. It was really fun and very nice to stop half way to Dumont on the way down. The way home was really hard to have Sheridyn and Jaylee in the car for 6 hours. We really enjoyed Dumont this year, it was such nice weather the whole time. It was fun to have the Colton back from his mission to come with us, he has been missed the last 2 years.

Mary and I want the Pink Rhino but they guys were not up for it!!

Little Miss America

So we watched Miss America on Saturday and I had to post the cute pictures of Sheridyn. She wanted to dress up and she sang and danced when they did their talents. Then at the end she was copying Miss America's walk and wave. It was so cute.

6 months

I really cannot believe that Jaylee will be six months this week!! She is growing up really fast. She can sit unsupported for about a minute. She is still not wanting to eat any solid foods. She gags on rice cereal and I have tried several baby food veggies and fruits and she won't even open her mouth after the first bite. After the first bite of baby food green beans she threw up about an hour later! So I'm just waiting for her to be readyon her own time for solids. She loves her sister Sheridyn, she has this mischievous smile that she only does for Sheridyn. She swats at everything and of course is putting everything she gets her hands on in her mouth! She loves to watch me blow dry my hair, it is so funny she gets so excited about it. She also loves the sound of running water and baths. Jaylee is such a precious blessing to our family. I love her so much. Here are some fun pics I took of her the other day.

Christmas Dress Pictures

Babbling

AAAHH nap time!! I have finally got Sheridyn and Jaylee to have their nap at the same time!! Well Jaylee has 3 naps a day still but the longest on is at 2:00 with Sheridyn now! Right now Sheridyn, Jaylee, James and Ty are all asleep, I actually have a couple minutes to myself and honestly I didn't know what to do. So here I am blogging. So Jaylee has discovered her voice in the last couple of weeks. She is such a squealer, today in church I had to leave relief society because she was babbling so loud! I will get a recording of her doing it and post it. It is really the cutest noises I've ever heard but she came get pretty high pitched and loud. I was told she is going to be a singer by one of the ladies in relief society.