The Mandiball

Last night we got to go out for a night on the town. We had a great time going to the Dental Schools Mandiball, it is kinda like a prom. It was fun to get dressed up and go out. When we arrived it was nice because they had a valet parking, which makes you feel pretty important. Then we had hors d' oeuvres and some great socializing. They also had dinner which was really good. They had a bunch of door prizes which NO ONE at our table one we all must be bad luck, they were giving away a flat screen T. V. we never win anything! Then they had dancing, it has been so long since we danced it felt pretty funny at first it takes you a while to get used to it. But once we let loose we had a great time dancing. It was so fun to go out and do something different I loved it! Thanks Kev for taking me! We will be going again next year!

My cute hubby and me!

You could easily spot the Mormon tables, all the girls had sleeves and our table was not covered in beer bottles!

Some of the girls talking.

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This was the cake they had made it looked pretty realistic.

We had a great time! I love you Kevin thanks for taking me and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Oh I LOVE my Children!

Braxton likes waking up at 6:00- 6:30 every morning! I however am not willing to wake up at that time so we have set up a alarm clock in his room with a 7 taped on it and he can't come out of the room until it is 7:00. Well he likes to get him self dressed during his waiting time and this is how he turns out some times.

Shirt and Pants on backwards.

One red sock and one white sock, his underwear was on backwards too!

Braxton is normally in my room at EXACTLY 7:00 telling me "mom there is a 7 on my clock it is wake up time". This morning I found it kind of odd when he came in my room to wake me up and I saw it was 7:30. I was kinda excited he let me sleep in for an extra half hour. That was until I saw the stairs little Yellow dots of paint were all over the stairs, then my stomach fell.

I ran down stairs to find this, no ladies and gentlemen this is not water paint or finger paint it is my craft paint. It was a lot worse I took this pictures after I had been scrubbing the carpet for a hour and took away the cars that were covered in yellow paint.

This was the culprit! He looks kinda innocent but don't let that fool you! He is pulling his sad puppy dog face so mom does not beat him!

I did not even know there was a mess in the bathroom until Braxton said "mom there is paint all over the red chair too"

Oh the Joy of children! I love my kids, I love my kids, I love my kids!

Corbin at 4 months

Corbin at 4 months

Corbin is such a fun little guy we are so happy to have him in our family!

Some of the things he is doing at 4 months old.

*Laughing and Giggling

*Grabs toys and puts them in his mouth

*Loves to watch his brother play

*He loves his playing with his cow toy that hangs over him and he grabs the toys

*He loves it when you talk to him he is so quick to smile

*He has such a sweet spirit and is so laid back

*He goes to sleep really well all by himself when he is tired I can just lay him down and he will go to sleep most of the time with out any fussing or he might fuss for a few minutes.

*He coos a lot now and loves to talk to you

*He is a cuddler he will just let you sit and love him and hold him, but he is also okay with just hanging out by himself too.

*He sleeps pretty good at night he goes to bed around 6:30-7:00 will wake up around 1 to eat then wakes up around 6:30 -7:00 in the morning yes my kids are early risers which does not work out for me so well I HATE waking up early but I guess I have to deal with it.

* He will not take a binki! I have tried over and over again, he will occasionally suck his thumb but he does not do it all the time I wish he would take a binki but he is a good little guy so its not such a big deal.

Poor Corbin has not been feeling so good today he has had fevers all night due to his vaccines he got yesterday. He looked so sad and pathetic last night I felt so bad for him but he is doing a little better today. He is so fun and we love him so much!

The poor little guys is not feeling to good today. He has been running fevers all night

Happy Birthday to Me!

My Birthday is Jan 18th, which is really nice sometimes because it lands on Martin Luther Kings Day a lot. Because of the holiday Kevin had the day off of school which is awesome because that means he takes care of the kiddos and I get the day off ya! So Kevin made me a great breakfast French toast my favorite then I went shopping at Joanne (by myself which is awesome nobody to bug me) I still had a gift card from Christmas. Then later that night we went bowling with some friends then we ran out of time on my last turn and it shut off :( I was sad because I was having the best bowling game of my life I NEVER bowl that good I finished with a 125 with out my last turn! Then Kevin made me dinner and we visited with friends. Then we had a delicious cake that Candice & Mike made me Thanks guys! We put the kiddos to bed and watched a movie! Kevin was is so good about making my Birthday Special. I got pretty spoiled too I got some new clothes 5 shirts and two pants a great deal at old navy. I also got a nice black coat I have always wanted a nice black coat and never got one so I was excited about it. Kevs parents got me some new shoes that were really nice and the also sent me a edible bouquet which was really yummy thanks everyone for all you did for me!

Braxton kept trying to take a bite of my cake!

Look how big this cute little guy is getting!

The amazing cake Candice & Mike made for me!

Man I am getting old 27 geese I am getting closer to 30!

Dad and Corbin watching the bowling game! Corbin now likes his thumb I can not get him to take the Binky I have tried so much I am so sad about it! Oh well I guess we will have to break him later!

My Edible bouquet thanks Kirk, Lindy, Brian Steven and Elsha

Candice and Matthis bowling

Trying to get a family picture bowling it did not work very well.

Taylee was so funny she loved to stand by this and let it blow her hair!

Christmas

We had a great Christmas break! We did a lot of stuff so this is picture overload sorry! First Santa Claus came to our house early because he knew we could not bring anything else back from Utah. So here is our early Christmas at our house.

Braxton is holding Jet Fire (a transformer for those of you who don't know) this was his favorite Christmas present he thought it was so cool. As Braxton would say "ooh I love it" as he gives it a big hug!

Dad's favorite part about Christmas putting together presents, this is Braxton's dinosaur tower.

Corbin hanging out, we got out some of Braxton old baby toys and Corbin liked them.

Oh Christmas Tree!

We got Braxton a new booster he seems to like it he was growing out of his old seat!

We Flew out to Utah on Dec 13th we had a great time catching up with everyone and spending time with family and friends. Braxton loved seeing his Grandparents and Cousins. He would call his cousins "Cousin" instead of their names. Braxton got to see Santa Claus and he loved it. He had no problem walking up and seating on his lap. On the way home from the mall he was singing Santa Claus is coming to town and the part where it says he knows when you have been bad or good he decided to change the words to say " He knows when you sneak down stairs and open presents, he knows when you go down and play cars at night, he know when you sneak down to eat cheese and crackers" me,"Braxton have you been sneaking downstairs and eating crackers and playing cars at night?" Braxton, " Yes he he as he covers his mouth with his hands." Braxton was also playing downstairs with Brian and I went to check on him and he was not down there so I asked Brian were he was and brian thought he went up stairs but I knew he was not up there so I started looking around and I opened lindys craft room door were all the presents were hidden and there braxton was looking at the presents he looked at me shook his pointer finger and said, "not till christmas". I could not help but laugh but then quickly got him out of the room. When we went to leave Utah he gave Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin a hug and said "I don't want to have to miss you" it was really cute. He is at such a fun age it makes Christmas really fun!

This is the pile of stuff we had to fit in our suit case! We got spoiled but it was really fun! Thanks EVERYONE! (sorry some of these pictures are out of order)

My brother Josh (Josh does not like to smile) and Brenda

Some of the best things about going to Utah is catching up with old friends, I got to spend some time with Crystal which is one of my best friends. I love hanging out with friends. We also got to spend some time with our good friends Brady and Megan but we did not get any pictures of them sorry guys!

Braxton Cheesing it up! What a cute little bugger!

Kalli and Braxton good friends!

Corbin and Daddy

Being pulled behind the 4 wheeler, Braxton loved it!

AAh going to tip over!

Brenda and Abbi came over to join us, they had a great time it was fun sledding.

Braxton loved riding the 4 wheeler

My cute Niece Abbigal

I love getting together with some of the girl from high school we all went to Tony's for pizza. Jamie, Jody & Emery.

Lindsay & Ashley were there too but there picture did not turn out sorry guys :(

Stacie, Hollie and Me

We went to Salt Lake to go to Temple square to see the lights with my family. We rode the front runner down which was way fun but busy. The kids were cute because they were carroling on the way there and they got the whole train singing! I love Christmas time!

Kylynn, Abbi, Braxton and Kelsee

Abbi, Braxton, Kelsee & Kylynn

Mom & Dad

My lil Brother Drew & Amber

Kev & Me

You can't go to Utah during Christmas time and not see the lights it was gorgeous but CRAZY busy the night we went, don't go on Saturday night. When we tried to ride Trax to get back to front runner it was so busy we could not get on with all the strollers so we decided to walk back. That walk was longer then we thought but it was interesting and fun we had a good time!

My Daddy & me!

Some of the crew

These kids know how to see the lights!

Grandma & Corbin Christmas morning

Some of the Baldwin group we all had babies that were a couple of months apart. Corbin was the youngest and one of the biggest there he is a little chunk!

Josh (wow a picture he is not scowling in its a miracle) & Abbi

My dad making french toast our second breakfast for the morning but it was great I love french toast.

The gang for Christmas morning!

Brian getting his snowboard!

Steven, Jaxton & Elsha opening presents poor Elsha had to leave for work at 6:00 that is why we had to wake up so early but it was worth it!

We woke up really early at 5:00 in the morning you can tell Kevin looks really tired! But it was a lot of fun seeing everyone open their presents!

Braxton got SOOO many toys it is out of control! He loved everything he got but it was a challenge trying to fit everything in his suitcase.

This is what Corbin did most of Christmas Morning!