Easter 2008

And the Easter Bunny came to 2734 Canterbury....

Baylee woke up Easter morning to find that the Bunny came to our house and left her lots of goodies. She was too funny and just couldn't believe what all he brought for her on Easter!

"Daddy, look!!"

The Easter Bunny went a little overboard, but he couldn't bring Boo too much candy, so he improvised with clothes!

Baylee's Easter Basket

"What is this?"

"Wow, look at this mommy!"

"Look at me!"

"Look, it's Quincy from Little Einsteins!"

Easter family photos after church

Baylee and Mimi

The infamous gingerbread man!

"The Gingerbread Man"
One day last week, I took Baylee to Tiffany's Bakery, it is my most favorite place! They have the most wonderful sweet things and they have always made my birthday cakes since I was a child, and they made Baylee's too! Anyway... they have these really large gingerbread men cookies and they are decorated with all different color icing and no too are alike. I let Baylee pick one out to take home for after dinner. Once she finished eating we decided to let her try a little bit... she loved it and loved it and loved it. She loved it so much that pretty soon, she was wearing him, in her hair, her eyes, her nose, her clothes and everywhere else! It was so funny and when we took her out of her hi-chair she made sure that Daddy was wearing it too, so off to the bath for both of them!!

All clean now! she had icing in her nose and hair! too funny!

St. Patrick's Day in Columbia 2008

St. Patrick's Day Parade

We took Baylee to her first St. Patrick's Day parade this spring. It was so much fun, they moved the parade from Harden Street to Devine Street, which was nice, because you didn't have any of the festival traffic in your way. We got there about 10 minutes before the parade started, but you could hear all the bagpipes and the bands cranking up their instruments, Baylee loved it, she thought all the colors and people marching were so cool! WNOK, the local radio station had a good float, and there were some others that were just plain funny! We really had fun, they threw beads, hats and candy to everyone on the sidewalk and Baylee had to have some of it all! She was so sad when it was over and didn't want to leave. We can't wait to take her again next year!

The start of the parade...

Baylee and Daddy getting into the spirit!

This was one of the silliest floats!

Baylee and Mommy waiting for the parade to start..

Baylee liked the Hardee's star!

She finally has her own necklace!

Daddy and Mommy loved the Parrothead float!

Here comes the radio station

Our armed forces were in the parade too, they had the army,

and the marines, it was so cool and everyone appreciated getting

to see them there!

Finally... the party!

Ok... I have been waiting patiently for the shower day to get here. Yes.. we are having a little get together at our house for our dear friends Meredith and Bubba Dieppe. They are expecting a little one at the end of April or first part of May and a bunch of us all decided to give them a couples shower at my house. It has been so hectic trying to get everything together and ready for the big night. I have Larry, my genious handyman here today making final preparations for tomorrow. It has been raining all day long and is so yucky outside, thank goodness all the landscaping is done, now I just have to clean all the outside furniture and sweep the porch. As for the house, well... I will post pictures of the party after it is over and you can see for yourself, although I must say, I am proud of myself for pulling it all together, we may have a mirror missing in our master bath, some outlet plates upstairs and a piece of carpet missing on our landing, but overall it is finished!!! Whew! I will rest tonight knowing that this house is really ours to live in now!!!

Update with the Causeys

I am writing this post to update everyone on what we have been doing lately, it seems like we have been recluses because of everything going on in the house. Everyday we have a contractor here doing work and we feel like we have to constantly watch them to make sure all the work is being finished properly. We are trying to finish the last little items in our house, before we all go crazy. Baylee's room is absolutely perfect, I am working to finish decorating her bathroom and then she will be set. Bryan and I have been working outside getting all the outdoor furniture ready for the spring time and hopefully the rest of the small things can be finished in the next two weeks, our furniture is all in place finally, it would just be nice to have all my lights on the wall and all the outlet plates on.

Bryan has been working really hard, I think sometimes he really needs to slow down and just breath, but I understand we are so ready to be settled! Baylee is doing fine, just growing like a weed and starting to walk, everyday she is getting more confident with it. She turned 13 months on the 21st of February and Bryan and I just are amazed at how grown up she is. She is babbling up a storm and honestly thinks she is having a legitimate conversation with you, it is so cute! I love her little personality, she is so happy and smiley all the time, we are extremly lucky!
Well, we hope that everyone else is doing well. We love you all!

... And the tree came falling down!

2734 Canterbury Tree

We decided to cut down one of our large pine trees in our front yard. It was dying in the top and it was in danger of falling onto our house. It was over 100 ft. tall and was just right in the middle of our yard. We called Mr. Bright with Bright's tree service, who has been in the business of taking down trees for over 4o years, he came out on a bright and sunny afternoon to take down the tree in question. First he tied a large rope to the top of the tree and then tied the other end to his SUV below, he moved the SUV out tightening the tension of the rope to make the tree pull away from the house, then he climbed up over 100 ft in the air and just scroll down to see what happened next...

The tree!

Almost half way up!

Getting ready...

Baylee's ACTUAL Birthday

Baylee's ACTUAL Birthday - January 21, 2007

We celebrated Boo's birthday on Sunday with cake and ice cream, but her REAL birthday was Monday. She was so excited to have 2 days to celebrate, these pictures were taken right before our special birthday lunch with Daddy!