Piggies

When Katelyn was first born, I remember imagining what she would look like as a one year old. I remember thinking that she would have a full head of beautiful brown hair, and that I would always be pulling it back to make some cute little piggy tales. Every mother of a little gir dreams that, right? So I stocked up on rubber bands, hair bows--you name it--all in anticipation of that momentous day.

Well, that day didn't ever really arrive. At least not the one where she had a full head of hair. But I finally decided that she does have enough to pull back into two cute little piggies on the top of her head. Sure, she could still grow a little more hair. Sure, her bows look pretty big next to her piggies, but it works.

If you look closely, you might actually see some hair sticking up by the bows.

Katelyn with her cute piggies (At least we think they're cute, but we're biased).

Katelyn with daddy after church.

Another shot of Katelyn in her piggie AND proving that she does crawl. She likes to show that off now.

This can't be comfortable...

Tyler was letting Katelyn play in the cupboards (supervised of course) when we spotted this lovely sight. After we stopped laughing we had to take a picture to share!

Happy (belated) birthday Katelyn!

Our sweet baby girl turned one on May 8th. We can't believe we already have a one year old! It's gone by so fast. It seems like it was just a couple of months ago that we held her for the first time in the hospital. We love her so much and are so happy to have her!

For Katelyn's birthday we celebrated with family at a nearby park. We spent the evening eating some good food and watching Katelyn open presents and watching her blow out her candle on her cupcake.

Below is a sequence of Katelyn "blowing" out her candle. In all of the pictures she has a very concerned look. She was a little nervous with the whole process.

Happy birthday Little Miss Katelyn!

Tagged

I think I got tagged a couple of days ago. I should probably do it so Megan knows that I do read her blog.

I'm supposed to list 7 quirks/other things and then tag 7 people.

1. I love wearing jeans. To me, they're perfect for any occasion. This is difficult for Tyler to understand who loves getting dressed up.

2. I hate, hate, HATE being late to church. It's funny that this is so important to me because growing up, I was always the last person in the car.

3. I eat like a kid, but I love it! I don't eat vegetables, I still order Kids Meals, and I don't really like trying new things.

4. I try to keep a clean house...but I only clean what people will see. Our poor bedroom really suffers. I hope I'm not the only person who does this.

5. I can't remember a single embarrassing story about myself. This subject seemed to come up frequently while I was still single, and I didn't ever have anything to share. I could never figure out why I couldn't remember even one embarrassing moment.

6. I love The Ellen DeGeneres Show! In fact, a while back I signed up to win something on her website, and I won. I got an X-Box, Wii, Playstation 3, and Rockband. She really is a very generous woman and so funny.

7. I love being a mom. I really thought I loved teaching, but nothing is better than being at home with your own child and teaching them your own values. You get to watch them learn and grow. It really is an amazing thing.

Okay-that's seven. I now tag Kelly Wright. (you did promise you would post more often), Shamaine Sheppard, Traci Brown, Michelle Juett (you'd better do it), Kathryn Dodds, Lisa Manderino and Sheena Hill.

Happy Mother's Day!

We {love you} both so much! Have a wonderful day. You both deserve it.

Family Reunion

We had our first ever family reunion for the Bastian family! We had so much fun together.

Our very generous friends from our hometown in the sweet state of Texas offered to let us stay in their "rustic cabin" in Fountain Green, Utah. Thanks to them we had plenty of space for 12 adults and 9 children. There was plenty to do out in Fountain Green. We did some four wheeling, played at the park, went to a turkey farm, the sand dunes, and played near the cabin. I don't actually have pictures of those events. My {wonderful} camera decided not to work during those times. But hey, at least I was able to capture the fam.

Sisters shot. We couldn't leave without doing one like this. I love them all!

Some nieces that were there. Fun girls.

We even had some unexpected visitors. (Those weren't the only ones. We had two bison, a cougar, two deer, and two more bears! I had some horrible dreams involving many of these animals while we were there.)

I just couldn't post without including these pictures. As I said earlier we stayed in a very "rustic cabin." The two pictures I've posted consist only of the downstairs!

Thanks again fam, we had a great time!

Fore!

Tyler and I went up to Centerville on Saturday to spend some time with the Hedin family. While we were there we went on a family outing to the Bountilful Ridge Golf Course. This time I even came along to try out my new golf clubs that Tyler gave me for Christmas. I did have a lot of fun trying my hand at golfing, but I didn't forget to stop and take pictures!

Tyler and I in the golf cart before we began.

Getting ready to hit

We were on a team with Tyler's sister, Emily and her boyfriend Wes.

This was taken at the end of the ninth hole, and we are still smiling!