What are babies good for????

A baby will make 

love stronger,

days shorter,

nights longer,

bankroll smaller,

home happier,

clothes shabbier,

past forgotten,

and the future 

worth living for. 

Our trip to Utah!

Oh I was so stressed about this trip. Laila has a pretty good little scream. My mom suggested packing a parachute just in case they kicked of us off the airplane! Ha! Well, little miss promptly didn't let us down and screamed before, during, and after our flight. (I tried to get her calmed down before - the goal being we could sneak on before anyone knew she could scream - well, she blew our cover fast!) We didn't get any dirty looks (at least that I could see) so we kept the parachute hidden and finally made it to Utah!

It was a fun trip. Thank you to the Yeoman's for helping with transportation and letting us stay at their place! Can't WAIT to come back in June! And it was good practice for soon-to-be grandma Karlene! (Craazy!) It was a quick trip and we didn't get to see everyone we would have LOVE to have visited with! But we did get to stop by and visit with Grandpa Alberts and Grandma and Grandpa Sill (so sad we didn't get a picture of Laila with G & G Sill!!!! Next time for sure) ! Love them!

We headed to Utah to be able to be there for Brittany and her cute family. She and Nathan were blessing Alec. He is a cutie, a tiny tiny cutie and definitely Brittany's baby. He looks just like her. We had a fun time crashing at their place for the weekend and visiting with Brandon and Michelle and the kids as well. It was the first time all the Garner grand-children could all be together with two more still on the way this year! SO FUN!

 Laila with Great Grandpa Alberts - one of my favorite people in the world! My dad, Grandpa Alberts, is one of the people I admire the most in the the world, both my parents. When I look at this man, I know why my dad is the way he is...its in his blood!

Laila with great Aunt Diane

Laila and cousin Emily!Someday soon they will be able to dress up as princesses together!

All the Garner kiddos!

We made it home again! And this time our flight was much more enjoyable! Good job little one!

and a couple videos.....

Celebrating earth day!

Laila and I spent some time outside planting our little garden and celebrating earth day together! It was a beautiful day! And I am so excited for some fresh basil and cilantro!!!!

Daddy and baby girl!

Conference weekend in the middle of nowhere!

Growing up we have taken several trips to Utah (ok a ton! we've got that route memorized, from Portland to Utah. Every rest stop, gas station, and taco time! But we have taken several trips specifically to head down that direction for our church's General Conference - a meeting held for the entire Latter Day Saint Church membership broadcasted throughout the world where we can gather together and listen to the council and doctrine from our church leaders.) It has been a special opportunity to actually be at the actual meeting compared to just watching it on television. Anyway....we decided this year to meet somewhere in the middle, somewhere in between Seattle (myself, Laila and Cameron), Portland (mom and dad) and Provo (Chris, Melani and Jack). Where did we end up? The middle of no-where! It was a lot of fun to just be together and get to spend time just hanging out and watching conference together.

 
This is Melani's picture of where we stayed! As she put it...some random farm :) We were really in the middle of no where!

Opa and Jack

 

Cousins!

Melani put this picture up on her blog and I love it! It was so much fun watching them interact together. Last time Laila and cousin Jack were together, two-week old Laila, who looked like a mini version of E.T. really wasn't doing much of anything besides sleeping.  And I can't believe how big Jack is getting! He has got to be the happiest baby ever!

A little bit of sunshine in the rainy city!

I am so ready for spring to be here! I absolutely love the  rain, however, after so many months of gray you can actually feel your body grave a little bit of liquid gold.

 Laila is growing so fast! I can't believe how fast the time is flying by. The first month took its time but I can't believe we are almost to three months by now! She is getting more and more interactive which is an absolute blast! The giggles, the smiles, and the sounds! She is a talker! It is so much fun to watch her try and talk back with me....her face gets these expressions that you can't help but laugh at! I love her!