Carseat battle appears to be over!

We've done it...Paisley and I took our first semi long car ride together to go from Ashland to Grants Pass (1 hour each way) to get our taxes done. I know why drive an hour??? I love the CPA we use there...she's fantastic, she finds us tax benefits that are really there...no cheating!

I was so nervous about this car ride because it could really go terribly wrong, but Jake had an exam and we had to get our taxes done to file his FAFSA so I had to be brave!

It went wonderfully, my little Paisley did so well, hardly any tears!!!!

She's now gotten to the point where she can be put in her car seat awake and she doesn't scream at you and she does pretty good in the car unless she's in need of food or a diaper change!

I know it's probably not that big of a deal to those who might read this (if any), but it was a big deal to me and I wanted to document it :) So here it is....

On Friday the 13th of February, Paisley did her first decent car trip alone w/ Mommy and she was a star! Go figure Friday the 13th, my lucky day :)

And for fun, here is another picture of my Pretty Paisley for ya :) She loves her little "jungle gym" (that's what I call it) Thanks to Dave, Cory and Noah for passing it on to us when Noah outgrew it! See how big she is...that little sleeper says 0-9 mos and she's pushing the limit length wise!

Paisley's a talker!

I know it's not entirely true, but she is already talking to me :) Check out my video :)

Okay I know I sound like a nerd....but isn't she a doll?

Paisley's blessing 2/1/2009

Paisley Heather Foutz was blessed by her father last Sunday. It was a wonderful moment and I am so grateful to my husband for being worthy to do that. Paisley is truly our shining star.

We had some of her cousins come into town and visit, here is Bob (Laurie my MIL) with Kendall, Benjamin and Natalie Foutz making donuts...yes she's amazing, she knows how to make donuts that taste fantastic from scratch!

This is a picture of the guys at the luncheon afterwards, from left to right: Heath Riley, Steven Foutz, Tyler Foutz, Jacob Foutz, Stu Grannis, Tyler Grannis, Britt Grannis and Adam Ivey.

This is another picture of our little angel in her blessing dress that Auntie Marsha and Alise loaned to her, it was perfect!

This is my SIL Susan Foutz (married to Tyler Foutz, Jake's oldest brother), they came all the way out from SLC area to be with us on our special day. She's the photographer who caught everything on film for me too! I'm grateful because I didn't take one picture on my own. :)

This is Grandpa Steve or Riggs whichever you choose holding the two newest Foutz Grandbabies, Collin Riggs Foutz and Paisley Heather Foutz.

And these are all the Foutz Grandbabies so far....Angie and Mario Apreotesi are working on a Summer baby to add to the group :)

All in all it was a wonderful weekend. We thank all those who came to support us and Paisley. You know who you are!

Family Portrait

We had our picture taken the day before Paisley turned 1 month old (1/17/09). So we have a family picture and a few adorable ones of Paisley. The dress she is wearing was made by Grandma Norma. We hope to do more photos maybe at 3 mos next time :)

Time flies

It's only been 5 weeks (yesterday) since we were blessed with our little Paisley who's just growing right before my eyes. I had no idea how fast it would go by. I mean I've watched in amazement as my sister and SIL's raised my nephews and neices and still had NO IDEA. Here is a picture of Paisley at the Hospital when she was born:





















and here is a picture of Paisley (closest pic to the original pose I could find) at 1 month old.

HOLY MAN! I can't believe how big she is already. Right now she is swinging in her swing sleeping so peacefully and I can't help but feel completely overwhelmed with how blessed I am to be her mother. It's true that you just have no way of comprehending what it's like to be a parent until you are one.

Paisley has also graciously agreed to allow us to bottle feed her (breastmilk of course) which has been a blessing, we don't "need" to do it yet, but it's been nice for Jake, look at his face, he's just so proud to be her Daddy and feeding her.




Jake is working hard in school, he rarely gets a moment to do something fun, so we try to make the most of our weekends. This last weekend w/ MLK day we were hoping on Monday to go to Crater Lake (yeah way to grand of a trip, 2 hours each way, to try to take w/ a 1 month old, but I figured we could always try). As you can imagine it didn't work out, but we were still able to go to a local park with our friends the Shelman's and watch their daughter Mackenzie play and enjoy some sandwiches, soda and brownies while Paisley slept in her frontpack. I wish we'd taken some pics.

Oh yes and here's a pic of her 3rd bath....um yeah we forgot to take the first bath picture :)

Baby Paisley (what else would I write about?)

It's hard to be unbiased when you are a mom, so I'll just say I think Paisley is the cutest little baby! She turned 1 month old today! Time sure flies when you are learning to be a parent! What a journey, it's certainly a different world when the only means of communication you have during the day is crying! I hear that w/in the next month I'll get some real good smiling and even some cooing which will be very welcome!!!

I must say though, Paisley is a darling. She doesn't really cry just to cry, there is always a reason...sadly the crying continues until I figure out what the problem is, which sometimes takes me longer than I would like. (who knew how fast a baby could wet a diaper after you changed it!)

Here are some updated pictures of Paisley!

I love this picture of her and Jake taken this evening after her bath, she loves being held in the "football hold", not incredibly flattering, but works! Look how curly and long her hair is when it's wet!

Paisley gets to sleep in our bed, this is her resting while we brush our teeth for bed, we are pretty lucky that we get at least 3 hour stretches with her at night, most often we get at least one 4 hour stretch!

I call this one my "lil angel", I just think she's darling!

She's already holding her head up really good (ignore the spit up :) )

My Sister and her Family :)

It's only been a few days since Marsha and Sky and Alise left and I find myself thinking all the time how wonderful my sister is. She is truly a kind and loving person. She's taken those wonderful traits from our parents and really brought them into full bloom!

She came when Paisley was only 2 weeks old. She stayed a few nights at our house even w/ her severe allergy to cats and we stayed a few nights at my MIL's. What's so amazing is that she didn't "need" anything from me as the "host", she took care of us and her husband is also really fantastic! He never once complained about how boring we are or anything like that. He would just take Alise outside to play when she was bored.

I feel truly blessed to have her in my life and only wish I could see her more. Here are a few pics they took while they were here.

This is my way of saying THANK YOU...to Sky and Marsha for being the amazing people they are and for spending their vacation with my new little family!