December

It's been a really great month! We're adjusted to living in a new place and Kaylee is starting to respond to more things. I've been enjoying her as much as possible while I'm still with her all day. (I start school on Tuesday.)
For Shauna's birthday I got to go to Tepanyaki for the first time. It was really fun.



On Christmas eve we went to the Hightower house for a fancy dinner and some christmas stories. We stayed the night so that we could talk to Jordan in the morning and open presents.

Chelsie kept telling us that for Christmas we were all getting signed pictures of her. While we were all eating she thought it would be funny to follow through with that promise :-)



What she really gave me was some tour merchandise, some lip gloss, some bedhead... The best part about it was that the sweater she gave me was actually Will's. It was funny... maybe you had to be there but here is the video if you are interested.



For Christmas Spencer got a play gym and Kaylee loves it... She grabbed for the little frog that plays music when shaken. I think it was easiest to keep in her hand















For New Years Eve we played games at Shauna's. Chase's Guitar Hero was the biggest hit. Shauna and I finally caught on to the addiction!
On the second we went to Ryan's aunt and uncle's house and continued the addiction by playing rock band and learning the joys of the mic and the drums!

8 weeks

Ryan and I went to Kaylee's 8 week check up today. She is getting bigger... 11 lbs 3.5 oz. The doctor thought she looked great!
They had candy canes at the health center so Ryan and I thought we should start early with the sugar addiction...
We are really enjoying watching her smile more and hearing her coos. She is just so much fun!

Web Log = Blog :-)

So Ryan and I are finally all settled into Shauna and Kyle's house here in Taylorsville. Things have been crazy with a baby and moving and the holiday season and Ryan working on a project to project basis. Ironically now that we decided to move north all of the sudden most of Ryan's work has been taking place down in Provo. I keep asking myself if this was a mistake but at least I have been enjoying being closer to my family and working out with Shauna. I think the biggest benefit of moving is going to be how close I will be to my Salt Lake classes in January. I'm going to probably just have Ryan drop me off at the closest trax station and then trax will drop me off right at the BYU SLC campus. This will help us get around the car issue hopefully. (BYU pays for part of the trax pass too which will be nice)
I blogged long ago about the scooter Ryan bought and since then that scooter has broken down, been repaired (very expensively) and broken down again shortly there after. The second time it broke down it got towed and we had to pay to get it out. GROSS. Who knew that thing would rob us of so many funds!
We are just about finished with our holiday shopping and only have some small touches to add to a few presents. As you get older Christmas looses the joy and turns into stress. It's sad really how commercial and materialistic Christmas is. Melissa has designed a very cute Christmas card and baby announcement for me that I intend to print and send out to some family members this week. I'll post them now but if you do get one in the mail you have to promise to be surprised :-)...






















Kaylee is totally a daddy's girl! If she cry's I hand her to dad and he calms her. Maybe he is just more patient but she loves sleeping with him! I think I can guess her first word:-) I took a picture with my phone the other night to prove it...
I have another picture that is very similar from her first night away from the hospital... This is not a new thing.

On Saturday night we went to Bailee Russel's Wedding reception and she was beautiful and beaming as a bride should be. I forgot to take a picture but I'm sure she'll have some on facebook for me to steal soon :-)
We also went to the MTC Media Christmas party. There were some new faces but a lot of old ones too. In hindsight I now realize that I had it so good there. I loved that job and the people I worked with! They played a game where they asked questions about employees and were nice enough to include me... "What is Stacey's maiden name" A few people knew from face book but it is sad how a name that is such a part of you for 20 years can suddenly mean nothing to so many people! The other question was "what was Stacey's obsession in high school that she even had a web site for"... Nsync. Rob guessed Justin Timberlake as a joke and didn't realize he was close ;-) We played white elephant which was fun... Jessie got an amazing pair of 7x boxers...
This is the whole fam at the event... Sorry I'm hiding and Kaylee isn't looking but whatevs...

So I guess that's about it for now... I actually had a chance to write more than a few words and that's good :-)

Merry Christmas everyone!

Kaylee's Blessing

We blessed Kaylee on the 7th in our Springville ward. We gathered for a family luncheon after wards. Here are some pictures of the event.

Pictures!

We took family/newborn pictures on Saturday and I could not be more excited! I love them so much. Here are a few goodies from the disc...

You can see other pictures in that facebook album that I provided a link to a couple of posts ago...

Down and Groovy

As I mentioned once before, Ryan and I run Chelsie's official site.... www.ChelsieHightowerDance.com.
Well as of today you can now purchase all of Chelsie's clothing line on that site. (Currently there is only one shirt but they plan to release more)

We are offering free shipping to celebrate the release of our store!

Here is the Down and Groovy shirt that is available now...
PS If you really want the shirt and you are reading our blog, chances are we could give you the family rate so let us know if you seriously want one.

I know I'm so boring but I have an excuse...

Well as I have explained before, I don't have the best camera. We did buy a new one in honor of Kaylee because we knew we would have to capture her cuteness! It arrived the day I went to the hospital but it was malfunctioning so Ryan had to send it back. There is supposed to be a replacement coming but for the time being that is my excuse for having no new pictures of my baby girl even though she is more alert and cute these days and growing SO FAST! She is growing out of her newborn clothes at a frightening rate. My mom bought her some the other day and I haven't even seen them yet... hopefully I can get them before she outgrows them! I've been reading eclipse while I nurse and she eats so much that I'm already very far into the book. I'm eternally tired... THE END. Kaylee eats about every 2.5 hours like clock work. I really hate having my sleep interrupted. I die when I hear her crying. I have a bassinet in my room but with all the grunting she does I wasn't sleeping at all. I put her in her crib so that I wouldn't check on her unless she was actually hungry and not just making noises.

IN OTHER NEWS...
Ryan and I are moving... HUH? It's all happening very fast and I am terrified. Ryan is 100% freelance right now. He still has more work than any human being should attempt to accomplish but there is no guarantee that things will stay that way. Who needs a steady paycheck?
Ryan and I have been playing with the idea of moving in with my sister and renting out our place ever since he started working in Draper. The only problem is that the Draper job is also freelance so we have no idea how long there will be work for him there. That being said, renters just sort of landed on our door step and we both kept feeling like for some reason we needed to make this move even though we have no idea if it's the smartest move. Now all of the sudden it is this reality that is only a week and a half a way!
It is sad that I am leaving the Young Women even though I just got called. I'm also a little worried about the fact that Kaylee will be blessed here even though we won't live here.
The good news is that now I can take all my BYU classes for next semester in the Salt Lake center and Shauna and I can help each other out with the babies and the food and all that fun stuff.
Somehow I now have to find time to take care of baby and keep the house running and ... PACK... ewwww. If anyone feels inclined to assist, be my guest. All I really want to do is crawl into a hole and sleep!