Let Freedom Ring

I love the 4th of July. I love the decorations, I love the meaning behind it, I love my country, I love the food, the weather, the fireworks... I love it all!

This 4th I am especially thankful for a husband that serves in the military and plans to make a career out of it, I am thankful for a brother who is currently serving in the military and has and is currently serving overseas, for a cousin that is away serving his country in Afghanistan... I am grateful to come from a military family and for all the men and women that serve our country. Thank you to all of them, and may God bless America!

I love these pictures of Rylie, she is so cute!! I am happy to report she is doing well adjusting to her own bed. Ezra is sick today :( and Devin is working 2 shifts so unfortunately we are not doing anything too fancy today. I did make 4th of July pancakes if that counts for anything :)

Ezra

I hate when i do the pictures backwards, this was supposed to be the last one.. This is Ezra happy, watching a movie and eating popcorn.
again happy, he loves ketchup.. i wish i had a better picture of him and the mess he had with the ketchup, it was pretty cute.

so this is where it starts.. ezra is turning 2 in two months and i can tell! there are a lot more tantrums and "no no's" . this is him screaming at me b/c he got the hanger stuck over his head.

eating food(of his choice of course) = happiness for Ezra

Giving Rylie a binky... hey, if he can do it i will take it.. she still will not take one from me.

Ezra climb up on the desk found a sharpie and decided that he need to draw on the wall that mommy and daddy draw on... i guess i couldn't be too mad about this one. This is our measuring wall.

He really likes to climb these days. While in Rocky Point i could not get him to stop climbing out of his pack-n-play. Now that we are home, he has figured out how to climb into his crib just not out.. its only a matter of days i'm sure.

Kinda a goofy picture of his face.. I'm sure he is watching a cartoon. I love this picture. If you look closely you will see one of Rylie's pink headbands around his neck and he also is putting his shoes on by himself. He is very independent these days and would prefer to dress himself.

I love this little guy... sure some days i think I'm going to go crazy b/c I've said No 100 times and every time has resulted in a tantrum from him, but that is what being 2 is all about isn't it? I guess i just need to pick my battles with him better and let him grow.

disclosure: i do dress my son everyday contrary to what the pictures seem to be displaying

5 months

taken about 2 weeks ago.. isn't she cute! (note the Mohawk hair)
I want to just say that this is why you should not co-sleep with your children... she kicked me out of bed! ezra slept with us too but he actually preferred to sleep in his own bed, so i thought rylie would be the same way.. not so much. we are really trying to get her out! This picture doesn't even show how much space she can really take up either.

She fell asleep in her bouncer.. it was really cute. taken 3 nights ago.

Taken today for her 5 month mark.. notice the hawk is gone! While in Rocky Point with my mom she went to town on rylie getting rid of her cradle cap.. it looks SO much better!

Rylie is 5 Months today!

Its amazing how big they get so quickly. We pierced her ears last week, she did so good. I was the one freaking out, but she hardly gave a little cry and i think i might have seen one tear drop. She is such a joy in our lives, she loves to talk and talk, smile and laugh, she loves the "little Piggy's" game, she rolls all over the place now and is even trying to sit on her own. I just can't picture our lives without her. I thank Heavenly Father every night for my kids, it truly is a blessing to be their mom.

i love these guys!

i love how both of them don't want to take the picture and have their hands in their mouth!

ok, ok.. .i am terrible about putting away laundry after i wash it.. this is rylie in her crib with all the laundry i need to catch up on... ahhhh!!!

Rylie is officially 4 months old now..isn't she a cutie.. and i just want to add this dress cost me $2.73!

well at least devin is happy to take a picture!

ezra is trying to pick my mole off... rylie likes the attention!

oh what do you do in the summer time....

eating smores for breakfast... daddy's idea! thanks dad!
Rylie was not a fan of the swimming pool, infact she cried the whole time and slept... she even fell asleep looking mad

Colin passed the swim test!! he did such a good job and got to go down the slide.

Ms. Chloe or as she likes to be called Princess Chloe. When they were leaving this morning she asked me if I will just call her princess from now on.. these two are a hoot!

devin brushing up on his diving skills.

me and my little buddy

Ezra(21 months) Colin (almost 8) Chloe (5) Rylie (4 months)... good times!

apparently bunny was hot and needing to go swimming with ezra.

improvising with our toys.. he loves his new 'water slide'

we have had such a fun couple of days. the weather is starting to get a little on the hot side.. which i love because its not cold :) my cousin Tori and her kids came to visit. We have had a blast with them. Colin and Chloe are some of the funniest kids i've heard.. the things they come up with. We invited our friends the Newmans over with their kids and had hotdogs, yummy salad, chips, watermelon, and smores. That night Devin and Colin camped out on the trampoline and played video games. Chole and I painted her nails like a princess. and we went to the city pool and wore the kids out that way too. We love this family, they are the reason we met. Good time, good times!

summer lovin

Thought you all might want to see some pics i snapped today.. I know i know we have the cutest kids, you don't have to tell me twice :)

They sure are growing fast. Ezra LOVES being outside all day and as you an see has made a masterpiece in my backyard. Rylie is turning 4 months in just a couple days, i can hardly believe it!

If you all want to follow a fun blog of a cool missionary ( my brother) check out www.elderhine.blogspot.com He is in the MTC right now and is going to Panama City, Panama.

busy bees

Holy Cow, has it really been a month since i last blogged? i guess so b/c I'm last on all my friends updated blog lists. I really don't know where the month of April went.

Rylie is getting soo cute and fun, she is very interactive these days and loves to talk and smile and giggle at you. I can't believe she is 3 months old

Ezra, is still busy running from one place to the next. He loves being outside and coloring. He is very vocal but not very verbal still... what do you do? I wish he would talk, i know he can b/c he has then he just stops and never says the word again. He also got his first haircut 2 weeks ago ( after looking at the Easter pictures i realized his hair was a little out of control)

Devin is still really busy with school and work.. and now his new calling being in the YM's presidency and assistant scout master.. i can not wait until we are done with school!

We were able to go to NM to see my brother Ethan off before he left for his mission to Panama City, Panama. We are so proud of him and know he will be an awesome missionary. Ezra will miss Uncle E.
Other than that, its the same ol' same ol'. here are some Easter Pictures, i will try to get some more recent ones up soon.

Love ,

The Bakers

Ezra loves bunnies... the one in his hand is the one he has to have everynight before he goes to bed.

the best we could do with 2 cranky kids...