Rocking Horse

Some Friends of ours were moving and didn't want to take this rocking horse
with them since their daughter is too old to use it. It didn't look this good when we got
it. Origonally, it was painted white, with hand painted flowers and a painted on mane. Of
course, my dear husband forgot to take a "before" photo again so you aren't able to see the transformation. He seems to work on these sort of projects when I'm out of town and can't remind him to take pictures before he starts working on them. So I guess you'll have to imagine in your head what it looked like before. He took it all apart then repainted and stained it. Amazing what a little paint and stain can do. He also made a padded leather seat and then together we made the mane and tail out of thick yarn. This was one of Addi's Christmas presents but since we went home for Christmas it wasn't in any of our pictures. So I thought I would post it so my family could see it. I thought that it turned out great and Addi really loves it. She can get it rocking pretty hard, even to the point that it looks like it is going to tip over. While she rocks she repeats over and over "rockie, rockie."

Swimmin in the Snow

Over Christmas we went to a indoor pool to swim with Bren's Family. Addi hadn't gone since August. As soon as we got in she kept try to squirm out of my arms thinking that we as able to swim on her own. I'm excited to take her this summer..... we'll see how she does.


These two girls are so cute together. I had to make it bigger
because I thought it was such a good picture. (Brennon's sister's girl Lexie 14 months and
Addi 17 months)

She loved to climb out of the pool.


We got some water wings to see how she would do.
I think she is still a little too little.

Christmas 2008

I figured a blog update would be appropriate, seeing that it has been several months since our last post. We spent the holidays with our families in Idaho. It was a really relaxing and enjoyable break for us. All of the family was in town including Kelly, Ali, and their boys. It was so fun to see them. As you'll see from the slide show we've posted, we had alot of fun. Some of the Christmas activities included sledding behind the 4-wheelers, swimming at the hot springs, playing games, eating at our favorite restaurants, getting snowed in and drifted over, and just spending time catching up with friends and family. We finished out the year by getting together with several friends from the class of '03 for a New Year's Eve party. Now we're all settled back into our regular routine...Bren's back into another full semester of work and school and I'm trying to hold down the fort and keep up with our little busy bee.

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Halloween

I wanted to take some pictures of Addi outside in her costume....I didn't realize how hard this would be by myself.....Never the less I was able to get a few good pictures. As you can see not one is she looking at the camera.

Addi Update

I like to do this every once in a while. It helps me to write all the fun thing that Addi is doing at certain ages. She is 14 months old and has quite the personality. She is talking up a storm. Some things are actually understood as words...while others your thinking "what did she just say?!" She knows how to say, bye-bye, daddy, mama, ball, hot, cold, wow, hat, uh-oh, no-no( we sure love that she can say this one!) and she also tries to mimic whatever you say. One of her favorite thing to say is Hello! At church last week she put her hand on the lady's shoulder in front of us and said hello like she knew what she was doing. She also likes to feed herself. Give her a fork and she'll eat anything. Walking and growing teeth are not her strong points. At this point we are sure hoping that she actually does have teeth some where in her mouth! She is a stubborn thing when it comes to walking. I'm pretty sure from all the things that she stands by and pushes that she could walk, but just won't. She follows me where ever I go and soon after I leave the room we are in I hear her crawling right after me. I would think that she gets tired going from room to room.



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Her hair is finally long enough for a pony on top.
I think she look so grow up with her hair this
way



What can I say other than Addi whining at my
leg....trying to make dinner....put Addi in the sink...
Addi happy....mom happy.


So maybe soup wasn't the best option for her
to feed herself

Addi's new trick....blowing bubbles in the tub.

Happenings at the Baker Residence.

There hasn't been much happening here at the Baker household. Just the same old things, School, Work, Church and chasing Addi Ru around. I've really been trying to not watch T.V. as much. So I decided to bring out the sewing machine again and craft it up! I still haven't figured out how to be able to write under my pictures. So I'll just give you a run brief explanation on them all. I was home about a month ago and my mom and I were cleaning out the closet of my old bedroom and found these towels. I decided to take them home and try my luck at making hooded towel. and here they are after a few phone calls to my mom. And thank so my model for displaying them so nicely. next are these fun clips made from felt that I saw on a t.v. Show. My friend and I decided to attempt them. They turned out so cute and where really easy to make. Next is my fall table runner. Thanks to Grandma Coltrin who decided that I needed the quilt squares. I love how it turned out. Last but certainly not least are the apple turn over. You can't have fall without having something with apples. We were glad Trae and Melissa came to enjoy them with us, or I would probably have eaten them all. They were so good.

Addi's Birthday

Our little Addi Ru has turned one (a few weeks ago). She was very spoiled with all her presents that she received. One of her favorites is her rocking chair (thanks mom). she looks so cute rocking in it. I made her a caterpillar cake. I thought that it turned out pretty good.

A Handy Man

Bren is such a handy man to have a round. A few months ago I was visiting my family and he was home a alone. So he decided to refinish a dresser that we had. I was so surprised to come home to see the finished product. We painted, added new hardware, and put a new frame around the mirror. I wish I had a picture of it before it was redone, but we forgot to take one. He really likes doing these sort of project and I really like thinking up these kind of project to do. I already have a few more in mind!

A hiking we will go.....

Brennon didn't have to work on Friday. So we decided to go hiking. The only bad thing was we had to go at 8:00 so it wasn't to hot on our hike. He wasn't to thrilled since it was his day to sleep in. I figured he gets up at 5:00 every morning so 8:00 was sleeping in.... right? We decided to hike the Y and we had a great time.

Glamour Shots by Bren

Addi is getting so big! She is crawling now and getting in to everything. We are loving the little person she is becoming. Lately, she has started to laugh to herself when she is playing. It is so cute. We'll have to get a video of it so you all can see. Addi will be a year old in a few months and since I haven't taken her anywhere to get her pictures done, we decided to take some pictures of her ourself. Here are a few of our favorites.

Heart and Seoul

For any of you that have checked our blog in the last while hoping to see some pictures of our trip to Korea, or to even just see what has been going on with us......well today is your lucky day. Yes, I know that it has been a while and Yes, we went on our trip over a month ago. But I am now getting around to it.
Brennon and I had a great time in Korea it was so fun to see where he had lived and served for two years. I had never been to another country and that in itself was great experience. Here is a recap of some of the thing that we saw and did.
We arrived late in the evening and where both exhausted after our long plane ride. We had dinner and then went right to bed. At dinner the first night, I had my first culturally shocking experience. Dinner was a little strange, sitting on the floor and eating at a little table but the bathroom was even stranger. After using the toilet I went to flush and didn't know what to push because there were several buttons. I chose the one I thought was right but instead water came shooting out toward me and soaked my shirt. I walked out of the bathroom and Bren started laughing. He informed me that I had accidentally started up the bidet.
The next few day were spent adjusting and figuring out what things we needed to see and what things we could do with out. We met with quite a few people that Brennon knew over there and one couple let us stay at there home for the duration of our trip. That was so nice of them and it definitely saved us some money.
We saw several historical places and did lots of other interesting things. Some of our favorites included: A 10 mile long man made river running right through downtown seoul, the park on youeido island, Kyeongbokgung (a 700 year old palace), The Hwaseong (an old fortress in Suwon), A traditional village in Yongin, Jeju Island where we went to the beach, saw some beautiful waterfalls, and saw an amazing bridge. We went shopping in famous areas like Edeh, Etaewon, Namdaemun, Dongdehmun. We went to the Seoul Korea Temple and went to the top of the Seoul NamSan tower. We ate a lot of delicious traditional food and even relaxed at a cool spa where we got massages and rested.
Brennon's favorite part of the trip was eating his favorite foods and brushing up on the language. My favorite part of the trip was shopping, and visiting the ancient stone wall in suwon. Overall, I really just loved experiencing another culture.
Our favorite part of the trip was being greeted by our little Addi at the Salt Lake airport. All in all, it was a very fun and memorable trip.