Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley is a book character (he gets smashed by a bulletin board at school, but other than being flat he is okay).  He finds his flatness makes it easy for him to fit in an envelope and go through the mail to vacation spots.  The first grade class made a bunch of Flat Stanleys and mailed them out.  Then when he returned, they would map where he went and how far away it was from our school.  They made a poster for each of his vacations.  One girl needed someone to take her Flat Stanley on a vacation so we took him with us to Yellowstone...

Flat Stanley made a snow angel at the Continental Divide and had his picture taken with frozen buffalo dung...just for the kids :-)

Maylee loved Flat Stanley and every chance she got he would be in her mouth!  The kids thought the pictures of Maylee trying to eat Flat Stanley were hilarious.

Yellowstone May 2010

We had a great time on our trip to Yellowstone!  Even though it was cold, we loved going the weekend before Memorial Day to avoid the crowds.  We were there for four days and three nights, but wished we could stay longer to see more.  Some day we will go back when Maylee is older.  We saw two deer, three coyotes, a mama grizzly with four cubs, and too many elk and buffalo to count! Maylee LOVED watching the elk and buffalo up close.  She also loved the stroller rides!  We have about 380 photos from the trip but here is a smaller collection:

 

My Favorite Things about Maylee

10. Her love for her dog Cinder
9. How playful she is (peek-a-boo, flirting head tilts, etc.)
8. She's a chatterbox and loves to "sing" and "talk"
7. How she moves (jumpin' bean, boogies when she sits, and scooting & turning on her tummy)
6. She sleeps through the night (usually 10pm - 7:15am)
5. Her laugh
4. Her open mouth sloppy kisses
3. Her squeezing hugs and love pats
2. Her smile

1. How beautiful she is...I just love looking at her and being her mommy!

My 1st Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was very special and Maylee helped pick out flowers for me.

Tree Damage to Our House

Monday, May 3rd we had a crazy wind storm.  Our neighbor sent us a text at school and said the tree in their yard blew over and it took out our house's power lines.  We thought Avista could come and re-hook the lines, but when Avista got there at 10:30pm to take care of the live wires, they said we had to have an electrician repair the damage first.  So, Tuesday morning we got the electrician to fix the damage to the house and then Avista came and we finally got power at 6:00.  Wednesday, Verizon made it out to fix the phone line, but we still have no t.v.  Trying to live in cold house with no power and a baby was not easy, but we survived!  It didn't help that we woke to snow and frost. (P.S. Our neighbors are really nice, but their property manager is being very difficult and rude to everyone over this.)

Look how rotten the tree was...