Baylee Jaide Covington

After having 4 rambunctious boys, my sister Wende finally had her little girl. Baylee Jaide Covington was born August 24, 2010, and briefly experienced this world before returning to live with her Father in Heaven. She was tiny, but perfect. Please keep Wende, Todd, and their boys in your thoughts and prayers.
"The Lord takes many away even in infancy; that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of the present world; they were too pure, too lovely, to live on earth; therefore, if rightly considered, instead of mourning we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon have them again." -Joseph Smith

Maicee's new bling and training camp

After months of trying to decide if I should get Maicee's ears pierced, I finally took the plunge. She cried for maybe 10 seconds, just until the girl gave her a sucker. Then she was over it. She has been great with them. She even helps me try to clean them. I think they are super cute!

The other night we were able to go to the Bronco's training camp. We had pretty good seats. Here is Maicee in her new Bronco's jersey.

This is Champ Bailey

And Tim Tebow!

I did it!!!

I ran the Dam half-marathon! I finished in 2 hours, 46 minutes- which means I have lots of improvement room for next time.

Not sure what Maicee is doing in this picture.

The night before the marathon, we found a poor little kitten that was very sick and very alone. With the help of our great neighbor, who works at a vet's office, we are nursing it back to health. I hate cats, so we are not keeping it. Maicee sure does love it though. Daisey is afraid of it.

I love this picture of Maicee.

Easter, the park, and cottage cheese

(So I started this post a couple of weeks ago, had issues loading the pictures for 2 hours, pictures never loaded, so I boycotted blogging for a couple of weeks).

Easter this year was pretty exciting, even though it snowed 6 inches that Saturday. Rigby had an indoor Easter egg hunt in the junior high (the first indoor Easter egg hunt I can remember). Maicee did pretty good at first, picking up all the candy and eggs she could and putting them in her basket. Then she realized she could just open the egg, take the candy out, and leave the egg behind. She got lots of eggs and even more candy, which Dan ate most of. Maicee got a beautiful Easter dress that my awesome friend Autumn made, lots of summer clothes, and an outside swing that hangs in a tree.

This is Maicee's easter dress. Love her hair? We went for a run, it started raining so Dan headed back, and this is how her hair dried.

Maicee loves going outside, now that it's getting warm. The first warm day of the year our neighbor's grandkids were outside playing and Maicee sat in the sun room and watched them play for an hour and a half. The only problem is once she goes outside, she does not want to come back in. We have a park just down the road from our house, so Dan tries to take her there often. She loves the slides! She is such a big girl and can almost go down them by herself; she just needs someone to catch her at the bottom.

I love cottage cheese. The other day I was eating it and Maicee seemed interested, so I let her try some. She loves it! She ate as much as she could, and then tried to lick the bowl out. She had cottage cheese all over her face.

Big News!!!

I ran 7 1/2 miles today, and I felt really good, until the last mile and a half. But I ran it all! I'm on good pace to run the half marathon. And I'm finally down to pre-Maicee weight! It's about time. That's exciting, but that's not my big news. This is:

We are moving to Denver!!! Dan got into medical school there, so we are packing up and moving out. I'm terrified to move away from our house and my nice, secure job, but so excited Dan finally got into school! And he's super excited to be able to go to Broncos and Nugs games!

Finally an update!!!

I know, I know, it has been way too long since I've blogged. I'll go over a quick update. Halloween came and went. Maicee was a monkey. She loved trick-or-treating and eating all the candy.

Dan and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary in November, then Maicee turned 1!!!

Maicee loved Christmas this year but I didn't take any pictures because Dan had the video camera out. Santa did come to my work, so I at least have a couple of pictures of Maicee with Santa.

I got a promotion at work in December! Which means I also got a pay raise! Hooray for me. For my birthday I got a new pair of running shoes, and I've used them a lot. I am going to run in the Teton dam marathon this year, whether it kills me or not. Right now I can run about 5 1/2 miles pretty easy. I'm only running the half-marathon, so I should be good to go by the time the marathon rolls around.

Maicee and Preslee in the jogging stroller.

I was really spoiled this Valentine's Day. One of my gifts was this killer ring.

We took a quick trip to Denver the last weekend in February. We stayed with Dan's oldest brother Jared and his wife Tracie. And we got to meet little Kerrigan. She is so adorable! I really hope her and Maicee can be friends someday!

Little Miss Attitude and Miss Kerrigan

These are just some random pictures of Maicee that I thought were cute.

This hat was made by Abbie (a girl I work with), she is so talented!
And I had to throw in a picture of our bathroom that Dan built all by himself!

Been a while

I know it has been a long time since I've posted. We are still alive and well. I decided that blogging is a winter activity. I just don't like spending a lot of time in front of the computer when the weather is nice.
Nothing has changed with us. I'm still working full-time, Dan is still searching for employment and constantly making improvements on our house. We almost have a bathroom in our bedroom! Dan is amazing!
Maicee is growing like a weed! She started walking a couple of weeks ago. I can't decide if she looks like a robot or a zombie when she walks. Maybe both. She turned 10 months old on Tuesday. I can't believe how fast the time has flown by!
I have finally gotten back into the habit of running! Yay! I love running! Okay, maybe not running, but I love how I feel after a run. And Maicee loves going in her jogging stroller. I normally go at night, that way I can take Maicee with me and I don't feel guilty leaving her, (since I don't see her all day). Sometimes she'll make car noises the whole run; sometimes she stares at me through the plastic window; most of the time she just falls asleep.
I am so excited for Halloween! I would say that it is my favorite holiday, but I say that about whatever holiday is coming up. I've been itching to put up my Halloween decorations, but thought it was a little too early. This morning while driving to work, I noticed the house at the end of our street has their Halloween decorations up. So I might put ours up tonight...

On a more serious note, I love being a mom. I love my beautiful little girl and her amazing personality. I love the joy she has brought to our lives. I love the wonderful dad that Dan has become, and I love the great job he is doing being at home with her. I wish our roles were switched, but I'm thankful to have a good job in such an unstable economy.
Okay, I'm done being serious. If the weather turns colder, maybe I'll post some pictures!