The Shaun and Kari Bailey's

Happenings with Olivia

2011-04-11T22:11:00.002-05:00

Olivia at the zoo! Our first trip, we went with three friends and had a ball. The FW Zoo has a dinosaur exhibit that had Olivia a little nervous! They are really life like, moved and even roared! The other pics are from art day at the Art Museum and O walking Delilah. So CUTE!!

OLIVIA'S TWO!!

2011-04-11T21:56:00.003-05:00

Here are some pic's from Olivia second Birthday Party! We threw a big Owl themed party, her first party since Dad was gone last year. This was a good one, that was a lot of fun for the kiddo's. We had custom cupcakes, Owl cookies, an Owl egg hunt, and best of all was a bubble machine that the kids loved! Thanks to all the friends and family that were able to make it!

Here she is in her Owl T-shirt that reads Guess Whoooo's two!

The two of us on the slide! Her favorite thing as long as mommy does it with her:)

Finally home again!

2010-08-01T21:47:00.000-05:00

It's Official, we are finally back in our home with our family Together again!!! I'm a bit late posting this, we've been home since beginning of July, but we are now finally settled and getting back to our everyday. I'm still working at the hospital and Shaun is working very hard to get his Photography going. For anyone I haven't already given his info to he is at shaunbaileyphotography.com Miss O is growing like a weed! She loves having her Daddy home and shortly after he got here she has grown up and is now referring to him just as Dad. They play constantly, and just tonight we were running around the house playing chase. Daddy chasing Mom with O, O chasing Mom, everyone chasing O. She hides from us now and enjoys when we can't see her, sometimes we can see her, but then she just closes her eyes. She is really becoming funny. She has mastered a dirty look which she narrows her eyes and looks up at you from under her lashes. Good thing it only lasts for a few seconds then she will break it and smile at you! We love her dearly and are so happy for each day with her. I think I have already forgotten what we did without her. Looking back now, it seems to have been a very fast 17months.
We are sending love to ya all!

2010-08-01T21:23:00.000-05:00

This is my little O laughing at herself in the mirror! I think she was about 13 months here, it has been awhile!

2010-08-01T21:21:00.000-05:00

My Little Flower Child! This was a few months ago, notice the long sleeves! She was playing with a puzzle that her Aunt Stephanie and Steve gave her for Chirstmas. It is adorable carved wood puzzle of her name, WE LOVE IT! Now if only I can not lose all the pieces;)

lollipop

2010-01-31T19:30:00.002-06:00

dog bone trick

2010-01-31T19:27:00.001-06:00

Olivia has Learned to crawl by carrying things in her mouth. We call it her dog bone, anything she can hold with her teeth, she will.

Blowing kisses

2010-01-31T19:14:00.002-06:00

Learning to Blow Kisses. It first started as an Indian call but now it's KISSES

talking

2010-01-31T19:05:00.003-06:00

Words that Olivia says: Mama

Dada, Daddy, Papa

Dog, Doggie, Kiko (Ross's dog)

Yum Yums

Yeah, Yah

E.Y.E- as she pokes your eye

Olivia-a version of it

Thank you -a version of it

She is a wonderful girl that loves to tell me all kinds of things. She even shakes her finger at me and will look me in the eye while saying all kinds of interesting words. She is a talker, and according to my family that is just like me. I guess she only get more talkative from here and that is fine by me, someone to chat with!.......I'm not sure how Shaun will feel about two talkers.

2010-01-31T18:48:00.002-06:00

Olivia LOVES music and singing. This is a sample of how excited she gets at church! Too bad the camera isn't allowed in church. She was standing on a chair "singing" with us in Relief Society last week. This girl is really something!

Pig Tails!

2010-01-31T18:14:00.002-06:00

This is Olivia post piggy's!

These are Olivia's first piggy tails. She isn't quite sure about them, and keeps trying to feel them with her hands. She is so cute in them that I keep doing um, but unfortunately she is getting better at pulling them out too!!!

Some Freaking Cool News!

2010-01-26T20:15:00.003-06:00

So there is an exhibition my school is involved in every year that showcases their student work and the work of about 20 of the prominent photography schools and schools with photography programs in New England. The PRC committee people only allowed our school to submit 5 photos this year. (I guess the larger the student base, the more photo's could be submitted)

Anyways, a lot of students from my school all submitted work for the exhibit and they announced the photos that would be representing our school.

AND MINE WAS ONE OF THEM!!!!!!!

It's a pretty big deal for exposure of the school and it's a super big show out in boston that will get a lot of coverage! So needless to say I am really excited that they decided to pick my photo to represent the school!

Here's the link to the exhibit site to get a view of what it is http://www.bu.edu/prc/

2010-01-26T14:14:00.002-06:00

Make your own Countdown Clocks

Time Lapse Video

2010-01-16T20:01:00.004-06:00

I found this videographer from Austin and is absolutely amazing! He does weddings and such, but his vimeo page has some other stuff like this video on it and i almost fell asleep watching it, but in a good way.

If you can view this full screen with the lights off, it is soooo relaxing. I love that everything is going so quickly yet the video is so relaxing

Time-Lapse Fun! from Joe Simon Films on Vimeo.

New pictures post next door

2010-01-12T00:05:00.003-06:00

I put a couple more pictures on my photography blog is you care to take a gander : )

http://shaunphotography.blogspot.com

LEAVE COMMENTS!! Let me know what you might have done differently (seriously I would like to know)

Kari's!

2010-01-08T18:09:00.002-06:00

(Shaun speaking) I was finally able to get some of my film stuff scanned in properly when I got back to school after being home over Christmas. While I was trying to gather all the negatives I wanted to get scanned in, I came across 2 rolls that Kari and I shot last Christmas that had some cool stuff from the stockyards and downtown.

I really liked these two that kari shot and wanted to share them with everyone. I maybe going to school, but I can't wait to come home and just walk around with my sweetie and take pictures with a japanese toy camera just for fun!

2010-01-04T16:19:00.002-06:00

We had such a great time at Christmas! I'll have to let Shaun put some pics of that on. I think he took some. When he comes home I don't worry about getting pictures. Olivia had a wonderful first Christmas! She got all kinds of toys from everyone! She is still exploring each one. Music is one of her favorite things and she loves anything with it. She is starting to dance by bouncing around and is still trying to walk. She stands on her own really well but no steps alone yet. She was 10 months old on Christmas eve! Shaun and I are both shocked how fast she is growing. She says Mama, Dada (only when he is here) and doggy. She also has started to say Kiko which is Andrew's girlfriend Ross's dog. She is a huge dog that loves Olivia. Since she is still crawling still she has taken to carrying around items in her mouth, right now she is crawling with two puzzle pieces sticking out of her mouth. She is a very smart baby. Olivia and I are both sad that Shaun had to leave on Sunday. The time together was a wonderful tease, but we are all looking forward to this summer when he is home for good! Getting back to our house and our family will be Heavenly!!! For now we just keep moving forward. Shaun is excited to get school going again, and is busy there. He has some pics up on his blog and on flicker under Shaunbailey

Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year!!!!

2010-01-04T15:59:00.002-06:00

Olivia eating a lemon! We think that it is pretty funny and so did she for a minute! This was at dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Bailey.

2010-01-04T15:54:00.001-06:00

Some pics of Livie! She is trying to steal a bite from her Daddy's Cookie, and playing in the mirror.

2009-11-30T09:37:00.003-06:00

We have had a wonderful trip to see Shaun, our thanksgiving was a very special one. Despite the fact that we weren't with family we were lucky enough to have friends to share the holiday with. We spent it with Shaun's high school friend Kim and her new husband Chris. We had a very good dinner at Chris's cousin's Maria's house. We really enjoyed meeting all of Chris family and being welcomed so warmly. We actually spent the entire weekend with Kim and Chris. We stayed at their home in Portland Maine and drove up to Bangor to visit with Kim's parents and to see Shaun's old hometown. This was a lot of fun seeing all the places Shaun has told me all about. Saturday we drove home from Bangor which took about 5 hours and made Olivia grumpy! But we made it home to go to church in the morning and got to have dinner with the missionaries and two lady's in the ward. We had a wonderful time there and so enjoyed getting to know some people in this area. I am getting sad to leave him here but excited that he will be coming home for christmas so soon! Hope you all have happy holidays!

2009-11-30T09:06:00.003-06:00

Grandpa Bailey loves to get Olivia laughing, here they are with Olivia bouncing and Grandpa tickling her back:)

2009-11-30T08:54:00.003-06:00

This is another video of Shaun startling and laughing with Olivia. This quickly became a favorite game of theirs. Olivia is just become so much fun. She can't sit still at all! Church is already becoming a fight with her! Shaun has now experienced her wiggles at church, and she is only just turned nine months! She crawls so fast, and is trying to stand on her own. I'm sure walking isn't far away (I can only imagine what fun that will bring to church!)

our trip to Mass

2009-11-30T08:39:00.002-06:00

Olivia and I flew up to Mass last week. We have had a wonderful time seeing Shaun. Though we have had our share of misadventures! First off we almost missed our flight, catching it in the nick of time, but unfortunally our bags didn't make the flight and we had to walk around Hartford Conn to pass the time until our bag could land. It was about 5 hours! It was so fun to see Shaun again that we didn't mind. We both thought Hartford looks like a nice place. Shaun had two days of school before his Thanksgiving break. O and I got to experience a laundry mat, which was fun until she got tired of wheeling around in the xl baskets they have. We did get to have lunch in a really neat old paper mill that they converted into a book store and cafe. that is where the pic is from. Also we had lunch at Shaun's school and all of the other students oggled over Olivia. She entertained quite nicely:) We set out one day for a picnic just to find it overcast and rainy, our picnic ended up in the car with O napping.

Olivia gets scared/startled and cracks up

2009-11-29T19:31:00.004-06:00

We got home pretty late from our trip and Olivia slept for most of it, so needless to say she was pretty awake for a while after we got back. I (Shaun) was playing with her in her playpen when she should have been going to sleep and started out laughing at my little sounds, but then they evolved to a bit more scary and she would first have a startled look that would turn into hysterical laughter. We were both crying but she fell asleep pretty quick after all that activity! The lights were off and she was being lit by my laptop, so its a bit dark.

2009-11-01T19:54:00.002-06:00

This is the game we call So Big! She lifts her arms to up in the air like she is "so Big". This is the first time she was doing it all by herself. She also is starting to wave! She is really getting to big. She is 8months now and I can hardly believe it!

Halloween

2009-11-01T19:49:00.003-06:00

1st Halloween! She is a candy corn! We had a great time that day, she played with cousins (here is Taina holding her) and we went to visit the Grandparents and even went to a trunk-r-treat! She had a friend there that was a pirate

Crib Time

2009-11-01T19:37:00.003-06:00

This is how Miss Thing wakes up! All smiles and squeals! She really is such a fun baby, who is really happy! This is from an afternoon nap, I can't get to her fast enough in the morning. Every day my Dad beats me to her, he gets her up, fed and has her playing next to him! They are so cute together!!

she's standing

2009-11-01T19:35:00.001-06:00

Here is Olivia standing! She crawls like crazy and pulls up and stands next to anything!

More giggles

2009-11-01T19:30:00.002-06:00

Here is another video of Olivia laughing! I can't get enough of her giggle! If you see her leaning to the side, it is because she is trying to see around the camera to see me! She is so funny!!

Just in case you didn't know my fun news

2009-10-27T19:47:00.001-05:00

First: This is a video that one of our instructors does that is teaching us about photojournalism and the stock photography industry. He puts them on youtube about different stuff we're doing at school. I'm excited because one of my photos made the video! It may not seem like much, but it's really exciting for everyone here when one of the staff recognizes one of your photos. The photo below is the one on the video... it's at the very beginning!! Second:

We finally stepped into the studio!!!!! So the picture below is the first of many pictures that I will be doing in the product studio! French's Fried Onions anyone???

Third:

There's a story and a couple parts to this one, so take a breath.... ok.

There is an instructor here named Gregory Heisler (www.gregoryheisler.com). I didn't know who he was before coming here, but I really know him now!

Anyways, Gregory is an amazing portrait photographer that worked for another amazing photographer that was pretty much huge in the photographic world. His name was Arnold Newman (www.arnoldnewmanarchive.com). One of the assignments given to us by Gregory was kind of in homage to Arnold Newman. Newman had a very distinct way of taking a portrait that has in many aspects died with him. He really pioneered location portraiture. I.E. taking a photo of the president in the Oval Office instead of a studio. Or a pianist with a piano, but in a really radical way. Here are a couple of his shots. And you have to remember these were the 40's and 50's, really different from what was mainstream.

So the assignment was to look at Mr. Newman's stuff and apply it to a portrait of a partner. I took mine of a good friend here named Jon. There was a couple of Newman's photos that stuck out to me which is how I came up with the picture below. To me his images were really "quiet" and very geometrical. And rarely was the person in the middle of the frame.

So for the cool part, Gregory was the keynote speaker at the International Photo Expo in New York City this past weekend and was introducing a fund in honor of Arnold Newman. He spoke about the time he worked with Arnold and showed how some of his work has been indirectly influenced by Newman. At the end of his speech, he showed about 10 photos from our school of the assignment he had us do

AND MINE WAS ONE OF THEM!!!!!! He gave us a breakdown of his speech to us today and showed us the photos he used. I seriously almost cried. Only because these few weeks here have already had their ups and downs. From turning assignments in wrong, to not feeling up to par with some of the other kids here, being away from Kari and Olivia (which believe me, has been the hardest part and if you can ever avoid being away from your family, do it!!) But to have someone like Gregory Heisler recognize one of your photos AND to use it in an internationally recognized expo in a room with so many other huge names in photography, was really nice.

It really made me feel like I didn't make a mistake by coming here and that I really can do my own thing and it be ok.

Laughing

2009-10-09T19:50:00.001-05:00

Olivia talking to Shaun

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Shaun's girls

2009-10-09T19:45:00.000-05:00

2009-09-18T22:15:00.002-05:00

Shaun giving goodbye kisses

OUR FAMILY

2009-09-18T22:09:00.001-05:00

Here we are in a garden in NC while we were visiting with Cheyney

Olivia smiling at her Daddy

2009-09-18T22:02:00.004-05:00

Her is our little chunk shoppping with mom and dad, Shaun found her this hat at H&M This is Olivia flirting with a "Grandpa" at church in Charleston. She loves to get attention from the Gentlemen!

Bailey Family Togetherness

2009-09-11T19:42:00.002-05:00

This is how Kari, Olivia, and I are communicating for the next few months, I know it's not much new for Nathan and Ryan, but its nice we can at least have this bit of communication while we're apart.

Shaun

2009-09-11T18:52:00.004-05:00

If you want to see what I (Shaun) am up to while I'm all by my lonesome in Mass., I'm keeping a blog for just that. I'm probably going to always have a picture attached with my posts since that is prettymuch life for the next several months.

The page address is http://shaunphotography.blogspot.com/

Of course more Olivia!

2009-09-11T18:35:00.004-05:00

This was on our trip to Massachusetts. We stayed with Nathan and Candice in Charleston and we were in the car on our way down and I thought Olivia was looking so cute chewing on her little toy.

Nathan and Candice took us to downtown Charleston which was way cool, but because we had limited space in my little Jetta, we didn't have our stroller with us. So Nathan being the outdoorsy type that he is, had this crazy carrier that worked wonders, Olivia loved it.

Olivia's 6 months old!

2009-08-23T21:48:00.003-05:00

We had a little 6 month birthday party/going away party for me on saturday. Olivia's getting so big, she's sitting up on her own and one step away from crawling. We started feeding her fruits and vegetables and today we gave her some water in a sippy cup. She didn't exactly enjoy the water.

The last picture we were playing with the headband Kari made for her and my dad snapped this little picture of her. Its a bit blurry, but we thought it was just so cute.

2009-08-19T23:13:00.003-05:00

If you guys like this blog, you should check out what I'm going to be up to in Mass! I'm going to try and put up daily posts while I'm up there, mainly because I will be all by my lonesome and will want to keep in touch with Kari and I guess if you guys want to read along, that will be fine with me. ; )

new stick family

2009-08-18T15:03:00.001-05:00

Make your Stick Figure Family at FreeFlashToys.com I guess I better make Olivia a baby since she is only 6 months!!!

2009-08-09T22:17:00.004-05:00

Olivia is learning to give KISSES, and she slobbers all over Shaun in the process. She is really so sweet that even her slobber is adorable.

2009-08-09T22:08:00.003-05:00

This is Olivia laughing at Shaun. She really loves her Daddy and thinks he is Hilarious. She also loves to grab his beard.

2009-08-09T21:57:00.002-05:00

These are some new pic's of Olivia. This is her first time in a highchair, and some shots at home, playing in Mom and Dad's room.

I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!

2009-08-06T18:37:00.002-05:00

She is getting too dang big! Kari caught her being cute and getting up on all fours!

2009-08-03T20:36:00.005-05:00

Shaun is leaving soon:( We have just finished a crazy move from our little house to live with my Mom and Dad. We drive Shaun to Turner Falls, MA on Aug 27th. I am getting a little sad at the thought of it. Olivia is now sitting up, all by herself! Shaun has been coaching her, and on Sunday I came downstairs to find her sitting up, just like a big girl. She is so much fun, and we are enjoying every minute. Shaun especially is trying to fill every min with Olivia. It's a good thing that she totally adores her Daddy;)

A fun idea and something to keep me busy while Shaun is gone

2009-06-30T01:12:00.001-05:00

The Gift That Keeps On Giving I totally copied this from my friend Audi, but I think that it sounds like fun! I hope someone else will want to do this with me!! SOOOOO come on friends! I will make you something really fun, I promise:) Here's how it works: the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year a handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well. Before you leave your comment, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going (or copy and paste like I did). Then come back, let me know you're going to play and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift! Just the thought of receiving something in the mail that isn't a bill is delightful! Come and play! Now, remember "ya get what ya get and ya don't throw a fit".And don't get your hopes up too high, but I will do my best!

Shaun's Photography

2009-06-23T23:29:00.002-05:00

Well, as most of you know, I (shaun) will be heading to Mass. in september to go to school for 10 months. It's gonna be a trying time, but while i'm up there, I will be putting most of my experiences and work on my photography blog. You should check it out. It's a bit boring right now simply because I deleted all my old posts because I got frustrated with the computer and couldn't figure out exactly how to manipulate the site to do what I wanted to it to do. After a minute (and ramen noodles) I figured it out. So I have one post on there at the moment. But just so you are all aware, Kari will put still put a bunch on this blog because I will go crazy if I don't see my girls often, but if you want to see what I'm up to in school and some of the stuff I'm doing, check it out. the link is to the right.

Just plain obsessed

2009-06-20T19:58:00.003-05:00

Kari and I are boring married folks that love taking pictures of our little girl. Kari took some of me and her, we took her outside in the back yard and Kari helped me take some of her. Kari even put her in a laundry basket during the garage sale! We love that she's playing back with us now.

We love this little outfit her aunt Cheney got for her, the little apple of her parents eyes!

Already so dramatic!

Poor thing, we layed her down and no sooner did we get the camera ready did she vomit all over herself! This was the look she gave us that was a nice combination of too much sun and after vomit face.

Break your heart beautiful!

2009-06-16T21:40:00.003-05:00

While Kari was trying to get some rest before her shift tonight, I snapped some pictures of Olivia in between naps. I can't get over the fact that she's my little girl! I love my family so much it hurts sometimes!

Olivia Fights Back!

2009-06-06T19:26:00.004-05:00

Kari, Olivia, and I all went to dinner with the family and Olivia was in a bit of a mood. She kept doing what she was doing so we pulled out the camera. She was cracking all of us up!

Austin Trip!

2009-05-31T19:06:00.007-05:00

Memorial day was filled with rainy days and lots of food in Austin. My good friend from high school Kimmy and her fiance Chris came down from Boston to check out the Austin scene.

We were really excited about seeing the famous bats underneath the Congress St. bridge. (word to the wise though, they stink to high heaven!!)

The sun came out and we drove over Kraus Springs to go swimming. It was filled with lots of people that were getting their spirits on. But it was a lot of fun to go swimming and it had a really cool waterfall.

We went to another restaurant to end out the trip called the Oasis. Its a 5 balcony mexican restaurant that is famous for the sunset view. I got a shot of it down below.

SWING BABY SWING:)

2009-05-30T23:39:00.002-05:00

This is our new swing, we found it at a resale shop and it is wonderful. Olivia loves it. She likes to sit in it and watch tv until she drifts off to sleep. Good thing her big cheeks keep her head from falling forward.

Daddy and his Sweetie

2009-05-30T23:23:00.003-05:00

Olivia just laughs at Shaun. He tickles her with his beard which they both think is hilarious!!!

Olivia's Latest pics

2009-05-30T22:47:00.002-05:00

Here are some of Olivia's latest pics. She is growing so fast!! This is when she was three months old.

Kisses with grandma, and making funny faces!

Europe Revisited

2009-05-26T23:47:00.004-05:00

I may be a little excited about Kari's birthday gift she got this year.

While Kari was at work and Olivia was sleeping, I took out some of our Europe trip pictures and tried to see what I could do with them.

I also realized that it was this time last year that we were on our flight home. My my how much can change in a year. I hope you like em!

Create

2009-05-14T09:45:00.003-05:00

I came across this video from a videographers website from Utah and thought it was really touching. It is from a talk he gave for the Relief Society, but I'm sure we can all, male or female, benefit from its message.

Sitting all on her own (well sort of...)

2009-04-26T14:47:00.003-05:00

Olivia is already getting so big. She's sitting in her little "bumbo" chair now! (even though it is only for a few minutes then her head gets a bit droopy) She's still just cute cute cute! She likes the movements of the tv. It's funny to watch her when she get perfectly content with sitting with me and watch tv with me. And I love that her little legs are so short that they're just barely making it past the chair and barly stick out

Olivias talking more!

2009-04-19T00:13:00.002-05:00

Adam & Veronica

2009-04-14T12:06:00.002-05:00

Here's one of the photos I did for Adam and Veronicas wedding in San Antonio last weekend. Kari, Olivia, and I all went down for the weekend and had a blast. We drove down friday night, did the wedding and went shopping in San Marcos Saturday, and drove back on Sunday. A long weekend, but lots of fun!

I've been branded!

2009-04-05T11:43:00.005-05:00

I decided to play around with a couple simple logos for the images I put on my "photoblog" for jobs and such. Heres a couple of pictures to test em out. Tell me what you think!

Olivias Video Debut!

2009-04-01T07:44:00.004-05:00

The pink bow and the purple blanket

2009-03-30T23:04:00.005-05:00

The first shot is from a little session for Olivias birth announcement. (the bow was pink but obviously because it is in black and white you can't tell) We didn't use this one, but I love it!

The other Kari had just gotten through burping Olivia and I got this shot of her

More Olivia!

2009-03-30T22:20:00.002-05:00

Olivias Blessing!

I GOT IN!

2009-03-27T07:51:00.004-05:00

I am officially a part of the 2010 class at the Hallmark Institute of Photography! Yay!

Olivias Roses

2009-03-15T09:07:00.004-05:00

Kari and Olivia got some roses from Karis parents and sister. They ended up getting HUGE before they finally started to wilt. So I couldn't let em go to waste.

The Dogs

2009-03-10T08:56:00.002-05:00

Took some more pictures of Kari and Olivia yesterday. I thought it was funny because the dogs are very much settling into their roles with the baby. Roxie thinks the baby is hers. Everytime Olivia makes any kind of noise, Roxie is right there to get a quick sniff, Kari tells her she's ok, and Roxie goes on with what she was doing. Delilah on the other hand could care less. I took all three of these right after eachother and thought it was funny after looking at them on the computer. Good times!

Day of News (good and whatever)

2009-03-09T17:14:00.003-05:00

We went in today for Olivias checkup with her pediatritian(sp) and was given an A++. She is in perfect health and everything thus far is going great! After getting home from grocery shopping we got some special pieces of mail. We got some wonderful blankets and stuffed bear from Kari's friend Misty! They are so fun! We also got the beginnings of medical bills : ( which was a bit of a downer. We also got her SS card in the mail today, making her existence oddly more official than just the fact that she was born. Now she's on "the grid". haha! But the best mail of all was from the Hallmark Institute of Photography. I applied for admitance a few weeks ago and was notified by them today that I was accepted!!!! We are still finding out how we're actually going to make this work, but sufice it to say that we are really really excited!!!!! And here's another picture of Olivia! Sooo pretty!

And some more!

2009-03-06T23:42:00.003-06:00

Kari is already such a great mom!

So pretty in her little hat...the girls got some lungs though!

New pictures of Olivia

2009-02-28T14:41:00.006-06:00

I've gotten some more requests for pictures from the family, so here are some more. I was able to get home and edit some of the ones I took so hopefully they look alright! We're home and getting used to being parents now. We had a pretty rough first night, but last night went well, just trying to get enough sleep through it all, but we can't stay frustrated too long because she's just so dang cute!

This is just before leaving the hospital. She was asleep the entire time. Her little cheeks were bouncing with every bump!

Already sucking her fingers!

I love this one of my dad giving Olivia lovies.

Here she is actually awake. She's got blue eyes right now, but from what we've heard, they can change from blue to brown within a few months, so we're just waiting to see what they stick at.

Reminds me of our first night home... ahh the memories are already forming.

OLIVIA ADELINE BAILEY!!!

2009-02-24T16:51:00.004-06:00

Olivia was born at 7:56am, Feb. 24, 2009. She weighs 7lbs. 1oz. and is 21in. long. She's only been here a few hours and Kari and I are already gonners!

Valentines Day 2009

2009-02-15T10:11:00.008-06:00

After a failed attempt to get a reservation at the Melting Pot, Kari and I took things into our own hands, so went to Central Market for supplies. We got some veggies and fancy bread for the cheese, and fruit and marshmallows for the chocolate. It was a lovely evening together and lots of fun making dinner together. We also found the biggest and best strawberries ever!

The New Amsterdams

2009-02-12T10:40:00.002-06:00

I came across this video from a band I've been listening to for years. Very calming.

Hey there Delilah

2009-02-05T22:36:00.005-06:00

After spending many hours with Delilah to get her to learn some obedience commands, I guess I've been a bit more drawn to her lately. She was snuggled up with Kari so I snapped some shots of her.

Sophia....Lemons

2009-01-17T19:55:00.004-06:00

Just shy of 35 weeks!

2009-01-14T20:09:00.003-06:00

We took a couple of snapshots in the babies room of Kari. I like em!

Bailey Video for 2008

2009-01-04T17:57:00.004-06:00

After seeing my brother Nathans video, I felt inspired to do a video for our part of the Bailey family. It's not very long, but I hope you all like it!

NEW PICTURE DECEMBER!!!

2008-12-30T00:34:00.006-06:00

I don't really have a set time when I put more pictures up, but I did some pictures for my brothers family and they are at my photgraphy blog! Go check em out!!!!

http://shaunphotography.blogspot.com/

Branching Out!!!

2008-12-12T14:25:00.003-06:00

So I've had some people ask me about some of my portrait work and up until a few months ago, I didn't have anything to show them. So the link to the right that says "pictures" has some recent stuff I've done for my niece Melissa, Nephew Matthew, and our good friends Karen and Cameron Baughmans son Dylan. If your bored take a look and tell me what you think.

Shaun

P.S. Below are a couple of my favorites.

THE DREADED BLACK FRIDAY!!!

2008-11-29T09:24:00.011-06:00

With little Olivia on the way, we decided to brave the crowds and suffer sleep deprivation and wake up at 4:30 in the morning to try our luck at some good deals. We started out at Baby's-R-Us for a mothers chair. We got there at 5:02AM and they had already sold all of them. Kari had a friend from work there that was a bit farther along than us and the last lady they were selling the last mothers chair to decided not to get hers. So Kari's friend ended up getting one. We were a bit annoyed cause they had this big ad in the paper and they only had 6 to sell. Anyways, the guy talked to someone and we ended up buying the floor model. So we went on a bit down the road to JoAnn Fabric. Kari saw that they were having a sale on their "snuggle flannel" material? I don't know what the stuff is called, but it was really very cute stuff. We ended up saving about $85 when it was said and done! I don't think I'm used to the whole fabric store/women relationship, cause there were some crazy bats in there! This one girl had a material that I thought would make a cute receiving blanket and asked if we could get a yard of it from her. She seriously looked me dead in the face and told me she needed the whole thing! I asked myself "holy crap, there's gotta be like 10 yards on there, how many blankets do you need!" But whatever, I think I started something, cause after that, I saw lots of people going around while they were waiting for their number to be called, trying to get some material that other people had already snagged. I gained a little more respect for that one girl, cause when we were getting our cuts done, she came up and said she had found some more and she would let us have a couple yards if we wanted. It was definitely an experience. On our way out I remembered the block letters I am going to make for Olivia's room and headed to the scrapbook section to see if they had any neat paper to cover them with. They were having a 5 for $1.00 sale so I was grabbing some when Kari found me and started at it too. We ended up with a lot more paper than we needed but it all only cost us like $5 so I wasn't too worried about it.

. This is the material and paper we found. The coveted material from the other girl let us have is the second from the left on the bottom. Kari is super talented with the sewing machine so I'm really excited to see what she ends up doing with these. After the fabric store, we head off to get some breakfast and head to Target. It started raining at that point, so there were luckily less people out than there normally would have been. We scored the first 3 seasons of "The Office" and some other movies for Christmas. Of course a couple more outfits for the baby and some other stuff I can't remember. All in all, it was a really fun experience. One of many I'm sure we will endure in the future.

My new obsession

2008-11-19T13:43:00.003-06:00

(Shaun speaking) So apparently I surprised a few people that I was able to put up some crown molding in Olivias room. I was ambitious and just went at it. I've never thought of myself as a "handyman" but like to think I catch on pretty well. But seems some other folks thought less of my skill possibilities. ; ) I'm not offended, but do have to say I enjoyed being able to do that. I'm currently trying to finish a shelf in the same room above the window so little Olivia has a place for her stuffed animals until shes old enough to actually play with them. We'll see how that goes. Here are a few pictures before my final touchup.

The Baby Bump!!

2008-11-15T11:29:00.002-06:00

We're about 6 and a half months along here!!!! Olivia's sitting at a nice 13 inches long and a bit over a pound. I must say it's been mighty nice being able feel her kickin around in there.

AAAHHHH!!!!!!

2008-10-05T02:15:00.002-05:00

After the priesthood session I went down to Cooks to bring Kari some dinner. The girl she was working with has a macbook with a camera on it and a program that distorts pictures, so Kari and I went a little crazy!!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!

2008-09-27T18:28:00.004-05:00

Kari and I were excited to go to the doctor on thursday to find out we were having a girl!!! She was measuring about a week ahead of schedule, so hopefully she'll not lally gag and get here soon!

NEW PICTURES

2008-08-16T18:18:00.002-05:00

I just put over a TON of pictures from our trip to Europe, so take a look at them and tell me what you think! http://www.shaunandkarispictures.blogspot.com/

A girls gotta sparkle!

2008-08-16T15:57:00.003-05:00

While out on a Saturday morning taking some senior pictures for our niece Melissa, Kari thought she'd take a break and finish up painting her nails. I think this picture is just adorable! So girly!

Dang Texas!

2008-08-16T15:52:00.004-05:00

This was a few months ago when the big storms were coming through. There was a really big storm that was on its way to Ft Worth and everyone was freaking out. I just wanted to get my car out of the air for fear of hail!

So we were at home and Kari wanted us to go to the bathroom because it was most central in the house and eat our dinner. (mmm indian soup!!!)

Come to find out, the storm was enough north of us that we just heard some thunder and lightning. We felt a little silly when it was all done and nothing had happened, but what else is new, we're silly people. And whatever, we had fun takin pictures!

PICTURES!!

2008-08-10T14:02:00.002-05:00

I set up another blog so I could just put lots of pictures on there, so if you wanna see those, there's a link to the right!

Eatin some snails!! Part Two

2008-08-10T01:02:00.001-05:00

Don't watch part two until you've seen part one! it will ruin it!

Eatin some snails! Part One

2008-08-10T00:30:00.000-05:00

While in our first area in Sevilla Spain, we stopped in to one of the tapas bars to have some snails. I had had plenty while on my mission, but wanted to have some for old times sake. Kari, on the other hand wasn't too sure about it, and I absolutely love this video cause it shows kari sqirm a bit.

What the heck?!? This is some crazy tomfoolery!!

2008-08-10T00:00:00.000-05:00

So, I figured Kari and I would jump on the bandwagon and start "blogging." It is still yet to be seen who will begin to obsess about this and take over, but I figured i'd get us started.

Just to give a little update about the past few months.....(are you ready?)

Kari and I took a trip to France and Spain back in May and had an absolute blast. You fools better be glad we came back! Cause we were really close to just staying.

Just look at that view, we don't exactly get that in good old Saginaw, TX. And that's fo sho! This picture was from Le Mont St. Michel in Normandy. I took this outside of the bed and breakfast we were staying at.

Anyways, we backpacked through Spain and France to get home with an even bigger surprise!

WERE PREGNANT!!!! Yup, were gonna have kid comin out speaking french! Kari is about 13 weeks along as of a few days ago, so our little peanut is a little bigger than the size of those big cinnamon gummy bear right now....(nice relation ehh?)

We're really excited to be starting our family and welcome our new addition around Feb. 16 or so. And that's all you get for now cause I'm tired and need to go to bed.