It's a boy

Posted by Blair Bagley at 2:19 PM 7 comments

Just in case you haven't heard...
We are having a boy! Here are some ultrasound pics...
Check them out!




This little guy seems to have the Bagley sense of humor all ready...he will be a perfect addition!

We're having a baby!

Posted by Blair Bagley at 12:48 PM 6 comments

We are happy to announce we are expecting a baby this coming April. I am 15 weeks pregnant and doing great. After a solid 3 months of morning sickness I am feeling much better and getting excited for our new arrival. We will have our first ultrasound around Thanksgiving and will find out the gender then. Until then I posted a widget on the side of our blog to see where we are at in the pregnancy.
We are excited for our upcoming addition. Abby is going to be the best big sister!

Pumpkin Patch!

Posted by Blair Bagley at 12:01 PM 1 comments

Last week our playgroup decided to take a trip to the pumpkin patch here in Springville. Let's just say it was a big hit. They had a petting zoo, a hay pyramid, a corn pit and a toddler hay maze.

We decided to let them wear their Halloween costumes early, so here is a sneak peak at Abby's. Can you guess what she is?


Exactly! Baby Jaguar from her favorite cartoon Diego. Which by the way, if you don't know already, is Dora the Explorers cousin. He is an animal explorer. There is a big hint on what Kevin ans I are going to be...

The best part about this costume? Kevin's mom made it for him when he was 2. Amazing that it is in such good shape after all those years! As you can see, she is practicing being a baby jaguar. After all, according to Abby, "Jaguars can climb bery high."



Abby loved seeing the baby animals, especially the baby kangaroo. Yes, they had a kangaroo at the petting zoo. Abby loved to feed the animals the corn she collected from the corn pit. The animals liked it and so did her little friends. She loves to play with her friends.


And best of all...she picked her own pumpkin! We had so much fun!

Abby at age 2

Posted by Blair Bagley at 8:57 PM 1 comments

My sweet Abigail is 2. She is growing so fast!
What a sweet little girl!

Abby's 2nd Birthday!

Posted by Blair Bagley at 8:38 PM 3 comments

Well as promised here are some pics of Abby's birthday.
To begin, I went a little overboard on the invites. I would think by now it should almost be expected.
I really had fun with them and wanted to keep my 2-year-old audience in mind.

The animals are little puppets and the barn is a pocket they can keep them in.

The actual part was on Saturday afternoon and it was a huge success! We had a fishing pond that consisted of little fishing rods and magnetic fish. the kids had a blast! They loved it when Abby tipped one of the buckets over so she could drink the water...it is her party right?

I also had filled up our swimming pool with ballons to make a ballon pit for the kids to play in. These pictures really don't give it justice...Kevin and Cecilia blew up over 75 ballons for the pool. It was filled to the brim and then the kids just bounced them all out and they flew all over the yard. They had so much fun!




Then there was the cake. I really had a lot of fun planning that. Everything but the barnyard animals were edible...even the rocks. I got some inspiration for it online and the kids really liked picking out their own animal cupcake. Overall there was a lot of playing, cake and presents. What else could a 2-year-old ask for?

Bowwas...Let's go!

Posted by Blair Bagley at 9:32 PM 2 comments

The last week or so, Abby has been saying "bowwas! bowwas!" We have been at a loss for what that meant. She would say it over and over and then get frustrated that we didn't know what that meant. But today I figured it out. While we were loading up in the car for errands, I told Abby we were going and she replied "Bowwas, let's go!" Then It came to me, what she actually meant was "Vamanos, Let's go" a common phrase on her favorite cartoon of the month, Dora the Explorer. Just so you know
Bowwas = Vamanos = Let's Go

Oh, I just love my bi-lingual nearly 2-year-old.

Running and then there is RUNNING!

Posted by Blair Bagley at 8:53 PM 0 comments

I feel the theme of the family is running. Not only running in the physical sense, but in the in all aspects of the word. We have been so busy with Abby, school, work,the business, yard work, church work, and whatever else that we just find ourselves running from one thing to another until we collapse in bed at night. Then I wake up at 4:30 to actually go running. Don't think I am complaining in the least. I love everything that we are doing and everything is just a blessing.

However, for those of you that really know me, you also know that I find happiness in being productive and busy. I am just so happy to have our sweet Abigail. I am happy that Kevin is working so hard at work and at school. We have a beautiful home and a fun yard to work on and I love my sisters in the Young Womens. I think sometimes all it takes is to list out the things that fill my time to realize that I am truly blessed.

Little Caesars can be decieving...

Posted by Blair Bagley at 11:30 AM 0 comments

Kevin is always really encouraging me to blog...I am striving to be better...
Here is an excerpt from one of my letters to Richard in the MTC:

Abby likes to play in the refrigerator/freezer. This morning, she had me open it up just so she could look around and decide what she wanted. She is not the best eater, so if she is interested in eating, I will pretty much give her what she wants. Anyway, she saw that I had one of those Little Caesar Pizza kits in our freezer...you know...those kits that kids sell for fundraisers? (ours was the cheesy bread...yum!)

Well anyway, she saw the little Caesar cartoon character on the side and was convinced that she wanted "that!" ..."Mom" she said, "I want That!". I knew the whole time that she really didn't want some frozen dough, cheese, and frozen buttery garlic sauce. However she insisted. Based on the package, that is what she wanted.

When I opened it up, she was a little confused. On the inside, it wasn't fun at all...in fact she ever tried to make herself interested in it, however in the end, she agreed with me, that there was no eatable cartoon character inside and she lost interest.

This is much like how Satan gets people. He puts very convincing cartoon characters on the outside of things, convincing us that we want that no matter what. Then, after some time of discovery, we realize it was all smoke and mirrors and all that was inside was frozen pizza dough.

Don't be fooled by the package, you still have the bake it for 30 minutes at 350!

Like mother, like daughter

Posted by Blair Bagley at 9:35 PM 2 comments

Every morning, or at least nearly every morning, I get up around 5:30ish and go running. Since it still is freezing in utah, I always wear a warm running outfit, a hat and a ear warmer headband. The hat is to keep my head warm and the headband is to keep the headphones in my ears. (Earbuds never stay in while I am running, it is very annoying). Anyway, it is basically the same routine every morning.
Abby usually wakes up with me, but I put her back in bed with daddy while I run...I never thought she paid such close attention to me until I found her in the kitchen the other day.

This is what I found...


She found my headband and my MP3 player and was trying to stick the ear buds in her ears when I found her. This was beyond adorable and it really made me think about how much children learn by example.

She was able to recreate in her 1-year-old way exactly what she saw me doing.

What a wake up call!

Everything I say, everything I do, Abby sees.
I really want to make a better effort of reading my scriptures in front of her, praying with her and teaching her the good things in life...
Although, running is an awesome thing.

A great weekend...

Posted by Blair Bagley at 9:31 PM 2 comments

I love having a weekend where I feel that I actually got some rest and I got things done as well. These times are few and far between, but when they come they are a welcome respite.

Abby has been as cute as ever. She spent most of Saturday in Moroni with Grandma and Grandpa. She is beyond spoiled and just has a blast. As you can see, she is always well cared for...

Adorable right?

As for Kevin, he finished up his marketing class for his MBA. Usually finishing a class is really stressful because of projects and tests, but this class for some reason was pretty relaxed and the end was pretty anti-climatic. He finished up 3 hours earlier than usual, which was really nice.

I had a nice run with my Springville running group and spent the rest of the morning running errands. That left us with the rest of the day to do things we never have time for and just hang out.

Our Sunday has been extremely nice as well. Kevin woke up and made Eggs Benedict for me(one of his specialities). They were fabulous! We then headed to church and had a nice sacrament meeting other than Abby deciding to draw all over her hands and arms during the sacrament. This is a quick phone picture that I took in the mother's room as I was trying to clean her up. notice the green marker not only on her hands but on the side of her head as well. Lovely.

Green marker makes a great complement to a pink dress...

Anyway, after a relaxing morning and church, we followed it by hanging out and having a great dinner. Again, Kevin treated us to home-made tostadas. Just in case you cared, we had fresh strawberries and cream for dessert. Fabulous!

It really is the small and simple things that make life wonderful.

I have no spectacular story as to why my weekend was so great. I think it is because I took the time to enjoy it, and that is what made all the difference.

Fun on the Farm

Posted by Blair Bagley at 10:34 PM 2 comments

I have been longing to begin outdoor activities with Abby. She is so active and curious and she love the outdoors. Today was a beautiful day so we took advantage and went to the Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point.

Abby loved to see the chickens. They were very friendly to her and her fingers. It made me a little nervous, but she left with her fingers intact and very excited about chickens.
This peacock was absolutely beautiful and very curious. It came right up to the front and was interested in Abby's stroller. She must have spilled something in it a while ago, because several animals ended up licking at the side of her stroller.



Abby LOVED the horses! The greatest part was that these horses loved the kids. This horse came right up to her and let her pet it;s mane. She was adorable.

I think I may get this one framed.


This most exciting part of Farm Country. They give you a ticket to ride the ponies! We tried to ride the ponies almost a
year ago and it was a disaster. She was so small and she just screamed. I really was a little nervous at how she would react, but as soon as I said "let's ride the ponies" she bolted off and tried to find a way under the ropes. She did so well. As you can see, she basically rode by herself. I just had my hand at her back while we went around to make sure she didn't randomly want to get off.

What a great shot!

New Blog layout

Posted by Blair Bagley at 9:23 PM 1 comments

Are you impressed? Well it has taken me a while, but I finally settled on a look that I like. I have also posted links to our other blogs and my business.
So things to check out:
1. My running blog
I created this to help me stay motivated for my marathon I am training for in June. Its pretty cool. I have some tracking widgets that will track my miles ran and some other neat features. I would love some tips, advice, encouragement or suggestions for good running music.

2. Kevins Econ blog/rantings
One day Kevin was just going into some of his deep political/theoretical discussions and I encouraged him to start a blog about it. Less than a week or so later, he was getting insightful comments form academics. So anyway, hopefully he will keep this up and engage in the academic discussions.

3. Eastwind Creations
I had to put a plug in for the business. Maybe you know someone getting married? If not, just puruse my work and keep me in mind for awesome Chritmas cards next year.
the business is actually doing quite well and I have a trade show coming up this weekend.
Things are definatly rolling during Abby's nap time.

And finally, a photo to make this post complete.
Abby in her "snuggie" at Christmas. Cute.

We are Wii'ing

Posted by Blair Bagley at 10:16 PM 1 comments

That's right. Wii'ing. I would like to thank Becky and Matt for that one. We have gone from no TV to having a full gaming console and an HDTV. Huge adjustment for me, but so far we just use it for Wii'ing and I am okay with that. ( In case you don't know, I am very anti-TV and video games)

Impulsive? Yes.
Unnecessary? Yep.
Fun? Very.

Kevin says this will be his form of exercise. I have in fact seen him work up a sweat, so he may be telling the truth.

Me on the other hand, well I will stick to running.

What's most important.

Posted by Blair Bagley at 9:46 PM 4 comments

I have really been thinking about the important stuff lately. I have had several experiences over the last month or so that prompted me to take some introspection and decide what is really important. Here are three things that I came up with:

1. Fostering a loving family
2. Faith in God
3.Personal Growth

I could expound on these things, but I don't claim to be a novelist. When I get caught up in the stresses of the here and now I can take peace in thinking and focusing on these things.

I have found it to be a wonderful exercise to decide the three most important things in your life and focus on giving your everything to those ideals. This falls along the lines of "live simply and love much".

I read a great quote today during our Family Home Evening and I wanted to share. Elder Jeffery R. Holland said:

"Dismiss the destructive, and keep dismissing it until the beauty of the Atonement of Christ has revealed to you your bright future and the bright future of your family, your friends, and your neighbors. God doesn’t care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go."

I think that is a good piece of advice.

The holidays

Posted by Blair Bagley at 9:30 PM 1 comments

I would really like to know what you are thinking right now...

I am sure it ranges from "I am glad I don't have to clean that up!" ...to... "should I be concerned?"

But whatever you may be thinking, I chose this photo to represent the Bagley Family holidays of 2009. It depicts the aftermath of Abby and M&Ms meeting together after opening Christmas presents. She calls them "num me nums". Adorable.

We had a low key Christmas and New Years at our new home. Just us.

It was fabulous. There were toys, chocolate, family and rest. There really is something to be said for relaxation and rest with one's family. I found it to be very rejuvenating.


We had time to watch movies, make snowmen and write out our family's new year's resolutions... and we are off to a running start. They range from reading the scriptures daily to running a marathon (guess who's goal that is;). We also threw in a trip to Disneyland this summer.

In short we are grateful for our mid-winter respite and are excited for the opportunities that a new year will bring.

We hope you and your family will have a wonderful new year!