New Years with the Bailey's

We left Las Vegas a few days after Christmas to head back to Utah where Pam, Doug, and Brianna were waiting for us! (Well, let's be honest, they were waiting to see the boys  ☺ and, in Brianna's case, meet cute Branson for the first time!).

I'd say they hit it off

Brianna got him this adorable onesie from The Shake Shack, a New York favorite.

Branson with Gp Bailey

Gm Bailey enjoyed some snuggles of her own

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Early one morning we dropped the boys off at Paul's apartment and went to the temple (thanks Paul!). I'm so glad we went, it's been way too long for us.

I've been wanting to take Nolan to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum for awhile now so we took advantage of both Justin and I being off work and went! It was an absolute blast watching Nolan have so much fun.

All of the different sections of the museum were meant to teach kids something. Whether it was math, science, career paths, life skills, etc. Everything was so cute and well done. I had so much fun watching Nolan discover new things or get to do things he sees mommy and daddy doing, but on his level.

This cool area had all kinds of balls that you could play with in different ways. These pipes had air coming out of them so when you put a ball near the opening it would float in the air!

Other pipes sucked the balls up into winding see-through pipes. SO fun. We kept grandpa busy collecting balls for Nolan.

Making noise, er music

Construction Zone!

 Nolan's favorite area was one that was made to look like a Harmon's grocery store. He took his little basket around and grabbed all his favorite foods. Then went up to the cash register and said, "I pay for it!" A lot of times when we're at the store he'll see something he likes and say, "I pay for it!" Sometimes adding, "It's 20 bucks." haha, not sure where he got that number!

 

They also had a cute little house that he loved. His favorite part was the little piano. It was my favorite too. I mean, look how cute it is! I want one, but Justin says we don't have room #eyeroll. 

His next favorite room was the kitchen ☺

Playing in the water. I thought he'd like this area more than he did. But after awhile he came back to it and discovered the kid sized hand drier. Well, now you're speaking his language! He went back and forth between splashing in the water and drying his hands probably 20 times haha.

 In a 'treehouse'

Riding a horse

Driving and pumping gas in the car

And of course he found the tablet

We planned to go to Top Golf after the museum, but it had started to snow pretty heavily so we decided to just go to Nordstrom Rack and then dinner. We had a bit of a hiccup though when Justin and I and the boys got rear ended coming off the exit to get to the rack! It felt like a pretty hard hit, but luckily the damage wasn't too bad. There is still a crack in the bumper and the whole thing will need to be replaced, but I really thought it would be more smashed than it was. Even more lucky was that our sweet boys weren't hurt in the back seat. Both were sleeping and Nolan jolted awake for a second and then fell back asleep, and Branson didn't even cry. We waited in the Shopko parking lot right next to the rack for probably an hour before the police came (annoying, but I'm guessing there were lots of accidents that night) and the boys were seriously angels. Not a peep out of them, even while awake! Pam and Doug came and waited with us and then we all went to the rack after giving our statement. Not the best way to spend an evening, but we were glad to have family there.

Also, Justin is a very, very mild mannered guy. But I learned that if you mess with his family, he will say something. After we got hit he got out of the car and said to the other driver, "Come on man! You gotta be careful! I have kids in the back!!" And he got a kick out of the cop who, when he asked the other driver what happened and he explained that he just slid in the snow and ran into the back of us, said to him, "so you were going too fast." The other guy tried to defend himself, "well, I just slipped and couldn't stop!" Cop dryly: "So...you were going too fast." ☺

Nolan at the Rack where daddy got a new pair of jeans for Christmas. And he tricked us by "trying on" his old pair and asking what we thought. Oh Justin.


After shopping we went to Sugar House Barbecue for dinner.

Saying bye to Aunt Brianna :(

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We waited to open Christmas gifts to/from the Bailey's until we could all be together. 
Opening some belated Christmas presents!

Nolan, of course, was most interested in ripping the paper.

Nolan got a personalized shirt with his name and lyrics to his favorite song on it! He was pretty excited☺

For my Christmas present we went to the golf store so I could pick out a new putter! It was so nice of them to get one for me. I can't wait to bust it out in the spring.

 

Nolan was having a good time with the balls and flags too.

And Gm Bailey enjoyed some Branson time. 

Texas Roadhouse after the golf store

At one point before the holiday's Pam and Doug asked me for ideas for Justin. I gave them a few normal suggestions and then added, almost as a joke (but not really) that if they wanted to fulfill all of Justin's childhood dreams they could get him this dinosaur toy. He has seriously been salivating over it every time we go to a toy store. Well, they got it for him!! 

In this video Justin acts all nonchalant and 'I can't believe they got me this' about this dino, but rest assured, he was excited! I'd say these boys were in heaven!!

Putting it together. When Justin opened it up Nolan had a huge smile on his face, clapped his hands together, and said, "Yay! Ima so happy foh you!" haha, it was so cute!

We also learned that in the case of arrows being shot out of a huge scary dinosaur, Nolan has no problem pushing women to the side and using them as human shields to get out of it's way.

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Some more pics

 If there's a computer around, my Nolan will find it.

The Christmas sweater that Nolan wore for his first Christmas!

This cute (and true) onesie was also resurrected for Branson to wear.

Justin and I (and Branson) stayed up until midnight on New Years Eve playing our new board games with Pam and Doug. I've never been one to like going to big parties, plus newborn, so it was a perfect way to spend the evening in my opinion.

Thanks for coming Bailey's! Also, Happy Birthday Grandma Mathews!!