catch up time, sorta

18 weeks May 25, 2012

19 weeks June 1, 2012

 Such a sweet sleepy angel, fell asleep playing ;)

 Dunno why it's upside down, she cracks up when we put her feet in her mouth, she has such a cute giggle, I really need to get some videos and post them.

Fell asleep helping Daddy with the dishes :)

20 weeks June 8, 2012

June 9, 2012  Well, what do you think we did? Yeah, we moved to West Yellowstone for the summer again (baby in tow and all!). I know, we are totally crazy right?! Joe and I are working for Playmill again this summer, he is the technical director and running two of the three shows (he gets one show off which is GREAT!) and I am doing all of the costume laundry and maintenance (and in case you are wondering, yes, that is a lot of laundry to keep up with but it is a job that I can do and still be a mommy for Michelle). It is so great to work with people that we love and a place that has so much history for us. Joe basically grew up at the Playmill, he proposed there, we got married during a Playmill summer, we have been in West every summer since we got married, and we were working at the Playmill last summer when we found out that we were expecting Michelle. It is totally crazy of us but we are here anyways. Thankfully we were able to work it out with the Merrills to work around Joe's school schedule (such a blessing!).
So if any of you want to see us this summer come on up!

Sunday June 11, 2012
For a while now Michelle has been getting upset when we are eating dinner because she wants to be included so we decided to set up her high chair so she can feel included and see what is going on as well as get used to her high chair so that when it's time to start eating food she is at least used to the chair. So far she really likes it and playing in it too. This pic is the first time we put her in it. (Love IKEA)

Monday June 12, 2012
Michelle and I went over to the theatre for a bit today (Joe is there all day between rehearsals and shows) but I couldn't resist putting her in this outfit, it seemed so appropriate (aside from the fact that it is warm because well, it snowed here yesterday (seriously not joking, and not just a little snow either). The hoodie says "DIVA" on it in sequins (courtesy of Chris and Joyelle) and you have to love her shoes from the Merrills. Bling tennies!

June 14, 2012
Flag Day!!!! Also known as Heidi Merrill's (owner of the Playmill) birthday and party day! We don't do a show that night and we go down to the valley and play!!!! So much fun =) This year we went to Rexburg Rapids. It is this little bitty water park that just opened last year in Rexburg but it is still fun, especially when you are with a fun group. I sucked it up and wore a swimsuit for the first time since having Michelle, I probably would have ordered one that actually fit me more decently (and had some more tummy control!) had I known that we were going to a water park but they only decided the evening before so, yeah, that didn't happen, oh well.
It was Michelle's first time swimming-ish. Luckily we had a hand-me-down suit for her, otherwise we wouldn't have had anything. We played with her in the kiddy pool for a bit, but as you can see she wasn't too thrilled with that. The water in the kiddy pool was actually colder than the rest. Logic anyone? I think not. I took her in the lazy river a bit but everyone was in our group was talking really loud so she was not to thrilled but hey it was an experience! Don't worry peeps, we had baby sunscreen and we had a hat and kept her covered up in our stroller almost the whole time, her skin is still porcelain ;)

 This picture reminds me of a baby picture of my mom where my sweet Grandpa Cole is holding her :)

Also, I totally made her adorable hat out of a shirt I was going to throw away.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

21 Weeks June 15, 2012
Disclaimer: Joe took these pictures and although some are ridiculous I couldn't resist showing you the types of pictures I often end up with on my camera.

Michelle is really such a happy baby and we are so blessed to have her as our sweet little girl :) She loves to give smiles (she really does this about 85% of the time) and giggle (which is sooooo precious). She has been such a trooper as we put her through so many changes and drag her around wherever we go. We love our sweet Michelle Aubrey Bidwell :)
Oh and she is already learning how to play shy (for about two weeks) sometimes she will be smiling and giggling at us and then she will shyly hide behind her hands or bury her face, it is seriously too cute!!!!!