Readers Digest Recap of the Past 6 Months...

December: We went to California for Christmas. It was kind of crazy having everyone at home, but we all survived and had a really nice Christmas. We took some family photos, here's a cute one of my favorite boy and my mom!


January...Nothing to report about January!

February: My sister had her little girl! So we now have 2 grandkids on my side of the family. She's already so big, and now that she's moving to California I won't get to see her only a couple of times a year :( I turned 29--one more year--nothing much else about it. This is seriously my least favorite month of the year here in Utah. I am just so sick of the cold, wet, and snow by this point. It's all I can do to make it through the month and hope for a couple of nicer days in March to tease me into thinking it's going to be spring.

March: Decided that yes we were going to go to Hawaii for my brother's graduation!! My mom came to visit at the end of the month which was fun for the baby cakes. He loves "Mamaw" so much! Thankfully there were a couple of nice days mixed in with the ugly to help me get by until Hawaii.

April: Hawaii! I spent the month, or two, before we left worrying about how it would be going to Hawaii with the baby. How would he do on the plane? How would he adjust to the time change? What would he be like at the beach/parks? The plane ride there was more difficult that we would have liked--Creighton was more surprised at how hard he was, but since he's never flown with him before he had no idea what to expect. The ride home however was great because there were some extra seats and we could put his car seat on the plane--oh what a life saver!! And I don't know how he did it, but he adjusted to the time change really well and loved the beach and sand more than anything. He is always so happy when he is outside, playing, and running around :)

So I looked through the pictures we have loaded on the computer (which I think is all of them) and only found about 3 days where we took pictures of something else besides the scenery. Which is fine and all, but when you are there for 14 days, it would be nice to have something to prove it with. Plus one of the days is some pictures of us out moped riding, and unfortunately for me, I look awful! Nothing like a picture to tell me that the 6 days a week I put into the gym just isn't making much difference!!! Anyway, we had a nice time and got to see a lot while we were there. Of course, it went by too quickly, but it was so beautiful, and the perfect time to get away from the awful weather in Utah. I've decided that if I could afford it, I would take a nice, warm vacation every winter.

May: We planted a garden this year. I hope I don't kill everything after all of the money we put into it starting it up. It will be worth it for sure, if things grow!! I also made a valance for the little guy's room and some pillows for him (with the cute fabric I got from Hawaii). I also took an extra entertainment center that we had and painted it a fun bright color to use as a storage shelf for books and baskets of toys. We moved furniture around so we are now using the extra bedroom as a little playroom for cutie pie. When the pictures are all off of the memory card I will take some pictures of some of our projects and post them up. It seems like there are always a million things for me to do, and slowly I am getting things done.

Also during May our little guy started climbing out of his crib everytime we tried putting him to bed, so we changed his bed to a toddler bed, and after about a week he was doing pretty good, and after two weeks he was back to normal. It was much earlier than I wanted--I had been hoping to keep him in his crib, until we needed the bed--which isn't for at least a year--so I was bummed when we were forced to change his bed (or worry about him hurting himself everytime). But we survived that transition, of course, and are (not) looking forward to the next one--potty training! AHH!!

I am honestly amazed...

That people still checked my blog. Thank you. Here's a sneak peek at an up and coming post--hopefully by Sunday. Guess where we went this April for my brother's graduation??? Yes, ok, one fun thing has happened in the last little while.

T0 post or not to post...that really is the question...I still check people's blogs, but no one checks mine (I know, because I NEVER post)...life is boring, so there's no real point...people who want to know what's going on with us find out what's going on one way or another...it's just one more thing for me to put on my list to do, and then not do it and hate that I don't get it done...so is it worth it???I don't know...

Here are some new things my 14 month old can do...


Now that my little "baby cakes" is really no longer a baby I should add some of the new things that he can do.

-He started walking at about 13 months, and now alternates between that and running.
-He can crawl backwards down the stairs.
-He can take off his own pants (only sweatpants or others that are loose like that).
-He can take lids off of containers and put them back on.
-He knows what the mouse is for the computer and will put an old one that we store in a cupboard up by the good one whenever he finds it.
-He loves to rearrange my kitchen drawers. I often find the tv remotes and toys in there, while my Tupperware and utensils are constantly being found in his toy basket.
-He is finally starting to cuddle more.
-Still loves all people and isn't afraid of anyone.
-He loves to play outside with the kids.
-Goes down the slide--his favorite is to go down backwards.
-He closes his eyes tight when you tell him to close them.
-He gets to ride in his big boy car seat and will fake cough to get attention, and then the minute we turn back around he coughs again!!
-He can reach anything on the table or counter that isn't at least 6 inches in, and has therefore broken a plate already :)
-He loves to talk on the phone and will turn ours on and off a thousand times a day pretending to talk to people.
-He babbles constantly, but unfortunately is not the best talker. At least we can understand him with the signs that he knows.


Signs he knows (I'm numbering them because I want to know how many he knows, and it's just easier for me this way):
1. food
2. more
3. milk
4. please
5. all done
6. banana
7. apple
8. bye-bye
9. blows kisses (this one took forever for him to get down)
10. claps for yeah
11. water
12. bath
13. love you
14. frog
15. monkey
16. phone
17. fish
18. yes
19. no--shakes head
20. book
21. wash hands
22. song
23. prayer
24. all gone
25. brush teeth
Words he knows (most of these are just sounds that he makes to refer to the word):
1. "de"--dog
2. "kiee"--kitty
3. "chee"--cheese
4. "hee"--horse, what it says
5. "jes"--Jesus
6. "sh"--shoe
7. "s"--sock

Hopefully he'll get some real words in there soon--most importantly MOM!! :)

So I've been trying to post some family pictures that we had taken a month or so ago, but I can't get my internet to upload any of my pictures. I tried twice yesterday and twice today, but nothing is working. So, I'm not going to post any pictures for the time being--this is why I never post, because I can never get it to work and something that should take 20 min. or so, ends up taking over an hour. Do you seriously think I have an hour of free time with my wild little monkey??? NO!
I am going to make this quick and catch you up on what's been going on (until I can get pictures and show you).
My little boy turned one, and is now such a big boy!!
He started walking here and there around then, but just recently has really taken off.
With a little bit of work, he is finally drinking milk better, and by 13 months, I was finally done nursing him. I miss so many parts of it, but am grateful for the freedom in so many other ways. I just feel lucky that he did so well breastfeeding for as long as he did, and that I got the opportunity to do so.
I get to work for the District Office a couple hours a week. So between the baby, tutoring, and that I am keeping pretty busy.
My tile still has not been cleaned (I sweep it regularly, but don't hand wash it regularly enough)--I won't tell you how long it's been.
I canned peaches, apricots, peach and apricot jam, salsa, and tomatoes...which is part of the reason that I never mopped my floor--it just kept on getting dirty :)
I am going to be an aunt (on my own side of the family). My sister is having a little girl in Feb.!!! Now I get to be the one that keeps her baby from taking her naps on time so I can spend time with her--just you wait Hayley!
We went to Texas and visited Creighton's brother and my dear, dear friend Megan and her family!!

That's about all of the major stuff. Hopefully I will get this dumb picture problem figured out and I will post some family pix and some pix of the baby's b-day.

Quick question...

How do you/did you wean your baby? Any suggestions or pointers? He doesn't take a bottle, but does drink from a sippy cup, and so we are trying to give him whole milk from that, but he doesn't seem to like the milk too much. I have dropped 1 of the 4 feedings he was having, but I'm not sure how to go about dropping the other 3, especially if he is drinking less than an 1/8 cup of milk a day...help please!

Quick Post-I finally did it...

Yes, it is true, I have finally joined the throngs of others who are apart of the Facebook community. I have held out for quite some time now, even with my sister threatening to start one for me herself, but after a few of my friends connecting up with my husband to be able to connect with me, I figured it was time to get my own account. I've been trying to send invites to people I know, but it's a little overwhelming, plus I forget who I have searched, or already sent an invite too. So, if you would like to be my Facebook friend, and I haven't contacted you yet about it, send me an invite and we can be pals! (It all is a little cheesy for me, which is part of the reason I didn't sign up at first, it just seemed like everyone was doing it because everyone else was...and now so am I)!! But I would love to be your friend--I've got to beat my sister friend count which is in the high 700's (just kidding, I could never keep track of that many people).
More pictures will be coming, hopefully by the weekend, as we celebrate little guy's first birthday! They should be entertaining, as always!