He did it!!!

In the last 2 weeks, my little guy has conquered two milestones. He giggled for the first time last week (he squeaks at things and squeals at things, but this was a real giggle). Then today I put him down on his back and went to the bathroom, and when I came back he was on his stomach!! (And this was a real roll, not a fake one like Creighton tried to pull on me yesterday, when he switched the baby over on his opposite side while I was out of the room). I was totally shocked, excited, and sad at the same time. Sad because I had missed it, excited that he had learned something new, and shocked that it had come so quickly. I immediately called Creighton and told him about it, then my mom, then got out the video camera to try and capture another one. It took some patience, but I finally got it on tape. Then later this evening he rolled from his stomach to his back once, and back to stomach a few more times. I couldn't believe it. Although it's a couple of days late, I say it's the best Christmas present I got. It is absolutely amazing to watch him grown and develop, literally, on a daily basis. And it all happened the day after he turned 4 months--way to stay on schedule babe!

Merry Christmas Tag...

(I got this cute tag from my friend Becca's blog--thanks Becca!)

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I love to see presents wrapped all nicely under the tree, but I do appreciate gift bags and their ease during the holiday time.

2. Real tree or Artificial? Real tree. We always had a real tree growing up, and I love the smell of them. Since we've been married we've only had a tree twice, and both times it was real.

3. When do you put up the tree? I like the idea of doing it the Fri. after Thanksgiving, but sometimes it just depeneds on our schedule and what works that year.

4. When do you take the tree down? After New Years. However this year we will be in CA before New Years, and so it's coming down before we leave.

5. Do you like eggnog? No. I think as a kid I might have at least tried it (and maybe liked it, I can't remember), but I don't like it now. Just the word "eggnog" makes me sick.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? The barbie doll house my sister and I got.

7. Hardest person to buy for? My mom. She always says she doesn't need anything.

8. Easiest person to buy for? My dad. He's always up for a good book :)

9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, just a small one a visiting teacher gave me a few years back.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I was hoping to mail one out for the first time this year, but we obviously didn't get quite that far. Hopefully next year.

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Is there really such a thing as a bad Christmas gift? Nothing comes to mind.

12. Favorite Christmas movie? Home Alone!

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually in Oct. or Nov, since no one ever tells me what they want before then.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Not that I can remember.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? My grandma's Christmas cookies, especially lemon bars.

16. Lights on the tree? For sure--bubble lights!

17. Favorite Christmas Song? I love all Christmas songs really, but Silent Night is an old time favorite, and Where are You Christmas is a newer favorite (my students from last year sang it at Christmas time, and so it melts my heart every time I hear it).

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel usually, but this year we stayed at home since Creighton had to work--miss you mom and family!

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Definitely.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? I'm not really sure yet, we don't have a tree topper yet...

21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? I like the idea of one on Christmas eve, and the rest on Christmas.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? The fact that it goes by in a blink of an eye, and of course the traffic and busy stores.

23. Favorite ornament, theme or color? The ornaments my grandma made for us one year for the 12 days of Christmas.

24. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? Prime Rib

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? A piece for my Willow Tree collection.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Thank you Mandy!!!!

I have been trying all week to get these pictures up on blogger, but to no avail. Finally Creighton suggested that the pictures might be too big, since all of the pictures are from our new camera and 10 times the size of the old camera's pictures, rather than being a Windows Vista problem (boy oh boy, do I miss my Apple laptop from school!) So I asked my friend Mandy if she has to resize her pictures from her SLR camera and she said yes. And she taught me how to use a very useful tool on Photoshop--actions!! It was so fast and easy, I loved it. Thanks again Mandy! Now on to pictures (yeah, don't you just love pictures!)

Happy 3 month birthday!




My little munchkin turned 3 months at the end of last month. It's amazing to watch him grow. He is growing up so much, and so quickly! (Can you believe that he is bigger than Snoopy now!!!) Another great thing is that he has been sleeping through the night now for the last few weeks. Since he was about six weeks or so he would sleep from 7-4/5, with a late feeding at around 10 in there. Now he sleeps from 7/7:30-7:30 in the morning, still with a late night feeding. He is just amazing. Maybe that's normal, I don't know, but whatever it is, I love it!


My family came up for Thanksgiving and for the baby's blessing. One of my family's Thanksgiving traditions is to go see a movie and go see the lights at Temple Square. This year we went to see the James Bond movie, and I had a lot of reservations about it since we had never taken the little guy to see a movie (especially a loud, explosive one), but he did wonderful. He slept through most of it, and then when he woke up, I just held him and he went back to sleep. He as a great sport too at the temple, but it was freezing cold and he and I were both starting to get sick, so Creighton didn't get to stay as long as he would have liked too (trying out the new camera and all), but we did enjoy the lights, and he still got some pretty good pictures.


The Sunday after Thanksgiving, we had his baby blessing. We had some family there, and some great friends there too. It was so nice to see everyone there to support us. This is one of the pictures that I like of the 3 of us. Creighton's cousin took our pictures for us, which was super nice of her. If I didn't hate the way I look in them, I would love them even more. I need to learn how to use Photoshop better so I can make some improvements on myself, and then maybe I can post some more of them that have all of us in them. Luckily my little boy is so cute, and so photogenic. He definitely didn't get that from his mom :)

Only in California...can you get sun ripened tomatoes on Dec. 1st (and later). We went to CA for just a few days after Thanksgiving and I just couldn't believe the weather. I sure do miss it. I got to wear shorts and sandals while I was there, and eat breakfast out on the back patio--that's one of my favorite things to do at my parents house--sit on the back patio and read, catch some rays, eat a meal, just about about anything will do.

Here's a picture showing just how strong my cutie is!! He learns new "tricks" as we like to call them, all of the time.

One of the special things we got to do while in Cali was go to the beach. Unfortunately it wasn't the sunniest day, but as you can see, it was warm enough that I could wear shorts and get wet, and still not be freezing. In fact, the cold water didn't even make the baby cry. I was the one who squealed, and not him (only because the wave came up a lot higher than I was expecting, and still had my sandals on!!!)

His first, but definitely not last, time at the beach. What a trouper he is. Do you want to know the best part of the whole trip-he slept all the way there and back. I only had to wake him up to feed him (we went during the night, to make it easier for him). He's an angel, I feel so blessed.

Here's my little gangster, as my brother would say. I just love putting his hood on him whenever he is wearing a hooded sweatshirt.


One last thing. For the last few weeks now, he has been exploring his yummy hand. He has gone from thumb, to a finger here or there, to the back of his fist, and now, he currently likes to suck 3-4 fingers at a time. I really don't want him to be a thumb/finger sucker. But the real problem is, that his fingers are so long, he ends up gagging himself and spitting up half of the time. And whenever he sucks on them, it's like he's turned on a faucet in his mouth and it just starts leaking out saliva everywhere!! It makes us laugh all of the time. Gotta love him--and we do--a lot!!!!!!

So Frustrated...

I have tried to upload pictures twice now and blogger just isn't working for me. I have so much to catch up on over the last 2-3 weeks too, so it was going to be a fun post. But I guess it will just have to wait another day. I hope I can get some pictures up, and share what we've been up to, but until tomorrow here's a thought/question: How long will my hair be falling out for (with the hormones adjusting since I had the baby)? I am honestly afraid that I am going to be bald soon. I have never, ever, ever, in my life, pulled out so much hair daily. AND...Will it grow back in? Luckily, I have always had thicker hair, but I kind of wanted it to stay that way, so I need it to grow back in. I know this is pretty normal, but please, fill me in on your experiences, and help me get a better idea of what's going on, and how long it is going to keep on going. THANKS!!

PS Why is December the fastest month of the year? (I mean, I know why...I just wish it wasn't)