A finished product for Hayley...

Here's what I worked one day last week. I took these two cute fabrics my sister picked out, and then...after a little bit of cutting, pressing, and sewing...

I got this. I think it turned out pretty cute actually. The sewing isn't perfect, but it is still cute, it was easy to make, and all it cost was the price of the fabric, so hopefully she likes it. Now my sister just has to come over and try it on to make sure the length is right, and then it's hers :) Hope you like it Hayley!

Playing Catch Up...

Obviously it has been a while since I have posted. I was in CA again for about 2 weeks, and then our internet was down for about a week, and after that...I don't have an excuse :( But I will try and catch you all up on what we've been doing.
In the middle of Feb. the baby and I went to CA to see my brother who returned home from his mission. It was fun to get to see him again and here him speak in Tagalic (sp??). It was hard to leave Creighton here in UT all alone for such a long time without getting to see the baby. We also had our first flight together, it was a little hard at the airport all by myself, but we made it. He was a really good baby too. All in all, it was definitely a success.

Here's a picture of him on an airplane for the first time. This was the second leg of our flight, we had our own row--heavenly.

Creighton ended up surprising me with flowers on Valentine's day. They were delivered to my parent's house. They were absolutely beautiful. It was so sweet of him. Then 2 days later the best surprise came when Creighton showed up at my parent's house to visit for about 5 days. We had a great time and got to go visit some fun areas in San Diego.

Here's a picture of my brother Logan with the baby!!

He had his 6 month check-up at the end of the month and is now 30% in weight (16 lb. 8 oz), 75% for height (26.75 in) and 30% for head circumference. He is growing quickly! The best part of the visit was when he got his shots. He let out the slightest whimper and then smiled at the nurse!! What a tough guy! We had to take a picture of him with his soccer band aids to commemorate the day.

And as you can see below, he now can sit-up all by himself, and as of yesterday, he can pull himself up into sitting position. He is scooting all around, but isn't quite crawling yet.

He also started eating cereal last month, and he loved it. He has done so well with it, not a single problem. In fact, as far as he is concerned, the only problem is that there is never enough for him :)

On the 5th of March we went to the Draper Temple Open House. It is such a beautiful temple. And I absolutely loved the fact that the three of us were able to go there together. It is not very often that parents and children get to be in the special areas of the temple together, and so it was a very memorable day for us. We look forward to going to the next Temple Open House when the other new one opens in a couple of months.

Other than that, not too much else is going on. I am going to be making an apron on Tuesday for my sister, so when I get that done (and as long as it looks ok) I will post some pictures of the process. I still need to quilt my table runners together--anyone know how to machine quilt and want to give me some pointers???? But other than really needing to do some heavy spring cleaning, not much is going on. Oh, but I am loving the weather. The baby and I got to go on our first long walk with a friend of mine the other day. It sure is finally starting to feel like spring!! I can't wait for it, and for summer!!!

One Year Older and Wiser (Hopefully) Too...

On Thursday, I gained another year in age...28 now!! (I'm getting way too close to 30-AHHH!!) The scary thing about it, is that I told Creighton the other day how I worry about losing some of my brain power, since I'm not teaching kids anymore. I know I only taught 3rd grade, but I did train teachers in how to teach math, plus you really do use your brain a lot more when you are working with students and adults, and not just singing nursery rhymes to your baby. So that is why I added the word hopefully to my title.

Overall my birthday went pretty well. When Creighton had asked me if I had any plans for my birthday, I told him I was going to spend the day with my students. (That's what I've done for the last 5 birthdays, so it was kind of a downer to not have students around, excited for me to have my birthday). I did however to a couple of fun things. I got to go to breakfast at Kneaders' with some friends--love their all you can eat french toast. I did some tutoring, then later went and got a free ice cream from Cold Stone--free for me, but not for Creighton! After that we also got my free birthday movie from Hollywood video. (Oh, and to top it all off, on Friday we went out with some friends, who had a birthday on Friday, to Tucanos for my free birthday meal!) Yes, I get in every free thing that I can! Don't you???

For my birthday Creighton (or I should say the baby) got me another figurine for my Willow Tree collection :) and he also got me these beautiful roses!! Thanks hon!


For some reason, this year I have been a little bit more reflective about my birthdays in the past. So while I am not going to share things about all the ones I remember, I thought it would be fun to jot down some of the most memorable birthdays I have had!

~On my 7th or 8th... I can't remember, birthday my mom had the "cake lady" from our local grocery store make purple roses for my mom to put on my birthday cake. I got to carry my cake out of the house (we were eating it outside--only in CA can you do that in Feb.) and I dropped the cake on the ground. I was so sad and embarrassed!

~On my 10th birthday I got to have my first sleepover party. Well, we ended up staying up and talking too much so my parents separated us and made us sleep in different rooms-yeah, that's all I can say about that one!

~On my 16th birthday my parents threw me a surprise birthday party. I was totally surprised (which doesn't happen often to me) and it was a lot of fun!

~On my 19th birthday I was a Freshman in college, and I had a crazy friend hide ice cream sundae ingredients in trees around the dorms, and made me climb them to get all of the stuff so we could have sundaes--it was a lot of fun--totally a college birthday!

~On my 23rd birthday I was teaching school for the first time and brought treats to my class. A boy in my class was highly allergic to practically everything, but said the treat should be safe--then had an attack in class!!!!!

Those are the best and the worst of my birthdays, that I can remember.

Copy Cat...
Now, for a confession--I am a total copy cat. I am always looking for projects to do, and copy whatever I can find. Whether it is copying a scrapbooking idea from someone (Mandy and Becca, that's you) or copying a craft. So these two crafts I'm posting pictures of, originate from my friend Sharla's blog, but the letters can also be seen at Jessica's and Michelle's blog!! (I guess that's how you know it's a good idea, everyone copies it from you).

These were both easy, and inexpensive--two of my favorite things. Oh, and fun too!

Now for a quick catch up on the little guy! He's still growing like a weed, and as fun as ever. We love it when he does this (sucks on his lower lip). A) We think it's cute. B) We hope it stops some of the constant drooling!!

I just like the next picture of me and him! I think it's sweet!

Since he has been rolling over so much, he now sleeps on his tummy. Actually, it is more his knees, since he is a stink bug sleeper. The picture below doesn't really do the "stink bug" position justice, but let's just say that he wakes up every morning with red marks on his knees from moving around on them all night. Too cute! Oh, and do you notice his blanket tucked under his arm? He loves to have stuff near his face to cuddle with!

Happy Tag...

Write down six things that make you happy. Post the rules, tag six others and let them know you did it. Then tell the person when your entry is complete.

Six Things That Make Me Happy:
1- Being a mom
2- The sound of water (ocean waves, or from a creek)
3- Doing fun and cute crafts/projects
4- Knowing my workout is done for the day
5- Reading
6- When my husband comes home early from work (and goes to bed a decent time)

Thanks Jessica!

Oh, I tag...Megan, Brittnee, Julie, Hayley, Shandi, and Mandy!

A recap of the holidays and some pictures...

For Christmas this year we were in UT, because Creighton had to work :( But on the day before New Year's Eve we got to drive out to CA to visit with my family. While we were there, the little guy got to meet my brother Evan, who is going to BYU Hawaii--lucky dog!!, for the first time. He was great again in the car on the way there and back, but had a little bit of trouble sleeping while we were there. Not sure if he was going through a growth spurt or what, but he has been better ever since we have been home.

Here he is with Evan.

While in CA we went to the beach again, and this time got some better weather. We went to Dana Point which is right by my grandparents house, so we got to visit with them afterwards.

I look silly in this picture, but I love how you can barely see the baby with the blanket wrapped all around him--it was very breezy that day, but clear!

I love that we actually have a good picture of us, besides the fact that we really aren't in focus that well--bummer.

Now that we are back, I am really missing the warm weather--of course. I guess I can at least be grateful that it hasn't snowed since we've been back, knock on wood. I'm sure though, that that won't last for much longer. Oh well, at least Jan. is coming to an end, which means one more winter month will be gone! Yahoo!!

Before I get to some pictures of the little one, I just have to say Welcome Home to my brother Logan. He just returned home from his mission in the Philippines today. Hopefully I'll get to see him one day soon...I'm so proud of him, and am sad to see this journey be over for him. But I'm very excited to see him too. I've missed him so very much. Plus, he will finally get to meet the newest member of my family! How fun!!

Love you Elder Young!

He loves to grab things and put them in his mouth!


Look at those big blue eyes.

Mom and baby!

He is seriously such a cutie pie!!!!

He's always got his fingers in his mouth.

He looks like an angel here, all glowing--photography props to my husband!

I need some ideas...

On how to keep a baby from rolling over in his sleep, and waking himself up (3-4 times a night)? He rolls over from back to tummy all of the time, but doesn't roll over from tummy to back a whole lot. And every time he rolls over his arm gets stuck and he wakes himself up crying. I have tried rolling up blankets (and rubberbanding them so they won't come undone) and putting those next to him, but he kicks and moves about until they are out of his way enough to roll over. What have you guys done to help solve this problem? I'll take whatever suggestions anyone has. THANKS!!

Oh, and new pictures are on their way soon :)

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)

Not sure what to post about...

For the last couple of weeks, I haven't been quite sure what I should post about. I mean of course I can always post about the baby, but I've been trying to figure out what else there is to post--unfortunately, not much! I have been working on a couple of different projects, but most of them aren't done, so they aren't worth posting about yet. I do have one thing done though, so I will show you that first.

No, I did not make the quilt, that was a gift from one of my old students and her mom. It is all M.E. fabric--my favorite, isn't it great though. What I did do was recover the cushions on the chair. Some friends of ours so nicely gave us the chair, since they are done having kids, and all I had to do was recover it. I am not the best seamstress by any means, but it really wasn't too hard. My mom did help me finish off the bottom cushion--thanks mom. Now the only thing left to do on it, if we do it, is to stain the wood so it matches the other furniture.

Now for some fun pictures of the little (big guy--oh yeah, he was 90% for height, 75% for weight, and 50% for head circumference).

Bath Time...

He really does enjoy bath time, which is such a nice thing. He never cries when he is getting a bath, even when he gets sprayed with water and he is getting rinsed off. Which, by the way, is Creighton's favorite thing about bath time. (He doesn't want him to be afraid of water, so he says that if we get him used to the sensation of having water on his head, he won't be afraid to dunk his head in the water when it comes time to swim).

So here are some fun bath pictures, in order. And although his face is all scrunched up, he never cries or gets upset. He just has to adjust to the water all over his face :)

The End!

Happy Late Halloween!!!

I know I am late on posting a Halloween picture. But my parents were here this weekend, and so it was a busy one. And since they were only here for 2 1/2 short days, I had to take advantage of my time with them. Here is a picture of my little guy in his Halloween outfit. (We didn't get him a real costume because we didn't take him out trick-or-treating, but we did get him an outfit to wear for the day). The sad thing about Halloween was that we only had trick-or-treaters from 4-5:30 or so. I think we maybe passed out 30-40 pieces of candy :( It wasn't even dark before we had our bulk of kids come by. Trick-or-treating here is so much different than it was for me growing up in CA. I don't know if it's the area, or the times, but it's sooo different. Oh well.

What a cutie he is, although, I'm not sure that orange is his color :)

And here's another picture just because it is soooo adorable and I want everyone to see it!! (I'm not a proud and biased mother or anything! JK!) I could just kiss him and hold him all day.

Happy 2 month birthday to my big boy!!

Here is his 2 month picture. I can't believe how big he is getting. We go to the Dr.'s on Tuesday where we will find out exactly how much he weighs and how long he is. He weighs somewhere around 12 pounds or more, and is 24 inches or longer from what we can tell, but we'll get the true stats soon!!

The rest of the pictures are just some cute ones that we have snapped of him over the last couple of weeks. It is so much fun since he has started smiling. It was hard a first to get a picture of him smiling, but now he does it all of the time, so we can usually get at least one smiling picture a day. Oh, I just love him to death!

We just love this picture because he looks like he is frowning--he just sucking in his bottom lip. It's too cute!

My youngest brother came in to town last weekend and got to see the baby for the first time. It was fun to get to visit with him, but it went by way too quickly. We are lucky because this weekend my parents are coming back in to town, for just 2 1/2 days (they decided they couldn't wait until Thanksgiving to see him!) So we are really excited about that!!!