Wow.
There were so many things this weekend that were very difficult. I guess doing anything with a baby is difficult and not being a very good organizer/planner adds a little more stress to that but I'm not going to sit here and type up all the things that went wrong. I know bummer right? Just what you wanted to do, sit there and read a huge list of horrible things (there was a pretty good list).
I just really want to remember why it was worth going. Of course it's worth it to see your sister-in-law get married- that's the obvious on, the no-brainer. But there were some other things that I don't want to forget:
1. Being reminded of my promises I made at my own wedding ceremony.
2. Being present to such a special, wonderful experience.
3. The baby and my two younger brother-in-laws survived babysitting for the ceremony.
4. Getting to see the Montana Jensens.
5. Getting to stay in centerville with the Montana Jensens so we didn't have to drive all the way home and back out again.
6. Nicole hosting us there- it is seriously not fair for her but it was great for us!- they are always the ones hosting, even when they come out to Utah. I can't wait for us to host them someday and let them vacation and relax.
7. Dressing G up in an adorable outfit- I personally didn't get any pictures of that- I hope there are some good ones from the wedding that Mandi will send me *hint*hint;)
All-in-all such a great experience and we loved being able to be a part of it all!!!
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Baby's First Halloween
Ha! Just kidding. I just found his girl Asian twin while I was looking up baby costumes online. Totally looks just like him.
Okay here is the real deal:
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| I told him to say "Moo". He says, "MMMmmmmmmmmmmm" close enough. |
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| Little Farm Family. |
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| I stapled fringe to my pockets and to the sides of my pants. |
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| Jay had an original Amish hat- we had to use it! |
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| What is this face? Looks like he's under water. chuckle. |
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| "That's the baby?!!! No padding?!!! I thought there was padding!!!"-someone at the ward trunk or treat. |
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| Cutest cow baby ever. |
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Fall Baby and Ears Are Always a Good Idea
I love fall for all the reasons you probably do including:
the brilliant colors
the perfect sweater weather
hot chocolate
the magical feeling of the world changing
but my most favorite thing about cooler weather is the hats.
i love hats. and baby hats are no exception.
and ears are a must on the baby hats.
They make the sight of the cute baby into "oh-my-goodness-was-that-drool-that-just-landing-on-my-lap-cute."
Just wait. You may want to invest in some sort of drool catching device- I would suggest a towel maybe.
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| "All-By-Myself" look. He does this when he thinks he is doing something important. i love it. |
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| Those cheeks- (yes this might be a caption that gets repeated as often as necessary). |
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| perfection captured. |
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| I've never seen cuter baby hands in my whole life. So precious. |
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| pretty leaf huh grant? |
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| yah, let me have a closer look. |
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| Tricked ya! I was planning on eating it the whole time. |
*** there were no actual leafs eaten in the process of taking these pictures.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
"Cute Bum"
Our friend's little girl the other week said that when we were changing his diaper and we just laugh and laugh about it. Now whenever we change his diaper, we say it in a high pitched little voice- it's just so funny to us.
It has been the cutest thing seeing all these young kids adore our baby. It has surprised me, however, that most of these children are little boys around the ages of 8-12.
I remember visiting my friend's family and her little brother spying on baby G and whispering to his parents how cute he was and that he wanted to look closer. So his dad would bring him over to me and the baby and the little boy would just stare shyly but then they would walk away and the boy would say things like, "I hope I have a baby as cute as THAT ONE".
Then, when we taught primary we had one boy in our class, One rowdy, crazy shoot-pretend-guns-while-laughing-hysterically-hide-under-chair-when-can-we-play-games kind of boy. Yah, one of those boys. When I let the kids take turns holding the baby and his turn came, he sat there and stared at the baby and held him so gently and lovingly. He was so sweet- I couldn't believe the transformation this baby had on this boy.
Randomly, in church most often, some young boy will come up to the baby. It's not little girls, it's the little boys. They come up and say something to the effect of, "He's so cute" then just stand there....staring. It's really sweet that these young boys are drawn to a little baby though- makes me think that boys are more nurturing by nature than we give them credit for.
Well, last sunday was our second week in our new ward and we sat next to a little 12 year old boy. He was making funny faces at baby and then let him have his pencil (yikes- I saved both G's eyeballs from being poked out by himself), then this little boy drew a picture. I asked him what he was going to do with this awesome picture and he shrugged his shoulders and I practically begged him to keep it. I love it so much- it captures everything so perfectly:
It has been the cutest thing seeing all these young kids adore our baby. It has surprised me, however, that most of these children are little boys around the ages of 8-12.
I remember visiting my friend's family and her little brother spying on baby G and whispering to his parents how cute he was and that he wanted to look closer. So his dad would bring him over to me and the baby and the little boy would just stare shyly but then they would walk away and the boy would say things like, "I hope I have a baby as cute as THAT ONE".
Then, when we taught primary we had one boy in our class, One rowdy, crazy shoot-pretend-guns-while-laughing-hysterically-hide-under-chair-when-can-we-play-games kind of boy. Yah, one of those boys. When I let the kids take turns holding the baby and his turn came, he sat there and stared at the baby and held him so gently and lovingly. He was so sweet- I couldn't believe the transformation this baby had on this boy.
Randomly, in church most often, some young boy will come up to the baby. It's not little girls, it's the little boys. They come up and say something to the effect of, "He's so cute" then just stand there....staring. It's really sweet that these young boys are drawn to a little baby though- makes me think that boys are more nurturing by nature than we give them credit for.
Well, last sunday was our second week in our new ward and we sat next to a little 12 year old boy. He was making funny faces at baby and then let him have his pencil (yikes- I saved both G's eyeballs from being poked out by himself), then this little boy drew a picture. I asked him what he was going to do with this awesome picture and he shrugged his shoulders and I practically begged him to keep it. I love it so much- it captures everything so perfectly:
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| He's got the chubby cheeks, two front teeth, hair sticking straight up, awesome eyebrows- everything. I love this picture so much. |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Friends and the Babies Meet!
Man, these last couple weeks have been so so so so fun. It's like I've been living in a cave for the past 5 months and all of a sudden everyday there was something or someone fun happening. And Jay made me go to things that would have been easy to not go to just because working the baby schedule into social life can get tricky sometimes.
One of these amazing fun things was when my friend Rika and her baby Macks came out and visited us for a bit. Remember when we were both pregnant? Now our babies are around 6 months and they just had to meet.
We were able to chat and catch up a bit and then we headed to the pumpkin patch (of course our babies were tired and had about enough by then) but that's when I took some pictures. They were just so darn cute together- they would hold hands sometimes and drool on each other. Great times.
And we didn't get any pictures together Rika!!! Hello! Okay, next time.
One of these amazing fun things was when my friend Rika and her baby Macks came out and visited us for a bit. Remember when we were both pregnant? Now our babies are around 6 months and they just had to meet.
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| our cute baby bellies! |
We were able to chat and catch up a bit and then we headed to the pumpkin patch (of course our babies were tired and had about enough by then) but that's when I took some pictures. They were just so darn cute together- they would hold hands sometimes and drool on each other. Great times.
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| Fattest scarecrow I've ever seen. |
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| They were so tired. Look how cute G's Erklness is. ha ha. |
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| Just snackin on the dead corn stalks. |
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| Macks was so cute- it was so weird because everything she would do would be exactly how G would do it- it was like G in a different body! She was so fun. |
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| Got them both looking! Miracles do happen. |
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| There's a smile! |
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Epic Fail- Our Family Outing
We planned an awesome hike today.
Jay has been working and working and working. A LOT. I never even see the guy anymore. He's got crazy classes going on including Calc 2 and Physics and he's still working his part-time meter reading job. I don't know how he is doing it. I know he needs a break once in a while and we said that Saturday would be our day to go and do something fun together- as a family! I knew just the thing!!!!
The plan:
Drive to sundance 5-5:30
Start on trail to Stewart Falls 5:30, baby sleeping in the Ergo carrier (he loves to sleep in there).
See beautiful fall trees, enjoy brisk fall air and see beautiful waterfall. 5:30-6:00
Leisurely make our way back to car laughing and frolicking in the bright colored leaves as we take pictures and capture our magical happiness. 6:00-6:30.
Drive back home refreshed and energized with awesome pictures of our day out in the canyon together as a family.
What ended up happening:
Where is it? Oh, we need to google map it. Does that map make sense? There should be signs once we get up there right- okay well it gets dark at 6:45 so we better just go.
Grab bunch of snacks, diapers, jackets, water bottles, etc. Stuff in backpack- great.
Drive to canyon 5-5:30
Get lost...5:30-6:00
Pull over at random cabin parking lot that hopefully nobody comes out of while I feed the baby in the car right in front of a hot tub. 6:00
Frustrated, knowing it's going to be too dark now, we start heading back promising each other we will look next weekend. What a wasted drive.
Baby starts screaming his head off- he should be sleeping right now.
I climb over the seat into the back while Jay stays on the narrow dirt road so I can try to tell the baby nobody was murdered. I soothe and "comfort" baby who only manages to scream louder. He screams and stares at me with eyes saying, "Why are you not helping me? I thought you loved me????!!!"
6:00-6:30 Screaming, teary child, mother with a broken heart that I can't hold him in the car.
6:30 pull over and put take baby out of car-seat *BURP*. crying stops. shouldn't I know the "burp cry" by now? why didn't I know that he was in pain. guilt for being a horrible mother.
7 pm get home exhausted and overwhelmed. Put way too tired baby down for a nap knowing that going for a nap right now means he won't go to bed at 8 and his sleeping schedule is totally messed up.
Family frustrated. No happy memories, no fun. Plain old tired exhausting, total misery.
EPIC FAIL.
On a good note, because who wants to end on that depressing spell?:
I can eat chocolate again!!!! I ate a brownie AND some chocolate chip cookies on Friday night and the baby was FINE!!!! Usually he can't sleep because of the pain his stomach is in but he was completely and totally fine. He actually only woke up twice Friday night to eat and barely ate anything and went right back to sleep. How can I be depressed now?
I can have chocolate again.
Just the word "chocolate" swimming in my thoughts soothes my soul. I feel better already.
Just try it: just say the word "chocolate".
Good right?
Jay has been working and working and working. A LOT. I never even see the guy anymore. He's got crazy classes going on including Calc 2 and Physics and he's still working his part-time meter reading job. I don't know how he is doing it. I know he needs a break once in a while and we said that Saturday would be our day to go and do something fun together- as a family! I knew just the thing!!!!
The plan:
Drive to sundance 5-5:30
Start on trail to Stewart Falls 5:30, baby sleeping in the Ergo carrier (he loves to sleep in there).
See beautiful fall trees, enjoy brisk fall air and see beautiful waterfall. 5:30-6:00
Leisurely make our way back to car laughing and frolicking in the bright colored leaves as we take pictures and capture our magical happiness. 6:00-6:30.
Drive back home refreshed and energized with awesome pictures of our day out in the canyon together as a family.
What ended up happening:
Where is it? Oh, we need to google map it. Does that map make sense? There should be signs once we get up there right- okay well it gets dark at 6:45 so we better just go.
Grab bunch of snacks, diapers, jackets, water bottles, etc. Stuff in backpack- great.
Drive to canyon 5-5:30
Get lost...5:30-6:00
Pull over at random cabin parking lot that hopefully nobody comes out of while I feed the baby in the car right in front of a hot tub. 6:00
Frustrated, knowing it's going to be too dark now, we start heading back promising each other we will look next weekend. What a wasted drive.
Baby starts screaming his head off- he should be sleeping right now.
I climb over the seat into the back while Jay stays on the narrow dirt road so I can try to tell the baby nobody was murdered. I soothe and "comfort" baby who only manages to scream louder. He screams and stares at me with eyes saying, "Why are you not helping me? I thought you loved me????!!!"
6:00-6:30 Screaming, teary child, mother with a broken heart that I can't hold him in the car.
6:30 pull over and put take baby out of car-seat *BURP*. crying stops. shouldn't I know the "burp cry" by now? why didn't I know that he was in pain. guilt for being a horrible mother.
7 pm get home exhausted and overwhelmed. Put way too tired baby down for a nap knowing that going for a nap right now means he won't go to bed at 8 and his sleeping schedule is totally messed up.
Family frustrated. No happy memories, no fun. Plain old tired exhausting, total misery.
EPIC FAIL.
On a good note, because who wants to end on that depressing spell?:
I can eat chocolate again!!!! I ate a brownie AND some chocolate chip cookies on Friday night and the baby was FINE!!!! Usually he can't sleep because of the pain his stomach is in but he was completely and totally fine. He actually only woke up twice Friday night to eat and barely ate anything and went right back to sleep. How can I be depressed now?
I can have chocolate again.
Just the word "chocolate" swimming in my thoughts soothes my soul. I feel better already.
Just try it: just say the word "chocolate".
Good right?
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