Bath/Crawling

Here is just a few (poorly filmed) videos of Evan. Don't worry I don't intend to ever be a professional. 

This first one is of some bathtub fun. He was splashing and screaming more before but then of course when I got the camera out he was more mellow... oh well its still cute!

And this one is him CRAWLING! :) Well kinda. The early stages of crawling. Please ignore the absolute mess that his room is currently... 

In other news, I started work this week. I am a cashier in the Pharmacy at the Sandy Walmart. Its been kinda crazy and you'd think for a multi BILLION dollar company they'd be a little more organized but seems like the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing most the time. At least that has been my experience so far. Other than that I think I will really like it. All the Pharmacists and techs are really nice and helpful since I have a lot of questions all the time. 
Anyway that's all for now, until next time. 

Evan is 6 months!

Evan is 6 months old today. Some days its seems like it was only a month since he was born, going by so fast. Other days, I want to speed ahead and see all the amazing things he'll be doing soon. Here is some Evan 6 month facts:


Likes: Cookie Monster, drink containers, playing on his tummy, Peek-a-boo, Patty cake, going for walks in the stroller, spitting/blowing raspberries.
Dislikes: When Daddy picks on him, Sweet Potato baby food, sleeping without his blanket, falling over when he is sitting, sleeping through the night (unfortunately for me)
Other feats: 28 inches long, no scale but I'm sure he's pushin' 20 lbs. Has 2 bottom teeth, 1 top tooth and another on the way! Army crawls. Can stay sitting up but can't push up from laying to sitting.

We got his pictures taken at Sears this week. Sadly, they don't come in until Sept 9th, but just in case you didn't know how freaking cute this kid is, here are some sneak peaks:



Yeah, that is my adorable baby. I cant wait to get the bigger/better ones!

I am so happy that Evan is part of our family and feel so glad I was able to be a stay at home mommy for 6 months. He is such a good baby and I love spending my days and nights with him. Sadly I have to return to work soon but hopefully he won't have to be in daycare too much since I'll only be part time.

In other news, Jake started school this week. We had a slight hiccup getting financial aid approved due to some old grades from when he was in concurrent enrollment in high school. But thankfully we appealed it and got approved! He is taking 3 classes this semester on top of working full time. I know this will be hard for him to fit work, school, and homework but am so proud that he's made the decision so he can get a good career to support his family. :)
Until next time... :)

Stroll in the Park

Life has been pretty relaxing as of late. Nothing really going on. No big projects or major life events. Therefore this is probably going to be a boring post. So the other day it was a pleasant evening and we decided to go for a family walk over to the park nearby. They have some nice walkways that are cool and shady for the most part. I snapped a few photos of baby in his stroller as we were about to depart.



This is a bit blurry, but still cute!




Yes, I let him leave the house wearing that.



Looks like Jake just sneezed or something. Evan's just kickin' back haha




Well told you that it would be boring! Anyway Baby E turns 6 months on Friday, so I'll be posting about that later this week!!! Til next time!

Bean's Visit

Bean, Josh, and Lily came down from July 27th til August 2nd. I always love being able to hang out with my sister, and after convincing her to stay at my house instead of my parents I got to see a lot of her!
On Wednesday night we decided to make this recipe I found online for Cheesecake Cookie Dough Bars. So after shopping for the ingredients we got to baking! Well Bean forgot to add any brown sugar to the cookie part and I think the crust needed a little more butter than called for (can't go wrong with more butter, right?) I think they turned out really good! The recipe does say to let them cool overnight, but we didn't want to wait! (They actually were better the next day)

On Thursday we went to the Wood Connection so I could use my gift certificate I got for my birthday.... only I forgot to bring it, so we just browsed around getting some ideas. Then we went swimsuit shopping since I needed a new top to hide all my stretch marks. Anyone who knows me knows I hate shopping, but sometimes you just gotta. Thankfully we only had to go to two stores to find one. Then later on we met up with Josh and a couple of his friends to eat at Bean's favorite Chinese place, Chin Wah.
On Friday we went to Iggy's with everybody. (Our whole family and Josh's mom and Russ) Bean thought it would be funny to give Evan a pickle so she could see him make a funny face. Well, thing is, he loved it! He was sucking on that pickle for a while before I took it away.

Then after dinner we had a party over at Clint's house with all our friends. We played Rock Band and everyone loves Evan cause he is always such a good baby. Here is some of him just Chillaxin' at the party. :)


On Saturday, I had planned to go back to Wood Connection, remembering my gift certificate this time. I looked online before hand to make sure they were open, only to find they closed at 4, and it was already 3:10. So I told Bean we have to go now. So we got in the car and I was like, Ooo we should stop and get Jamba's. Since we had talked about getting some previously and it was sooooo hot in the car that it sounded just fantastic, so we did, completely forgetting that we needed to hurry before the store closed, well once we had Jamba in hand and got back in the car it was 3:56, so... we did not end up going to Wood Connection. haha But I think it was worth it.
Well I had been planning to go swimming with Bean while she was down (hence why I needed to get a new swimsuit) and we thought Monday would be a good day since we didn't really having anything planned and we figured it would be less busy than if we went on Saturday. Only if we had looked at the weather report... Monday came and so did the rain. We had thought of going to Cowabunga Bay but with non-cooperative weather I thought we ought to stick to an indoor pool. Since Kearns is about one minute from my house I figured we should go there, but we had already enlisted my mom to watch Evan for us so it seemed silly to drive CLEAR to my mom's then right back to go swimming so we ended up going to the South Jordan indoor pool. Here is some pics of our day:

Bean would probably kill me if she knew I posted this one, but its just so funny.


Bean making a splash




No, my skin hasn't seen the sun.

Going down the fun slide... Bean was going too fast I only got her splash face. haha


Evan wasn't real sure what to think about Lily but they ended up being alright with each other.





Well this has been a pretty long post for me so I'll say farewell. Until next time.

At the park

Bean and Josh are headed back home to Cali. We had a good time together but I'll upload those pics for a post later. I just had some that I wanted to put up from earlier that I forgot. We met up with the Allen side of the fam to celebrate mine, Thom's, and Linsey's birthdays. These are just a few of the girls playing with Ev at Riverton Park.



Goin down the slide



Havin fun swingin



And this didn't turn out quite how I wanted, but Jake thought it was lame so was not helping and E wasn't cooperating very much either... so this is the best one.

Vikings, Bean, and the D.I.

Today was a productive day for me. I went to the D.I., the bread store, cleaned out and windexed -?- my car (its become a disaster since Jake's been driving it) and weeded the other half of my garden- the half that was so terrible I called it my forest of weeds and cried just thinking of having to pull them- but it had to be done, and now it is! Plus a load of laundry! And taking care of baby the whole day, of course! I do wish the bread store was closer, its so much cheaper than the grocery store but I just hate driving clear over there unless I'm already out that way, such as at the D.I. Speaking of, here are my finds, totaling $10:



New shirt for husband. It really is SO HARD to find shirts that he fits into. He just needs to lose enough weight to fit into at least XXL or better yet XL! Anyway after looking through a ton of racks I finally found a not hideous 3XL shirt. I think Jake looks nice in button ups. :)
And for my closet lighthouse obsession... jk I just needed a cheap frame for a project I hope to finish soon! Its one I started 6 years ago!! But that's another post...
And 3 cute vases... not sure exactly what I'm going to do with them, but I got a few ideas floating around.

On a much more exiting note: MY SISTER IS ON HER WAY RIGHT NOW!!!!! They're driving thru the night and should be here by noon-ish! Okay technically I saw her less than 5 months ago... but that is still too long ago! And we haven't seen Josh since New Years. He is bringing his computer so its gonna be LAN central downstairs again. Jake is thrilled. Boys and their games... wait I play games with Bean too. There is no hope for Baby E, he will be a geeky gamer. Its in his genes from both sides. Hmm I wonder if me playing computer games was one of the things that first made Jake like me? I'll have to ask him.

Also, been thinking Halloween (its my favorite so I start a few months early) and costumes this year, probably gonna go with...

VIKINGS!

I know, you're jealous and wish YOU had thought of that first. I don't wanna give too much away... but it's gonna be pretty epic. Most babies dress up like adorable monkeys or bumble bees something that makes you go AWWW! but I think making people say "That is one awesome warrior baby!" will be a little more gratifying.

Well I have to say I'm proud of my blogging this month! Already 4 posts, that's more than my whole 2010! I'm on a roll, hopefully one I can keep up! Until next time...

26th Birthday

Well my 26th birthday has come and gone. This means I'm on the downward slope towards 50... that's really weird to think about. Since my birthday fell on a Thursday and Jake had to work we didn't do anything really fun that day. Went to lunch together is pretty much it and my parents took me out to Chinese that evening while Jake slept. Anyway the final Harry Potter movie came out the day after my birthday and because I love HP dearly, we of course went that afternoon.We being Jake, my parents, Season, both grandmas, and myself. Also because I'm crazy, I had to wear my HP garb! The shirt I made the night before. It's the symbol of the Deathly Hallows, then one arm has "HP" in the lightning bolt style of the title, and the other arm says 7-15-11. Then I wore my scarf I got a few years ago when I was Hermione for Halloween, and I wore my Hogwarts House bracelets. I LOVED the movie and it totally made me cry, just like I did when I read the book. Then later that night we had our friends over for a party and fire. I love S'mores! But I didn't get any pictures of that :( Overall it was a good birthday!




And since I can't NOT post anything about our baby boy here is some pics of him :)

He absolutely LOVES his Cookie Monster!



He also LOVES to play with/eat his feet!



Helping mom with some laundry... He sure looks chubby in this one!



And he always wants to drink what Mommy has, so I give him the empty can to pretend with...



Here is one last one. I thought this was a cute "Me & Daddy" pic.