Friday, November 6, 2009

Halloween nerds

Halloween is my favorite holiday and here's why...

I get to dress my little stinker up in a costume.
Isn't this the cutest little teddy bear you've ever seen?

Throw parties, carve pumpkins, eat candy, make homemade applesauce, chili and cornbread, dress up, play silly games and hang out with the fam.
I could not stop laughing at Matt all night. He is one of the ugliest girls I've ever seen!
Napolean...


Mom is supposed to be uncle Ricco.

Now this is just scary.


All the cousins get to play together.
**I love how Sam's diaper's hanging all the way out.



Whoah, Jerod...

Friday, October 23, 2009

Love is tough


Sammy learned at a very young age that girls are drama and love is tough.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Our little guy is 1

Where the heck did this year go? Our little Sammy is already one! I cannot believe all the changes that have happened in one year. He has brought us so much love, laughter and joy and we are excited for another great year.

Sammy weighed 25.12 at his 1 year check-up and is 31 inches long. Apparently he is only in the 75% for weight and 90% for height. He is crawling like a little monkey and took 4 steps last week. We'll see how motivated he is to start walking on his own. I don't know about any other mothers, but I have the hardest time letting go of the baby stage. I cannot give up the infant car carrier and bottle. Pretty bad when Sam is showing me that he's ready before I actually start making changes. His feet are hanging 6 inches out of the car seat and he takes squigs of his bottle now.

Anyways - to give you an update, we have a lot of changes coming our way. Matt was accepted into the Respiratory Therapy Program through Weber and IHC in January. He is going to be extremely busy for 8 months. So if we fall off the earth for that time, you will understand why.

Here's our Sammy!











Birthday Party...
LOVIN' the cake!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

A major update

So... I decided to stop blogging for a month so I could catch up on my scrapbooks. I spent so many hours working on a digital scrapbook of Sam's 1st year and then our laptop crashed!! We almost lost ALL of our pictures, but luckily they were saved and I seriously feel like I won the lottery. haha Anyways - here is an update.

Sam's first time boating!!! Fun, right? WRONG! As you can tell from his face... he was not happy.



Really not happy... (by the way, only in Utah can you see snow in the mountains while boating in the summer.)



Check out this face. I seriously thought he would never forgive us.



Trip to Yuba over Memorial Day Weekend.
We spent hours preparing and packing for a great boating trip. We ended up driving down there, pitching our tent, eating lunch in it and then going home. As you can tell from this pic, the whether was not so great!



Trip to Grandpa's cabin in the Uintas.






YARD WORK! It seems like the bulk of our spring was spent in our yard. Matt planted 13 trees and 25 shrubs in our backyard. He also is in the process of putting in a deck. It looks so fabulous!





One of my favorite things about Stansbury Park.. the summer skies.

Trip to Grandparents house in Arnold, CA.
Sammy's first airplane ride. He was sooooo good on the plane!
Playing at the lake.




Sammy and his cousin, Boston.

Hanging out with dad on grandparents awesome deck.


Bear Lake





This boating trip was a little better. Sammy went to sleep.


and first camping trip!



Our little guy! He is so much fun! I just love him to death and can't get enough of him. He has hit so many milestones during his 9 month and it has been so much fun! He LOVES and I mean LOVES to jump! He says momma, daddy, bobba and speaks his own little language (most of the words being "dudda.. or starting with dddd... " He got his first 2 teeth last week! He drinks from a sipping cup, eats a lot of different foods, is moving around, but not quite crawling "forward". I haven't weighed him in a month, but I'm sure he's reaching the 25 lb mark and he's well over 30 inches long.


Monday, May 4, 2009

100% Baby Boy

Not that I’m impartial in any way, but I think I might have the cutest son in the whole world! : ) I was so excited because we took Sam and his two girlie cousins to get their pictures taken when he was 2 months old. The photographer called me back and said that I could bring Sam back when he a little older because he didn’t get as many shots as the girls.
I am such a proud momma. I had a huge smile looking at every single pic. They turned out so good! If you’re looking for a great studio photographer, check out: www.sweetpeapix.com
Here are a few of my favorite shots...











Saturday, May 2, 2009

A few of my favorite things

SPRING!!!!!



Which brings tulips..



and smiles & suntans...


and sitting on the porch...


and playing sports...


and touchin' the grass...


and shorts & barefeet...


and playtime when I should be in bed...


and loves from Dadda...


and loves from Momma...