a tribute to my mom and dad

My mom and dad started out just like the rest of us. Dating and falling in love.
(1982)


Then they were engaged and later married
(1983)




(1984)

Then their family officially started...
(1985)

(1986)

(1988)

(1990)

(1992)

(1994)

(1996)

(2000)

(2003)

(2006)

(2007)

(2008)


And now my parents have built a beautiful family! (I have updated pictures of their one grandchild to come later). It was their wedding anniversary on the 23rd of June, and they have been married 27 years! That is great. I hope to have a relationship like my parents do and to raise my family in an environment like my parents raised me and my siblings. They have been a great example to me and I am grateful for all their love, and hard work. And for their devotion to each other, to their kids, and to their Savior. I am grateful for their love for our Heavenly Father as well, and their constant efforts to take us to church, go to the temple, and read scriptures and say prayers as a family. And most of all, their ongoing example to us kids and to everyone around them, of Christ-like love.
Thank you mom and dad for everything you are and everything you have done for me and my small little family. We love you!

knock on wood?

does that EVER work. just wondering. cuz apparently it doesn't work for me. the baby was wearing his overalls today...and sure enough, EXPLOSIVE BLOWOUT. wow! i have nothing else to say.

observation: rumors

Why do people start rumors? do they not have anything better to do with their time? really? i HATE rumors...and if you know me, I don't hate much of anything. but i do hate rumors. just saying.

overalls and blowouts

So I got these cute overalls for my sweet son. We love them. William loves them. The overalls love William. And poop loves the overalls...or rather William loves to poop ALL OVER while wearing the overalls. And he loves to do it in public. Maceys, WalMart, Kohls, you name a store I have been to and he has probably done it there too. But we still love him. and the overalls.



I took these pictures at the end of the day, after William had pooped a few times, but there were no blowouts...it was a miracle. It was the first time he had worn them for an ENTIRE day. I was so proud. And he hasn't had a blowout for about two weeks now! Knock on wood!

Amazing Panda Adventure

If you haven't seen this movie, you need to!
And if you have, I want you to share with me your favorite or most memorable quote...

nap with mom

why? why is it fair?

Little boys ALWAYS have the best eyelashes. Just saying.

petroleum jelly...the universal lubricant

This stuff...
Saved this kid...
From this...
Yes, you guessed it, Jaxon got his arm stuck inbetween two of the bars of the chair, and we used vasaline, aka petroleum jelly, to get his arm out of chair. OH,WOW, what an ordeal. Oh, and then Jaxon afterwards said, "why did you put that stuff on my arm, its suppose to go on my pee-pee". What did I tell you? UNIVERSAL LUBRICANT!

"get in the ambulance"

So, cute story...just happened this morning and thought I should share it with you.
So I hear two of the kids, Jaxon (3) and Bailey (8) upstairs playing. They were running around and yelling to each other, in a nice way, and all of a sudden there was a loud noise. But I didn't hear any crying so I figured it was all okay. I walked over to the stairs to make sure that they were okay, and here comes Jaxon down the stairs. He says to me, "hurry wysa (this is what he calls me), get in the ambulance, Bailey is hurt, hurry, hurry, come now!"...so I get into his ambulance and up the stairs we go. The whole time he is making the "woo-oo, woo-oo" sound that ambulances make and moving his arm around in circles in the air (I am guessing this is to imitate the siren lights on top of the car that go in circles).
We get to where Bailey is and she was laying on the bed holding her foot. She had stubbed it on the bed and it hurt really bad. Dang it, I hate it when that happens!
But that was definitely something that made my day!

a new FREE haircut for Richard

So, many things have been going on with us, and we decided we needed to find a few places to save money. So we went to Wal-Mart and bought a haircutting set! Yes, I am going to learn how to cut Richard's hair.
Now, just so you know, we started out and Richard said he promised he wouldn't get mad if the whole thing turned out to be a disaster (which I was kind of expecting). But I don't think he was ready for what really happened. Because no matter what he says, one thing he is very particular about is his hair. It has to be done a certain way, "...cut this length on the bottom, this length on the top, then you have to fade it. but the front needs to be this much longer than the back, oh and don't take the fade too high or it makes my face look wierd..."!
So, to say the least, I was a little stressed to do it, but went for it anyway.
Here are some BEFORE pictures. (actually, I had already shaved the bottom part of his head, so this is before I started cutting the top)


And here are some AFTER pictures

So I think the back looks pretty good

The front is alright, but just wait...

I did the best on the right side, as far as shaving and fading and making it all look even, I guess it is because I am left handed

And here is the left side, the fading wasn't quite as good

And here is a close up of my HUGE folly. OOPS. Got a little too close with the shaving part here.
I know Richard was a little peeved, it was worse than he thought, but he said he could wear a hat.
Richard made sure I didn't feel too bad, he reassured me that it was okay, and he could just wear a hat (except when he goes to church).
He gave me a rating of a 4...he said it would have been a 6 if I hadn't taken a big chunk out of the side of his head. oh well, next time...with a 4, all I can do is improve right?

America's Got Talent

This is the only show that Richard and I actually watch on TV.
These were two of our favorite auditions!!

This magician is amazing and what he does SERIOUSLY boggles your mind! His name is Michael Grasso!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLRCDUnVQhc

This woman is FANTASTIC, and she is the mother of the actress that played Precious, who was an Academy Award Nominee! Here is Alice Tan Ridley!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBOYthKxQZA

Enjoy! They are both going to Vegas, and hopefully will keep going until the end! We are following these two ALL THE WAY!

tummy time with Jaxon

I love these pictures. William was having tummy time the other day and Jaxon crawled up right next to him. We love Jaxon! He gives William kisses and hugs, and tickles him, and talks to him, and makes him smile. Even though they are more than three years apart I think they will be great friends!

SOLIDS...well, at least solid for the baby!

So on Monday (June 14) we started William on solids. The pediatrician told us last monday at our appointment that we could start him on cereal if he was acting like he wasn't getting enough food. I think he was doing okay, but some days would be better than others, as far as him getting enough to eat. So I decided to start with the cereal, so that by the time he really does need it, he will be more use to it. Many of my friends told me it might take 1-2 weeks for him to really attach to it.
We decided to start with oatmeal and mixed it with infant juice. We started with pear juice.
Here are some fun pictures of him on his "first attempt"!

He wouldn't look at the camera, but he kept grabbing the container with the cereal in it, and kept trying to stick his fingers in it. I don't know how I would have done this if I didn't have Richard here to help me.

He went for that first bite, like his life depended on it! (I think he mostly went for it, because it was something to put in his mouth).

This picture doesn't capture the moment as well as it happened, but he DID NOT like the cereal at first. He spit it out (which I think part of that had to do with the fact that it was different and he didn't really know how to swallow it).

Then he locked his lips and wouldn't take anymore.

And kept making funny faces and ate maybe a total of one spoonful!

second attempt!!

So we tried again last night, I was going to make less than 1 Tbsp (which is what I made the night before), because he didn't want it last night. I didn't want to waste more. But I felt like I should actually make more. So I did. I made about 2 Tbsp.

I am sad we didn't get pictures of him eating it, but I don't think that would have given you a good enough idea of how much he loved this oatmeal. But here are some "after" shots!

He had it all over, because every time I got close to his mouth with the spoon he freaked out (excitedly) and charged for the spoon and I didn't always aim it well enough to get it into his mouth.

And there is his empty oatmeal cup. I can't believe that he ate that much and as fast as he did. And I can't believe he liked it so much after only his second attempt. We will see how it goes tonight!

So I think I got it!

Mostly. I mostly fixed it. The only thing I can figure out is the picture up top, it is off center from the rest of the blog and I can't get it to center. And the wording is almost being cut off to the left, I don't really want that centered necessarily, but I want it indented a little from the left. If anyone has any idea how to change that, please feel free to let me know! Thanks!

incompetent? well yes actually!

So I was messing with this new template thing on blogger and totally messed up my blog. I am going to figure it out. But if you get on and decide that it looks like crap, and I am incompetent, then...well you are right!

New Swing

So, since the baby has been rolling over, although only a few times, and trying a lot, I decided to really press Richard to set up our extra swing. We have a big one at home, but this small one is easily moveable and portable and is low to the ground. It is good to have at Jenn's house when I am there babysitting, cuz I can't really put him on the ground since there is only hard wood and tile floors downstairs. It is wonderful, since he just set it up Sunday night, I just took it to Jenn's yesterday. The baby loves it. He sleeps in it and enjoys watching the kids in it.
I probably over did the pictures, but I just love taking pictures of him, and they were all a little bit different. And of course they were all cute!

Here he is hiding himself from the kids while he is sleeping. He pulled the blanket up over his face all on his own.

This picture is with his buddy Jaxon, one of the kids I babysit. Jaxon is 3 years old.

Just content.

Sleeping...

More sleeping...

Cute toys, he loves them, and is mesmorized by them.

I love to sleep...

zzzzz.....

Thanks hubby of mine for setting this up, it has been a big help and now I don't have to worry about him rolling off the couch.