Fun in the Sun!

Ok, so we are really not out hitting the beach yet...especially since the closest sand is at Bear Lake and I can guarantee that it is not warm enough yet! I did want to share these pictures that we had taken a couple weeks back because I thought that they turned out very cute!
This is Jack's new swimming suit ensemble that we bought especially for the pictures and future use of course! I figured that we probably won't be going to any public pools yet and if we do anything it will be outside, so having a swimming shirt and a hat could not hurt. If Jack has my skin, he will sunburn very easily and that would break my heart!

Jack had is picture taken with 3 of his 4 cousins. (CJ is living in Colorado.) It was not the most pleasant experience, as we met a little early for the pictures and had an extra little one that my sister-in-law was tending...to make a long story short, an hour early is WAY too early to show up to a portrait studio with 5 kids!

So, in the picture you'll see Lexi (6), Damien (2 months), Solon (18 months) and Jack (6 months). It was a true adventure! I have to admit that I have a very cute kid! :)

Take me out to the ball game!

No, we didn't really go to a ball game, but I had to share this new outfit of Jack's with everyone. I found it a Family Dollar for like $4.99...not sure I should brag about how cheap I am, but you can find some cute baby clothes there!
He looks like such a big boy in it and he doesn't even mind the hat, which is amazing because I never put anything in his head. Even when he was a newborn, the kid would get so hot and sweaty with anything on his head. I think that we run on the same thermostat or something...we both run about 97 degrees as our typical temp.
We started finger foods as well...I don't think that Jack is too interested yet as he can't really pick them up and get them into his mouth. But they make for some cute pics!

I'm at a loss as to knowing what to feed him for finger foods...he is allergic to bananas and is still supposed to stick with cereals, fruits and veggies. I think that I will stick with the little Gerber Puffs for a while until he stops gagging on them and them move onto other things! The poor kid is going to have a rough life! I don't want him to eat junk food at all!! No candy, no fries, no eggs cooked in bacon grease! Heart disease and cancer run in both sides of the family and I want to do my best to teach him to eat healthy! Am I a mean parent? Ok, maybe all things in moderation...he can have some, but not until we have some healthy habits going! Oh, well....at least he'll have something to tell his therapist! :)

6 months old!!

Big apologies to those faithful blog checkers on the HUGE time gap between this post and the last. It seems that the month has gone by so fast!! The family has been sick...of course not all at the same time...and I have been busy trying to get my scrapbooking business up and going!

Our Little Jack has grown so much! He is such a good eater and I am happy that yesterday at his well check-up the doc said that we can move to step 2 foods and finger foods! He is going to love it! And as of Friday the 18th, he has been sitting up by himself. He is still pretty wobbly, but doing well! It is amazing how well he can control his hands too!! It seem that they are helpless and then overnight they can do anything! He is rolling everywhere! He can get across the room in no time flat! It is very cool, yet I miss my little dependent guy!

Oh, I wanted to share something that I made out of of one of the kits that Close To My Heart sells. It is a magnetic board and the little magnets are make out of textured cardstock flowers. I thought that it turned out pretty cute!

Crazy Hair and Carharts!

Our Little Jack has the craziest hair lately!! He has a tons of hair growing on the top of his head, but the sides have yet to catch up. The top stands up unless you put a hat on for a while. Hat hair actually looks better than his regular do! It is pretty stinkin' funny!






We had a great Easter this year! Unfortunately, the Easter Bunny did not visit Jack this year at our house because that wonderful bunny knows that mom and dad are too fat and don't need any candy. Jack did get some summer outfits and diapers from us and then summer outfits from Grandma and Grandpa Westenskow and some baby food and stuff from Grandma and Grandpa Moesser. We went to the park behind my aunt's house and ate and chatted for a few hours! It was very fun! Now that the younger generation are having kids, the easter egg hunts and fun times are returning! It was so cool to see the little ones searching for those eggs!! Then we went to Travis' parents house and ate a yummy dinner and chatted that evening. We took some pictures of Jack and his grandparents, great grandparents and him with his Aunt Crystal, Uncle Courtney and cousin Gizmo!








On a more spiritual note... I am so grateful for our Lord, Jesus Christ and the great sacrifice that He made for us! How wonderful it is to know that I may one day live with my Heavenly Father again and that I will be with my family for eternity! I am grateful for my wonderful family, my wonderful husband, my sweet baby boy and even my sweet dog that is in timeout right now for digging up and tearing apart the roots of the tree in our backyard...I will have to take some pictures! I am truly blessed!

My relatives from Winnemucca, NV bought Jack these cute Carhart overalls not long after he was born and they finally fit! I am a little biased, but I have to say that he is pretty darn cute!














Oh...I wanted to post this picture of my cousin's sweet baby girl, Reagan. Is she not the cutest, daintiest thing ever!!

To Be A Princess...

I had the opportunity of going to Disney On Ice: Princess Wishes this Saturday with my niece, Lexi, and my good friend Annie and her daughters, Baylee and Millie. We had a great time and it was nice to "get out with the girls"! I was afraid that the girls were going to be shy and stick to themselves because it was pretty quiet in the car as we were driving to the ESA (Energy Solutions Arena). But as we were getting out of the car, Lexi and Baylee were holding hands and they were stuck together like glue the rest of the day!

I think that I will always be a dreamer! I love the idea of life being a fairytale!




On a more manly note...well...boyish note, our little guy fell asleep for the first time in the middle of dinner! I think that he got that from his Aunt Crystal! I've heard many stories! It was so funny! He was there and "mmmming" for one bite and the next he was out! Maybe there was some turkey with those sweet potatoes!!

But, who needs baby food when you can choose to dine on some nice and plump baby toes! These are Jack's favorite! He even has to make sure that he has a hold of them when he is nursing, just in case they decide to run away! Funny kid...he definitely takes after his parents!

Mmmmmm...

Well, Jack is now an eater! He loves food! He was very interested when we started the rice cereal...excited when I started adding his fruit flavored vitamins to them and now absolutely in heaven now that he gets to eat food with actual flavors...aka vegetables! He can't get enough and loves them all!! When we start fruits in a few weeks, he is going to be the happiest kid ever!









He is also now a crazy sleeper and he has been spinning circles in his crib! It's pretty funny!











Here is a video of some tummy time...and a little burp!



Why is it cute for babies to burp, yet disgusting for us?? Hmm???

I've been tagged...again!

I have already been tagged, but this is slightly different and last time I only had one blog friend...maybe I will be more interesting this time!

10 years ago...I was a senior in high school praying that graduation would come faster, so that I could work full time and go to college and take even more classes!! I was skipping classes so that I could stay longer at Clark Elementary, where I was a teacher's aide for the music teacher and the co-director of a 4th-5th grade choir. (One of the 4th grade students would become my sister-in-law 9 years later!)

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire... 1) Invest! 2) Buy a house...no, build a house with a huge kitchen and a great big tub...not in the kitchen! 3) Set aside money so that my kids could go to college 4) travel the world and 5) Get my hair highlighted...and keep it up!

3 bad habits... 1) I leave the oven on...a lot 2) I pop my knuckles.. neck... knees... toes... back... elbows... and even the place where my leg connects to my hip! 3) I eat way too many sweet things!!

5 places I have lived...Layton, UT, Evanston, Wy, Christmas Meadows, UT, Logan, UT, Perry, UT.

5 jobs I have had... cook at a restaurant, a dry cleaner, rehabilitation for people with disabilities, a sandwich artist, pizza delivery driver/shift manager, a reading aide, preschool aide, researcher in the Dept. of Special Education at USU, special needs preschool teacher... this is why staying at home with my precious boy is wonderful, but the lack of money flow (from me) is weird!!

Some things you may not know about me... I used to be quite the singer and took voice lessons for 2 years and was in an all girls vocal jazz choir (Miss Alayneous)! I absolutely hate teryaki sauce and am not really that big on Chinese food! I like peanut butter on my apples and my pancakes! I cut my french toast into pieces (like a mom would) before I eat it! I like to watch good movies over and over again, until I have them memorized! I really like quoting movies! My rebellious days consisted of buying chinese food, eating it with my hands and dancing around a fountain (In Evanston) at midnight and wearing a tight "Hawaiian Punch" shirt and posing for pictures with my friend, Kamaile! I have the sweetest husband and the sweetest little boy for my family!!

I tag Traci, Bree, Laci, Kalli and Katrina!! And no touch backs! :)