Jose and Hose B

Sunday, February 14, 2010

What do we do for fun?

Play under the crib!!!

Now that Daniel is crawling, these two have a blast together!

Monday, February 1, 2010

So yesterday, Daniel decided to act bigger than he is. He started pulling himself to a stand a lot sooner than we expected. But now, he can walk himself along things, moving from one spot to another (Of course, if they are very close to each other). He moved from the computer chair to the side of the desk and then started to move around it. I'm not ready for this!!!!

Here are pics of yesterday:

I know this one is kind of cruel, but Nate and I thought it was hilarious

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Daniel's new tricks

He's been doing a funny crawl and then on Saturday he just suddenly had it down, and now he's vooming across the room. Then yesterday we came in and he was doing this:

Friday, January 15, 2010

Recently

I really wish I had taken pictures:

Last Friday, we went to the high school track with Nate to do the boy scouts physical fitness merit badge. Joey brought his bike and rode around the track twice plus more, which is an accomplishment when each pedal he does only takes him about 2 inches. He loved it, then we walked down to the park and he loved playing and going down the big slide. Daniel got to swing and he laughed and laughed every time I pushed him.

On Monday we went to the Keller's for dinner. They have four kids and their little girls loved playing with Joey. They went mattress surfing down the stairs and Joey couldn't get enough of it.

On Tuesday we had a family outing. We had dinner and then went bowling. Joey was so cute, he'd grab his 6 pound ball and huff it to the lane and put it on the thing. Then he'd push it down and jump up and down. When we bowled he would clap and then say "Good job!" He was so cute with little size 6 bowling shoes on.

On Wednesday we went to the library for storytime. He loved it and we checked out one of the books she read. Joey got excited about the tractor in it and when she said we could take the books, he jumped up and grabbed it. I was amazed that he understood it all to quickly and remembered which book he wanted (it was read second out of about 6 books). We also got him Jay Jay the airplane and he has been watching it and now talks about Jay Jay all the time. Today he asked me what Jay Jay was doing. He'll be sad when that goes back to the library.

On Thrusday We went to St. George. Nate went to the temple while I ran errands. We went to the health food store and while there got him a little tiny frozen yogurt. He took a bite and went "uuummmm, Mom, it's yummy, I like it!" When we got home I had a Relief Society Meeting and Nate had a basketball game at the same time. We divided and conquered: Nate took Joey and I took Daniel. Joey played with the other kids and loved it.

Then, today Nate and I went to play raquetball and Joey got to go to Shaun's house. Then Shaun came to our house and they had a blast. I loved it! Joey was distracted and I cleaned the living room and the kitchen without a single distraction and even read a little of my book. He was very sad when Shaun left, but he's coming back tomorrow for dinner!

So you see, it's been busy, but it's been quite the week for Joey. He's been a happy and spoiled little boy! However, he has sat in time out more than usual this week, he's been extra defiant, which for Joey, I think is a good thing, but he still gets to sit in time out. We are looking forward to Monday, when Nate has no school. We have designated it as the do nothing day, so we can both relax!

If anybody needs a fun, light-hearted, absolutely wonderful book to read, I suggest "At Home in Mitford" by Jan Karon. I absolutely love it! I borrowed the series from my mom, but I am going to be collecting my own! It's got to be one of my favorites, I laugh and laugh and smile the whole time I read it and I can really use a laugh and a smile.

I'm out!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Daniel Cutie

Finishing off 2009

Does anybody know a better way to blog? I hate uploading pictures and trying to get them where they are supposed to be, ect. First let me say, my only motivation to actually sit down and finally blog is that I want Nate's family to be able to see Joey and Daniel because they live far away and we see them once a year. It doesn't hurt that my parents get to read it too, but other than that I don't think many other people even read this. I often have this argument in my head with myself: "You need to update your blog" "No, it's a waste of time and I have better things to do" "but Joey's grandparents want pictures" "I know, I know" ... a month later, I update!

So after turkey day, Nate finished up school and I ran around like a chicken. We used our final bucks in December until we could leave to Santa Fe. Once we got there we had about $10 left. We weren't going to leave until the 11th but then Nate talked to his professor and he told Nate that he didn't have to take his final. So we left on Tuesday instead of Friday. We found this out on Monday. Nate was relieved because this last finals was just for a seminar class and all the final would have been was a discussion feedback thing. We were going to have to stay an extra week just for that. We could have left earlier, too, but left last minute and left the house in upheeval.

In Santa Fe, Nate worked for my dad a little and at Big 5 full time. My mom and I shopped and sewed. I helped my Dad shop for my mom and it was fun to play Santa Clause. Santa Clause came to visit in his firetruck on Christmas Eve ! For Christmas, Joey got a motorcycle, Mater and the King from cars, castle marble works, and all sorts of other things. We came home and got rid of toys! He plays with toy cars all day and asks me to let him watch cars about every 10 minutes. My grandparents were supposed to come but couldn't which depressed us. We all just wished, too, that we had had Brad and Katie there! We were happy to meet baby Aubrey though! Nate got a leather jacket and I got and Iron skillet. Nate went with Dad, Brian, and Julian to the Sunbowl in El Paso on New Years eve. While they were gone Joey played endlesssly with Grandmas lego car track and Scott and Mom built a skyscraper and a car garage out of legos to go with the road.

Now we're back in windy C town and Nate is back to the school routine while I am readjusting to being alone with the kids. Our house is a mess and I'm feel out of control, and braindead, but am slowly starting to function. We are now training Daniel to fall alsleep by himself and sleep through the night, wish us luck! Daniel is sitting up and trying really hard to crawl - he can get anywhere he wants to using some wierd army crawl/push off of his feet thing. I've been editing a little, resistantly. I made enough money so that Nate and I can go play raquetball each week for this semester and pay a babysitter. Now we've got to figure out who to use because I am ultra picky about who touches my kids. Nate is looking for a job and we are planning our spring break trip to Alabama. Has anyone ever bought tickets on Priceline? How did it go?

Now here's the pictures!