Boating

Well we finally made it on the boat.  It had been 2 years.  Isn’t that sad?  And we still barely fit it in to our schedule.  We were on the lake for about an hour only.  But it was just enough time for Richard and Dan to ski, Jack to ride the tube and swim, and me to almost go into labor with all the bumps (not really, but wouldn’t that have been nice?).

Jack was a little hesitant at first.  But he got used to it fast and loved it.  He loved watching Daddy and Grandpa “ski…fast”.  He had no problem with the tube and loved the bumps.  And he loved swimming in the water.  Perhaps his favorite part was being the “driber”.  So many buttons to push and knobs to twist.  I was sorta glad to be 37+ weeks prego with no intention of getting into a swimsuit so that I could stay out of the cold water.  But it was a lovely night and the water was so smooth.  We have good intentions to go again before the weather gets yucky.  But we’ll have to see…

Someone is in love…

Jack has been enamored with his daddy lately.  Randomly during the day he will stop and say “Daddy?  Love him.”  It is really cute.  And when Dan gets home from work Jack turns into a crazy man until bedtime.  Tonight he walked up to Dan and put his head on Dan’s shoulder and said “I love you.”  They are best buddies.  And here are a few photos for proof.

Playing in the sprinklers, having a chat, reading stories and wearing Daddy’s beanie while reading his “gorman” (Jack’s word for Book of Mormon).  He is obsessed with the “gorman” lately and wants to look for all the different colors where we have highlighted along with pictures of the “hona” (Liahona), “Oni” (Moroni), and temples.

Just had to include this one from today.  I kept telling Jack to please sit down.  After about the 5th try, I decided to get out the camera and immediately he said “Smile, cheese.”  He is a funny guy.  But I thought it also gave our readers a great look at our new table and Jack’s flip flop tan.  We’ve had a fun summer outside.

A California Trip and visitors

Well…I have taken a long leave of absence.  But for good reason, Jack and I traveled to California the first week of August and then had fun with my mom and old roommate, Joo Lin, who came to visit.  It was a good time.  I love having people over even though I am a boring hostess, and I love California.  Here are the photos.

My dad had tickets to some B-town Western Days festival or something like that so we went to check it out.  Jack got to ride a horse and was so brave about it.  I would rather die than do that.  I don’t love horses.  Jack loved the live band and danced a lot…even busted out his break dancing moves on the cement.  Funny boy.

We went down to SoCal for a few days and played at the beach.  It is lovely there.  I could sit on the beach all day…no problem.  Jack loved it as well.  He got most excited about his Subway sandwich on the beach.  After a long day of sand and surf, this boy was tuckered out…well at least for 30 minutes.  He is not a good car sleeper is one this thing this trip taught us.

He loved building the train track at Grandma and Grandpa’s.  He built that one all by himself.  He loved swimming at Aunt Kara’s house and playing with their dog, Max.  And he sorta loved driving in the car for 10+ hours each way especially when he could put on his “cool dudes” (his word for sunglasses) all by himself.

I had fun watching these two interact for the few days that Joo Lin and Seoul stayed at our house.  Seoul is adorable.  I love her.  They warmed up to each other eventually.  Once Seoul got used to Jack’s crazy ways and Jack got used to her being around and showed off a little less.  I wish Jack had more friends to play with regularly.  It was good to see him have to share his toys and space.  Just practicing for his up and coming gig as big brother!  Which is + or - 25 days away.  But who’s counting…

Happy Birthday to Me

We just came off our second long weekend of July.  If there is one thing to love about Utah, it is that the 24th is a holiday.  And lucky for me, my birthday is the 22nd so it always coincides with a nice day off.  My birthday was just great this year.  We got all of our new furniture so that was an awesome gift.  It is nice to have our house more complete.   We were able to go to the zoo again to celebrate the day off.  It was a great long weekend.   Now back to real life for a few days until California this weekend!

Jack likes the monkeys.  Dan and I love the monkeys.  We could spend all day with them.  So entertaining.

A few other weekend activities included participating in our ward parade and breakfast at the park and watering the flowers.  He is in love with this chore and sobbed for about 5 minutes this morning when it was over.  And finding the graham crackers in the pantry and dumping them all out.  Can’t wait for the floor to be so the pantry doors can go back on to avoid such disasters!

Just a few pictures from my birthday party.  Bless Kerri for coming because she thinks to take photos otherwise year 29 would not be documented at all.  I am horrible at remembering photo opts.

Melting the days away…

Nothing too much has been going on here lately.  It has been so hot.  I can barely stand to go outside during the day.  Poor, poor Jack.  He must be so bored.  But he seems content and always says “Hot” when we get in and out of the car during the day.  But gratefully I can say that I am still not swollen which is sort of a miracle!  With Jack I started swelling at like 24 weeks.  So I am counting my blessings on that one.  I’m sure it will happen eventually though.  I am 32 weeks pregnant now and can’t believe we are in the single digit countdown.  It seems close, but still pretty far away.  Life is good.  We have been busy buying new furniture and attempting to install our wood floor.  It is fun to see our house coming together.  Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks…

Jack and I went to Temple Square one morning.  He loved it, of course.  He just wished he could have jumped in the “pool”.

Here is Jack being the “driber” as he likes to say.  He loves the front seat because there are so many buttons.

He has been obsessed with Daddy’s shoes.  He puts them on all day long.  He is getting so big.  He is starting to string his phrases together and answers his own questions and statements.  For example…”Goldfish, please?…Ok…Wow.” or “Puzzle.  I did it.  Good job.”  He has really been into singing lately.  His favorite song is Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam.  He says “Shine for him at school, at play.  A SunBEAM, a sunBEAM.”  Makes me smile a lot.  He is so smart.  He knows all of his shapes, over half of his letters and is getting really good with his colors.

The fruits of our labors…finally!  I feel like my parents have been eating from their garden for months.  We, however, have just picked our first crops.  I keep waiting for my tomatoes to turn red.  I love gardening despite not being very good at it.

Fourth of July

What a weekend!  I decided that the best day for the 4th of July to fall on is a Sunday.  We got to celebrate for 3 days straight.  Saturday we went to the Granite community’s parade and pancake breakfast.  I forgot my camera which was lame.  But Jack loved the parade.  That afternoon we went to Grandma Pett’s for the traditional family carnival.  It was very fun.  Jack had the most fun playing in Grandma Pett’s flowerbeds.  I cannot get him away from the dirt.

That night Dan and I went to Stadium of Fire.  It was awesome.  I love fireworks.  Carrie Underwood was the performer this year and she was delightful.  I got a little misty when she sang the National Anthem and there was a fly over.  I love America.

On Sunday we had a BBQ with Dan’s fam.  We let Jack stay up until 9:30 that night (way past his bedtime!) so that we could do a few small fireworks in the street for him to see.  He hated it. He kept climbing in the stroller.  I think it is the one place he felt safe.  I hope he will warm up to fireworks because they are the best parts of the holiday!

On Monday, I went to the Provo parade with my sibs.  It was a lot of fun as well.  I love marching bands and BYU so it was the perfect place for me.  Jack was disappointed that no one threw out candy at this parade.  Later that afternoon we went to Veteran’s Park in Provo to go swimming and play on the water slides.  They don’t allow cameras  which is a bummer cause Jack had the time of this life.  That night we celebrated Kara’s birthday and Dan finally made it down after a long of day of working on installing our new wood floor.  Pictures to come when its finished!

Park City

We just got back from an extended weekend stay in Park City with my family.  It was awesome and a much needed break from the norm.  We had a great time and wish it could have lasted longer like all vacations.

Jack and Ryan in Grandpa and Grandma’s walking hats.

I feel like Jack grew taller and wiser on this trip.  There is no mistaking that he is a kid and not a baby anymore.  We don’t have any type of portable eating chair for him so he just sat at the bar everyday for his meals.  Nothing made him seem older than that.

My favorite feature of the house was the balcony off the kitchen.  It had an amazing view and a great table for card playing.

Dan’s favorite feature was the theater room.  I could not get this picture to come out any lighter but you get the idea.

Jack’s favorite feature…the walk-in shower.

One day we went to Jordanelle Lake.  We all crammed into my parent’s car to avoid paying more than one entrance fee.  Looks comfy-right?  Good thing it was like one minute away.  Jack loved the water and digging in the sand/dirt.  My question is, why don’t kids ever recognize the coldness of water?  You could not have paid me enough money to get in there, but it did not ever phase him.

And here is the only proof (from my camera anyway) that I was on the trip.  The womb bomb at 28 weeks.

Thanks parentals for a good trip.  We hope it becomes a semi-frequent tradition!

Happy Birthday

Dan’s birthday was on Monday.  We can’t believe that we are entering the last year of our 20s.  Blah!  I think he had a fun day despite having to go to work.  We met him for lunch to break up his day.  He came home a little bit early, and we went on walk around the neighborhood.  We found a lizard and Dan had a great time teaching Jack about it.  I think Jack was slightly nervous, but he did end up touching it.  We then went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse with Dan’s family.  Jack did not like when Dan was sung to by the waiters.  I am mean and thought that it was kinda humorous.  We then came back to our house for cake.  And then headed to Boondocks with the Mills’ for mini putt and arcades.  Happy Birthday HD.  We hope you had a fun day.

All tuckered out after a long day of celebration.

Lazy

I am a blogging delinquent lately.  But honestly, I can’t believe it has been over 2 weeks since I last posted.  Time flies by too quickly.  Well my latest pictures have no theme and are all of Jack just like always.  So enjoy.

Eating mishaps.  The victim of a blue skittle and avocado smashed all over in his diaper.  Lately I have felt so tired of cleaning up Jack’s eating messes.  It seems like it has become worse rather than better.  He likes to take his whole plate of food and dump it down in his highchair seat.  It is getting really old.  Help!  But on a positive note, he is getting better at using his spoon and drinking out of a real cup.

He likes to help water the garden and can name everything that is growing.  Squash, peas, carrots and tomatoes.

Another day at the zoo.  He is liking it more and more.

Wishing it was bath time and a bad case of “morning diaper”.  Although, I think it doesn’t really do it justice cause it looked really saggy.  He posed really cute though.

In pregnancy news, I guess, I am 26 weeks (6.5 months).  I think I might actually look pregnant now, but no one random has said anything yet, so maybe not.  The facts are that I can tell I am prego by about week 10, but for whatever reason other people can’t tell until I am like 7 months along.  But anyway, I am feeling great.  This little lady is crazy at all times.  We still haven’t picked a name or really talked about it.  She might remain unnamed until her birthday because, for whatever reason, we never think to talk about it.  Oh well…

Say What?

This is what was going on at my house this morning!

Does anyone feel bad for me?  I mean it is May 24th.  I certainly felt bad for my little gerber daisy!