End of year family photos

Well, it's that time of year again. We decided to get our pictures done professionally this year so that Jackson could get some good head shots. Unfortunately, we decided to get them done on a saturday and it was soooo busy! Our appointment was for 12:40 and they didn't take us until 2:30! It was crazy buy they turned out great and that's all that matters.

Costume

Ok so I've never really been a big fan of Halloween in my adult years. Once I grew out of trick-or-treating, I just kinda ignored the holiday, until now....

can you blame me?

Another Trip to Utah

Ok, I haven't been on here in so long. Life just seems to be moving so fast lately. I just got back from Utah about a week ago. My baby brother Ben just got married to a wonderful girl named Michelle. Congratulations you two! I got to stay for two weeks and it was so nice being home in Orem. Cody didn't get to come cause he had to work but Jackson and I had a blast. I am so lucky to have such a big family and have so many play mates for Jackson. Love you family!

Jackson Eating spaghetti at Grandma's house
Madi, Max and Jackson on the "train"

Uncle Spence

Uncle Matt with Max and Jackson

Ben's Wedding

Knee Surgery

I am happy to say that my knee surgery was successful. The surgeon found a meniscus tear and also some swollen tissue that he removed. I was in a lot of pain at first but it's now five days after the surgery and I'm off crutches and off pain killers. I just have a slight limp and just a little pain still but I have almost full range of motion back which is a lot quicker than I expected. I go in to the doctor's office tomorrow to get my stitches removed. To anyone out there that has been living with knee pain for years like I was, just go to the doctor to get it looked at! I was stubborn for a long time and thought it would go away. I was also terrified of having surgery but it was fine. I hope to be back to 100% and pain free in a few weeks. Thanks for your support!

Utah

We just got back from our trip to Utah. We had so much fun but we were so busy! We drove through the night on the way there and back and we are still recovering, ha ha. Jackson had so much fun playing with his aunts, uncles, cousins and grandma and he got to meet his aunt Myndi and her family for the first time. We had a blast going to the movies, riding bikes up the canyon and going hiking to a waterfall. This trip was much more successful than our last trip to Utah where Jackson basically screemed the whole time :). I really love this stage that he's in, he is so much happier now. Sorry to those of you we didn't see, I can't beleive this trip went by so fast!

Crawling!

Ok, so I haven't been on here for a while but I had to get on to boast because my little boy is crawling! That's right, crawling! I just can't believe he's getting so big so fast. He is still really wobbly while he crawls but he is begining to figure out there's a whole new world out there to explore. Other updates: we are coming to UT july 3rd-10th so I hope to see all you who are still there. Also, I am having knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus (no idea how it happened) on July 17th. It sounds worse than it is because they just have to make two little insicions and recovery time is really fast, wish me luck! I will post a video of the baby crawling as soon as I can figure out how.

ps

It's now up to about 108 degrees everyday in arizona :(

Trip to Utah

Jackson and I went to Utah a couple weeks ago. We had such a good time. We got to meet Jackson's cousin Max for the first time who is three months older than Jackson. They were fascinated by eachother. We got them all dressed up and took them to the mall to get their pictures taken together but everywhere was too busy. We set up our own little photo studio in Amanda's (my sister-in-law) bedroom and Amanda took pictures with her fancy camera. We were glad we didn't pay to have it done because it was crazy trying to get the kids to hold still for even two seconds! It was so hilarious, Max kept trying to grab Jackson's head and Jackson kept falling over and getting mad. We ended up with a few cute pictures though :)

Baby Food

Jackson has been eating solid food for about two weeks now. We started out with rice cereal and he did way better than we thought. He will grab the spoon and put it in his mouth. He now eats a variety of foods, his favorite is squash so far but we're still slowly trying new ones. I thought that by feeding him solid food he wouldn't want to nurse so much but he still does. It seems like this kid is growing so fast I don't even recognize him, I can almost watch him grow.

4 Month Photo Shoot

Jackson had his first official photo shoot a couple weeks ago. We went to JC Pennys because I had a coupon. We got there right on time but we had to wait 30 minutes! For those of you who have children, you know that their "happy time" is very limited. Fortunately he loved the photographer. We got a full 15 minutes of "happy time" from him and he even let us change his outfit without putting up too much of a fuss.

Jacksons 14 weeks old!

Jackson is growing so fast! He's started to grab things and put them in his mouth. He is also teething right now, lucky us! Supposedly he is now suppose to start teething until he is at least 4 months old but all the signs are there: he's druling uncontrolably, he is fussy a lot at night, and he has two little tooth buds at the bottom of his mouth. Other than that he is doing great! He sleeps through the night, not consistantly yet but we're still working on it. He is such a joy to me and his Daddy and we love him so much.

Jackson's blessing outfit

Here are the pictures of Jackson's blessing outfit I promised. It's a white Ralph Lauren sleeper with his initials monogrammed on it. His Grandma Powers bought it for him and I loved it! She did such a good job picking it out. It only came in a size six months but it fit him at six weeks! He has now grown out of it but I will save it forever!