Hidden

I went into Abby's room to get her from her nap. She was not in her bed, thus I looked in the closet, in the bathroom and under the bed. At which time I start to panic because she is nowhere to be found. I yelled to Seth, "where's Abby?" and I start to become frantic looking all around the house making sure doors were locked and she hadn't some how gotten outside with out us knowing. I am yelling her name at this point and about to go over the edge hysteric when I heard a little whimper/grunt. I followed that sound to her changing table where I pull back the barricade she has made, crawled into a box and fallen asleep. My heart was racing to much that day to document it in pictures but a few days later it happened again and this time I knew where to look and to grab my camera.



Her Barricade.

She doesn't quite fit in the box.

Completely asleep inside the box.

Her eye's through the hole in the side.

Crazy Kid. Doesn't it look comfortable?

New blog

For those who care to know....my sisters and I started a blog about our weight loss journey. We all post about the ups and downs, our weekly weigh In's and just about anything we want. Its a way to keep us all in balance and on track as well as be supportive of one another. You are more than welcome to comment about your thoughts or your own weight loss goals etc. Or even some tips for us. Or not read at all, but all input is appreciated.

You can click on the "Fat sister contributing author Getting Skinny together" link to the right or in the family links its called "lets get healthy and lose some weight"

Six Months

The time has already come...my baby boy is six months old. Holy cow, how did that happen? It seems like time is just flying with him and he does something new every day. He is getting so big. He went to the doctor at 5 months and he was 18.4 lbs so I am sure he is probably 20lbs by now. My aching back! He didn't even cry when he got a shot either, must be all that extra cushion.

The latest on Gus Gus:

1. He can sit up all by himself. Sometimes he falls but he is really good at it.

2. He HATES FORMULA. Since he is so big and I don't produce much milk we have been trying to give him formula. He hits the bottle out of my hand every time. I have tried 5 different kinds, he either throws it up or wont take it at all.

3. He loves applesauce and Bananas.

4. He thinks Abby is so funny.

5. He is really really stubborn (I have no idea where he got that, must be Seth :))

6. He has already had 2 haircuts and is in need of another.

7. He loves to pull hair and earrings.

8. He doesn't sleep well. He is up a good portion of the night every night.

9. I think he has been teething for at least a month now.
10. He reaches for things all the time. Sometimes so hard his face gets all red.

11. I have already taken him to the doctor for several sick visits including, bronchitis (2 times), pink eye, and a severe cold.
12. He loves TV especially Blues Clues.

13. He loves it when you say "Chugga Chugga Choo Choo"

14. He is really ticklish on his neck and feet.
15. He hates being put down, he screams bloody murder if I put him down to do something.

16. I never had this with Abby but he is a Mamma's boy.

17. He loves to take baths.

18. He is spoiled.

19. He has me wrapped around his fat little paws.

20. He is a wonderful addition to our family.

Brigham and his cousin Izzy

The rest in picture

OK I am finally done posting about Utah. Here are some of the better pics of the trip. Mostly we stayed inside, visited, helped Codee since she threw out her back, ate, and visited some more. I was grateful to see everyone and especially that my mom and grandma made the trip up from Cali to see us.

I look aweful since I was ready to go to bed and that I could not stop laughing. I literally had tears running down my face in the pic.

Marching for babies

Hey all. I have decided to participate in the March of Dimes, March for babies. Inspired by my friend Andi, who is also participating, I decided to try and raise $100 dollars (of course anything over that is great too) to help all the babies we can. The walk is on April 17Th and it will be 3.5 miles. I figure that gives me about 40 days to raise that. If I had known about this before I would have already been participating, nevertheless better late than never. This is a cause near and dear as many of you well know. My sweet little Abby was my preemie and if it weren't for fundraisers like this, medicine could not advance. Please donate anything you can. If everyone donates a dollar it shouldn't take long. Thanks in advance.

You can click on the widget in the side bar or visit http://www.marchforbabies.org/abwhit07

Good Eats

I am so behind on things I want to post that yes, I am still posting about Utah despite the fact that we have been home for awhile now. Anyways...while in Utah Briggs got his first taste of food. I have given him rice cereal once or twice but that was it. I gave him squash, and he didn't really like it as you can see from the pictures. He was also not impressed with the girly tight little bib I had on him that was Jensen's or the fact that his hair was dangling in his eyes. It made him look like a fat guy in a little bib (you know like from Tommy boy.) Overall, bad first try. But he does now eat carrots, he loves applesauce and hates sweet peas but can you blame him? I opened the lid with my teeth and some splattered in my mouth and I gaged. Poor kids having to eat that stuff.Unsuspecting...Not impressed

Cousins Cousins Everywhere

We had the chance to see a lot of family while in Utah. Regrettably I didn't take picture of everyone but here are a few that I did capture. There were so many adults and kids to keep track of it got a little crazy when we all crammed ourselves into one house. Its always fun to catch up with family you don't see very often. Abby, Briggs, Jensen and Jamison

Can you believe he is 5 months old she is 8 months. Looks like he could eat her...

A little horse play

Playing the Wii and eating suckers

Getting to know each other, looks like Jensen isn't to sure about him.

My little chunk her little doll

Briggs face is so shiny because it was really chapped so it has lotion on it.

My cousin Jamie and her daughter Ali.

My Aunt Kelly and Briggs.

My cousin Ashley and her son Jack.

All the kids of cousins that were there...Jack, Ali, Boston, Jamison, Jensen, Madison, Cru, Abby and Briggs in the back completely asleep.

Mornings in Utah

While in Utah we had a lot of lazy mornings. Most days we were in our pajama's until 3 or 4 o'clock. It was so nice. Here are few snippets of our PJ's. Funny Faces Grandma, Jay and the Abby Aunt Cass and Briggs Briggs Jensen

Grandma and Briggs