Happy Birthday Dana!

Dana is 27 today. Happy Birthday Girl!


Dana is my little sister. She lives in Idaho, so I don't get to see her as often as I'd like. Miss ya sister---but I'll see ya this weekend. Love ya!

6 months already

Owen is already 6 months old. Here are some of his measurements from his check-up on Monday.
Length: 27 inches (75%)
Weight: 18 lb. 14 oz. (75%)
Head: 43.75 cm (50%)

Dr. Johnson said that Owen is the "perfect image of health." I love to hear that! And he always makes me feel like I'm doing such a great job as a mother.


Our dear friends, Kia and Kelsey Kamauu, recently moved to Hawaii. Kia got a new job. We pulled a trailer with their stuff in it to California last week (the reason for my blogging absence). It was a long drive there and back, but it was fun to hang out with the Kamauu's and a lot of Jeff's family who live in Cali.
Playing Guitar Hero


Quick goodbye picture with Grandma.

Good Bye Pony!

No more ponytails for me! YEEHAW! It was nice to pull back the hair sometimes, but I love not having all that hair to pull back! I'm loving my new haircut. I think some people don't even notice that it's cut because I always had it in a ponytail.
I hate taking pictures of myself.
I've realized after taking so many of myself---that I really don't like my nose. And don't tell me you think it's cute just to make me feel better. How come no one ever told me it was so ug!



A few days ago I finally gave Owen rice cereal for the 1st time. I was a little slow starting this. He's been really hungry lately, so I decided my milk alone wasn't cuttin' it. He seems to like it, even though a lot of it ends up on the bib.


I finally realized about half way through the day that today was 9-11. I still have such sad, vivid memories of that day. But something I remember the most was how close I felt to all my fellow Americans. I just wanted to walk up to strangers and hug 'em. Unfortunate that it takes such tragedies to bring us so close together.

Gogurts and go short!

Ya know those Gogurts for kids? It's yogurt, but otter pop style. So you have to push the yogurt up out of the top. Benson was eating one yesterday and I always have him eat them at the table because I know he'll make a mess. Well, he couldn't get it all out, so he took it over to dad and this is what happened...Daddy made the mess! Jeff pushed it up and his hand slipped. The carpet looked a lot like Benson's face (with a yogurt line on it). I couldn't get mad because it was so funny. The first thing I did was grab the camera.
It's been six months since I've had my hair cut and colored. It is in desperate need of a makeover! My goal was to lose another 10 lbs before I cut it. I guess I'm a quitter because I'm getting my hair done tomorrow. I don't really feel bad about it either. I should, but I just love to get my hair cut. My wonderful cousin Russie is cutting it and I'm so excited. It's like Christmas! This is probably the longest I've had my hair since I chopped off my long hair when I got to college. Crazy! It was down to my waist and I cut off about 12 inches.

I always have my long hair in a ponytail and I'm so sick of it. Bring on the short hair---I love it! I will post my new hairdo in a couple days. I bet you just can't wait to see it.

Labor Day Weekend

For the weekend we went up to my brother-in-law(Trent) parents' cabin near Bear Lake. I didn't take any pictures of us at the cabin, but here are some of us at Bear Lake. We only stayed on the beach for about a half hour because we got there so late.
Of course we got some raspberry shakes after.
{All the boys got in the water. It was very cold, but Benson really liked it.}


It was nice to just get away and do something.
Thanks Trent!{Benson & Uncle Trent}


{Cousin Garrett}


Grandma Bean was up for a quick visit earlier in the week. Benson just loves his Grandma!
We always love when she visits.

"We Wear Short Shorts"

Jeff is a great dad. Sometimes he does the funniest things that just make me laugh. Jeff put some shorts on Benson the other night before we went out for a walk. As Benson was riding his bike, Jeff said, "Benson's shorts are really short!" I look over and see that he is wearing a pair of Owen's shorts. You just never know what daddy will put on the kids. It actually matched---I have to give him that. Jeff is not always so good with the matching. I'm constantly having to tell him that he can't wear certain things together (at least out in public). Here's Benson doing a great pose in his short shorts.

Owen turned 5 months old on Monday. He is a wonderful baby! If all my babies could be like him, I'd have 6.

Here are some things that Owen loves to do:
Play with his feet
Roll over (not all the time, but he has on many occasions)
Grab anything he can get his hands on and put it in his mouth
Watch Benson play
Sleep all night!Here's the mouth hanging open, ready to slobber on anything he can get.


Benson put daddy's hat on Owen. So many things to do to little brother.

I haven't lost any weight in the last few weeks. We had a bunch of junk food left over from when family was visiting. If junk food is in my house then I will eat it. I just can't buy it and then it's not there to eat. I've also lost my motivation to go jogging. We are most likely not going to Florida in January---when I was going to do the Disney 1/2 marathon. The trip is going to be too much $$$. I've been a little better this week, so hopefully I lose at least 1/2 a lb. We weigh in every Friday morning, so I have today and tomorrow to work hard and eat right. I just take it a week at a time.

I'm 29!

Yesterday, August 13th, was my birthday. I am now 29 years old. Next year I will be 30, and I told Jeff that I want a rockin' party for that. But for now, I am 29 and holding! We spent the day in Brigham with most of my family. It was great to spend time with them!

Jeff got me a present I've been wanting for a long time...

I love this Phil and Ted's stroller. This is the exact one I got. Blue Camo would not have been my first choice, but it was $100 cheaper than anything else. So, I'm good with the blue camo. This is the best double stroller ever. I'm so excited to use it. They are pricey and we totally can't afford it right now, but Jeff knew how much I wanted it. Love you babe!

Playing Catch-up!

It's been over a week since my last post. I have a lot to catch-up on.
For several weeks in July we had almost all of Jeff's family come and visit. It was fun having everyone here. Benson got to know some of his cousins that he doesn't get to see very often. We are the only ones in Jeff's family that live in Utah. Here are some pictures of our couple of weeks with everyone.
"Full house" is an understatement!


"I love my cousins!"


Jeff getting a double foot message.


Benson loves his uncles.



Playing in the backyard


Jeff went to a paintball tournament is past weekend, so the boys and I went up to Brigham to stay with my parents. On Saturday my sister, Jena, and I went to the temple. Later that day we had a family reunion (my mom's side).

Grandma with Owen and cousin Avrie (she is 3 weeks younger than Owen).

On Sunday we decided to cut Owen's hair (his first). When daddy got home from his trip he wasn't so excited about the haircut.


I think Owen looks more like Benson now---with his haircut.


I was also busy reading Breaking Dawn when it came out a few weeks ago. I loved it. I'm sad the series is over, but it had a great ending.

FYI - I set up the word verification on my comments form. I know it's a pain, but I had a friend tell me that her brother got a bad virus because he didn't have it--and it spread to everyone that looked at his blog. I don't want that, and I don't think you do either.
Thanks for reading my long post!

gotta love it

neglecting my children
ignoring my husband
skipping meals
not sleeping
obsessing over a book
oh ya, gotta love it!

BREAKING DAWN

Harry Potter Trailer!

Owen is 4 months

Owen turned 4 months old on the 18th. He just had his check-up on the 21st. Here are his measurements:
length: 25.5" (75%)
weight: 16 lb. 6 oz. (75%)
head circ: 42 cm. (above 25%)

Here's the cutie!

Owen loves to suck on his hands, so they're always wet.


Here's the lean during some tummy time. He really wants to roll over.

"I've had enough mom!"

Owen found his toes about 2 weeks ago. The left hand plays with the left foot. The right hand and foot haven't joined in the fun yet---maybe soon.

New Twilight Trailer

Click on this black box above and watch this awesome new Twilight trailer. It's so much better than the last. Who wants to go to this movie with me? Aren't you so excited!?

memories

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It’s actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one about you.

2.2 lbs!

I'm so excited! I lost 2.2 lbs this week. If only every week could be so wonderful. I've been losing an average of about half a pound a week. That's good, but frustrating when you are trying to lose another 20+ pounds. I love to get my hair cut. So to motivate myself a little I decided that I couldn't get my hair done until I lost 15 of those 20 pounds. I have to get within 5 pounds of my goal weight. When you are only losing half a pound a week, that will take about 30 weeks to lose 15 pounds. That's a long time. So a week like this week (losing 2 lbs) is reassuring. I can do this!

Real Men Dance and Sit in Pink!

We love So You Think You Can Dance. Benson likes it too. He's a pretty good dancer. Real Men Dance. Side note: Ignore the last few seconds of this video (his naughty side comes out).



Real Men Sit in Pink. I wanted to try one of these Bumbo seats for Owen. I didn't want to buy one if he didn't like it. I borrowed one from my wonderful neighbor, Courtney. She had a girl, so it's pink. Owen is starting to like it more, but he won't sit in it too long.
This video gives you an idea of what a cute dad Jeff is.