11 months old!

So I've made it through the first 3 days of orientation and I even got a brand new laptop out of the gig...which was probably the highlight and by which I am posting this.  I feel so cool to have a laptop now.  I know they have been around for a while but I'm a laptop virgin and so far I LOVE it.

On Wednesday my sweet little Eden turned 11 months old.  Can this really be happening?  Am I really only 4 short weeks away from a 1 yr old?!  The concept seems completely foreign to me.  I swear I just had her yesterday.  I love her to pieces and can't get enough of her.  Here are some of the fun things I'll remember about Eden at this age:

She now covers her mouth when she is fake crying.  It's very dramatic and makes me laugh, rather than feel bad for her

She alternates between the army crawl and the one legged crab crawl.  She doesn't like to crawl on her knees, so she will either drag them behind her or use one knee and one foot to crawl. 

She wants so badly to walk though. She pulls herself up onto everything. When I go to get her afer a nap she is shaking the railing and screaming her usual muchkin talk

She loves to gabber gabber gabber.  She is quite the social butterfly when other kids are around.  She will smile and flirt and sometimes attack any small person within eye sight.

She had quite the vocabulary. Her favorites are: Dad and Dixie with an occasional Mamma in there.  But she can say: thank you, Tracy, Tys (Uncle Tyson), hotdog ?, love you, and HIIIII!

She now understands what "no" means and if you tell her know she will cry at you.  She does not like to be told "no"

Eden sleeps and eats like a champ.  She only has 2 teeth but she will eat just about anything you put in her mouth.  She is also really good at taking naps and sleeping through the night.

To my sweet little Eden,

Mommy and Daddy love you to pieces.  You make us laugh all the time.  You are so sweet and smiling and we couldn't ask for a better little girl to have as our own.  You are getting so big and we love to watch you grow.  You make our home a happy place and we always want to be where you are. Love you BILLONS!

Luv,

Mom

The Final Hoora!

So I start pharmacy school tomorrow...honestly, I'm terrified.  Not so much about going to school itself, but more about how my little Eden is going to fair without me.  I have a feeling it's going to be a long couple of days for my poor little baby and it breaks my heart to think about it.  Anywho, to celebrate my last weekend my family went camping at Bear Lake...and it was quite the adventure.

Once we finally got to our camp ground there was somone in our camping spot (which we had reserved online and payed $18 for) So Marcia and I went up to the nice man and asked him if he had reserved this campspot and he told us no.  When we proceeded to tell him that although there wasn't a reserved sign , we indeed did reserved this campsite and we had the confirmation number to prove it he told us "I don't know what to tell ya.  We got here and there wasn't a reserved sign so it must be open."

With that being said we left it to the men (a.ka. my dad and kurt) to figure things out.  Turns out he told us he wasn't going to move until we had proof we reserved the campsite.  Apparently a confirmation number just wasn't enough.  So Christy, my dad and I hopped in the car and went looking for a camp host, ranger, sherriff...basically anyone who could help us.  After an hour and a half of looking for someone/trying to get service on my cell phone so we could pull up the email with our information we headed back to camp to find the family parked on the side of the road setting up camp.  They decided to just let him have it since we took so long finding proof (which we finally got after driving the 30 mins back to the lake so I'd have service) I cannot tell you the rage I felt inside because that man refused to leave. Try as I may, I was PISSED!  I couldn't even enjoy myself because I wanted to go punch the guy in the face....seriously, I couldn't get over it, but my baby seemed to be enjoying herself so that made me feel a little better, but not much.

I couldn't even enjoy that there was a mother moose and her 2 babies just outside of camp...which I have always wanted to see a moose up close

As I was trying to enjoy myself I told Brennen I wanted to take a picture of him camping and for him to show me just how happy he was to be here with everyone.  This is what he gave me...

I was dying...this was when my night starting picking up...although I couldn't stop thinking of ways to go yell at that stupid man in our campsite!

Eden LOVES being outside and so she was in heaven...here's a picture of the happy campers

After a fairly good nights sleep we headed to the lake for a day of fun and I must say it was LOTS of fun.  I even forgot about that stupid man in our campsite...(okay, I guess I still feel a little bit of rage)

The lake was great.  The wind was blowing a cool breeze and we had a canopy set up to shade the kids...the babes even took a nap right on the sand

Then we buried some kids

Once Eden woke up from her nap, she wanted to play in the sand and be in the water...

SO.MUCH.FUN. we may have to do this every year.

To keep the ball rolling on our final hoora, today I met up with my dear friends Megan and Chelsie and we headed to the coolest park we could find

While we were there, I think my daughter fell in love with his guy righ here...

She kept touching him and smiling at him and trying to kiss him.  It was pretty stinking cute! This park was lots of fun, maybe more so for the older kids but Eden seem to find stuff to do.

"Hey! Where did that boy go?!"

We had ourselves a little pinic while at the park and Eden stole a kiss from Evan

I think she was going for lips but Evan kept moving. Eden put all her skills to use and was flirting up a storm!

"You are so funny Evan!"

After our trip to the park we headed to what I would like to call heaven...

Can I just say DELICIOUS!  Oh my...I was dying.  I got me some toasted coconut frozen yogurt and loaded it with fruit.  I wanted to eat my weight in yogurt! 

Heaven in a cup?  I think so...

Well, in less than 12 hours I start pharmacy school.  Wish me luck...better yet, wish Miss Eden luck.  She's in for a whirlwind.  Let's hope she, I and her daycare survive!

A Weekend in Ogden (as per usual)

I go to Ogden A LOT...I know...my husband tells me all the time, but I like it up there. I love hanging out with my family. We are awesome...if you didn't know. You are all probably wondering "what the crap do you do up there all the time?" Well...I'll tell you.

There is always a little bit of wrestling

and jumping off my parents' bed

somtimes all at the same time

There is a lot of hanging out on grandma and pa's bed...it's their favorite place to be

We like to go outside and swing on the swings too

We ALWAYS find time to make smores...

Eden LOVES smores!

 

sometimes we make smores that are bigger than our heads

 

after smores the kids all jump in the tub to wash off (even if they already had a bath that day)

but no matter what we do, the weekend if always full of SMILES

This weekend, however, Tracy and I put all our years of soccer skills to good use.  Brennen is starting soccer this fall and we are determined to make him the best soccer player out there!

 

 

While we were up in Ogden Marcia gave us some new toys for Eden to play with.  Let's just say, she is beyond thrilled!