Give Me Food!

Judah is such a good eater, I love feeding him cereal and other baby food because he just scarfs it down and wants more! I think it's cute. He also seems to want to eat our food too... now when he sees us eat he wants what we are having and he wants it now! Not yet little man but I like your enthusiasm for trying new things... although I'm sure that won't last forever.

The sun comes out in February

I wasn't quite sure how warm it would be when we decided to go for a walk so I wanted to be prepared in case it was windy. Turned out to be absolutely beautiful and he was overdressed.
We spent some time sun bathing on the back deck enjoying the sun and listening to music.


It started to get a little breezy so I put his jacket on. He started out sitting up against me but gradually slipped down to this comfortable? position.

He seemed to enjoy it just fine so I let him stay like that for a while haha, he's so funny.

The weather man says it is suppose to be 70 degrees today! I'm so excited for this sunny weather, it makes me so happy! But unfortunately it will be short lived, the weather man is also saying that by next week we will be getting snow again... blah! I knew it was too good to be true.

Hair Styles of Mine sine 2009

FEBRUARY 2011 - I needed a change, hair is really close to natural color

OCTOBER 2010 - attempt to get hair back to natural color, but dyeing it way dark so it'll fade

SEPTEMBER 2010 - tried to dye hair brown, but blonde is coming through

FEBRUARY 2010 - maintaining highlights, blonde hair

OCTOBER 2009 - first time trying highlights

APRIL 2009 -natural color

Judah likes to stand

Judah loves to stand up, it makes me wonder if he will walk before he learns to crawl because he definitely doesn't like tummy time.

5 Months Old

Judah is sitting up so well now, I feed him in a bumbo seat and he can hold himself up the whole plus sometimes I leave him in there for up to a half hour longer if he isn't fussy.

Notice the pink and purple, hand-me-downs, he doesn't mind :)










Judah wanted to support BYU in the biggest game of the season against SDSU... which they won. I think he looks super cute in jeans and a t-shirt.




He can't be supporting BYU without supporting his daddy's current school American University (which is 12mo t-shirt). Did I mention I think he is so super cute in jeans and a t-shirt?! I can't wait til he wear sneakers.


Judah loves to stand up. He is 5 months old now and cannot stand up alone with support or holding his hands he could do it forever. He has very strong/stiff legs. He does NOT like tummy (normal I'm sure) so he is balding in the back plus his head a little flat but he LOVES to play on his back where he can reach his feet.

Holding His Head High

Judah is holding his head up so well these days. He is growing up so fast! Thanks to my sis-in-law, April, for letting us borrow her Bumbo. He's still a little small for it but it's cute to see him attempt to sit up.

He seems to enjoy flying on my knees.
He loves to look around when he's up in the air, totally different perspective then from lying on his back on the floor.

Judah is here.... at least on the blog finally!

I have been wanting to update my blog since before Judah was born! Now that he is almost 3 months old I guess you could say I'm a little behind. I was gonna write about how labor and delivery went, and bringing him home from California to DC at 2 weeks old, and all that good stuff but now it just seems like old news.

So I will just post some pictures of him from now to back when he was in the hospital. He is smiling so much more now and he makes all kinds of noises. He has been sleeping through the night since last week... hallelujah! I love him soooo much! He is the cutest baby in the world :) and he makes me so happy!

Baby Shower: August 11, 2010

Here are a few photos from a baby shower that was put on for my by my visiting teachers as well as my sis-in-law, Rebecca Hanson. It was so much fun and I received so many super adorable outfits and gifts along with this fabulous cake that was made by a nice lady in my ward.
Baby showers are so fun!

Back to the Blog! A Long Update.

Jon left for Washington, DC on August 2nd and I have been trying to stay busy while he's been gone. He drove cross country with his brother, Doug. Since he has been in DC he has found us a basement apartment to live in, which is furnished and only 7 miles from campus... it's also only about 5-10 minutes from the DC temple. He is currently looking for a job and he started school this week!

I had a Dr appt last week and my doctor told me the baby has started to descend and I was about 70% efaced, but my cervix hasn't started dilating yet. I have been having frequent Braxton-Hicks contractions that seem to be getting stronger and more frequent so who knows how long it will be but I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna make it to my due date. I just hope that he will stay in there long enough for my mom to get here this Friday night. But Jon's sister, Rebecca, has been super helpful and is prepared to take me to the hospital whenever I call.

The Plan:
As soon as my mom, and Aunt Dian, get here Friday night we are going for a very long walk and then my mom will give me a shiatzu massage and hit all the pressure points they tell you to avoid because of concern of inducing labor.... the point is to induce labor. And if all goes well I will start having REAL contractions! The reason I want to do this as soon as they get here 1) because Dian will only be here til Sunday and 2) most importantly I have arranged for Jon to fly in Saturday evening so I want to make sure he has time to change his flight if it doesn't work and I don't go into labor. We were fortunate enough to be offered a rapid rewards round-trip ticket from some dear friends in our ward that will allow Jon to fly here for the birth BUT there are only a limited number of availabilities on flights out here so finding one that meets our needs may be tricky. He may end up having to pay for his flight our here so he can get here as soon as possible (hopefully) and use the free ticket on the way home... which would still save us tons of money! So either way thanks bunches to our friends who provided us with the tickets! But how awesome would it be if I really did go into labor and he was able to be here?!

I have another Dr. appt this Thursday to see how things are going and also to talk about an induction date... so if my plan doesn't work this weekend we can always fall back on that.

My first ever quilt!

I realized I used more "boyish" colors not knowing the gender of the baby but my favorite color is blue so it could go either way to me :). Plus, I'm pretty confident it's a boy anyway.

I am so thrilled with how this baby blanket turned out, and honestly it wasn't that hard. Don't stare at it too long though cuz then you'll see how the pattern is really off but hey it was my first time. Thanks to my sis-in-law, Rebecca, for helping me along the way and letting me use her sewing machine. I can't wait to use it! :)