Monday, August 24, 2009

Random

I started watching kids again last week. I always have them take their naps at 1 pm, right after lunch. That's when I get my break. The other day I noticed Crue had fallen asleep on the chair and a half before lunch. Then I looked at Halee, one of the girls I watch, and noticed she was pretty tired. Sure enough, a minute or two later she was out too - both leaning the opposite direction. It was hilarious.
When we go to my parent's house Crue usually does one of two things - he heads straight for the toy room or he'll get on the trampoline out back. He loves to "crash" (fall over) and jump. It's so cute.




Gotta love static hair!

Friday, August 21, 2009

Two Months

I can't believe it's been two months already - and how big he's getting.
Look at those big cheeks! They're so dang cute, especially when he smiles really big. I just love my little boy!

Check out those big legs! He's actually not extremely chubby (as in roll after roll after roll). He's about as long as he is tall, percentage wise.

I took Cooper to the doctor on August 14 because he's had a terrible cough that sounded congested plus a runny nose sometimes and sneezing. Loni, my sister that had been living with us, found out she had bronchitis so I figured I'd better take him to the doctor to make sure he didn't have anything major. They quickly weighed him and he was at 15 lbs 7 oz (with a onesie and diaper still on). Luckily he was ok and the next day he started sounding lots better. He had been gagging before from coughing so hard. They used a machine to vacuum out the mucus in his nose. He had a TON. He hated it, poor kid. He cried more for that than his shots. I took him on August 21 for his regular two month check up. Here's his stats:
Weight: 15 lbs 12 oz 98%
Height: 25 1/4 inches 97%
Head: 16 3/4 inches 94%
Cooper started smiling and talking a lot this month (especially to mom - I love it!!). He's been such a fun baby. He does like to scream sometimes but that comes with the territory. His smiling sure makes up for it. We love you Cooper!!!

Friday, August 14, 2009

Jared's new ride

Jared got this Blazer for $300 a while ago. The kid that owned it before had gotten it impounded for DUI but then came and got it out of the impound yard at Jared's work. Not too long after that it got impounded again for the same thing but this time he didn't come get it out. It went to auction and no one bought it so Jared was able to get it. He's done a lot of work to it - swapped out engines, new axles, put the driveshaft back on so it would have four wheel drive (the kid before had put a different exhaust on and had to take the driveshaft off which was dumb because it made it only have two wheel drive) and a bunch of other stuff. There's still a lot to go but at least he can take it out and have fun with it now. Max and Jenny invited us to Three Peaks with their family and with Max's brother, Lowell and his family. Jared took a couple of pictures before taking the Blazer out and then took a couple more when he was on some rocks. The best part about the Blazer? It's not in the best condition so he doesn't care too much if he dings it or scratches it.
Crue in front of the Blazer (the tire is about as tall as he is!).

When Jared was taking pictures he was careful to not get the GMC on the front (he wants a bowtie there) so I took this one from the truck to get a better picture of it.

Climbing some rocks.

Now that's more like it - it's a lot steeper in person. Looks like we'll need a roll bar. :)

We got there before everyone else. I wasn't feeling too good (neither was cooper so either he shared what he had or I think it was just a lack of sleep from being up with a sick baby plus Crue getting out of bed a few times a night) so I stayed in the truck with Cooper and Jared and Crue hung around outside until everyone else got there. Then Crue went and played with Bret and Jared took the Blazer out a few times and rode the pit bike a couple of times. The first thing Crue did was squat down and rub his hands in the dirt. I told Jared he was in little boy heaven. We were talking for a minute when I looked over and Crue had raccoon eyes made from dirt. It was pretty funny.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

It's gone!

Yesterday me and the boys went to St. George with my mom and sister. Crue grabbed my mom's glasses and put them on. He laughed and thought he was so funny. It was cute.
The main reason for going to St. George? To get my hair cut. Here is my hair before.
Here is the biggest cut.
Crue sitting on a little ottoman that was just the right size for him while my sister got her hair cut and I was sitting under the dryer. He was drinking out of a little cup and spilled all down the front of him.
Here's the final result! This is my sister-in-law Molly. She's the only one that I would trust to do this much of a cut on me, especially when I didn't know exactly what I wanted. I just sent her pictures of stuff I liked and told her a few things that I didn't want and wanted and told her to do what would look best. She did a few highlights since my hair has gone darker and then did a really cute cut.
Here's the back.
Here's the braid. It was 15 inches long and then she cut about another inch off after that! I'm donating it to Beautiful Lengths. I've donated twice before to Locks of Love so I thought I'd do a different one this time.
When I got there Molly made a ponytail and cut it off and then put some highlights in it because donated hair can't have color in it. When my mom and sister showed up I was under the dryer and they saw my hair and thought it was a pretty bad cut but they didn't dare say anything. When Molly was cutting Desiree's hair Desiree asked her what she was going to do to mine. That's when they found out that my hair was not done being cut and they were both relieved. It was pretty funny.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Let the messes begin

We've started putting Crue in the toddler bed lately so that we can hopefully put Cooper in the crib soon. The first two days he did great for naps and bedtime. After that, he figured out he wasn't stuck in bed like he was in his crib. One day I could hear that he had gotten up so I went to check on him after a little bit. I opened the door and he was standing right there, covered in vaseline. It was all over his hands, shirt, binkie and doorknob (he had tried to open the door). He had also gotten some on the door (he put one hand on the door when he tried to open it), on the door frame, on the changer part of the crib (where the vaseline goes and a few spots around that area), and he had smeared it on part of his bed on the sheet. The vaseline jar and lid was also covered, but it was closed and put back where it goes. I was so mad (I had already tried a couple other times to get him to stay in bed so this didn't help) that I spanked him and then grabbed the camera so I could have a picture of him covered in the vaseline. He was crying because he got a spank and knew he was in trouble. It was so funny though - the mess, not the crying. Luckily it wasn't too bad to clean up.
Here's my cute, sad, vaseline covered little boy.