Steve, Carrie, Wrigley & Azlynn

Quick trip to the NW

2011-07-13T15:46:00.000-07:00

Our family took a quick trip to Portland this past weekend. My grandma passed away and so we went up for the funeral.

It was so nice to visit where I grew up with my family and to show them all around. We stayed at some old friends house, saw some old friends and caught up with family.

Here are a few...a few pictures from the event.

Day out with Thomas

2011-06-16T13:46:00.000-07:00

{Thomas the Tank Engine} came to the Heber Valley railroad, and if you've ever met Wrigley you know how much this kid {LOVES} Thomas. So we ventured up there with my sister and her 2 kiddies. It was fun to be there and to see Wrigley's excitement over all things Thomas. Here are some highlights!

Introducing Azzy....7 months later! OOPS!

2011-04-14T09:40:00.000-07:00

I have no excuse for not posting about the not so new addition to our family I have just been capital L-azy! So here we go.

She was born September 11th at 6:57 am weighing 6 lbs 7 oz and 21.5 inches. The spitting image of her older brother. In fact my first thought was..."oh hi Wrigs"

Holding my little Azlynn Anne right after she was born! What a beauty!

She has been such a joy in our lives..there have been a few bumps with her along the way...she didn't breastfeed and that cause mommy all sorts of guilt...she was so tiny for so long. She wore new born for 3 months and then all the sudden chunked up big time. I still can't get over her chubby thighs!

But we love her and so does her big brother. Wrigley is always kissing her, holding her and trying to play with her...it brings warmth to my heart and a tear to my eye!

Here are some of my favorite pictures over the last 7 months!

We were asked to play the part of Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus in our Stake Live Nativity. It was such an amazing experience!

{I promise}

2010-03-29T09:21:00.000-07:00

Ok I know I'm a serious slacker on the blogging front! I didn't post Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Steve's Birthday, Wrigley's 2nd Birthday or the announcement of baby #2!

I promise to mend my ways and get back on the wagon...I promise!

Barnes & Noble

2009-11-13T08:22:00.000-08:00

We are having a big fundraiser tomorrow at Barnes & Noble. We are really excited for this event, and the scholarship money that it'll provide for us.

If you are not in the Sandy are tomorrow you can still have your purchases go toward our organization if you present ID # 10002079 when you check out.

Whew!

2009-11-10T14:12:00.001-08:00

It's been a rough couple of weeks for us.

We started off with Wrigs getting the nasty swine flu and being a sick sick boy for a whole week, but luckily he got better in time for {Trick-0r-Treating}.

We moved my 90 yr old Grandma into an assisted living community. She fell the other day and had a small stroke and isn't doing too well.

The worst part of it all is that my darling sister-in-law Shawna's Father passed away last week from H1N1. It has been so sad that his wonderful life was cut so short. He was such a great "Father" for my older brother Robbie. We know that we will see Neil again someday and that he is with his Father again.

***Here's to hoping that these next few weeks are better ones!***

{TrIcK-oR-tReAt}

2009-11-01T14:16:00.001-08:00

We went as the Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 & Thing 2! It was so much fun! Wrigley was precious! He didn't like having his hair sprayed blue but he was so cute! It was really fun to take him trick or treating and for him to have the whole experience. He was so cute saying "Teak a Teat!" My heart just melted as he (yes he) knocked on the doors and picked out the candy that he wanted! I can't wait for next year!

The "Munkin" patch!

{wRiGlEy 1St CaMpInG tRiP}

2009-09-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

We packed up our car and headed south to Mona for a quick camping trip with some friends this Labor Day weekend. This was my 2nd experience camping and number 1 for Wrigley. I wasn't quite sure what to expect...but it went much better than expected.

We got to the site and set up our tent...only then did we realize we had the wrong poles for our tent...oh well what do ya do? We made the best of it, and we were still plenty comfortable for the night. Wrigley was such a good little boy, exploring all through our camp site and following the boys into the wilderness for potty time!
Wrigley getting an exploding fist bump from Jayson! His favorite part of the evening!
There's nothing like a clean face while your enjoying the great outdoors!

It was so much fun that I want to go again over UEA!

Steve had fun going off the rope swing that we found there...it had 3 different levels you could swing off of. Wrigley however wasn't so excited about the water...to cold or something, but that was the first time he ever wanted to get out of the water right after diving in!

Kids Clothes swap

2009-08-18T08:31:00.001-07:00

Everyone is invited...I hope it will be fun!

If there is a good turn out maybe we'll make this an annual thing!

Literacy for All ~ 5k

2009-08-11T07:44:00.000-07:00

Dyslexia Tutoring of Utah is getting ready to have our 1st annual Literacy for All 5k family fun run/walk. All proceeds will be going to our non-profit to fun some of our scholarships, and other programs that we are doing.

Sign ups end this week if you want the t-shirt (and who does a race and doesn't want the t-shirt? I mean come on!), but you could sign up the day of the race as well.

Please check it out at our website http://dyslexiatutoringofutah.com/

Hope to see you in your running shoes soon!

The Host

2009-08-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

OK, so after hearing a BUNCH of mixed reviews I finally decided to read Stephenie Meyer's "The Host"

I really enjoyed this book. Here's the thing people its NOT Twilight! Surprise Surprise its a totally different genre too. I think that we tend to put authors in one category and expect everything to fit into it. That is not the case thank goodness.

I really liked this book and I enjoyed every word that I read. That's my 2 cents on this topic. I definitely recommend this book.

Makin Crayons

2009-07-31T16:55:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday we made some fun toddler size crayons outta a crap load of old crayons. It took me FOREVER to peel the paper off all those crayons but the result was well worth it, and even though Wrigs thinks that some of them are cookies they are still fun!

San Diego in July

2009-07-14T20:51:00.000-07:00

We just got back from the most GLORIOUS week in San Diego. It was just what I needed, a nice sandy beach to relax at. We rented a house in Mission Beach and split our time between the beach, the Zoo and Sea World. Wrigley had SO much fun all week with his cousins. He especially loved the ocean. He would run in splash and then when a wave would come he would turn around and run the other way.

He tried to drink the sea water (YUCK) and I'm sure that he ate plenty of sand...but

HE LOVED IT! He is doing the sign for fish.

Buried in the sand with Dad. He loved it!

The San Diego Zoo...he wasn't too happy that day, it was especially hot out.

The La Jolla Cave!

Yup. That's a shark!
My new favorite picture! I love these two boys!

The Carousel at Sea Port Village. I used to ride it every summer when we would go as a little girl, so I had to have Wrigs ride it while we were there.

I am sad to be home, but we are looking forward to going back next year!

Family Pics

2009-06-28T17:43:00.000-07:00

Lisa, Shawna's little sister took some family pictures before the Brady clan headed back out earlier this month. Lisa is not a professional, but looking at some of these pictures she could be.

Wrigley and Tary look like they are telling secrets up on their Dad's shoulders. That is just they way they are! Best buds!

SO CUTE! I don't think I need to say anything else about this one!

Thanks Lisa! They look great!

Oh Dad!

2009-06-22T19:48:00.001-07:00

Its a little late, but I had to post the darling ties that "Wrigley" made for his Dad & Grandpa. They are so cute and Steve even wore his to church on Sunday for Fathers day! :)

Green is Good!

2009-06-19T22:03:00.000-07:00

I bought some toys at a garage sale for Wrigley a few weeks ago, and I didn't want him to play with them until I cleaned them up...it took me a few weeks, but I finally got to it. I used a great green cleaning recipe.Mix 1 Qt. warm water with 3 Tbsp. Baking Soda, dissolve and rub with a rag or sponge, and then rinse with warm water and dry with a cloth. It's that easy!

Look What I Did!

2009-06-18T21:42:00.001-07:00

Today I caught a bug, the craft bug! I love it when that happens and the creative juices just start to flow. Once I get Wrigley down for a nap, I get down to the fun stuff! I took some plain boring storage boxes, and added some fun to them. Wrigleys books and toys just over run the family room, so now not only do the boxes serve a purpose but they also look good doing it!

I started with some print outs, and some heat n' bond, and I traced the pattern to the heat n' bond and my first step is done! **Remember to trace them backwards!

Then I cut them out and ironed them onto the color fabric that I wanted. Super easy!

Then all you have to do is iron them onto your project...but don't pull a "Carrie" and put the iron directly onto the box...I melted the fabric and ruined one of them! OOPS! :)

The finished project looks great! I'm excited about how it turned out...and even Wrigley noticed it today, and pointed to it and was talking to me about it!

Calendar

2009-06-14T13:21:00.000-07:00

I Finally got my calendar done! Take a look!

2009-06-13T11:29:00.000-07:00

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD

It's TOMORROW!

2009-05-29T08:05:00.000-07:00

OUR BIG FUNDRAISER IS TOMORROW!

Please come and support our efforts to make a difference in so many wonderful childrens lives, but donating or at least coming to our fundraiser event from 8-2 tomorrow, located at

7304 S. 300 W. in Midvale.

tHe ZoO & bBq'S

2009-05-25T10:21:00.000-07:00

Touching a snake!

Chasing after Taryn~

Last week Wrigs and I went to the Zoo with Shawna and Taryn. The kids had so much fun together. It is so fun to see them playing together. Over the last few months these cousins have become such good buddies!

Saturday we went to some friends house to have a BBQ and Wrigs had fun playing with their puppy and jumping on the tramp!

The Puppy and Wrigs would take turn running after each other. It was really sweet!

He had some seriously static while playing on the tramp. Steve and the other guys there were playing basketball and Wrigs wanted in on the fun, and so Steve gave Wrigs the ball and played ball with him.

May, Arizona & Beautiful Weddings

2009-05-19T08:35:00.001-07:00

My sweet cousin Meagan got married last week to Chris Alme. I was lucky enough to take my little man with me and go down for the week to share in their happiness...and the HEAT! It was a great excuse to get away from life for awhile and just enjoy nature, and by nature I mean the pool in our backyard and the sun. It was so nice and hot while we were there. 100 plus degrees everyday. It was Heaven on earth!

This kid loves the water, as soon as he woke up from his nap it was to the water we went, he would splash around just having a ball...I think I need to go buy a pool for him for our house!

Here are a few highlights from our trip.

On our way down to Mesa, we had to make a pit stop for the little one, he had a 101 temp the day we left so I took him to the Pediatrician in Cedar City to get checked out. I thought he had an ear infection, but as it turned out it was strep throat! Poor little guy. That'll teach me for not taking him in before we left!

This is my cousins dog, which would attack Wrigs with kisses and he DID NOT like that. But once the dog was in the cage, over to visit him he went doing the sign for dog the whole time.

Wrigs absolutely fell in love with my cousin Michael while we were there, he just loved playing with him, and Mike seemed to enjoy it too! I thought they were so cute together. I know Wrigs is excited to see him again at Aspen Grove in a few weeks!

This little guys is Jason, he is my cousin Jared's boy. Would you believe it if I told you that this guy went up behind Wrigs, and in the best exorcist voice you ever heard said "GO AWAY!" It was the funniest thing I've ever seen! I wonder where he got that from?!

All the girl cousins got together for a great picture!

On the way back to Utah, we stopped off to visit my Uncle Nathan and my Aunt Shantha and their 3 darlings. Drew, Anjali and Paige. They have all grown up so much since I last saw them almost 3 years ago for Drew's baptism....oh how I miss them!

Mothers Day

2009-05-09T19:21:00.001-07:00

We decided to do some made with love gifts for the very special Mothers & Grandmothers in our lives this Mothers Day!

For the Great-Grandmothers!

Wrigs did not enjoy getting his hands painted and forced onto the pots, but he was a good sport about it!

For my Mom, and the miracle that she truly is! I love her so much!

For Steve's Mom, again Wrigs did not enjoy the hand and foot in the cement!

2009-05-09T19:19:00.001-07:00

Living Planet Aquarium!

2009-05-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Shawna and I ventured to the Living Planet Aquarium with the little ones. It was a lot of fun, we saw some stuff that grossed us out, like this octopus!but we also saw and touched some pretty cool stuff! Like Stingrays!

Here are some of the highlights!

They had so much fun looking at things together, Taryn was SO excited to play with Wrigs it was so cute!

How funny is his face in this picture! It was so funny lifting him up to the big shark. Taryn was NOT happy that I was doing this, she had such a scared look on her face. I swear she was getting ready to bolt if I came to get her to lift her up!

Saying Goodbye

2009-04-25T15:41:00.000-07:00

Brooke, Jordan, & Wyatt have left us for bigger and better things in Texas and Louisiana for the summer. Wrigs and I are really sad to see them go, because we have both lost our buddies. Wyatt and Wrigs had loads of fun over the last few months playing together...well let me re-phrase that, Wrigs played by, over, and on Wyatt and the poor kid just took it!

The boys playing together one last time, Wrigley was so sad that he pushed Wyatt down...Wrigs is kinda a bully! We need to work on that!

Wyatt doing what he does best, attacking everything in sight to put it in his mouth. He's our little vampire.

Fundraisers!

2009-04-05T10:57:00.000-07:00

I am putting together a fundraiser for my work, a tutoring center where we give specialized tutoring to children and adults who have poor literacy and who are dyslexic.

I am REALLY REALLY excited about this fundraiser, because of the great possibilities that it has. We are having a garage sale with all of the employees, and families of those who seek our services. I also want any of you who have stuff to sale to come and sell your stuff. We will have a raffle for I hope some really great stuff, bikes, skateboards etc... as well as a concession stand. Please let me know if you want to have a table at the garage sale, or if you have stuff that you want to donate! YES donate, and just like at the D.I. we can give you a donation receipt!

All of the proceeds go to the scholarship program that we have in our tutoring center, we have so many families who cannot afford the $35 an hour fee for their children to come and receive the help that they need to have a better future!

The Super Saturday Sale will be held on Saturday May 30Th from 8am - 2pm in our office parking lot located at 7304 South 300 west in Midvale.

Please come join in our effort in "Building Brighter Futures"

Allergies!

2009-03-26T09:02:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was not the best day that I've ever had! Wrigley has turned into the pickiest eater EVER! He could be eating a cracker, and then you go to give him another one and he'll completely freak out...and it's like that ALL THE TIME! So I never know what to give him to eat, cause half the time he won't even eat what we're eating!

So Tuesday morning my sister Brooke was eating eggs and Wrigley kept doing the sign for food in her face so she gave him some, and he really liked it. So I thought great at least I know that he likes eggs. Well that night I was fighting with him over what he will or will not eat for dinner, before I had to leave for Young Women's. So I decided that I'd make him some eggs (since he had really enjoyed them earlier in the day). Well he had eaten about half when he started rubbing his eye and it started turning really red, then he got little splotches on his face. So I stopped giving it to him, thinking that he was having an allergic reaction. And then I had to go to Young Women's so I left him with Brooke and Jordan.

Well at about 8:30 my Mom comes running into the church gym and said "Wrigley's not doing good at all. You need to come right home. We've been trying to get a hold of you for a while now. He's completely broken out in hives!" Well anyone who knows me knows that I tend to freak out pretty easily, and I am a pro at worrying about anything and everything. So I quickly tell the YW Pres that I've got to go take care of the little one. As soon as I left I started to cry and loose it. But I called his doctors office and had the doctor call me right back. When I got home Wrigs whole face and neck was bright red and covered with hives, he was acting totally fine but I was still freaking out! The Doctor called me back and said that I needed to give him children's Benadryl, and that if he starts to have a problem breathing to go to the ER, so I had my Mom go and get some. But when she came back she said that the pharmacist said that I should "absolutely not" give it to him, because the side effects for children under 6 could be death. WHAT DEATH! HOLY CRAP! So I of course didn't give it to him now more freaked out than I was before!

When Steve got home, he and Jordan gave Wrigley a blessing, and that made me feel better but I was still really nervous about him sleeping, so we left his bedroom door open so I could go in and make sure that he was still breathing! (yup paranoid. I'm aware!)

Well he was fine until about 1 o'clock when he woke up screaming, so I ran in there and his eyes were swollen shut! I freaked out and woke up Steve and he took Wrigley while I called the doctor. He said that Benadryl is fine that I should have given it to him earlier, but that I should give him a little less than 1 tsp. every 6 hours. So that's what we did. But I was so freaked out that I really couldn't sleep the rest of the night. When I got back from work at 9 Wednesday morning he looked tons better but he was still pretty puffy.

It was a pretty scary event for me, especially since I had just had my first allergic reaction to Penicillin a few weeks ago, so I knew what he was going through. He was so great though, just being his happy self, and even giving me hugs to try and help me feel better. He was so sweet!

Anniversary #2!

2009-03-17T15:37:00.000-07:00

Today Steve and I are celebrating Anniversary #2!

It is fun to think about the new adventure that we had just begun last year at this time as new parents. A lot has changed over the last year for us. It's been a great year and I'm so glad that I married Steve on St. Patrick's day 2 years ago!

Today for our anniversary Steve told me to meet him at the Little America at 1 with tennis shoes!

WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN?

I didn't know what he had up his sleeve but I was excited to find out!

SO...

when I met him we got in the car and he surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Gerbra daisies...my favorite!

He drove us up to Ensign Peak and we hiked up and had a really nice picnic.

It was really sweet, and kinda sentimental. Steve said that he wanted to take me up there because it is symbolic of when Brigham Young went up there all those years ago and saw a vision of the future of the Salt Lake Valley.

I thought that this was a neat brick in the monument!

We went up to see the "future"of our relationship.

I thought that was really sweet and just classic Steve! I loved it!

Clarification

2009-03-12T07:29:00.000-07:00

OK so I guess there is some confusion about something I wrote in my tag post. NO unfortunately I'm not pregnant. Yet. Steve and I have been talking about it and hopefully there will be an announcement towards the end of the summer, or early fall.

Don't worry. When it happens there will be no question. You will all know for sure!

8 Item tag

2009-03-01T16:26:00.000-08:00

I'm joining the Tagged - You're it now! Here are the rules: 1) Post rules on your blog 2) Answer the six '8' items 3) Let each person know by leaving them a comment:

8 Favorite T.V Shows:
1. Grey's
2. Private Practice
3. Desperate Housewives
4. Lost
5. Life
6. Heroes
7. 24
8. The Office

8 Things I did Yesterday:
1. Made 2 cakes
2. Made a Carousel
3. Threw Wrigley his 1st Birthday party!
4. Took a nap!
5. Dishes
6. Vacuum
7. Gave Wrig's a bath
8. Spent time with my sweetie

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Our cruise in October
2. Family Reunion in June
3. Arizona in May!
4. Girls camp in July
5. San Diego in July
6. Running outside and not on a stupid treadmill
7. Wrigley walking
8. Baby #2

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Suehiro
2. P.F Changs
3. Cheesecake Factory
4. Cafe Rio
5. Famous Dave's
6. Zupa's
7. Jordan's
8. Anthony's

8 Things on my wish list:
1. More money
2. Better Body
3. A house
4. Another baby
5. Summer
6. New car
7. Craft room

I tag: Brooke, Shawna, Becky, & Lisa

Happy 1st Birthday!

2009-02-28T21:07:00.000-08:00

Today we {CeLeBrAtEd} Wrigley's 1st birthday!

We had family and friends over and gathered around the big guy to help him open presents and yes enjoy his first taste of cake!

Mommy made him a very special carousel cake for his friends and a special cake just for him to destroy...and destroy it he did! He enjoyed that cake so much! I couldn't believe how much he dug into that cake, and more importantly how much of it he ate/got all over!

Wrigley must have felt that I was too clean because he shared some of his cake with me! It was yummy, and it had that great mushed up baby slobber cake taste to it! What a treat for me!

For his birthday Wrigley's grandpa, who we lovingly call "Gruff" painted Wrigley 2 great pictures for his room. They are pictures that I picked out for him to paint but they turned out so great! I can't wait to frame them and put them in his room!

I think that Wrig's was a little overwhelmed by the party today...or he just didn't know what was going on, but either way I think that he had a lot of fun today!

I want to thank everyone who came to help us celebrate this great day for Wrigley. It meant a lot to us to have you there and to be a part of that!

LoVe YoU!!!

Sandals

2009-02-15T19:59:00.000-08:00

For Wrig's first birthday he needs shoes...

I've been looking on line and I've found a lot of cute shoes that he would look so cute wearing.

I really want to find him some Chuck Taylors...

but then I found these!

They are on Zappos.com.

I think they would look so cute but I can't make up my mind.

Chucks or Keens?

Seriously...Still!

2009-02-11T20:31:00.001-08:00

So Wrigley is just a few short days away from turning 1! I've been eagerly awaiting the day with mixed feelings.

What I've really been waiting for is Wrigley to get over his reflux completely...or for it to just stop making him throw up (Yeah did I mention that it's actual BARF now?)! He threw up all over me as I was getting him ready for bed...it was so gross it was a mix of spaghetti and crackers, and it was stinky!

I had been lead to believe that by this time, the spit up would only be a fleeting memory. Yeah not so much!

Oh well! What do ya do?

No more baths!

2009-02-09T21:11:00.000-08:00

I don't know what the little man's deal is but all of the sudden he HATES his baths. We went away to our friends cabin over the weekend and while we were there he developed some sort of fear of baths. Friday night I took him in the hot tub with me with some of the other kids that were there. We got out and we took a shower-bath together and things went smoothly. Saturday same story, but when Steve went to give him his bath he went completely POSTAL, he was screaming and would not let go of Steve's shirt. Then Sunday again same thing, had fun in the hot tub, but as soon as the bath water started running he freaked! Well I thought that it was just a strange tub phobia or something, but tonight I tried to give him a bath and he would not let go. He had a serious death grip on my shirt, and his body went totally rigid when I tried to lower him into the water. I was at a complete loss, so I tried to sooth him for a little while and then I tried again and yet again he freaked out. We're talking blood curdling screaming, legs kicking, death grip...the whole deal. So I called it quits. But I'm at a total loss because up to this point the little dude has absolutely LOVED his bath time. I hope it's just a phase and that we'll be back to flooding the bathroom with splashes in no time!

Suggestions anyone?

2 BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS!

2009-01-31T18:19:00.000-08:00

Drum roll please......................

Yup I know! My little boy has taken his first steps, thursday my Mom and I were watching the Australia Open and he took two steps from the couch to the coffee table.

Then before bed we were playing and he two a couple of steps a few times! I was so excited.

However it hasn't happened again since. He's come close, but he's holding out on us!

Unfortunately there are no pictures yet...but there will be!

Steve's company was running a contest from August to the end of January and HE WON!

I'm so excited! I'm so proud of him! He worked so hard for it!

It's a Mexican Riviera cruise. We don't know when we're going but...We got a free trip. No not just a trip a cruise!

Growing up too fast!

2009-01-21T18:05:00.000-08:00

I finally got my act together and took Wrig's in for his 9 month check up...even though he is now closer to 11 months than 9 months. Oh well!

So I took him in and here's the report:

{He weights 21 1/2 lbs and that puts him in the 50 % for his age}

{He is 30 1/2 inches tall and that puts him in the mid 90 % for his age}

It's crazy that he is getting so close to 1 year old! It feels like yesterday that I was on my way to the hospital to have the darling boy!

ITCHY-ITCHY-ITCHY!!!!

2009-01-14T21:05:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a rough week and a half for me...last week I woke up Sunday morning with strep throat. Yeah no fun...especially when you have a darling little boy that you just love to hug and kiss and cuddle with. My doctor prescribed me some amoxicillin to help get rid of the strep. WELL! Last night, after having taken the amoxicillin for the last week I woke up at about 4 am itching my hands. They felt like they were on fire or like they had been eaten by fleas, and I just couldn't stop scratching my hands. Then my feet started to itch, then my face, then my back, arms, stomach....Well I was covered in hives and my face started to swell, my arms and hands started to swell. It was no fun! It freaked me out and I started to hyperventilate and I was totally freaking out! Steve, being the AMAZING husband that he is went to Walmart and like 5 am and bought me some benadryl and some claritin for the hives. So it turns out that I am now allergic to penicillin! I took my body 26 years to freaking figure that out!
Luckily by the time I woke up this morning the hives were gone and I am totally fine. But last night was a little scary! Thank goodness for WebMD

Too cute to not post!

2009-01-12T17:52:00.000-08:00

Wrigley is quite the ball of constant motion...so he definitely won't sit still long enough for me to change his diaper when he's not on the changing table in his room! I snapped these tonight while I was trying to get him ready for bed.

We had to put the explicit bar across his "whoo-hoo"! Its just too funny! Steve and I kept giggling while he was doing it (Hey we are just trying to keep our little one pure!:))

The other day my Mom and I were playing with Wrig's and I got him to do the "So Big" thing where he raises his arms...anyway after we were done we went downstairs and I tried to get him on video doing it, he wasn't too happy at first. I thought it was darling though!

This last picture is of me trying to show Wrig's how to drink from a sippy cup...it didn't work out so well though!

My sweet husdand!

2009-01-08T21:50:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to take a minute to praise Steve for the wonderful husband and father that he is! I have been really sick with strep throat since Sunday...I mean hardly getting out of bed. It's practically killed me...OK not quite but you get the picture. And being that strep throat is extremely contagious I've been a nervous wreck about Wrigley getting it from me. So to ease my mind as best he can & to help me recover, Steve has been letting me sleep in and completely taking care of Wrig's until he has to go to work. I mean I've been sleeping til about noon since Sunday, and not once was I awakened to Wrigley crying or anything!

It is hard to be a Mom and to be sick, but with a husband as patient and understanding as mine it is something (however unpleasant) that I now know I can handle!

THANK YOU STEVE FOR BEING SO GREAT!!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!

Happy New Years!

2009-01-01T12:10:00.000-08:00

Last night we had a lot of fun with family and friends to celebrate the new year Steve's sister and brother in law left early this morning so we had to go say our goodbye's yesterday. It's sad to see them go...but we look forward to seeing them again in July in sunny San Diego. Wrigley and Ethan will be running around by then and we'll take them to the beach, Sea World and the Zoo. 7 months is a long time to wait to see them again though.

Adrian was so fun always wanting to hold the boys and play with them. I think he's ready to have a little boy of his own to play with...and someone to help protect sweet little Serena from boys when she gets older

Then last night we went over to some friends house for a New Years Eve bash. There wasn't a lot of us there but it was the quality few. We had the Wii going downstairs with the men and some of the kids playing, while the ladies were upstairs butchering American classics on the Karaoke. It was a lot of fun!

We had a lot of fun singing....way off tune!

Jazz game

2008-12-31T10:30:00.000-08:00

Monday night we ventured down to SLC with the little one for his first Jazz game. Steve's parents took all 13 of us to the game as a Christmas gift. We had some pretty....great seats? Not really, we were 2 rows from the very top of the place. Talk about a hike! And my poor bum was sore to begin with from playin the Wii (pretty pathetic confession huh!). We had a lot of fun...and I think that Wrig's enjoyed himself too. He sat there staring at the game with a blank expression and there were some REALLY ANNOYING boys behind us that he kept staring at too. It was kinda funny. All the excitement wore him out and he fell asleep in the 4th quarter. I don't know how he did it because it was LOUD at the game. Oh to be a baby! :)

Wrigley's 1st Christmas!

2008-12-27T08:38:00.000-08:00

Christmas came and went so fast this year. But luckily this Christmas was the first of many more to come where the joy of a child made the season so much better...more exciting and with more anticipation. Wrigley's 1st Christmas was a memorable one, what with all the snow and all his cousins gathered around, there were lots of memories made this year.

We woke up to a very {WhItE cHrIsTmAs} and had to hurry and get ready to be over at Steve's parent's house by 9...not that we weren't up at 6:30 with a very excited little baby. He must have known it was Christmas morning because he usually doesn't wake up til closer to 8! We were just to lazy to get moving. We finally braved the white world outside and made it to Grandma and Grandpa's house to have breakfast and presents.

Steve was very excited about his Wii that he got and I was just having too much fun watching Serena open all of her gifts. We broke out the Wii and played Mario Kart for a while and then it was time to go to home to have Christmas with my family...unfortunately because of the weather we had to wait for few more hours for Brooke & Jordan to make it safely back from Vernal. Once the got home we had a big Christmas feast and opened our gifts! My Mom and I must have been on the same mind frame for gifts this year. I bought Wrig's one of those ring stacker toys and my Mom got one for Wyatt. I bought my Mom Pente, and my Mom bought one for her siblings and one for each of us! I bought Wrig's a scooter bike thing...and so did my Mom. We had a good chuckle about how connected we were this year.

All in all it was a wonderful day spent with family and friends. It was very special to have a little boy to spoil and for him to be really excited about his toys. He has so many new fun ones and he really does like playing them all...he also really likes watching us play the Wii. Funny little guy!

{Yummy Truffles}

2008-12-23T20:38:00.000-08:00

Today I was in the holiday spirit...being so close to the big day, and so I decided to make some truffles. I found this really great recipe and so I tried it. They turned out SO good! I was really proud of myself...especially since the last few times I've tried new recipes they haven't turned out so well.

The recipe is super easy.

{Simply Seasonal Truffles}

2 1/2 pkg {20 squared} Baker's semi-sweet chocolate, divided

(or 3 Tbsp. semi-sweet choc chips for every 1 oz.)

1 pkg {8 oz} cream cheese, softened

Melt 8 0z chocolate. Beat cream cheese with mixer until creamy; stir in melted chocolate. Refrigerate until firm (about 1 hour).

Shape into 36 balls. Place on wax paper-covered tray.

Melt remaining chocolate. Use fork to dip truffles; return to tray. Decorate, then refrigerate 1 hour.

Decorations: Top with finely chopped nuts, or sprinkles. Or, coat truffles with powdered sugar or unsweetened cocoa powder instead of dipping in chocolate.

Hoyt Holiday Party!

2008-12-21T13:42:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we had our annual {HOYT FAMILY HOLIDAY PARTY} We have so much fun getting together at this special time of year to celebrate our Saviors birth and to catch up with loved ones. Since our last party there have been 4 additions to the Hoyt posterity. Wrigley, Drew, Wyatt & Hoyt. Yup all boys, 3 of the 4 were present.

We gathered all 32 Hoyt's (living close...and that could come) to the Sansom's home and had a mexican feast. The children put on their Christmas talents, and then the adults went at it with a battle of who knows the most Christmas songs...there were some ify songs in there, but the effort was appreciated.

Then men all gathered around the {BIG} screen to cheer on the Cougs...to bad they were sorly disapointed! While the ladies congregated upstairs helping the kids decorate cookies and visiting. It is such a blessing to have so much of our family so close that we can all get together and remember Christmases past, the snowball fights, sleigh rides, and full moons! :)

The napless wonder!

2008-12-17T12:07:00.000-08:00

So I don't know what is going on with my little one these days but for the last week it has been near impossible to get him to take a nap...I was thinking that it was because he was teething but that's not it (or at least I don't think so anymore). But seriously if I'm not holding him the whole time he won't sleep, and even then it's just for like 30 minutes at the most. I'm going crazy because he usually takes two 2-2 1/2 hour naps a day! And all I have to do is put him in his crib with his blanket and bear and he's out in a flash...but now I feel like I can't get anything done!

If you have any tricks to help PLEASE let me know!

Santa & Snow!

2008-12-15T11:48:00.001-08:00

Saturday we had our ward Christmas party "Breakfast in Bethlehem." We decided that we would go and it ended up being a big deal and lots of fun! Not only did we have Wrigley, but we also had Taryn and Wyatt for a while. I got a taste of what it's like to have 3 babies all really close in age. It was fun...for a while anyway.

Santa made a surprise visit to our party and I got in line with Wrigley in one arm and Taryn in the other. Let me just tell you that Wrig's is officially heavier than Taryn is. After about 10 minutes my arms were dying! I was feeling the burn of holding two 20 pounders!

When we finally got to the front of the line we decided that Wrigley should go first, and so he had his first Santa "experience", he was such a trooper...he just sat there and looked up at him like "OK what now?" But Taryn....

When we were getting ready to leave the Church we were assaulted by a total white out. Well we've never taken Wrigley out in the snow yet so we decided that now was a good time for the debut! We got mixed reviews...he liked it, unless it got on his face! I know how you feel buddy!

All in all Saturday was a fun day of firsts!

{aLl I WaNt FoR cHrIsTmAs!}

2008-12-09T21:31:00.000-08:00

I saw this on Rachel's blog and I just had to do it...it looked like too much fun! The idea is to make a list of 12 things that you would love to get for Christmas, but know that there is no way that you will ever get them....Here I go!

1. {A nEw HoUsE} Not that I don't love living basically rent free, but there is something to be said about having your very own place to do with exactly as you wish!

2. {A sUpEr MoDel'S bOdY} With excess baby weight not coming off the way it should I think it wouldn't hurt to ask Santa for a new body!...Or maybe I should just ask for a little help (I think the Wii Fit he's bringing us will do the trick!) :)

3. {MoNeY, mOnEy, MoNeY!) Who couldn't use more of that! I know I could, with Wrigley's appetite I swear I'm spending close to $40 a month on baby food! Not to mention how much diapers cost...and the fact that he grows out of his clothes WAY too fast!

4. {A sAtUrN oUtLoOk} Steve and I custom built one on the online the other night with all the bells and whistles we wanted and the $30,000 car's price tag went up to almost $40,000! WOW! Luxury costs a pretty penny I guess! :)

5. {A cRaFt RoOm} This would make keeping my house SO much easier! Seriously every time I get started on a new craft it stays all spread out on the kitchen table for weeks...finished or not! It's bad, plus it'll be my own little safe haven! Craft Craft Craft!

6. {A bEtTeR rElAtIoNsHiP wItH DaD} This is a long shot, but it would at least be nice to feel like he cared about me a little bit, rather than something that he has to deal with...Here's to hoping!

7. {SmAlLeR bOoBs} Yup I said it! I know some of you girls would like to have larger boobies...but trust me they're nothing but trouble! I would kill to be a B cup! :)

8. {A nEwBoRn BaBy} Now I do want one...not necessarily for Christmas but It would be nice to have a little one around. Wrigley just grew up too quickly and with Wyatt around it's making me baby hungry already! TROUBLE!

9. {To LiVe SoMeWhErE sUnNy} I was in Arizona a few years ago over Thanksgiving and I definitely need to invest in some real estate down there...that's where the money comes in handy!

10. {A cUrE fOr DySlExIa} It would be so great if I could cure my sweet little students of their learning disability. It would help them so much with their self confidence and open up a whole new world to them. In the meantime however I'm doing all I can to help them!

11 {A hUsBaNd FoR mY mOm} I hope this one really does happen and soon! She needs a good man in her life!

12 {To LiVe A lOnG & hApPy LiFe WiTh StEvE} This one is in the bag...but I thought I'd add it anyway.

Have fun and create your own list of the 12 things you would love for Christmas!

An early Christmas gift!

2008-12-06T15:47:00.000-08:00

I've been saying for a while now that all I want for Christmas is to see Brooke, Jordan, and Wyatt....well Santa brought me my gift early this year. The Brady family made the long trek home from Luxembourg on Thursday. Jordan was released from his contract with his team and is searching for a new team to play with. But in the mean time they had 2 tickets home for the Holidays!
Seeing Wyatt for the first time was so great! He so darling. He reminds me so much of Brooke...and my cousin Jared and his kids. He has a lot of Hoyt in him.

Wednesday night I couldn't sleep because I was too excited, it felt like Christmas eve, and Thursday just felt like torture not having much to do other than some cleaning. Thankfully the day when by fast. Before I knew it, it was 10:15 and was time to go pick them up at the airport.Christmas wishes do come true! {THANK YOU SANTA!}

{tWiLiGhT pReMiEr NiGhT}

2008-11-22T12:12:00.000-08:00

Thursday at about 9:45 I met up with my sister-in-laws and a bunch of other people in anticipation for the big movie. We went to Chili's to grab a bite before the 12:01 show. I was so nervous though that I couldn't eat anything! I know I'm so lame but I was so excited. The movie really didn't disappioint. It was cheesy and corny in a few places yes, but it was still really good. I can't wait for the other books to be made into movies.

I have to share some of the pictures I took because the theater was a mob scene! It was crazy. I guess I just didn't know what to expect! But definately not this! You can't really tell in the picture but there were hundreds of people there....even a few men! I know I couldn't believe it either. So I'm trying to convince my better half that it would be worth his while to take me to see it....we'll see how that goes.

And yes if you are wondering about Edward...Robert Pattinson does do a pretty good job. He just flashes a few smiles and you melt...well I did so.

A few of my favorites!

2008-11-20T15:49:00.000-08:00

What a cute little guy he is!

The problem with technology!

2008-11-20T11:50:00.001-08:00

I've recently discovered a major flaw in the "cell only" part of my life. For the last 2 days my phone has been going crazy. I can't do anything with it. I only sometimes get my texts, and calls. I can't call or text. But the best part is that when I called T-Mobile to see what was going on the guys was like "well your phone is active so you should be fine." I wanted to scream at him! THEN WHY CAN'T I USE THE STUPID THING! Then he said he'd x-fer me to customer service and the lady there didn't listen to anything that I said. She told me to call from another phone. TWICE! And that was after I told her that I only have a cell phone. No land line. But apparently that didn't compute.
So if you've been trying to get a hold of me for the last few days I'm sorry....but technology is EVIL!

{BaBy FoOd & BaRe BoTtOmS}

2008-10-31T14:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I made some homemade baby food...now I've done this with fruit but yesterday I got ambitious and used Turkey, apples and green beans. I made some green bean puree It's super easy. I just steamed the green beans for about 10 minutes, then I put them in a cold water bath for a few minutes to cool them down. Then I put them in my {AwEsOmE} Magic Bullet with just a little water and about 2 minutes later I had some green slime for my little worm! :)

I had some left over green beans so I added in some canned turkey chunks that I had cooked into the bullet, again with some water. It looked absolutely {DiSgUsTiNg} when it was done, but so does all baby food that involves meat in my opinion!

I also made some Turkey with apples...now that was even yuckier looking than the beans and Turkey...but hey who am I to judge? It took me all of about 15 minutes to make A LOT of baby food for Wrigley...and the best part is that this is WAY cheaper than buying the stupid stuff at the store. But those containers that the Gerber Baby food comes in is very handy to put the homemade baby food in (just a little side note!)

The moment of truth came last night when I fed Wrig's some of the Turkey and apples and this is what happened!

{I HaTe It}

{I lOvE iT}

{NoPe..It'S yUcKy!}

Last we have a few pictures after the clean up bath of a very cute little bottom. Poor Wrigley has a very bad case of diaper rash...he's had more poopy diapers in the last 3 days than he has in about 2 weeks! So that has taken a bit of a toll on his {SwEeT LiTtLe HiNd PaRtS} so we've been doing our best to heal his little bum. Which last night meant that he got to crawl around naked for a while. I was also told that the milk of magnesia...or whatever that stuff is called is really good to put on their bottoms. Yesterday I kept calling it "Milk of Malaysia" Steve just laughed and shook his head at me.

{CuTe LiTtLe NaKeD bOy}

You can see those little red raw spots on his bum. It looks so much better than it did on wed, when he looke like he layed out bare bottom in the blazing hot sun!

{PoOr BoTtOm}

Grandpa Jeff

2008-10-30T09:17:00.001-07:00

My Dad came into town this weekend to take care of some business and to meet up with us kids, and {ThE gRaNdKiDs!}

Rob & I met up with him this morning at Mimi's Cafe for an early breakfast {YUMMY!}

It was so great seeing him since the last time that I saw him Wrigley was only about 2 months old...& 6 months later he sure has changed a lot. My Dad just couldn't believe how much he's grown and become more aware of things. So I gave him an update of Wrigley, and just how much he's grown.

*1 tooth, and another on its way

*crawling like a little speedster

*stair climber extraordinaire

*big time talker

*milk signer

*big booger maker

*let me feed myself

*long reach...nothings safe anymore

Just to name a few things that he's accomplished in the last 6 months. And we are pretty sure that the little man will be walking by Christmas, if he's not then it'll be a huge surprise.

Wrigley and his grandpa...every once in a while I look at Wrig's and I see a little bit of my Dad. Mostly its in his chin, and I just see it every once in a while. Taryn was a big shock to my Dad too, she is such a clone of Shawna but is starting to look more and more like Robbie everyday though.

Baby Signing Times! WORKS!!!

2008-10-24T14:15:00.000-07:00

Steve and I are trying to teach Wrigley ASL with the help of Baby Signing Times. He's been watching it every morning for the last few weeks and today we got a glimpse of why its so

{AWESOME!}

Wrigley has learned to sign milk! He doesn't know that it means milk, he knows it means some kind of food because he was doing it after every bite of food we gave him while we were out for lunch today! I was so excited!

Wrigley also knows the songs. Steve and I have been singing them to him

{A LoT}

...those songs get stuck in your head and they are so *HaRd* to get out! It's fun though watching his face as he recognizes the songs! He is so much fun and just learning and growing so much everyday! He is such a joy! Steve and I have a lot of fun being his parents. Every day he grows and learns something new!

He's about 3 months ahead of the average with his developmental mile stones. He started crawling a week before he was 6 months old, then as soon as he mastered that he was pulling himself up on furniture and then about a week later he was cruising! So by that standard he should be walking by about 9 months. That's Christmas people! He needs to slow down and be my little baby for just a bit longer!

Uhm what the?!

2008-10-22T16:05:00.001-07:00

Can I just say that I hate computers! Why does this blog site never do what I tell it to? I need computer therapy! Hope you can read the first part of that last entry!

Poor Little Man!

2008-10-22T15:47:00.000-07:00

{SO} after reading my last post, I'm sure you you were all shocked by the lady who VERY mistakenly assumed that I was beating my child. I was too. Well now I'm totally {HORRIFIED}, because to when I picked Wrig's up from daycare (by the way he only goes 5 hours a week. Only 5 hours a WEEK!), he had just fallen and hit his face on a toy and it was starting to bruise. RIGHT BY HIE EYE! His freakin' eye of all places!
Looks pretty bad huh! I was so shocked. He's fallen and hit his face and head on stuff before but he's never had a bruise. I'm probably being way to sensitive about it now, but how can I not be when a total stranger freaked out about his face when there was makeup on it for his Halloween costume!?So after leaving daycare I called my Mom and asked her what I should do, and DUH she told me to put some ice on it. I don't know why I didn't think of that myself, well yeah I do...I was totally freakin' that's why. Anyway amazingly enough he fell asleep on the way home and I was able to put one of those bean packs on his face that was in the freezer without him waking up!He's such a tough little guy! I feel so bad that this happened to him. When I picked him up they said that it happened just a few minutes before I got there. {STUPID TRAFFIC!} It makes me so sad...I'm so sorry little bug!

Trick or Treat!

2008-10-18T20:06:00.000-07:00

Grandma Nanci took the boys to get their pictures taken in their Halloween costumes at Kiddie Kandid in the mall. It was SO fun! The boys looked so cute and everyone kept commenting on how cute they were.

Wrigley was obviously a {pirate}..my Mom and I had a lot of fun "beating him up" with make up, giving him a black eye and some bruises, as well as a "scruffy" face. It was so fun. UNTIL I got to Kiddie Kandid and this lady was whispering to her friend, and giving me dirty looks. She finally asked me, "What did you do to your baby?" with this really mad look on her face. I was so confused and said "huh? Nothing." Then she asked if it was makeup and I basically said "DUH" to her and she was like. "I'm so relieved, I was so worried for a minute for his safety!" Some people right! I was just thinking...yeah I'm one of those dumb people that beats the crap outta their kids and then brings them into public. It's funny but at the same time really hurt my feelings!

Anyways these are some more of our super cute boys in their costumes!

Ethan was the best little Turtle. In some of his pictures he even looked very turtle like...I think it was those great cheeks of his!

The boys were both such good sports getting their pictures taken. Wrigley hardly smiled which was very uncharacteristic of him, but it was so cute to see all the people staring at him. OH those little angels! How I love them!

Who are you?

2008-10-12T20:51:00.000-07:00

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

I took the quiz and like my sweet friend Audrey, and I'm also an Esme! Go MOMS! Take the quiz and find out who you are!

Kenneth Cole & super cute baby clothes...an expensive obsession!

2008-10-10T19:25:00.000-07:00

Well since I've discovered the Kenneth Cole Reaction collection for baby boys at Macy's I've gone a little over board...like spending almost $80 on 4 outfits! Yah crazy. But the best part of it is that Wrig's can't even wear them for at least 5 more months. They are all either 12 month or 18 month sizes. Along with those I've bought Wrig's all set for next summer. There have just been so many great sales, and it's hard to resist buying all the super cute baby boy clothes. Poor Steve would kill me if he knew what I was doing! Lucky for me he only looks at our blog when I make him!

This one is my absolute favorite! This will be a church outfit for him, or when we go to my friends wedding down in California in March. Wrigley will be SO cute in this! I can't wait for it to fit!

This outfit will be perfect for running around San Diego next summer, on the boardwalk or at Sea World! I can't wait!

These two are super cute too! What can I say...Kenneth Cole has got cute stuff for little boys!

Hangin' with they boyz!

2008-10-09T20:17:00.000-07:00

Today was such a fun day! My sister-in-law brought over her little boy for me to watch for a while...it was so much fun to have Wrigley and Ethan together. They spent most of the time just staring at each other trying to get a handle on the other. Since Wrig's is so much bigger than Ethan he kinda man-handled him a little bit. He just doesn't understand being gentle and soft yet (what do ya do!)!

Give us a hug! Ethan looked like he was ready for take off with his arms spread out wide...but I like to think that he just wanted to give me a hug!
The boys just kept staring at each other. It was hilarious! Ethan was more enthralled by watching Wrigley that the other way around. Mostly cause Wrigs kept crawling over to Steve's guitar to make some music.
Ethan was so cute! I had him laughing and talking to me for a good 10 mintues before Kris came to pick him up! It was so much fun being with my boys today!

Husband Tag

2008-10-04T20:59:00.002-07:00

Sorry I hit the wrong button! HE HE! :)

HUSBAND
1. What is his name? Steven Grant Ross
2. Who eats more? Steve for sure…even though he denies it! J
3. Who said I love you first? We kinda said it together…although technically he said it first, but I immediately followed!

4. Who is taller? Steve by about 2 or 3 inches.
5. Who is smarter? It depends…I think Steve is smarter overall
6. Who is more sensitive? I am, but Steve is a big softie too

7.Who does the laundry? I do. I don’t do a good job at putting it away but I try! {I HATE THE LAUNDRY!}

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Looking at the bed-Steve
9. Who pays the bills? Steve…I get to mad when I do!
10. Who cooks more? I’d say we’re about even…I cook meals and he cooks snacks.

11. What meals do you cook together? Breakfast…once a blue moon.

12. Who is more stubborn? STEVE
13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? NEITHER! Bad stuff I know!

14. Who has more siblings? It’s a tie! We both have 3.
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? We both wear the pants depends on what it is about
16. What do you like to do together? Play with the boy. We used to play basketball together a lot, hang out with friends. {{TALK TALK TALK TALK TALK!}}

17. Who eats more sweets? I do for sure! Gotta have a treat!
18. Guilty pleasures? Cinnamon bears, sleeping in once a week, being with Wrigley all day, getting the crap cracked out of my back twice a week by my chiropractor! I love it!
19. How did you meet? At the singles ward in Draper.
20. Who asked who out first? Steve he left a note on my car! Kinda tacky but it worked!

21. Who kissed who first? He kissed me. It took me totally by surprise!

22. Who proposed? Steve. Twice actually! The first time was so romantic. I went over to his house and he played me a song that he wrote for me on his guitar. When he was done I gave him a big hug and a kiss..and I think I was crying a little bit. He pretended to drop his pick into the guitar, when he tried to shake it out a ring fell out and was dangling right in front of my face! I was so stunned I just stood there like an idiot! He actually had to tell me to take it! It was AWESOME! Way to go babe!

23. His best features? He’s got a sweet ace! He’s also pretty freakin’ handsome!

24. What is his greatest quality? He loves me despite all my weaknesses and insecurities. He is so devoted to making a good life for me and for our family, that he works so hard. There are weeks where I really only see him for an hour a day before bed and that’s it. He’s such a hard worker. He is so amazing with our little boy, he’s a great father and it melts my heart watching them play…..I really could go on and on and make others jealous but I won’t go there! J/K!

25. Tag? Shawna, Brooke, Rachel, Kris, and Em!

A Husband tag

2008-10-04T20:59:00.001-07:00

7 months old!

2008-10-02T10:28:00.001-07:00

How is time flying by this fast! I just don't understand...my baby is growing up way too fast. He's already 7 months old and is an expert crawler, stands up in his crib in protest to naps, and wants to be a stair climber, along with being quite the fish. He just seems to be growing up way too fast.

He is such a fun boy and he sure keeps us busy chasing after him, or keeping things out of his reach. His favorite toy right now is his car seat! He's always crawling over to it and climbing in or playing with the straps inside of it! He's so funny!

He loves to smile and talk to himself or try and have serious conversations with me...unfortunately we don't understand each other. But Steve and I have decided that we are going to teach him ASL. We're both really excited at taking this on. *{This is one of my new favorite pictures of him!}*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WYATT!!!

2008-09-24T09:00:00.000-07:00

My little sister is a MOMMY! The day that we all have been eagerly awaiting has finally come! Wyatt Scott Brady was born this morning at 9:19 AM Luxembourg time so that is lik 12:19 AM our time! He is 20.1 inches and 7 lbs 9 oz! What a big boy!

Here are som pictures of the happy new family!

Isn't he a cute little scrunchy guy! Way to go guys!

Brooke looks great huh! She looked amazing through her whole pregnancy! She's so lucky!

What a cute little family!

We are super excited for you guys! There is nothing like being parents...it can be scary and overwhelming at times but it is also the greatest joy that you will know! Congratulations guys! we love you so much!

Oh also when I picked up Wrigley this morning and told him that he had a new cousin named Wyatt he got this huge smile on his face and started kicking his legs and making a bunch of happy noises! He can't wait to see him! It's crazy to think that more than likely the first time we see him he will be older than Wrig's is now!

The shirt says it all!

2008-09-22T12:43:00.000-07:00

When Wrigley was born his Aunt Emily made him a bunch of cute onesies all 6-9 month sizes. He just barely fit in to them, so I had to pay tribute to her with a few photos!

Well Emily...I think he loves you too!

Going Going...Gone!

2008-09-14T14:47:00.000-07:00

Well we knew it would happen sooner or later. Wrigley is mobil! He has been able to squirm around for a while and then this last week he has figured out the crawl. He still does a combo crawl sometimes still but he is very fast when he wants to be. It's tricky to catch it on tape cause he knows what I'm trying to do and so of course he stops!

Brooke I uploaded this just for you!

Here are some other cute pictures of Wrigley that we have taken recently.

Eating Prunes...poor guy I'm a mean Mom!

Playing on the floor with measuring cups while I'm cooking dinner!

WFG Race Car!

2008-08-22T18:16:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday at Steve's office they had the WFG NASCAR in the parking lot to help raise money for Primary Children's. Now I'm not a fan of NASCAR at all....however seeing this car in person was pretty stinking cool. They fired up the engines and holy crap is it loud! We were standing a good 50 feet or so away and when they started it up Wrigley got really startled and buried his head in Steve's shoulder. He was scared but he hid it really well! No tears!

Steve and I have so much fun showing off Wrig's...it probably isn't a great thing to admit but we just can't help it. He is such a flirt and quite possibly the most adorable thing ever! Steve's favorite new thing to do with the Boy is to dangle him upside down. Wrig's just loves it and he always sports a huge grin when upside down!

This is me...kinda!

2008-08-15T23:37:00.000-07:00

I am... a sensitive person
I think... I need more sleep than I usually get
I know... my husband loves me more than he can say
I want... to be a good mother & wife
I wish... I had the body I did in College
I hate... my hair doesn’t do what I want it to
I miss... Skittles…he was a really good cat!
I fear... spiders and anything happening to my family
I feel... really sore, the chiropractor has been really working me over..ouch!
I hear... the Olympics commentary
I smell... a fart…my bad :)
I search... a good deal and clothes that fit
I wonder... why Wrigley isn’t sleeping through the night right now
I regret... not finishing my basketball career
I love... how happy Wrigley is in the mornings. It makes it worth getting out of bed.
I care... about others feelings
I always... leave the laundry in the basket
I am not... happy with the price of gas
I believe... my Heavenly Fathers love for me
I dance... even though I have NO rhythm
I sing... even if I can’t find the tune
I don't always... hang up my wet towel
I write... too many goals that never get met
I win... no arguments with Steve…EVER!
I lose... my temper when things don’t get done the way I like
I never... take my makeup off at night
I listen... all sorts of things
I'm scared of... SIDS. Even though Wrig’s is too old
I read... Stephenie Meyers books over and over and over!
I am happy about... all the things that I have that money can’t buy
I tag YOU... if you want to play!

My Little Man!

2008-08-14T22:34:00.000-07:00

I feel bad that I haven't posted anything about Wrigley lately. He has been his usual cute self, smiley and happy...and spitting up a ton! In fact I barely escaped getting a face full of spit up today! These are just some of the cute pictures of the little guy!

He loves this little puppy dog! It helps him fall asleep because he is such a cuddler and I can't cuddle him all night. I know it is a big NO NO to let him sleep with it but it is just too cute!

Wrigley is saying a goodbye to Uncle Jordan, Aunt Brookie, and his little cousin at the airport before they left for Luxembourg! We miss you guys!

Does this one even need a caption? Too cute for words!

Taryn has parted with a toy so that Wrigley could enjoy it. He loves playing in this...as long as he can get the toys into his mouth. If he can't he gets really mad and lays his head down and whines! It's sad but really funny!

Wrigley loves his frozen treats! Steve was sharing his lime Popsicle with the boy over the 24th. He smacks his lips and wants more!

Calling all Moms!

2008-08-08T15:07:00.000-07:00

I've decided that I want to be very ambitious and make my baby food...what I don't know are any recipes....so if you happen to have any good ones PLEASE let me know!

Shawna Got Me! I'm IT!

2008-08-05T17:08:00.000-07:00

*** 4 places I visit over & over:

1. Steve's parents house

2. The Wood Connection...crafter at heart!

3. Robert's Craft store

4. Walmart...yeah I shop there

*** 4 People who call/text/e-mail me regularly:

1. Steve

2. Nanci

3. Mom

4. Brookie

*** 4 Favorite foods:

1. Chinease

2. Feta Pasta

3. Treats...I'm on a big cinnamon bear kick right now

4. Fruit...especially pears

*** 4 places I'd rather be right now:

1. In Hawaii!

2. Luxembourg with Brooke and Jordan

3. Sleeping

4. Sea World

*** 4 Movies I watch over & over:

1. The Dark Knight...seriously loved it!2. JUNO

3. What Happens in Vegas...thanks Shawna! :)

4. Pride & Prejudice

*** 4 Bands/Groups I love to listen to...:

1. Rascal Flatts

2. Norah Jones

3. Black eyed Peas

4. Micheal Buble

*** 4 People I'm tagging are:

1. Brooke

2. Jen

3. Shanda

4. Korean Carrie

Quitting-Cold Turkey!!

2008-08-05T17:02:00.000-07:00

So I finished Breaking Dawn last night! I could not put the book down, I just get way too obsessed with the whole story of Bella and Edward. Anyway when I finished I told Steve that I felt like a junkie who is being forced to quit their favorite drug cold turkey. It really sucks! I might just have to read all 4 of them again! I just don't know what to do! But I seriously think that this was her best yet. She went out with a bang!....I just really hope she continues writing about these guys, just from someone else's point of view. Either way I'm going through some serious denial today!

Breaking Dawn...my newest addiction!

2008-08-03T19:28:00.000-07:00

Ok. Breaking Dawn is totally blowing me away and I can't put it down. I've been up til like 3 every night since Friday night reading as well as any spare second I can squeeze it into. I keep freaking out and running to tell Steve whats going on in the book. He just patiently listens and laughs at me....I'm sure he thinks I'm totally crazy. Which I am! {CRAZY 4 EDWARD!!!!} He'll learn to deal with it I guess. Anyway...if your reading it and freaking out like I am lets chat!

Dumb computer

2008-07-18T13:46:00.000-07:00

So I don't know what happened but that is supposed to say that his lenght is 26.1 in and his weight is 15.2 lbs.
Seriously I hate computers!

4 Mo. Check up

2008-07-18T12:31:00.001-07:00

Wrigley went in for his 4 month check up today. He was such a good sport even during his immunization shots, he cried of course but not even for a minute. Seriously he is one tough little dude!

WRIGLEY'S STATS:

{L E N G T H : 2 6 . 1 I N.}

{80%}

<40%>

**HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE: 16.3 IN.**

**20%**

The Doc said that Wrigley looked good and healthy and that we could go ahead and start feeding him food. He's been eating rice cereal for just over a week.

BUT TODAY HE HAD HIS FIRST TASTE OF SQUASH!

He ate it pretty good, And we'll see how it goes over the next few days and then we're going to try Bananas!

I HATE COMPUTERS!

2008-07-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

So I am the most helpless slob when it comes to doing anything with computers. Especially this whole Blog CRAP! I tried changing my wallpaper and by so doing lost everything that I had on the blog....AAAAHHHH! Seriously I need some help here people!

A week in Breckenridge!

2008-07-16T11:33:00.000-07:00

We were lucky enough to get to spend the 4th of July in Breckenridge with Steve's whole family, it was especially great because Emily, Adrian, and sweet little Serena were able to be there also. We got to spend the week fishing...(or trying to anyway. Jesse and Dan had a rough go of it. It seemed that every time they left the house it started to thunder and lightning and just unload on them. But they did eventually get a few bites!), hiking, biking, golfing and white water rafting! It

was so much FUN!!!!

Us girls are modeling the disgusting wet suits that we had to wear. The place that we went was up over the Continental Divide and the water was FREEZING cold because it was snow run off. But it was still great!

I was actually the first to get launched out of the boat, Kris, Jesse and Dan were close to follow suit. However the poor boys got pretty banged up! They both crashed into rocks and limped around for the rest of the week.

Gruff lovingly dubbed me "text book" for my amazing swim back to the raft! The head guide even said that he had never seen anyone do it so well. I told him that I was just trying to get back to the boat and not get SLAMMED into any rocks!

Steve and I took a bike ride from Aspen all the way back down to Frisco, it was like 25 miles....all down hill but still. It was so beautiful that it took longer than it needed to because we kept

stopping to take pictures.

We found this little place right on the bank of the river that people had made rock animals out of. Most of the time we couldn't really tell what they were supposed to be but it was still really cute. There was a heart made out of rocks so I made my sweet heart sit by it so I could get a picture of it!

Any guesses!?

We think that is a lizard....maybe!

OH HOW CUTE!

I LOVE YOU STEVE!!

We went on this great little hike to an old caved in mine. We stopped at this pretty stream to take some pictures and be dinner for a few 100 mosquito's..I mean literally! I have about 15 bites just from this hike!

Pretty neat huh!

The View is just amazing! That is Lake Dillon in Frisco in the background. I wish I could live there all summer long! I just love it in the mountains!

Last picture I promise!

We decided that since all the grandkids were together we would try to get some pictures taken of them in matching little outfits! It was so much fun to go shopping for them all!

I think that this is one of the cutest pictures of all three of them...well it is one where they are all looking in somewhat the same direction anyway!

Serena is sitting behind the boys and Wrigley and Ethan are cuddling up telling secrets!

He's 4 months old!

2008-07-02T11:26:00.000-07:00

Wrigley is 4 months old today and I can't believe how the time has flown! It seriously feels like yesterday I was pregnant and now here I am with a 4 month old little boy! He has grown so much and accomplished so much in 4 months, some times he seems older than he really is.

The little guy can hold himself up with very little help form Mom or Dad, and sadly he really likes to watch T.V! I'm a horrible Mom I know!!

So he's really just leaning here but he tries SO hard to sit up all on his own! He's such a little gobblin'...Speaking of gobblin'

Can you believe it he's eating food! He was so funny this is actually the second attempt at feeding him the rice cereal. Yesterday he screamed and didn't like it at all. He kept spitting it out of his mouth. How he's grown in just one day.

Although I'm a little torn on actually having him eating food just yet. I wanted to wait til he was closer to 6 months to help with brain growth and to reduce the chances of food allergies but I think he needs more food these days. You know growing boy and all.

Sadly I don't have any pictures or video of him actually doing this but he is quite the roller these days. He finally mastered the skill last monday and since then rolls when ever he's left on his back...even when sleeping! Crazy boy! He flirted with the idea for about a week before he finally rolled all the way. He teased us with going almost all the way and then at the last possible second rolling back.

Recent Discoveries:

1. Fingers are way better than a binky!..well so is anything else that I can put in my mouth myself!

2. If I fake a cough mommy will come running! I'm such a prankster!

3. I have toes and feet that are fun toys to play with!

4. I love the pool!

5. I have 2 cousins! And they are both a little crazy (but I love them anyway)!

6. My Mommy and Daddy will do anything for me!

I LOVE the 80's!

2008-06-28T20:44:00.000-07:00

Robbie and Shawna are so cute! We went over tonight for an 80's party at their house...now not everyone got into the spirit...STEVE!!!! But it was still fun! Especially since on our way there we stopped at the D.I. so Brooke and Jordan could get their outfits and people were looking at me like I was crazy! It was so fun though. I just have to share these pictures! Robbie looks hilarious and Jordan in those little yellow shorts with the pink polo is so Magnum P.I. minus the hairy chest!

Blast from the past

2008-06-28T20:25:00.000-07:00

Some really good friends of ours from Oregon came into town this past week so we all got together at Robbie and Shawna's house for a little party. It was so fun to see them and so crazy that their oldest is now at BYU and little Will who was just a baby when we left is now 6! How time flies. I was so excited to see them all day, I told Steve that it was like we were going to see my cousins that we hadn't seen in a long time! How I love the Jeanfreau's!

We feel so lucky to have Lynn still with us. She gave us quite a scare earlier this summer when she was discovered unconsious in her house by Will, she had suffered a heart attack due to stress and had to be put in a comma. We are so happy that she is doing well!

Tummy time!

2008-06-13T13:45:00.000-07:00

So these are just some of my favorite pictures of the little guy from playing on his tummy. His little tounge sticking out is too cute!

What up G!
Ok so he's not on his tummy but he's sitting up by himself...well more like leaning over but still how cute is that!

What a ZOO!

2008-06-13T13:34:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I took Wrigley to the petting zoo at Gardner Village. It was a lot of fun even though he is too young to really enjoy the animals. I got a little nervous by this Lama because it kept moving its head from side to side. I got bit by and Emu when I was young so call it paranoia if you want!

The little goats were so funny they kept coming up to the stroller trying to eat it, or pull stuff out of the diaper bag..pesky little things
What the heck do you think they feed that thing! Brooke this picture was for you! Little Miss Piggy! :)
Gruff here's your shout out!

Vacation #1-Lake Powell

2008-06-13T13:14:00.000-07:00

We went on our first family vacation last week. We went to Lake Powell for 3 days with some of our friends that Steve works with. It was a successful little vacation after I was able to get over all my anxiety about bringing Wrig's with us...but it all worked out in the end.Playin with Daddy after our cruise around the Lake...too bad the water was way too cold for the little monster to get in!
He was so cute lounging around with almost nothing on the whole time we were there! It just made it all that much easier to blow on his cute little tummy!

All tuckered out from a hard day at play in the sun! He seems to fall right asleep when ever Dad holds him!

Little Chatter Box

2008-06-10T12:56:00.000-07:00

Wrigley has been discovering his voice and has become quite the talker. He would babble everynow and then before, but in the last two weeks he just sits and talks to himself whenever he can. He is so cute and makes the most adorable little sounds...see for yourself!

Visiting Bella & Edward!

2008-05-28T17:00:00.000-07:00

So my Mom and two of her girlfriends took alittle trip two weeks ago and went to Forks Washington! I know it's a real place! I told my Mom that she had to say Hi to Bella and Edward for Wrigley and I, since I have been reading the stories to him. We are on the last book and having a hard time with it since Wrigley just wants to spend most of his time talking rather than listening...it used to be my "trick" to get him to go to sleep but I'm not having much luck with than anymore...Anyways this is Forks! Well at least the sign. She said that they talked to a girl that worked at one of the gas stations there, they asked her if she had read the book and her answer was. "Oh gosh no!" and she acted all annoyed about it. She said that people travel from all over to come see Forks! The Mecca for Twillight fans everywhere!

Isn't he precious!

2008-05-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

My Mom took this picture on Saturday at Taryn's Birthday party and I just had to post it because it is so cute! I just love my little man!

Race for the Cure

2008-05-14T20:10:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday I was able to participate in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Brest Cancer event. It was especially meaningful since both my Grandma and Aunt are survivors. It was really neat to be there and to see the tens of thousands of people there supporting such an important cause. It was also a lot of fun because I was on the "Janner's Bosom Buddies" team to support my Aunt Janice who most recently won her battle. Most of my cousins were there with their kids, and so was my Sister-in-law Shawna with my cute little Niece Taryn (who actually turned 1 that day too!), and my Mom. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to participate next year...and actually run the dang thing!
There were so many people there that you moved at snail pace. It took us 1 hour and 13 minutes to walk the 3 mile course! It drove me nuts!

Oh how they grow!

2008-05-06T10:07:00.000-07:00

Wrigley is already 2 months old! I can hardly believe it! Yesterday we went in for his 2 month check up and oh how he has grown! When he was born he weighed 7 lbs 7 oz, at his 2 week he was 8 lbs .09 oz, and yesterday he weighed in at a whopping 12 lbs 21 oz! He is so big! He has gotten a lot taller too! He's gone from 20.5 inches the day he was born to 21.26 inches at 2 weeks and yesterday he was just barely under two feet at 23.9 inches! He is a long skinny boy!
He also had to have 4 immunizations yesterday! It was so hard to sit there holding him and have the nurse jam those needles into his sweet little legs. Wrigley was sure quick to let her know that he did NOT like what she was doing to him! Poor little guy. The nurse gave me some baby Tylenol to give him to help with the pain and it completely knocked him out for almost the rest of the day and night! I sure missed him while he slept the day away!

Blessed Angel

2008-05-02T15:29:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was a busy one for our family. It started with Brooke and Jordan's graduation from UVSC on Friday morning. We were lucky enough to attend and go to a fun little brunch at the park after the commencement.
It was so fun to be a part of that! Way to go Brooke and Jordan!

Saturday night we went out with Steve's family to the Sky Box to celebrate Rachel and Gruff's birthdays. We also got to watch the Jazz game from the "Stadium" section of the restaurant. It was really fun, and it was fun to have people "OOO-ing" and "AHH-ing" at our cute little Wrigley. He had fun too! He was passed around from Aunt to Aunt and to Grandma. He also spent some time cuddling up with Dad watching the game!
I think that is such a cute little picture! Our little boy is already becoming a sports nut.

The last and most important part of the weekend was Sunday, when Steve blessed our little Angel in church. It was so great to be surrounded by family and friends for the great event. What made it even more special is that it worked out perfectly that my Grandparents...Wrigley's Great-Grandparents were in town from Oregon and my Grandpa was able to participate in Wrigley's blessing.
Wrigley was such an Angel the whole day. He was so happy and content. In fact Steve told me that Wrigley was wide-eyed and alert through his whole blessing, and then when Steve lifted him up to show the congregation he just had this cute little smirk on his face like, "Look at how cute I am!" Sunday night when we were in bed Steve turned to me and said, "I really feel that Wrigley grew up a little bit today." It was just a really sweet observation from Steve and the perfect way to end a great and emotional day for our little family.

GOT MILK?

2008-04-21T16:54:00.000-07:00

Little Wrigley bless his heart has reflux! He's had it since he was about 3 weeks old and it really doesn't seem to bother him since we got him on some medicine. However that does not take away from the INSANE amounts of spit up we deal with on a daily basis! We are talking large quantities here! Well on a rather consistent basis he has spit up all over his sweet little face. We were taking some pictures of him the other day while he was playing on a blanket on his tummy and he spit up and got his face in it. Well when he picked his head up and looked at me (yes he really can do this already...in fact he's been doing it since the day he was born) I just had to take a picture. It kinda looks like he is one of those "Got Milk" adds with the milk mustache. I keep joking with Steve that we have to get a good one with spit up all over his face and send it in to the "Got Milk" campaign...of course it's breast milk but whose counting right!

Jiggly Puff - Wrigley...who knows!

2008-04-13T20:39:00.000-07:00

Bailey and Cody are two of our friends kids, and they are just hilarious. We were up at our friends Cabin before Wrigley was born and I was talking to their dad about what we were going to name him, and Bailey was sitting on my lap. When I said that we decided on Wrigley she looked up at me, scrunched her nose up and shook her head. When I asked her what she thought we should name him she said..."Uhm KYLE!" which is her baby brothers name. Then her Cody said "No! Name him Jiggly Puff!" And they both started to laugh and then for the rest of the weekend up at the cabin they called him Jiggly Puff. So until Wrigley was born they would ask about Jiggly Puff. So when he was finally born we introduced Wrigley to them as Jiggly Puff....who knows maybe we really will start calling him that! I just thought that they were so cute.
Oh something else that was darling. I was talking to Bailey about the baby in my belly and she really quietly leaned over to her dad and whispered in his ear. "Is there a baby in my belly too?" She's a hoot!

A hard day

2008-04-08T10:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was by far the hardest day for me since becoming a Mom. I went back to tutoring, which is a great and enjoyable job...but I started tutoring 3 new little girls. So I have more hours than I was doing before I Wrigley was born. Well going back to work of course means that I have to leave my baby and have a babysitter watch him. Thankfully I am lucky enough to have sister-in-laws who are eager and willing to watch him, but it is still a hard thing to leave him and not be with him at all times. It was only 2 hours in the morning and two more hours in the afternoon, but they were hard for me. I just miss the little guy so much. I just feel so luck that I have the luxury of working only 40 hours a month and be making the same as I was at my full time job before, because there is no way I could go back to 40 hours a week! I would go insane. I guess the bottom line is that I love being a Mom!

More of Cabo!

2008-04-04T15:33:00.003-07:00

Here are some pictures from the whale watching tour and from the wedding. I can't even begin to explain how beautiful the whole thing was. Rachel looked absolutely breathtaking and the setting on the beach was so great. This picture is of my three gorgeous sister-in-laws (and my mother-in-law crying in the background! Priceless!)!

Cabo in January!

2008-04-04T15:12:00.000-07:00

I just got some of these pictures so I wanted to post them. We were lucky enough to go to Cabo San Lucas for a week in January to be with Steve's sister Rachel for her amazing beach wedding. We had such a fun time. Steve went on a 5 hour ATV tour, we went whale watching, had a sunset cruise, and relaxed in the sun. I was a little disappointed that they wouldn't let me swim with the dolphins cause i was too far into my pregnancy but Steve promised that there would be a next time. These are pictures of Steve, Emily & Adrian on their ATV tour, Steve & I in front of our hotel, and at the Marina, Steve, Adrian, Emily & I at the rehearsal dinner, and Nanci, Rachel, Dan, Emily, Kristy and I before we went snorkeling. SO FUN!

Easter with the Ross's

2008-04-02T13:55:00.000-07:00

This Easter was so much fun. We celebrated Kristy's birthday on saturday night with the family at Fat Cats. Wrigley also got to meet his Uncle Adrian, his Aunt Emily and his cousin Serena who were in town from Sacramento. Serena just loved Wrigley and gave him so much love and attention. The whole time we were eating dinner at Fat Cats she kept lifting up the blanket covering him in the car seat while he slept to blow him kisses. She always seemed to be aware of where he was and wanted to touch him and give him kisses. She even had her teddy bear (and Easter gift from Grandma Nanci) give a picture of Wrigley a kiss. It was absolutely priceless.

On Sunday we all got together for the Easter Egg hunt that Grant and Nanci put on every year for us "adults" I use the term adults loosely because the excitement turns us all into kids as we hunt for the "golden egg" with the 100$ bill in it. Adrian was the luck winner this year! After we were done literally tearing the house apart to find it we all ate and watched the basketball games on tv...well the boys did anyway, us girls were too busy playing with Serena and Wrigley.

Big Wrig's

2008-03-26T14:49:00.000-07:00

March 2, 2008 at 8:22 pm our family grew with the addition of our little boy, Wrigley Patrick Ross. He weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. He is now three weeks old and just a complete joy! He is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. He looks so much like his Daddy which is just perfect! He is almost sleeping through the night...in his own room like a big boy! Steve just loves having him around and as soon as he gets home from work each night requests to see his little boy!

Joining in on the fun!

2008-03-26T14:45:00.000-07:00

With all the new and exciting things happening to the Ross family (we are a family now) I thought it was time for us to start a blog. That and the fact that friends and family keep pestering us about it.