jet planes

I have never had flying anxiety til I had to fly with my son. You have so much more to think about when you are taking care of someone other than yourself. Luckily I have a sweet little baby that seems to always make it easier than I thought it would be.

I had to post these two pictures, the first because it was cool to fly in a plane that represented Oregon State University, and the other because it was cute to watch Bay take it the view as we flew back to Boise...
Finally, I want to say thankyou to my husband for giving Bay and I to have had this wonderful opportunity...Honey you truely are wonderful and we love you more than anything.

First Swim

Okay so we realize that our son is too small to "swim" (unless you are one of those crazies who think that in utero is the same as a pool, which I beg to differ) but we took him into the pool for the first time at the rec center.
As expected he loved it. He was very into splashing and jumping up and down in the water but was not into having the water splash back into his face. It was fun even though we realized he is still a bit little to swim.
We did learn that he is his mothers daughter and loves to be in the water...it was fun, we cant wait til summer to really get him in the water more.

wild hair

notice his two little choppers on the bottom. Daddy calls them his little shark teeth.

I couln't resist posting this...it made me laugh. Funny thing was it dried straight up on top too!Also notice the long baby hairs on top too funny!

saturday surprise

Jeff called me as he drove up to the house and told me that I needed to look outside...the forecast did not call for snow so I already knew it would be bad... this is what lay waiting... now keep in mind that no one knows where we live so we were chosen at random...nice huh? The best part were the eggs broken over piles of rice...that was the worst to clean up. It took just shy of 2 hours to clean up the 13 rolls of toilet paper that they decorated with...what a mess...


Hopefully we will not have the pleasure of getting to clean anything like this up again...

new foods

Bay started solid foods the day after Christmas and has progressed to baby food as of now... He is doing well. We have given him bananas and sweet potatoes. He loves them! Its sure been a fun experience so far...
Remember how I told you that he makes that face frequently? Here is just another picture...
Who knew that having a baby would be such a roller coaster...but we love the ride.

parenthood more commonly known as chaos

our problem is more commonly known as our child Bay...turn out he is in to anything and everything now... and it is making me crazy. He is pulling himself up onto everything, putting everything into his mouth, chewing in everything, yelling incessantly and getting into the plants...Oh and did I mention that he hates his crib...and that is just the tip of the iceberg. But since he is so darn cute you can't even be mad for a second you just have to let it roll and smile.This is a typical expression these days that we see...big blue eyes and no bottom lip it makes me laugh every time.

another crawling movie

This movie is lighter and a bit better then the other one I poster earlier. He has been a busy boy crawling today...

One of the things that makes this process interesting is that he already learned to pull himself up before crawling... he is getting into everything...time to baby proof our home

he is mobile

I am embarrassed that it has been so long since I have posted. We have had a busy holiday season. So just to fill you in Bay is seven months and seriously mobile. He has been scooting for quite awhile and then last night it clicked while at Jeff's sister's house he crawled...we are in seriouse trouble...he is really fast check out the video and you will see what I mean..yikes...time to baby proof the house...

On another note...I am working on sorting all of my pictures from Christmas out so those will be arriving in the next post...stay tuned

Emma is Here

Jeff's sister had her baby! Candace and Chad's little bundle of joy is finally here. Emma Delilah Cooper was born December 3rd at 5:30pm. She weighed in at 7lbs 5 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is beautiful healthy baby girl with a full head of red hair like her mom. Both mom and baby are doing well after a smooth and easy delivery.


Its so strange to have been at the hospital just moments after her birth to see such a sweet little girl knowing that just 6 months ago that was the same exact size that bay was. I am so thankful that she had a good delivery and all went well. I know that we are sure excited for Bay to have another cousin, with one on the way as well....

Sick Sick Sick...

That is the name of the game at our house this week...yuck...I spent all night sunday night in the bathroom sick it was awful...and now I guess it is Jeff's turn..I feel so bad for him knowing what he has in store for him...I just hope that Bay doesn't get it.

In other news Bay is now sitting up unassisted for fair amounts of time, and he is working on crawling...Watch out Christmas! Bay will be mobile. He can already go backwards and goes forward for a second then collapses, I bet its only a few more days until he gets it all figured out. Its sure exciting and scary all at once!

rake up nampa

last weekend our family participated in a community event called rake up nampa. All over the community groups volunteered to rake up leaves for disabled or elderly folks. The fire department decided to participate so we showed up with rakes in our winter clothes ready to go. There was about 20-25 people a total of about 6 or 7 families. Bay was well behaved the entire time in fact he slept most of the time. It was just nice to get out there with other people on the department and give back to the community...here are some photos from the event

I think Jeff's favorite part was just showing Bay off to everyone...he was so cute in his little fleece suit and the hat that jeff bought him...take a look and see what you think...

grandma and grandpa's visit

My parents were here over the weekend and it was great. We had fun watching movies,having dinner, cooking together and playing with bay. My mom and I even snuck away to a card making class at a local scrapbook class and my dad played raquetball with jeff. It was soo nice having them here. I wish that they didnt have to leave, it made me sad. Just before they left we took these pictures, they turned out great and bay was so cooperative.

Bay in his little wagon outfit, I love the hat.

the choppers have arrived

We have also been dealing with a teething baby. Yes I said teething. Let me just say that he has been miserable. Between the drooling, hand chewing, and crying it has been tough. He has been soo cranky which is not normal for him. Motrin or Tylenol have been our friends. He has his first couple of choppers as of this week. His last tooth broke through last Friday and his other bottom one came through Monday night. So we have the two bottom teeth...now I just have to worry about biting...

Happy Halloween Everyone!

We just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween.

My little bear. My mom made this costume for my brother when he was a baby. It is over 30 years old. It fits bay just right. I thought it was sooo cute.

The skeleton costume is from my sister's boys. It even glows in the dark!

Pumpkin Carving

Over the weekend we had the chance to carve pumpkins with Candace and Chad. Candace and Chad have the most amazing garden during the summer which provided these great pumpkins. We had a great time having dinner and carving together.

No Bay is not hungry in this picture, he had just eaten.
Thank goodness for timers on cameras so we could get this shot!

Our finished products. The Owl is mine (big suprise),
next is Candace's, Then Jeff's, and last but not least Chad's.

New Toys

Bay is trying lots of new things these days, he has a jumparoo courtesy of my sister, a highchair from IKEA ( I love that store), and an activity bouncer borrowed from Jeff's sister.

Trying out the highchair, he loves it!

He is also rolling like crazy, no more putting him on the bed or couch much, he is way to mobile. He is pushing up on his hands, the crawling is not too far away at this point, oh when that comes I will be in serious trouble...I will love it but man it will be exhausting

Like Father like son.
Jeffs sister calls the kitties his pussy cat dolls

Growing Up

Its been awhile since I have posted and we have been up to a lot. We have spent time with Jeff's parents, his sister and brother in law, and some friends on the fire department. Its been a busy few weeks. I have quite a few pictures to share with you all.

Debbie Gerry and Our family

Bay and Uncle Chad

Overall things are going well, I have worked a few shifts already at work and things are going well. Its a nice break to go and have interactions with people other than a cat and a baby. Dont get me wrong its awesome being a mom and hanging out with Bay especially since he is growing like a weed, but I crave the interactions with adults now and then. I may be joining a mommie and me group next week so that may be fun too. Overall we are doing well and loving watching this little guy grow. We miss you all....

Bay in his Jumparoo

We Are Back....

I am embarrassed that it has taken me this long to post again...but we have been really busy. First of all we just returned from our quick trip to Montana to visit my sister Mindy. We left for Montana on Tuesday and came back late Thursday. I wished so badly that we could have stayed longer but Jeff was offered overtime at work and that allows us to make lots of money for a short shift. We got to see this amazing building that they bought called the straw house which walls are made of bailed straw. It was really neat and I cannot wait to see what it looks like after they do the remodeling for the dental office and they get all moved in next year. We also got to see their amazing house, I will defidently say that her house is one of the most beautiful houses I have ever seen. I loved every last detail that she did in the designing processes. Here are some pictures from our visit as well as some cute ones of bay...

Bay playing with his Monkey Gym

Jeff got this hat for Bay in Montana. He also bought some Smartwool socks for him as well. The hat and socks are the only things that Jeff has purchased for Bay since he was born...sweet huh?

Daddy and Bay

Bay and his oldest boy cousin Kalvin. Kalvin loved dancing and playing with Bay...he was always trying to make him smile. It was fun to watch him interact with Bay

GROWING UP

It is official Bay is growing like a weed. He had his four month appointment this week(even though he is already four and a half months already). He officially weights 15 lbs and 5oz,at least at the moment he was weighed. He is 26 inches long and is in the 75-90 percentile in length and 50th in weight. He got his next round of immunizations which went well at the dr office but once we got home it was a bit of a different story. He was a mess for much of that evening and has continued to be out of sorts off and on for the past few days .

I have decided to blame his bad moods and crabbiness onJeff since he is working at 72 hours shift...yeah I know he's nuts and boy am I excited that he is coming home in the morning. That long with a baby no matter how good of a boy he is , is tough work...I am ready for a break. I dont think that I will be taking bay in for shots by myself if Jeff is working a shift that long again.

Now on to the pictures...these were all taken in the last week..I thought they showed his personality and they were funny or cute...

Teaching Bay How to Pet Whiskers

Daddy Kisses

The next two of these need explanations as they look a little odd...This first one is of bay playing with a teething ring...he picked it up and put it on his own face like this and proceeded to leave it there for about 2-3 mins like that...it made me laugh

This one is of bay and whiskers snuggling but bay got a little crazy grabbed whiskers by the nape of the neck and well as you can see he has a good grip on her fur and skin. Luckily she didn't seem to mind all that much, she just continued to lay there next to him and yes he did let go.

Well that is all for now...Jeff my sister in law Candace and her husband Chad are coming over today to can tomatoes which should be really fun since neither of us have done it before. I will get some pictures of that because it could be really amusing or not bad...I guess we will see.

Moved in.....at least sort of...

He is growing up so fast...

Alright so all of you know that we are here and we are settled of sorts. Things are going well, we are busy trying to get unpacked while still trying to manage a baby and periodically look at houses to buy. I am not sure why we are so willing to look at houses as the economy is such pooh these days and we may not even be able to get a loan but alas, we are still looking around with hope that someday soon we will have a place to call our own.

So there has been a few benefits to having Jeff move all of our stuff early. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I didn't have to re-arrange any of the furniture or how he set up the kitchen. Instead while he is home and watching bay I have had the time to unpack my clothes and all of our food, so now it looks like we have some things to eat. Well I realize that this is not the most exciting post but at least there are pictures of what our place looks like inside. I will post more exciting things later....

master bedroom

family room with dining room in background

master bath

extra bedroom

dining room

Bay's room