Family pictures

I felt the need to get some pictures for Grayson’s six-month birthday but I didn’t want to pay a ton of money. A few people in our ward went to a place called Fotofly in Draper. Their pictures turned out pretty good so I figured we would give it a shot. It’s a large room with different walls and props all over the place and you can choose to take pictures where you want. It was pretty cool. Grayson did pretty good except the repeated flashing made him mad. We had to calm him down every few minutes….annoying, but we got some great ones of him!

Vacation!....Fox style

Last weekend, we went on a family vacation!!!

First one since Grayson was born

Nevermind that it was only to Spanish Fork canyon for the guys to go hunting and nevermind that it was so cold that I didn’t step foot outside the camper the whole weekend and nevermind that the whole weekend, my mother-in-law played with Grayson while I did homework.

It was a vacation none the less!

Happy Halloween!

I had to get some shots of my little darling in his costume.

He is a lion if you couldn’t tell.

People have asked if we will be trick-or-treating….

I don’t think we will be prostituting our child for candy this year-maybe next year (I think people would catch on to what we were doing!)

Happy Halloween!

Six months old!

I cannot believe that my little boy is six months old! It seems that you spend their newborn stage exhausted and sleep deprived and therefore can't remember anything. I do remember thinking how I couldn't wait until he was not just a eating, sleeping, pooping lump anymore. Now he is an interactive, explorative, loving, happy, smiley little boy. I have decided that this is my new favorite stage of baby-ness. At his 6 mos checkup he weighed a whopping 16 lb 14 oz and was 28 inches long. He is hitting just about all of his milestones. He it getting really good at being spoon fed and still loves squash and sweet potatoes the most. He grabs toys with both of his hands and brings everything to his mouth. He still is not great at sitting up on his own and is not big on standing-but the doc thinks it is just his laid back attitude. He sleeps 11 hours at night and still only gets mad when he is hungry or sleepy, otherwise he just hangs out where ever we put him!
I saw a tutorial online about how to make baby ties (I had to find something cute because there is just not much out there that is cutesy for boys) and I went to the DI and found a few ties to turn into baby size. Then I just had to take some pics of my little guy in his cute tie because who can resist a baby dressed up like an adult?? (although the shirtless-ness is a little more risque-so ladies watch your eyes!)

I love my little man

I love him when he is sick because it's the only time he likes to cuddle anymore

I love him when he sleeps through the night

I love him when he giggles and smiles

I love him when he watches cartoons intently with his daddy

I love him when he coos in the morning to let me know he is awake

I love him when he shoves both hands in his mouth and sucks away

I love him when he gets excited to see "Mr. Monkey" blanket

I love him when I get him in the morning and he flails his arms and legs wildly in excitement


It's SO HARD to leave him as often as I do for work and school and it makes me realize how much valuable time I am missing out on. I try to make every minute count while we are together. All you moms out there who get to stay home with your sweet babies-please understand how lucky you are!!!

I love you little man!!!

My first day of clinicals!

As most of you know, I started my masters in nursing. With my masters degree, I will be a Family Nurse Practitioner and will be able to do all the things a doctor does (ie. prescribe, treat, diagnose, refer etc). In school, we started clinicals our first week. We had to do the sports physicals on all the Westminster athletes. It was pretty cool, and I met a lot of foreign athletes. Here is half of my class and my teacher.

What we've been up to...

I started school this fall, so my time is much more limited than before, however, we have done a few fun things...

• Grayson had his four month checkup. He is 14 lbs and 27 1/2 inches (about 28th % on weight and 98% on height)

• Grayson started eating baby food. His favorite is sweet potatoes, his least favorite is fruit

• The little peanut hates using his legs, so I force him to do it by putting him in the jumpy thing

• We have spent some good time with family

• We bought Grayson a new contraption....behold the bumbo! BEST INVENTION EVER!