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Another Tag! : )

Tagged

Eight Shows I like to Watch
1.  Friends   2. Today Show  3. Life  4.  CSI: NY or Miami  5.  The Biggest Loser  6. So You Think You Can Dance  7. The Big Bang Theory  8. and FRIENDS again

Eight Restaurants I like to eat at
1. Applebee's  2. Chilis  3. Cafe Rio  4. Los Hermanos
5. Panda Express  6. In-and-Out  7. Wendys  8. Rumbis

Eight things that Happened today
1. Taught Ballet 4  2. Taught Pointe class  3. Went to dentist to get my retainer fixed 4. Picked up the house 5. Made dinner
6.  Did the dishes 7. Talked to Joe and Heather
8. Dropped Ty off at my brother's house

Eight Things I am looking forward to
1. Going to Tai Pan tomorrow
2. Sleeping
3. Talking to my mom!!!
4. Going to Wal-Mart
5. A party Sat. night
6. A tail-gate party Sat. afternoon
7. Hearing Tyson laugh in the morning
8. Going out to lunch tomorrow

Eight Things on my wish list
1. Photoshop
2. A new lense for our camera
3. A house
4. Brian to make it into the U of U
5. That I could continue to nurse Ty (doesn't look like it anymore though)
6. To have healthy children
7. That I would get to the temple more often                                    8. To get some more scrapbooking done

I have to now tag 8 people.  Bree, Heather, Stephanie, Katy, Tina, Marilyn, Mom, Emily

...and just for fun here is a cute picture of Tyson in his winter coat!!! I love my boys : )

Twilight Character

So I took some quiz to find out which Twilight Character I am.  I turned out to be Esme.  I tried to post the picture but it didn't work.  Here is the link if you want to find out which character you are!

http://twilightersanonymous.com/quizzes/find-out-which-female-character-you-are.html

Next, I got tagged.  I've been tagged lots but here is the latest tag I received.

Picture Tagged!
by Marilyn
1. Go to your pictures
2. Upload 4th picture from 4th folder
3. Post

This picture is from June 2008 after I had just gotten my hair cut with bangs.  I had previously made a post about this.  I was hoping to get a totally random photo but this is what I got!

Here is the "I Love your Blog Tag".  You have to answer in one word and then tag 7 people!

1. Where is your cell phone? Table
2. Where is your significant other? Springville
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? FUN
5. Your father? SHY
6. Your favorite thing? games
7. Your dream last night? nothing
8. Your dream/goal? HOUSE
9. The room you're in? Livingroom
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? drowning
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? anywhere
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? decisive
15. One of your wish-list items? photoshop
16. Where you grew up? Texas
17. The last thing you ate? crackers
18. What are you wearing? pajamas
19. Your TV? On
20. Your pet? none
21. Your computer? laptop
22. Your mood? content
23. Missing someone? Mom
24. Your car? Honda
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? OldNavy
27. Your summer? hot
28. Love someone? absolutely
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried? saturday

That was a little tricky...

I award the following 7 people with the "I love your blog award" and in so doing tag them to complete the above questions.

Emily, Mom, Kacie, Kristin, Melissa, Heather, and Laura

Pumpkins

I suppose we all go to the pumpkin patch in October no matter where we are.  I have some friends that just posted pictures from their pumpkin patches in Texas and Washington.  I guess we all can't help ourselves when our kids look really cute around those round, orange pumpkins!  I spent a few hours at my friend's house on Saturday while Brian was at his GMAT prep course.  We had decided to go to the patch that day when he got out of the test.  We were able to go with my friend Lindsey and her husband, Rob, to the patch.  It was a lot of fun and we all seemed to have trouble committing on which ones to buy.  Brian, Tyson and I each got a pumpkin that represents our size.  This was our first time and it was lots of fun.  Thanks Linds and Rob for going with us!  This patch was great.  If you want to know where it is let me know.  It was really neat to look at them all attached to the vines. 

 

Our little pumpkin.  He did not want to sit still.  He wanted to touch every single pumpkin!

 

Me and Ty!

 

Friends forever!

Tyson with Daddy!  And below are some group shots at the end!

Flirty Aprons and Pumpkin Cookies

On Sunday night Brian and I decided to make some cookies.  I had watched Good Things Utah a few days back and saw Kneaders share their recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies!  Well we made the cookies in our Flirty Aprons and had a fun time!  The cookies are really, really, really amazing and let me just say I have had about 10 cookies in the last 2 days.  TRUST me, you want to check out this recipe and see/taste for yourself. I am not even that big of a fan of pumpkin but I loved 'em.  If you want the recipe click here (it is under Kneaders Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies).  If you want to buy a cute apron, which I know you do (some friends of ours own this company!), click here.  : )

 

"Pink Chocolate" for me and "BBQ King" for Brian!

And the cookies...yum!

6 month pictures

I realize that I just made a post yesterday (so make sure you read the post below as well) but I can't wait any longer to post these pictures.  I took them yesterday and I am really happy with how they turned out.  Keep in mind I don't have photo shop or anything and I am still learning how to take pictures.  I know that sunlight is key so he was as close to the open window as I could get him.  The last two are my favorites I think but I like them all.

 

Where did the time go? 6 months old today!

I am having a hard time realizing that Ty is 6 months old today.  Where did the time go?  Seriously!  Anyway, quite a bit has gone on the last few days.  After the scare of learning that Tyson wasn't growing and fell off of his growth curve by alot we decided to heed the Dr. orders.  We started feeding him baby food (rice cereal) on Saturday.  It was an interesting experience.  He hated it.  He didn't want anything to do with the rice cereal.  We figured it was just because he didn't know how to swallow it.  We gave it to him again on Sunday and it was a little better but not much.  Same thing happened on Monday.  Brian yesterday started feeding it to him again and he was crying and spitting it all out.  So, we opened a can of butternut squash and mixed it with the rice cereal and he couldn't get enough of the yummy goodness!  I guess he hated the crappy taste of rice cereal.  We're glad he is liking the food now: )  Monday we also gave him a bottle of formula and he didn't mind it at all.  He never fussed or cried.  He is used to getting a bottle here and there but it usually isn't full of formula.  I'm glad he doesn't mind it because we need to beef that baby boy up!  So now were are feeding him baby food and a bottle of formula once a day and the rest of the time is still breast milk.  Hopefully this all helps so I can still nurse him some.  I'm not ready to give it all up yet.  In fact when Brian gave him his first bottle of formula on Monday I broke down and cried.  Seems silly but I just missed it.  Here are some pictures from the baby food.  They are only from the first and second try of him hating it : )

Getting ready! First bites! This is horrible Mom and Dad!

Next is how I finally decided it was time to have him cry himself to sleep for naps.  He has done awesome at night after the first week of practice.  We started this conference weekend and he cried before each nap for about an hour to an hour and half.  He can be so stubborn!  Yesterday was a nightmare with him only taking one nap that was an hour and half.  But I see the light at the end of the tunnel because he cried for only 5 minutes this morning which means that he is getting the hang of it.  YAY!  Here are some goofy and adorable pictures of Tyson and Dad during General Conference!

On Monday night we decided to give Tyson his first hair cut.  His hair always naturally sticks up.  However, the last month the few hairs in the front started curling back and well, I wasn't a big fan.  So, I cut the front to even it out a bit and it looks cute.  Here are some before and after pictures.

 

I think I did such a good job that I am now taking appointments for anyone who wants a haircut!  Just Kidding!

Happy 6 Month Birthday Baby Tyson!  We love you!

Nothing but Dr. Appointments

Hey everyone!  This last week has been nothin' but doctors appointments.  On Monday I went to the Dr. because I have had a sinus infection for about 2 weeks.  I was worried about going and having the Dr. give me medicine so I wouldn't be able to breast feed any more but once I started to feel sick everywhere I realized it was time to take care of myself.  So I go and wait in the Dr. office for an hour (mind you I HAD an appointment) which was during Tyson's nap time and snack time.  Anyway, I got an antibiotic but I'm not sure it is working so I will probably have to get another one.  Then on Thurs I took Tyson to his 6 month check up.  He got like 5 shots including the flu shot.  I had had a hunch about 2 weeks ago that Tyson wasn't gaining weight but I figured I would just wait.  Well, I was right because Tyson didn't gain weight, he actually lost weight!  Apparently, that isn't too uncommon to not gain weight around that age.  Which surprised me but the problem is that he didn't grow in height either which is NOT good.  He asked about my milk supply which I think has been fine.  I've had to pump some b/c of teaching dance so I figured it was all good and dandy.  He told me to start the baby food and then to come back in 4 weeks to make sure he has grown.  If not then I suppose I will be done with breastfeeding which makes me sad.  I think we will give a bottle of formula instead during one feeding to see if that helps.  Has anyone done that before?  I want to do formula and breast feed if I can.  So Tyson dropped to below the 3% in weight and dropped to the 25% for height.  Then on Friday I went to the dentist and got 3 cavities filled.  It wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be but still.  We don't have dental insurance any more of course.  All I can say is thank you pregnancy! : )

So that is pretty much it for now.  Oh I did get hired by the Vibe for a class on Monday and I am happy about it.  Below I am posting some pictures of Tyson when he turned 5 months.  I am a bit behind posting pictures.  When he turns 6 months old I will post some more.  Happy looking! 

Daddy and Ty playing together last Sunday.

Pictures below were taken on his 5 month birthday!  I had so many cute ones.  I couldn't post them all but here are some good ones!

Last week end we went to the Circus.  It was a lot of fun and was worth the money we thought. It was Tyson's bed time an hour after the show started.  We thought he might get fussy but he did great.  There was a lot going on with animals and people and flashes of light that he stayed entertained.  He even stayed up an extra hour then normal but did eventually fall asleep in daddy's arms. Here are some pictures from that.