January

More pictures of our little guy. He is growing up so fast I can't believe it... I hear him starting to wake up from his nap...We'll see how long I have. New Year's Day
Brian, Meija, Amelia, and Roman come up to visit for about a week to ring in the new year. We had to spend a lot of time inside because of all the snow storms. We went out to dinner and had a marshmallow war to ring in the new year. It was so fun. Meija was great on New Year's Day and took care of Adam so I could sleep a little longer and I thought her feeding Adam was so cute.Jan 7
Adam likes to try to get into any space that he can.Jan 14Adam loves bath time!He always gets so excited when the water starts running and he hates it when I make him leave the room to get undressed and take his diaper off.Jan 14
This little boy loves his bottle. Once he sees it, that is all that he wants. Sometimes he starts whining and shaking his arms and just can't wait until we give him the bottle.Still Jan 14
That day Adam was driving me a little crazy. He kept getting into the trash and trying to open the cabinets which had things that weren't too safe. I tried to make a road block for him, but it didn't last very long, he just crawled through it... very quickly I might add. That night my parents came over and helped put locks on the cabinets.Jan 17
Yep he gets into everything. So yesterday he was crawling in there again and somehow managed to get in behind the bookcase and was trying to crawl from one opening to another opening and ended up getting stuck. Silly boy.
Jan 17
I found a dresser at DI and my parents helped me clean it up. My brother was great and helped us get it from their house to ours with there van. When Matt brought the drawers up Adam decided that he loved playing in them. I just turned around after helping and Adam had found his way in the drawer...
Jan 22
We spent the day at Grandma's house. Adam found Grandpa's shoe and thought it made a pretty good teething ring. Yep his bottom two teeth came in long ago... his top two front teeth are pretty much in and the ones on either side of those and trying to poke through... soon this little boy will have 6 teeth... he is growing up so fastHe is also a pro at finding drawers and taking things out of them. My bottom 2 kitchen drawers have almost nothing in them cause I find the stuff all over the house. But Grandma's kitchen drawers are cooler, Adam can actually climb into them. I was preparing food and turn around to find this...I'm realizing that it is when I turn around that I get the best pictures of this little guy... but that is also when he seems to find some mischief.Jan 24
Uncle Dave came for a visit. He had a business trip and was able to spend some time with the family. We missed Tammy and the boys, but it was nice to be able to have a family dinner and celebrate a little... Today is Dave's actual birthday! Happy Birthday big brother... even if I don't think you actually read this. Jan 30
DaNae got me a popcorn tin at an after Christmas sale... most of the popcorn is gone, but there is just a little caramel popcorn left so it is still sitting around. Adam carried it around for while, thankfully the lid is pretty tight. Then he decided it would make a good drum. Little boys sure do grow up fast.

Christmas!

So I am finally posting about Christmas... I know it's February and it's way overdue, better late than never. There will be more posts to follow.... I have lots more pictures, even though I feel like I haven't taken very many. I have been trying to get the house clean and organized... it has been a bit overwhelming... it's tough being a mom sometimes. There is always so much to do, right now I should be cleaning but I am taking this chance while Adam is napping to post. Well here are the pictures from December. December 15
We got our Christmas ornaments and Adam got a little bear in a stocking, he thought it tasted pretty yummy! And we got a Santa to add to our tree. Dec 22
Adam loved the Christmas tree.
We didn't put any presents under the tree, except in the old popcorn tins until Christmas morning cause Adam played with the presents when we tried. A few days before Christmas he finally realized that there was stuff on the tree and started to try to pull them off, but most of them were too high.Dec 24
Cookies for SantaChristmas Day
The tree in the morning.Checking out the treeFinding his stockingDaddy helping Adam opening his presentsI like paper and boxes




Look what I got
Adam's Loot
He managed to wait until after presents were open to have his bottle, but there was no taking it away from him once he had it.

Scott and DaNae's Loot
Mom's loot
After spending Christmas morning at home we went to my brother's house for dinner and some more gifts. Grandma shared her chocolate with Adam and he loved it! I am realizing that I need to collect more pictures for our collection. We did the Nativity on Christmas Eve with my parents and we also took a picture of the family walking down the hall on Christmas morning... I know I've seen pictures of these, they were just not taken on my phone, so I will have to find them later.

Santa!

I know I just posted. It's a miracle. Scott is being a good little student and studying and I don't want to distract him by turning on the TV but I still want to be near him so I have to find stuff to do... so why not update the blog again! DaNae sent me the pictures with Santa so I decided those would be great to post. These were taken Thanksgiving day. Adam isn't really sure what to think in this one but he can have fun with Santa and his present. He got some cars.And this picture is more like the ones you usually see with young kids and Santa. Sorry I couldn't get this one to switch directions... Adam had a fairly rough night after this, there were just too many people around and it was past his bedtime, but we had a great time getting to visit Santa!Here is the picture of Adam with his Great Grandparents. We were able to stop in for a visit on the way down to AZ for Christmas. It sure makes Great Grandma's day when she gets to see Adam. He was in a really cute classy outfit... and then I tried to take him out of his car seat and noticed that poop was dripping everywhere. So we had to hurry and changes clothes... what a nice greeting... Hi, haven't seen you in months, but let me just hurry past you onto a cleanable surface to clean up a major blowup. Oh well Great Grandparents don't seem to care too much.

I've gotten a few other great pictures since my last post. Adam has been really good with the Christmas tree. I didn't put ornaments on the bottom so they would be out of reach and he hasn't been too interested in the tree. Mostly he likes to crawl around the tree and try to pick up some presents by the bows. I did look over and find this yesterday, Dec 10. It's the best Christmas Present Ever!!!At my parent's house yesterday Adam was crawling around and playing. He found the bells on the door and had fun ringing those. Then he found the gel things attached to the window and they were just out of reach. He tried so hard, standing on his tip toes to get that down. He was even getting the bottom unstuck, but it just wasn't enough for it to come off. He only gave up when we moved it and then he was so mad at us. We were just putting it on another door where it was a little lower and he was so mad until we took him to the new door. Then he worked on it until he got it off and started to eat it. I have one determined little boy.Adam sure loves his Daddy when he comes home. When Scott got home from class this morning Adam was so excited. He was eating his breakfast, but once I put him down he made a beeline for his Daddy. Once I put him down I walked into the other room and Adam usually follows me...but not when Daddy's around, He just wants to be by Daddy. Another amazing thing about this picture is that he is sitting still in Scott's lap. That never happens, we have one active little boy and unless he has a bottle in his hands it is almost impossible to get him to stay in one place.

Time Flys- He Walks

I can't believe that we are so far into December. Time has flown by so fast. Scott is up late studying and I am trying to stay awake for moral support so I decided to update my blog. I have been meaning to do this for awhile and have been having some troubles getting the pictures from the phone onto the computer (really I've been a little lazy too). I finally figured that out and now I am ready to fill you in on our very exciting lives with our cute little boy. So now you get an overload of pictures.
Oct 28. Adam playing under the table. He would just have so much fun crawling around and standing under there. He fit perfectly.Oct 30. Last year Dan and Betsy found this Zebra costume on clearance. This little guy sure made a cute zebra. We went to our church Trunk or Treat that they have to have indoors cause it was pouring. Adam had fun getting some candy, he loved the little bit of chocolate and suckers that I let him nibble. After the party we went Trick or Treating to Grandma and Grandpas. On Halloween we had a fun party with the Nix cousins and then got to play with Greg, Rachel, and Olivia. At the party with the Nix cousins Adam started to take some stutter steps in a row, not really cruising or anything but it was getting close.Nov 1. This was how I found our little guy asleep. He just couldn't stay inside the crib.Nov 4. We have a little monkey on our hands. He does not like to stay still and he wants to explore everywhere. This picture is blurry because I couldn't get to him fast enough. That happens a lot... we could have a lot more cute pictures if he would stay still... and if he didn't want to eat my phone every time he sees it.Nov 5. The next day he tried again and this time I got the picture. That hole usually has a blue box in it where we keep his toys, he has two of those toy boxes now and his toy collection will only grow with Christmas I'm sure. We may have to keep some of these in his room.Nov 8. This little boy sure loves his Daddy.I just love it when Adam tries to peak over the side and see what we are doing!Nov 15. Playing with the carpet. He managed to hide his toy under it and find it again.Nov 17. Playing on the playground. Adam and I joined Daddy on a business trip to Cedar City/St. George. While Daddy was in a meeting Adam and I found a near by playground and had fun crawling around for a few minutes.The swings were pretty cool too!Nov 22. Looking over the balcony at the BYU Museum of Art. Aunt DaNae was visiting before we left for Thanksgiving in AZ and she wanted a piece of their chocolate cake. We drove down there to eat and visit some friends only to find they switched bakeries and no longer have the chocolate cake. We enjoyed some cheesecake instead and Adam had fun playing around BYU and having everyone think he is so cute. He did not want to stay in the stroller so I let him out to play a bit.Nov 25. Thanksgiving! Enjoying time with Daddy after a yummy dinner at Brian and Meija's in AZ. We had a fun visit with the family. It was wonderful to be able to see Roman and Amelia get baptized. I just realized I need to do much better with the camera... I don't have any pictures from the baptism or from our dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe and the night in Vegas on our way down to AZ...Nov 28. Driving home from AZ, well really from Vegas. The weather was horrible for the drive and we were just grateful to make it home safe. Dec 4. Grandma gave us tons of VHS movies to bring home from AZ and I got them all organized into boxes where we can see the titles. Right now they are stored in our bedroom since we have a VCR in there and they will be mostly out of the way. The other day I walked into our room to check on Adam. He had pushed open the door to our room and found the VHS and climbed on top of them. Dec 7. We were playing at Grandma's on Tuesday night and Adam decided to have some fun. I got some toys out for him to play with and he was being good and letting me eat my dinner. The toys go on these selves so they were empty. He has always loved to play with these shelves but while we were eating dinner he managed to pull himself up and the shelves and turn around to start playing all by himself. We have a little monkey on our hands. When Grandma was coming back up the stairs she started to play with Adam through the railing. He was having so much fun finding Grandma! And giving her kisses!
Adam has been walking very well now for awhile. He really figured it out in the week before he turned 8 months. He was walking pretty good before we left on our trip for AZ on the 23. Now he will just go anywhere and follow us around like crazy. Now I feel like I need to be keeping a better record... I feel like I've forgotten so much.
Adam gets so excited when Daddy comes home. He always looks around at new sounds but gets a little scared in big groups, especially when he's tired. When we went to the Rain Forest Cafe in Vegas they came to sing to DaNae for her birthday and as they started to make noise to get people's attention Adam just burst into tears.
We got to visit with Santa at a friend's house on Thanksgiving night and there were so many kids there and Adam was so tired that it didn't go so well. He was pretty good for Santa... I will have to get those pictures from DaNae but when friends wanted to hold him he wanted none of that. He sure does love his Mommy when there are lots of people around.
Adam has been pretty good about our Christmas tree. I didn't put ornaments on the bottom part of the tree and he hasn't really been interested in the tree at all. I did wrap some presents and put them under the tree and he was very interested in those. Some of them had bows on them and he would grab onto the bow and walk around the room with the present. I ended up putting the presents in some of the Christmas popcorn tins from years past. Those are the main decorations under or tree this year and those are OK for Adam to play with.
Today I was sitting in the bean bag on the floor in front of the coach and Adam decide to climb on me and use me to get up onto the couch. Once he got up there I turned around to look at him and he just smiled at me and almost gave me an evil laugh... it was so cute. He then proceed to crawl from one side of the couch to the other and stand up and mostly just have a great time.
Adam is really loving his baths, except the washing of the hair. He just doesn't like to lay down or lean back in the bathtub or on a changing table(but he is ok with the floor). Today he was having a grand old time and I am starting to get wetter and wetter with each bath as he splashes around. I think he is really going to enjoy swimming next summer.
Well I think that is most of my Adam stories at least for now. Scott and I are doing good. We can't wait for the semester to be over. There is one class that is really giving Scott a hard time and that will be over Monday for good or bad. It will be nice to have a break from school for a little bit over the holidays. Scott is still very busy with school and work and I am loving staying at home. I am getting ready for the tax season to start and plan to work one day a week. We will see how that works and if I can stand being away from Adam.