Father's Day 2011

wesson & i got up bright and early to make ryan breakfast in bed for his first official father's day! mostly wesson just ate all the waffles! (he had TWO whole waffles!) everytime i would tell him "shh we have to be quiet so dadda can sleep" he would laugh SO loud! sometimes he would just scream- oh dear.

when we took breakfast in to ryan, wesson just starts screaming to wake him up! it was hilarious! oh this kid loves his dad. you could tell he just knew it was dad's day! and we sure spoiled ryan good!

wesson sure spoiled ryan good! :)

the man at IFA told us not many dads are loved by a 10 month old like this.

ryan is the best dad ever.

he loves wesson and they have so much fun with each other.

that brad paisely song if he is anything like me, was written for my boys!

and it is so true- he'll be alright if he turns out like his dad!

wesson & i are both so lucky to have him!

(and i love this picture of wesson!)

A day that will live in infamy... (and a sneak peek!)

our little boy.

our baby.

almost 9 months old.

just as sweet as can be.

has become a monster.

you see...

our little precious angel

GOT HIS FIRST TOOTH!

oh my we have been ready for this little stinker for so long. we thought he would make his grand appearance awhile ago. but he took his sweet time, torturing our little man in the meantime! well today he debuted in all his pearly white glory...

we welcome him...and his (insert # of teeth here) friends

in the mean time our little boy has taken two naps both over 3 hrs long...

poor guy.

productive mom.

and for those who will not be receiving an easter gift from Wesson..

here is a sneak peek at what the others are getting

(that sounds mean, it is only his grandparents and great grandparents...you aren't a loser)

thank you Sierra Hillstrom for the oh so beautiful pictures! check her out! (pretend there is a link here, i don't know how to do that)

because he grows up too fast...

..i can't keep up.

(or maybe i am watching too much Friday Night Lights on netflix!)

look at him sitting up on his own. it looks like he has a tooth...but that is just a cracker. oh i love these boys.

he rolls over (pictures to prove that later)

sits up on his own

"talks" like crazy

sleeps all night, naps twice (did i mention how much i love him!)

i love being a mom. full time right now! wesson is the best baby. and he is learning SO fast. more pictures soon..(after i get caught up on Friday Night Lights)

a special thanks to whoever spent their vacation spelling Weston with rocks...

Hawaii 2011

ryan and i won a "free" trip to las vegas. we just had to go listen to a sales pitch for a time share first. long story short they tell a sob story of a woman tragically dying right after going on a fabulous vacation with her family (don't put off for tomorrow...blah blah) so i was SUCKERED and knew we had to have this $23,000 time share. luckily i married a more sensible man who said we would do the trial package. so we had two years to use our credits. when we went to book it they saidwecouldnot go to hawaii. which they had told us at the presentation we could. i was ticked! ryan called and informed them of our irritation and here we are jan. 1-7 2011 in HAWAII we invited my parents to come with us since we had a two room condo, we knew they would love it, and they would be great babysitters while we snorkeled!

our flight missed our connection to Kona from SF so United Airlines politely paid for a night in the Hilton, dinner and future airline tickets (thank you united!) the hotelwas beautiful, and maybe even morelovely since we weren't paying! bummer to miss our flight but we had a good time in SF, made some fabulous hawaiian friends who told us all the must sees/dos of the island!

wesson loving the king bed

on our flight to kona. how cute is my little man?! (note to self: always splurge for a third seat, he LOVED it!)

ryan & i in front of the kona LDS temple. it is such a beautiful temple. with a gorgeous view clear our over the ocean. lovelove loved it! fun fact: steve young (former QB for the SF 49ers) and his sweetheart were the first couple sealed (married) in this temple! jealous much?

story time: this sweet man came up to us as we got out of the car at the temple. he told us if we had any questions about the temple he would be happy to ask them. as we started asking questions i realized he really knew everything about the temple- turns our this is brother allip. he told us his neat story of how as he was being set apart to be on the high council in hilo he was promised if he remained righteous he would live to see a temple on the big island and he would be influential in bringing it there. his "sweetheart" (he called her that everytime he talked about her) and him made it a goalto go to the temple on oahu once a month it would cost them $250 EVERY month! (we struggle to make it once a month to OGDEN! geez) he worked with different hotels, planes and made arrangementsand got the cost down for more people to be able to go to oahu. heretired from working in hilo and moved to kona. shortly after they announced the temple coming to kona he recieved a call from president hinkley (a prophet of the LDS church) calling him to be the 2nd counselor in the temple presidency of the kona temple! he served faithfully and was recently released and is now the temple grounds keeper! i was so touched by him. what a great example of faith, obedience and just goodness! he definitely inspired us to be better. I am so glad we met him! (sorry that is long, but SO special) for more info:http://lds.org/liahona/2010/04/a-temple-for-kona?lang=eng

our plates at the luau. delicious! we saw the pig dug up from the ground and everything...it was incredible! The dances were amazing, we got to see a breathtaking sunset over the ocean. (funny to get a picture of my mom because she didn't like the food)

wesson with two of the performers. they were awesome. now i really want to learn to hula. anyone with me?

any guesses??

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that is a WHALE. right off the shore. so neat.. my parents had already left for maui so they didn't get to see it. but really i think we screamed and jumped and everything

starfish + octopus

so cool we saw them in the tide pools and then again while snorkeling.

(crocot0pus, anyone? anyone?)

grandpa, wesson & grandma.

thanks so much for coming and for everything! we had a blast! maybe a new years tradition??

i know it looks like something out of a magazine. i am ready to go back now...

i love this boy. he is the sweetest thing in the world! (had to capture a posterity shot!)

i am so bad at everything a great mom should be great at...

• taking cute pictures of my beautiful baby for all to see
• keeping everyone posted on his month to month stats
• remember every adorable thing he does

but...

i love him everyday

i love his sweet little face and his smile, oh his smile!

he has the sweetest laugh we have ever heard

he is my best buddy, he loves to cuddle with his mom.

he sleeps like a champ

this time of year has been so special with him

i can't wait until he "gets" it. but really i can because he is already growing so fast!

i love him

and to show him...

i will take him to hawaii on saturday!

4 month stats (dec. 4th)

height 24" 25%

weight 11.6 lbs 5%

head 16" 20%

my VERY favorite picture from christmas morning...

and his little laugh because you HAVE to hear his little laugh!

Firsts...

Wesson's first trip to Cabela's. He LOVED it. And he doesn't love shopping. But it may have been how excited his dad was to have him there. But really so fun & cute. I LOVE my little BOY. He is such a BOY'S BOY!

Wesson's first celebrity visit. Thank you (Utah Jazz) Ronnie Price for providing this opportunity! Thank you sweet people in line who let me know it was Ronnie Price, not Al Jefferson. oops! I am not that good a fan.

Wesson's first trip to temple square & to see the Christmas lights! We had Wesson in SEVERAL layers, in the Baby bjorn with a blanket wrapped around him and he was covered in "hot hands". The boy was sweating and it was 17 DEGREES! oh geez we are first time parents for sure.

I need a better camera. What do you recommend?