My Texas Trip Part One: Traveling

Colby is hands down the best baby in the world. He was such a good traveler. I was worried about how he would do on the airplanes. I wondered if he would cry the whole time like you always see babies do in the movies. When he got tired he would fight it a little, he did do some yelling, but then he would settle down and sleep for the rest of the flight. On two airplane rides he just fell asleep. I looked down at him and he was asleep. I wondered what the people we ended up sitting next to thought when they realized that the baby was going to be sitting next to them but he proved to them what a good baby he is. He liked looking out the window. And of course he made friends wherever he went. Everybody stops to talk to babies. It is so funny.

People are more helpful when you travel with a baby, too. At the end of every flight I would have to wait for the stroller and every time someone would unfold it for me. On the plane people would let me go ahead of them and help me get my bags over my shoulder. They even offered to help me buckle my seatbelt. Colby would smile at everyone around us and one time I looked behind me to find this old man playing peek a boo with Colby. Babies bring out the best in people.

Colby spent most of his time in the car seat or the stroller. As long as he could see he was happy. I don't know how many times me and my mom said, "He's such a good baby!"

My last flight was delayed for a while and at that point I just wanted to get home so it was a little frustrating to have to wait. But we hadn't waited long when I realized that Colby was poopy so I hurried to change him. In the bathroom I realized that he had pooped up his back all the way to his armpits. So if our plane had been on time I would have been flying high with a poopy mess in the sky. It was a blessing in disguise that it was late so I could have a big bathroom to take care of the mess.

A couple things I learned:

It's "stinky" to forget my deodorant.

It's "dizzying" to forget my medicine.

And nursing Colby on an airplane completely surrounded by men is really uncomfortable.

Stayed tuned for Part Two: Life On An Air Force Base!

Leavin' On a Jet Plane

Tomorrow Colby and I are going on a trip for 6 whole days!!!!! My brother joined the Air Force and I am going to his Basic Training graduation in Texas. This trip is great for several reasons:

1. I was unable to go to Blakie's farewell party and was the only sibling that missed it. Now I'm the only sibling able to go to his graduation. I'm excited to see him because I don't know when I'll see him again. He could be stationed in Malaysia for the next 6 years.

2. I have always wanted to go to Texas. Not for any special reason, I just wanted to go there.

3. I've been in a motherhood rut lately and need to do something different!! I'll be able to chill for a few days and get out of my usual schedule.

4. It's good to have the dad be charge of EVERYTHING for a while. Clay will have to get the girls ready for school and take them to school, do their hair, check for homework, make dinner, etc. I'm sure when I come home I'll be a little more appreciated. (Not that he doesn't appreciate me now, but he'll realize just how much I do.)

5. It's 68 degrees in Texas!!!! Where I live, we're at a cool 22 degrees at this moment. It was around 6 degrees when I woke up this morning. Hooray for 68 degrees!!!!



This is the longest I've been away from my girls. They will be taken care by some fabulous friends and of course their dad, but when I'm with them in and out every day it makes me sad to leave them for so long. (I also worry about what they'll look like when they go out in public. Let everyone know that the dad is doing the hair!) Well, I couldn't be leaving them in better hands.

See you next week!

One project done

Do you have three cookbooks and recipes written on various papers that are plopped in a pile that you have to search through to find the recipe you want? Or forget which cinnamon roll recipe you made last time that turned out really well? Well, I took care of this problem for myself. I'm not the first to do this, but I took all the recipes that I do use and typed them up nicely and put them in one cookbook. Now it's all in one place! How convenient. It's aptly called

A Good Mom Moment

This morning I went to the cupboard to take my, ah, we'll call them my happy pills. I realized that I didn't have any more and said, "Oh, my pills are gone." Dakotah asked, "What are your pills for?" I told her that they helped me to be a good mom. She replied, "But you're already a good mom." Thank you Dakotah. It's nice to hear that sometimes.





In other news:

Colby had a couple of friends over to play, Brenna Brown and Bernice Hansen.
We had fun with them!
(At the very beginning of the video watch Brenna, the girl in the middle, do her old man look!)
All these kiddos are about a month apart.

Colby loves his dad!

Here's a close shot of Colby taking a bite out of Clay's nose.

Elder Holland

Yesterday we had a special stake conference with Jeffery R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. I absolutely loved it!! His talk was so wonderful and encompassed all individuals. My favorite part was when he blessed the entire congregation. I was blessed by an apostle of the Lord. It was so amazing being in an intimate setting with him. These last couple of weeks have been so difficult for me. Being there and listening to Elder Holland speak just took all that away. I feel able to continue on. It was a wonderful experience.

I've Said It Before, But I'll Say It Again....

Why does time have to go so fast!!??!!

My little baby is now 6 months old. I'm really having a hard time believing it.

Colby-one day old

6 weeks old

5 months old

A few of Colby's favorite things besides his Mommy is--his Bumbo and his fingers

Oatmeal cereal

His sisters

We love you, Colby!!! Thank you for being in our family. We love your wonderful spirit and you have truly comforted our aching hearts.

Better Late Than Never

Halloween pictures in November? Sure!

We were in Idaho two weeks ago and the girls were able to spend time with their cousin, Grace. Here are the kiddos posing for a halloween pic while I take the picture with my flash off. Nice.

My cousin had identical twin boys just a week before we went. The girls didn't have to wait for a turn to hold a baby; there was one for each of them! I had to wait for my turn, though.

Whoa!! Who's that huge baby in the center? Having Colby next to brand new newborns is a harsh reminder that he is getting bigger!

Colby and Clay match. Didn't do it on purpose, but thought it was cute.

Both of my sister-in-laws on my side of the family are expecting boys!!! I'm so excited that Colby will have some boy cousins to play with that will be close to his age. Fun times for the future!