Jumpy's Birthday

Yes, I'm crazy. We celebrated Ethan's Webkinz's birthday. He turned six. Of course the kids wanted me to go all out and throw him a full on birthday party with gifts and everything. What they got was a pumpkin spice cake (I'm been wanting to make anyway) with candles. And we had our neighbors over. We sang happy birthday and Ethan helped him blow out the candles. I also found a 75 cent toy pinwheel that we bought him. We did not wrap it. (I know it was really for Ethan but hey it was 75 cents and it made him feel special). So, you can laugh if you want but we had some yummy cake and my children feel validated.

Claire walking

Just a cute picture of our Claire

This is her new favorite activity. I brought the outside push car in the house and she has been pushing it back and forth for hours. Just giggling and laughing. She will be walking in no time with all this practice.

Mike's BFF

Mike has made good friends with the downstairs neighbor. They even mow the lawn together. We joke that they are BFF. (best friends forever).

Ethan and the neighbor

Happy First Birthday Claire!

Here she is before the cake

She tried to grab the candle, Good thing Grandma was there.

Not so sure about this.....

She really didn't like the cake.

But at least she liked the presents.

For her one year check up she weighed 16 lbs. 9 oz. She is in the 10th percentile now! (she was in the 3rd) We are keeping her on soy formula until we get her retested for allergies. But she is healthy and well otherwise and right on track developmentally. She say, "hi dad" and "mama" and "baby." She can stand on her own and is close to taking her first steps. We love o

Express Yourself

My brother made a "post-it" commercial for a business class and it's really good so I wanted to show you all. When he and I get together we like to make short movies. Maybe one day I'll try posting one.

Here's the url: (sorry I think you have to copy and paste it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7weJJQENSCU


Good Job "Skot"

Homesick

Last week we went to visit my parents in Boise. We had a great time. We did lots of fun things. Like go to Boondocks (fun center), go kayaking down the river, go shopping, go to the theatre to see Wally and go swimming EVERYDAY. And now that we are back home and summer is settled down I find myself homesick. It just didn't feel like we were coming "home" when we were coming home. Moving is so hard. I can't believe how much I actually miss Indiana. A part of who I am I became in Indiana. And even though I'm closer to family I miss my good friends. Especially when the time difference and our busy lives make it so hard to reach each other on the phone.
Don't get me wrong- it's not that things aren't great here. We have a great ward, a great apartment, great neighbors and I love the town. It's just not "home" yet.
Maybe things will get better when we get into a routine when school starts. Does anyone have any ideas how to soothe my soul? I know we have all done this moving thing before (including myself) so, what has helped you?

No More Nursing

Yeah!!! About two weeks ago we successfully weaned Claire. She is now on scrumptious soy formula. She has been doing great. I have been loving it. I have enjoyed lots of ice cream, pizza, grilled cheese, milk and Oreos, etc. Wahooo! Now we need to get Claire over he allergy so she can enjoy all these wonderful foods too!