Carbs

Tis the season of Carbs

I went on a low carb diet

and then T made his amazing home made bread

so way to start the season of eating off right

ugh

North Carolina

We headed to North Carolina Oct 30- Nov 3

It was our first big trip with E

He was FANTASTIC

Was a dream baby on the flight

And really went with the flow of the weekend

 Mister Smarty was the reason we went out

First big time conference presentation: Check!

Next stop: England

 The colors were incredible

I never complained driving those highways

 We had a little pumpkin on Halloween

 Celebrated with Dame's Chicken and Waffles

If you are in Durham- GO!

We did get some funny looks taking a baby out to eat at 8:30pm

we wanted to keep him on Utah time

 Lunch break with Dad

Love those mustard pants

 Exploring Duke Gardens

 Are you kidding me? 

Can we go here!?

Headed to the cathedral after- pictures to come

 View from our hotel room

 Taking a break in the hotel- love this guy

At the most fantastic park in Raleigh-

6 months

Oh little mister.

E really is the light of our lives

He is such a good natured boy, so happy all the time

His smile is enough to melt your heart.

He now weighs 16 pounds 9 oz (27%)

and is 27.25 inches (77%)

I love my little buddy- my days off are my favorite with all of our fun adventures!

 Before we gave him baby food- almost looks like he is waving here

 And he loves it

Green Beans and avocado are the favorite right now

Not the best picture of E- but look at that onsie!

It is our current favorite

Mom Moment

Before I went to Zumba last night E had a poopy diaper

while I was dancing I swear all I could smell was his poop

 (which is awful since eating baby food)

Then I look down.... yup.. there was as light swipe of poop on my shirt

so naturally I just kept dancing

total mom moment

3 year olds

I am not sure I am looking forward to E being 3

I have been around an unusual amount of 3 year olds this last week for some reason

One rubbed my belly and asked why it was so big- sweet

Another told me that my face is funny looking

So what did I do?

Cry... jk... well on the inside maybe

I started a diet and went and bought makeup

So in 2.5 years life could get interesting.

Bangs and other ramblings

So

I cut bangs 

I can't decide how I feel about it yet

When people look at me I swear they are judging my bangs

or maybe I am looking into their looks too much

or maybe I don't have enough confidence to rock the bangs

This girl leaves for Argentina next week

She is one of the most optimistic people I know

She will be amazing in the field and bless so many lives

Our water heater flooded our house 2 days ago

I had a mini breakdown- it's been an ordeal

I feel like I need a mom around to fix grownup stuff like that

Or just make me dinner and take me out of the house for an hour to calm down

E's personality has been so fun lately

He is quite a chatterbox

We head to Park City tonight for the annual donor retreat

could not come at a better time

leave behind a flooded smelly house with indistrial fans 

blowing like crazy to stay in a suite and eat Ruths Chris?

Psh- don't ask me twice

T revealed some secret plans for our anniversary

I'm stoked

I started doing Zumba Sentao on Thursdays

don't hate- it's hard

My parents come next weekend so that's exciting

it means Cubby's and lots of play time for Everett

If anyone can figure out how to be a 

good mom, a good wife, work 40 hours,lost the baby weight,

cook amazing dinners and keep a clean house all at the same time

 I will be forever grateful

5 months

Our little man is 5 months old!

This last month has been operation weight gain

and it has been accomplished... well we are on our way at least

he gained 2 pounds ina month!

Mr. E is a joy to have

He sleeps so well

Naps so well

Eats so well

He coos like crazy

Rolls from time to time

Eats his toes and hands

Loves "you are my sunshine" and "twinkle twinkle little star"

loves reading books

loves holding hands with mom and dad

Had his first cold

Had his first ER visit and CT Scan- no worries he is ok and unrelated to the cold

he can somewhat fit into his 3-6 month clothes- the mustard pants are coming

He said goodbye to his aunt Madeline

Survived my crazy work week

watched his first BYU football game in a huge theater room- he has expensive taste

eats rice cereal like a champ

had his first baby sitter other than mom, dad or grandma (thanks cousin Jackie!)

Found out the mall flooring puts him to sleep- I'm not complaining- T might be