WATCH OUT! We've got a teether!

 Well James has been a cranky little man for the past week or so, and I thought to myself, "This is it, here they come, the dreaded teeth!" Well, I can see them coming in. Little white things under the gums. They make him drool like a Rotweiler, and  he chews up everything in sight! I fully expect  these little monsters to make an apperance by the end of the month. Speaking of little monsters. I will never underestimate my child's athletic abilities. He crawls all over the place, and when you're not looking he's as fast as Flash and on the other side of the room, eyeing the fireplace, or turning off the computer. When he's in his walker, he likes to sneak up behind me as I'm doing the dishes, and ram into my heels. Then of course he laughs. His laugh is a funny thing. Sometimes he giggles, but most of the time when he's excited he gasps. I dont think thats really the right word for it, so I will make it my mission to get it on camera for all to see/hear. Besides becoming a master crawler, James he begun to pull himself up into standing position. Holding on to either the coffee table, the couch or our legs. With us holding his hands he likes to walk around the room. I think it helped having his older cousins around him this past weekend. My bets are on James walking by Christmas, just shy of 9 months. He's been such a cute little man. His personality has really come out the past few months, and I'm excited for further development in the years to come. Being James' mom is the greatest, I couldn't ask for a better baby.

Da DA DAHH

Well, I've been thinking. I never know what to write. I know I'm not as clever as Lisa, and not nearly as creative as Dani. Basically my life isn't that interesting from my point of view. However, this is what I do know. I love my family, so I will always give updates on them. I love to cuddle with my husband while watching movies. I love to cook, and I think I'm pretty good at it. So what I will include in my blogs in the future is..Da da DAAAH! : Movie Reviews and Recipes. Feel free to laugh, I know I am.  So here it goes...

Last week we rented...

and yep, I'm going to give it 5 stars. We Loved It!

The movie starts out with Carl, a little boy who dreams of going to South America like his hero Charles Muntz. Seventy years later, he decides, no more excuses, it's time to go. Little does he know, he has a small stowaway named Russel. In a house floating in the air with the help of balloons, they make it to Paradise Falls. While there they encounter a giant bird named Kevin, an evil explorer, and talking dogs.

James especially loved the dogs, as did Matt and I. We laughed, I cried, and watched it over and over again. UP will soon be joining our movie collection.

 

Halloween and such

The weekend before Halloween we went down to Elk Ridge, (south of Provo) for an Eddy Halloween Dinner at my grandparents home. My grandma made an awesome spaghetti bake that I really need to get the recipe for. It's always nice to get together with Aunts, Uncles and cousins. It feels like just yesterday we were all kids playing in the mud. In reality though, we're having kids of our own, too young to play in the mud but soon enough they'll be there.

Last thursday I picked up my two youngest siblings, Will and Caroline, in Malad because I was babysitting them for the holiday weekend. One of the things I'd been meaning to do was go to the Logan City Cemetary to take pictures of ancestors' graves. So I took James, Will and Caroline with me, and we found 3 of the 4 I was looking for. If you ever need to find someone in the Logan City cemetary, Good Luck! The map doesn't make any sense at all, and you might be wandering around a graveyard for over an hour like we did.

Friday, we went to the American West Heritage Center, while we waited for Matt to get out of class. It was a cold day, but we had fun. We got lost in the maze long enough for James to fall asleep. Speaking of which I have no idea how he did, the trail was so bumpy and muddy, I felt like I needed a Jeep to navigate our way through. Will and Caroline ran ahead most of the time trying to find their own way out, and thank goodness they did, or else I dont know when we would have got out of there.

Outside of the maze a mother duck and her chicks were eating cobbs of corn and we fed them for a bit. The mother tried to bite my knee, aparently it looked delicious, so I stood back after that. I have trust issues with animals that bite me, more on that later.

James was pretty excited to see the fuzzy ducklings, he loves animals!

Will and Caroline on the hay bale hill

Will and Caroline sliding down the hill, James and I went down as well, but the pictures didn't turn out :-(

All Bundled Up!

James and I with the massive horses. This one was a mule, but it was the size of a clydesdale! James squeeled with joy when the big guy let us pet him. I'm sure he thought it was a huge dog. Caroline on the other hand was a little freaked out by the size of them.

Halloween we spent in Idaho Falls. Not much to report. James did look super cute though! I should have taken more pictures.