Baby Shower Invite

Facebook absolutely refuses to work on my computer and I don't trust the post office/myself to deliver invites on such short notice, so here is the invite for the baby shower. We are having brunch and doing fun stuff like this: Necktie onesie

Here is a link to mapquest of our address:

http://mapq.st/Pt4hcK

You are more than welcome to bring your kids/babies--don't stress over getting a baby sitter, we have lots of toys! Plus the dog will be gone, win-win :)

You can RSVP to me on facebook if you don't want to call/text. Totally cool, no biggie.

Baby list & colors

It seems like I just did this...
I have been asked a lot lately what we need for baby Jackson and what our nursery colors are...Well here is the answer to all of that :) I also feel like this is more helpful than registries, even though I did them, because you can see what we need and get it anywhere, versus just Target or Babies R Us-- Like garage sales, hand me downs, homemade things, second-hand stores, etc...

Nursery Colors: Blue, brown, red
Here is his bedding, blues and browns. 

 Here is the "themed" artwork. Yes, we're going with a sports theme. The photo didn't turn out fabulous, but the red/brown are more defined in person.

Things we don't have:
Diapers size 1, 2 (and honestly, they don't have to be Huggies. Target brand, Member's Mark, and Fisher   Price are all brands we have also tried and liked.)
Bassinet Sheets
Mobile
Crib skirt
Diaper pail (any brand is fine)
Wipe warmer
Changing table mattress pad thing
Night stand
Baby blankets
Crib
Crib mattress
High chair
Blessing suit

Things we have some of:
Diapers size N,1
Crib sheets
Bibs 
Socks (about 10 pair)
Breastmilk storage bags
Nursing pads

Things we have:
Clothes...a ton of clothes. **see below
Nail trimmers
Burp cloths
Blanket animal (like where it has a stuffed animal head in the middle of a tiny blanket...)
Avent bottles
Avent size 1 or 2 nipples 
Avent bottle adaptor ringsBumbo
Avent 0-6 month pacifiers
Receiving/swaddling blankets
Stroller (single and double)
Baby thermometer- digital, ear, or forehead kind
Pacifier clips
Lamp/night light
Baby wipes
Car seat
Baby bath/wash
Hooded towels
Baby mittens (the kind where they can't scratch themselves)
Bottle drying rack
Baby tub
Bassinet
Bottle brush
Boppy
Desitin
Changing table 
Bottle warmer
Co-sleeper
Radio and video monitors
Pump
Baby oil
Baby lotion
Pack 'n play
Baby mirror for the car
Nose suckers
Baby swing
Floor gym/play mat
Baby play bouncer
Rocking chair

My wonderful amazing sister-in-law gave us a ton of clothes (she has 4 boys). Combine her clothes with other gender neutral outfits we had and a few things that were given to us, we are good to go.These are just the nb/0-3 month clothes!! There is easily this much in the next size up...I just ran out of hangers.

Colorado

Here are our Colorado adventures. We overlapped our visit with Brenan's sister and his aunt and uncle.It was a super nice vacation for me because not only did I get to see our family, I had a ton of people who wanted to play with or hold Julia, which was superb.

 

 The family hanging out at the cabin

Julia and Grandpa Ted

 

Brenan and Amber in a "friendly" game of ladder ball

 

Farewell lunch for Amber and her boys at McDonalds

 

Group shot, minus a couple of cousins...

 

Julia and Aunt Debbie at Black Canyon

 

Brenan and Julia, about 2 minutes before her meltdown

 

Impromptu swim party. Brenan wore his clothes and Julia went nakey...well, in a regular diaper

Dad's visit, part 1

My dad came out a few weeks ago for Alex's graduation and to visit us. Here are our adventures from the first half of the week.

 Can you spot Alex? Second row, turned with his hand sticking out...

 Alex getting his diploma, just after he flashed his Batman shirt to the crowd.

 Papa Ron and Julia cuddling.

 Grandma Lorraine and Julia at Utah Lake.

 

Brenan and Julia

Lorraine and Jules at 7 Peaks.

 Papa Ron and Julia having a good ol' time.

 At graduation...yes it was that boring.

 Julia's first trip to Temple Square

 Me, Papa Ron, and Julia

Papa Ron, Lorraine, Julia.

Lots more pictures to come...

You know you're pregnant when...

...You get mad at your husband at church because you're thirsty.
...You put clothes in the washer, wake up to put them in the dryer, then find the lid is open and they never washed.
...You pay bills with the wrong credit card/account...multiple times. Hello overdraft fees and silly pregnancy explanations.
...You forget where you're driving and end up somewhere unexpected.
...You need help rolling over in bed.
...You pour a bowl of cereal, get distracted, then find it sitting on the counter an hour later.
...You make phone calls but forget why you called.
...You forget to water the plants.
...You cry watching Sports Center, or because it's Dr. Seuss' birthday.

**All true.
Hello 6 months of pregnancy, let's wrap this up.

Cooking experiment

I recently came upon a lot of tomatoes, so I have been trying out new things with them to eat them before they go bad. Here is adventure #1

http://emandrachdg.blogspot.com/2012/06/tomatoes-three-ways-part-1.html

My one-year old

Julia gulia is a year old, and I only cried a little...We have tons of pictures of her on my camera, and of course I can't find the camera cord to upload them, so the good pictures will have to wait. We had an eventful long birthday weekend and it was so much fun celebrating with her, even if she didn't know what was going on.

Here is our Julia at 1:
She loves trying new food, especially from our plate
She bumped up to size 4 diapers (she's got some chunky legs)
She "talks" a lot now, and she reminds me of a Pokemon when she does-- pikapikapikapika-- an example of her babble
She will wear sunglasses for longer than 5 seconds now
She can hold cups and drink all on her own
She is not quite ready to give up bottles, but she is warming up to sippy cups at bed and regular milk. I don't think it will be too hard since she gave up pacifiers cold turkey about 4-5 months ago
We will enunciate words and she will mouth them to us, but not say them out loud
We are working on signing/saying "more" "please" "thank you"
She learned (or rather we taught her) to stick out her tongue, and I know it's "bad" manners, but it is hilarious
Still no walking, but she will walk holding one of our hands or along the furniture still. She gets so excited that she loses her balance.
She understands and acts on commands/phrases like "where's your toys/books/monkey?" or "give it to doggy/daddy/mommy"
She points to what she wants and mumbles something until we figure out what she wants
Sometimes she lays in bed in the morning playing with her monkey instead of calling for mom to come get her
She has taken to tearing paper, any kind...
When she is tired she likes to squish her face up against ours, we call it squishy face and it cracks her up
She is now facing forward in her car seat and LOVES it

Here are some pics from my phone. I promise I will find a way to get the good pictures on to my computer.

  

Here is the first picture we took on her birthday, bright and early.

After breakfast and some quick errands, we went to 7 Peaks to celebrate. Taking a tired baby wasn't the best idea, but once she got in the water she had a great time. Later on we went and shared a frozen lemonade, walked the mall (grandma C bought her a few outfits) and then we went out to dinner.

Julia's first PB&J sandwich. She loved it.

She is a year old, which means Jackson will be here in 3-ish months. Yikes...