Dallas' Blessing

We finally had Dallas blessed while we were in Utah over Thanksgiving.

We had the blessing and a dinner at my parents house with both mine and Teag's families. We missed Teag's brother Judd, Jake and Em, the Francis's and the O'Neil's, but were so happy to have everyone else there!

My dad gave Dallas such a great blessing - I am so grateful for my dad and all that he and my mom do for us :)

ThAnKsGiViNg

We went down to SLC for the holiday weekend to spend time with family.

For Thanksgiving we went with Teag's family to Stacey's house where we ate GREAT food and played some serious games of Guitar Hero.

Then we went to my parent's house for another AWESOME meal and to watch football and hang out!

Dallas was feeling pretty cool sitting up at the table with everyoneTeag and Chad rockin' out

My mom getting the meal ready
Dallie with his cousins Josh and Jer
My mom's gorgeous table - she LOVES to entertain and is so great at it!

iPod shuffle

I saw this on Jamie's blog a bit ago and forgot about it, then saw it again on Liz's.

Play along if you like!

Instructions: turn on your iPod, put it on shuffle, list the first 10 songs that play. No skipping!

1. Another Lonely Day - Ben Harper
2. Big, Blonde & Beautiful - Hairspray soundtrack (one of the best soundtracks ever!)
3. And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles (there was bound to be a Beatles song b/c Teag out every one ever recorded on my iPod!)
4. Two Step - DMB
5. Glamorous - Fergie
6. Trish-Trash Polka - Baby Einstein (Dallas' music, but I do enjoy it!)
7. Pass Me By - Pete Yorn
8. What Time Is It - HSM soundtrack (another top soundtrack)
9. SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
10. L.O.V.E. - Ashlee Simpson

ELF Yourself!

So this seriously might be one of the funniest things I have ever seen...

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9540435972

PLEASE do it for yourselves and post on your blog! Too funny!

Yay for Kelley and Emily!

My BFF from college, Kelley, and her CUTEST baby girl, Emily, came to visit for the weekend! Kelley and I met on a study abroad to London about 10 years ago, lived together at BYU, were in each others weddings, are both now mommies, and have had so many fun times and memories along the way!

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Kelley left her 2-yr-old Mason home in Walnut Creek, CA with her husband and brought Emily, who is 10 days older than Dallas.

Being older and wiser, Emily was showing Dallas the ropes. She is such a doll!

Dallas and Emily had so much fun playing together! They were laughing and smiling at each other all weekend.

They were pretty good at sharing toys, but of course always wanted what the other one had!

We had SO much fun hanging out and chatting, having treats and drinking plenty of DC, having lunch at Cheesecake Factory and Bajio (closest thing to Cafe Rio in Boise), watching our kiddos play, laughing and reminiscing, and even managed to squeeze in a little shopping between naps and feeding the babes!

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Love you girls and thanks for such a fun weekend! Come again soon!

7 months!

Dallas LOVES being in his high chair
Learning to use his sippy cup
EVERYTHING is still going in his mouth...
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Last Friday our little guy turned 7 months. I can't believe it!
He is as sweet as ever, gives us loves and kisses when we ask for them,
has started scooting around and doing the little army crawl,
LOVES his cereal and is starting veggies and fruit - he is doing great and knows what to do when I tell him 'open big',
our poor little buddy has his top 4 teeth all coming in right now - lots of sleep and baby orajel and a little fussiness,
has so much fun at GYMBOREE & LITTLE GYM ,
he loves being read to,
loves BUBBLES (the ones from gymboree are the best!),
and he can't sleep without his little green blankie and his cozy puppy!

Watson

This is Watson, my cutest Grandma's new little guy. He is 1/2 bichon frise and 1/2 havanese. I haven't met him yet, but word is he is ADORABLE and so, so sweet!

Totally Tagged!

So I was tagged-my first time...kindof fun!

JOBS I'VE HAD (last to first):
* mom - my all time favorite, best job!
* Pharmaceutical Sales - the reason we moved to Boise, but then about 6 months later I got laid off - right after we bought our house and right before I found out I was pregnant. But it has all worked out perfectly :)
* Insurance Claims Adjuster - not my fave
* Gap - my job in college, LOVED the discount!
* Nordstrom - yes Jen, loved this one too! We were in high school and a few of us friends worked there together-it was great

JOBS I'D LIKE TO HAVE:
* High school counselor
* MAC counter
* personal shopper

MOVIES I'VE WATCHED OVER AND OVER:
* Grease
* Can't Buy Me Love
* Pretty In Pink
* High School Musical
* Reality Bites
* Bring It On
* The Notebook

BOOKS I LOVE:
* Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse - definitely Edward!
* Great Expectations
* any book on babies, kids, parenting, etc.
* The Runaway Bunny
* 14,000 Things To Be Happy About
* Og Mandino - A Better Way To Live (I am my mother's daughter!)

FAVORITE THINGS TO DO:
* Gymboree and Little Gym with Dallas
* travel
* shop
* read
* watch football with Teag (but going to a game with him is better)
* take bubble baths
* cook - I am getting better!
* hang out with family

PLACES I'VE LIVED:
* Utah-SLC, Provo, Lehi
* London, England
* Boise, ID

FAVORITE FOODS:
* candy - favorites are chocolate-covered cinnamon bears and sour patch kids. Teag tells me I am like a little kid because I love candy and treats so much!
* sushi and other seafood
* green apples with crunchy peanut butter
* a good salad (Kim always makes a great one!)
* chicken marsala (the very best is at Carmines in NYC)
* Thanksgiving Dinner

PLACES I'D RATHER BE:
* on a girl's trip with my mom and sister's
* Hawaii with Teag and Dallas
* Newport Beach with the Reynolds fam
* Greece (never been, but hope to!)

WORDS I LIKE:
* fabulous
* bitchin' (sorry to copy Jen, it is a favorite of mine as well...)
* onomatopoeia
* punkin

TAG:
* Aimee
* Erin Gurr
* Amberlynn
* Nat

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

We had such a fun Halloween night, although at Dallas' age there isn't much to do other than dress him up and take pictures!

I followed my sister Kim's tradition of making chili and cornbread...such a good meal for a cold Halloween night!

We had dessert and treats with our neighbors then passed out candy. My Uncle Paul and Aunt Leslie stopped by on their way through Boise, so we got to hang out and chat with them for a bit too. All in all it was a great night!

Dallas and the neighbor kids all dressed up

Dallas and daddy

Our neighbors set bails of hay in their trailer and drove all the kids around the neighborhood to trick-or-treat. They had blankets, hot chocolate and even a strobe light! Next year Dallas (and I!) will be LOVING this!

Dallie and mommy

Halloween Fun!

Dallas and I flew to SLC Wednesday to go to my mom's annual Halloween party! We ended up being there less than 24 hrs. but it was worth it. Not only does my mom LOVE holidays, she loves to throw a party too! She went all out as usual and the party was so much fun!

Dallas was such a good sport in his costume and loved being with everyone!

I LOVE MY LITTLE LION!!!

I was so happy Teag's parents came over to see Dallie in his costume!

Dallas with Grandpa Reynolds

Dallas and his witch grandma!

This was Dallas pre-party, he thinks he's ready to start feeding himself!

Dallas and Uncle J - we were SO happy he was able to come hang out with us for the afternoon. He is doing pretty well and looks great!

Dallas had so much fun with him!

My mom and dad after the festivities were done. They are so cute together and LOVE being grandparents! My dad loves to say the only reason to have kids is to get grandkids!

6 months old!

Well, we had Dallas' 6 month appt. yesterday! He is doing great - 17 lb. 9 oz. (50%) and 28 in. (90%). He had his shots and was tough as always. The Dr. said we can start him on cereal, so below are pictures of the big event. The Dr. also advised me that I can stop feeding him in the night and start letting him 'cry it out'. It was tough! Teag had to remind me at 1 am and 5 am that he was fine and would fall back asleep soon. 10 min. (which felt like an hour!) later he was asleep both times. We'll see how tonight goes!

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He has also gotten in his 2 bottom teeth! I have attempted to get pictures for a few weeks now, but he won't let me! He covers his teeth with his tongue whenever I try to look at them.

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Our favorite new thing that Dallas does is give us loves! He hugs me around the neck and will plant a big, slobbery, open mouth on my cheek when I say "give mommy loves". At first I was the only one getting them, but he has started giving them to Teag too. Good thing because his daddy was kind of getting his feelings hurt!

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The other new thing is his scream/squeal. Since our last day in New Jersey he has started this high pitch squeal. I hear it all day long! Yesterday at gymboree it was constant, and kept all the other mom's laughing hysterically! Today he let one out in the bank and got attention from everyone there! It is SO funny when we hear him doing it on the monitor at night when he is going to bed. He keeps us laughing and smiling always :)

Teag getting ready to give Dallie his first taste!

Yeah, he liked it alright!

Who knew rice cereal could be this great?!

Cooper sat patiently waiting for Dallas to be done. Once he was, Cooper licked up any remaining cereal from Dallas' bib and tray

NEW JERSEY

Dallas and I spent the past week in New Jersey with my sister Lisa and her cute family. We had so much fun just doing their day-to-day stuff with them, watching our shows at night after all the kids were in bed, going to Panera for lunch, doing a little shopping, celebrating Eliza's 1st B-day, and enjoying our fountain drinks all along the way!

Eliza and Dallas hanging out in the kitchen-he was FASCINATED watching her eat baby food and real food in her high-chair

While we were there Dallas sat up by himself for the first time!

Me and my little buddy

Eliza going to town on her cupcake at her birthday party

I guess Dallas changed his mind about giving Eliza 'Baby Tad' for her birthday, he wanted it for himself!

Dallie hanging out in the swing

Dallas with the O'Neil girls! He LOVED spending time with his cousins (and is going to be so bored with just me during the day now!)

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Teag was waiting anxiously at the airport and has not been apart from his best little buddy for a minute since we got home! Dallas was pretty excited to see his Daddy too - they've been watching football, cuddling and playing nonstop!

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend Teag and I took Dallas to the pumpkin patch for a hayride and some pictures!

We're back!

Dallas and I got back from Utah last week and have just been getting back into our routine. Dallas LOVED hanging out with the boys and watching their every move. They were adorable with him and told Kim they were just going to pretend he was their baby brother

for a few weeks - so cute!

We had movie nights, went to the Children's Museum, went to Fat Cat's, hung out with Gram Reynolds and played at home!

Benny sleeping with his cat 'Mia'

Ben, Isaak and Dallas posing before their soccer games

The kids were so good the whole time, so on my last day with them we went to 'Build-A-Bear'. Dallas got a cheetah just like Isaak, and Benny got cat-in-the-hat

Dallas LOVES his cheetah!

We suprised Kim, Steve and my parents at the airport-sign and all!

Kim and Steve thanked me with Swiss chocolates, Cafe Rio and a dreamy massage!

Although we had a great time, we were happy to come home. Teag missed his best little buddy SOOO much!