My New Favorite Phoenix Pic

For Trenna

Hey Trenna, here are some more pics! We have had fun lately taking Phoenix to all kinds of new places. Most notably, the MK Nature Center, The Zoo, and a Hawks game. He's growing like a champ. He wears 6 month size clothes now and is still in the 95th % for height and 75th for weight. We'll see how long it lasts

A Tiger at the zoo. Cooler than we thought!

Phoenix at the Zoo. This was pretty much the only time he was awake, so it's the only picture we have of him.

Meerkats

Our neice Brynlee and the Zebra.

Brynlee at the MK Nature Center.It's hard to see w/ the reflection but there are a bunch of trout, salmon, and carp behind the glass.

Phoenix and I at the same place.

Phoenix and I having fun at the Hawks game.

At the Hawks game again.

They did YMCA during the 7th inning stretch and he LOVED it! This is us still doing it after the inning started. He was great the whole time until the fireworks started. Then he got a little fussy but not crying. He's a pretty cool kid.

After a bath. I thought he just looked cute and funny with his towel on his head and his big round tummy.

Lately he's been pulling his blankets up by his face to do snuggles when he sleeps.

Family Reunions

We had the family reunion tour a couple of weeks ago. It was fun. Mine was in Island Park, ID Monday through Thursday and Cory's was at Pineview Reservoir in Utah Thursday through Sunday. It was nice to get out of town for a week! Phoenix was awesome, of course. He slept almost every minute that we were in the car. He loved it! We didn't take a lot of pictures, but here are a few... The first is Phoenix in the Newborn size hat that I bought for him for the trip. Huge!!!!
Family pictures....all the kids
Phoenix asleep on Aunt Trenna's Arm
His first Hike! It was too rocky so we didn't get very far, but it was still cool.

More Pictures!

Holding his head up Watching Baseball with Dad
His first real bath-he didn't even cry!

Too sleepy to be bothered with burping

3 Weeks

That picture is a little blurry, but I love it! Phoenix was 3 weeks old on Tuesday. Crazy! It seems like we've had him forever. He is doing great. He's getting better at sleeping. Last night he slept for 4 hours at a time, and for the most part, went to sleep by himself in his crib when he was done eating. It was so nice! More pictures to come...

July 8th, 2008 - Finally!!

So I went to the reflexologist, and it was very interesting. It was kind of weird, but it really did help. It didn't put me into labor or anything, but I felt a lot better afterward. He made my heartburn a ton better, and he pushed all of my muscles in my torso around to help with the back and hip aches. I felt pretty good afterward. Phoenix was 10 days late (they had to induce me) but the labor was awesome. It was only 3 hours long, and I only had to push for about 1 hr 15 min. I don't know if that had anything to do with the reflexology or if I just got lucky, but it was great. Phoenix was 8 lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long. He was a big boy! Here are some pictures...

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A little update

I stink at this blogging thing. It could have something to do with the fact that we don't have the internet at our house, yet. That should be coming sometime this month, though. Luckily my work is allowing me to work from home after I have the baby, so the internet is a must. I'm pretty excited about that (working from home, that is). My belly is ginormous, or it feels that way. I don't like taking pictures of it. But maybe I will before I have the baby. We just bought a four door car (a Toyota Rav4). I love it! It is 4WD and easy to get into and out of, but it's only a 4 cylinder so it still gets decent gas mileage. We also bought a rad stroller and carseat. It's a jogging stroller travel system. The stroller is pretty bulky, but I love it. If I ever get around to posting pics, I will show you.
We went to Seattle in April and went to a couple of Mariner's games. It was really fun. We had kumquats for the first time. We bought them at Pike's Market. They are crazy. Super sour at first but they get sweet enough at the end to make you eat another one. We also went to the top of the Space Needle at night, which was awesome! We had a great time.
Cory's position with Ada County is official as of the middle of June. It wasn't supposed to be official until next fiscal year (September or October) but the director of Ada County Administrative Services went to bat for him and got it approved earlier. He was also named as the Outstanding Graduate in Human Resources for 2008. We went to the awards ceremony on Tuesday. That was really neat.
Those are the highlights of our lives lately.I'll try not to wait so long in between posts next time....