It's a Love Story..

New kid on the block

2012-02-19T18:31:00.000-08:00

I forgot one very important detail about our vacation.... while we were gone my little sister Quincee had her baby! That's right Baby Kazden Karl Scholes made his way into this crazy world on February 8, 2012 at about 5 in the morning... and we kinda like him!

How do you like the hunter hat I made him? It started off as an experiment, but it turned out pretty cute!

I actually should have made it bigger cuz it barely fits him!

And she kinda likes him ALOT!

Poor little guy isn't going to have a chance, Jo jo loves him so much!

18 & 30

2012-02-19T16:45:00.000-08:00

So we got home from our vacation on Monday the 13th and on the 15th we had Dallie Jo's 18 month baby wellness check up. Her stats are: 24.5 pound; 50% in her age group & she is 32.5 inches tall; 75% in her age group.

AND Cod Man had a birthday on February 17! That's right... He's the Dirty Thirty! The night before his birthday I snuck out to his work truck and filled it full of balloons and I did the 30 suck(er)s little birthday treat for him. I know going to work on his birthday isn't that fun but we sure love and appreciate how hard he works for us! Happy Birthday Honey Bunny!

Fun on the ship...

2012-02-19T16:34:00.000-08:00

So pretty much we ate and ate and ate some more on the ship. They had everything from pizza to a Mongolian grill and the best option they had was a 24hour soft ice cream dispenser... That got plenty of use that's for sure.

So for breakfast you ate buffet, for lunch you ate buffet and for diner we had a nice formal diner everynight at 6. And let me just add we had the best waiters and waitress you could ask for.

Miss Lexie all dressed up!

So cute! Daddy and Dallie

Dallie Jo and Grandpa Dave dancing. Gpa Dave was her FAVORITE the whole time on the ship. She would jump out of your arms to get to him.

Kohlbin and Dallie dancing

Meet Menzi, she was our waitress and she loved Dallie. She would give her kisses and hugs every chance she got.

Happy, Happy birthday baby!

Cody's birthday wasn't until the 17 but we had a little birthday celebration at diner and that little cake was MmMmMm good!

These were our diner help. They served us every meal and were very nice and polite.

Menzi, Dorian, and Romeo.. Yes Romeo!

We asked them how long they were on the ship and they work for seven month straight then has two and half months off. That's 12-13 hour days, seven days a week, for seven months!

We were also pleasantly surprised to hear of Romeo's wife who had just twins the day before we left. You could tell it was hard for him to talk about. All the workers on the ship were so hard working. Our cabin would get cleaned twice a day and they were always nice when they greeted you.

And of course we couldn't forget the towel animals. They made us a new one everyday and I especially loved seeing their new creation every night after diner!

So pretty much that's it. We had a great time and were sad to have our vacation come to a close but at the same time we were ready to get home and have the earth stand still again!

Puerto Vallarta

2012-02-19T14:08:00.000-08:00

After Cabo we spent one day in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Prt Vallarta was totally different than I tought. Its much cleaner than Cabo and its very tropical compared to the desert looking Cabo.

She's ready to go!

Pirate ARRRR...

While in Puerto Vallarta we went on a pirate ship excursion. Cody thought it was lame and I got really sea sick from the rocking of the boat but the kids loved it!

Pirate Peppa

She wasn't sure if she liked the pirates.

While on the ship, they played a few games, put on a show and served us lunch. These next pics are part of the show.

He was trying to fit in with the rest of the tourists.

Walk the plank!

After the show they took us ashore to play in the sand. I loved Puerto Vallarta's beach. It was so warm and we had fun boogy boarding. Not to mention the beach was beautiful!

Don't you just love the beer belly in the back? haha

After a long, hard time playing on the beach she was tuckered out! So... Cody and I took the chance to go kyacking and to feed the fish. We took a short trip around the rocks and threw some bread into the water and the fish came by swarms! They were so bright and colorful.

(Sorry no pics.)

After diner on the pirate ship and alittle sea sickness I was ready to get off that pirate ship... I think I'm for sure a land lover!

We still had a few hours before our cruise ship left the port so we took a little cab into downtown PT. V. and it was there, where Cody found a cute little candy shop with a cute little mexician girl who just loved Cody's little brothers eyes.. I'm pretty sure she wanted him.

`I pretty much loved Puerto Vallarta and you for sure you wouldn't have to beg me to visit there again.

Cabo

2012-02-19T13:25:00.000-08:00

Cabo St. Lucius, MEXICO

We spent two days in Cabo. The first day we went out on a little, teeny, tiny glass bottom boat into the middle of the ocean whale watching. This may have been the coolest moment in Cabo ever!

Since we were in such a little boat it took us a while to get out into the ocean. We looked and looked and looked for whale. We could see them off in the distance but nothing up close. We were about to give up when Cody's brother in law Don says there's one... we rushed over to where he had seen it and yes in deed there was a whale. We were less than 50 feet from it! It came up and blew the water and showed us just how big its back is. As it started to dive into the water it flipped its huge tail out of the water; seriously it was as big as truck! We were all little kids again... it was Awesome! Simply amazing!

(luckily Ashley P got some pics, I'll have to steal them)

Jojo wasn't sure if she liked this little boat.

After seeing that awesome whale we headed back in to Lover's beach.

Our little Mexican tour dude showed us a little cave on Lover's beach and he said that two go in and three come out... haha Needless to say we didn't go into that cave... haha

1st time swimming in the ocean!

If you look really close you can see Cody's pink snorkel gear pocking up out of the water.

You could tell when he would get a little too much water cuz all of a sudden he'd come up and his mask would get riped off and he's arms would be swinging.

Dallie Jo and Keegan

She just about lost her pants, she had been collecting sand in her britches.

The second day in Cabo was a little chilly and rainy!

So the boys went fishing and the girls went shopping... I had a pretty good time bargaining with those little Mexicans. If only we could do that in the States!

Lets go Cruisin!

2012-02-19T12:41:00.000-08:00

The whole Pehrson Bunch!

15 Pehrsons... I don't think Carnival cruise line was ready for this!

Honestly, we looked like we were packed for two weeks not 7 days!

The Carnival Splendor!

She's ready to go swimming!

San Deigo

2012-02-19T12:30:00.000-08:00

Let me just start with, we had a fabulous vacation!

We started our Pehrson family vacation by going to San Deigo to Sea World. Yes, I'm 25 and have never been to California let alone Sea World and I thought it was pretty fun!

Pretty much the whole trip this is the site I saw... Cody and Jo walking off in front of me. Its not fair his legs are a mile long and mine are shorties! But its not too bad of a site if I say so myself. :)

Jo couldn't get enough of everything. She would yell HEY and point at everything.

She was speechless at the whales jumping out of the water.

She was too funny!

Feeding the sea lion.

The little hand at the very bottom of the picture is poor Kohlbin, he was just about to drop his fish to the sea lion when a greedy little bird swooped down and snatched it out of his hand. I wish I would have had a picture of his face... he was shocked! haha

Dancing with the lions

The girls... minus me!

There is so much to see at Sea World and the kids loved it. I would definitely recommend it!

After Sea World we decided to head to the temple... We were in a real rush to get there thinking the last session was at 6:00 pm but upon arrival, it was five minutes to six we were greeted by the temple president who calmed our nervous by telling us there was indeed one more session! So with a little time to spare we were able to slow down and take in the true beauty of the temple. AND we got some special treatment if I say so myself... after our session we were shown around the temple by the temple president. He told us about the building, engineering and decorating of the temple. We were truly blessed to be able to a make the temple and had such a special moment inside.

Yay!

2012-01-28T12:53:00.000-08:00

Okay people,
to say I am excited about our cruise... is an understatement!
Its been a long two years waiting for this trip and we are so, so, so very lucky to be going with all Cody's family to such a beautiful place.

Just think, in less than a week, we'll be here:

Visiting:

And playing on this:

Jealous?

Go Jazz Go!

2012-01-22T12:41:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we were lucky enough to score some Jazz game against the Minnesota Timber wolves and invited Gma and Gpa Pehrson so come play with us.
So as we all know, it has been unusually warm and snow less this year in UT but of course on the day when we actually have plans... it snows. And by snows I mean snowed hard and alot in Strawberry and Heber which made for a very, very long drive to SLC. Its a good thing we have such a great little girl and a movie system in our truck to keep her occupied in all the snowy, messy, ~~totally uneventful~~ (wink, wink) drive.

We did a little shopping and took Miss Jo to Cabelas for the first time and she loved it! She was blowing kisses to the animals, waving, smiling and yelling at them. Who need Disneyworld when Lehi has Cabelas?! haha PS did I mention that she was trying to kiss the fish through the glass...?

We then went to diner at TX Roadhouse (of course!) and headed to the game. I thought Jo might be a tired mess because she had only a half hour nap; but she was so good! She would clap for the dancers, and for the ball players and she was showing off for the people around her. The game was pretty good, and when the Jazz won and the banners and streamers went flying, she was in heaven! I do have to say she was the cutest little Jazz fan there!

After prying Jo out of Grandpa Dave's arms, (She kept blowing kisses and saying by to Cody and I cuz she wanted to go home with the Grandparents) we were on our way home. Which turned into another long drive.

After trying to go home over Parley's Canyon and having to go all the way back down to Provo Canyon due to canyon closures, we made it home safely, tired and very happy to have had such a good time!

AND like always I forgot our camera so no picts but just know we had a great time!

Guess who?!

2012-01-19T18:54:00.000-08:00

Guess who went poopy on the potty?!

That's right... Dallie Jo!

I know ya'll wanted to know that! haha So proud of this little missy!

2012

2012-01-09T20:20:00.000-08:00

Goals for 2012
- Have fun and enjoy life. It seems like last year we just hussled by and didn't really sit and enjoy what we have in front of us. We have so enjoyed having Jo but she is growing so fast that I wish we could just slow time down and enjoy these years of seeing her grow and learn. I heard a guy in the store say, the first 5 years of a kids life we tell them to walk and talk and the next 25 years we tell them the sit down and shut up... So true.
- Get Healthy. Exercise and eat healthy
- Potty Train Dallie Jo. She's off to a pretty good start. We're 6 for 8 times that we have taken her to the potty. I didn't want to push the subject cuz I didn't want her to get in a good 'going' routine and then go on vacation and mess it all up.
- Keep saving money. Along with saving money for our house, I'd like to be able to make a better budget and stick to it.
- Keep up on chores. I try to always have a clean house when Cody gets home from work, and when we go to bed because its so much nicer to wake up to a clean house but as the holidays have come and gone I've kinda been slacking...
- Try new recipes. Cody isn't really a fan of me trying new things (cuz they usually don't work) Well I want to try a new recipe at least once a month or once a week.
- Gain more patience. Planning, saving and organizing to build a house has proved to be a patience braker! So I need to gain/learn more patience in waiting for our house.

2012 has already started off well. We have a great vacation to Mexico planned, we have broke ground on our house and hopefully our drawings will be finished by the end of the month. AND my sister is suppose to have her little boy the first of Feb, yep that's right, I'll probably be in Mexico when little Gudger is born.

Dallie Jo has learned so much this month. She is trying to talk, she's picking up on words so well! She is climbing on everything and is a little teaser! She's still attached to her binky, but we'll work on that when we get back from our long drive to Cali. She loves to play with other kids, expecially the older kids. We went to a little cookie and milk party to our neighbors and she would rather watch and play with the older kids than with the little boys her age. And she has her Daddy wrapped around her little finger, she brings a candy to him and says peeeeease and of course he has to give it to her because she said please!

Cody is still very busy at work. He is going on his second year with Anadarko and seems to like it. He dreams of hunting anything and everything and had a pretty good time going ice fishing with his Dad over Christmas. He is the best daddy and it is so cute seeing him and Jo playing tractors and animals. They are best buds.

And I have been just the same. Over Christmas I decided to try and make most of the presents I was going to give away and for the most part I did, and I wore myself out! I love to craft and make stuff for others but 10 towels, and seven hats later I had, had enough crafting for that month! Here are a few pics of my projects:

Well that's about all for now. We're just plugging along lovin life and this cute little girl. I seriously don't know what we would ever do with out her, yep her and her little attitude!

Picture catch up

2012-01-09T19:30:00.000-08:00

So I'm really good at taking pics and never taking them off our camera so we're going to have a picture catch up.

Sitting on SANTA'S ~~Lap~~... I mean stool

Seriously this was probably the poorest Santa's helper I've seen.. who doesn't let the kids sit on their laps? Lame!

And Jo thought he was pretty lame too! haha

That is until he gave her a candy cane and then all was well!

Jax and Jo

These two are too funny, they are the best of friends and love to play with each other. Jaxie tries so hard to keep up with Jo and she does a pretty good job at it. They actually play together pretty well, well that is until they both want the same toy!

Sophie and Dallie Jo

We were able to have a little diner date with the Calls before they moved to Texas. Sophie is such a calm little girl compared to Jo. She just sat and ate her diner and Jo was all over the place. It was good being able to catch up with Leandra and Jesse, We'll have to take a vacation to TX to visit them while Jess is still in school.

Kisses good bye!

Ponytails

This was the first time I was able to put piggy tails in her hair. They are so cute, if only she would leave them in. And Jo still loves to draw. She draws on pictures, books, mom's leg.... One night I was doing dishes and I felt her playing down by my feet and I thought she was just trying to tickle me, well actually she was drawing on my pants with a permanent marker! Little stinker!

A Skittle for a Piddle?

2012-01-07T08:34:00.000-08:00

A Skittle for a Piddle.... I think so!

So for Christmas Jo got the best present ever... a potty! and Well we haven't really been pushing the subject (well at least until we get back from Mexico) but she has been doing pretty well! In the mornings I take her to the potty and she usually goes and at night before her bath she goes. And Yesterday she even told me she needed to go by taking me to the bath room and pointing to her potty. The best part is she feels so happy and accomplished when she goes, her little potty sings a song when it gets wet and she starts clamping and is ready for her treat.

SUCH A LITTLE SMARTY!

(Who knew that such a little thing would make this Mamma so Happy!)

2011

2012-01-02T19:38:00.000-08:00

My friend Leandra Call did this and I thought it was pretty cute

11 things to remember about 2011

- Jo turned 1!
- Riding around Moon Lake with my parents.
- 2 year wedding Anniversary
- Cody and I started the process of building our house
- Camping with the Pehrson in Torrey, UT.
- Cody went hunting in AK and shot a bear. So glad he wasn't eaten!
- Paid off truck!
- Picking up Trigger the horse in Kanab, UT
- Swimming with Jo Jo.
- Jo getting ear tubes, and how they saved our lives! Seriously!!

It's kinda hard to believe that just last January 2011, this was Dallie. Look at those cheeks!

Dump Truck Baby

2012-01-02T19:19:00.000-08:00

Jo loves her new Dump Truck!

She climbs in and then can't get out, ha ha her little arms aren't long enought to hold on to the side and step out.

Christmas 2011

2012-01-02T19:17:00.000-08:00

Pehrson Christmas 2011

This year we spent Christmas in Delta with the Pehrsons and we had a great time. We were able to spend from Thursday to Monday and we totally enjoyed getting out of the UB cold and into the warm, well warm(er) Delta air. I'm pretty sure this has been the craziest winter ever! 50 degree weather isn't normal for December!

Cute little ponies that lasted .5 seconds!

She knows she's not suppose to get into these closets...

With her cute little black boots on she looks like a mini Santa Claus.

Her hair is getting so long and I put larger curlers in and these cute curls were the result

Christmas Eve she was begging to open a present and its a good thing Dad has better will power, cuz I do not! If it were up to me, I say we just open the presents when we want! haha

Lets just say Jo got totally spoiled! Every time Santa saw something cute or fun Santa would just buy it for his little girl! And I think this little tractor was mostly for Daddy, but Jo loved it!

Isn't this the cutest rocking chair? Santa Baby did pretty well!

Just want she wanted!....

A POTTY!

Yeah... Its a Puppy!

Daddy's turn!

Oh and she got a huge dump truck... this will come in hand when we're up working on our house. Maybe this will keep her busy.

Time for a nap? Come on puppy

Pretty Daddy!

Like always we had a great Christmas, we all got spoiled and we loved spending time together!

PS for Christmas this year and last, from the Pehrson Parentals we all received a Mexican Rivera cruise. That's right in less than 35 days we'll be in warm Mexico basking in the sun! Jealous?!

dear santa

2011-12-16T09:49:00.000-08:00

Dear Santa,

This year please bring me a big fat bank account and a slim body

and please, don't mix them up like you did last year!

Love, Kandice

I read this on facebook and had to repost!

About us

2011-12-04T16:04:00.000-08:00

I was reading some of my old posts and I realized I really do not write about Cody and I much. So here is an update on Dallie Jo's parentals.
As of August we have been working on getting our house plans finalized. We were working with an architect in Price then he didn't work out so now we are back at square one and are now working with a lady in Vernal so hopefully she'll be able to finish them. We didn't think the plans we had picked were that hard but I guess the minimal changes we made were a little more difficult than we had thought. So we've got out fingers crossed cuz we are at the point where we really can't move any farther in the house building process until we actually get the plans done.
We have all most all our Christmas shopping done. We went black Friday shopping in the big city of Vernal to Cal Ranch and bought a little more than expected. Miss Jo is for sure getting spoiled this year! The only person we are having a hard time getting a present for is Cody's nephew Keegan. Nothing seems fun enough for him and it has to be fun for Mr. K.... That's for sure! So we're still on the look out. As for the rest of the family, I have been busy making stuff. I've been having so much fun crafting and sewing for them. I'll post some pics if I remember to take some.
We spent Thanksgiving with my family this year and had a pretty fun time laughing at the girls and shooting some skeet's. Let's just say the girls for sure out shot the boys... Just sayin! Also that weekend Cody and Rylan started to break her steers for this year's county fair. Last year Rylan didn't show one and she was pretty disappointed that she didnt. So this year she once again went and picked her own out of the herd and these seem to be much more tame than last. Cody already has them walking and standing still... That's a pretty big thing!
December 2 we went to Cody's work Christmas party... it was alright. Last year Cod won a TV and this year they didn't do prizes but had Charlie Jenkins sing. Lets just say it probably would have been better if we were alcoholics! haha There were some pretty dunk people acting like idiots. We say... Bring back the prizes!
And yesterday for my Birthday, We went to Vernal to talk to our new architect and then Cody spoiled be by buying me some new 'hooker' boots and we went to diner at the Claim Jumper. Words of advise, the jalapeno poppers should come with a warning label, I think my taste buds are still trying to heal from the heat!
Now today... We received a little present from someone we DID NOT WANT! We got the flu bug at our house and Miss Jo has had it the worst. This morning about 4 am she woke up and we put her in bed with us and the next thing I know, she's throwing up. And she threw up every half hour until 9 am. POOR THING! But now tonight she is running around acting like the same ol' Jo so hopefully she's over it. Sick kids are almost as bad as a sick husband!

That's about it for now. We're slowly getting to the point where we might actually get a house of our own... hopefully in the next couple years! haha

16 month old girl!

2011-12-03T10:51:00.000-08:00

Jo is now 16 months old and busier than ever! She's our little explorer and she's still very destructive to my poor little apartment. BUT she has been learning to pick up her own toys.

At 16 months she:

-She is into everything and she now loves to draw (Thanks Grandma Angie!) If she finds a pen or pencil or crayon she heads for my church bag to find a piece of paper to write on. The other day I had our house plans out looking at them and left them on the counter for like two minutes and when I came back to put them away, she had drawn all over them. Luckily it was with a pencil and they were only rough drafts! hahah
-On our kitchen table we have a table runner she can now reach it and she slowly pulls it to her to find a pen or a treat. Little Messy Marvin!
- She wears 18-24month clothes and she's grown out of her shoes! She is in between a 4-5size shoe!
- She keeps her pony tails in, well she'll keep 1 in! I put one on top and then piggy tails and she looked pretty cute until she took out the piggys!
-She now says juice, peese (please, sometimes), horse, boys, and actually calls me Mom now; I'm no longer Daddy!
-Loves to play with Jaxie! We were able to watch Jax while the Marx's went to their Christmas party and my poor little bathroom couldn't have gotten any wetter! Those too little fishies swam and slashed just about all the water out of the tub! They had so much fun. I have a feeling Jo is going to teach Miss J some bad habits! Sorry Ash!
-When asked to, she will take wrappers to the trash can. She feels so important when we ask her to do stuff.
-She's learning her shapes. She won't say them yet but she can figure out how to put the right shape in the right place with a little help. Same with her puzzles. Little Smarty!
-She's still pretty tender hearted! When ever she gets in trouble she puckers her bottom lip and cries then runs to you and gives you a kiss. She knows exactly how to get out of trouble, a big kiss always does the trick!
-She calls Cody on the phone and talks to him with out my knowing... haha she's figures out how to unlock my phone.
- Loves to push little buttons. Our truck alarm was going off in church for quite awhile before we realized it was ours.
-Still only has 9 teeth. Three on bottom; two front and one moller and six on top; four front and two mollers. Her second moller on the bottom is slowly trying to come in.
-Our Christmas tree gets redecorated every day and the bottom half is usually bare...
-And her biggest accomplishment is.... she took a nap without her binky! haha I'm slowly trying to break her of it, but she just loves it so much!

Love you Jo!

PS today I'm feeling a little old! Yep that's right I'm now 25, but life is great and I love being a wife and Mommy! I truly have the cutest family...

Daughter like Father

2011-11-30T20:04:00.000-08:00

This little girl is so funny! Let me just start with that...

She is getting quite the little attitude, the next picture is a perfect example of this.

She also has become very picky at what she eats. She like to eat chicken nuggets, if there is ranch and she usually only eats the chicken when she forgets not to bit the nugget! haha

On this night, Miss Jo was at home eating lunch with Daddy and he caught these cute pics... Enjoy!

Cheeser!

Love this girl!!!

Wild Hair!

2011-11-27T12:04:00.000-08:00

Jo's hair is growing so well and she actually leaves her pony tails in.

When she wakes up she usually looks like this and I can't resist from laughing every morning!

Peeek!

2011-11-27T12:01:00.000-08:00

Peek a boo!

Jo is constantly wanting to play peek a boo and when I try to get her attention I just say Peek-A-Boo and she comes running to play.

I thought her eyes might be turning greenish blue but they look as blue as ever!

PS that her new little hat I crocheted for her, its too cute! It has little ear flaps on it and she looks like a little pilot girl.

2011-11-27T11:56:00.000-08:00

Miss Jo is our little swimming fishy. She still loves her bath time and has learned how to squirt the water out of her toys. She laughs and laughs as she gets Mom and Dad all wet. Little stinker!

2011-11-16T15:02:00.000-08:00

Ride your horse,

Ride your horse through town,

Now watch your horse,

So you don't fall down......

She was having such a great time until that dang rocking horse got a little wild and she just about fell off backwards.

WE have alot of practicing to do before she can ride alone next summer, maybe I really should invent Velcro pants to keep her in her seat!.... haha

LIttle Lady BUGGY!

2011-11-12T20:28:00.000-08:00

We tried really, really, really hard to paint her nose and we even put little hearts on her cheeks but you can see how long that lasted... we didn't even make it out our front door before they were smudged up and rubbed off on Cody's shirt. All well, we did get some cute pics and had a fun time showing her off!

Flying Lady Bug

We only went to a two house, and one was my good friend Jenny Caldwell's house. We were pretty shocked to have this scary lady open the door to us... Jo for sure didn't know what to think until Jen pulled out the candy and all was well!

And after a long night of playing and getting lots of candy, our little lady bug turned into a sugar high devil! haha

Look at those horns... haha

Funny story of the night, we rolled Jo's window down in the truck so she could see all the kids dressed up and she would yell at the top of her lungs at the kids. She was just Jibbering all kinds of words to them telling them what to do. It was hilarious!

Carving Pumpkins

2011-11-12T20:15:00.000-08:00

Let me just say, carving pumpkins is really hard with a 1 year old!

We had seeds strung all over our house and I actually found one in her toys the other day.

But she seemed to have a good time and she loved seeing them lite up, even if it was for two seconds.

Kisses for the Little one!

PS! These little pjs are really cute and they even glow in the dark, but they are the devil! haha I swear every time she wears them she wakes up and won't go back to sleep. Just the other night she woke up at 11pm, 1am, 2am and then was up until 4:30am! AWE, I swear she will NEVER wear them to bed again!

Leaves and Lovers...

2011-11-12T14:39:00.000-08:00

Meet Wyatt.

He is our cute little neighbor boy who Jo loves to play with.

Wyatt and his Mom were out playing in the leaves and we decided to join in.

These two love to play together. They'll be playing one minute and hugging the next!

We were joking while taking these pics that they look like engagement pics....

Who knows what the future holds for these two! haha

Ward Halloween Party

2011-11-12T11:39:00.000-08:00

This year for Halloween, Miss Jo was a little lady bug!

The cutest lady bug ever...

And as for Cody and I we were bikers. Cody thought we were probably going to get kicked out of the church for our tattoo sleeves but we didn't, but I did get released from my calling. HAHA

BUT not because of our tattoos.

Look how cute she is.......!

15 Months

2011-11-08T19:08:00.000-08:00

Dallie Jo's 15 month stats:
- 22.8 pounds and 31 inches tall
- When we were at the doctors office for her check up, I asked her to say HI Doctor to Dr. Staker and she said, "Hi Doggie!" Close enough!
- She says: HI!, Mamma, Daddy, Doggie, Jaxie, Kitty, Maggie, Ashy, What, HEY, HEY, HEEYY!, and her favorite.... ahiekldjukejdnake! She's turned into a little JIBBER Jabberer!
- Runs everywhere!
- When she starts to get tired she get really wild! About 7:30pm is her real wild time. I think its because she knows if she slows down she'd fall asleep, and we can't have that!
- Every time someone knocks on our door, she runs to it and knocks back and says, "Dadda?" She loves when daddy comes home.
- She's become a very picky eater. But she still loves cooked carrots, peas, corn, and broccoli. Oh and sweetish fish.
- She has 4 front teeth on top and 1.5 mollers (Her second one is just coming in), and on bottom she has two front teeth and one back moller.
- Her little legs are really ticklish, we say its because she's boy crazy for WYATT! (he's our neighbor who is just a couple months older than Jo) haha
-While in the store, she says HI to anyone and everyone; but if they talk back to her, she gets shy! That cute little HI and Wave automatically brings a smile to every ones face!
- She's quite the little helper, she will take stuff to the garbage, but while there she usually pulls the other stuff out.
- She likes to pick out her own outfits, I usually let her pick out her pants and I get the shirt so they actually match. The other day, she pulled all her clothes out and when I asked her to put them back... She actually did!

Well that's about all I can think of. I'm pretty sure I need to be better and write all these fun stuff down during the month but I'd most likely forget where I wrote them down at. As for Halloween fun, I did get pics but we've been busy with house planning and other stuff so I haven't had the chance to get the pics on.

Down by the railroad tracks...

2011-10-28T20:20:00.000-07:00

Great Grandpa Bruce was quite the story teller. He could recite any poem, chant, joke and song word by word and make it sound so funny!
His favorite song is called ANNABELLE and he loved to tell this song to everyone!
So, for your reading pleasure here is the song that reminds me most of my Great Grandpa:

I had a girl named Annabelle,

She thought the world of me.

But of some cause her family,

And I could not agree.

And if I went there to her place,

It'd surely start a fight.

So for that reason we would take,

A walk each Wednesday night.

Down by the railroad tracks,

We'd sit for hours and hours and hours,

Down by the railroad tracks.

Some people spoon in parlor chairs,

And some in Ford sedans.

But Annabelle and I we had,

To make some other plans.

We couldn't use the parlor,

And we had no Ford you see.

So for that reason you would find,

Sweet Annabelle and me,

Down by the railroad tracks,

I'd hold her hand and she'd hold mine,

Down by the railroad tracks.

I courted her for seven months,

Until one summer day.

Her old man found it out and then,

There was the dues to pay.

He said "Young man, come here to me,

I want a word with you!"

Where'd ya think I found myself,

When finally I came to?

Down by the Railroad Tracks,

The birds were singing merrily,

Down by the Railroad Tracks.

We're married now and settled down,

With children of our own.

Across the door there hangs a sign,

That says "God Bless Our Home."

Both she and I take a walk each night,

But up and down the floor.

Trying to get those kids to sleep,

We never walk no more.

Down by the Railroad Tracks,

I wonder who is there tonight,

Down by the Railroad Tracks.

The other day my little girl says,

"Momma tell me do!

If the good girls go to heaven,

Do the bad girls go there too?"

"Just good girls go to heaven."

The mother softly sighed

"But Momma, Where do bad the girls go?"

Annabelle replied...

"Down by the Railroad Tracks,

Down by the Railroad Tracks,

Now run and play and don't you stray,

Down by the Railroad Tracks!"

By Frank Crumit

I absolutely love this song! Especially the last verse.

Grandpa was always up for a good laugh. Although, we all heard all his sayings a million times they seemed to never get old. (most of the time).

Today at his funeral, I heard a cute little story about him and by Great Grandma Anna that I'd like to share. Before my Grandma moved to the Uintah Basin to teach school, she went to a fortune teller (she was a true believer) The fortune teller predicted my grandma would meet her husband over rubber and would marry in a white corner. The first time she met my grandpa he was sitting on a tire and when he proposed it was at a dance in the old Mt. Emmon's church house, in the corner which was white! How cute is that!?!

Grandpa Bruce Hartman

2011-10-26T10:21:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Bruce J. Hartman

November 21, 1916-Oct. 25, 2011

I have a little pony and his name was Jack... We put in stable and he jumped through a crack!

No one could possibly count the number of times this little poem was recited by my Great Grandpa Bruce Hartman's to his grand kids... Hundreds I'm sure. Grandpa was up for reciting every and any poem he had ever heard; if you had the time he could go on for hours! And he always knew every word and told them with such humor and personality.
He could usually, always remember his grand kids birthdays and would bring them a little something. He lived a long productive life (94 years!) and with help from my Grandma Kathy and Aunt Cynthia he was able to live on his own and take care of himself up until his passing... And even though he wasn't the best driver, he was very determined that he could and he did drive when ever he wanted. (Good thing the post office was only a few miles away.) Even though he could be a little stinker and hard headed at times, he will be missed and his memories will continue on as we remember all his jokes, poems and chants.

FALL!

2011-10-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

I seriously LOVE Fall more than any other season! And we've had a pretty good one until today when I woke up to rain/snow mix. All well we can't always have 70 degree weather like last week.

This last weekend we made a quick trip to Delta to visit Grandma Carrie and of course we had to play in the leaves with the doggies.

Helping dad!

I just love this girly, She is getting too tall!

She'll be 15 month on Oct. 1!

Silly pics...

2011-10-23T11:17:00.000-07:00

Cheese!

2011-10-23T10:49:00.000-07:00

Cheese!...

There is literally cheese all over her face, ha ha

Family pic 2011

2011-10-08T16:34:00.000-07:00

October 1, 2011

Isn't my little family so Cute!?! We were lucky enough to get out family pics in before the cold weather. I think they turned out perrrrtty cute!

My Mathews family

Wayne, Ashley, Jaxie Dawn, Dad, Mom, Cody, Dallie Jo, Me, Quincee and Brandon

Cutest Granddaughters ever!

I love this one, Dallie is such a Daddy's girl!

Everyone is looking so great and then I am making a funny face at Jo,

Isn't he so HANDSOME!?

Thanks to my cousin Toni Christensen who took most of these pics. She did a great job and we love her soooo much!

PS I took this last one... yeah I'm pretty proud of it! haha

2011-09-24T12:22:00.000-07:00

Bear Hunt 2011

Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

Cody and his dad are finally back from Alaska. We went and picked them up on Tuesday afternoon and Miss Jo was so happy to see Daddy!

I was able to talk and text Cody a little bit while he was up there but I couldn't completely picture what he was telling me about... Pictures are worth a thousand words!

They were in Alaska for 9 days, and on the very last day, just a few hours before flying out, Cody finally got his bear!

I was getting a little worried he might not... But he did!

Cody's Shark!

This is what the area is like they were hunting in. He said there were sink holes with no bottom; you'd just disappear, Thanks Goodness he didn't!

Alaska's tree are so close together and the greenery is so thick you can hardly see ten feet in front of you.

It was nice and rainy the WHOLE time they were up there. Cody said he hasn't ever been that wet before.

Cod had a pretty good time. He said he wished he could have caught a few more fish and shot a bigger bear, but at least he got to! And besides actually finding a bear he had a great time just spending time with his dad.

When he first told me about he trip, he said it was a "ONCE in a life time trip..." Lets see how long it is before he wants to go back! Any bets?

Worries!

2011-09-18T11:52:00.000-07:00

So when Cod decided to go bear hunting, a few worries crossed my mind:

1- He might get eaten by a bear
2- He might get eaten by a wolf
3- He might get lost or run into big foot,
4- He turn into a Hippie and never come home. Its a possibility, he loves AK! (I seriously think most the people up there are hippies hiding from the Government)

When Cod texted me last night, he told me had gone fishing and caught a SHARK!
Never once did I worry about sharks...
Good thing Cody was doing the shark hunting and not the shark hunting him!

But all is well, he's still alive and hasn't been eaten by anything! (So far, two more days to go!)

2011-09-13T10:09:00.000-07:00

Cody has a girlfriend and her name is HUNTING!
She better be the only girlfriend he has...

When I married Cody, I knew about his love for hunting, but I don't think I realized just how much he liked it until him and his dad decided to go bear hunting in Alaska. He was SUPER-SUPER EXCITED!

So for the next 9 days, I am a widow while Cody is gone on this "Once in a life time adventure" to the Prince of Wales Island in Alaska to hunt one of these:

Yesterday we dropped off the boys at the airport, wished them good luck and made them promise not to get eaten by a bear... So I guess we'll see if they come home with all their limbs intact!
I hope I didn't just jinks them!

Labor Day Cowgirl!

2011-09-05T19:04:00.000-07:00

Daughter like Father...

We didn't have much in mind for this Labor Day, so we went on a little horse ride, had a BBQ with my parents and just had a good time spending time together.

I sure love my little family!

Naples' Splash Pad

2011-09-05T19:00:00.000-07:00

Splash Pad- Part 1

This was Jo's first time at the splash pad, does she look like she's liking it?

NOPE!

She didn't like the surprise of the sprinklers coming on.

Thee Squatters...

Splash Pad- Part 2

This time our neighbors met us over there and she loved having some company who she actually knew.

She really enjoyed herself this time!

Mr Wyat.. he loves to kiss the girls and make them cry! Probably only Jo...

Loving the water!

Thank goodness we went back, She really liked it this time.

She just needed a friend to play with.

Camping

2011-09-05T18:49:00.000-07:00

Bayless Family Reunion 2011

Normally we aren't the reunion going people, but we decided to take the plunge and drive down to Torrey, UT for Cody's, mom's family reunion and we had a great time... other than not getting any sleep and the five hour drive it was real fun!

I did learn one thing about my little hubby, he's really competitive in Volleyball! He insisted on winning even if that meant we all play more and more games so he's team would come up on top. It was pretty funny watching him play in he cowboy boots... (sorry no pics of this)

Dallie Jo loved having her older cousins push her around. There's something about a red, plastic car that is much funner than her smooth riding stroller

It was Keegan's birthday that weekend and it a good thing he got a new rope to keep Uncle Cody occupied!

Stop teasing me dad!

There's nothing better than relaxing by the fire after a long day of playing. Miss Jo did her best sleeping in her daddy's arms next to the warm fire... That's right she pretty much did her ONLY sleeping by the fire, ha ha!

And on our way home we had to stop and take a pic of this house, we are hoping our house looks like this one, well not that big but how its kinda placed on a hill and I'd love to have that red barn too!

2011-08-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

Today me being the law abiding citizen I am, full filled my civil duty of appearing for jury duty...

Which lasted for about an hour and half then the case was dismissed.

To be perfectly honest, I kinda wanted to be picked, weird I know. There's just something exciting about sitting in a case... you know the exciting, juicy ones! Actually, if going to find a babysitter and drive to Duchesne I might as well make a day out of it.

The thing that gets me is if they are going to dismiss the case they should do that before they make twelve people take off work, find babysitters, and take time out of their day to drive to the court house. My gas guzzling truck most likely used more in gas to get down there than the amount they 'award' you for full filling your civil duty (They repeatedly tell you that while your waiting, its in the video they make you watch and on the postcard which so very nicely tells you have to show up or you get jail time or a $1000 fine!)

Well that's all, just wanted to vent for a minute... I guess I'm off for another 2 years before they call me full fill my civil duty again.

Once again...

2011-08-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

Once again these cute pics were lost and forgotten on my camera.

That seems to be the case these days, I either forget to take my camera all together or the pics get stored on it for how knows how long!

I do believe these were from the 4th of July in Delta.

Dallie had alot of fun playing in the pool at Grandma Carrie's house. It was the perfect day, not too hot (Delta gets pretty hot) and it was slightly overcast so she didn't get fried from the sun.

Daddy, Dallie and Uncle Trav

She would dive under the water if we'd let her

I can't believe how much she has changed since then!

She was a complete gummer in this pic and now she has six teeth...

1... Year... Old!

2011-08-18T20:45:00.000-07:00

Happy, Happy Birthday Baby!

We had such a fun time at Miss Jo's birthday party, and we were so lucky to have so many of our family members come and play!

We had a little BBQ, ate watermelon, ate cupcakes, watched Dallie Jo get. Totally. Spoiled. Rotten...

Seriously you would have thought it was Christmas in August!

Miss Jo got so many fun toys and she actually plays with them! YEAH!

Cody and I got her a little Smart trike that grows with her and she just feels like a big girl cruising around.

When we went to pick out her present, I wanted to get her a baby doll so bad, there were so many cute ones. but dad said no. Luckily Kohlbin and Kashe gave her one! She carries it around, kisses it, huggs it, rocks it and when she is tired of it she.... throws it! ha ha What a good Mommy she is, I promise she didn't learn that from me!

She also got alot of puzzles, clothes, shoes, a blowing ball game and a match up barn that she LOVES too!

We just went to the pavilion by our church and it was great weather.

I was so excited plan her party, I had so much I wanted to do and make but only a few ideas were finished.

It still looked pretty cute for a church pavilion.

Miss Jaxie Dawn, just looking so cute!

Coder is the best BBQer... ever!

And he looks so handsome doing it!

Mr. Kohlbin and Grandpa Gary

K-man is such a poser, we asked him to smile and this is what we got! Too Funny!

Dallie, Grandma Carrie and Kashe the TANK!

Auntie Ry and Miss Jo

Jo would go from one plate to another plate beggin for food.

Look at those baby blues!

I'm 1, and its my party,

And I'll cry if I want to!

Dallie Jo would much rather eat watermelon than cake...

Jaxie is always willing to help!

Ashley and Jax

Seriously... she loves that doll. I think its because Daddy said she couldn't have one... ha ha

Sponge FIGHT!

Cleanest birthday girl and for sure the cutest!

Tired MOMMY!

Thanks everyone for coming and thank you so much for the awesome gifts! I really appreciate not having to entertain her ever second of the day, she actually plays for a little while by herself and doesn't completely pull everything out of our cupboards!

Happy Birthday Miss Jo!

Now just stop growing up...

Maybe someday!

2011-08-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

Maybe someday I'll get Dallie Jo's birthday pictures up, but right now probably not. We have been so busy!

-Well Dallie Jo and I have been busy Swimming! I decied to do the Mom and Tot swimming lessons which went from August 1-11. They were pretty fun for the first week... the second week she got kinda tired, so we only went one day... and she had cold. But the last day we went she would put her whole head under for a little bit and then she'd come back up.. Pretty good for a one year old!
-Aug. 4 I took her in for her one year old shots. She weighs 21.7 pounds, and she's 29 inches long. The doc said she's 50% in her age group. She went from 75% to 50% in her weight; I guess her walking and running everywhere has been good for her! She did pretty well with her shots; she cried for a minute then they gave her a sucker and all was well!
-Last weekened Aug 5-7, we went camping with the whole Mathews clan and had a great time. Its a change taking a baby camping... so much more to worry about and sleeping in a tent is whole lot harder and I seriously worried the whole time about a bear coming and eating Miss Jo! ha ha
-While camping, within the first hour of being up there, Dallie Jo was pushing a little bike around and well the bike stopped and she didn't and her little cheek hit the ground while her body stayed highcentered on the bike. Her poor little cheek instantly bruised!
-Last Wednesday Aug. 14, we went and watched the stock show in Duchesne. We were kinda sad that Rylan didn't show this year because she rocked it last year! It so fun listening to Cody and seeing how much he LOVES stock show... Seriously he's a stock show junky!
-And yesterday we went and watched the horse pulls and go to the petting zoo at the fair again. Dallie would clap her hands for the horses and wave at everyone. At the zoo, she didn't want to pet anything BUT the horse. Not the goat, or the sheep, or the elbaca (seriously those things are ugly!). She would only pet the mini horses and the other horses; and when the Mule let out a bae she just about jumped out of her skin! She didn't know what the heck was going on!
-Now this week... I have been asked to come back to work at the vision clinic and help train their new lab tech. I'm kinda excited to get out but Miss Jo and I have so much fun... But I guess one or two weeks won't hurt us.

We hope you all are having a great Summer, before long its going to be FALL! I love the fall colors but autumn just leads to Winter.... And I'm not looking forward to having a long Winter like last year!

Happy Birthday BABY!

2011-07-31T14:16:00.000-07:00

I'm 1!

Where did this year go?! I can't believe it, she can't really be one year old!

This morning, as I got up, I was thinking of how just last year on a Sunday morning I was able to hold my beautiful baby girl for the first time. After a day and half of contractions we met Miss Jo on 8-1-10 at 10:04 am, and she couldn't have been more perfect. She was a healthy 8.8 pounds and 19 3/4 inches long.

Things I remember from labor:

-I had to beg Daddy to take me in, he thought it was a false alarm.

-Walking to the OB, I had to stop 3 times in between contractions before I could continue on.

-Daddy forgot to push record on the video camera.

-While pushing, we were watching a music video on CMT.

-My grandma didn't believe we had actually had her until she heard her cry.

-Our parents were at church and we couldn't get hold of them until after and my grandma had to track mine down at church.

-It was pretty weird to see just how big she really was... she was alot bigger than I thought she would be.

-That first cry was MAGICAL! Really!

-Time seemed to stop when I first held her, I remember looking up at Cod and saying, "She's all ours!"

She has been such a great baby and we love her more and more each day.

Who would have thought that such a small little girl could change your life in such a BIG way.

We are truely so blessed to have her! I don't know what I'd do without her. What I do know is, this year has been the best and we sure love her!

At one year old she:
-Walks! as of the first of July she started walking by herself and my poor apartment hasn't been messier!
-She's FULL of kisses! Especially when Daddy gets home!

-She has 5.5 teeth, three/almost four on top and two on bottom.

-She thinks she's so big. Instead of playing with the babies, she follows the big kids around trying to keep up with them.

-When she hear music in the morning she dances.

-She went her first trail ride. We rode around the lake up at Moon Lake. She did a great job until the last little bit when she fell asleep, I guess the bumpy trot just rocked her to sleep. She loves that Sadie Dog too, she would have fallen off the horse trying to watch her running down the trail.

-She loves babies, and poor Jaxie Dawn gets more slobbery kisses than anyone!

-She loves her Daddy more and more... She's so excited when he gets home and especially when he shares his ice cream with her.

-She can suck through a straw... Big accomplishment, she doesn't leave as many floaters with a straw.

-She pretends to talk on the phone. She says HI and kisses it when talking to Daddy, Gma and Gpa.

-She had her first eye appointment. She did pretty well and Dr. W said she is well beyond her age in tracking objects... Good Job Jo!

-She says: mamma, dadda, hi, cookie, dink (drink), sometimes is sounds like she says Sadie, Ryry (Rylan), gmammama (Grandma), and the other day I could have sworn she said Minute. (I'm always saying, "Just a minute, Jo, just a minute.")

- She's Daddy's little SWEETHEART and My LUV BUG!

Happy, Happy Birthday JoJo!

July!

2011-07-28T20:46:00.000-07:00

JULY=FUN and Busyness!

July is almost over and I haven't even blogged about all the fun we've been having. Since I'm really good at forgetting my camera; I have very little/no pics to show for the fun!

June 31-July 1 Gma and Gpa Pehrson and Keegan and Lexie came to stay with us. We had a pretty good time! It pretty much rained the whole time but it was fun trying to keep the kids entertained. Jo loves her cousins!
July 2- My little sister got married! Yes that's right, She's now any Old Married Women! They had a little family wedding and then headed to Texas. (her hubby is going to school down there!) We sure miss them but they seem very happy! We're crossing our fingers that they are able to transfer up here, but if they don't I guess now I have excuse to take a little vacation to TX! Welcome to the family Brandon!
July 4th weekend- Delta celebrations. We watched the great parade of derby cars and tractors, went to the derby to watch Uncle Kjell's purple truck get smashed, fireworks after the derby and enjoyed the weekend with Gma and Gpa Pehrson.
July 8- Miss Jo decided she was Walking Miss Jo. No more finger grabbing for her, she's a big girl!
July 8 and 9- We took Miss Jo to the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo and she loved it! She kept yelling yaaaaaahhh and clapping her hands. She also had her first sleep over at Gma Mathews' house... alone! That's right we got a full night of sleep! As for my parents, I don't think I can say the same.
July 22- We went to a Bee's game in SLC. It was pretty fun! the Bee's needed alittle help but we had AWESOME seats enjoyed the drunk lady yelling at the batter.... HEY BATTER, BATTER, BATTREEERR! Yep, now thats a good time!
July 23- Longhorn days! We only went to the parade but it was pretty cute. Rylan and her friend dressed up in their mermaid fins and won 1st place in the parade. They looked pretty cute! That afternoon we packed up the horses and went for a ride around Moon Lake. Miss Jo did pretty well until the last little bit and she fell asleep... My arms were just a little sore from holding her on Mr Peppy. He knew he was headed home so he jigged down the mountain.
And this weekend on July 30 we are going to have a little parthy for Miss Jo's Birthday! Cody's family is coming to town and I wanted them all to be here for her birthday...

The only pics I have to show for this month are the ones of her one year old photo shoot on the 8. I can't believe how much she has changed since the first of this month... Here you go Quinc!

Recognize this saddle? It was Grandpa Brent's when he was little!

She's so CUTE, Isn't she!?!

I do believe....

2011-07-09T13:41:00.000-07:00

I do believe we have a WALKER!
That's right... She's walking!
This morning she walked from our bedroom, into the living room and then into the kitchen!

Way to go, Miss Jo!

Last night we took her to the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in Vernal, and she loved it. She's clap her hand for the riders and really liked the barrel racers. Yep, she's our little cowgirl.

ALSO yesterday, we had her pictures taken for her birthday and they turned out soooo cute! We had Sharlie Fitzgerald in Bridgeland take them this time and she did an awesome job. She has so many cute props and ideas! Go check her out, www.sharssnapshots.com/blog/

Here's a preview: (I'll post the rest later!)

She LOVED the cake! She was kind of being a little pill until she pulled out that cake...

11 Month Old Dallie Jo

2011-07-01T16:31:00.000-07:00

As of TODAY, Miss Jo is 11 months old!

What is this? Next month ~~REALLY~~ Can't be her BIRTHDAY!

AWE!

New things:

- Loves to give kisses, But not really a fan of receiving them. This might be because the little boy that lives by us loves to give hugs, and one day he was giving her a hug and just reached up and bit her nose.. OUCH!

-Crawls/Walks everywhere and leaves a path of distruction.

-Loves ALL animals. She really likes Sadie Dog, but Sadie doesn't really like her!

-Surprisingly enough, she doesn't like her bath any more. Unless you let her stand up the whole time.

-She's our little veggie eater! She likes all veggies: peas, corn, aprigrass(I don't know how to spell that!), broccoli... (That's about all we've let her try)

-She's really good at moving cows. She yells, flaps her arms and rides like a TRUE COWGIRL!... YEAH! That's my girl! Some times she forgets that we're not moving cows at church!

-Newest smile = Showing off her teeth! She has two on the bottom and one of her vampire fangs coming in.

I can't believe she's turning one next month.

She's no longer a baby, but my little Toddler babe!

Summer lovin!

2011-06-16T14:37:00.000-07:00

Summer has come to the Uintah BASIN!

Yeah! Finally after the longest winter E.V.E.R. it finally feels like summer is here.. Forget about spring! The weather was so nice this last week, we even got out to do a little swimming.

Or should I say... ~~Skinny Dippin~~; more like Chunky Dunkin!

This is her new smile... always just cheesing it up!

By the end... all the water was in her diaper whiched weight probably 5 pounds!

Moving Cows

2011-06-12T13:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went and helped my Grandpa Brent move some of his cows.

We have such a great time helping him and learning from him and Dallie Jo is learning too.....

Grandpa Great and Dallie Jo in Ace

I'll drive Grandpa!

Rock ~~picker~~, I mean EATER!

Cody and Trigger,

Cody has him going so good!

Not really into pictures! ha ha

LOVE YOU...

Miss Jaxie Dawn even got into the fun!

Seriously, Dallie Jo was all smiles

The. Whole. Time.

She rode most of the time, and the other time she was picking up rocks and playing on the nice and dirty floor boards of the truck. Grandpa Brent is a really good babysitter! She didn't quite make it to the field to put the cows away, she fell asleep in my arms just a little ways from the field. Good old Gypsy rocked Dallie right to sleep!

And in church today, she showed off her yelling voice in sacrament. She wasn't mad, just teaching the other kids how to yell at the cows. Good thing we can't understand her words yet, they might be a little naughty! haha

And just yesterday Dallie Jo picked up on the rolling part of paddy cake.

So she now looks like she is going to box someone, We're constantly asking her to PUT EM UP! PUT EM UP!

Happy Pics

2011-06-12T12:51:00.000-07:00

Just some pictures that make me Happy!

CUTEST Pajamas EVER!

She's a little Cheeser!

Seriously, such a ham! Just cheesing it up!

I LOVE MY BABY JO!

PS, she was pulling all my hair out! ha ha

Kanab, UT

2011-06-12T12:39:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pics of our little trip to Kanab, UT/Fredonia, AZ to pick Cody's colt.

Its not secret that Dallie Jo loves popsicles! As we were watching Cody ride his horse, we had alittle treat that ended up being a HUGE Mess! But she sure loved it!

Nice and CLEAN!

And this pictures shows her little attitude! She was too tired to know what we wanted. Pretty funny picture though!

I think its probably time for another little get away...

Any Suggestions?

We were thinking Jackson Hole, WY?! Maybe...

2011-05-31T21:07:00.000-07:00

What is this?....

My Baby Girl is 10 Months Old!

New this month:

- She's grown a ton and so has her Attitude! At her nine month Doc appointment she weighed 20 pounds even and was 28 inches long and I think she's grown alot since then.

- She WALKS every where. She takes about 7 steps on her own and then gets a little scared and grabs for some help.

- She's a Tornado! One of the ladies who live by us asked me what Dallie Jo likes to do. I told well she doesn't like toys, she doesn't like to watch TV, and she doesn't crawl much but she does loves to scale the walls... And its true she just likes to walk around looking and pulling everything down. She makes a mess in one place then moves to the next

- She's catching on to words so well... Well we think she is. Tonight Cod gave her a cookie and she ate it then we here, "DA, Cookie!"

- She loves to eat! Especially fresh veggies and fruit. They make a pretty smelly diaper but she could eat, and eat, and eat corn, peas and grapes. When she's outside, she's tried eating grass and hay and flowers but she likes rocks best... you know the ones in the corral where they are really, really dirty!

- She loves riding horses. On Memorial day Monday, she rode her horse Trigger (the real trigger not her rocking horse) and just laughed and smiled the whole ride. SHE LOVED IT!

- She really really really likes her AUNTIE Rylan. She loves all her Aunts but Miss Ry takes her all over and shows her everything! While at my Grandma and Papa Fisher's house she looks and tries to follow Rylan. Good luck Ry, You've got a little follower....

-She loves her Grandparents! This last weekend, she went for a ride with my parents and when I went to strapped her in her car seat she was waving and telling me bye before I could get her strapped in... It kinda broke my little heart! ha ha And she's learning some good and bad habits from Papa Brent. He's the one that started her on finger grabbing.

Love you little BUG!

2011-05-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

So last night my little sister graduated from High School. Its kinda weird to think she's all grown up and graduated. We had a great family dinner before and then went to cheer her on as she got her diploma... I to tell her that the only reason she graduated was because the school paid mom and dad to get her out of their hair. Ha ha
As we were sitting there at graduation watching the senior video, all the baby pictures came up and I thought, "Wow, they were once little..." Then the thought popped into my head, "Crap that could be my Jo Jo in a few years.

!SCARY!

And too add to the maddness, last night Dallie Jo decided she didn't want me to rock her to sleep so I put her in her bed and she slept all night!

Needless to say, other than the great, non interrupted sleep I got, she is growing up too FAST! Time flies and she is funner than ever.

THE END

PS she's getting two little teeth on the bottom. I thought she might be a little gummer baby forever!

Sunny Weekend!

2011-05-20T08:51:00.000-07:00

On Monday the May 16th was our 2nd year anniversary!

(Our VERY 1st picture taken together!)

Things that have changed from last year:

- Had a baby.
- Cody changed jobs. He now works for Anadarko and seems to really like it.
- I quit my job. (still kinda sad about this... BUT I love staying home with my girl!)
- Bought a new truck; Red (of course) Ford F-150
- Had a baby... I had to add this one again because this little girl has totally changed our lives. Having a little baby changes so much. A baby can add alot of stress to a marriage, BUT can bring it SO MUCH JOY!

Alot has changed this last year and I wouldn't and couldn't ask for more. Cody is the BEST Daddy and husband and Dallie Jo is such a cute and fun little blessing.

I can't wait to see what our future brings. I'm so grateful I get to spend ETERNITY with these two!

This year for our anniversary we took a little trip to Kanab, UT (YEAH!) to pick up a horse. It was such nice weather....! Not too hot, but for sure not as rainy as it has been the last two weeks in the Basin. We even got a little tan!

Dallie Jo LOVED swimming this time.

We were sitting on the side of the pool and I'd look down and she'd be tipping over and one little toe would pop out of the water. So I'd help her put it back down and she'd stand good for a little while then she'd tip over the opposite way and a little toe would pop up... Too funny!

Miss Hollywood herself!

While Cody was off chasing wild Cows.... (Really they were wild and crazy), Baby Jo and I took a little shopping trip to St. George. We found some great deals and even got a ton of baby clothes for close to 75% off all! YEAH!

I didn't think she'd like her glasses much but she does. She'll leave them on the whole time.

Cody had a pretty good time chasing those cows too. He said my Grandpa's meanest cow doesn't hold a candle to those Mean Mammas! The guy he went with said, "These cows have no bluff to them... If they look like they're going to eat you, they will."

I think we'll probably have to take another trip down so I can go. I wasn't about to lug Jo Jo on long horse back trip to chase cows that are that mean... It didn't sound too fun with a babe.

We had a great time while down south. I thought the drive would be terrible but Dallie Jo was so, So, SO GREAT! She did get tired the last 15 mins of our trip but she was a complete Angel the rest of the time. It was good to get away and just spend some time just as a family.

And this pic was from Mother's Day.

We were invited over to my cousin's mission farewell and this is Dallie Jo helping dad drive to the luncheon. Quincee said she's a better driver than her daddy!

PS our computers.... thats right computers just quit one day so now I have to mooch off of my family in order to blog or check email... Dumb computers!

2011-05-11T21:14:00.000-07:00

Today for the first time... DALLIE JO WALKED ON HER OWN!
So... it was only about 5 steps, and it was just a little wobbily...
But... she's on her way, and that means no more hunched over backs for Mommy and Daddy!

Wish us LUCK!

PS did I tell you she also crawls! Just a GI JANE Army crawl, but its a crawl!

Mother's Day

2011-05-08T17:09:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom, Mother-in-law, and Grandmas!

Being a MOM is the best and most amazing blessing.... EVER! I truely love being a mom and have always wanted to be a mom since I was little. (That's probably why I couldn't ever commit to anyone degree.)

I heard this the other day:

"We will have all of Eternity to know our children as adults, but only this moment,

right now, to know them as children."

-Hilary Weeks

I have seen first hand how fast the little ones can change; the 9 months of pregnancy sure doesn't go as fast as the 9 months of watching them grow, learn and develop.

And I've Loved.Every.Minute!
So.. my new goal is to slow down and take in the memories of when she is little. I've tried to write down what she learns and funny things she does but still as fast as time goes by little things get forgotten and that is what I want to remember.

IT'S MAY!

2011-04-30T10:42:00.000-07:00

It's MAY!

(well tomorrow is!)

MAY looks to be a good month for us:

Its our 2nd Wedding Anniversary,
My 1st Mother's Day,
We are headed to AZ to pick up a horse,
Moving cows and branding calves,
Riding horses,
and Dallie Jo is now 9 months old! (Not really looking forward to this, but its going to happen)

It seems like time is flying. I know I say that every month, but it really is. I told a friend that we have been really busy all month, but I can't think of what we actually did! But as Spring fights its way into the Uintah Basin, we are looking forward to being outside and enjoying the warm weather and hopefully no WIND.

Things Dallie Jo learned in April:

She really likes canned Peaches.
She's ready to run, but not steady enough to let go. She runs with your fingers, not just walk... RUN!
She's still rolling everywhere, but she's doing an Army crawl which helps her get under chairs. Just yesterday I was sewing a little shirt for a friend and she crawled under my chair and pushed the peddle and sewed a few extra stitches on the shirt... Good thing my fingers were out of the way!
Still no Teeth, but she sure eats on everything like she is getting a whole mouth full.
Her EARS are doing great! Doc says the tubes are open and she's all healed up! Such a relief...
Sometimes waives BYE BYE and does paddie cake.
She's learned, more like we learned she doesn't like to travel. On the way to Delta, she screamed from Spanish Fork to Nephi in which she finally fell asleep... Little stinker!
She's a little Flirt... Enough Said!

While in Delta for Easter, we hit the big Hinkley easter egg hunt.

Lets GO!

Let me Get them DAD!

Dallie Jo seemed to have fun at the Egg hunt. She picked up one blue egg and that's all she wanted!

Dallie Jo and Lewis the Lion

(I made that up, I don't know his name.)

All the little kids were so scared of the lion, Dallie didn't seem to care. There was one little girl who seriously screamed bloody murder and climbed up her dad, needless to say, we all just laughed!

Well I hope everyone has a great month of MAY, We're hoping we do!

2011-04-30T09:52:00.000-07:00

EASTER 2011

We were able to sneak away from the great UB and head to Delta for the weekend.

Our weekend pertained: alot of eggs colored, eggs found and eggs eaten...

Cody, Dallie, Aunt Misty, and McKrae all coloring eggs

Peek!

Yummy!

Dallie Jo and Koda Bear!

DaKoda is really good at coloring all the eggs... but only pink!

Dallie's Egg

Dallie Jo loves Daddy!

Mommy and Dallie

She thought the crayons tasted pretty good!

All colored out!

She was pretty tired from coloring all her eggs.She liked the feeling of the cold eggs and she the blue ones for some reason!

Finger Puller!

2011-04-30T09:41:00.000-07:00

HIDE Your Fingers!

Dallie Jo is quite the little finger grabber... She'll pretend to sit on your lap for: point five seconds then she's off. She'll sneakily find your hands, grab your fingers, scoot off your lap and turn and sheepishly smile at you...

She's too cute to say no to!

Thanks McKrae!

He took her for quite a few walks. The younger boys tried to, but she's a little to wiggling for them. It was a great having the kids around to play with her. She loves seeing them and watching them run around.

Cousins

2011-04-30T09:32:00.000-07:00

Meet Kashe!

Mr. Kashe is Cody's sister's little guy. He is three weeks younger than Dallie, but you would never know that because he is quite a bit bigger than Dallie Jo. (In the weight department, that is!)

They got to play over Easter at Grandma and Grandpa Pehrson's house last weekend!

Its so fun seeing all the kids together!

Dallie and Jaxie

2011-04-30T09:28:00.000-07:00

Dallie Jo is quite the walking machine!

My mom has a round ottoman and she walks around and around and around it.

This day, we were up playing with Jaxie. Dallie would stop by the couch, give her a kiss and continue on... TOO CUTE!

I'll get you Jax!

Hi Cousin!

Jaxie is all smiles!

Dallie Jo is so funny with Baby J. She softly kisses her head then smiles; Baby J doesn't mind too much!

Happy Easter!

2011-04-23T19:40:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone has a great day and takes a minute to remember how truely Blessed we all are!

Walking...

2011-04-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

Dallie Jo is quite the little walker these days... that is with her WALKER!

When we went to play with Hazlie, she had a little walker that Dallie Jo really liked to play with. So to our surprise, Daddy brought home one from Wyoming and she hasn't stopped walking with it yet!

She looks just like a little Grandma wondering around.

And in wondering around I mean wondering until she gets to the wall and needs help turning around.

Limber Baby!

Can't move Dad!

See ya!

It's pretty funny watching her. When she falls down, she can't get back up very good so she rolls over to your feet and pulls on her pants to get your attention.

She just gets funner everyday!

P.S. she is feeling much, much, much better!

We've haven't seen Monster baby for a few days, THANK GOODNESS!

Parenting!?!

2011-04-12T11:02:00.000-07:00

Whoever says Parenting is easy is NUTS!

Are you joking me?! It's probably the most uneasy thing I've ever done! Actually, labor/delivery seems to be the easy part of parenting... there were at least people there telling me what to expect and what do to when something was happening.

Now we roll with the flow and pray we are doing the right thing.

As Dallie Jo keeps getting bigger and grows into her own little person, Cody and I realize we really have no idea what we are doing. Like last night, we were eating diner and Dallie starts to cry. Is she hungry, is she hurting, or is she just spoiled rotten!?! I'm thinking she's just spoiled.... ALREADY?!

I kinda think Nanny 911 needs to come live with us so she can tell me what I'm doing wrong and how to get her to sleep at night. NOT KIDDING, Dallie Jo slept better as a newborn than she does now. If she hears the littlest squeak, those little BLUES shoot open and she's searching for the noise maker. I thought by getting tubes in her ears, that they might fix her constant nightly wake ups, NOPE!

And really, its crazy how fast they change! Just last week while in WY for a week Cody was telling me how much she had changed in just a week? She went from this sweet little girl who barely cried, who would hug and kiss you -TO- this little stinker with a BIG attitude, who just wants to walk every where, who ~~refuses~~ to crawl and who's jipper japper has turned into loud squeals. If the tubes are the cause of all these changes, I want them out! JK!

One thing Cody and I do know is, being a parent is the most rewarding blessing we have ever been given. Being a parent is the most costly, confusing and the biggest guessing game we've ever played!

BUT we wouldn't want it any other way! The moments when she will sit and cuddle with you TOTALLY make up for the midnight screams and feedings AND she when she says Mamma it totally makes the mood better; Even if its in the middle of her throwing a fit! I freaked out, and gave into whatever was making her throw a fit...

Yeah, I think I know why she's spoiled... It's totally her Dad's fault! ha ha

And maybe, just maybe it's mine!?! BUT only Maybe!

Monster BABY!

2011-04-11T10:56:00.000-07:00

Dallie Jo is a Monster today!

I'm not sure if she is teething or if she is just having a bad day, but she is SUPER whinny!

Just a simple, "Dallie get away from the flowers," sends her into a crying fit!

If I put her down when she wants to walk... she Screams,
If I walk out of the room... she Screams!
If I try to wipe her face off... Oh Boy, she Screams!
If I take the electrical cord away so she won't get electrocuted.... She REALLY Screams!

And this was all before 10AM!

Lets just say... She may be For Sale!

Actually I'd never Sale her, but I might just give her away...

I'm TOTALLY Kidding! I love that little Cutie too much,

Even if she is a Monster!

2011-04-08T16:33:00.000-07:00

Hoppy EASTER!

We're a little early, but I just couldn't hold this cute picture to myself any longer!

Its April! Which means... Dallie Jo is 8 months old and it's EASTER!

I really like Easter, all the pastel colors, baby animals being born, warmer weather is on it's way, (we all like that!) And not to mention the celebration of the Resurrection of Christ.

I especially like Easter time because it gives us an excuse to get a new Easter dress and its another reason to go visit family and friends!

Things Dallie Jo learned in March:

- She's a rolling fool! It's funny how in just one month she can go from being content sitting by her toys or reading a book, but now she's rolling everywhere. She goes from the kitchen to the living room, to her bedroom, to the bathroom....

-She'll eat on anything, ~~besides~~ peas baby food! She loves tags, the remote, our phones and dirty shoes... Gross! Cody says he's going to buy her a doggie chew toy and I wouldn't doubt that she'd be just fine with that.

- Thanks to Grandpa Great Fisher, She's a little finger grabber and wants to be walked everywhere!

- Jibber Jabber is her style of talking.

- She's learned how to throw a fit, by laying on her stomach with her face in her hands. She's pretty Dramatic!

- Loves visitors, even if its just the UPS man.

- She's a Smarty Pants; she learns something new everyday...

- She's not yet crawling, but she gets on all fours and just about does it, but then at the last minute rolls over.

- She LOVES being outside. By rolling to the door and pounding on it, this is her way of saying I want to go outside. Even just a quick trip to the mailbox will ~~satisfy~~ her for about..... 5 minutes.

- She thinks she's too cool for an afternoon nap, but by the time bed time rolls around, she wants to go to bed at seven and wake up and play at 9... Sorry Girlfriend! It a fight giving her a nap OR keeping her awake so she'll sleep at night.

- Her Nightly Routines now is: Ride Trigger, Eat an icecream and Walk Circles around her toys with the help of Daddy.

P.S. how do you like the one sock look? She's starting a new fab.

Missing him...

2011-04-07T12:21:00.000-07:00

Cody has been in Wyoming since Sunday

and won't be back until Saturday...

and Miss Jo is missing her daddy.

At night whenever she hears a door close

she looks toward our back door for Cody to come walking in.

And the other night while we were walking circles

I stopped and showed her our family picture.

I pointed out Mommy, Daddy, and Dallie Jo.

When I pointed out daddy,

she leaned forward and gave him a kiss.

It was so sweet!

Needless to say, Saturday couldn't come any sooner!

Ear Update

Day 3: Dallie Jo slept very well last night too. Apparently the tubes are helping; if only I could get used to her new schedule. I get up and check her through out the night just to make sure she's okay. Today is also the last day I have to give her some drops, so we'll see what the rest of the week brings.

Play Date

2011-04-06T13:30:00.000-07:00

Meet Hazlie!

She is Dallie Jo's Best Friend!

Today I took Dallie Jo to play with Hazlie and I think they had a pretty good time.

Hazlie is six weeks older than Dallie and its fun to see them in different stages. I was hoping Miss Hazlie would teach Dal how to crawl but she was too busy playing, crawling, walking and.... Sitting on Dallie's head.

Yes that's right, sitting on Dallie's head.

Sharrie and I were talking and we look over and there is Hazlie perched on Dallie's head just looking around.. it was too FUNNY!

Dallie Jo is going to have to get tougher to keep up with Hazlie.

Dallie Jo was slowly walking with Hazlie's little walker and Miss H crawled over, stood up and took off walking and left Dallie in her dust....

It's been so fun having other friends who are going through the same stuff and I am with Dallie Jo.

Hazlie was so dang funny! She was here and there and pulling herself up and down.

Sharrie is going to really be in trouble once she gets walking. Forget that, she's going to be running before long!

Thanks for letting us come play! We will definitely have to come again soon.

Ear Update

Day 2: Baby Jo slept from 7pm to 7am! Oh happy day, I mean night! AND she didn't freak out when I put her ear drops in. I was feeding her at the time but that seems to help; she wasn't screaming and wiggling all over. She's still kind somber but she's getting back to her normal self.

Mmmmm!

2011-04-05T17:47:00.000-07:00

Mmm... Mmm... Good!

So... Do you think she enjoyed those Cheetos and apple wagon wheels?

Looks like she Loved 'Em!

EAR UPDATE:

Day 1: Dallie Jo slept from 10pm to 7am last night without waking up, yahoo! She took two naps today and seems to be feeling better. She sleeps sounder too. Before getting the tubes, if we stepped on the wrong floor board (We have TERRIBLY squeeky floor boards, ask anyone who have ever been to our house) she'd wake up. Now I can walk back and forth with no wakey, wakey!

When it comes time for me to give her, her antibiotic drops, she puts up a real good fight. She hates them! She freaks out and will barely hold still for me to put them in. The doctor did say the drops might kinda hurt when they first go in the ear, so I can't tell if she's mad because she has to hold still -OR- if they hurt her.

Early Morning Procedures

2011-04-04T10:49:00.000-07:00

Early this morning, My mom and I took Miss D, in to get tubes put in her ears.

Doctors/Technology these days are so great! They didn't have to do any needle work for this procedure, they just used some gas and to put her out.

The surgery took about 5 mins to finish and she was back in about 25 minutes.

But Boy was she mad! I could hear her screaming in the recovery room, and when they brought her back to me, she was screaming even louder and wasn't sure what she wanted.

It was so Sad! Poor lil Baby!

It was kinda bitter sweet that she only wanted her Mamma.

She cuddled into my shoulder and sobbed in my hair.

Dr. Catten talked with us and said they drained quite a bit of fluid from her ear and said there was quite a bit of pressure on the ear drum. He said everything went great and these tubes she should really help her feel alot better.

Its pretty cool how fast they were.

Look at that face!

The nurses said she probably wasn't in pain, just a little dizzy from the gas and confused as to why she was mad.

I felt so bad! We just cuddled and I gave her lots of kisses.

As we were leaving, she gradually cheered up and was glad to be leaving. By the time we got back to our house, she was a happier and had stopped screaming and was ready to play with Grandma.

She's sleeping now, and will probably sleep most of the day.

I sure hope these tubes make her feel better!

And here are just a few happier pictures. On Saturday it was so nice! Well it was warm, almost 80 degrees!

We didn't go outside much because it was pretty breezy but it was warm enough for her to wear a cute summer outfit.

Her favorite thing to do; Love on DAD!

No Foolin...

2011-04-01T20:12:00.000-07:00

Dallie Jo is 8 Months Old Today... No Foolin!

If only it was an April Fool's joke... But ~~sadly~~, it's not.

She's growing too fast!

(I usually post some of her newest tricks and things I want to remember about last month, but there just isn't anytime today! Coming Soon...)

This little Piggy....

2011-03-31T15:56:00.000-07:00

(Sorry Danielle H., I know how you HATE FEET!)

Mother, like Daughter

-OR-

is it Daughter like Mother?

Either way, these piggies are so cute!

I think today has been the L.O.N.G.E.S.T day of our lives! When I got up this morning, I thought today would actually end up being a decent day; BUT yet again, the ~~wonderful~~ Basin Wind has picked up and we have barricaded ourselves in the house again.

Luckily we were able to get out for a little walk/jog before it picked up.

(More walking than jogging, slowly getting back in shape)

So with it being windy outside and not much to do inside, I decided to paint Dallie Jo's little toes.... It took a bit longer than just painting my own but they turned out SUPER CUTE!

This is one of the new little outfits I picked up,

(She's growing out of all her other clothes)

Its Super CUTE too!

It's probably just the Sweet Baby wearing it...

She's still trying to find her balance,

She wants to walk so BAD!

Anyways, with these pretty blue eyes and that BIG smile, Baby Jo always makes a long day like today alot better and definitely more fun!

Ice Cream Baby!

2011-03-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

These pictures pretty much

speak for themselves.....

Doesn't she look so Happy?! Oh YES!

Dal gobbles the ice cream down faster than Cody can clean her up...

She's definitely her Dad's girl, and has his sweet tooth for Orange Cream Ice Cream!

New Stuff!

2011-03-24T10:39:00.000-07:00

We are loving the warm weather SO. VERY. MUCH!

I finally talked Cody into buying me a stroller and I am loving it. It's so fun to just get out and go for a little walk, or a long walk as some of them have turned into. And Miss Dallie Jo LOVES it too!

Sleepy little eyes.

Our little walks usually makes her really tired, but she's too afraid to miss something so we won't fall asleep until we get home.

We don't need to buy toys, all we need is the weekly newspaper and Daddy's toes!

Peek!

She loves the newspapers, she'll roll back and forth just ripping them up.

Her little shirt was pretty black from the ink, but its okay, she had fun!

Today I took Miss D to the Doctor (yet again!) and much to our ~~dismay~~, she has to get tubes put in her ears. I wasn't too happy and was kinda nervous to hear the results but the Doc quickly put my nerves to rest. He fully explained the process and made me see it is just a small surgery; not really a surgery but a procedure which will take less than five minutes. They don't even have to do any needle work, they just put a little mask over her nose and she's out. He did say she'd probably be mad when she wakes up from the dizziness of the anesthetics but really its not a big deal. (I'm still a little nervous, but it's because I'm a worry wart!)

I thought this was kind of interesting: Dr. Catten said, getting tubes is the second most common procedures, right up there with the 'special' procedure a boy baby gets. (If you know what I mean!)

So that's where we are now. Just spilling out more money to the Docs,

BUT if it will make her feel better, I'm all for it!

Sunday Funnies!

2011-03-20T11:08:00.000-07:00

Sunday Funnies:

It always so nice when people at church stop and say how cute Dallie Jo is (I love it actually), Then they get a whiff of her stinky diaper, make a funny face and quickly walk away....

I laugh Every. Single. TIME!

I guess that's what they get for stopping me on my way to the Mother's room.

Today Cody got called out as we were getting ready to go to church this morning; Cody usually gets Dallie Jo dressed while I get my lesson and diaper bag together, then I feed her and we head to church, but this morning I had to do it all..... (its funny, I do this all week by myself but I'm use to his help on Sundays. I didn't schedule/organize myself... ha ha)

Its hard taking: a baby, a car seat, scriptures, a diaper bag, lesson books, blankets, toys, treats, and of course table decorations to the truck, THEN unload it all at the church, THEN reload it all back in the truck THEN unload it at the house... ALL BY YOURSELF. And its even more stressful when your running late. (AND my YW president hates when we are late... but what can you. Needless to say, we were NOT late this morning, I didn't want to feel the wrath of Sister Gerber.)

So here's a big THANK YOU to my awesome hubby for all his help which I usually take for advantage... We miss you today!

I just had to throw this in... Just another cute picture from her photshoot at the beginning of this month.

I hope everyone has a great Sunday and can get their Sunday nap in!

If only Dallie Jo would let me have one.

So ticked..

2011-03-17T17:14:00.000-07:00

So when ever I feed Dallie Jo, she insists on having her socks off. Well tonight while she was eating carrots and oatmeal she couldn't get her socks off and she got so ticked! She started throwing her arms up and down and screaming.... BUT as soon as I took off her socks she was JUST FINE!

Silly Girl!

It has begun!

2011-03-11T07:58:00.000-08:00

Dallie Jo is now Miss Mischievous...
I remember when my sister Quincee was little; when ever she was quiet my mom would say 'Go check to see what she's into...'

Same to be said for Dallie Jo.

Yesterday, while I was organizing my kitchen cabinets I put Dallie in her play saucer and she was talking and jumping and just having a fun time. About ten minutes into cleaning, she gets quiet and I look over at her and she has a whole hand of potting soil from the poor plant (Its had a hard life) I have in my kitchen.... I caught her right before she put any in her mouth. Sorry no pics.

When Cody got home last night, I said... "So I know why my plant is dieing, its not from me not watering it or giving it sunlight, its because Dallie Jo likes to pull on its roots." He said, "Yeah blame it on poor, inocent Dallie Jo."

Poor and Inocent?.... I think not,

She's got a mischievous look her her eye!

She gets that from her Daddy!

Her newest thing is: she likes all her toys out of her toy basket. She'll pull it over and pull them all out then when there aren't anymore left inside she'll fuss for me to put them back in.

Such a Funny Girl!

Also, she hasn't been feeling well again. She's had 1.2.3 ear infections since the end of December. I took her back to the doctor yesterday and he said it looks like she's getting yet another ear infection. He said with the history she's had so far, it looks like we're on the road to getting tubes. So, we made an appointment with the ear, nose and throat specialist and we'll see what he says. I'm hoping she won't have to get tubes because I don't want her to have to get surgery and be put out. BUT at the same time, I've heard that most babies are completely different just by getting tubes. Don't get me wrong she's always been a happy baby, but its so sad to see her not happy and sick. Its been a long three months of having a sick baby and the constant fight to get her to take her medicine.

I'm hoping SPRING is on its way! I am getting stir crazy in this tiny house. I want to get out and go for walks, play in the sun and ride horese. Hopefully the warm weather would help Dallie Jo's ears feel better too...

Model Baby

2011-03-08T13:19:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd post some pictures of the more recent shirts I've made Dallie Jo.

They are so FUN to make!

This was her Valentine's shirt.

Heart on the back

PS I bought these little pants from Wal-Mart and they just seem to keep growing with her. They are size 3-6 which she has been wearing forever!

I crocheted a flower to match and just look at all that hair!

I like to spike it up, just to remind me that she does have some....

D is for Dallie

I made her a little belt with a flower as the buckle.

Its pretty cute especially with that cute little chubby roll on top.

This is how I keep from going insane! My apartment isn't very big and you can only clean a small space so many times. I've really enjoyed coming up with different appliques for the shirts and figuring out different flowers... that is when Dallie Jo will allow me to.

We have some friends who are expecting a boy in May and I'm very excited to make him some shirts. Boy shirts are little trickier because I'm usually in girl mode, but I have a few ideas up my sleeve and I'm excited to see how they turn out.

I'm usually a nap time crafter, but lately Dallie Jo thinks she only needs to take a morning nap. So finding the time to finish these shirts is kinda tricky.

AND just one more pic to show Grandma Carrie how much hair she has. There is hair and its coming in dark and pretty thick; its just coming in VERY SLOW!

7 Months

2011-03-02T08:58:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it, Dallie Jo is 7 months old!

Cody says I'M getting old... ha ha And before we know it, she'll be dating and getting married! Scary!

Yesterday I took her for a short photo shoot with Kari Morris, and Dallie Jo was so good!

I think we got some pretty cute pics. Here's a preview:

Things I want to remember about her at this age:

-I simply L.O.V.E the stage she is in now... she's independent enough to entertain herself but still not mobile enough to get the toys that get too far out of her grasp. She can't quite mess up our house yet, but I think if she could, she would....
-Grab This, Grab That! Her little hands are always moving and into everything. We'll walk pass something and they next thing I know the whole flower arrangement or shelf of boxes are knocked over.
-She is just content to just sit on the floor and look at a book.
-She's our little smarty pants! I was having her try peas a week ago and she didn't like them. I tried mixing up the sequence of peas, then mush, then some berry-banana mix and she refused to open her mouth for the peas.... Its like she knew that's the color NOT to eat! She does love her purple colored food though!
-She's getting HAIR, its about an inch long on top and sides but still kinda light, BUT it is THERE!

-She loves kids. On the news today there were some kids singing and she just laughed at them and smiled and wanted them to come play with her.
-She's a little flirt (mostly because she likes kids). In church on Sunday there were four little boys sitting behind us, probably ages 3-1 years old and she just smiled and talked to them. One of the the little boys would says, "She's chute... she's chute Mom!" Too funny! Cody leans over to me and says, "Back off Boys..."
-She's going to give lil Jaxie a run for her money, she already wants to grab her and love her, so hopefully Jaxie is tough!
-Loves Peek-a-Boo and mirrors!
-Eats a little bit of orange cream sickle with dad almost every night and knows when he takes to to the fridge that she's going to get a treat so she gets super excited!
-She's had a three ear infections since January and even tough she doesn't feel good, she gives Mamma a little smile and cuddles me (only thing good about kids being sick, the cuddle part!)
-Says Dadadadadadad, when I ask her to day Mamamamama!

Love you, LUV BUG!

Thanks to Kari with Sweet Reflections, she did a great job taking Dallie Jo's pictures and has tons of cute props and ideas!

-PS, she can now find her binky in the night and put it in her mouth, which I am super excited about because now I don't have to get up when ever she wants it! LOVE THIS!