Jumbo in Her Bumbo

Why is it you can sit with a baby cradled comfortably in your rocking arms and they'll fight sleep with everything they've got and wail like you're burning the bottom of their feet with a lit match, yet they'll fall asleep in the most uncomfortable position without making a peep? I went into the kitchen to get something last night and came back to the living room to find her snoozing away like this - I'm not sure how her head didn't fall off.

One Month

I hope everyone is having a fun weekend in St. George! We miss you and wish we could be there!

Hallie is now one month old! She has already gained two pounds and is starting to smile.

Today in nursery they made headbands that said 'I can be honest.' It was too cute to see Oliver walking around with this on his head, I had to take a picture.

A Roll for Every Month

Anna is going to be six months old tomorrow, but I won't be able to post any pictures to the blog because we will be in St. George (and very excited to see everyone, by the way). I took the bath time pictures this morning, my personal favorite being the first one. She is like a tree - a roll for every month. Also please note Super Nanny Bridget, who last time I checked was breastfeeding Paige and feeding Anna her bottle at the same time. I'm just so sorry I didn't have my camera, although I don't think she would have let me post those pictures to the blog.

Baptism Update

Kate's baptism is going to be at Mom and Ruben's stake center. Because we are super special people, we got special permission to use the building and fill font. (Mom should get all the credit for this change of venue) It is on Bluff Steet just past the movie theaters, before you get to Snow Canyon Parkway. We will still be having the baptism at 7:00 pm. And dinner is still at 6:00 sharp at the Garnica's. Call me on my cell at 702-326-5870 if you have any questions, or my mom's house at 435-656-8523.

Congratulations Kurt and Jordan!

I got a text from Jordan yesterday revealing what John basically revealed in the comments a couple of days ago that she is pregnant! She said it was a BIG shock and she is due in June. I think Jordan will set the record for least amount of time between the bridal shower and a baby shower, and with Beth being due in May she slots right into the baby machinery. Congratulations you guys! You will be great parents!

Reminder

Honey and Papa don't want their house turned into a dog park this weekend, so no dogs allowed! Sorry!

Happy Birthday Jack Jack

Jack was lucky enough to celebrate his 1st Birthday several times this week. The first was with my parents while they were up watching Jack while Beth played across the country and I worked. That's when he got his first taste of cake. On Friday, the actual night of his birthday, Seth and Porter came over to check out his new toys including the Lightning McQueen car he loves so much. Tonight we celebrated at the McEuen's along with about 20 Texans visiting Kurt for General Conference. Some of them were loud singers and Jack wasn't so sure what was going on during "Happy Birthday". We stripped him down for his cake but after eating all night Jack passed on the cake and instead elected to play with the spatula.

Philadephia Fun

We visited the city of brotherly love for 4 days last week so I could attend the American Dietetic Association's Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo. BYU sent me (well, they paid for some of the trip) to present my research at a poster session. The poster session went well, and we managed to squeeze in some site-seeing along with the educational sessions of the conference. Ben was a good sport and tolerated all of the "dietitian stuff" very well and kept Paige entertained while I tried to enjoy the meetings. Our hotel was in the historic district of Philadelphia so we were really close to some interesting sites. We visited and toured Independance Hall and the Betsy Ross house; and we saw the Liberty Bell and Benjamin Franklin's grave. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner one night and on our last night there two of my BYU professors watched Paige so that Ben and I could go out to dinner by ourselves! Ben chose McCormick & Schmick's - very tasty!

Paige was a very good girl on our flights and on the whole trip really. Just in the last week or so, she got her two bottom middle teeth and is mastering the army crawl! She has also finally decided that she likes to stand, no more wobbly legs :) Sadly, she also has her first ear infection.

Thanks for coming to visit!

These pictures are out of order and some are sideways- sorry!

We are now all alone, Mom Marci and Beth flew home on Wednesday and we are suffering withdrawals! Seriously, we had a lot of fun and hope they want to come visit us again soon :) My clean house has been much appreciated! While they were here we ran all around Virginia Beach and Norfolk, went up to Williamsburg for some very successful shopping, and took a tour of the USS Truman in Norfolk.

The top three and bottom two pictures are from our tour of the USS Truman. Greg's ship (the Roosevelt) is in the shipyards getting worked on so he could not take us on a tour. However, a friend in our ward is a dentist on the Truman and he was able to show us around. We had so much fun!

Hallie is three weeks old, time is already flying by. She finally got her first bath at two weeks, and is still waiting for her second- maybe tonight if she's lucky! She is starting to fill out already, I wouldn't be surprised if she's gained two pounds by her one month check up. Things are good!

Happy birthday Amber! I hope it was a good one. Kathy and Ruben I am so excited for you guys to be sealed in the temple and wish I could be there!

I got an amazingly wonderful gift from you Kathy (I don't know how much Ruben had to do with them or I would thank him too!!). I would post a picture of my amazing gift on the blog, but don't want to spoil the surprise for everyone else! You will see them soon enough. I have to now take the most perfect picture of Hallie for them.

THANK YOU!!!

It's Amber's Birthday

She is 33 today! And I think everyone would agree that she is, quite simply, a marvelous work and a wonder. Happy Birthday Amber!

Kate's Baptism

Kate is being baptized in St. George on Friday the 12th. We are having her baptismal program at the Garnica's and she will be baptized at a friend's pool. We will be eating at 6:00 before her baptism and everyone is invited. We are planning on starting her baptism at 7:00.

We would like to have both her grandfather's and great grandfather stand in on her confirmation.

Please let us know if you will be able to make it so we can plan for the food, etc.

Also, Mom and Ruben haven't heard from very many of you about their sealing. They also need a count so they can plan for food. And they need to know soon if you want tickets to 42nd Street at Tuachan that night.

We hope you can make it...please let us know.

Jason & Heidi at the River

We arrived at the river on Saturday and have been enjoying the 90 degree weather, In-N-Out & lots of wakeboarding!

Wish you were here!