Ward Halloween Party

This past Saturday was our ward Halloween Chili Feed & Trunk or Treat. We had tons of fun! There were so many chilis to choose from I didn't know where to begin. They were all so delicious. But boy did they cause some gas at our house. :) After dinner we went Trunk-or-Treating. Hunter had fun. He got lots of candy, some of which will definatly be consumed by those over 3 feet tall in the household. (Why else would you take a 1 year old trick-or-treating) Every car we stopped at made a comment about his costume. He loved it too.

Hunter also made himself a girlfriend, Kenzington. She is 9 months old, and was a kitty. She is an adorable girl. Hunter fell in love with her. He kept wanting to kiss her and touch her and play with her. When we were outside trunk-or-treating, we passed by them and Hunter just reached for her and wanted her to come with him. I thought he could be mine for a little longer, but it looks like someone else has already won his heart. (I didn't get pics of them tho)

Island Park...Part 2

John took us on a 12 mile 4-wheeler ride to the top of the mountain. It was so fun but it sure did get cold at the top. It was so windy too. I thought I was going to blow right off the top, luckily I didn't. There were 3 4-wheelers and so Josh and I were on one and then Mom & Dad on one, and hten John, Jamie, and Aliina on the other.

This is Josh and I at the top. Lake Henry behind us.

Lake Henry from the top of the mountain.

The farthest patch of green before the wheat, grain area is where our cabin was. So you can get an idea of how far up the mountain we were. It was definatly very high up but the view was absolutly gorgeous. It definatly reminded me of God's wonderful creation that we all too often for get being here in our little "city" world. I love the mountains and the wonderful feeling you get when your there. It's just so peaceful and so nice to get away from the "world". We had an absolutly wonderful time! Thanks to Dad for putting it together for us. We love you!!!

Island Park...Part 1

This past weekend we went to Island Park w/ Josh's parents and Kloepfers. It was SO much fun and so nice to get away and relax. Plus it was nice for Hunter cuz he had Grandma & Papa all to himself. Which doesn't happen very often. And he loved every minute of it. And now all he says is papa. He walks around the house looking for papa and just keeps saying papa, papa, papa. One of these times he might say it enough and papa might actually appear. :)

Here's us getting ready to go.

Kloepfer's brought their 4-wheelers and so Hunter got to go for a little ride. It wasn't very far and of course not very fast but he loved it. He had so much fun.

L-Jamie, M-Hunter, R-Aliina:Hunter loved this chair cuz it was the perfect size for him. He played w/ it a lot while we were there and he loved the girls and fliriting with them. They thought he was so adorable, which he is, and had so much fun together.

Josh dad is the manager of the body shop for Bonaza Motors, so he can borrow cars if he needs to. So he got a Yukon for us to take to Island Park. This was before when we were getting ready to leave. Hunter thought it was so cool to play in the car and thought he was a big kid cuz he didn't have to sit in a car seat, at least not until we were ready to go. :)

Thanks again to the Kloepfer's for letting us go with you. We had so much fun and can't wait to go again.

My poor Hunter...

Today was just not a good day for Hunter. He has a little cold and then he's teething on top of that. Then to make things worse he has pink eye!!! It's been going around the daycare I guess and he got it. (It seems he gets everything) Luckily, I work for an eye Dr and we got it taken care of right away. He said it's a pretty bad case and he can be contagious for 10 days. He has to stay home from daycare for 7. Which is a bitter sweet thing. A. Mom can stay home with him. :) B. The paycheck is gonna suck. But what do you do. You stay home with your sick little guy and nurse him back to health. One thing I do like about him being sick is he cuddles even more than normal. I love cuddles with Hunter. Hopefully the medicine with make him better and he will be back to normal soon.

IT'S SNOWING!!!!!

Hunters 1 yr Dr's Appt

My poor baby. He's such a little trooper. I don't know if the visits are worse on the kid or the parent. Today I think it was both. Today was his 1 year check up. Here's a few things the doc said:

*21 lb 1 oz (25% for his weight)
*29" (25% for his height)
*35% for his head measurement
*He's growing very good and he's very healthy
*He is getting his 14 month molars (she thinks it's crazy that they call them that because they don't always come at 14 months, as in Hunter's case) His gums are very swollen due to them coming in and he's experiencing some pain and discomfort with them (thanks heavens for tylenol)
*He doesn't have any food restrictions any more (yeah!)
*He can have whole milk (which he's been on for 3 weeks now)
*He can face his carseat forward (which has been that way for about 4 weeks (dad got impatient)
*He had to have 5 shots today :(
*He had his hemoglobin checked (which was yet another poke, that was on the toe)-he's not anemic (which is good)
*He has an ear infection in his right ear, yet again (everytime we go to the doc he has an infection. This is probly the 4 or 5 one now and we're only 1)
*For those of you who don't know about my sons penis issue(this may be to much info for some of you but)-He has a patch of fat right above this region and it doesn't stick out like a normal penis should, it looks like it's hidden in a hole (i don't know how to describe it). We saw a specialist when he was about 4-6 months old and he isn't to concerned about it he just has that patch of fat that he needs to loose and then it should be okay. Of course, I as his mother am worried (and lets not get started on how worried Grandma Watson is :) That's a story for another day) Anyways, to the point. She has to break some skin around it today so that his penis sticks out more. What happend his when it healed from his circumcision the skin grew back on to the penis a little bit and isn't allowing it to come out as much as it should. Although, it still stays hidden he has a little more of a head to it. Before it just looked like a little pea size when you pulled it out of the hole. It was very painful.
*We're on an antibiotic now for the ear infection
*We go back in 4 weeks for another shot-it's the other half of his flu shot(I guess they have to do it in smaller doses when they're this young, which stinks)

So, all in all it was a rough appt but it done and over with and he is now peacefully sleeping on the floor

Family Pics 08

I didn't plan the whole Blue & Orange Bronco theme on purpose either. We had bought my shirt just cuz I liked it and hten I found Hunter's and thought perfect, they match. Then I purposefully found Josh's to go together with Hunter and I.

We had just finished taking pics on the tracks and we hadn't much more than walked up on the sidewalk and the train started coming around the corner. So we hurry and set Hunter down and he got to see his first real train in action. He loved it. And he was super close I mean just look at hte pic. And the driver even waved at him. :)

Hunter was ready to jump in and go swimmin with the fishes. Although, they looked just as big as him. They were huge goldfish. He loved the water and was very upset when we left. Our pics turned out pretty cute if you ask us. Hope you enjoy them.

Hunter's 1st Haircut

BEFORE (notice how long it was around his ears and I had trimmed it a few times before this)

AFTER (not the best after pic but if you check out our family pics that I'll be posting you can tell the difference more)

Here's all the hair we cut!

I thought between Josh and I we did pretty good considering we've never cut hair before.

Hunter's DayCare Birthday Party

He had so much fun for his birthday. They partied all day at daycare and then he came home and got to play with Grandma Diane.