17 Months

My little "baby" is growing so fast. Everyday I look at him in amazement to think that he is ours forever. I love the way his eyes light up when he gets to turn the lights on and off or pushes buttons on the microwave. I love the way he says "mommy" like I belong to him. I love how excited he gets when hear or sees trucks and doggies. I love when he helps me count to three. I love when he says "awesome". I love when I sing to him and he lays his little head on my shoulder and pats my back. He can be a little stinker but (can't we all :) I love every part of him more than I ever thought possible. I am so grateful for my little guy. He brings me so much joy! 

Here are a few recent pictures. Yes, I know he is in the same (adorable) cloths from my last post but I promise it is a different day. These are some pictures I took while we were at my parents house on a little red chair that my mom got when she was one.

Enjoy.

Spencer

Have you ever seen anything more adorable in your life?!

Spencer just turned 16 months old a few days ago.

One of my favorite things that he has started doing is saying "thank you"

when he hands me something. He will get a can from the pantry and hand it to

me and then say "thank you". Or he will unload the dishwasher with me and

say "thank you" every time he hands me a plate. He also takes all the CDs out of the

 entertainment center one by one...thanking me all the time as he hands them to me :)

It is pretty darn cute.

We are counting the days till nursery!!

Only 2 months...I think I can make it.

Happy Holidays

Well, I know that all of you have been waiting so anxiously for me to finally post about our Holiday season. Well wait no more! Here is is:

We spent Christmas Eve with my family.

We had a yummy dinner at my Grandparent's house.

Then we did a little nativity.

I was the donkey...not sure how that happened.

{Luckily there were no pictures of that}

Spencer was a pretty cute little shepherd!

He stayed still and quite the whole time as pictured below :)

All in attendance:

Grandpa & ma

My sister, her husband and kids

My ma

And pa

And our little family

Spencer was pretty happy about that picture too!

We missed my other sister and her family who

didn't come because of a sick kid :(

It seems like someone always gets sick.

We spent Christmas morning together at our house.

Besides starting a little too early, it was a very nice morning. 

Spencer with his gifts

We got most of these gifts at our neighborhood exchange for free.

He didn't really care about most of them.

That is why I am so glad we didn't spend a lot of money on  him!

Our cutest and bestest gift:

The rest of the day we spent with Nate's family.

Sorry, no pictures.

My Mom came to stay with me for several days in between Christmas and New Years.

I LOVE having her come stay with us. She is one of the best people I know.

She helps out with Spencer and cooks and cleans. She is the best!

We had a great time watching a chick flik,

shoping, talking and just being together.

New Years Eve was going to be this great party at our house but again,

there we sick kids and it ended up being my parents and Nate's parents.

It was a little awkward but ended up being pretty fun.

New years day we did have a litlte party at our house.

My parents were there and one of my sisters and her family.

That was a fun day! I didn't take many pictures of that day either.

 But I did get a cute one of my little Dalin!

Happy 2011!!

Gingerbread Waffles

Last year, when we got together with my husbands family for Christmas, they made these very yummy waffles. I made them again this morning for a few friends that came over for breakfast and I was reminded why I love them so much...I don't have a fancy picture or anything like that but I will give you the recipe. They are pretty darn good. Truth be told they are more like a dessert than a breakfast food.
Maybe that is why I love them so much :)

Gingerbread Waffles

1 C. Molasses

½ C. Butter

1 ½ tsp. Baking soda

1 ½ C. Milk

1 Egg

2 C. Flour

1 ½ tsp. Ginger

1 tsp. Cinnamon

½ tsp. Salt

1. Heat molasses and butter in a sauce pan till almost boiling.
Remove from heat and cool slightly.

2. Stir in baking soda, milk and egg.

3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, ginger, cinnamon and salt.

4. Add mixtures together.

5. Cook in a waffle iron.

6. Top with desired toppings
(i.e. fresh whipped cream, pie filling, syrup, pudding, etc.).

7. Enjoy!

Spencer

I have been wanting to do an update on Spencer for a while now and I was planning on doing it on the 9th when he turned 15 months but we were sick again! S.I.C.K. I will spare you the details and just say that I am better now and all caught up on laundry but that's about it.
On with Spencer...

This kid is getting harder and harder to take pictures of, but that doesn't mean I don't try. I just love that smile of his. He lights up my world! 

He is (mostly)sleeping through the night

He will still eat almost anything

(sometimes I have to work at the green veggies) 

He is saying a lot of words.

Here are some of that ones he says the best:

Daddy!

Tractor

Cheese

Lights

Cracker

Door

Diaper

Please

Up

I love to hear him talk!!

He gets into EVERYTHING!!

We went into do tithing settlement with the Bishop the other day and he was into everything in there. First he pulled down all the ties the Bishop had hanging up on hooks on his door. Then he worked on clearing everything within reach off the desk. Then it was the paper shredder. Then the garbage...Can't you just sit still child!! No...the answer is no.

He now has 9 teeth and luckily doesn't bit anymore.

I think he understands most of what we say to him.

I can't believe how fast he is learning!

He is really good at fitting shaped blocks into their places.

He loves to wear his shoes! Today he wanted me to put one of his shoes on. I did and then asked him to find his other shoe. I kept on folding laundry and forgot about the other shoe. Next thing I know I see the kid with two shoes on. Either I had a brain fart (highly possible) and forgot that I put the other one on or he put it on himself! I asked him if he did but he didn't answer (weird huh?). But I think he put his shoe on all my himself! Wow...my kid is amazing!

Although he won't say "mommy" very often. I think he does love me quite a bit. He cries when I leave the house or even the room that he is in. Sometimes when he is playing he will run back over to me and say "hi" a bunch of times and give me a big hug...ya, my heart melts again! 

He is a pretty happy kid (except when I am trying to make dinner) most of the time and we sure love our Spencer boy. 

Well, I really could go on and on about all that he is learning and doing but he just woke up from a nap so I guess I better go get the kid.

lol

This is making me laugh so hard I just had so share it...

If you have a minute check out this book called

Awkward Family Photos

You can use the arrows or scroll down

 to preview some of the pages in the book.

Maybe you won't think it is as funny as I do

 but I am crying from laughing so hard!

Hope you enjoy.

This melts my heart...