MAMA!

Finally - I got a MAMA!! I went in to get Freddy out of his crib this morning, and he said "mama!" and held up his arms. Yippee! He is in such a good mood these days. Who knows what happened in Chicago, but he is back to his fun, happy self and is a little less clingy that he's been lately, too. Whew!

More wedding photos...

More than you want to see, I know...but it was such a great wedding!

Wedding photos (round 1)

Here are a few photos from Bill's brother Doug and his new wife Christine's wedding weekend - you can see from the one of Doug and Christine holding their nieces and nephew that he didn't much like to be away from Mommy.... Doug & Christine were good sports, though! Christine's dress was beautiful - she had a sash for the wedding and a little velvet belt for the reception. The flowers at the reception were the most beautiful I've ever seen!

A long 5 days...

da-da
ball
cracker
shoe
sock (ok, 'shok')
fish
door
apple ('appuh')
cookie ('cook')
beep-beep ('bee bee' or sometimes 'beep bee')
cheese ('sheez')
cay-cay (for his cousin Caitlin)

These are Freddy's first words! Naturally, you don't see 'mommy' in this list at all. Oh well. Maybe one day.

We just had a trying 5 days in Chicago, although Doug & Christine's wedding and surrounding events were incredible. Lots of wonderful tributes to Jean, heartfelt words from Billy, Doug, Mr. C., Bill (sr.), and Caroline & Celine, fabulous food, and some awesome music from the 18-piece band at the wedding. Mr. & Mrs. C couldn't have been more gracious (especially when woken up by Freddy pounding on the floor above). Freddy didn't have quite as good of a time - a cold/ear infection - we think - kept him pretty miserable the entire time, including both plane rides, and he insists on being in my arms at all times if I'm within sight. Hoping this is just a sickness-related thing and not a new phase....

Didn't take too many photos, but I'll upload a few samples tonight!

Blog hiatus

We're about to embark on an awesome trip to Chicago for Doug & Christine's wedding, hooray! That means there will be a blog hiatus until we're back with some photos and/or video in hand. Stay tuned! xoxo

Incredible-sounding hair stuff

Just came across this giveaway at safemama.com - if I was rich, I'd buy all this stuff. Doesn't it sound incredible? I've been struggling to find organic hair products that don't leave my hair feeling limp and slightly oily...we'll see!

Flashback to summer

I just realized Bill has been hoarding some great photos from last summer on his computer - Freddy squeezed into a life jacket (safety first!), hanging out with Papa in the yard, and the boys on the boat in Virginia. The life jacket didn't really work out in the end. We'll have to find one that fits him a little better next summer for summer camp with Grammy, Grandpa Scott, Pap, and Grandma Julie.

Getting ready for our trip to Chicago on Wednesday. Freddy has a bad cold, so cross your fingers that he's better by then. A runny nose on the airplane would not be ideal. It is amazing, though, that he hasn't been more sick going to day care (knock on wood). Now poor Narda has a cold, too. Since they got colds at the same time, hopefully it isn't Freddy's fault. At least we'll be taking him off her hands for 3 days this week!

Who's afraid of big bad balloons?

I thought balloons would inspire lifelong terror...but luckily, Freddy will live to pop another....

Go Giants!

Freddy shows some team spirit for Bill's favorite (and today, winning!) team....

The ride home....

Freddy had an awesome time at playgroup yesterday afternoon. On the way home, it was 1/2 hour past dinnertime but it didn't matter, because he had a....ziploc bag! Oh, what fun ziploc bags are! I'm sure there are "don't leave your child unattended with a plastic bag" warnings running through your heads, but just know that one cracker in an open ziploc = lots of laugh-out-loud moments in the car, apparently. :)

Happy Thursday

Here are a few more photos from last weekend that I thought you guys would enjoy. Freddy woke up early this morning, so we're having a nice, non-rushed morning for the first time in a LONG time. No memory of yesterday's shots this morning, either, which is great (so far). Looking forward to the weekend, although I also can't believe it's Thursday already!

Shots :(

We had Freddy's 1 year appt with Dr. Lindgren this morning. Freddy did great! He was showing off his new walking skills, babbling away, and throwing the ball (sort of) with the doctor. Here are his new stats:
height 30" (52nd percentile)
weight 21 lbs 15 oz (35th percentile)
head circumference 48 cm (88th percentile; why this is in cm and his height is in inches, I don't know)
Does this mean he has a big brain? :)

The doc thought Freddy was doing great on all counts, and said not to worry about his weight slowing down.

The shots were a big bummer, but he got over them reasonably quickly. We'll see how tonight goes! Oh, and he might break out in a rash 10 days from now (i.e., for Doug and Christine's wedding) - nice.

Whew!

Freddy slept for almost 13 hours and seems to be back on track today - hooray! Starting to think about the big wedding coming up a week from Saturday! The tiny tux for Freddy came in (oh brother, I know), and he even has some little patent loafers to wear with it. :) Beautiful, cool weather here this week. Looking forward to a weekend with no commitments!!

Birthday photos!

The day went from fun! to tired! to overwhelmed! briefly back to fun! and then overtired and cranky! :) Oh well, there will always be more birthdays.... Check out the slideshow, here!

The birthday disaster

I'll upload photos Monday night, but suffice it to say that Freddy didn't really enjoy his first b-day bash yesterday. First, he skipped his afternoon nap. Then, he fell on a balloon and one of his sharp little teeth popped it right in his face. He spent the next 4 hours TERRIFIED of balloons and freaked out about loud noises, including the noisemakers I thought would be so fun. Of course, the other kids thought the noisemakers were great, thereby sustaining the torture for Freddy to the end of the party. He was already wiped out when the party started, after not sleeping, so the people, noise, and ubiquitous balloons were completely overwhelming. We have a great photo of him with his piece of cake in TOTAL meltdown mode. Nice.

He rallied late-night (you know, around 6:30 pm) to play with Charlie, but then WOULD NOT go to sleep, even at 7:30. I'm guessing he was over-tired, but it took about two hours and three people to finally soothe him to a fitful sleep. We'll see what today brings!

In other news, though, he is WALKING! as of last Thursday, and is getting his molars in (which I didn't realize until one was already there - some mom I am!).

Had a fantastic visit with mom, Scott, Bill's dad (Bill), and Jan. There was so much more I wanted them to see, but they loved the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Sunday morning), and I think appreciated the time they got to hang out with Freddy (he was normal and happy most of the weekend!).

Sorry for the delay...

In Denver for WESTAF meetings Wed-Thurs, so no new photos for a few days. Great meetings today - what a fantastic group this is - got a semi-tour of the new-ish Denver Contemporary Art Museum (no, that's not the official name), and a nice dinner at Baur's (no 'e', so no idea how it's pronounced). Full day of meetings tomorrow, my first as treasurer, so am a bit nervous as to how that will go. As always, super inspired about what this organization/board is able to accomplish. Looking forward to a visit by mom and Scott, Big Bill and Jan on Friday!

Cool stuff...

Neat necklaces at this website I found through IndieFixx...:

http://www.karaleedesigns.com/

And really COOL wall vinyl graphics here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5561900

At the park, 10/10/08

Bill picked Freddy up at daycare on Friday (Oct 10) and we met at the park (I rode my bike)...it was chilly, but FTG was up for a little mulch-crawling, wrong-way crawling up the slide, and swingin'. He was not, however, ready for a hat and gloves. Better get ready, Freddy, winter's coming!

Look what we woke up to...

Happy fall in Utah! (supposed to be 70 later this week)

Fun with paper bags...

Why do we buy toys?