First Tooth vs. First Beating

In order to secure a place in a comfy chair and defer any responsibilities with Haddyn to Kelli---I jumped at the opportunity to blog Haddyn's first tooth.


Now... this picture may portray an "extremely cute little girl", I must agree only because she does take after her fathers dashing good looks and stunning rock hard body...but that's neither here nor there. If you look closely you will be able to see a formation protruding from her gums. This formation may look innocent...I beg to differ. This calcium enhanced, phosphorus infused, mineral salt developed creation has been the source of many many tears for that "extremely cute little girl".

In the weeks that have passed...I have seen this "extremely cute little girl" turn into a raging, screaming, inconsolable menace...which whom I still love...in a flash of a second. As these seconds have flashed, multiple beatings have passed as images through my mind. Now wait...I know what you all are thinking...how could the father of this "extremely cute little girl"... ever think that. These images, are only images, and do nothing but make me as the father feel so so so much better.
Please send your thoughts and prayers to this "extremely cute little girl" as she strives to make it to her toddler years...

A New Toy

Here's Haddyn's new favorite toy. So simple, but just look at how much fun she has!!Her teeth were hurting her so she kept putting it back in her mouth and chewing on it, then it would fall out of her mouth and she's stuff it back in and chew and talk away. It's so funny that her most favorite toys include measuring spoons, a collander, plastic disposable cups and her new toy with balls and a dancing monkey--the only one that is a REAL toy : ) Crazy kid!!

Not moving...Yet

Well, because I cannot for the life of me remember who I have told and who I have not told, this is a clarification post. To back up a little bit, Scott got a job at the beginning of July at The Bank of the West in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Along with this job was supposed to come a move...to Victor, Idaho which is a little town by Driggs, Idaho which is where Scott grew up. Everyone following??

So...about a week after Scott accepted the job we still hadn't received the package from the HR department with the official offer and start date so he called to find out what was going on only to be told the position had been dropped and no longer existed. YIPPEE!! Basically, we are now back at square one re-posting the resume and interviewing and hoping for a job ASAP. So far he has had an interview at Advantage Plus Credit Union in Poky and that would be great to stick around so I could finish school and have a fantastic job and daycare, but we'll take what we can get at this point. He also met with a different bank in Victor and we'll hear more on that in a couple of weeks.

Well, that is the update and we'd really appreciate your thoughts and prayers if you have any to spare : )

BIG First 4th!!!

What a weekend!! We started Friday in Idaho Falls at our friend's Taylor and Sarah for a BBQ, a little volleyball and then we watched the big fireworks show right from their yard! It was full of good times!! Haddyn LOVES her Aunt Sarah (and Uncle Taylor), that's for sure!

Haddyn loved her first experience with the fireworks, well, as much as an 8 1/2 month old can. Actually, she watched for about 15 minutes before falling into a sweet slumber on her daddy's lap.
So, the next morning we called our friends Mike and Kaci to have breakfast and at 11:00 AM we decided to head to Bear Lake and hang out for a bit. The only issue with that was Scott, Haddyn and I had to be in Riverdale, by Ogden, by 5:00 PM to meet with some of our best friends from New Jersey...The Jensen's. Long story short, we had a great hour and a half of play time and off we went to Riverdale with directions from MapQuest telling us it would take 1 hour and 15 minutes to get there...well, it took 2 hours and our friends were waiting almost an hour for us. Dang that spontaneity!!!







Haddyn loved the water...she is very much so a water baby. She also loved to eat the sand--that was a first!! MMMM!!! It's just not a true "Bear Lake experience" without some sand to chew on!!


Our Saturday ended with meeting Mike and Kaci out in Tooele at my sister's house where we all stayed the night and Scott and I stayed for a BBQ the next day. Haddyn was swinging on a VERY nice baby swing (I want one just like it when we have a swing set) and my niece Morgan was playing with her and making her laugh and all of a sudden we all stopped hearing the giggles and looked up to see this...
So cute, right??? Morgan just continued trying to grab Haddyn's feet and make her laugh, but unfortunately there was not much of a response : )
Well, that was pretty much all and we had so much fun running from one end of our world to the other! It keeps us on our toes, that's for sure. Hope everyone's 4th was so much fun!!!

Girl's Night!!!

A little over a week ago we had 3 of my nieces come and stay the night with us...it was a lot of fun. I wonder if Haddyn knew how many little Mom's she would have when she came here : ) My sister's two little girls were here from Utah and my brother's little girl came to hang out too. We played and they loved sleeping on the air mattress! Aren't they cute?? Kortnee, Morgan, Kaylee