Go Lakers!!

We have been outside a lot lately. If we go inside Dallas throws the biggest fit you've ever seen a 1 year old throw!! It's nice being outside though, and it wears him out! He goes to bed earlier and sleep better and longer!! Can summer stay forever?!!This picture really does not do it justice. Dallas is SO dark...really! He doesn't even look white anymore-except for that farmers tan!! And then there's me, I will never tan!
Dallas and Daddy watching the Lakers and Celtics game! GO LAKERS!!
Dallas won't watch anything else on tv, just sports!!

Our Sunday

We went to Salem pond and fed the ducks! Dallas is in love with birds so he had a blast!!




Feeding the ducks and himself!! He'd throw a piece and eat a piece!!
Love this picture!!
The rest of the pics aren't from today but I wanted to share them!
Loves the pantry and loves food!!
So, this one has a story!! We have a mac laptop and the cord for it it relatively expensive. Dallas has an obsession with cords and loves to suck on them. We have bought 3 for the laptop because he is so sneaky!! He has been electrocuted so you'd think he'd learn!! One morning we came downstairs and finished breakfast and I was washing bottles. Dallas will usually play with his toys and is so loud. Well, he was silent and I hadn't heard him for a while so I figured he went upstairs. I walked through the whole house saying his name expecting to turn a corner and find him. While I was upstairs I heard him giggling!! He was downstairs behind the side table trying to get the cord!!! He is such a stinker!!

Dallas is 1!!

My sweet baby boy is one!! The first year with him has gone by so so fast and I can say I have enjoyed EVERY single minute of it!! It makes me sad to think that I no longer have a baby but I LOVE the things he does at this age!! He's quite the funny kid and knows it!! He may be my destroyer but I love him to pieces!!! We had a fun family party to celebrate. Here are some pics!!

Dallas with his balloon and his Papa!! We got 50 balloons and Dallas was in heaven!!
Eating his cake-and his first sugar ever! He had more fun squishing it in his hand and throwing it on the floor. Not too much made it in his mouth!!
But he sure LOVES strawberries!!!
Getting into the cake!
His jungle themed cupcakes!! They were so much fun to make! Luckily I had help with them from my cousin Beckie!!
I love this picture!! He's such a sweet heart and I love my life and am so blessed to be his mother!!

Califonia

We are alive! We have been great and enjoying every moment together! We are loving the warmer weather and have been getting our yard and garden cleaned up and ready to plant! We had a fun Easter, but don't know where the pictures went! Dallas has been growing so fast and learning so much! He's so much fun! We recently went to California and had a blast!! The pics are a little out of order though!
On Balboa Island, we found a little bakery with chocolate filled croissants, just like in Vanuatu!!
The ship we were supposed to take to Catalina Island, the port was closed because of wind though so we didn't make it there. We discovered a neat part of town and a gorgeous port because of it though!!
On the ferry to get to the ship to go to Catalina. Dallas LOVED the water!
Dallas loved the San Diego Zoo! He LOVES animals!! This was a 2 week old elephant!! So cute!
On the safari! I love this kid!!
Beautiful pier! There were men fishing, Dallas thought that was great!!
Couldn't be happier as a family on the beach at 8 am!! I love my boys so much!!
Playing on the beach close to the hotel! Dallas loved the sand but the water, not so much! Only from a distance!
This picture makes me speachless and emotional! There's just something about my little boy and the serenity of the beach that make me tear up and bring a smile to my face!
Dallas loves monkeys!
They had a petting area and Dallas was in heaven!!
We make a cute caterpillar and butterfly don't we!!
I love this picture of my boys!!!

Slacker

Every time I get on my blog to look at everyone else's blog I think about quiting the blogging world. I don't think anyone wastes their time even looking at mine anymore since I NEVER update!! I really have no excuse! Everyone else is just as busy as me if not more!! But...I'll do a quick pictureless post/journal entry!
We are doing well, kind of! We are all sick. We have sinus infections and are pretty much sick of them!! Our noses are raw and we are running out of hot water every night!!
Other than that...I got a new postion at work! I'm the new nail tech! My schedule will be changing and I'll be working more. I'm a little torn about it! It will be a great experience for me but I'm so sad that I'll be away from Dallas more. Luckily we have an AMAZING sitter whom Dallas adores! We seriously lucked out with her!
Dallas is growing so dang fast!! He does new fun things everyday!! He is such a happy happy baby who gets excited about everything!! He loves us to chase him lately!! He'll crawl a little bit and stop, look at us, then crawl away squealing! I love it! It's so much fun!! Then he'll chase us back! He is such a smart boy! And even while he's been SO sick he still has a smile for you! This is one reason I don't want to leave him more!
I never posted about this but I'm doing a half marathon in 3 weeks! YIKES!! I'm not sure I'm ready! When I signed up for it I thought that it would be a piece of cake! I guess I forgot I'm not a teenager anymore!! So, wish me luck!!!
We are going to go to California the week after the race with Mike's family! I haven't been this excited for a trip in a LONG time! Maybe that's cause I haven't gone on a trip in a really long time!! I'm looking forward to relaxing and spending time with my family!!
Well, that's more than anyone wanted to know and if you made it this far in this post kudos to you!!! Maybe I'll do a good post to make up for this lame one!! I said maybe!!

Baby Belt Giveaway

My very talented friend has just started up a new etsy shop -- One Little Belt -- and it's just amazing and great quality!! Check out her shop...and then leave a comment to be put in the raffle for her giveaway!


"You have three chances to win. I am giving away two girl's fashion belts and one boy's leather belt raffle-style on Valentine's Day. Each belt will be your choice of style and size with free shipping. You can see styles here. To enter leave a comment on the giveaway post here with your e-mail address.

As an added bonus you can get a second entry if you post this giveway on your blog. Leave a extra comment here with the link to your blog.

The giveaway ends on February 14th at 7:00 pm. MST. Results will be e-mailed February 15th.

I really need all of your help getting the word out about our belts. We have them ready to go, now I just need to let people know about them. You can copy any of this post and use it in your's. Whether you need a belt or not, I will just be thrilled to have your support. Thanks everyone!"

Giveaway!!

My Suga' Baby was first started when a friend of mine decided she wanted to get better at sewing. Within months she had mastered patterns and brought in her creativity to start My Suga' Baby. She now has a very successful business selling just about anything you can imagine. She sells wipes cases, diaper bags, slings, baby shoes, nursing covers, car seat canopy, etc. And takes any custom order for any item found on her blog. You should check it out!!! Everything she makes is so darling!! To enter go to http://www.keepinthecastle.blogspot.com/

Our growing boy

Dallas is growing up too fast! The days seem to fly by and I don't know where the time goes! He's such a happy boy and we just play and "talk" to each other all day!!! He's become quite mobile with scooting around and is attempting to crawl, he just needs to get up the guts!! He loves bath time and will stick his face in the water and sit up and laugh hysterically at himself! He has quite a fun sense of humor!
We eat with our socks on in our house!:) This was Dallas' first time eating a graham cracker!! He LOVED it! It's the most sugar he's ever had!! He wasn't sure about the mess on his hands but he liked the taste!
My snugly boy!! He loves to snuggle and get his head and back tickled! (oops, I blinked!!)
Like I said, Dallas is quite mobile lately!! I set him down to play while I washed my hands and I heard him yelling and came back to see him stuck under the table!!!
We took Dallas to Cabellas thinking he would LOVE the animals!! Come to find out, they aren't so cool when they are dead and don't move!!
He did LOVE the fish though and we watched them swim for over an hour!! So the trip was a success!!!

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Some of my favorite pictures of Dallas at 7 months!! He is such a little boy now!! He sits up so well and talks non stop!! He is roughly 30 inches and 17 lbs.! He has taken himself off the binki-I haven't decided if it's good or bad!! He is such a curious little guy always wanting to get his hands on everything!! He has no teeth and no hair! He isn't crawling but is using his legs more!! He makes me smile every second of everyday! He loves his baths and loves to eat food!! He will eat anything you give him but peas!! He loves to dance!! Whenever there is an upbeat song or dad's whistling he will go crazy dancing!! He is such a blessing in our lives and we love seeing him learn and grow!!

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I took some pictures for Christmas cards but never got around to printing and sending them out. Here's our Christmas card a month late!!

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We had a good Christmas!! We had 3 of them-one at our house and one at each of the grandparents!! Dallas LOVED the paper, bows and boxes more than anything else!
Dallas and Ale the puppy! He wants a puppy of his own so bad!! He gets a hold of a dog and gets so excited and tries to give them wet slobbery kisses!!

Dallas playing with his toys in the box! He didn't want to get out!!
Christmas at our house, we didn't get too many pictures because we were more focused on recording him!! Christmas at my parents house we didn't get any pictures-I need to get them from my mom! But we had fun! Dallas went sledding for his first time and didn't love it! We went snowmobiling, snowboarding, rock climbing and had a ton of fun!!!
Dallas and mom reading books before bed time!
Our little "atrium"! I'm very ready for spring and can't wait for the snow to be gone!! Dallas and I planted this tree and are having fun watching it grow!!
Chewing on my apple core!! He loves to do big boy things!!!! He is such a happy boy all the time!
I just LOVE this picture!!! He cheeses so much whenever we pull out the camera!!
We went swimming on New Years. Dallas loves his bath so much so I thought he'd love swimming for sure!! He didn't know what to think about it at first but after some time he loved it!!
And this is one of Dallas' favorite "games"- he loves to pull the wipes out one by one and eat them!! Each one he pulls out he giggles!!

The latest

I don't know how you moms keep up with all the day to day tasks AND blog!! I suck at it all! It used to bug me that you couldn't eat off my floors but now I'm ok with it! So once again here are a few pics of hat we've been up to!
Syudying for finals! Dallas is a huge help, as you can tell!! He does love books and to be read to!
We went to see Santa!! (the university mall lets you take your own pics for free!!) Dallas did great and really wanted to get a hand full of Santa's beard!!
Dallas and his Grammy! He sure does love her!! He gets spoiled when we go to their house! Like eating whip cream!
Dallas with his great grandma and grandpa Anderson! They came for Thanksgiving and the whole extended family celebrated Thanksgiving, great grandma's birthday and their 60th wedding anniversary!
He prefers to drink out of our glass now! I think this picture is hilarious! Usually his tongue is in the glass! He loves doing big boy things!!
How can you NOT love this squash covered face?!!!
He loves to play in the water, any water!! I now get dishes done but ut takes me twice as long with my helper!!