Not so Happy Halloween...

So this is Ruby's first Halloween...and me being the neurotic first time mom wanted it to be perfect. There was plans for the ward trunk-and-treating, hay rides, and actually going trick-or-treating....but alas my baby girl had another plan. Wednesday afternoon I received a call from the day care that my sweet angel had a fever and the rest was down hill. Ruby continued to be sick all weekend....limiting the ability to party down with the best of them. My parents totally stepped up to the plate and helped watch the cranky baby. After having a fever for multiple days she decided to break out in a blistery rash today. So Ruby, g-ma and I spent some time in urgent care today. What a crappy first Halloween! When we got home I put her down with her favorite stuffed animal...the DUCK. I swear I turned my back for moments and I heard a giggle...I turned to see that she was missing. I looked around the corner and saw my sweet baby making the best of a bad situation...

Happy Halloween everyone...hope you all had a safe and fun time!!

Pumpkin time!!

Well it is my favorite time of year!! I love the fall which leads to the holidays! This being Ruby's first Halloween we must start it out on the right foot with picking the perfect pumpkin. Clint and I ascribe to the "tough Love" parenting style...if you can't carry the pumpkin it's not coming with us :)

But I would have to say I think she did just right. A baby pumpkin for my baby bee. Stay tuned for shots on the new baby coming in the spring....when we debut the first head shot and name....

Good Bye Summer!!

Hello fall and with no sadness we saying good bye to you, summer...for at least now. Here are some highlights to my first summer. I had lots of fun with family. They were always stopping by adoring me...I can't blame them I am pretty cute! This is my uncle Big Al!! I love him!

So mommy has it in her mind that before the next baby comes I need to learn to feed myself...good luck with that one mommy...I am a princess and would like to be treated accordingly.

You have to love swim suit season at this age though! It is probably not going to be everyday of my life that I have roles and people comment that I am adorable.

Well it is officially football season around here...to stay on my daddy and papa's good side I am going to sport my support for BSU!! GO BRONCO'S!! Things have been changing around my home lately. Mommy wants to sleep all the time and daddy is so busy with school and work. But no worries peeps I am still running the home! Bed time is just a little later now :) I have not decided if I am excited about this new baby on the way...mommy tells me that the baby will love and adore me too...I guess if that is true I could handle to have him around....Well I have to run I need to go to sleep....love you all Ruby!!

My baby fish...

So my kiddo has more bathing suits than I think most 8 months have...so we decided to give one of them a test drive in the pool! Ruby loves lounging in her "fish-head-swimmer-thing"...very official name.

I love this next video because it is ALL RUBY!! Lounging with the thumb in the mouth just chillin!!

More pics to come...just to tired right now to care....

Sleeping baby...

Recently my sweet baby was very very did I mention very sick...It broke my heart. I must start off with saying that I am the luckiest mom in the world...She has slept through the night since about 6 weeks...a good solid 12 hours kind of sleeping through the night. So this week when she became very sick...she struggled to sleep which means daddy and I struggled to sleep! I have an awesome husband that would help me walk the halls with Baby Bee in hopes of soothing her. Finally after multiple trips to the doctor she has been feeling better and the twinkle in her eyes have returned!! Grandma Green came over last night to rock her to sleep...I went to check on her before going to bed. I found her feet crossed, proped up on her little TV in the corner with her arms above her head and the blanket pulled over her head...Although completely adorable a little concerning the possibility of suffocation...so i pulled her blanket down. I went in this morning to wake her to get ready for the day and this is the adorable sight I saw...I love the little-BIG ham hock which is her thigh...I snapped the pic...I then proceeded to get a dirty look from what moments before I thought was a sweet baby....she realized it was light out and pulled the blanket over her head! Heaven help when she is a teenager :)

Grandma time...

Grandma Green comes and plays on the floor with me and reads to me...Oh how I love my grandma green!

Bless my mom for trying to give my child higher learning at 7 months...but alas she appears more content with what she can shove in her mouth....

Happy 4th of July....a little late!

I love...LOVE...love these kids! They make it all worth it at the end of the day. We went Utah to hang with Clint's family over the 4th! We had a great time. There was a carnival...where Grandma Colby spoiled all the girls!! I am discovering that is the main job besides loving but spoiling...

Ruby is attempting to steal Grandma Colby's diet coke. Clint said it was in her blood...I said no...why do I always have to be the bad guy?

Our poor Lily bug was such a trooper with her broken leg!! Clint pulled her along in the wagon. She did not complain once!

I can not believe how big Emalee is getting! She is an amazing big sister...She heads off to first grade in a few months...

WE had a great time in UTAH and love visiting with family down there...hopefully the trips won't be so far and few in between in the future!