Happy Birthday Ashton

Happy Birthday Ashton!! I can't believe my baby is 1!! Time sure does fly. It seems like only yesterday I was pregnant and planning for my maternity leave. I love this baby SO MUCH it hurts. He has been such a light in our little family and I can't wait for the years to come! Ashton has a few new tricks he's picked up just recently. He loves to grab the TV remove and hold it behind his head and say, "Hah-oh???"... like he's on the phone! So cute. He also has been saying "Eh-oh" when he drops things, but has now decided to warn us by saying "Eh-oh" BEFORE he drops something... isn't he kind?? He has moved up from the infant class in day care. Now instead of sitting in high chairs to eat their meals, they all sit together at a TINY table with TINY chairs. It is the cutest thing EVER!! I brought in miniature cup cakes for his birthday party today. Can you imagine all of them sitting together having miniature cup cakes at their miniature table?? Too cute!!!

Papa's Famous!!

For the past couple of years my dad has been part of a coalition of Utah doctors (Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment) who are speaking out against air pollution. He has had meetings with the governor a few times as well as heads of the LDS church. Most recently they have been speaking out against a proposed power plant being built in West Bountiful. The other night my dad was on the news. Justin's face lit up with pride when he saw his Papa speaking. He immediately called my dad after the story aired and told him he saw him on TV!! How exciting is that??!!

Watch the video by clicking on the link below:


http://www.abc4.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=90396@video.ktvx.com&articleID=90396


http://real.ksl.com/video/slc/sid_video/1061434.ram

Sick Baby :(

My Ashton has been sick since right around New Years. He started out throwing up and then got a crazy rash. My mom took him to the doctor and he said that Ashton had Eczema... NOT... a few days later he was even sicker and coughing with a crazy fever. We took him to the instacare where we were told he had bilateral otitis (double ear infection). They also heard him wheezing so they put him on a nebulizer. Poor little guy!! Last night I was dying my hair in the bathroom. Ashton loves to be in the bathroom with me, he just hangs out and pulls the vent cover off and crawls in the cupboards. Well I sat down on the edge of the tub and Ashton crawled over and put his head between my feet and fell asleep on the rug. I think he's pooped from all of this being sick business!! He seems to be on the mend today... cross your fingers!!

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

We had a wonderful holiday season filled with family and friends. It's been so great I haven't had time to blog about it... Now that it's all over I can finally sit down and download my bazillion pictures!

This Christmas season it was so much fun to have my whole family here. We got Dan, Em (and baby bump!!), and Andersen from Erie, PA. , and Katie and Per from Pocatello, ID.!! We were able to visit with Mark's mom, brothers, and nieces on Christmas Eve and my whole family on Christmas. This was also Ashton's first Christmas so it was really fun to get him in on our families traditions. Children make Christmas morning amazing. It was so much fun to have Justin come in and tap on my shoulder to wake me up so I knew that Santa had come. He was bouncing up and down, but still trying to be so quiet. He told me he heard the reindeer on the roof! So cute!!

New Years was a blast at our friends Garth and Nikki's house who live just down the street. We feel so blessed to have so many incredible people in our lives! I think often we take for granted how lucky we really are. I'm so excited to see what 2009 brings!

In between Christmas and New Years Justin and I were able to sneak away for a FABULOUS day of skiing/snowboarding at Solitude. He's getting SO good!!

Christmas Eve~

Merry Christmas!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!

SKIING / SNOWBOARDING

Justin and I had SOOOO much fun!!

FUN VIDEOS!

Baby Talon

I don't know this family from Adam but I'm feeling compelled to ask for help, good thoughts, and prayers in their behalf. Recently some of you may have heard the story of Baby Talon being taken away from his family by a Minnesota Native American Tribe. This family is fighting to get their baby back. Please read their blog: http://talonsadoption.blogspot.com/.