I Didn't Take Any Pictures of Any of The Things I'm Going to Tell You About

1. Thanksgiving. Seth had the day off. We weren't positive he'd have it off, so we were very glad he did. We spent it with our friends from our ward, who just live a couple of blocks from us. It was fun and delicious, but I screwed up Seth's one request, Sweet Potato Casserole. I kinda knew I put too much butter in, but then I thought, "Is there really such a thing as too much better?" Yep. There is.

2. Lukie and I took a quick trip to Utah for my cousin, Katie's wedding. It was a cold but beautiful day and the couple looked gorgeous and happy. I was glad to go because I got to see my parents, siblings, grandma, and Lam cousins. We even squeezed in a mini-Bluth reunion dinner after the wedding so it was fun to see some of those cousins too. Oh! and I was able to visit one of my sis-in-laws late one night and my sisters came too because they borderline worship her. (It's true Lara) OH! And I had an early b-day celebration with my fam. My sister got me TOMS which combined with my California drivers license makes me a true California resident. My parents and brother got me painting supplies, because surprise! I'm going to try to pick up another hobby that probably will go the same way my sewing streak went. But I'm excited about it and maybe I'll become a master painter. It could happen.

3. When Seth and Taft picked Lukie and me up from the airport we headed straight to Palm Springs for a mini-vacay. Seth has this whole week off so we went for a change of scenery, some laps around the Lazy River, and a good extra warm dose of Vitamin D. The rest of Seth's week off includes: beginning of Christmas festivities, a date night, installing new flooring in our kitchen (heaven help us), and then starting Monday Seth is back to the grind.

November 17, 2006

Guess who got married 5 years ago today? We did. It was a really great day. I've said a number of times that I want to re-do the day because I had so much fun, and it's still true. Who doesn't want to get dressed up, eat good food, party your pants off, be with friends and family, and be super over-the-top happy because you just married the bomb dot com?

It's been five years and I still think Seth is the bomb dot com. I really do feel lucky every day that we got married. I just gave a lesson in Young Women about marriage standards. The lesson suggested to talk about writing a list of qualities the girls would like in a future spouse. While I am generally anti-list when it comes to choosing a spouse (because I think people go a little overboard and have crazy-impossible-unacheivable requirements) and told them to make sure their list wasn't a description of a perfect person (because doi, they don't exist), but someone who'd be perfect for them. Someone who could complement them in the areas where they have weaknesses. Seth is absolutely perfect for me. I'm going to pat our marriage on the back and say that I think we balance each other out quite nicely actually. I probably shouldn't admit it, but I really am proud of our marriage. I feel like we really are happy and I feel like that's okay to be proud of.

In the past 5 years we have:

Lived in 3 states
Moved 4 times
Bought 1 condo
Sold 1 car
Had 2 babies
Graduated from college (me)
Graduated from medical school (him)
Traveled to lots of places, both home and abroad


And since this post is already all about us, check out the sappy montage I made. If you want to tug at Seth's heartstrings, all you gotta do is put together some pictures set to music. Gets him every time.

Bye Bye Binky

Well it's about dang time. Is that what you were thinking? We finally got Taft off his binky. It's kind of sad to me though. He's now a kid. No diapers, no binky. We took him to Toys R Us to trade in his binkies for a new Buzz toy.

He has asked about his binkies a few times, but overall has not been experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

In other news, Taft has been trying to diversify his talents and interests recently. 

Firefighting

Practicing Medicine




Song Writing

p.s. All our videos are so dark because we live in a cave. Just FYI.

Lukie Pookie is Ten Months

Luke's is 10 1/2 month now. If it's possible, he keeps getting cuter. These days Luke likes to crawl on everything and anything. He's still doing the army/belly crawl which is making for very dirty clothes. We go to the park a lot and he always squirms and cries until I let him down and crawl free. As much as I want him to stay my baby, it'd be nice if he would start walking soon. It's clear that he doesn't want me hold him all day and if he's not interested in snuggling then I would prefer he walk. He's been pulling himself up on everything but hasn't decided to start cruising yet.

He likes to play with whatever Taft is playing with vice versa. Luke isn't very interested in many age appropriate toys and prefers Taft's cars and non-toy items like remotes, cords, batteries, etc.

Luke takes two 2-hr naps each day and sleeps from 7:30 to 7:00, usually with a couple of wake ups at night. I don't think he really needs to nurse anymore, but I know it will put him back to sleep so I do it. It needs to stop though.  But, I do like that I get to snuggle with him. Sometimes Luke sleeps with his bum in the air and it's the cutest. When Taft was a baby we put him in a sleep sack at night. Luke HATES the sleep sack so I always worry about him being cold. Luke is nursed before bed and sleeps with a binky, but other than that doesn't need anything specific to sleep.

Luke can EAT. I'm not sure he has tasted something he didn't like. He still doesn't have teeth, but I've been giving him more table foods that he can mash with his gums. He seems to really like Veggie Sticks, broccoli, bananas, and strawberries. He has had a sippy cup a few times, but hasn't really shown interest in it.

He babbles all the time. He can still be fussy at times, but I think he needs to to get attention every now and then because Taft seems to take up quite a bit of my attention at times. His newest trick is clapping (not for attention, just to be cute).

We love this boy and I can't believe he's almost one year old. I've had friends say they really don't care much for the first year. I agree that it's a lot of work with nursing, getting them on a sleep schedule, special foods, etc. It's only a year though and I think that first year goes too fast.  I do look forward to the next stages, but I will so miss the little baby stage.

Only a face this good looking can pull off this hair-do

Random Pictures

A Flying Dragon. When he starts slowing down he tells me his wings are broken.

Too cute for words.

Taft loves hats. He has worn this hat to death and it barely fits his 90th percentile head anymore but insists on wearing it. He calls it his cowboy hat.

Can now stand in his crib!

Possibly the best part of our SeaWorld passes. This area is for kids Taft's height and younger. Lukie can crawl all around and not get hurt or dirty.

Taft was in time out in this picture....but this look on his face looks so much like my brother.  

All is well again with Elmo and Grover at SeaWorld.

Hallow's Eve

Pumpkin carving and our Ghetto-fabulous Halloween decor 

The final product. Our creativity is unbelievable.

T-Rex Dinosaur!!!!! RAAAAAAAA!

Wanna see me kick a wall?

Trick or Treating in the luxury of your own stroller

The day after Halloween I bought costumes half-off for dress ups. Taft was in heaven as a firefighter and later as a superhero.

Mid-flight