I cant believe it has been a year and i am already behind on posting! I apologize but my life has been super busy the last few weeks. Somedays I haven't even had time for a shower... sadly more days then I would care to admit to.

 

Weight: 18.5 pounds - 8%
Length: 26.5 i think
Clothing Size: 9-12 months, 6-12 clothes
Sleep: You were in a good schedule of sleeping throughout the night but I think your 2 front teeth are hurting you so you wake up crying every few hours. You scared me for a week when you stopped taking 2 naps a day. I am not ready for that! But you are back to 2 naps a day.
I Love...: Despicable Me is still a MUST. Mostly just the minions. When the scene with the Boogie Robots comes on you start dancing. Its super cute. You have the biggest smile on your face. You have been doing this for awhile I just dont remember if I ever mentioned that. You LOVE walking! You get so excited when you do it, if it is a really far distance once you get there you squeal and clap your hands. Its super cute!
I Hate...: Food. If it is not purred you throw it up. It is super frustrating. We have an OT appointment in December because you should be eating normal food. We have tried everything but if it has a texture you throw up.
Other facts: You love chompers, Grandma Corbett's Dog... but he doesn't love you. You chase him around and he barks at you and runs away. You seem to enjoy making him bark. You are still a HUGE flirt with waitresses. The other day we caught you holding one of their hands while she was taking our order. You flashed your beautiful smile at her anytime she walked by.  
Firsts: We went to a pumpkin patch, you didn't really love it, but you did seem to enjoy the dirt. YOU STARTED WALKING!! The most steps you had taken without falling was about 3 steps, but it seemed on your birthday that you knew it was a big day because from the 25th of the month on you walk EVERYWHERE!! You also can wave and say 'bye'. Love it!

My Mom, Haylie and I have decided to do daily prompts. Ok maybe not EVERY day, but it will at least get us to write more. Today's prompt is What is your Favorite Rainy Day Movie.

This did take a few minutes to think of because the only movie I watch these days is Despicable Me. Q LOVES the minions so if i put it on I have bought myself at least 20 minutes before he losses interest.

Despicable Me on Dads phone

But if I was all alone on a rainy day and could watch anything I wanted without being interrupted, sigh that sounds so wonderful! I think I would go with Pride and Prejudice, the new movie. I could watch that multiple times a day. I love the soundtrack and everyone in the movie. I used to watch it at work- when it was SUPER busy and I was getting overwhelmed. My boss did the same thing- She would watch it on her computer. It was one of the signs that she was stressed, so I felt watching it on my phone was ok :)

If I had Pride and Prejudice, a hot chocolate and some popcorn it would be a perfect rainy day. Also maybe a nap and a good book.

 

 

These are some of our Family Pictures from this summer. We had a FABULOUS photographer!!

Donald and Emma

Love my Family!

Andrew, Mom, Dad and Haylie

Weight:  18 pounds - 8%
Length: 26 inches
Clothing Size: 6-9 Months , Some 6-12 clothes
Sleep: Back to a more normal sleeping schedule, take a nap at 10, then at 3. Bedtime at 8, another bottle at 11 or 12, then you wake up at 6, but we make you go back to bed till 8. If you didn't wake up starving all the time, I would make you sleep through the night, but you down the bottle in like 5 minutes. Since you are still so small the doctors still say to feed you anytime you want.
I Love...:  Along with all the things you loved last month, you also now love Maddie and Wilson. You love playing with them. Mostly you just sit and watch, but they keep you entertained forever! You also love to wrestle and get tickled, you will even lean in for it. 
I Hate...: Getting your Diaper changed. You will not lay down long enough to change it. We both get frustrated.  
It was funny when...:  We started giving you real fruit. You totally sucked on some Pinapples. You kept making funn faces like it was sour, but you would get upset if we took it away from you. You also fell asleep sitting up the other day. It was so funny, we got it on video tape. You are just a pretty funny kid. We are constantly laughing and wondering what you are doing.
Other facts: You are now a eater of baby food! Yay!! You really like Squash, Sweet Potoates and Carrots. Fruits are ok, but you would prefer the orange veggies. You gag on Green Beans and Peas. 
 Firsts: We took you to a Husky Football Game, you had a lot of fun, although you still dont like the yelling, so we bought you a ear covers. We will see if they work. You are starting to stand without holding onto anything! 

I cant think of anything else! Its been a busy month with moving to Seattle and finally getting into our apartment! We Love having friends and family near by!

This last week my parents took my youngest brother to BYU for a "college visit". It was also the BYU vs Utah game. Coincidence? I think not. :) They have a little Yorkie Terrier that was getting left, so they asked if Eric and I would house sit the dog. Since we had nothing else to do we said yes. And we were getting paid :) We headed over Thursday night and enjoyed the big house to ourselves. We even put Q in the bedroom with the crib, and slept in the other guest bedroom! It was fantastic!

Friday was possibly the laziest day I have had in a LONG time. I had to work, so i put in my hours, but while my reports were running I found a book and started reading. Eric enjoyed watching ESPN and anything he wanted to in another room! Its funny how you get excited about different rooms, but have you ever tried to read a book when the TV is on? It sucks. Q terrorized the dog and had a blast. Friday night our friends Neal and Michelle came over for Date Night. Their kids were at grandmas house for the night, so they just had their youngest who is 2 months old. So we met at Red Robin, then went hot tubing. We had so much fun! I wasn't going to take pictures because really who wants to see that? No one.

Saturday we went to the Husky Game and blew out Idaho 56-0. Go Dawgs! Then we headed to my friend Marthas house for the BYU Game. Q had a busy day and basically crashed on Dad. Poor kid.

It was a super busy and fun weekend! I cant wait to do it again!!

I feel like my life is in a whirlwind. I am looking forward to getting into a routine because I thrive on routine. I have given up on the apartment. It is SO unbelievably small and I am tired to trying to find a home for everything so on Saturday we just put boxes in closets and shut the closet door. I will go through the boxes when I need to, but for now I dont want to look at them. I am super grateful that both our parents live about 30 minutes away so when I need more space I can just drive over to their house. When I get my pictures and decorations on the wall I will take pictures of the apartment.

This last week has been busy starting on Saturday we had our first college football games of the season! Eric woke up early to go get our TV hooked up so we could watch BYU football at our apartment. I'm sure we will have a ton of people over for BYU football games and Basketball games because we are one of the few that actually paid for the station. Sad that when people finally come over to my house it has to be the size of a shoe box. :( O well it will be a fun 2 years!!

Purple Friday

BYU Shirts

Watching the BYU Football Game

Headed to the UW Football Game

In the Dawg Den

View from our Seats

This week is Eric's first week really doing school activities. He has been in Workshops yesterday and all day today. I wish I felt bad for him, but last night they went on a lake dinner cruise, and had a catered lunch. He is living a tough life :) I think that is that has been going on. We have hung out with our friends Neal and Michelle- they live 5 doors down, so it has been super fun to just walk over and hang out. Maddie and Wilson LOVE Q, and he loves watching them and playing with them. They may just become my little babysitters when I need to work.

So since we have moved to Seattle it has been a busy few weeks! We had family pictures taken, stayed with both grandparents, took a spur of the moment to Utah, moved into our apartment and then football season started!

Here are pictures from this months activities.

 

There was a huge black bear in my parents backyard. He was going through the trash. I couldnt get a picture of him because it was like 11 pm and he stayed in the shadows. 

 

Went to Heritage Makers Home Office while we were in Utah. He had a lot of fun. I loved seeing all the people I work with and totally miss seeing them every day. I work for an AMAZING company!

 

While in Utah we say my cousin Emily and met her little guy Amrik. They LOVED each other! They are 5 months apart, but only like a pound apart. Premie problems.

We also got to see Gracie. Erics cousin Holly's little girl. They had so much fun playing with each other and falling backwards.

 

Right before this picture she was trying to push him out of the picture. She wanted to be the only one in her picture. Bri was getting dropped off at college, which really was the reason for the trip. It was fun walking around UVU and seeing how much it has grown!

 

My mom and Dad have a sunroom in their house, because you need all the sun and warmth you can get in Seattle!

 

So I have a lot to update! This last week we moved from Madison, WI to Seattle, WA! Since we have known we are moving for 8 months I have felt like the moving day would never come! In July I started packing finally, and since our apartment is TINY we had a lot of extra things we needed to do some downsizing. We filled up the back of a van with all of stuff for our first trip. Then still had a few more trips. After seeing our apartment again, I still think I have to get rid of more things. :(

Q LOVED our door sign. He always touched it when we came home.

This is how we fly- laying on the floor watching Despicable Me

So to move 30 hours away, we decided we didn't want to drive with the kid. So we were super blessed to have our parents watch him for us. So I flew him to Seattle on Monday and then I flew back on Wednesday so I could have Thursday and Friday of packing without him. We packed up our U-Boxes on Saturday and are super grateful for our friends that helped!

Q's Room filled with Boxes

Cute kids helping pack- they made the pod their fort, and climbed in and out of the couches, on the love sac and everything

Hiding behind the Love Sac

After our pods were packed we left and drove to Souix Falls, South Dakota. On Sunday we stopped at Mt. Rushmore for lunch, it was really cool. There were like a MILLION motorcyclists due to Sturgis going on like an hour away. It was crazy! No nudest.

My Car hit 150,000 miles while we were driving. It was hard to take the picture while Eric was driving

We stopped in Bozeman that night, and lucky us- Eric was guest of the night! Haha guess that's what happens when you travel a lot for work- you rack up a ton of points.

Monday we wanted to get home by dinner! We got in at 5. We were super excited to be back! Still doesn't feel like we live here, I still feel like I am visiting. Maybe when I get our stuff in the apartment I will feel differently.

I did on my drive over make a memory video of our past 2 years in Madison. Sadly, its not done yet. :) I am ALMOST done, but with everything going on I haven't had a chance to put the final touches on it. I'm not promising that it will be great, but I did think it would be something fun to see. 

Weight:  17 lbs 10 oz
Length: ?
Clothing Size: 6-9 Months
Sleep: Since we have been living at Grandma's and visiting Utah your sleeping pattern has sucked. You HATE pack n plays. You wake up every 2.5 hours screaming bloody murder. I am excited to finally have you back in a crib again, because you go back to only waking up once at night. Since we have been traveling a lot this month you have been such a champ at sleeping in the car! I haven't noticed you act super cranky or missing sleeping in your crib. Love that you will sleep wherever you can!
I Love...:  Chompers. You will chase him around the house and laugh when he barks at you. Also I think you have rediscovered your voice and how loud or high it can go. Because now you talk all the time and make funny noises and go really high and then really low with your voice. You also LOVE attention. If there are people around you are the entertainment. You will smile at them and make faces and noises and crawl around and make sure everyone has their attention on you. You especially love other little kids. We went to dinner and anytime a little kid walked by you stopped whatever you were doing, looked at them and flashed them a smile. It was pretty cute.  You also LOVE bath time and the pool. You cry when we take you out. Splashing is your favorite part of the day.
I Hate...: Pack n Plays. Lots of screaming and tossing and turning. 
It was funny when...:  You got into Chompers bowl of water. You started splashing like you were in the tub. We videoed it, so we can show it to you later. You LOVE chewing on your tongue. I dont know why but you just munch on it all the time. I sometimes will stick my finger in your mouth just to make sure you dont have something in there you shouldn't. But it is always just your tongue.
Also we went to a water park and you were so tired that you fell asleep on mommys shoulder, but even half asleep you kept splashing. Also Grandma and Grandpa Corbett took you to church while we were moving and they said you were very loud and made funny gurgling noises to the other babies around you. They said you were irreverent. You also recently started hitting your stomach because you discovered that if you do, you make a different noise. You and your noises.
Firsts: Moved to a new state!! Stayed away from mom and dad for over a week while we packed the apartment in Wisconsin and drove to Washington. You also met your cousin Gracie and Amrik while we were in Utah.
Other facts: You only recently started eating and liking yogurt! You get super excited when we get the container out but the first bite still seems to confuse you. But once you decide you like it you chow it down. Grandma Corbett started adding Oatmeal to the yogurt, and even though you will still eat it, you dont eat as much and you look concerned with every bite. It's not your favorite but you are still eating solid food! Way to go!!

Weight:  17 lbs 2 oz
Length: 26.5 inches
Clothing Size: 6-9 Months
Sleep: You have become a gem! You take 3-4 naps a day, and when it is about time for your nap, I swaddle you and lay you in your crib and fall asleep! At night you will sleep about 7-8 hours! I have enjoyed all the extra sleep! But I dont know if I will ever catch up.
I Love...:  You crawl all the time, and love to crawl to the couch or the wall and pull yourself up. You also love smiling at everyone, but other little kids the most. You try and hug them and play with them. Your favorite friend is AnsLee. You also cant get enough of Dad, especially when he makes funny noises. It makes you giggle a lot and you also are becoming tickalish.
I Hate...: Still cant get you to eat solid foods. Even if I put the food in the pureed in your bottle and you still spit it out.
It was funny when...:  we love getting you to laugh. It makes our day. You are getting into EVERYTHING now. Your  favorite is cords, and paper. You have an innocent look on your face when we catch you doing something your not supposed to.
Also we went to a water park and you were so tired that you fell asleep on mommys shoulder, but even half asleep you kept splashing.
Firsts: YOU HAVE 2 TEETH! Your first one is about half way up right now, the other one is just breaking through your gums. You haven't been acting miserable or anything. I appreciate it. Went to Wisconsin Dells for a holiday. You LOVE the water! You could sit and splash for hours! We haven't done a lot this month since we are moving August 3. We did go on our first family golfing trip- Dad was golfing while we were the announcers.
Other facts: Like I said you LOVE little kids. When we were playing with our other friend Sarah, you both kept smiling and reaching for each other. She is younger then you, even though she is about your size. (You are only in the 8% for your weight.) You also love looking through books right now.