6 Months

Weight: 15 lbs 14 oz, 25th percentile

Length: 26.5 inches, 50th percentile

Head: 17 inches, 40th percentile

: :  I wake up in the morning to the sounds of Colby talking to himself in bed
: :  Every joint has a dimple (and there are two in his elbows)
: :  He sits up, but refuses to roll onto his stomach

: :  He has an aversion to sunlight, wind, rain, and cold (basically, our little man is not a fan of the outdoors), but he loves grass
: :  He giggles

: :  Everything within hands reach will eventually make it in his mouth

: :  Rice cereal was a big hit

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12 on 12: May 2012

01. Breakfast
02. Morning Skype session with Grandma Rigby
03. Nap time
04. Inheritance on Audio book (for my inner nerd)
05. Road trip
06. Not a fan of the wet stuff
07. Bridal Veil Falls
08. Stained glass at the Orem Library
09. Colby's reading for the week
10. Bath time
11. Homemade Chicken Alfredo pizza
12. Rebecca (I love Hitchcock)

*The premise of 12 on 12 is to take 12 pictures on the 12th of each month that capture how you spent the day.  I like the idea of recording these little glimpses into the daily doings of our household.  We'll see if I can keep this up :)

3 Years

While pondering how to spend our 3rd anniversary, we came across this advertisement: "Art is in the eye of the beholder, and the same holds true of 'bad art.' When you get some of Salt Lake City’s most noteworthy artists to create their version of intentionally bad art, the results are special, indeed. If you’re looking for dogs playing poker, a heartfelt depiction of Elvis, or children with enormous, soulful eyes, the Bad Art Show at Kayo Gallery may be just the spot."

We were intrigued, so we drove up to Salt Lake City (thank you, Jory and Em for babysitting!) only to find the gallery was going out of business and closed early.  Oh, well.

We wandered around downtown for a bit and ended our evening at a  lovely little place called Layla's for dinner (if you're ever in Holladay and in the mood for Lebanese, we highly recommend it).

I love my little family so much and this past year only reminded me once again how amazing my husband is.   Thank you, Robb, for another wonderful year.  I'm so grateful you're mine.

3 years strong and life couldn't possibly better be.

P.S.  My little brother, Jordan, is now engaged to this lovely lady.  Welcome to the family!!!

5 Months

It's going by so fast.  I spent part of the morning looking through our first pictures of Colby and it's hard to believe my little boy who was all eyes in the beginning is now this rolly-polly little man with dimples on every joint.  He started flirting with the women in my church (to the point where one husband felt the need to inform Colby that his wife was already taken :) ) and babbles long stories to me when he should be sleeping.

He rolled over last month from front to back, spurred on solely by his hatred of "tummy time" and I don't think he'll ever find the motivation to reverse the process.  

All signs indicate that teeth will be coming shortly.  Colby has taken to gumming everything he can get his chubby hands on and drooling so much that a bib is now a mandatory accessory.

Colby showing off his new trick for the camera.

Now if he would only start sleeping through the night, my life would be perfect.

Conference Weekend

It's a sad fact of life that once you get married you see your parents less frequently.  However, that all changes with grand-babies (i.e. four visits in four months).  Apparently someone can't get enough of those big blue eyes.

The six of us spent Saturday listening to General Conference and doing whatever we could think of to get that little boy to smile.  I love General Conference.  It doesn't matter what stage of life I'm in or what I'm struggling with, by the end I am filled with a sense of comfort, my trials are put into perspective, and my life gains new purpose and direction.

In between sessions we took advantage of the warm spring weather and broke in our baby carrier with a short stroll around the park.  I can't wait to go hiking!

I was scheduled to work Sunday, but thanks to one very sweet co-worker I got to spend the day with family instead.  We started out with a trip to Mama Burrows' house for breakfast and the morning session of Conference.

Then we moved on to my Grandma and Grandpa Nielson's for lunch and the final afternoon session.

And we finished up at my Grandma and Grandpa Fredley's place for dinner.  After being well fed physically and spiritually we went home for some much needed sleep (Colby woke up seven times Saturday night and by the end of the day Robb and I were dragging).

Monday came too quickly.

Four Months

I'm going back and blogging these really quick (hopefully I'll do better in the future), but on March 4th Colby rolled over from front to back for the first time.

Three Months