Earl's

Ragnar... you know you want to

2011-03-26T22:11:00.000-07:00

A Relay race from Logan to Park city

A couple months ago my Sister Aimee called me and asked if I wanted to put a ragnar team together and of course I said yes. Totally unaware at the time that I would be living in Houston Texas during the race:( I am totally sad about it and wish I could still do it. oh well.

Sooooo... If you want to get a spot on a team and get to run with some awesome hot babes, let me know. NO BOYS. This team is a" ladies only" adventure.

The opening is for runner#3 and the cost is $105.00

P.S we found a renter. So grateful for that.

Hey There Stranger:)

2011-03-14T20:41:00.001-07:00

Well lets just get this over with.

WE ARE MOVING TO HOUSTON TEXAS! Yes thats right. AND IN THREE WEEKS. Yes we are crazy. AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT TENANT. Yes I am dreaming.

But seriously we are leaving April 6. Jason was offered a job with Turner Construction about a week ago and we both know this is where we are suppose to go.... They gave us one month to get there! We are excited and sad at the same time. We really do love it here and are very sad to leave our family/friends and our home.

We are going to rent our town home. Here are the details.......

1600sqft ( 2 story and a basement)

3bedroom ( 2 on the top level, one in the basement)

1.5 bath ( Full bath upstairs with double sink, half bath on main floor by the kitchen)

2 family rooms (main floor, and basement)

Laundry room ( Basement, washer and dryer can stay)

Enclosed back yard with small shed, concrete pad, and grass with small area for a garden.

Backyard open up to large grass filled common area, great for kids.

Plenty of storage space.

We have replaced nearly everything in the home since we purchased it in 2007. New cabinets, carpet, paint, light fixtures, counter tops (granite), Flooring (travertine), kitchen appliances, water heater (50 gallon). Kitchen and bathrooms have Travertine counter tops and stone back splashes. New doors, base boards. You name it we did it.

NO pets and NO smoking.

We are asking $1100.00/month with $950 deposit. Water/Gas/Power are to be paid by the tenant. The HOA fee will be taken care of by us.

Here is the deal, I am basically freaking out inside:) I know that there are horror stories about renters and I am afraid of experiencing one. We have put a lot of work and money into this home and we would like to rent it to someone awesome! If you know of anyone who is looking and you know they would be great please refer them, I would consider going to $1000.00/month if they were recommended by someone we trust. Besides we would be the best landlords EVER:)

Leave me a comment with your info, or call, you probably have my number if you still check this lame blog of mine:)

Also we LOVE our neighbors. They have been wonderful! and in case your LDS we love our ward as well. Just tooooo much love for this place, I told Jason I want to move back and live right here again with 10 kids:) He does not agree with me.

Also people can contact me to come see this cute place for themselves, it wont disappoint!

And in case you were wondering, my boys are adorable. And they know it too.

Backbitting...

2010-05-05T20:21:00.000-07:00

In the cutest form of course.

I mean really, who wouldnt want those buckers in their back while enjoying a warm bath:) Cache boy is just oh so cute and sweet and soft and just soooo lovable. He is almost 9 months now and has eight teeth already, yup I am still nursing. "Feather" is his nickmane cause he weighs nothing, he is in the 3% for weight and the 18% for height, and the 80% for head, umm WHat? Docotor did you say 80%? I think maybe you measured his buckers and not his head. He happens to be one of the most easy going babies EVER. He is quite the picky eater and will not crawl on his hands and knees, he gets up on them but if he wants to get any where he flattens out on his belly and takes off pretty darn fast. I love this stage, soo sweet and does not talk back like his big brother!

Dear Cohen, Why do you insist on ONLY having love for your DAD?? And why is is that you never listen to anything I say, unless I bribe you with food or your DAD??? This boy definetly keeps me going. He is NON STOP I tell you. He eats everything, can almost say everything, throws everything, tries to ride on everything, jumps off everything, says hello to everything that walks by, and loves just about everything. He is ALL boy. The other night his prayer consisted of "poppie tracktor ride, poppie tracktor ride, poppie tracktor ride. Amen." Jason's dad is the only person on this planet that Cohen will choose over Jay, he adores his Poppie and his 4-wheeler "poppies tracktor." I cant help but laugh at him most of the time while trying to discipline him. The faces he gives you are just priceless. My favorite prases of his lately are:

"Ill be right back"

"Jason, Baabbbe" He yells this to his Dad.

"NO NO Dache Boy"

"Eww yucky"

"Nope. No Thanks." His reply to me asking him to get me wipes.

"BIIIGGG Truck" With spit flying out of his mouth due to the intesity of the sentence!

"Pappa's Yucy" Grandpa's dog Lucy

"Hi Pappa" He says this to EVERY old man we see in church and at the store, and he wont stop yelling it until they answer him.

"Yisa, potsicle,mmmm" Goes to the neighbors door and bangs on it unitl she opens up and gives him a popsicle. One day he went there 3 times.

Our conversation the other day went like this

Me: Cohen what do you want for your birthday?

Cohen: Daddy

Me: Daddy is at work, what do you want to do for your birthday?

Cohen: Ride Dad's truck!

Me: Dad took his truck to work with him so we cant, who should we hang out with today on your birthday, do you want Zev or Sadie and Jess or Both???

Cohen: DADDY.

See how this is going no where. The kid loves his Daddy, is that too much to ask for your 2nd birthday. I abbsolutly love him and his BIG personality, but I wont lie, some days I want to pull my hair out and lock him in the basement:)

Can you guess which one of these super fine behinds just graduated???Yup you were right! It was that smack worthy one on the left reading books to his little men. OUR GRADUATE on Graduation day, in the pouring rain.

Jay graduated form BYU in Construction Managment, this day had been a long time coming and boy we were all so proud of him. Jay is basically majic. He goes to school, spends a great deal of time helping me and playing with the boys, runs a buisness, and serves in the bishop rick. I am not quite sure where he finds time to do all of this with a smile on his face, but I am very grateful and very lucky to have a husband who is so devoted to his family, church, and education without complaint. Like I said, HE IS MAJIC. Maybe one time we can charge the big bucks and have a seminar where he could show you all the tricks:) Until then his Majic is mine to enjoy only:)

Oh how I wish I could say I will keep you updated with more than one post every six months but I figure suprises are much better that broken promises so we will just have to wait and see. Till next time. love to all!!!

happy.happy.happy

2009-10-07T21:00:00.000-07:00

Way to good looking, seriously we are in trouble.
Sometimes taking care of brother is so hard:) I dont even have time too eat.

Smile for the camera you ladies man

No wonder he is handsome, look at his daddy WOWZA

This kid loves the shower, even the water in the face part

Cohen must be by Cache if he is within reach. i love it.

Our first and last trip to the zoo this year. the baby elephant was so stinkin adorable

We borrowed the bike trailer from our awesome friends and took the kiddos for a ride

Disregard the "abused look" Cohen is displaying. He tipped his stroller over and had a face to face talk with the concrete. awful. I wanted to cry with him.

The best video EVER. We totally get a kick out of letting Cache eat Cohen's face. Cohen cant get enough and beggs for more.

The first week or two...

2009-10-02T20:39:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: I did three posts and it is posting them backwards. Very frustrating. Scroll down to see Cache before he is two weeks old:)

The first night was awesome. Not. Cache was crying at 4am and Cohen woke up and started to scream, he didnt want to be in another room away from all the excitment. We decide he should join us in an effort to get Cache to stop crying. I knew Cache needed to poo so I was trying to get him to take this passy so it would help him poo and it did:) So after that we all went back to bed. Cohen sleeps through the noise now, thankfully.

His first "fake" bath. I hate that i cant bath them unitl that nasty button falls off. I just cant handle smelly babies, I think it is rude to let your kids stink:) So he got sponge baths for the first week. He was not a huge fan, beauty hurts Cache.Jay enjoying the nice weather with the boys in the backyard

What mom? Why you always lookin at me like that?

I came down staris to find these three handsome guys asleep.

So Strong, just like big brother was.

I just love the chubb on his legs, Cohen never had the chubb till now.

He probably wonders why I always let his bro lay on him. I always tell Cache it is his fault for choosing to come second in line, he should have come first:)

First family photo, the sad part about his picture it right after I pushed the botton it fell out of my hand and right on to Cache's head:( I wish it would have landed on one of ours. He screamed and cried, it was awful. He immediatly had a huge bruise pop up. Someone vote me for Mother of the year NOW.

There are many more pictures but I am getting tired:) I will post some more recent ones of him in a couple days.

On a side note we have other news...

NO not pregnant. yet. But I finally took my nursing boards last week and passed:) I am officially an RN. I am so glad I dont have to study everyday anymore, jay is happy too. Speaking of Jay, he was called to serve as the second counsler in the bishopric two days after we got home from the hospital:) He was so nervous at first but now he loves it. He is such a great man. Cohen likes to yell Dad really loud about ten times, and points to him. Everyone comments how cute it is, but i am the one holding him back from running up there, not so cute to me. The best part for me is now I have my own personal eye candy to stare at, I love him. It has really been a huge blessing. Goodnight:)

2009-10-02T20:28:00.000-07:00

Ready to come home

All bundled up and lookin so adorable

Cohen was eating when we walked in the door with his present, he was excited to see us carrying something for him to kiss and hug all day long

Kisses. Cohen's first priority again. They wouldnt be so bad except the drool that runs down Cache's head after he is done.

Loves to hold the Cache. He will always sit down and ask Please over and over again until I put him on his lap:)

Baby boy is here

2009-10-02T20:02:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay...we have been busy:)

Cache Hansen Earl

was born August 13th at 1:59 am he weighed a wopping 8lbs 10oz and 20.5 inches long. labor was amazing compared to Cohen and we couldnt be happier about our new addition. He is sooooo cute, and a very good baby. Cohen absolutly loves him, kisses and hugs all the time. He loves to be held and talked to, loves his bath's and his milk. At two weeks he weighed 9lbs 10z doin good! I am in heaven with these two little boys, I cant beleive we have two already and cant imagine stopping at this point, they are just too sweet and fun:) Here is alot of pics that will show you are last 7 weeks:)

Dont we just look so awake here:) 2am is not the best itme to deliver.

This is the first time Cohen met Cache. Kisses were a first priority. He immediatly fell in love with this little guy, and continues to be in his face daily:)

No baby....

2009-08-04T14:11:00.001-07:00

Just a quick update. I was dilated to a 1.5 forever ago and I STILL AM:) So needless to say I am not being induced on Thursday anymore. The doctor wants me to wait until next Wednesday. I wasn't too disappointed, I told myself before I went in to plan on another week of pregnancy and that's what i got:) Blood pressure is good so far this time, and I am so thankful for that. STAY AWAY MAGNESIUM!!! So for now just more cleaning and getting ready for the babe to come. I just cant seem to clean enough, I was OCD about being clean before, but it has gotten much worse. I am experiencing this weird thing where I crave cleaner, I want to brush my teeth with comet and bath in pine sol while snacking on a bar of soap. The doc told me it was normal and not to give into my craving or I would just experience some major diarrhea (DUH). So instead I jsut CLEAN CLEAN AND CLEAN some more cause I cant get close enought to the smell. I can taste it in the air:) My next update should be some pictures of Cache Earl!!!! If he ever wants to come.

5 years of love baby.....

2009-07-31T06:25:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary to us:)

I cant beleive it has been five years ago yesterday that I married this man. We have done so much these last five years. Lived in another country together, moved 1000 times, bought our first house, had 1.9 of the cutest boys you have ever seen, cried, laughed, and fell more in love everyday. I know that is cheesy but I really do love him more and more everyday. I cant imagine an individual who treats there wife, children, and everyone else for that matter better than this boy Jason Earl. He is truly ONE OF A KIND. Six years ago I was so unsure about him, maybe I just thought he was to good to be true, I think so. What you dont want to fight with me, you arent going to make me cry???? WHY NOT, thats what makes girls love boys:) Sure I was immature and unaware of what I really wanted or needed for that matter, but lucky for me I decided it was ok:) Now I just might be the luckiest girl alive to have him all to myself. He is the ultilmate example of a LOVING SON, HUSBAND, and FATHER.

Of course I get annoyed at times, but I cant tell you what about because the things that annoy me are so trivial that I will just make myself look completely ridiculous:) OK so I will just name a few. Sometimes he forgets to water the plant that is hard to get to when you are fat and prego, he forgets to close the shower curtain when he is done, he comes home later than I wanted him to from work, he says yes to people who ask for his help in church when I want to go home and take a nap, he wants to do every career you can think of and has taken classes for about each of them as well:) He always gets the couches dusty when he comes home from work and wrestles Cohen before he changes his clothes, which I quickly wipe down with clorox wipes. When I am super annoyed he makes me hug him, and makes me pretend like I like it, SUPER BUGGY. Has about ten books in the bathroom and on his night stand that he is pretending to read. Oh ya and the best one, sometimes when he scratches my back (which is every night, seriously) he is too tired to do a good job and he just falls asleep, but he does say "sorry baby I'am just so tired."

SOOOO these are really my complaints, lame I know. Dont think less of me, just remember that I am married to the most amazing man and I everytime I say my prayers I am certain to let my Heavenly Father know how thankful I am that I crossed paths With Jason Aaron Earl, and he happened to fall in love with me:)

I love you babe, you are my best friend.

He took me to dinner at the roof, when we got to our table there were those beautiful roses you see behind my swollen backside:) So tricky.

After dinner we went and walked the temple grounds, breath taking as usual. Except for all the stares my large stomach was getting, and the man that yelled out from too far of a distance "So when are you due?" Hello, who are you and can you wait until we get closer so I dont have to yell back for everyone to hear:)

The dessert Buffet:) These were my choices from about 25 desserts, I was already so full and I didnt think I could even swallow. I felt kinda bad knowing I was just going to take a bite of each and waste the rest, Jay mentioned for the price you pay to eat there they should send you home with a whole cake anyway. Even are waiter commented on my selection. The best part is I used the dinner plate to get mine, the dessert plate was a third of the size, room for only one or two things:)

Jason had his hand on his hip quoting some scriptue that made him sound like a ruler. He is so handsome:)

Oh and did I mention that he came home from work at noon and drove me to Draper to get my pregnancy spa treatment while he took Cohen to some random near by stores for entertainment while mommy was being pampered:) It was amazing. The day was wonderful.

The funny thing is we didnt take Cohen to dinner and I was a little nervous. Jay leaves for work everyday but I am with that little stinker 24/7 so when it comes time for me to leave him (which never happens) I get really nervous. Jay told me I could bring him if I wanted. I am really glad I left him and was able to just spend a couple hours with Jay. The best part was picking him up, I kept saying to Jay "I wonder who he will go to when we get there!" Well he loves Whitney's toy land (she has 2 of every toy ever made) and he just wanted to stay and play some more:). Thanks Whit for taking sucoh good care of my little guy.

So that was my anniversary. I reminded Jay when he was planning that I am almost having a baby so no fun hikes or crazy expectations from my rolly polly self:) He did what he does best and gave me another perfect day. LOVE YOU JAY.

Summer so far...

2009-07-26T14:28:00.001-07:00

Well I would like to say that I just hate blogging, I could tell you a lie and promise you that I will be better, but I wont:) Life has been going fast, I am almost DUE to have our second sweet baby BOY. Last Monday I was dialated to a 1.5 and 60% effaced, so if the baby does not come by the 6th of August I am scheduled to be induced that day, HORRAY! We have had alot of fun this summer so here is a VERY LONG update of pictures:)

OREM Summer Fest

Cohen absolutly loved all of the rides and was not scared to do anything

His latest cheese!

FARM COUNTRY at Thanksgiving Point
We went to see all the stinky animals with Cohen's cousins and his grandma Earl.

Cohen with his cousins whom he loves to be around

Grandma taking him on his first pony ride, he just kept clapping and smiling, it was so cute.

SEVEN PEAKS BABY:)

Notice Cohen is running away from me AGAIN, poor lady didnt even know she was getting her picture taken:)

Ice cream, always makes Cohen and mommy feel so much better after swimming

LOTS and LOTS of corn on the cob.

I cant even let him see it before I cook it or he freaks out cause he does not understand why he cant eat it raw

4th of July

We had a pretty relaxing day, it was nice. We started out the day with the Provo parade

He just thinks everything is so great

Infact it was so great that he couldnt even help but fall asleep after it was over. Soo he got to ride in daddy's cart on the way back to the car.

Waiting for it to get dark. Cohen loves when the airplanes go by, he points and points and I think he thinks we cant see what he is seeing.

FORTS...

Lets just say that I told Jay i needed 20 minutes alone on the computer downstairs.... Well when I returend I saw this in the living room. I called out for the boys... Then Jay replied in a tired voice. Sooo what happened was Jay built this really great fort and then when he an Cohen were playing in it he fell asleep, so Cohen left him in there and he was upstairs playing in his room by himself:)

Potato bug anyone??

Cohen loves these little creatures, he tries to eat them. He grabs them and forces them to roll into a ball out of pure terror and then he attempts to get the tiny ball into his mouth before we can stop him:)

He has a liking for ants as well, but they are to fast for him and he just gets mad when he tries to catch them:)

Skateboarding with DAD.

One of my husbands MANY talents he is trying to rub off on Cohen. Cohen loves his Dad more than anything in this world, probably cause he does so many fun things with him. He cries every morning when he leaves for work and he nearly passes out from excitement when daddy pulls up everyday, honks, and waits for me to bring him out so he can sit on his lap while he parks his work trailer. Cohen would throw me under the bus at any moment to be with his DAD:) I cant complain, its quite nice that they enjoy eachother so much so I can have a break. He thinks that every truck that drives by during the day is Daddy and he yells for him out the window, but the trucks just keep on drivin.

SHOES???

I thought this obsession would come a little later, but everything seems to happen a little sooner in Cohen's world. He can even do my high heels on the carpet. Impecable balance. Jason hates when he chooses my shoes, I think it is funny.

Projects are never ending in this house, between school and having babies back to back the remodeling had taken a little longer than planned. We bought the house three years ago this October and we are still making changes. This is Jay and Cohen doing new sink and countertop for the half bath, Cohen will not let Jay work without him being right there. Lucky for him he fit right under daddy's work space and was completely content.

They were really thirsty after a hard day of work !

I love these two boys and cant wait to have another one.

My baby turned 1....We are in love with him:)

2009-05-19T19:59:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COHEN GREGORY EARL

Oh how time flys!

This little sweetie was born on May 3,2008 and has grown up ALL TO FAST.

We have truely enjoyed every minute we have had with Cohen, anyone who knows him, knows that he is full of personality and some of the greatest facial expressions you have ever seen. He is so happy and loves almost everyone. Right now his favorite things are his DAD, DAD, DAD, oh and did I mention that he absolutly loves his dad:) He seriously cant get enough of Jay but I cant either so go figure. He also loves milk, hotdogs, yogurt, chicken dinos, meatloaf, pancakes, bananas, oranges, and his new favorite is corn on the cob. He cant get enough of Jay's hats and sunglasses, it is a must that he wear Jay's hat the minute he gets a hold of it and he only wears it backwards. He loves to shower and tolerates the bath. He points to the door all day cause he loves to be outside and cries when I bring him in. He still loves moving the kitchen chairs around, which is extremely loud and annoying. He loves taking the plastic baggies and stringing them everywhere and un winding the plastic wrap and tinfoil. I eventually hid the toilet brush after trying to teach him that it is not something we drag around the house and stick in our mouth:) There are too many things that this monster does that makes me laugh and ant to scream at the same time. We are so lucky to have this giant spirit trapped in this little body with us everyday. Cohen we love you so much!

Here are some pictures from the day of celebration. ENJOY

Thank you everyone who came to celebrate Cohen's special day!

He loves all of his presents, although the ones from Grandma Linda and Grandma Nette have been the favorties so far:)

My 2 loves....

2009-02-14T17:12:00.001-08:00

Jay and Cohen you are the greatest

Jay was so sweet to get me these flowers and he even wrote that they were from him and my little bub:)

Cohen received his first valentine from his dear friend Preston. He looks like he has won the jack pot. I know they should not have a ton of sugar but I had to give him a try.

Thouroughly enjoying the sickle

After a couple minutes of sucking I decided that was enough so I took it away. Not to pleased with his mama right now

So I decided it was too sad and I gave him a few more licks

And I attempted to pull it away for good:) He eventually forgot, he only cried for a breif moment but he cried so hard I had to blow in his face to make him take a breath:)

I gave the sucker to Jay and told him to throw it away, only to look at him a minute later and saw he was enjoying the sucker himself. I told him that was rude and if Cohen could not have it then he couldnt either!

Happy Valentines!

1,2,3,4????

2009-02-11T06:55:00.000-08:00

I am pretty sure that will be the number of our family coming August:) Most of you know the shocking news already that we are having another baby. It came by suprise, I shed a few tears while Jay jumped up and down with Cohen in his arms shouting horray! I am now 14 weeks and anticipating the second semster, since all the books say it is the best. Cohen and the baby will be 1 year and three months apart. Cohen loves all babies and kids so I am sure he will fall in love with this one too. We are very blessed to be able to have another one and my excitment is showing up in little amounts and hopefully will be in full bloom before the baby comes:) I will be finished with school in April, thank heavens!

As far as Cohen goes he has a Dr. Appt tomorrow and I will post the stats. I dont have time to do pictures right now but here are a few of his new things he loves to do....

1. WALK, ya he is so funny when he walks around, being in the 1 percentile and starting right before he turned nine months just dosent look right for his size. he must be trying to prove that being small is no big deal:) This will guarantee at least two to three goose eggs and bruises on his forehead ALWAYS. As soon as one goes away he runs into something else. He has given himself a bloody lip twice now, the last time resulted in a rush to the kitchen and feeding him cold chocolate icecream to make the pain go away:)

2. DAD DAD DAD is all he ever says, occassionaly there is a mamamama in there somewhere but he totally says DAD all day long, it use to be dadadada but then he figured it out and it sounds quite cute. He is so vocal, annoying when your at church. Thats when I wish I could plug him up with a binki but then I realize I hate those things and I am glad he does too.

3. He loves to push the kitchen chairs on the floor to hear that horrible noise. He pushes them all around until the get stick in a corner (usually all of them end up in the same corner) and then he gets mad cause they wont move anymore:)

4. He is obssesed with food, any kind. It dosesnt matter how many times or how much food you have given him he always can take some more .

5.He tries to pull his own ears, fingers, and hair out. Usually when he starts to get tired he tries to pull himself apart.

6. He is still the sweetest and cutest thing in the world, evertime the door opens he just races to get there and cant wait to see who has come to visit him. He loves strangers, he thinks everyone is his freind and if they come in the house without going strait to him he gets upset. He is so happy most of the time and he entertains himself alot of the day. I hope that his perfectness will rub off on the new one:)

Introducing....

2009-02-01T07:33:00.000-08:00

Becky Earl Photography

is moving to UTAH!!!!!

Yes its true! The amazing professional pictures you have seen on my blog of my sweet Cohen have been taken by the best photographer:) You can check out more of her unbeleivable talent by going to her photography blog and website http://beckyearlphotography.com/. Although you will see her talent there you cant tell how wonderful SHE really is until you meet her. Fortunatly for Utah she will be bringing her talent with her!

Justin, Becky, Sadie, and Jess are moving here the beginning of March:) I beleive this might be the most anticipated thing in my life besides wedding day and baby of course! I am so excited to have them here and be able to hang out with them NON STOP:) I know that the fam in Vegas is SOOOO sad but that just means we will get to see them more since all the grandkids will be here!

We love ya and cant wait till you get here:)

GROWING to fast:(

2009-01-08T18:52:00.001-08:00

Current status

Age: Just turned 8 months!

Weight: 14lbs 10oz as of November RUNT!

My little turkey is doing so much these days!!! He mastered his crawling in Vegas over christmas and loves to climb stairs, stand (holding onto nothing), and he loves to hold onto everything in the house and walk. Standing was first discovered about a month ago when he was suddenly quite in his crib and I went to see if he had fallen asleep but instead he was looking over the top of his crib with the look of such accomplishment! Terror is what I felt because we had not lowered his mattress yet, so that was done shortly after! He wants to eat everything he can get his hands on, paper is his favorite. He has been quite cranky due to the fact that he Almost has four teeth:) he broke one of his bottom ones in the beginning of Dec and then the other three started coming at the same time, YIKES! He showed no teething signs with the first one but I guess when you are getting your second bottom and both your top it hurts worse!!! Of course the lovely pictures are to display the daggers that nearly take your finger off if your too slow at putting food in his mouth. We just love his personality that seems to grow every minute, he is currently obsessed with his Dad which does NOT bother me:)

My last semester of School started yesterday and so my blogging might slack more than it already does! I will try to post chritmas before it gets to crazy around here.

Bath time

2008-12-19T11:06:00.001-08:00

Cohen has been loving his bath time:) He loves to suck all of the water out of the bath cloths! kinda gross, but boosting him immunity right! Its so nice that he can sit and play but now he tries to reach for his distant toys and takes a face dive into the water:) giving him a bath is always mt favorite part of the day.

Spider Monkey:)

2008-12-18T16:29:00.001-08:00

OK so I am not sure how to get rid of the underlying but Oh well:)

Now for my comments on Twilight......

Funny, Funny, Funny:) I know it was not meant to be funny but we could not stop laughing, although this was provoked by my sister Carol! I promised my sister in-law Becky that I would give it another chance, but for now I am sticking to the book, much much better!

The movie wasnt perfect but the night was, I got to go out to lunch with some of my favorite girls, who cares about low budget movies when you get to watch them with sister's:)

Probably the best part was the food, we ate at the cheesecake factory and it was so yummy!

Thanksgiving 2008

2008-12-18T15:45:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was so fun this year, we had it at my sister Aimee's and it was sooooo dilicious, Cohen even enjoyed his own things of baby sweet potatoes:)

This is a pictuere of Aimee's youngest boy named Andrew, he is so funny and I just love this picture, he is trying so hard to hold still and smile

Cohen and Jay skipped out on helping and Cohen enjoyed a back scratch from his daddy. Cohen better back off, jay is my personal massuse!

All The siblings minus Rachelle in Montana. We wish she was here!
It is so fun when we are all together and we get to pig out:)

School is out:)

2008-12-16T10:14:00.000-08:00

I just walked in the door from taking my final and I started to scream halalua in my house! The feeling of having a LONG break and only ONE more semester to go just puts the biggest smile on my face, I am sure your wondering why this post includes nothing about Cohen but I am really behind and I will catch up this week:) We are leaving for Aspen Colorado tommorow, no not to spend tons of money (we dont have) in the beautful place, but for Jay to do some tile in a spa up there, I will have plenty of time to update my blog with pictures and stories about my little guy! So stay tuned..

Miracles happen...

2008-11-26T20:02:00.000-08:00

I love these kids, they are all so cute and they are so good to Cohen

Well a couple weeks ago my sister Rachelle was here with her sweet new baby Kallin who was only 17 days old. They are from Montana and they came here for Kallin to undergo heart surgery at Primary Children's Hospital for what they thought to be a rare heart condition with his coronary artery. I know between family and friends Kallin was in all of our prayers. Like mine I am sure most prayers were seeking good health and a successful recovery for little Kallin. Once the doctors performed the open heart surgery they discovered that the surgery was not needed after all. I am sure the initial reaction is anger and frustration, these feelings made me uneasy for some reason. I got to thinking about how much we all pleaded with with our Father in heaven that Kallin would be healthy and strong and be able to handle such an invasive surgery. I then realized how easy it was to forget the miracle that took place, although the doctors say the surgery was unnecessary I like to believe that a miracle has occurred and our prayers for a healthy Kallin have been answered. Kallin was released from the hospital to return home with his family five days after surgery. He did so well, he even gained weight while in the hospital:) We are so blessed to have a Father in heaven who can hear our prayers and create miracles right before our eyes even if it takes a while to recognize them. Although the circumstances were not ideal, I am so happy I got to see my new handsome nephew, his parents, and my adorable nieces. We don't get to see them very often and we definitely love it when they are here:) I don't have any photos of Kallin or my sister, but here is all of the nieces and nephews hanging out one night (except the sweet little Kallin) We miss you and hope to see you again soon.

Happy Thanksgiving :)

Better late than never...Right???

2008-11-23T17:37:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween (one month later:) )

Halloween was so fun this year! We went to the best party of all time thrown by the Clyde's, thanks guys (won the costume contest by the way). The party was the week before halloween, my mom came down to watch cohen so we could go to the party. Thanks mom! The actuall night of halloween was not to fun, I went to clinicals but Jay dressed Cohen up and brought him to the hospital to visit me, every one loved him so that was the highlight of my night. Jay and Cohen handed out candy to the kiddies at home and shared the rest of the evening together:) I cant wait until next year when I can actully take him trick or treating and use him as an excuse to load up on some candy:)

Sincerley,

Richard Simmons and his number one fan PLUS the CUTEST ninja you have ever seen!

If your wondering why his legs look so sleek, yes he is wearing Womans tights:)

And dont be jealous of my bangs, I know you think I am hot

Who wouldnt want to be kicked by this little ninja, this was the best five dollars I have spent all year!

Please forgive me:)

2008-10-20T21:03:00.001-07:00

We have been BUSY:)

Cohen is almost six months old and he is getting cuter (hard to beleive) and funnier every day.

He had is 4 month appt a little while ago and the results are sad:) he was in the 1% for his weight, WHAT??? Do those cheeks look like 1% to you?? Anyway the doc said it was ok because he has reflux and he is super active, so my chances of making him chubby are slim:( But... He did order me to start giving him rice cereal once a day with squash. YUM. So I started that and I even give him some formula after I BF him but the more I give him the more he barfs, so oh well I will just have to love my little anerexic anyway! He still loves to stand, roll EVERYWHERE, try to sit on his own, scoot, and smile alot:) I cant beleive we waited for him for almost four years, he just makes us so happy that we cant imgaine anything greater. The last couple nights I have asked jay if I could go pull him out of bed (already sleeping) and sleep with him, he always says no, but i just feel like he is getting to big to fast and I want to have him next to me always:) Well thats enough info so enjoy the best part, lots of PICTURES:)

Daddy showing him his first snow fall

We were studying on our bed and kept hearing this thump noise so we looked over to the botton of the bed and there was Cohen almost underneath our bed, he kept kicking the bottom. LOL

This was his first trip to VEGAS, we pulled over in St. george and let him stand for a minute (his favorite thing to do since he was born)

The sad thing about this pic is right after I took the pic he fell back flat on his head. jay was not to happy with me.

I am still confused about the blue eyes
Once every 6 months or so we go get some exercise and I walk him around in the stroller:)

THE BUMBO is my new favorite, he loves to watch me in the kitchen

The sound of me running water made him sleepy

Last night we were about to go to sleep and Jay said "I am going to go check on Cohen" well he had tried to escape but got caught, he wasnt sleeping or crying, just hangin out. I know I should have bought his bedding earlier but all boy bedding is so ugly and I could never decide but I promised Jay I would order some ASAP so he dosent do this again:) I orderd it tonight!

Like father like son, jay loves the internet and so does Cohen

he loves to be on his side, he sleeps on his side and apparently he shops in his stroller on his side also:)
So this was the first attempt at cereal, this was a little while ago. Now he is a pro and he loves it, I cant shovel it in fast enough, he starts to get mad and shake if I take too long.

hope you enjoyed!

How did it happen??

2008-09-21T15:43:00.001-07:00

I got to thinking today about how lucky we are. Jason and I havent had to many rough roads to travel since we have been married:) I cant stop thinking about how blessed we are to have the family and friends that we do. Here is a summarized list of all the things that have been crossing my mind lately...

Sisters....

-I dont know if I call my sis Aimee more or my husband on the phone!!!! No offense to my sister Carol, she is fabulous, but she tends to be cooler than Aimee and I, and has better things to do than talk about nothing 5 times a day:) Maybe we should take her example and be more productive! I love my Sisters.
I am lucky enough to have awesome sister-in-law's as well. Melissa, Benton's beautiful wife and his better half, is one of the funniest people i know, I dont even think she realizes how funny she is. Its not that she tells good jokes or anything, but she always is giggling at everything which makes me giggle:) And she takes care of Benton (not an easy task!)
Becky, Justins beautiful wife and his better half, makes the thought of one day living in Vegas bearable, I love this girl! The boys dont realize how lucky they are to have wifes who love to be together:) she is so nice, pretty (words from jay's mouth), TALENTED, and fun to be with.

Friends...
Great friends is what we have! New or old we seem to find the greatest people to be friends with, I dont want to mention any names, due to the fact i might forget one or two and that would be sad.
When I found out i was having Cohen everyone would say "how are you going to continue school" well for some reason the thought of quiting was never an option for me, I know that the worry would have come if it wasnt for all are great friends offering support to help with Cohen. Thank you!

Husband...
I dont like to brag about Jay to much cause I know it tends to cause problems in other's relationship's! Jay always tells me to stop saying nice things he does for me when we are around other couples cause he said it makes him feel akward, but to bad i cant help it. I mean if you have the greatest husband then why not SHOUT it from the roof tops! I know that some seem to think I whip him or demand nice things from him, sorry to say but he came this way:) I am not deserving of such an awesome person to be with. I know that people choose to be the husband and father that they are but I also know that it helps to have a great example! Jay has the sweetest Dad, and I know he learned alot about how to treat me from watching his Dad love his mom, I only hope Cohen's wife will be as lucky as me some day because he watched the way his Daddy treats me. Love you babe.

So how did it happen? I have an idea that my Heavenly Father was the one in charge, but to give me all of these great things, I am not sure why.

Me and my handsome devil:)

2008-09-08T08:34:00.000-07:00

Ok so here are the pics we took in Vegas, Becky is amazing, there are a ton but i couldnt leave any out cause they are all so freakin cute. ENJOY:)

Vegas trip

2008-09-07T16:11:00.000-07:00

We left for Vegas friday in the wee hours of the morning, its the last weekend we will have to go anywhere in a long time, so we spent it with the fam in Vegas. I had these ideas in my head of all the fun things we could do and we didnt do one of them. You would think I would be sad by this but i am thrilled because Becky and I spent 98% of our trip taking photos of me and Cohen:) She is such an amazing photographer and she captures the cutest faces of my little handsome devil. Thanks to Jason and Justin who practically took care of the kids and everything else while we sat in the same spot for hours editing, taking more, editing, taking more, editing, taking more, and so on, she even did the fabulous header your looking at with some of the new pics. I will post more pictures as soon as I get them from her:) We really did have so much fun and it was so nice to get away, this was Cohen's first trip to Grandma and Granpda Earl's and he loved it. We will be back as soon as possible:) and I hate to be the bearer of bad news boys... BUT... we will be taking pictures again! LOVE YA BECK! Thanks again, your amazing:)

First day of school:)

2008-08-30T09:08:00.000-07:00

The night before.....

Well Cohen hadnt gone #2 for about four days! I was not about to leave him with Whitney for the first time constipated and cranky, so Jay drove us to albertsons to purchase his first suppository, right before we gave it to him I told him I was sorry about this and that I still loved him:) The look on his face was priceless, it looks like he really knew what was coming his way, not a very happy boy! He looks extrememly worried.

The morning of...

Well it started off good, we got up early and we got ready, I had to pack him a sitter bag with more than he needed of course. We headed to Whitney's where he would surely be loved:) She told me not to be sad about ten times before I left, but I called Jay once I was in the car to shed a few tears and get more comfort from him:) Whitney is a fabulous mom and I totally trust her, I was just sad to leave him. I called twice during my breaks at school. Sometime around eleven Cohen decided it was time to eat, well I had brought her some formula and some BM in case he refused the formula, I thought forsure I was covered. NOPE. The little stinker denied both! I couldnt beleive it, he had taken it form me in a bottle, why not Whitney, shouldnt that be easier for him??? Well good thing we were let out at 11:30 (an hour and a half early). I rushed to Whitneys so I could try and force him to take this BM, I was not about to waist 3 oz of that stuff! Sure enough he took it from me right away, he is such a SPOILED BUG!

I have until nest Thursday to get him better trained. Wish me luck:)

Thanks again Whitney, you are such a great friend, I promise he will be better behaved next time:)

Mirror Lake

2008-08-30T08:44:00.000-07:00

It was the last camping trip of the summer and we had a fabulous time:)

We left on Friday with the Romney's and met up with the Bluths Saturday morning. Max rented a canoe for fishing and we took Jay's aunts 4-wheelers and bikes (Jays favorite part)

We had yummy food and definetly enjoyed our time there.

4-Wheelers are the secret for putting kids to sleep:)

Max, Becca, Addie, and the unknown baby girl

Jason was obsessed, one day you will get your own sweety!

Look its my twin with blue eyes!

Cohen in the morning wearing his new PJ's too cute!

Alec, Michelle, Dillon

Whomever thinks camping is just too difficult with a child, dont complain! Trevor and Michelle never miss a good time and they have twins:)

In the canoe on Mirror Lake

Dillon loves this more than the older boys, you literally have to pry his hands off when we are done, you would think he would get tired and let go after riding over bumping roads but he just keeps this serious face and never moves a finger!

FORMULA 101

2008-08-25T21:39:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have been trying to get Cohen to take formula so that when i go back to school he can eat while I'am away for class and clinical, the first time I tried was a nightmare! Everyone told me he would take it if he was hungry enough, well he was so hungry that he cried himself to sleep while i tried to force him to drink:) So i thought to my self maybe he just hates bottles, so I put some breastmilk in the bottle and WHAM he took it right away! SPOILED. I guess the stinker knows what he wants. I couldnt settle for this since school starts next Wednesday no matter what, so I tried again a couple days later. Might I add that I had Jason try and my friend Jaclyn, so it was not just me. Well the second attempt was identical to the first, but then I decided to trick him!!! I started feeding him like normal and then I hurry and pushed the bottle in his mouth and he kept going!! I was so excited, but soon realized the point of formula was so that i didnt need to be there. Call me crazy but I didnt want to ask my babysiters if they could trick him for me GROSS. So the next day I tried without tricking him, he hesitated at first but then he took it. I am so releived and proud of him. I have to admit it makes me sad when he eats it. I dont know why I am so crazy but I just like to feed him and i hate thinking that he has to eat it when he doesnt like it. After I give him the bottle, I still feed him:) Jay thinks I am being selfish by stuffing him to full but I just like to consider it dessert!!! I love Cohen to death and I am so sad to be going back to school, but I know it will be worth it.

SOOO much fun

2008-08-10T20:43:00.001-07:00

We spent the last four days in Lake Powell with our great friends John and Whitney Tate and his family. We had so much fun playing in the water, eating, playing games, and doing some more eating:) There are quite a few pics to see but i couldnt leave any of Cohens out, he is so cute in all of them.

This was right after whitney displayed her wakeboarding skills, she is so brave.

This is the sweet and adorable Brynn Tate, she is suppose to be one of Cohens many girlfriends, but we need to work on him gaining some weight, she is winning that contest no problem!

I love when Jay gets on that thing, he just gets even cuter then he already is

This was what I woke up to four days in a row, ugly huh??!

Now for the good stuff! COHEN LOVES THE WATER, he didnt even cry when we would dunk him:)

He has the littlest bumb

Thats him standing in the sand of course

Watching the boys fish

We thought Jay had a fish but it endend up being snaged on something!

Thanks to the Tates for letting us be apart of there fun family tradition, we loved it:)

It truely is a blessing... this post is a little late:)

2008-08-05T22:52:00.001-07:00

Cohen's morning started out like this, he wakes up for his 6 oclock feeding and he gets to stay in my bed from that point on , I figure its the morning so who cares right?! He always looks so cozy in my bed.

Of course he needed a bath for his big day! He smelt so handsome

Then he posed for a few pics before heading off to church.

This is after the blessing. We are such proud parents

And last of all, this is how his day ended, he fell asleep while being burpped:) I think he was a little worn out to say the least.

Cohens blessing was so sweet, I am so pround of my husband and his desire to hold the preisthood, he is such a blessing to me and Cohen. Thanks to my mom and sisters for helping me with the food, I would have died without you. I was so happy that so many family and friends could make it to the blessing to support us and be apart of Cohen's special day.

THANKS WE LOVE YOU ALL

Who Loves the ZOO???

2008-08-05T22:41:00.000-07:00

We do! we went to the zoo with family and friends one week, it was so much fun, Brittany came and she was the biggest help with Cohen, he just loves her, and she loves him!

Worth the wait:)

2008-07-28T21:49:00.001-07:00

Ok... I am so sorry I dont post very often, I am a loser! On a positive note, I promise to be better:) I have so many things to post, Cohen's blessing, trips to seven peaks, the Zoo! HIS SMILE... but this needed to come first, I coulndt handle the thought of Cohen having his pictures done by anyone but the amazing Becky Earl, so I waited until I could meet up with her in Brian head when he was two months old (not easy since he wasnt a sleepy newborn anymore!) but she is an expert and got some amazing pictures that I will cherish forever:) Thanks Beck, we love you. Enjoy...

She took a million more too, but I havent told her which ones I want edited yet so you will get more later:)

A First for everything.....

2008-06-22T16:18:00.001-07:00

Since my last post Cohen has experienced a lot of first time adventures he wants to share with you, be patient there are alot to see!

His first love! Brynn Tate (whitneys baby) is going to be Cohen's first love if I have anything to say about it, she is the sweetest thing!

First ride in the wheel barrow with Dad, they went quite slow since I was next to them the whole time. He even went through the sprinkler in the wheel barrow

First time I cought him wasting his lunch by blowing bubbles with it.

We went to the Ringer cabin with Jay's fam and Cohen got to take his first ride on the hammerhead! He loved it so much that he slept the whole time.

This picture and the next couple are from our first camping trip with a baby! It was a blast, we went up tp Strawberry resevoir for the weekend with the Tate's and the Bluth's. It was so cold at night that Cohen and I slept in the Camper and Jay slept in the tent.

This is Cohens pretend sleeping bag, he slept so good that we considered making him sleep in it at home:)

John brought his brothers boat and Cohen had his first boat ride

Jay thought he could sneek away from us and take a nap in the hot tent but we found him right away and tried to keep him awake.

First time wearing his rash guard and swim trunks, we didnt however get in the freezing water, but he was dressed for the ocassion!

First shoulder ride with Dad while throwing up at the same time!

His first movie Kung Fu Panda

Cousins at the movies!

Nannie is who took us to the movie, thanks Mom!

First Fathers Day nap, thanks Jay your the best Dad:)

One Month old:)

2008-06-03T22:52:00.001-07:00

Ok so there are alot of pics on this post but I could not help myself, he is so funny and I love taking pics of him all the time! He is getting so big it makes me sad, I want him to grow up but then I want him to shrink again:) I still love being a mom and taking care of him all day!

Happy Face! he just ate

Party pooper on his one month birthday

He loves tummy time and he is so strong, he has been holding his little head up since he popped out! its not as cute when I am trying to get a burp out of him and he wont put his head on my shoulder.

He must be getting lots of protein, making him super baby!

We are lucky the blanket and pant are still touching him, sometimes I find him with blanket and his pants kicked to the bottom of the bed, he gets a little hot I guess

My mom got me that beautiful flower pot for Mothers Day, Thanks MOM! We love it.

This is Cohen reminding me how much he hates that binki, I am still trying to force him to love it, but he continues to win the battle by spitting it out

Ok so the other night he was crying and he wouldnt go to sleep, I was about to take some clothes down to the washer (which is two stories away from my room) so I took the cranky pants with me but I coulndt carry both so I put him in the hamper! Apperantly thats what he wanted cause he instantly fell asleep. Next time he should just tell me thats what he is crying for!

We decided to go to California Pizza Kitchen to celebrate his one month birthday, we really enjoyed the food and Cohen really enjoyed his birthday nap.

More of Cohen...

2008-05-28T20:55:00.001-07:00

Here are some recent photos of our little Prince, we took Cohen to his 2 week appointment a little bit ago and he had gained 18 ounces in two weeks since he was born, the doctor was so shocked, he asked us where we got this perfect baby from! So now he dosent go back until he is two months old, wonder how much the porker will weigh then! There isint much else going on, we still stay home most of the time, not leaving unless Dad is with us, its to scary out there!

He has a tail! I cant wait to braid it:)

He is not happy with me taking pictures of him naked!

What in the world is he hiding in that enormous CHEEK of his!

Jay will wistle songs to him and he will just stare! It is so cute

Jay is holding him after missing him all day at work

Daddy also likes to give Cohen kisses when he gets home from work, it looks to me like Cohen also thinks Dad tastes like tile dust!

Just a cute one of him staring at Jay

Mamma's Boy!

2008-05-15T19:01:00.000-07:00

I just love when he has these serious faces, i cant wait till he can start smiling at me!

Yes my child has really long feet, its so funny to look at them and wonder where in the world he got them, we know Jay's feet are not large! He was relaxing after I gave him a lotion foot massage:)

He is just too cute, I could take pictures of him all day long. I need becky to be here with her camera skills!

Every time I put my face next to him he thinks its time for some food!

I think he must be tasting something sour on his hand or he is clawing the inside of his mouth

Sometimes after he eats he thinks he is really strong and he will hold his head up for a couple minutes before he decides its time for another nap:)

We attemted the blanket "burrito" for a couple days but we realized it just made him really mad and he enjoys his sleep alot more when he can stretch out!

One Week Old!

2008-05-12T20:18:00.000-07:00

That darn cord on his belly as not fallen off yet but he still gets a sponge bath every morning!

Cohen loves to take naps with his mom and dad (mostly his mom!)

In the morning I love to let him fall asleep in my bed next to me. he is just to sweet in my white sheets that I cant help it!

Mothers Day was so fun! Cohen is so sweet, he is the best baby I could ever ask for, he sleeps like 4-5 hours strait through the night! I am so lucky!

This is what Cohen Does when I am busy taking a shower, he waits for me in the bathroom in his

bouncer!

Our Sweet little baby!

2008-05-07T08:39:00.000-07:00

Cohen Gregory Earl

Well he is here! i just wanted to post a couple pics of him so you could all see how cute he is! He was born on may 3rd weighed 7 pounds and 3 ounces, being 20 inches long! he is so much fun and we just cant get enough of him!

SO NERVOUS!

2008-05-01T19:13:00.000-07:00

Well I go in to have little Cohen Gregory Earl in the morning and I am really nervous, I try not to think about it but I cant help it! Jay stayed home from work today to make sure the house was really clean! He is so great and he did such a good job at cleaning! He ran one million errands! I dont think I will get much sleep tonight but oh well, I might as well start loosing sleep now since I wont get a full night in a long time! Thanks to everyone for helping us, my friend Becca brought us some really yummy pizza tonight and the best strawberries ever! She also brought me 2 crossants from Costco to take with me for a snack when they try to starve me tommorrow! She is fabulous:) Anyhow I will be a mom tommorrow so I guess I better stop writing and start saying some extra long prayers for myself!

Good Sport

2008-04-29T07:33:00.000-07:00

Sometimes when Jay does his homework late I get bored so I start to play with his AMAZING hair, it only works when its long. He is so funny he just sits there and does his homework why I waist time! Thanks for being so fun sweetie!

Baby news!

2008-04-28T22:01:00.000-07:00

Well I had my appointment today and my BP is still rockin high so I am still on bed rest but my friend Mandee came to visit me today which was SO NICE. We watched a million of those judge shows that are on during the day, YAH I only have channel 13 so those are my options! Anyhow the doc said induction on Friday morning is final unless my water breaks before then of course, but that means only 3 more days! YIKES I am so nervous to get him out! Well if the stats change I will post but most likely the next post I do will be a picture of little Cohen!

White trash bash

2008-04-26T13:40:00.000-07:00

Ok so I realize we went to this party more than a year ago but I dont have access to all of our pictures, and i am EXTREMELY bored in my hot bed so I thought I would make this post! Some way cool friends of ours (jaclyn and brain!) threw a white trash bash! Everyone dressed up and we ate funny food and played really funny games, of course Jason won the contest of looking the trashiest! Best of all the pleated corderoy shorts i bought from the DI had eleven dollars in the pocket! I realize it looks like jay has a belly but i SWEAR he is just huntched over!

My poor car

2008-04-25T09:58:00.000-07:00

My first accident! Yes it was my fault

I went to get my retainer fixed in december and instead I ruined my car. So much for the retainer, I went without a car for two months due to Brent Brown Toyota Collission Repair. on commercials they say they will bend over backwards to help but I promise you they dont bend at all, they had it for two months, which was suppose to be two weeks! Oh well, I eventually got it back but now It is in the shop, needs a new tranmission! We have the best car luck in the world! Fortunatly we always end up without injuries:)

Life is Good

2008-04-25T08:34:00.000-07:00

Cohen is on his way but decided to give us a challenge, I am on bed rest! I decided I would give into the pressure and create a blog with my next week of unlimited time in bed:) Enjoy this could get risky.