Please forgive me:)

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??

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:)

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

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:)

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

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

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.