12 Months

Woohoo!! We made it!

Here's the monthly stats:

• 23.7 pounds, 29.5 in long
• On the verge of walking! Will walk while only holding one hand (though you can tell it freaks him out a little) Still mostly cruising along stuff to get where he wants to go
• Will stand on his own often, especially if he's distracted/looking at something
• TEMPER TANTRUMS. These have hit in full force. We're talking throwing his whole body face down into the carpet and balling his fists. It's kind of sad, but mostly hilarious.
• Starting to be become an independent thinker - aka opinionated
• Loves the swings at the park

• Wearing 18-24 month clothes
• Starting to transition from formula to cows milk, as well as off the bottle entirely (slowly)
• Constantly twisting his tongue on it's side. Really it's quite a talent, he's been doing it for a couple months

I guess you cant really see this small, but he has his tongue twisted in this picture

• Loves Touch and Feel books, books with flaps, and finger puppet books
• Is beginning to kind of have stranger/seperation anxiety, and wants his mommy most of the time

Happy Birthday Emmett!

Oldie but Goodie

These pictures are a couple months old, but still deserve a post!

One day while I was housesitting for my parents, Emmett was exhausted but would not go to sleep. And they don't have a rocking chair in the house, which is how he's used to winding down. It was snowing outside so it was too cold to take him for a walk. Sooo desperate times called for desperate measures. I got out the stroller, strapped him in, and started walking a continuous loop of the main floor of the house.

He started out like this...

And 15 minutes later he looked like this



The position he's in just says it all. He was spent! 

When the Cat's Away...

The mice will play!

Emmett and I tried to pack as much fun as we could into these past few weeks since Jared has been gone/busy. Had to do something to pass the time!

On St. Patricks Day we went on a double date with Kaity and her boyfriend Rusty. We're sporting our green outfits and even ordered green ice cream for the occasion.

Rusty plays for the BYU Volleyball team, so we decided to check out a game.

Emmett even got to personally meet Cosmo! He wasnt too sure how he felt about it though.

Emmett wasn't the only one that got to meet a BYU celebrity... I ran into Bronco Mendenhall at Winger's (for those that arent as BYU football obsessed as our family, Bronco is the coach). Jared was extremely jealous. Please disregard the fact that I look not-so-great, I wasn't planning on taking a picture. And I don't think he was either. haha.

We stayed at my parents for a few days, where Emmett decided that Caysen was the coolest person ever and was constantly following him and invading his personal bubble. lol.

He also decided his favorite place to hang out was under the table...

and loved that his head touched the top

We had a lot of fun, but we're glad Jared is back! After looking at all these pictures I have decided that I am in desperate need of a tan. Please come out and stay Mr. Sun!!

Life of Late

Life with an (almost) one year old is crazy! It's so much fun, and Emmett has really become so much more interactive, and funny and MOBILE. Which means it has also become so much work. haha. He is into EVERYTHING. And I still feel like that's an understatement. Kitchen cupboards, drawers, laundry closet, bathroom cabinets, bookshelves, air vents, trash cans (don't worry I keep him away from that one, but he still tries). He will pull out every DVD in the media center and by the time I've got them put back in, he's got out all the books. He's constantly pinching and slamming his fingers in drawers and cabinets if I turn my back for ONE second. I don't know how he does it so fast! He is a little ball of energy, always going at full speed. Don't leave your phone unattended around him either...his favorite thing to do is randomly dial or text message people in your phone book. lol.

Jared went to Mexico on a Study Abroad Service trip for Engineering at the end of of March. He was gone for 9 days, the longest we've been apart since we've been married! Luckily I had lots of family around to help, and I went to my parents about midway through. It is hard being a single mom! I don't know how they do it. There's NEVER a break, never someone to relieve you. It's exhausting. And now that Jared is finally home, he's behind in school from missing so many days. So he goes to school early in the morning and stays til 8pm. He even went on Saturday. So pretty much I'm ready for school to be over. And ready to have my spouse back!

Today was a much needed break, and the two of us were able to just relax and watch conference. It was the most time we've spent together since he's been home I think! There were so many good messages, I loved all the talks on families, spouses, and children. It just felt like they were speaking straight to us sometimes.

It's down to crunch time for Emmett's birthday party next weekend! So I will occupy myself this week deciding what exactly to do for the cake (a few different ideas are being considered), and finishing decor projects. Don't worry, pictures will come!

Goodnight Everyone!

March Madness

What can I say, I'm gifted

At BYU the Engineering Society has a blog that has all the announcements for the engineering students. Every week it posts a new game from addictinggames.com.  A couple weeks ago, the game happened to be "Potty Racers", which consists of a little stick figure that pushes over an outhouse, rides it down a hill/ramp, and tries to get the most distance possible.
Jared had been sitting there playing this game for about half an hour while I was making dinner. I finally said "Hand it over, let me show you how it's done." On my third try, the little stick figure soared up past the sky, past the stars, past the planets, then came back down to the road eventually .... where it continued to race at full speed for the next TWENTY minutes. We left it up while we ate dinner, and lo and behold, when we finished eating... she was still going strong.

I'm pretty sure Jareds high score was like 16,000. Can we just look at mine for a second? 1,804,267!!

We finally stopped her out of impatience. Supposedly the Engineering Society gives a prize to the highest score each week. I know it would have been me. But Jared said he didn't know how to submit the score. I think secretly he was just jealous. Guess we'll never know what I could have won... He tried to pass it off like I "must have found a glitch". But I know the truth.
I am the Potty Racing Queen.

11 months

Ahhh I can't believe we're 1 month away from Emmett's 1'st (adjusted) birthday!! The phrase "time flies when you're having fun" has never held more true!

• Emmett is pulling up on anything and everything - furniture, vacuum, air vents, walls etc.

• Crawls on knees like a pro
• RUNS behind his walker now! haha. But doesn't know how to turn it so our days consist of him walking to to end of our tiny apartment and screaming until I come and turn him around, and from there the cycle repeats.
• Walks along all furniture/things he can hold on to, and is getting brave and starting to attempt to take a couple steps to you if you encourage him!
• His FAVORITE game is opening all the cabinets to the TV stand and emptying all the DVDs one by one, then walking along the ottoman over to the bookshelf, where he continues to do the same thing with all the books
• Has all 6 teeth (actually had them last month too, but I forgot to post about it) 4 on top, 2 on bottom
• Is injuring himself quite frequently due to his daring, curious personality. His biggest so far has been a vaccum burn on his little foot. Remember how he's obsessed with the vacuum? The other day I was bent over using the hose, and Emmett came and pulled himself to standing on the front of the vacuum while it was on, and his foot slid under... and you know the rest. He only cried for a second, I think I  was more upset by it than him!




If you look at his right foot you can see his poor little burn :-(
This camera case with the magnetic flap is one of his favorite toys!


• The mishap with the vacuum has amazingly not affected his fascination. He still crawls back to where it's kept every chance he gets and just touches it and stares at it  
• Eats like a champ - prefers finger food over his bottle, and refuses to be spoon fed. Eats pretty much everything
• Knows meaning of "Mama" and "Dada" and "Baba". Just recently added the word "Bob" to his repetoire. I think possibly because I've been reading him this book called "15 animals" where all the animals are named Bob. LOL
• Never wants to be still or sitting. Must be standing and/or moving at all times 
• Loves his pointer finger. If he's not pointing at something with it, he's chewing on it 


• Starting to remember/mimic things well. i.e nesting his blocks, trying to build them, attempting to put shapes in the sorter
• Liking reading books a lot more
• Not as interested in his Baby Einsteins anymore since watching it would require remaining still, same thing with the exersaucer
• Loves going on walks

He is getting more and more fun to hang out with everyday and I'm so excited for what's to come! I will leave you with a couple shots of Emmett and Rufio wrestling because I think it's adorable. Rufiio was totally rolling around all up into Emmett and playing!