Bark like a dog!

Rolls, Rolls, and more rolls!

Vance has officially learned how to roll over! Ya!!!! On Sunday I was just playing with him and I set him down for a minute looked away and looked back and he was on his tummy!! and he hasn't stopped since. Today he has been rolling around, its so cute to watch him.

He loves his food, I started to give him a taste of baby food in his cereal a few weeks back and now I am giving him the food by its self. His little rolls are getting bigger!! Mark found a tickle spot on his inner thigh, he giggles every time!

I'm glad the holidays are over, I have been eating like a pig and now I look like one. So there are the more rolls! Ha, I am making an effort to eat better and start exercising more. I was doing good for a while there, but the dang holidays creeped up on me. I CAN DO IT!!!!

Good Bye 2008 - Hello 2009!!

I can not believe it is 2009! When I was 10, I thought for sure we would all be traveling on hovercrafts and everyone would have a robot in their house by this year.

Well, 2008 has defiantly been a life changing year for me. Becoming a mother has been awesome and challenging at times. 2009 is the last year of my 20's, so I better make the best of it.

Vance got sick for the first time this weekend. He had a fever on Saturday and Sunday morning, now the poor little guy can't breath out of his little nose. I am sure he is tired of getting his little nose sucked out. It's just so sad when he cries and looks up at me with his sad eyes like he is crying for me to make him feel better. So sad.

We had a good Christmas. We went to Mark's mom's on Christmas eve for lunch and had a good time. The best part was when the tree fell over!! My little sister Heather and her husband Kyle came down from Utah, it was lots of fun to see her and hang out with her. Vance got a lot of cute stuff from his Aunt's and Uncle's. Heather made him a cute blanket, its fuzzy on one side and silky on the other. Julie and James bought him an exersaucer, he loves it! Mark's sister Lisa got him the cutest thing:

Vance Guinn meet Pen Guinn!! He lit up with excitement when he got this! It has keep him company while he has been sick. All I have to do is show him the penguin and he smiles! Love it! Thanks Lisa.

He also got some really cute outfits that I can't wait to put him in.

So Vance is now 5 1/2 months old, he has two teeth already and loves to eat his rice cereal. He is about 16 pounds and developing plenty of roles. He plays more on his belly and tries so hard to roll over. He can grab his toes and put them in his mouth. His laugh is getting more high pitched and he LOVES his daddy. He laughs the most around his daddy and will cry when he leaves the room. He loves to sit in the bathroom in the morning and watch Mark get ready. Its so cute. Vance is just a happy baby and we love him so much. Can't wait to watch him grow up even more this next year. Here a few cute pictures from the past month.

Crime Scene Investigation

Has there been a crime? or simple prank? I gathered my evidence and analyzed the photos, the conclusion: MY NEIGHBORS ARE CRAZY!!! Hahah! So, my neighbors had a tiny little mouse on their front porch that expired a couple days ago and I noticed he was still there yesterday. I thought it would be funny to make a little head stone, seeing how this is his apparent resting place. Well, they came home and found his head stone, knowing it came from me, they decided to place him on my front porch, YUK! So I now have "Mighty Mouse" on my porch. Poor little guy! Let's just hope they come get him or who knows where he might end up???????

2 years and 4 months!

So Mark and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary yesterday! And Vance turned 4 months old last week. I was just thinking how one year ago,this week, we were telling everyone that we just found out we were pregnant. Now we are out getting family pictures taken! It's so crazy how your life can change and your priorities change from one year to the next. Being that its Thanksgiving tomorrow, I thought I would say a few things that I am thankful for.

• I am thankful for my husband Mark and our joyful son Vance, I don't know what I would do without my two boys. They both keep my laughing, smiling, and loving life.


• I am thankful for my siblings. I am SO blessed to have the best sisters in the world. Without them, I would go INSANE!! Life would be so much harder without them.


• I am especially thankful for being able to stay home with Vance. Watching him and teaching him every day is the best job I have ever had in my life.
  
• I am thankful for our health, the roof over my head, and the food in my fridge. Its tough out there for some people and I am grateful we have all those things.

Like I mentioned at the beginning. We went and had family pictures taken. Cassie Feo, with McFeo Foto, took our pictures. Isn't my baby precious? Look at that face, it just melts my heart. Cassie did a great job!

Vance is 4 months old now and he got his first tooth this past week. It was a piece of cake, it didn't bother him one bit. He just can't get enough of rubbing his tongue over that tooth. He is finally starting to bring things toward his mouth. He got to try rice cereal this week. We went to his check up and he weighs 14 lbs 8 ounces and is 25 1/4 long. He giggles and makes lots of gurggle sounds and is SUCH a good baby. He just never fusses, he is spoiling us!

Here is a cute article I found:

32 things that change after you have a baby:

1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms. 2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid. 3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices. 4. You respect your body ... finally. 5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way. 6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own. 7. You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child. 8. You lose touch with the people in your life whom you should have banished years ago. 9. Your heart breaks much more easily. 10. You think of someone else 234,836,178,976 times a day. 11. Every day is a surprise. 12. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!) 13. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself. 14. You become a morning person. 15. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power. 1. "You discover how much there is to say about one tooth." 2. "You finally realize that true joy doesn't come from material wealth." 3. "You now know where the sun comes from." 4. "You'd rather buy a plastic tricycle than those shoes that you've been dying to have." 5. "You realize that although sticky, lollipops have magical powers." 6. "You don't mind going to bed at 9 p.m. on Friday night." 7. "Silence? What's that?" 8. "You realize that the 15 pounds you can't seem to get rid of are totally worth having." 9. "You discover an inner strength you never thought you had." — 10. "You no longer rely on a clock — your baby now sets your schedule." 11. "You give parents with a screaming child an 'I-know-the-feeling' look instead of a 'Can't-they-shut-him-up?' one." 12. "Your dog — who used to be your 'baby' — becomes just a dog." 13. "You take the time for one more hug and kiss even if it means you'll be late." 14. "You learn that taking a shower is a luxury." 15. "You realize that you can love a complete stranger."
16. You find yourself wanting to make this world a better place.
17. If you didn’t believe in love at first sight before, now you do!

Cute shots of Vance over the last couple weeks!

Who doesn't love a baby in just a diaper?

(love the thumbs)

Vance was taking a nap and when I came to check on him, he had his arms up like he was just chillin! SO FUNNY!

I meant to get a picture of me holding him, I dressed up as a soccer player and he was a soccer ball, we made a cute couple!

Vance can't stand laying down, he is learning to love his bumbo chair.

Vance is just such a funny baby. He is always making me laugh. He is trying to talk all the time and makes different sounds every week. Last night it sounded like he was trying to tell me a story, all these sounds I had never heard him do before.
He is also fascinated with the TV, if the TV is on, he will do whatever he can to turn his head or body toward it. I will turn him toward the screen and set him on my lap, he will just sit there and stair. Mark always jokes that he is a couch potato already, like me! I need to buy some of those baby Einstein videos for 3 month old and up. I bet he would love them.

Mark and I finally went on a date this weekend. We dropped Vance off at Julie's and she watched him for us for a couple hours. We went out late so that he would just be sleeping while we were gone. We went out a like 9:30 at night, and 10 is usually when he falls asleep for the night. We came to pick him up at about 12:15ish, he was still up! I was cracking up, I guess he was wondering were his mommy was. I put him in the car seat and he was out like a light before we pulled away from their house. But Mark and I had fun, we haven't been alone like that since Vance was born, I just hate to be away from my baby, but I am a little more comfortable with it now. Julie said Tori was acting like a little mother all night, helping change his diaper, feeding him his bottle.
I look forward to another date, we needed it!

Family pictures

Our attempt at a family picture!