Palm Springs 10/10

Alan's parents own a time share in Palm Springs, California and every year they invite a family to go down with them. This year, it was our turn and we had a LOT of fun!

We did a lot of swimming! Henry J wasn't a fan of this suit at first, but once he got in the water and playing he forgot all about it.

Lots of napping!




We went to the Living Desert one day. It's sort of a mini zoo, and they have all sorts of desert plants there.



J next to the .. *ahem*.. statue.

This is typical for Henry J and getting him to hold still.

Alan's little shadow.

They had a presentation in the Animal hospital and they did it on this Turtoise named "chewey". The reason he is named that is because a dog got a hold of him and chewed him up pretty bad. He is recovering and will soon join all his other buds soon.

I wanted Henry to get the chance to touch Chewey. He wasn't afraid at all, infact I had to pull him away for fear he was gonna rip the poor tortoise's leg off.

Look, it's a red tail hawk! The Utes mascot, so Alan needed a picture!

Towards the end of the day, we came across a carousel, and I probably should have known better than to put Henry on it, but I wanted to get some fun pictures. I really didn't think he'd try to claw my eyes out.

Alan the flesh eating, tough butterfly.



Jason, the in your fiz-ace hummingbird.

We did A LOT of driving while in California. Not only is it a 10+ hour drive there, but we also drove 2 hours to the beach one day. Henry did so much better than I thought he would. I have also noticed that while in his car seat he will cross his legs at the ankle. It's so stinkin cute.

I have begged and pleaded with Alan to please move us to the beach. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that place. It was such a beautiful day.




I also LOVE LOVE LOVE this man.

Henry was NOT a fan of the beach when we first got there. He would literally hold his little feet up for as long as he could so they wouldn't touch the water.

Always goes runnin to his dad for comfort.

Slowly but surely, he was starting to like this idea of a huge sandbox.

Getting a little bit braver..

Finding out the hard way, that it's not easy to walk in sand.

We ended the beach party very shortly after these pictures were taken.

After the beach we headed down the road to Crystal Cove. There was a super yummy place to eat there called the "Beach Comber". They are trying to preserve the area down by the ocean so they have made little trails from a parking lot down to the beach. There was this part in the walk with a tunnel and it had all sorts of fun paintings on the wall.

Mmmmm.. frozen bananas..

Alan's parents, Carolyn and Roland.

Uncle J

Clearly Henry had enough with this day.

It was such a fun trip, and we were very lucky to be spending it with the people we love. Already looking forward for when we can go back!

The Bumbo is Back.

Despite the fact that HJ is too big for his bumbo, he continues to play in it. It usually ends up with him getting stuck and screaming bloody murder till one of us gets him out. There is never a moments rest with this one.

Weird Habits

The other day, Alan was watching Henry and noticed that he was doing something kind of funny. Henry has this fascination with taking an object (mainly toys and tupperware) from one point to another. For example, the other night we sat in Henry's room and watched his OCD take over him. He walked through out his room, and specifically grabbed certain items and put them all in his laundry basket.

This was everything he put in there. His beanie, sippy cup, Toy Story pail, a book, his jacket, and socks. It was funny because he would grab something, then put it back down as if it wasn't exactly what he wanted in his basket.

The other thing that he does is with the tupperware. He takes it out of the cupboard, and walks it to his chair at the table.

(I'm pretty sure the face he is pulling right now proves that he is my child.)

After he gets the job done, he has this sense of gratification and can move on to his next project. Heaven help me, my child is way too weird and WAY too much like me.

(And I promise one day I will change the date on my camera.)

1 Year and a Half

I wanted to do a funny little post to celebrate Henry J hitting the year and a half mark. This kid and his personality is growing faster then I could have ever imagined. He is a full time walker now, but when he walks he likes to carry things in his hand. I tried to get a picture of him and his favorite things to hold while walking.

He loves to drink out of his sippy cup while walking.

A wisk, spatula or anything he can grab out of the kitchen.


The dish towels, preferably 2 at a time.

This is a wrapped up phone cord. He LOVES electronics. Alan got out his old cell phone for Henry to play with, and he always puts it up to his ear and acts like he is talking to someone.

Some things about Henry I will want to remember:

- He is still a tiny little nugget.

-Weighs 21 pounds

-Still wears 9 month clothes.

-Doesn't really say any words, or any that I can understand anyway. I think he's fluent in Chinese though.

-Still LOVES macaroni and cheese. Always says, "mmmmm" when I offer it to him.

-While eating, if he doesn't like something, he'll open up his mouth and let it fall out.

-Loves to watch me cook.

- Loves to go through every single drawer in the house, especially the coffee table where we have put the majority of his toys.

- Even though he can walk on his own, he still loves to push around his walking toys.

-Loves to be around other babies, but is a little on the shy side and enjoys watching.

- Is not afraid of water, and will lay on his belly and put his face in the water.

- He has his own cell phone and remote control.

- Loves it when I get on all fours and say, "I'm gonna get you". He squeals like a little girl and goes running to his dad.

-Has to eat breakfast as soon as he wakes up, or else he is an angry little turd.

- When he goes down for a nap, he grabs his blanket and pulls it up to his face and lays on his side.

- Thinks that his feet are called, "Pee- ewwws" because that's what Alan and I always say when he sticks his feet in the air. He thinks it's really funny too.

- After he farts, he looks around and sees if anyone noticed, and if they have he cracks up and tries to do it again.

5 Years!

If I haven't mentioned yet that I love October.. then let it be known that I LOVE October. The month is started out with our anniversary, and this year was a big one for us. 5 years seems like a fairly significant number, and it's pretty amazing to see what we have accomplished the past 5 years. I love this man more than I did that rainy day that I married him. It never ceases to amaze me how selfless he is and so willing to think of others before himself. I can't wait to see where we are in the next 5.

It's no secret that I'm a very spoiled girl. Back when Alan and I first got married, I joked with him that on our 5 year anniversary, I wanted another band of diamonds to go with my ring. Alan agreed, and because he is a man of his word he had a little sparkle to surprise me with when I got home. I was SO excited when he pulled the bag out and I instantly knew what was waiting for me! I think I'm going to have a perma-grin on my face for the next month!

All Mine.

Henry has been experimenting with facial expressions.

And it couldn't make me prouder.

Love you.

My little Monster.

This costume on HJ had me laughing.. laughing so hard and loud that people were starting to wonder what had gotten this crazy mom.

I so wish it had fit him, because I would have bought it on the spot.