Eider crawling

Sorry again for not posting very often...life seems to get in the way...

Anyway, here is our little guy crawling around like he owns the place :) and then he tries to eat the camera!! He is so funny!



Eider has been crawling for about two months now...he is also learning how to stand and pull himself up onto things.

We are just beginning to experience the goose eggs and fat lips with him falling down, tripping, and running into things with his big 'ol noggin!!

We have experienced the first "rolling down the stairs" moment...I couldn't help but laugh (after I screamed at the top of my lungs) to myself as he tumbled down the stairs and hit with a loud "thud" at the bottom (i know, I'm a terrible mom!! but it was so funny, and he wasn't seriously hurt, so I can justify it!)

He is really growing up and becoming a my little toddler! I love it!

What is this?

A little Hobble Creek fish I caught while Eider was strapped onto my back...he didn't know what to think of the fish

future football player, perhaps??

Flyfishing with the boy

Who needs a babysitter??? -- Boy, you're coming with me!

Eider really enjoyed being out in the middle of everything. We were out fishing and hiking on Hobble Creek for about an hour and he didn't make a single fuss!! How cool is that? This kid is turning into a real outdoorsman already! He loves being outside!

If Eider is happy, than mom and dad are happy!

Hey loser!

I thought this picture was funny....heee heee!

Sorry! It's been a while...

I have completely neglected my blog lately...sorry to all of my followers!!

Anyway, here are some of Eider's 9 month old pictures:


more updates to come!

Eider up the canyon with Smokey

Welcome: Big Smokey Jack

This past weekend, we drove up to Pinedale, Wyoming to pick up our very newest member of our family: Big Smokey Jack!

While we were in Wyoming, we were able to see my Aunt Lainey, her husband Scott, and their two children Wilson and Kaycee...which was awesome!! After we picked the puppy up from our breeder, we drove down to Vernal to spend Easter with my family. It's was a fun and exciting weekend for all of us!!

Jess and I have been waiting very patiently for our newest addition...and now that we have him, we are so excited and thrilled to have such a cool dog in our lives!!


Smokey on Jess' lap driving to Vernal

We stopped above Flaming Geroge to play with Smokey and let him explore the junipers

Easter Sunday, Smokey's first four-wheeler ride

Chillin' under the camp table enjoying the shade

Smokey looking at Danni Girl like it's no big deal....I think she is a little nervous to have him around...she'll just have to get over it =)

nudie

My naked little boy...every kid has got to have one of these shots =) His little tush is so dang cute!

I don't know what it is about being naked for him, but as soon as I take that diaper off, he goes crazy, rolling and scooting around the room...maybe it's the freedom...the cool breeze?? idono?

Today he found a piece of plastic that Danni Girl must have dropped and he thought it was coolest toy ever!! KIDS! You buy them nice toys to play with, and they choose to play with a piece of plastic???

I had to take it away when he starting sucking on it though...

Before

After

and I'm the bad guy...? ghich!

I have a Kewpie doll for a son

This Kewpie doll was given to my by my Grandma Jean....it was one of my favorite dolls at her house when I was little...now I think I know why it was my favorite =)

Hiking/Scouting trip to Triassic

We wanted to go do something fun for the weekend, but didn't have much time since Jess had to be back in time to get ready for work at 10pm.
So Saturday, we hopped in the car and drove down to our favorite bouldering area called "Triassic" We mostly went down there to scout out new climbs and new areas, but we were able to hop on a couple of rocks.
We came to a quick conclusion that we really need to upgrade our child carrier to an official backpack instead of the little chest carrier that we currently have...Eider is getting BIG...very big! I could barely carry him...he looks so funny in the little carrier, but, since that was all we had, that is what we used! It was fun taking Eider out hiking...I hope he grows to love it as much as his parents!

As you can see, he is way too big to be in a chest carrier -- he is almost as big as me :)

Oh no...the obsession has started already!


Eider loves to stand


A rock full of little tiny pockets...it was fun to climb

Rock on!

Some petroglyphs we found out among the boulders - they were pretty faded, but still beautiful!

Fun with Eider

He loves to laugh...I love to hear him laugh!!!

I'm grateful to have this kind of love in my life =)