Let it Snow!

Shaef and Dad checkin' out the snow!

Sittin in the snow....

UH OH! (He didn't really know how to react to this!)

Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving 2009

We had the opportunity to go down to Arizona to spend Thanksgiving with Anson's family. It was our first time driving more than 3 hours in a car with a baby and it was an adventure! It was Shaefer's 1st time at Grandpa and Grandma Call's house and our first time meeting Brightyn (Our niece and Shaefer's only cousin on that side)!

This is the first picture of Grandma and Grandpa with both grand kids!


Grandpa took Shaef outside one morning and was teaching him to live off the land....eating radishes!

...eating leaves!

Shaef also helped Grandpa feed the cows!


I just love this picture of him - his eyes are so amazing and his hair is adorable!


They must be cousins......tongues out!

Buds!!

This is Shaef and his cousin Marissa. I just saw this picture and loved that both of them have the same look!

Changes -

So after being married for about 3 years, we have started to update our apartment decor. We were so blessed when we got married to have all of our furniture given to us - minus a few book shelves. We felt so lucky to be able to save money not having to buy any furniture. After 3 years of using already used furniture - things start to look a little "well used". I found couch covers 50% off, entertainment center on KSL for $25, and the pillows at Kohls for 50% off. It is almost like we have a brand new front room! :)





The next step is to make another set of pillows (we aren't using the blue ones in teh picture) and sew a cover for our ottoman.

Another change was a much needed haircut!

Before (this is a horrible picture, but you can see how long my hair was!)

A little shorter!


The last change was the weather - it is finally starting to feel like November! Today it was snowing outside so Anson took Shaefer outside to see it!

6 Month Stats

Here is an update on our little guy:

Head - 17 in... 35%tile
Weight - 18 lbs...62%tile
Height - 28 in...90%tile

Maybe he isn't such a little guy - there is just more of him to love!

(Look at more current pictures in the post below!)

Happy Halloween!

For Shaef's first Halloween, we dressed him up as a chunky skeleton! We bought a 12 month size for him and when we put it on him - it was like putting on spandex...a little tight.


Anson was working so Shaef and I went to the Ward Halloween Party where Shaef got to play with Link - who is only a few days older than Shaefer. They had fun looking at each other and talking, but we had to split them up because they started to go for each other's eyes! Shaef is showing Link who is boss - or is just a little jealous because Link can roll all over the place!


Shaef has been practicing his new trick - sitting up! Don't worry that he still won't roll over, unless he is in the bathtub (I think the slippery tub doesn't require as much effort). He is quite the little sitter and sits for longer and longer each time.


The pediatrician said we needed to start giving little things to Shaefer to help him develop his fine motor skills - we started with plain cheerios....and this was the result. Apparently, they taste disgusting!


Daylight savings time has been interesting for us - we have been pushing back Shaef's bedtime already and today...he didn't even make it through dinner!


Now we can look forward to the Holiday Season! Thanks to Grandma Clark, Shaef is nice and festive!

Pocketful of Sunshine

Ok - so I am not really a negative person and decided that a venting was good but now I get to show off some things that make me happy!

This face -


Shaefer's friend Carson was writing on his head with Oreo! It was so funny!



I have surprised Anson a few times with my cooking skills but this time topped the charts - he said that this Schnitzel (German food) I made him was good enough to be straight from Germany! Woohoo! (A great accomplishment for me since my first attempt was a little less than desireable.)


This little guy always makes my day - but he looks so adorable in this "body" bib! I love those chubby legs and pinchable cheeks!