Chasing Rebecca

Well, now that I have figured out how to blog again, I can't resist! 2 days in a row. Here are some more pictures from the past while. We put Rebecca in a swing for the first time. She liked it ok, but it was one of those frozen days in May when it looked nice outside, but really it was freezing cold. We'll have to try it again now that summer has arrived! This lasted about 20 seconds, then we were so cold we left. At least I was cold! I don't think Seth has ever been cold in his life. Or else he just doesn't admit it! This is my life lately...saving my possessions from being ripped apart, slobbered on, or marked by tiny razor sharp teeth. I thought it would take Rebecca way longer to figure out how to get the little glass thing under the TV to open and get to my DVDs. No such luck. She is very observant, and she watched me do it once, and now she is a pro. And not only that, she also can get the case to my DVDs open so that she can suck and chew on the actual DVD. All my DVD cases also have teeth marks on the plastic covers. Very attractive.
While I was cleaning the bathroom on this day, and I THOUGHT Rebecca was in her room playing with toys, suddenly I heard a crash. I ran into the kitchen and there she was playing in the dirt. I was pretty sad, because Spike (yes, the plant has a name) is the first plant I have managed to keep alive for longer than 6 months my entire married life. So, Spike is no more, and neither is the table he was on. It went to the basement. This incident inspired me to REALLY baby-proof my house. Rebecca is quick and into everything!!!

Seth's sister gave us this little bike for Rebecca. It is the perfect size for her, and she loves to scoot back and forth on it. She was so happy until...well, you'll see...

At least she fell on the grass!!! And last, here is another funny Rebecca story. My mom had some chocolate covered pretzels in a box on the floor. We were busy scrapbooking and didn't notice for a while that Rebecca found the pretzels and decided to have a little snack. I don't think she's ever had chocolate before this, but as you can see, she's a true woman and she loves it! That's my girl! It made a really big mess, but we laughed.

Oh, one more. See the red phone in Rebecca's hand? Of course she wouldn't do it so I could get a picture, but she holds it up to her ear and babbles. She's so smart! How did she know that is a phone??? I think she watched her little cousins playing with it and just remembered that's what you're supposed to do with it.

Computer Genius!!

WHEW!! I'm BACK! I have not blogged for nearly 2 months, not because I didn't want to, but because our computer has had PROBLEMS. There are some really evil people out there who just want to ruin people's computers for no reason. We clicked on something, who knows what started it all, and ended up with horrible viruses and a lot of bad stuff popping up on the computer. It was really slow, pointless to even turn it on, so finally we broke down and paid to have it repaired. WELL...everything on our hard drive was erased. All our typed up documents are gone, our music is gone...thank goodness I had all the pictures on discs, but I'm a little mad about it all. And scared it might happen again! Anyway..our computer is still not the same and it took me 30 minutes just now to fugure out how to put a picture on my blog, but I DID IT!! That's why I'm feeling like a computer genius at the moment! Most of the time I am a computer idiot! OK, on to what we've been up to... here is Seth's birthday, I gave him a little chair to put on his bike and ride Rebecca all over town. Doesn't she just look so thrilled about it? She LOVES it though, we took her on a bike ride around our neighborhood a few nights ago, and she is so cute. This was on one of the few nice days in May. I put Rebecca on the grass, she wasn't too sure about it at first, but we had fun eventually playing in the dandelions before Seth got out there and killed them all. We had a lot! But our yard has been whipped into shape over the past month. We have flowers in the front and a little garden popping up in the back. I love our cute little yard. Rebecca hangs out there with Seth in the evenings, it is so nice and shady at night.

Here is me and my little dolly on my first Mother's Day! I love being Rebecca's mother. I feel so blessed I get to hang out with her all day every day. She is my sweet little friend and she makes me laugh all day. Especially lately! I'll do another blog soon about all the stuff she is doing lately. She gets around, and quick! She keeps me on my toes, and I love it. She is so smart and is learning so many new things.

I think SPRING is really here!!!

Well, it is May already. I always mean to update my blog more often, but life is so busy. I think spring may actually have arrived. At least I hope it has, because I put all of mine and Rebecca's winter clothes away today. She is wearing 12 month size clothes, it always makes me a little sad to put away clothes that are too small for her. She is growing and changing so fast. Here we are a few weeks ago, all ready for church. Rebecca loves to stand up lately

And I'm having trouble getting her to take naps at the times she used to, so I'll take whatever I can get-even if it's in her high chair for 20 minutes! (this happens a lot lately)

And I am not happy to report that this also happens a lot lately. See the nice couches we got from my parents because they got new ones? Now see the part where there is a little rip? Rebecca gets around quite well lately, she scoots herself backwards and around in circles. Her toys do not interest her as much as lint or dirt on the floor or the FUZZ IN THE COUCH!!! She pulls it out and eats it. You can't really see it hanging out of her mouth, but trust me, it is.
And she has a fistfull of fuzz also. Doesn't she just look so proud of herself? Little stinker. :)

Rebecca still loves her bathtime, she gets so excited when I put her in her little tub with her friend, the rubber duck.

We had a FEW nice days in May, these next pics are from one nice Saturday, we were so excited that we didn't even have to wear jackets.
Rebecca was loving being with Daddy. She gets so excited when he comes home from work. His new job is going really well...he got to hire his own crew and they work really good together. The house still hasn't sold, but the market is picking back up and we've had a few people look lately, so that's a good sign.

One thing Seth does lately is take Rebecca downstairs with him when he goes to get the laundry. He puts her in the basket with the clothes. She loves it.

Rebecca is trying to crawl! She just can't seem to get the one leg under her. And if she does, then she just goes onto her stomach and pushes herself backwards, as usual. But I think any day now, she will take off. I'm enjoying my last few days of not chasing her around!

And I just have to show off the cute magnet board I made for Rebecca. I had so much fun making it with Kerstin, I love getting all crafty together. We were so proud of ourselves for making these!

The month of March!

Well, a lot has happened lately and I can hardly believe how fast time is flying. The month of March is almost over, here are some pictures from this month. Rebecca is moving around lots more. Here she is backed up to the couch, stuck. She was calling to me and this is how I found her. She is so cute and funny. I've been taking lots of springy pictures with Rebecca, even though I've had to do them inside,grrrr. Sometimes I pretend it is spring and take her outside anyway. But it is so cold still! I really can't wait for spring, it is my favorite time of the year.

Here is Rebecca's favorite seat. She will sit on her Daddy's shoulders while he does whatever, for a really long time. She pats his head and pulls his hair. She is not afraid of heights! He walks around with her up there all the time. We were out cleaning the house Seth built a few weeks ago and Rebecca was being fussy, so Seth put her on his shoulders and kept on cleaning windows. She was so happy to be up there!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! I used to wear these glasses to school every year on St. Patrick's day, even in high school. Rebecca didn't love them as much as I do, but she'll learn! She kept trying to yank them off. Speaking of yanking things off, she will NOT keep her socks on. It is a daily battle. Her feet are frozen, or I wouldn't care as much, but within 10 seconds of me walking away after putting them on, they are off again. The other day at the grocery store I got tired of picking her socks up off the ground for the 4th or 5th time, so I put them in my pocket. I got some looks from other people like, "you bad mom, it's so cold outside and your poor baby has no socks!!" But I really did try!!

My sister Heidi came up to visit us on her Spring Break from college for a few days. It was fun to have her here to hang out with. We had a good time. She will graduate in a month, and we are so proud of her!!

We got sick, all of us had the flu a few weeks ago. Poor Rebecca threw up a lot, it was her first time ever being sick. She is the most pleasant little sick girl though-you'd never know she was sick, she was so happy! And then all of a sudden...yeah. It was gross. I've never done so much laundry in a week in my life! I'm glad we are all over it now though. We ALMOST made it through the winter with no sickness!!

Here is Rebecca's Easter dress. These pictures are a bit dark, but her dress is so beautiful and she looks like a little princess in it.

And Rebecca was spoiled by the Easter bunny (her grandmas) We had a good Easter Sunday with Seth's family. We went to church in his sister Tina's ward in Smithfield, UT. The program was so nice and I'm so grateful for Jesus and for the new life that his resurrection brings to us all. Easter is such an important holiday, and I was sad to see how commercialized it is becoming--almost as bad as Christmas. I want to teach my kids the true meaning of these special days and help them feel the love of the Lord and understand all he has done for us. Of course, the fun parts are important too, I like to celebrate spring and color eggs and have fun traditions like that too, but we can't forget the reason!!

Seth went on a four wheeler ride with his dad over the Easter weekend, and they had a great time, except for this...little wreck. The four wheeler just stopped and tipped up, dumping Seth off. Thank goodness it stopped there and didn't keep going and land on Seth! Crazy Seth.

Our other news is that Seth got a job with a landscape company here. He started it today and we hope it will be a good job for him for a while. I am relieved that he is stopping the self-employment dream for a while. Maybe I will see more of him now!

Ready for SPRING!!!

Well, I can't believe February is over already. It has been quite a busy month around here. We bought the house that Seth is building, since our construction loan needed to be repaid and no one had bought it yet. So now we own two homes which is kind of scary! Seth is just doing the finishing touches on the house and cleaning it and then it will be finished! It is a beautiful home and I hope it will sell soon. The market has been a bit slow lately, so we are trying to do lots of little extras in this house to make it more appealing.

We have sure had a lot of snow this winter. I can't remember the last time we had this much. I've stayed inside as much as possible, I know a lot of people that have had colds/flu and I just want Rebecca to stay healthy. So far it has paid off-she has not been sick at all so far. I'm really getting tired of winter lately though. Spring is my favorite time of the year. All the beautiful colors after the miserable white winter. I can't wait! I really want to start walking again too, I loved walking last fall, we have some really nice parks here, and a walking path around the river. I've been exercising at home, but I'm ready to get outside!

I am now in the Primary presidency in my ward. It is a fun calling, I really enjoy being there with all the kids. Seth teaches the 7-8 year olds, so he is there with me too. Rebecca loves other kids, she smiles and babbles at them. This calling is sure a lot of work though. It keeps me busy!

Rebecca is as fun and busy as ever. She is growing so much lately. She seems so tall to me. She sits up so well and is eating her fruits and veggies really well! When she is done eating, she shakes her head really fast. She has learned to imitate things we do, like Seth's fake sneeze and laughs and different sounds. This week, her favorite thing to say is DA DA. She gets so excited when Seth comes home. She will NOT keep her shoes or socks on her feet. She is discovering her hairbows and bracelts lately, so who knows how long that will last. We have hardwood floors in our house and she has started pushing herself backwards while laying on her stomach. Who needs to crawl when you can just slide! She discovered her wrists a few weeks ago and now she waves. It is the cutest thing I've ever seen-the way she waves. She also claps her hands and screeches. It's so funny. I play this little piggy with her toes and when I finish, she holds up her foot for me to do it again. She is such a precious baby and we love being her parents. Here are some pictures from this month:

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Pigtails for the first time-so cute!

This is a rare occurrance lately. Rebecca doesn't take naps anymore. She falls asleep and if it lasts 20 minutes, I'm lucky! But she's so cute when she's asleep, she always puts her hands behind her head like this.

This was funny-Rebecca wasn't too thrilled about her fruits and veggies at first, and Seth wanted to see what she'd do with Salt and Vinegar chips-just for a laugh. Well....she loved it. She really did, it looked like we were feeding her the sweetest thing! So she is taking after her daddy on this, he loves chips. He was quite proud-forget the fruit, bring on the chips!!!

Seth saw this trick on the internet before Rebecca was born and decided to try it with our baby when she got old enough. I was hoping he'd forget. It scares me! But only the first few times, now I love it. Rebecca stands on Seth's hand and balances. She laughs and babbles and smiles so big like she is so proud of herself. It is pretty cute. She is strong!

I put Rebecca in the snow for the first time, just to show it to her. She was so cute. She couldn't decide if she liked it or not.

We are doing really well, things are good. I'm so glad it's MARCH tomorrow!

New Things...

Before Rebecca was born, I thought our little house was just the perfect size for the two of us. Our house was built in 1928 and is 800 square feet on each level. The basement is not finished. We have 2 bedrooms, so basically a bedroom and an office. I had no idea how much STUFF you need when you have a baby. Wow. So since Rebecca has joined our family, our house has gotten even smaller it seems. Our office is done in an American theme. Now I'm thinking I should have painted it pink, but oh well! Good thing babies don't care what their bedroom looks like! Rebecca finally got her own room! We were holding off putting up the crib, because of how crowded we already are, but it's ok now. We moved the computer out to the living room and I don't think it looks too bad!

We also gave Rebecca her first solid food recently. It has been so much fun to feed her, she makes the funniest faces.

The first time we fed her rice cereal, she couldn't get enough! She had to hold on to the spoon and the bowl.