Camping!

Well if I wasn't already sure that we have the world's best baby and dog before this weekend, I would have been convinced on our camping trip!! :) Not only did Emmery do incredible on his first camping trip, he was also the biggest trooper on our 4-wheeler ride from hell! Hahaha

We were planning on camping up at Tony's Grove in Logan Canyon. We were going to leave Logan at 6 o'clock on Friday night but by the time Shawn and Gina got the 4-wheelers and got to Logan it was 8. We got up the canyon and go figure, every single campsite was taken. (I'd checked to make sure there were some available around 5 before we headed up) So plan B, Gina's dad has land up Cub River just outside of Preston, Idaho. We drive the hour and a half back up to Cub River and finally set up camp at midnight. Sky built a fire and we spent the next few hours enjoying the fire and relaxing. It was a BEAUTIFUL night and felt so wonderful to just be outdoors.

Saturday we woke up, Sky scrambled some eggs for us and then we packed up the 4-wheelers. I strapped Emmery to me in his new carrier that we bought for our little weekend excursion and off we went! We took a gorgeous ride up to Willow Flats and ate lunch. We all dipped our feet in the stream and Conner had a blast throwing rocks in the stream. Bella thought it was so fun to pounce after the rocks and try and retrieve them from the freezing water! She was a doggie in heaven! After lunch we jumped back on the 4-wheelers and headed up the mountain. Sky found a trail heading down and it looked pretty good, so he decided to take it..... 20 minutes later, we are on the trail from hell. There is no way to turn around and what was a nice dirt trail is now rocks, fallen trees and overgrown. The boys did an amazing job of getting us down safely and we finally hit some level ground... problem being, we weren't really sure where the two trails that were forking off in front of us lead to or what condition they'd be in. Long story short, we took one for about 15 miles only to turn around, backtrack, take the other one, have another scary trail ride and FINALLY reach Cub River Road! Boy were we excited to see civilization!! Other than being totally covered in dirt, some sore muscles and a few scratches, we made it out just fine! The kids were unharmed and Em looked liked he'd had fun! hahaha! Bella was a perfect little puppy and stayed right by my side the entire time and hung on for dear life :)

When we got back down to camp Sky started us a fire and we put our campfire dinners on. Sky's fam came up and they roasted hot dogs and we all did s'mores. It was a great time!!

Needless to say, we'll never forget Em's first camping trip!!!

2 Months!

My oh my how the time does fly!!!!!!!!!!!! Emmery is now 2 months old and I can't believe how quickly we've gotten here! Friday was his 2 month check up and he is officially 22 1/2" long and 10 lbs. He is still on the skinny side but the doctor says he is doing just great and it may take about 6 months for him to full catch up! But he is happy and healthy and we couldn't ask for more!

We are all doing wonderfully! I just got an amazing new job working for a new real estate broker in town. It has been fun! I love the challenge of learning the new systems and working with Kade is awesome. Best part is... I get to work from home! Em sits in his bouncer by my desk and tells me stories or snoozes while I work. It is absolutely the best of both worlds!

Oh happy boy!

Em has been so much fun lately! He smiles at everything and tells sweet little stories! It is awesome!

Emmery's Newborn Pictures

I've been meaning to get these on here for a while!! Josh took some WONDERFUL newborn pictures of Em for us... here they are!

Change is good!

Well it has been a busy month for us!!! We moved back to Logan to be closer to friends and family and enjoy a quieter community again. It's been WONDERFUL! We had quite a hard two weeks with Em and the doctor thought he had colic. He would scream for literally 3/4 of the day. It was heartbreaking! We tried everything!! Finally one day I sat in the formula isle at the grocery store and read every formula! We got one that said it was formulated for babies with colic and worked within 48 hours. It was worth a try! 2 bottles later, we had our happy camper back! I had Sky feed him regular formula one bottle that night and Emmery screamed for hours. We finally figured out, he cannot handle dairy! So we are stickin to the non-dairy formula.
He is growing like a weed and I cannot wait til his 2 month check up in a few weeks to see how much he weighs! He is finally totally out of newborn clothes and diapers. And I'm happy to report those baby blue eyes of his have stayed that color! He got his daddy's gorgeous eyes!! :)



Meanwhile, Sky got a job at Harris Research working with his buddy Rhino. He absolutely loves it and it has been a great change for him! I have been lucky enough to stay home with Em and focus on building my Heritage Makers business. It has been so much fun and its nice feeling like I have a career path I'll be happy with for years to come! I've been designing custom books for a few clients and it feels good to have this creative outlet!

http://www.heritagemakers.com/index.cfm?CFID=8945&CFTOKEN=58666396

Last weekend Emmery got to go to his very first rodeo! We went up to the Preston Nights Rodeo with Sky's family and had a great time! He was so good through the rodeo even with all the loud noise!! After the rodeo was over we went over to the carnival. Sky and Shawn rode a few of the rides and me and Em walked around. Em was fascinated with all of the lights on the rides :)




Emmery LOVES sittin in his swing watching the mobile. We put on this cd we got from Vermont with guitar music on it and he is happy camper for hours!