Superman

Don't mind the fact that there is drool all over his face (or the fact that he is moving so fast he is kinda blurry)-but seriously-the little toothy grin just kills me!




Stuart calls this "Superman"... I think he looks like he is doing a "Mission Impossible" stunt.

Crush

I LOVE February. I love giving Valentine presents and I love the pink and red everywhere. love Love LOVE it. My sister-in-law found these super cute Crush Bottle Valentine ideas and so we made some and I did a few tags for them. And here is a pic of the cute candy valentines.

Thoughts

Superbowl: Could not have cared less who won. But we made yummy food. That's all that matters. He sat up (wobbly) by himself on Superbowl Sunday for the first time. You better believe this picture is my desktop image. I just want to kiss his lips.


All I want to do is hang out with my baby and take pictures of him-and those end up on here. Oh well, it's my blog. His expressions are priceless to me sometimes. I just love him.




I think I am going to cave and get some Toms (gasp!). At the beginning I thought they were completely ugly (public apology to Emily), but now they have grown on me and I want the sparkly cream pair. Yep, After those 2 sentences I talked myself into it---getting them this week. Check!


My brother is 24-which makes me... Yeah. I'm pretending mine didn't happen this year. Next year he and I can be the same age, and the following year he can be my older brother. I will just stay this age for the rest of forever-yep. Sounds good. I didn't even take a picture on my birthday this year. That seems really strange to me-I'm going to have to get over this "hating my birthday" hurdle fast.



1:30pm church is really hard for nap-time and it makes Mondays even harder. Oh well. CTR.

My little brother comes home from Brazil in August! How has he already been out for a year and a half?! I miss him.


The new Barefoot Contessa cookbook is unreal. I want to make everything in there and am well on my way. Roasted Vegetable frittata? Steakhouse Steaks? Yep, so amazing. Love it!


Well-those are my thoughts.

We're Rolling People

My baby has gone mobile. Gone are the days of leaving him in the center of my bed. I just love his face when he flips-so proud of himself.



*also, I am loving that my phone takes video.

Best Thing to Ever Happen to a Manicure

Gel Nail Polish. No lie, this is 8 day old nail polish. I haven't re-clear-coated it or anything. It's still perfect. They told me this should last 3 weeks... I'm a little skeptical of that time line, but in the meantime, I'm happy it lasted longer than 4 days without chipping!!!

New Year's Birthday

The New Year will always start with a birthday in our house. Happy Birthday Stuart! Monkey Bread started our day off followed by In-n-Out and then Steak and Potatoes. All of his favorite treats were made as well. We made Coconut Chex Mix, Hot Fudge Sauce over ice cream, and Rice Krispy Treats. All his favorites. Good thing my New Year's Resolutions don't start until the 7th after my birthday :) The night ended with his {tiny} sisters trying to take him down. He was obviously victorious, but had a few battle wounds. He's funny. Love him.

Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Christmas Activities

Apparently I like to play "catch-up" on this blog.

First, Merry Christmas! This was our Christmas card this year. Simple, but I'm pretty proud of it.

This baby is just our favorite and we can't get enough of him. (Neither can anyone else for that matter.) He did a lot of hanging out with his aunts that live in Utah and he really loves his uncle Blake. Also, smiles are finally being caught on camera. They make me melt every time. He really loves to "stand" up and loves to suck on his fist. Seriously, the entire thing.

Christmas time is not complete unless we 1. See the Scurrs. 2. Make the annual Christmas plate at "As You Wish" 3. Compete in the Annual Peterson Iron Chef Competition. (This year the secret ingredient was ginger and everyone made really yummy things. We all went into it thinking it would be so hard, but no one left hungry!) Good game, Kate and Adam. 4. Stuart playing video games on his break from school. Halo Reach is now a favorite of Mister's. Heaven help me.

J made his debut in theater as Baby Jesus twice this Christmas season. Once with me as Mary at the Relief Society Christmas Activity (the picture is blurry and I'm sad, but I forgot to take my camera off manual focus. Whoops.), and once in the Christmas Eve family Nativity play. He's quite the little actor. Stuart was a wise man.

He is very loved by his cousins-and I know these two will be best friends. His face looks scared, but I'm sure he loved it!

Most of the time you will find me feeding him. Glad it was caught with a picture. Of course, Christmas Eve Jammies and a picture by the tree. Next year will hopefully be better when I have pictures of him attacking wrapping paper.