Happy Birthday to Me!

I am now a quarter of a century old, very exciting! I had a great birthday. Russ tried so hard to make it special for me. On Saturday Russ and I floated the Boise River (thank you Stephen and Afton for the raft). There were a ton a people on the river, most of which were well, interesting, so it was a little crowded but we still had a great time. Later that night we went to to dinner at Chili's. On Sunday (my actual b.day) we didn't do anything too exciting. We just had dinner with the fam, opened presents, and had cake. Here are some pictures from the wonderous day.

Here is the cake Russ made for me. It was his first time ever making a cake.

Russ said Josie came to him and said she wanted to make this sign for me. She is so sweet!

Here is Josie just being cute.

The 4th of July

For the holiday weekend we went to visit Russ' family. We went swimming at Lava Hot Springs, had a BBQ (until it started pouring rain), and then we went to Idaho Falls for the big firework show. We had a great time!

Below are some pictures that I took of Josie in the bath the other day. She loves the water!

Josie's First Camp Out and Other Stuff

This past weekend we took Josie camping for the first time. We went with some friends and just relaxed and enjoyed the outdoors. It rained for the first couple hours but then it was quite nice. I think Josie had a good time, except for when the smoke from the campfire got in her face.

Lately when I try to take a picture of Josie she tries to get the camera, so she's always super close and then she gets mad, this is what I end up with.

One more thing... Last night we were hanging out on the trampoline and I just thought Josie looked so cute with her sunburned eyes and new teeth. So here are some more pics.

Happy Late Birthday to Russy!

It was Russell's 25th birthday this last Tuesday. We celebrated on Saturday by eating at Tucanos, which is Russ' favorite restaraunt, he loves the meat and he especially loves the Guarana because it comes in a can. Then on his actual birthday we barbequed and ate some cake. For his b.day Russ got some new shoes, a new set of scriptures, and a big thing of steak from Costco. His birthday was extra special this year because my sister Laura had her baby. So now Russ shares a birthday with baby Stella or as Russ likes to call her Satin (don't ask).

Beginning of Summer

Summer has officially begun and we're really enjoying it. Josie loves to be outside, she really enjoys the pool, the golf cart, and bike rides. She is so fun and she's growing up so fast. However, apparently she's not actually growing a lot. I took her in for her 9 month doctor's appointment today and these were her stats... weight: 15 lbs 4 oz (5 %ile) and height: 27 in (30 %ile). The doctor is a little worried about her weight so we have an appointment in a month for a weight check. Josie still doesn't like solid food, so hopefully she has a change of heart this month. Here are some pics of us enjoying the beginning of summer.

No Doubt Concert

I went to the No Doubt concert in SLC with my sisters Steph and Tara and my niece Marlee on Memorial day. We had a great time. We were super close, up against the rail, which was great, except for the bruises on my hip from being rammed up against it. Tara and I have loved No Doubt for about 13 years now. This was our sixth time seeing them in concert. The first time we saw them we had the crappiest seats possible, this time we were so close that we actually got to touch Gwen. Pretty exciting! Here are some pics, courtesy of Tara.

A Crib for Josie

Since Josie was born she has slept in a co-sleeper next to our bed. The co-sleeper is about the size of a bassinet so she started to out grow it at about 6 months. We didn't have her other crib ready yet so I tried to keep her in it as long as possible, but when I found her on the floor after a nap one day, I decided it was time to finish her crib. We got a crib on craig's list in January, it was an oak color, which I don't like, but it was such a great price that I thought we could strip and stain it a different color, no big deal right? Wrong. This turned into the project from hell. After Russ and I spent hours applying all of the goopy stripping stuff we discovered that the back panel of the crib was not real wood. So instead of staining it we would have to paint it, but since we had already applied the stripping stuff we had to remove all the old stain. Anyway, to make a long story short, we wasted a ton of time and money just to paint it, which we could have done from the beginning. Oh well, I'm just glad it's done. Here is the finished product, I think it turned out well and Josie really likes it. She also loves her quilt that Grandma Millie made!

I thought I would add this picture because you can see Josie's little teeth. She finally got two teeth a couple weeks ago, she sure enjoys biting everything now, especially me.