My Sweet Boy

So Drew had a minor surgery today on a condition he has had since birth.  He was a trooper.  We interrupted his night and early morning slumber many times in prep for this, and that is why both mom and babe have LARGE bags under the eyes.  The surgery was an hour long and everything went well.  We thought he looked so cute in his hospital jammies.  He's just a sweetheart! 

Jumpin' and Smilin'

We are so thankful because our friends are letting us borrow their "Jumperoo."  Drew likes to be up and in the last couple of weeks he finally figured out how to jump in it.  I thought this was so funny.  I turned the camera sideways to catch his feet...bad idea for viewing..sorry.  

I placed a mirror right next to his jumper and he started smiling at his 'new friend' in the mirror.  He's just getting more and more fun!

Better With Age...Phew

So I experienced something tonight that made me realize that I actually HAVE matured over that last few years...at least since college.  I'm playing volleyball on a city league team.  I really enjoy the team, although I only knew one person prior to playing.  Well, tonight we had a double header.  The first team was good, but had some sass, but it wasn't too bad.  THEN the next team we played only had four show up but they were great players.  During the first game, one player on the other team started getting...energized (talking smack, being cocky etc).  It just got worse throughout the whole game.  Anyway, I was proud to say that I kept my language clean...even in my mind. [Not always the case earlier in life...sad to say.] She was really getting under my skin, BUT I kept myself in check.  I remember when I played flag football in college...I would get so riled up by the other sassy girls, but this time I felt that I was acting more mature than I used to.  So this is me patting myself on the back, and relieved that I "grown up." a bit. :]

January

So I have to admit, when I was going over the calendar for January at the beginning of the month, I was sad that I had "nothing" to look forward to.  But we have had a great month.  I have gotten into card crafting, and some sewing.  I have visited friends, and have been thoroughly entertained by "the boy." I started him on cereal and veggies to see if that would help his hunger.  He has really liked it...he's getting so big.

We took Drew to a BYU BB game.  It was really fun to go, but Drew was SO tired since we had gotten him up from a nap. He's a trooper.

First rice cereal. 

5 months old

Start 'em young

I thought this was so sweet.  He's got his legs curled up and his arms folded looking into the mirror.

Our happy boy

I laugh so hard at this picture...I didn't feed him lemons, he was just ticked.

Drew likes to put things on his face and leave it there.  He's a ham.

 

Christmas Time

 The week of Christmas we went up to MT which was great!  I was able to see all of my sisters and their families by the time our visit was finished.  Drew got to meet all of his cousins.  This is Matthew.  He is 6 weeks older and such a smiley, happy camper.  Drew just couldn't bring himself to smiling. 

Great Grandpa and Grandma Quinn with #13 & 14

This is another cousin, Joslyn who is 5 months older.  She put her arm around Drew without hesitation. 
She's a sweetheart. 

Andrew poured Drew's toys all over him...it was a party.

"Playing" in the snow

Grateful for Friends

As we near the end of Andrew's schooling, I have been thinking about leaving my second home, Utah.  I first came to live here in the fall of 2000.  Throughout these years I have had siblings down here during 3 of those years, and I have had cousins around here and there too.  It was really hard to be away from my home and family, especially in the beginning of my college life, and when I didn't have family here.  However, during those tricky, "growing" times, I found wonderful friends.  I have great relationships and stay in contact with freshman friends, el. ed. cohorts, roommates, neighbors, colleagues from work, and people from church from various wards.  I am blessed with great friends. Often times I feel that my friends know me better than my own family, and I feel that is true since it is during the college years and after that I really "found" myself and developed into the person I am now.  I am different than I was in high school, as most people are, but we often don't live with our families during our 'mature' stages.  :]  I hope this doesn't sound negative toward my family; I love my family. Just saying that I love my friends too!!

Goals

I confess.  I hate making New Year's resolutions.  I've never liked it.  In church or at school we would have to make goals the first Sunday or school day of the month.  I didn't like that because I wasn't motivated by a new year because life and schedules hadn't changed, I was motivated my new situations, such as a new school year, or summertime. Anyway, now as an adult,  I feel like each week or day I'm making new goals of reading , cleaning, study, crafting, exercising, cooking etc.  Maybe, I'm just a short-term goal kind of person...or maybe... I really do love to be able to cross off items from my checklist, therefore, my goals-of-the-day work for me.


With that being said, I have made some goals recently, but they were before the New Year. :)  I am declaring it here to help with my commitment.  I want to read through the whole New Testament before the end of the year. Also, I work with the young women at church, and as leaders we are asked to do the personal progress program along with the girls, regardless if you did it as a teenager.  I have been working on it a lot since being home with Drew, and I have a goal of finishing it by March.


Disclaimer:  I don't think any less of you New Year's Resolution people...just don't make me do it. haha :)