Easter, 6 month photos, and Orrin's first farmer's BURN!

Mr. Shy Boy
Sitting at his desk.


Admiring the ball.

So sweet!

Mommy and her bubs!

Orrin got to celebrate his first Easter by going to his new cousins blessing. I woke up early and got together Todd's and Orrin's Easter baskets. Toddey got candy, a Pez (which he always gets,) and a t-shirt. Orrin got bath toys. We got ready for church and headed of to Twin. Orrin was kind of grouchy, but would stop as soon as the piano would play. We then went on to visit with Todd's family, and then it was off to mine. Grandma and Grandpa got him a book set which I have been wanting from Costco, Orrin loves it of course! We also recently got his 6 month photos! He was wonderful for them and looks so handsome!! He is reaching so well for everyone, and he lets you know if he doesn't want to go to someone. He likes to grab onto mommy and give me open mouth kisses, but hates daddy's! This Sunday we were outside for awhile, Orrin was in the shade, and I didn't even think about sun screen, well when we got home from the in-laws I noticed Orrin was very red. YIKES!! I put on aloe vera he broke out, I put on lotion he cried, so i turned to cool washclothes and lots of water to keep him hydrated. I learned my lesson and went out and bought tons of baby sunscreen!! Bad, bad mommy!

Orrin is sitting UP!!!

I don't know if I talked about this in an earlier post, but Orrin is sitting up all on his own and has been for quite some time now!! I am so excited. He has also started to scoot on his bum, which has to be the cutest thing ever. He hasn't quite got the crawling thing down, let alone the getting up on all fours, but he sure as heck tries!!! I'm so proud of my little man!!

Orrin says DaDa!!

So this morning Orrin and I woke up to a surprise! Todd was still in bed! Well I got Orrin changed and brought him to bed with us before I actually decide I want to get completly up for the day! He kept trying to get Todd, like he always does and started saying DaDa, at first I just thought it was him just blabbling out words, but he kept saying it everytime I would say it. It was so cute! Todd was excited, but I was so so happy!! YAY! He is growing up way way to fast! We also had his 6 month check-up on the 30th! He is growing so big now... he weighs 18 lbs. 10 1/2 oz. and is 27 inches long! He is becoming such a big boy!!

Orrin Moved to Stage TWO!!

This was the biggest mess he has made in a long time!!
Spring Vegetable!

So I just barely moved Orrin to stage two solid foods!! He likes it for the most part, however, when we tried the chicken and rice he decided he wanted to make a huge mess!! He is such a big boy!! He is also sitting up all by himself. I am so proud of him! He has been doing it for about a week. He went from one day falling over everytime we tried and the next day he just sat up all by himeself. I don't know if I have good pictures, but I will put some up soon!

Salt Lake City Trip!

Auntie and Orrin!!

Guarana and ME!! I love this stuff!

Mommy and Baby!!

Again... I love him!!

My Awesome Hat! LOVE IT!

My sister, her friend, Orrin and I all took a road trip up to Salt Lake City to find my sister a prom dress. We stayed over night at Little America and had a great time. We drove up Tuesday and Orrin surprisingly was pretty good for the whole three hour drive. We did some shopping went out to eat at Olive Garden, swam that night, then woke up to an all day prom dress shopping marathon. We ate at a cool Brazilian restaurant, (I don't know what Todd is complaining about eating that stuff on his mission, I would eat it every day for two years if I could!) Luckily found the dress and came home. We took tons of pictures of the great trip!

State Basketball!!

Two weeks ago we went up to Boise to watch my brother and the tigers at the state championship. We took third which is so great! They played hard and deserved the state title, but I am so proud of them. Orrin got to swim for the first time in a pool, unfortunately it was cold so we didn't stay in there very long. He also got to dress up in the cutest outfits ever.

Cabo San Lucas

BABY CARLOS

ZIP-LINING

Breakfast!! YUMM-O

SPRITE... YUCK-O

First night there... Brazilian Food!

Todd and I were blessed again this year to get to go to Cabo San Lucas for a week. We are so grateful of my sister-in-law and my parents that offered to watch Orrin the whole time we were gone. We thought for sure we were going to bring him, but last minute they all decided together it would be better for us to be able to go alone. We left the day after Valentine's and spent Sunday through Sunday there. I missed Orrin as soon as we left and felt like such a bad mommy for leaving him, but quickly realized the trip wouldn't be as good as it could be if all I did was miss Orrin. We were lucky my mother and father-in-law were down there with their computer and we got to see Orrin over the web-cam. We spent the week with them, Brad, Amanda, and Jenny. We had a wonderful time and I can't wait to go again next year. Todd, his dad, and brother got to go deep sea fishing and enjoyed it for the most part. We got to go zip-lining which was so much fun and I am so proud of Toddey for doing it (he is very afraid of heights.) We also met a family down there that had a son the same age as Orrin. They we on the way to go to eat dinner every night selling chicklets and little things so we would stay and chat for quite a while. It helped with me missing Orrin to see a little baby about the same age. I wish I could have brought him home with me, I fell madly in love with him!! I am so blessed to have a husband that can give me the luxury of leaving for a week. It is much needed for him, and I enjoy it to. When we got back I went to get Orrin and he cried when I tried to hold him, I was even more sad than I was when I left.