Walk the Walk

Last week we had tryouts for Jordan varsity girls lacrosse. Dillan seemed to know it was coming. We have had our lacrosse sticks leaning on the wall for at least 3 weeks, and he picked the first day of tryouts to play with them for the first time. He's so smart.

Along those same lines. After watching me open my Rubbermaid once, Dillan can now pull back the handle and open the lid. He is figuring things out way too fast for me!

We went to a farm for Dillan to pick out his pumpkin. Dillan knows there is something special about his pumpkin, he smiles whenever he sees it.


Here is what you have all been waiting for... a video of Dillan walking! By the way, Kyle doesn't usually sound like a girl, it's the camera's fault.

An Eventful Weekend

This is how I found Dillan while making Kyle's birthday pie. I had taken the pots out for him to play with and he seized the moment!

Kyle's birthday was on Tuesday. Uneventful. A special breakfast, out to dinner, and a Wii game. But Dillan did take 3 waddle steps from me to the table! So, Happy Birthday to YOU!

We went camping this weekend trying to get in our camping before it got cold. It turns out that this was the first cold weekend of the year! Bad planning, huh. We got stuck in rush hour and and BYU football game traffic so it took 2.5 hours to get to our camping spot in Provo. By then I was really frustrated, carsick, and hungry and we still had to heat up the coals and cook the food, in the dark, with Dillan. Due to the cold we put Dillan to bed in a onesie, pajamas, a long sleeve shirt, pants, and a coat. With one blanket under him and 3 blankets on top of him. He couldn't move. He would cry, fall asleep, then wake up and cry some more. When Kyle and I went to bed I got him out of his port-o-crib and put him in my sleeping bag, but there really isn't room for 2 in a mummy bag, even for a little guy. So I was uncomfortable (and cold) all night and Dillan kept waking up anyway. At 3:30 he wouldn't go back to sleep so I finally took him to the car and put him to sleep in his car seat (I turned the car on and warmed it up) and slept in there with him. The rest of the morning was uneventful, except for cooking breakfast, lighting a fire, and taking care of a baby is impossible for just 2 people!

4 Ends and a Beginning

The first end is the end of summer. We took Dillan swimming one last time before the pool closed.



The second end was an end to my long hair. I LOVE this haircut. It makes me wonder why I didn't do it a long time ago. Kyle's answer was the best as to why I cut my hair, "She's been talking about it for over a year and finally got the guts to do it."


The third end is an end to living with my parents. We moved into our own 2 bedroom apartment last week. I LOVE it! It is so nice to have my own room! Dillan is sleeping a lot better, and the whole place is baby-proofed a lot better, so Dillan is learning to entertain himself.

The fourth end is the end of being 22. I celebrated my birthday last week. Kyle made me a birthday dinner which, according to him, was so pathetic that we needed to celebrate my birthday all week. First of all, Kyle didn't get off of work early, so he couldn't get the ingredients to my cake, or pick up a present he wanted to give me. Then he didn't write down the recipe when he called his mom, so he was calling everybody trying to get it when he couldn't get a hold of her. Then the oven started smoking. It turns out it was a brand new oven, and whoever had installed it hadn't checked inside. There was cardboard on the racks and a plastic bag with instructions and some hardware in it. All of it was smoking, smoldering, or melting. Then Kyle was on the phone and a little bit didn't realize how long asparagus needs to cook for, so it got a little over done. The food turned out great, but we didn't eat until 9 o'clock.

The one beginning is...(drum roll please)...Dillan took his first step! That was 2 days ago. Our adventures in parenting are just beginning!

Using the Walker