Family Pictures

 These pictures were taken on Gregor's first birthday by a good friend Courtney Hart. We needed a good family picture!

Here is Gregor in his birthday outfit.

 Here he is on his new ride.

 As we were taking pictures, he was running away. He loves being outside and especially walking toward the street.

 See his little smirk? He wasn't the most cooperative :)

This picture is just funny. We were getting him changed for the pictures, and he just had shoes on, so we had to take a picture!

Gregor's First Birthday!

Hey, I'm actually blogging relatively close to the time these pictures were taken! Yay, I'm improving :) So Sunday was Gregor's first birthday! I can't believe it's been a year already! It has definitely flown. These first pictures are of the present Jake got him. Gregor loves it. He was getting really impatient when we had to get it out of the box.

We have this stuffed cat from Build-a-Bear that has a voice box in and meows. Gregor loves it! Every morning when we get him out of bed, he'll meow looking for Kitty, as well as when we come home. You may also notice in these pictures that we buzzed his hair. It's the shortest it's ever been since birth. He also has two bottom teeth and is currently getting his upper front teeth!
Later in the day, we invited family and friends over for cake and ice cream. We had Sheree's family, Jan, Kjerstin, Allison, Eric and Courtney, and later Logan. It was a lot of fun. We appreciated everyone coming. Here are the pictures of his birthday outfit, the cake I made him, and him eating the cake.

 Gregor is showing left-handed tendencies, so I'm instilling in him that baseball is the sport to play :)

 He did not like cake on his face but rather wanted to use his fork!

 Allison did it :)

Happy Birthday little one! We love you tons!

Well needed update

Work, Jake, and Gregor pretty much take up most of time, hence the few updates. But I need to post more pictures of Gregor because that's what everyone cares about anyway :)
It's finals week at BYU, which makes Jake a very happy person! He also started an internship working for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a facility manager in an area of Salt Lake City. He is really liking the job thus far, and we're excited because he will be able to go full time come next week when school is officially done, and then continue until he graduates! It was such a blessing for us for Jake to get this position because it means no moving this summer! Plus it pays decent :)

I am still at Itineris. I really like where I'm at. I have wonderful students, and it's also getting close to the end for me, which is a plus. My first year of teaching was stressful, but definitely not as bad as if I were in a mainstream public school.

So here are the pictures of Gregor. He has become an excellent walker and is still such a happy baby!

 So this picture is pretty old. This is when we started feeding Gregor solids. As you look through these pictures, notice how his face is becoming less round.

 Isn't he adorable?! We dressed him as a skeleton for Halloween.

 Just playing on the couch with the remote and being cute!

 This picture is from January. We had a bowling activity with my students right after Christmas break, and one student had received these fake mustaches as a gift, so we stuck one on Gregor!

 Here is Gregor with 3 of Jake's brothers. He's not sure what to think of these three uncles - they're kinda crazy :)

 Chewing on a Nerf sword. These last two pictures were taken in January.

 Being cute while drinking his bottle. He loves these banana chairs!

 His favorite thing to do is find my wallet in my purse and pull everything out of it!

 This was taken a few weeks ago when Gregor was really getting the hang of walking, and of course getting into everything!

 This picture was just two weeks ago or so. Notice he has nuggets in both hands - he's such a pig! But we're happy he's a good eater!

We just got this toy last week, and Gregor loves it! His legs aren't quite long enough to reach the ground, and he has yet to grasp the concept of using his feet to move himself, but he loves it when we push him around. We're trying to convince the grandparents to get him a PowerWheels car for his first birthday in about a month! He's getting so big! Crazy how time flies. Hopefully with summer coming I'll keep up more on the blog!

So it's been a while...

I apologize that I haven't posted anything in a while. Life gets busy, and then I get lazy in my free time. I am still teaching at Itineris Early College High School in West Jordan, and I'll be honest, I'm ready for a longer than two-week break. I'm enjoying teaching, but it is tiring. Jake is still studying at BYU in Facility and Property Management. We are on the downhill - 4 semesters left! 

The pictures below are from Christmas Eve at my brother's house. I don't look that great, but I love the expression on Gregor's face :)  He's growing so big! He's now 8 months and crawling everywhere. I think he's looking forward to the day he learns how to climb up on the couch. He also loves to climb the stairs. He's so happy and such a good baby!

New Pics of Gregor

Hopefully these show up okay. They were taken with Jake's phone, which has a decent camera on it.

He's just so happy and cute! We love him :)

Ebates

For those of you who have never heard of Ebates, this is what it is. It's an online service that gives you cash back for when you shop online. You just need to go through the Ebates website first, and then click to go to the store website. Ebates will give you a certain percentage back! Plus, when you first sign up and use it, they will give you an additional $5.

Go check it out using this link:
http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=YNaMqMsnQOdN3bidozISYA%3D%3D

The last six weeks

I've been a slacker with posting pictures lately, more so with taking them. Gregor is growing so quickly and gets cuter every day, I need to be better about recording it!

This is Gregor in his swing soon after we came home from the hospital. It was still a bit chilly in May, so we kept him well bundled :) I have a picture of Jake sleeping in the recliner with Gregor sleeping on his chest, but Jake didn't have a shirt over his garments, so I won't post it. That's usually what I would do in the mornings after feeding Gregor, and we'd both get a nap. Lately, he doesn't take that morning nap anymore, so we're finding a new routine.

This is after we gave Gregor his first sponge bath at home. His hair is curly when it's wet, so naturally Jake gave him a fro. Then add his wide eyes, and it makes for a great picture! He wasn't a huge fan of sponge baths in the beginning, but now that he can be fully submerged in the water, he enjoys bath time.

 He's just so cute!

 My attempt at a family picture because I didn't have one yet. Not very good, but at least it's recorded!

 Just another cute picture.

Chillin with Dad while wearing a very cute outfit! This was taken the beginning of June, so when Gregor was about 3 weeks.

These were taken on Father's Day, Gregor being just over a month old. We were in the car with my parents on our way to my brother Brandon's house for dinner. Gregor fell asleep holding Daddy's finger!

These are when Gregor was 5 weeks old, and he's on the couch attempting to talk to me!

And again chilling with Daddy. Notice how they're in the same position :)

Gregor is so fun! We are enjoying him very much!