24th of July (Picture Overload!)

Wednesday night Steve and I were trying to decide what to do for the weekend of the 24th because Steve had that Friday off; I thought about Yellowstone. So I found a hotel that was available. On Thursday we decided we would go and Friday morning at 6:30 am we left, right after I got peed on by Conner. It was such a nice trip, very laid back. This was the first trip that Steve and I had gone on with just ourselves. I loved it. We headed up through Idaho and stopped at Bear World. It was so neat! Conner was such an incredible traveler. Here are some pics of us at Bear World.

The bear cubs were SO cute you just wanted to cuddle with them.

You drive through this park where the Black bears roam free but the Grizzly bears have to stay behind some wires. You have to keep your windows up.

They even had buffalo roaming free.

Look at this giant elk!

They even had a petting zoo.



Now we reach Yellowstone. After we arrived at our hotel I almost immediately wished we had chosen to stay somewhere else. Oh well Steve had fun with my germaphobia. He pinned me down to the bed and rubbed one of the pillows over my face. Some of the sites were way pretty. The best part was just being together as a family without any interruptions. We forgot our CDs which actually turned out to be nice. It was such a long car ride and we couldn't get any radio reception so we came up with some fun and interesting topics to talk about. Steve mentioned how mosquito's live a dangerous life. Any time they try to eat they have the possibility of being killed. While we were in Yellowstone I ran into one of my good friends, Amberley, it was crazy running into her. Here are the pics from Yellowstone.


There is a buffalo to the left of us in the background.

Playing at the hotel.

Old Faithful

I can't remember the name. But I think it is way pretty.

Steve and Conner playing after we had dinner.

Conner turned into a daddy's boy this weekend. It was great for him to get a closer connection with Steve.





These two pictures were taken the day before we left for our trip. His hat's are still too big.

Conner has now been in five states. Tennessee, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Utah!
Guess what! On our way home on Saturday Conner woke up from a nap and was really fussy then he started crying I reached back and put my finger in his mouth to see if I could soothe him. As soon as I put my finger in his mouth a felt something sharp. It was a tooth. Conner cut his first tooth! We got home Saturday night a little after 1 a.m. I love my family so much. I am so grateful to have Steve and Conner in my life.

A Few Of My Favorite Things (Another long one)

Thursday the 16th

I drink soda once sometimes twice a month. I usually choose water. Well Steve offered my a glass of soda tonight around 10:30 it sounded good so I drank the whole glass. Around midnight Steve woke up for a second and I asked him if that had caffeine in it. He said that he thought so. I just looked at him and said I am still wide awake. So I entertained myself with spider solitaire and Harry Potter until a little after one a.m. Then I decided to try to fall asleep. I laid in bed for 15-20 minutes and my mind won't slow down it is now 1:50 am. I am so not going to be liking life at 6:00 when Conner starts his day. Babies know how to do it. Early to bed and early to rise, and eat slow. Anyway back to my topic title. In my kitchen I have a vinyl saying on the wall that says, "Life's two best comforts: Good food and a hug." Seriously is there anything better when you are down then some take out and hug from your husband? I don't think so but here are a few more things that'll put a smile on my face. I think it is so neat to see a bird that has it's wings spread out and isn't moving but staying in the exact same place in the air. Two words, flip flops! When Steve paints my toenails. Watching Conner yawn, it's so cute. When Conner is laying on his stomach and I lay next to him on the floor and he looks up at me and gets the biggest smile. Here is one of my favorites, a cold pillowcase and cold sheets in the morning when you get to sleep in. Getting new children's books. Hearing Conner laugh. Sunsets. Autumn leaves and a cool breeze. Staying home and cuddling up on a rainy day. Steve, Conner and me just being together. I am sure I could think of a ton more but I should probably get to bed. It's a little after two. Oh yeah, we had another family come and look at our house Wednesday night. Cross your fingers.

Friday the 17th
Our friends Hope and Brandon invited us to the Oquirrah Temple open house for Friday. I almost don't like open houses after going to that one last night. It is hard to be inside the temple when it is so loud, and when we walked up staircases the walls had so many scuff marks the whole way. And the feeling is just so different since it hasn't been dedicated. It is a beautiful temple. It has glass walls on the inside. I haven't seen a temple like that before. Afterwards we went to Famous Dave's for dinner. Steve and I had never been there. I am not a huge cornbread fan but that was the best cornbread I have ever eaten. It was really good. When I got home I went out to feed Copper and saw a frog on our back patio. Of course I had to take a picture. I was surprised how clear it turned out. I was so nervous it was going to jump on me. It was a little guy even though he looks big in the picture.

Weekend Review

Thursday afternoon I went into the kitchen to get my phone to call my sister. I left Conner on the floor on his back. I was on the phone for only a couple of minutes and then I walked back in the family room. I started yelling while on the phone with my sister, "he rolled over, he rolled over." Conner was now on his stomach. I know it sounds silly but I almost started to cry I was so disappointed that I had missed my sons first mile stone. He did such a great thing and know one was there to watch him. So I felt like I let my son down again. If anyone read my blog a couple of weeks ago Conner did a back flip off my bed and landed on his stomach, yeah I deserve a blue ribbon. Anyway I carried my camera around with me the rest of the day on Thursday waiting for him to roll over again from his back to his stomach but he never did. But I was able to see him roll over today from his back to his stomach twice. Steve hasn't seen him do this he has been busy helping his brother with his yard. Tonight he is even sleeping over there because the cement is coming at 6:30 am and they didn't finish working till late tonight. So I treated myself to McDonald's and I rented a movie from RedBox. I watched New In Town. It was cute, kind of had a lot of swearing for a PG movie.
Friday night went fine with Conner he did wake up at 4:00 am because he rolled over and woke himself up. Saturday morning my mom and I went shopping. I had a store credit at Kohl's. I ended up getting a new pair of pants, a pair of short capri things, a shirt and an outfit for Conner. Most of it was all on their clearance racks. Then I went to Old Navy and bought two pairs of flip flops, brown and turquoise. Flip flops will definitely put a smile on my face. That and newly painted toe nails. Saturday night we went on a family date. It was so fun and rejuvenating being together as a family. We went to Texas Road House where we happened to see Dustin Thacker and his new wife. Conner did really well at the restaurant. Then we went to Wal-Mart, which is one of my favorite stores. I got a rolling pin and a new cutting board! I was so excited. New flip flops, a rolling pin and a cutting board. You wouldn't think that it could get any better but it did. I have mentioned a few times how one of my favorite things is to read to Conner; well I got 3 new books for him as well!! Green Eggs and Ham, Are You My Mother and Brown Bear Brown Bear. I read them to him this morning when he woke up. He did a new cute thing while I was reading. He looked at my mouth reached up his hand and put it in my mouth. He did this three times, I started to laugh.

Steve tried to make Conner look like a brown bear.
Sunday afternoon we laid out on a blanket in the backyard. To keep Conner cool we sprayed him with a spray bottle. He is doing this new funny thing where he sucks his top lip in. He'll do this while we are driving or whenever. Pretty funny.

Sunday night we went to my sister Debbie's house and had dinner and a game night. Guess what we had for dinner. BBQ nachos.

Latest and Greatest

Conner had his four month appointment on Tuesday and everything is looking great. He weighed 14.7 lbs which puts him in the 43rd percentile and he is 25 1/4" long and that puts him in the 64th percentile. The last couple of weeks Conner just hasn't been himself. He isn't talking as much or smiling as much either; I have really missed it. He has had a cold the last week and a half so his coughing would wake him up in the night and during the day he hasn't been getting any long naps. Well, last night we fed him cereal with a spoon for the first time. He had no idea what to do with it. We would put the food in his mouth and he would stick his tongue out a little as if he was getting ready to suck on the bottle. He pushed out a ton of the food but he did get some of it down. He ate at about 6:15 last night. Then we played with him and I gave him a bath and he was asleep by 8:30. He didn't wake up until 6:15 am. HE WENT 12 HOURS BETWEEN FEEDINGS AND DIDN'T WAKE UP ONCE IN THE NIGHT!!! I fell asleep around 10:45 and slept until 6:15, so why am I still tired? This morning I got my Conner back. He has been talking up a storm and smiling. After he woke up I fed him and then laid him on a blanket downstairs. I came back upstairs to lay by Steve for a couple more minutes. I could hear him talking from all the way downstairs, it was great. Here is our video of Conner's first time eating cereal with a spoon.


It's funny when I feed him with the bottle. As I get near his mouth with it he opens his mouth really big and then it is a race to see what is going to get inside his mouth first, the bottle or his fist. On the right I've started putting a picture of him from each of his birthdays. He only changed from the first to the second photo and now he looks the same every month.

Let Freedom Ring

For our 4th of July weekend we went camping. We left Thursday night and got home Saturday night. It was really nice; great weather. Conner had a little bit of a hard time keeping cool during the hotter hours of the day. We tried a few different things to help him out. We would get him completely naked and then get one of his blankets wet and then wrap him up in that. We also just let him be naked and sit on our laps. My mom got peed on quite a few times but it helped the heat rash to go away. The last thing that we did was empty out one of our totes and filled it up with water to give him a little bath. He seemed to enjoy that.
We took Steve's uncle's horses with us, and a couple 4-wheelers. My parents also joined us for the weekend, it was really nice. Steve and I hadn't gone on a horse ride in such a long time. The next day my back hurt so bad; I guess from bouncing so much. On Friday Lance, Amber and their kids joined us for part of the day and on Saturday Steve's parents as well as his sister Becca joined us for the day. Our dog Copper seemed to really enjoy it as well.

Camping is the only time Copper gets human food. Even then it's only if we have leftovers. But he loves it!

Steve and my dad on Uncle Mike's horses.

Conner staying in the shade, holding the umbrella.

Conner after his bath.

My sweet boys.


Rice cereal is the best thing ever!!! Last week I got a little antsy and started Conner a week early with rice cereal. I guess you are suppose to wait until they are 4 months. Anyway, Conner goes to bed at 8 o'clock and at about 10 o'clock we wake him up to eat rice cereal in his bottle of formula. He doesn't actually wake up all the way his eyes don't usually open and once he is done eating he sleeps until 6 o'clock. Hallelujah. Last night we put him down a little late, he ate his rice cereal and went to sleep around nine and slept until 5:45. Some people really get sad seeing their baby get big but I love it. Conner found his feet last week. It is so cute when he is laying on his back and he grabs his feet and brings them up to his face.

Another exciting thing happened this week, someone came to look at our house! I don't even mind if they don't put an offer in, I'm just glad we had someone look at it so quickly.

I still don't know what is up with my blog. When I used to post a picture the actual picture showed up where I was typing now it is just a bunch of mumbo jumbo. And it isn't letting me center my text. Does anyone else have the same problem?

What is up with my blog?

When I try to post a picture it says image uploaded but just a bunch of mumbo jumbo shows up.

Conner is doing really well. He is constantly on his side. If it wasn’t for his left arm being in the way he could totally roll over. He usually always has his hand, fingers or thumb in this mouth. Actually anything that gets in his hand goes in his mouth. Occasionally he makes himself gag and his eyes get all watery becaue he puts his fist too far down. Whenever I go to check on him in his crib I never know what position he’ll be in. Usually he has turned sideways in the crib. We had a nice Father’s Day Weekend. On Saturday Steve, Becca, Lori and I went fishing at Deer Creek. We didn’t catch anything, but we still had a nice time. Sunday was spent at our family’s houses. I made Steve a shirt that said Dad est. 2009. I made Conner a onsie that said, “I’m the best Father’s Day gift ever.”

This is everyone that went fishing. Steve, me, his sister Becca, and his sister Lori.

Here is Conner sucking his thumb.

Conner's new favorite position. He starts on his back and changes to this pretty quickly. While I was typing all of this he was talking like crazy then all of a sudden he stopped. I looked over at him and he's asleep. We have been very blessed.

On Thursday we went to the stock parade. It was fun to see all the horses. On Friday we had the Ferguson family reunion and on Saturday we had the Gray family and we went to the Lehi Rodeo. We aren''t going to go to the Lehi Rodeo anymore. We enjoy the P.G. rodeo SO much more.

Steve and Conner at the rodeo.For the Ferguson reunion they went to the parade and then had a hot dog roast.

It rained on us but Conner stayed nice and bundled.

Conner is getting so big! Today he rolled over from his front to his back!

On a side note, Conner fell of the bed on Friday. I felt like the worst mom ever. I left him in the middle of the bed and got in the shower, seriously 3 minutes into the shower I was almost done and I hear this THUD! then I hear Conner crying. I jumped out of the shower and he had done a back flip off of the bed. He started on his back and landed on his stomach. I took him to the doctor just to have him checked out and he was just fine. But he has doubled from his birth weight. He was born weighing 7.4 and on Friday he weighed 14.7.

Hopefully moving

After almost 3 years Steve and I would love to move. We are wanting something with horse property. We just need a buyer for our home. Take a look at the link on the right to see some pics.

Strawberry Days

Conner went to his first rodeo last night. He did very well. Slept through part of it, and I don't know how. It was pretty loud, especially the motorcycles. We had a lot of fun. I enjoy it a lot more than Lehi Round Up. It is nice not having reserved seating. Because if people are late they aren't fighting everyone to get to their seats. The clown guy was better. He did the coolest things with a horse. The horse did all these tricks. He would show us all his teeth when they were talking about the dentist. The horse laid on the ground on his side and the clown laid on top of him. All sorts of cool things, they also did the motorcycle thing and I enjoyed that more this year than any other year. They have a better set up. And of course strawberries and cream. Oh yeah, they also have a section for wheelchairs, so they can watch the rodeo. Next week we are going to the Lehi Round Up which I don't think is as nice. Last night we sat in an area that if you didn't get there early it was hard to get to. So Steve and I had used three rows part way through the rodeo. We sat in the middle one, rested our feet on the bottom one and laid our backs against the top one. Pretty comfy. Here are some pics of our night. He doesn't have pants in some of them because he leaked through. We did the sneakiest and fastest diaper change ever in our seats. There is a bull behind us but you can't really see it.Conner sleeping at the rodeo.

Loving The Rain

Steve and I have really enjoyed all this rain. We'll just stand on our front or back porch and listen, tonight we even stood in it. This was outside our front porch.

Conner has been having a rough time these last couple of weeks. One of the last posts I mentioned he has acid reflux, well we haven't been sleeping well because of it. I was so grateful a couple of days ago when I got 3 hours and 45 minutes of sleep at once. Before that it had only been 2 hours. So my mom asked if Conner could sleep at her house Friday night. Steve and I went out to dinner and then we borrowed my parent's Wii and went back to our house. After an hour away from Conner I wanted to see him but I didn't. He was great for my mom. He fell asleep at 7:50pm. She said he didn't make a peep until 10:45pm. He took a bottle and went right back to sleep. He woke up again at 3:30 am took another bottle and went back down. My dad woke up at 6:30am and went and peeked at Conner. He was just laying in the pack-n-play playing with his hands. I am SO grateful that he was good for her. Steve and I had a Wii competition after we got home from dinner, two days later my arm is still sore. On Saturday my brother-in-law and sister-in-law had their baby boy. While we were visiting them at the hospital we heard Conner's first real laugh. It was so neat. Steve and I just looked at each other and said was that a laugh?I made a cheesecake Saturday night and I woke up in the middle of the night to feed Conner and Steve had decorated the cheesecake. I thought it was so sweet.
I know these look disgusting but they are my favorite meal right now!!! I have had them five days in a row, yeah they are that good.
They are BBQ nachos. When we went to Memphis I tried some and the other day I was craving them. I am not a huge BBQ sauce fan but this sauce is GOOD! So start off with some tortilla chips, get some nacho cheese (the real stuff, not melted cheddar) and then I just use the canned chicken from Costco because you aren't going to want to have to wait for these. Now for the sauce, you need a sauce that has some sweetness to it. I found some at the A.F. Walmart in the bulk food section. I don't know why but I couldn't find it at the Saratoga Walmart. The brand is Cattleman's the flavor is Sweet and Spicy. Mix the chicken up with the sauce. Get it pretty saucy, then I heat everything up and add some sour cream at the end. OOhhh they're good.

Conner started falling asleep in his jumper I thought it was pretty cute.

The above video is of one of my favorite sounds.
So, I am sorry that my blog is all about Conner but this is pretty much my family journal. I enjoy Conner SO MUCH, it is crazy what one of his smiles will do for you. Today at church Steve leaned over to me and said, "He is getting so big, so fast. I think it's time to have another one." I just looked at him and said you go ahead and pray about that.

A Weekend Of Firsts

My third post this week. This weekend Conner had a bunch of firsts. On Friday he had a doctor's appointment because he has been acting different this week. He hasn't been sleeping as much and has been more fussy. The doctor thinks it could be acid reflux. So she gave us a Rx and it seems to be helping. He isn't spitting up near as much. Then we took Conner to his first wedding ceremony and reception. On Saturday, Conner had his first hot dog roast. As well as his first shoulder ride.Can you tell I'm too nervous to get near the fire with him? Saturday night he went to his first drive-in movie. We saw Night at the Museum 2 and X-Men origins: Wolverine. Night at the Museum was kind of boring. All the funny parts were in the previews. The X-Men one was pretty good. I love how we do drive-ins. We take a truck and blow up an air mattress to put in the back, then we pile on blankets, and take our pillows. And of course drinks and treats. It was really fun, but we didn't get home till 2:30 am.Conner staying warm at the drive-in.

Today is Conner's 3 month birthday! At his appointment
on Friday he weighed 13 lbs.

Tonight we went to my sister's house to celebrate my niece Kaylees one year birthday, she is such a cutie.

One of Steve's favorite things is to "munch" on Conner's chin. In one of the pictures it looks like Conner is trying to do it back. I love my family.