Thanksgiving Vacation!

So, alot has happened since my last post.  I guess right now I'm just procrastiniting doing the dishes, but hey, it gets something done on my to do list. 
This Thanksgiving we went and saw Grandma and Grandpa Ferrin in St. Helens, Oregon.  It was really pretty up there and we had a blast!  We drove up to Salt Lake City and flew to Portland from there.  We had to drive up the night before our flight so that we made sure we were on time thanks to all the new security messures they are putting up.  The scanners found something "suspicious" in my purse, so I got the pat down.  WHAT?!?  It was in my purse, why would I have anything on me?  Anyway, after that we caught our flight and headed up to Portland where Grandma Eliza, Uncle Brian and Great Grandma Melva Ferrin meet us after we got off the plane.  It was fun to see people we knew after we got off.  David did great on the flight.  He went to sleep as we were landing which was the bumpiest part of the whole trip. 

 

Grandma Eliza Ferrin and David Blaine Ferrin

 

Great Grandma Melva Ferrin and David Blaine Ferrin.  David really liked playing with her cane.

Thanksgiving day rolled around and I even helped make some pies!  They turned out pretty good.  I learned how to play cribbige.  Josiah's whole family loves to play that game.  The day after Thanksgiving instead of going to the Black Friday sales, we went to the beach!  I think we all had a great time. 
We went and saw Haystack Rock and then went to sea side aquarium that is right off the ocean.  They had some seals there that clapped when you would feed them fish.  It was fun to watch them.  Every night the place where the seals were kept would be drained and refilled with fresh ocean water.  I thought that was cool. 

 

Haystack Rock.

 

It was really cold there.  I'm glad we brought our winter coats!

Here is everyone in the group.  From left to right, Grandpa JD Ferrin, Grandma Eliza Ferrin, Uncle Matthew Ferrin (I think he his holding David)  Great Grandma Melva Ferrin, Uncle Brian Ferrin and me!  Josiah is taking the picture.

 

David and Mom

 

These pictures are from the Sea Side Aquarium

This is the Astoria tower in Oregon.  It has 159 steps. (I think I counted right.)

Here I am at the top of the Astoria tower.  It was very windy and cold at the top.  In the background you can see the Astoria bridge and a big boat too.

Here is our 4 generation picture.  David didn't want to look at the camera for any of the pictures! 

On our way back to the airport to go home.

Here we are on the airplane.  It was kind fun to fly!  Alot less stress than driving.

When we got back there had been a BIG snow storm and our car was covered with at least 10 inches of snow!  I swear! :~)

Going to the park

The other day we went to the park and had so much fun!  Josiah and I were both a little tired when we got there so we laid out a blanket and looked at all the clouds in the sky.  We made some pretty interesting shapes!
Josiah had today off!!!  I was so excited.  My family came down from Cedar City and spent the day with us.  My mom and I went to the temple.  It's the first time I've been back since David was born I think!  It was so good to go.  After the temple my mom and I came back and got the boys and went to the mall and then over to get some ice cream!  Now they are spending the night because it got a little too late for mom to be driving.

David rolling the ball to Josiah

Josiah reading a story to David.  So cute! :-)

David at the park.  He's trying to reach for the camera!

Look at those blue eyes!

7 months a trip and a birthday... :-)

David is growing bigger and more mobile every day.  He has learned how to roll over!  He rolls to anything in the room and plays with it which prompted a very fast baby proofing of the things at his level.  David can scoot all the way around in a circle on his tummy and often gets stuck under the chair or piano bench while he tries to reach the peddles. So cute!
This month marks David's 7 month birthday!  I can't believe how fast he is growing up.  :)

David Blaine Ferrin, 7 months old in this picture.

Josiah is still working at his job and I'm just a stay at home mom.  We are both planning on going to school in the fall.  Josiah will be going back to Dixie and hopefully getting close to completing his program!  I will not be going back to Dixie since I didn't do so hot in my music classes, I love playing the violin, but those music history and theory classes are a killer!  I will instead be going to the DXATC. They have a certificate you can get in AUTOCAD.  That was my major at SUU before I transferred to Dixie. I also hope to be getting my Associates from Dixie soon.  Still need to talk to a councilor about that one.

 My brother Chad was making David laugh!  So cute. :)

At the end of May we took a trip to Morenci, Arizona.  That is where Josiah grew up!  It was tons of fun.  We left after he got back from work and traveled all through the night.  We made pretty good time and got there about 11 the next day.  It was a long drive, I'm so glad that Josiah did most of the driving.  I was having the hardest time staying awake!  All in all we spent about a week there I think.  Every day was filled with something to do.  The whole reason we went was for Josiah's 10 year class reunion.  When he found out about it from some of his class mates Josiah was determined that we had to go.  I'm glad that we did.  We went to a dinner/dance one night where everybody was having such a good time.  I think Josiah and I were the first ones to open up the dance floor.  We danced to a country swing dance.  Sad to say, we were the only dancing to that kind of music, so the DJ put on some rap or something loud and lots more people came out to dance.  After that it was about midnight so we left to get back to our little David.  The next day was Sunday.  For those who didn't grow up in an LDS community, there was no church in their town!  Since the town is owned by the mine and the church likes to buy their property there was no LDS meeting house there.  It was interesting. We traveled for about a half hour to get to church.  I think everyone from the entire county meets there.  Relief Socitey was different than I expected.  There was no one to play the piano!  We sang along to a recording.  I take it for granted that everyone knows how to play the piano or at least the top hand.  Later that afternoon there was the second part of the class reunion.  It was a picknick in the park.  I think that part was fun.  We got to see everyone in the day light with their kids.  Josiah knew everyone there so he was off visiting the entire time.   It was fun to go there and see everyone!

 This is at the park in Morenci, Arizona.

This month has been another adventure.  I baby sat my Aunt D and Uncle D's children, 4 in all, and my own for a week while the went to work.  It was hard at first, but got easier as I got into the routine of things.
My friend Brittany came down to celebrate her 22nd birthday with us since all of her family was out of town.  It was way fun!  We played video games and watched moves and had cake.  Then the girls, Brittany and I (we left Josiah tending David), went shopping!  It was fun to get out with out David (as much as I love him, sometimes I just need a break!).  So, Happy Birthday to my friend!  I had a great time. :D 

My friend Brittany Reeves!  She came down and celebrated her 22nd birthday with us. So fun!!!

In August we are planning a trip up to Salt Lake City, Utah to go and see some friends who moved a little over 3 months ago.  The moved up there so the husband can go to school for his degree.  I am so excited to go and see them!

That's all for now.  I'll write more if I want to... or not at all for a month.  I'll just take it one day at a time for now.  Now to add the pictures. :D  Pictures added, enjoy!

David at 6 months

Wow.  Haven't posted since March.  It's already June!  Time does fly by way too fast.  David is growing up so fast it's crazy.  He just celebrated his 6 month day this past Sunday.  I can't believe it's been six months since I had him, it seems just yesterday we were coming home from the hospital.

We also introduced solid food to David the week before his 6 month mark.  It was so cute to see his expression when he tasted the rice cereal for the first time.  At first he didn't like it so we waited 5 mins and came back, then he ate up the whole bowl full.  The next week (which would be last week) we started introducing peas to him.  Again he wasn't quite sure about it but ended up loving them.  He likes it when I warm them up for a few before he eats it.

Here he is waiting for the next bite.  You can see the spoon in the upper right corner coming in for a landing! :)

Being a mom is so much fun!  There are hard times, like when he won't go to sleep or screams for no reason, but there are so many more fun times that it makes everything worth it.

He loves playing with this empty chip bag, it makes lots of noise.

David Blaine Ferrin

Best baby in all the whole wide world!

We captured David's first laugh.
It happened on February 26, 2010.