Wow it's been a long time since I have put a post out! We have been so busy the past month and are just having so much fun enjoying our family on these beautiful summer days. Since we have been so busy, I have about a gazillion pictures of our fun so I will probably put a few posts up over the next couple of days.
One of our favorite things to do over the summer is just hang outside and play. Jarred loves playing in his pool. He isn't afraid of the water at all which is mostly a good thing...until he forgets that he can't put his whole head in the water. Although, he has yet to suck in a bunch of water (knock on wood) for which I'm grateful. We spend a lot of evenings with our neighbors and their 2 little boys. J and C are the same age (C is older by 1 month) so they can cause a lot of trouble together and keep all of us on our toes. Here is a slide show of some random outside pics. (Remember to pause the music at the bottom of the blog to be able to hear the video clips)
I was brave this year and participated in my company's annual golf outing. Our foursome consisted of myself, Kim, Steve, and Dave. We all did pretty well if I do say so myself :) My legs only really shook on every hit of the first hole from all of the nerves. I thought it would last much longer than that! I was so proud of myself! Even though our foursome didn't rank so well overall, we did end up taking home a few of the special prizes: closest to the pin for both men and women (Dave and myself), most time in the sand (Dave), and women's longest drive (me!). I was pretty excited to win the longest drive for the women even though there were only like 6 women in the whole tournament, but oh well. I did hit it like 220 yd and it was the second hole for us so I still had some jitters. Here are some fun pics of our afternoon off of work.
Here is the wall that the crib is on. It took Dan and I a long time to get this wall 
Here's J's cute 
Here is his dresser and changing table for now. I guess it will lose the changing part at some point over the next year. 
We never put the crib quilt in his crib and I liked it too much to just put it away. So, my mom gave me a quilt hanger shelf so I could make it a piece of art for his room. The picture on the top of the shelf is one from his 18 week ultrasound. 
Here is our rocking corner. The rocker was the same rocker that my mom used with my sisters and brother for the past 12 years. She re-upholstered it a dark green to go with the room. On the back of the rocker is an adorable blanket made by a close family friend of D
And last but not least, here is his closet. I would say he has quite a few polo shirts. What do you think? 
I hope you enjoyed the tour of J's room. If you are interested in seeing other people's kids rooms and nurseries, head on over to 
This past weekend Dan and I took a trip to Texas for our friend Bia's wedding and J stayed at home with Nana and Pop. This was the first time that both of us had been far away from him at the same time. It was a bit nerve-wrecking for me to say the least. I had so many reservations about leaving my baby even though I knew he would be absolutely fine playing with his aunts and uncle at my parents house. We ended up having a really good weekend in Texas. I think we called J at least twice a day and each time we called he was having too much fun and was too preoccupied to say anything other than hi, tell us what he was doing at that moment, i love you, and bye. It's probably better that way because if he got upset when I called I think I would have been on the next flight out of Dallas! He was super excited to see us on Sunday though which made me so happy! So a big thanks to Nana and Pop for watching my baby for the weekend! 
Park City Utah
4 years ago
