Finally, a Champion!

So for the past three years one of my main goals in college was not to make straight A's nor to graduate college with honors, but to win an intramural championship t-shirt! Don't ask me why this was so important to me.. maybe it is the fact that our team has come so close to winning the top division every year, but just not able to pull off the victory in the championship game. Well we finally did it and I now have my very own championship t-shirt! Woohoo!
The winning team!


Of course my two biggest fans (Ethan and Justin) were there to root me on...

My good friend Alicia and I showing off the shirts.

He is getting so big!

This past week we took Ethan to the doctor and at 3 1/2 months old he weighs in at 14lbs 2oz! He is still such a good baby and he brings so much joy to our little family. He is starting to grab things a little more easily now and of course loves to put any object in his mouth! He is almost rolling from his back to his stomach and the same from his stomach to his back. He is in such a fun stage right now. I was telling Justin that I will be even more excited to have another one because now I know how much fun they get after the first month or two!I will also try to upload some video on here in the next week.
We bought him a fun little activity floor gym that he loves! It makes tummy time a lot more bearable for him and it keeps him entertained for quite awhile!

He always makes this face when we try to take pictures of him!

Becuase of his torticollis we had to buy him "The Cradler." This goes in his car seat and makes him keep his head straight...he pretty much hates it.

Unsolved Mystery

For some reason my drop down box that had all of my friends blog links mysteriously dissapeared.. any one have any ideas as to where it went and how to get it back?

My Sweet Husband

This week has been a pretty stressful week for me with midterms, papers, and projects due. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like whenever weeks like this arise housework just kinda takes the backburner for awhile. Before the days of trying to juggle school, work and Ethan (i.e. this last summer)I was able to keep a pretty clean house for the most part. Now when Ethan is asleep (which is less and less everyday now)it's no longer clean house time but get as much homework done as we can time. So anywho, on Monday I came home from the testing center (after taking a 115 question test)to a beautifully cleaned home! My sweet husband deep cleaned the whole house for me while I was gone and it looked wonderful! Although this is definitly not the first time he has helped me out like this before, I just thought I would publicly brag on Justin and what an amazing husband he is for me. I am so grateful for his thoughtful nature and appreciate the nice things he always does for me!I am so lucky!

This picture is one from when we went to Hawaii this last April...

3 Months Old!

Here are some recent pictures of Ethan. These were taken on the 7th of October, and he will be 3 months old tommorrow ( the 9th)! Time sure does fly by. He is still such a good baby and has been sleeping through the night for the past couple of weeks. I actually have to wake him up at about 8:00am so I can feed him and head off to class...who knows how long he would sleep if I let him! He has started sleeping in his own crib in his own room and does great with it. It is starting to get cold up here, however, and so last night he woke me up crying. I went in to see what was wrong, picked him up, and realized that he was like ice.. he was so cold! Because of that he has developed a nice little cold, but is surprisingly still just as happy. So Justin and I are going to seal up his window (to stop the draft from coming in) and hopefully turn on the heater soon. Crazy to think.. running the heat in October?! Enjoy the pics!P.S. Family: Just click on the pictures to see a larger version :-)

In his bouncer



Having fun in his crib. He loves his mobile that Grandpa Sims gave him.

All ready to go to the football game in his Snugli!

Betty Crocker Watch Out!

So on Sundays I try to either bake or cook something new and have never quite been too succesful with the baking part. I have never baked a decent batch of cookies and when trying to make peach cobbler, I burned it to a crisp. So yesterday I deceided to make a homemade apple pie ( the crust and all!)! Needles to say it took a little longer than it probably should have ( oh..like 2 hours longer), but was it worth it?! Yes! It came out spectacular! So I couldnt pass up the oppotunity to take a picture or two and write about my wonderful experience in finally baking something worth eating!

Our little Cougar!

We took Ethan to the season opening BYU football game a few weeks ago. We were a little worried that he might freak out with the band and the crowd being so loud but did that bother him??? Of course not! Our little buddy slept through the whole thing! At the very end of the game he woke up and so we took a quick picture. Justin and I are so grateful that he doesn't mind going to volleyball games, football games, etc. because we love going to them!!


He was all smiles for Justin and I before going to church last Sunday! He is starting to smile, giggle, coo and blow raspberries.. so fun!