6 Months

Mina Mina Mina.

What to say about my sweet baby girl. 

I am madly crazy in love with you. 

You make our worlds turn round and round. You are beautiful inside and out. 

You make us laugh, cry, and just plain crazy all around. 

Some of Mina's Tricks:

Sit up by herself

Eating baby food...more like demolishing baby food. 

Scooting backwards, sideways, and rolling around....not forwards. 

Getting up on her knees

{almost} holding her own bottle

Screaming .... she is a cross between a teradactyl and a pig...she snorts after every scream

Laughing. She laughs at weird things...like Rupert eating.

Look at how little she used to be

I was going to get Mina's pics taken professionally for 6 months but i figured i'm decent with a camera and took a few by myself. We are getting our pics taken by the amazing Sharon Johnson in August so i figure we can wait till then....

Mina at 6 Months :

Burping makes Mina laugh

Mina was crying...Wes found out burping was funny to her. This video is product of the moment.

Ultimate Frisbee Widow and other things.

I am going to tell you about this funny little thing that often makes me feel jealous. 

Yes, i am jealous of ULTIMATE FRISBEE. Why you ask?? Every Tuesday and Thursday Wesley comes home and asks with a puppy dog eyes/smile combo, "can i go play frisbee?" of course I say yes. Wes works hard, he goes to school, and always helps out tremendously with Mina. But Wes also REALLY loves frisbee. 3 sometimes 3 and a half hours later he comes home. 

I mean, i love frisbee too, but geeeeeeez. that l  o  n  g ? 2 times a week? seriously?

I now understand all my friends who call themselves hunting widows or work widows. I don't get it. I have found that because these men work so hard or have to put so much interest into other things they put sooooooooo much passion into these things....that or they don't ever {truly} grow up. Here is another example of not growing up ever. 

This week i started a new job. I stay home all day and sometimes that makes me crazy. but i don't ever want to impede too much on my time with Mina. This job is wonderful because it is in our same apartment complex and i work a grave (which i get to sleep during) on Saturday night then take them to my ward on Sunday afternoon.

So we walk to church together. Wes sits down in a pew and almost instantly 

falls asleep!

So I say...did Mina not sleep well last night? 

He responds...no she slept all night...until 7am.

I say...oh were you up playing Video Games?

Wes says...{with shifty eyes} yep..

I say...how late were you up?

Wes says....ummmmmmmmm 4?!

4 o'CLOCK!?!?!?!?!?

Please tell me i am not crazy for thinking this is ridiculous!!! See when I am home I am totally for Wes having fun and playing video games for a few hours but I request that it is off by 11:00. I guess the kid came out of Wes and he saw the opportunity to stay up...WAY later then he knew was responsible. See....they never grow up.

Are you a widow to anything...or am I the only one? Tips, Hints, Comments?

Update/photo dump

So we are all doing really well actually. i love staying at home/running a catering business/going to school. Wes is working and going to school as well! We got to go to Oregon this month! And Mina also had her 4 month check-up.

Mina is 15.7 pounds and 26 inches tall. She is huge. i love it! i think she gets sick of me kissing her cheeks all day long. 

I am going to be starting babysitting for my friend Amanda's friend. We will be babysitting two little girls and i am super duper excited! It will be fun for Mina to have little friends to play with and have fun!

These pictures are from The Agape Project I participated in! I was really lucky to have any part in it.  i posted the video below so you can watch it. Briana was the mastermind of this and she is awesome!

this is thus far one of my favorite pictures of Wesley and Mina. so sweet.

Wes, Our friend Jaron, and I went to a concert on campus. We accidentally were right by the mosh pit. Jaron's wife Hanna stayed with Mina because she didnt really wanna go.

I may have already posted this...in fact i think i did ... but its cute.

Mina really tends to have a Deer In Headlights look a lot. lol

While in Portland Wes and I went to the temple on my birthday. The temple was also built in 1989 which is the year i was born.

After the temple Wes took me to Cheesecake Factory. I got an Eggplant sandwich and we had yummy banana cream cheesecake.

I also got to hang out with Desha, Carrie and Katie. It was fun.

We went to saint Cupcake. This is a vanilla vanilla and a salty captain.

We also ventured to Powell's Books.

This was on our drive home! We stayed the night in Boise.

This is Rupert being...weird.

My friend Trevor brought his puppy Dexter. Trevor snapped this of them. sooo cute.

Me, Shantell, and Briana. We had a party at Chik Fil A

Aly, Me, Lucas, and Wes at Lagoon. It was fun!

Mina's first time swimming! She looks so cute!

Mina's first time eating Prunes. she loves them!

Mina is happiest in her exersaucer these days. Lots of activities for her plus she gets to stand up.

Mina's first time to First Dam to feed the duckies.

My mother's days flowers. Wes got my favorite...Lilies.

The not so wonderful pic of the Eclipse.

Chubby pic.

Rupert again!

Mina really wanted my green smoothie.

This is Trevor with one of our mustache cupcakes. He is an amazing help with the cupcake business.

Me with the mustache cupcakes.

For our anniversary we went to Macaroni Grill...i got seriously some of the most amazing mashed potatoes there.

Mina usually takes one 20 minute nap and it is usually only if i hold her.

This is from Oregon's Portland Saturday Market. Awesome Acapella group

my parent's neighbor boys were all in the backyard with their parents. Wes showed them how to dance. they like the body roll the most. here is their hilarious attempt.