Sit back and relax, this could take a while

Sorry this is really long. Hope you enjoy!

Sydney Marie

Well our newest little addition has finally arrived, Sydney Marie. She came at 1:21 a.m. Thursday, November 29th. She weighed 7 lbs. and was 20 inches long. She was luckily a faster delivery than Landen was. It took only seven hours from when I noticed I was having contractions, and they were hard contractions from the beginning and only four hours from when my water broke to when she arrived. Yeah. That is a lot better than 15 hours. Landen is handling the new sister situation really well. He loves to be close to her and ooh and awe at her. He likes to point to her ears, eyes and mouth (I have been teaching him body parts so he points to them on Sydney. ) It is so cute to see him interact with her. Everyday he wants to interact with her more and more. Landen seems so big now. After holding Sydney he is so big. My mom is staying with me for a week, which is so nice and I'm so grateful for all she does for me. Bryron's mom was also a big help. She watched Landen for me while I was in labor and all the next day. We are glad to have a healthy beautiful baby girl.


This was a taken a few days before she was born.. I'm huge and so ready to give birth!


Our little family! Sorry Byron your eyes werent open.


Landen admiring his baby sister.

Latest Singleton Happenings

Well we have been busy lately with the move and all. Here are a few pictures of the latest happenings.


A trip to Show Low to visit with Grandma and Grandpa. He loves to play outside.


I am 30 weeks in this picture. I guess I need an updated one. Currently I am 37 weeks.


Here is Byron wearing his "shades" after getting his eye surgery. He loves not having to wear glasses and I love it too. I think he is way sexier without his glasses.


This was taken at our Ward Halloween party. I am a Lady Bug - thanks Shauna for letting me borrow your costume. And Landen is a Lion. He loved his costume. He walked around the party like he was all that. I was afraid he wouldn't wear the hood, but it didn't even phase him.


My little Lion!


This is one part of our living room. We have to paint all of the walls because the guy tried to patch up crayon and marker marks and holes with flat paint. The normal paint is a semi gloss so you can totally see where he painted. The poor house was a mess when we moved in. We had to clean everything. Get the carpet cleaned, which was a waste of money because you can still smell the human urine all over it so now we have to replace the carpet. He painted everywhere in the house and it looks like crap. The backyard was a disaster, dog poop everywhere and dead weeds, which explains the next picture.


There were so many dead weeds that Byron decided to burn them. He also burned all the scrap wood the man left and some cupboards he left in the garage. It sure did take a long time, in fact he will probably have to finish the rest later since the fire department told him to be done by midnight.

So that is the latest of the Singleton happenings. Sorry it is so long. But you all know how rare it is for me to post pictures. So just enjoy. You probably won't see pictures again until the baby arrives.

WE ARE MOVING!!!

Yeah I am so excited!!!! We are finally moving out of our tiny apartment. We are going to join the rest of you out in Queen Creek. My parents own a house out there and they had to evict the renters due to not paying their rent. So we get to move in. Yeah. We will be moving in the next couple of weeks. I can't wait. It will be quite a longer drive for Byron to go to work, but it will be worth it. He is only 5-10 minutes away from work now depending on traffic. Now he will have to drive almost an hour. It will be quite the adjustment for me to do my shopping. I am within 2-5 miles of every store imaginable, inlcuding a mall. So moving out there I will have to drive a lot further to do my shopping. But oh well. I am just exctied to finally be in a house. Landen is going to love the backyard. He loves to be outside. I am also glad to be in a house before the baby comes. It would be really crowded with two kids in our apartment. But then again, I think of how spoiled we as a generation have become. Most young couples now live in huge houses where as when our parents were raising their children, they lived in smaller living quarters and with two or more children all crowded in. Wow! Think what kind of homes our children will be living in.

My mom wanted me to let everyone know that she finally posted some pictures if you want to take a look at them.

Latest Update

Well for the latest update on our little family.
This past Saturday Byron had the Lasik surgery done. He didn't qualify for the newest kind of lasik because the Dr. said his cornia was too thin, so he did the older type. Which they say is actually safer. The bad part about the older type is he can't drive for a week. So I have been taking him to work and picking up, which he shouldn't even be going to, but he is stubborn as a mule and won't listen to me. I only hope this doesn't slow the healng process down or ruin his eyes. He was apparently in a lot of pain yesterday. But again, my stubborn little mule won't take the pain meds because he says he likes pain, it lets him know he's healing.
The mean ole wife that I am acutally left him this past weekend to go to my parents house. So his mom had to take care of him. A cousin of mine was in town from Texas and all of us cousins were going to get together. But it is his own fault, he knew I was going to Show Low before he scheduled his surgery. Landen sure did miss him. When we got home last night, every time Byron left his site, he got upset.
Landen is so much fun. His personality is so cute. He is into everything. Every room we go into, he destroy's. I call him my little tornado. It is so amazing to me how fast they learn and pick up on things. They are truly little sponges. He likes to play with my broom. He will try to sweep my floor and then he gets the dust pan, sweeps the fake dirt into the dust pan and then dumps the dirt into the trash can. He loves cords and outlets. Luckily I have the plastic plugs in all the outlets or he will find a cord and try to plug it in. He sure is a chatter box too. I love to hear him talk. He is also letting me know through body language when he wants something. If he is hungry, he goes and stands by the fridge and makes a sound like huhuhhuh. Or he points at things that he wants, or when he is tired sometimes he will grab my hand and take me to his room and lay down on his bed. It is so cute.
I am now only 9 weeks away from delivery. I am hoping she will be early like Landen was, even though my mom would like me to have her on her birthday which is on the 6th of December. So we will just have to wait and see when she comes. We are still undecided on a name for her. She sure is moving around a lot. She kicks me all the time in the ribs and doesn't let me sleep sometimes at night. It is so hard to get comfortable. I guess she is preparing me for when she comes.
Well that is our family in a nut shell.

New Design

Thank you Katie for this cute new design. I love it.

High School - GO COUGARS!!!!!

Fill this out about your years in high school! The longer ago it was,the more fun the answers will be!!
1. Who were your friends? Well every year it changed. I had the most friends my Freshman year and every year after that a few dropped off. So my Senior year I only had a few. I mostly hung out with Mindy, Cammy, Sam, Ammon, Kara, Jaida, and Carissa.
2. What sports did you play? Cross Crountry 3 years, they didn't have it my Freshman year or I would have done it then also. Track for 2 years.
3. What kind of car did you drive? Toyota Camry
4. On a Friday nights what were you doing? Football game, then just hanging out
5. Were you a party animal? nope
6. Were you considered a flirt? nope
7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Band. I played the flute
8. Were you a nerd? No
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? Suspended for having too many detentions. This was all my brothers fault. My Freshman year I had to ride to school with my brothers. Well they were always late everyday so my mean teacher gave me a detention everytime I was late. And when you get a certain amount of detentions, you get suspended.
10. Can you still sing the fight song? nope
11. Who was your favorite teacher? I don't think I had a favorite teacher.
12. Where did you sit during lunch? At my house or a friends
13. Name the school full name? Show Low High School
14. School mascot? Cougars
15. School Colors? Green and Gold
16. Rival high school? Blue Ridge
17. Did you go to Prom? Yes.
18. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Yes! I'd do lots of things DIFFERENTLY!
19. What do you remember most about graduation? It was a really windy day outside (we had our ceremony outside. The first class to actually succeed without running inside during the middle of the ceremony due to the rain)
20. Where did you go senior skip day? I honestly can't remember. I know I did ditch though.
21. Favorite memory? Just hanging out with my friends at school.
22. Were you in any clubs? Does student council count as a club.
23. Where did you go most often for lunch? home.
24. Have you gained some weight since then? Of course I have. I was in cross country and track. That kept me in shape. Now I sit on my bum all day.
25. Who was your Senior prom date? Junior prom - Toby Gilmore, Senior - Trenton Arney
26. Are you planning on going to your 10-year reunion? of course
27. Who was your home room teacher? I don't remember having a home room teacher in high school.
28. Who will re-post this after you? I don't know
29. Who was your high school sweetheart? I didn't have a boyfriend in high school.
30. Do you still talk to people from high school? Of course.
31. Did you win prom queen or king? No I didn't win. But at least I made it into the top 10.
32. Where did you work in high school? I only had summer jobs - Public Library, some pizza place I can't remember the name of, City Hall and Sonic.
33. What were your grades? B average
34. What was your dress style? Ugly. My Sophmore year I was having body image issues so I wore big baggy shirts a lot, which only made me look bigger. Otherwise it was always jeans and a t-shirt.
35. What year did you graduate? 1998

Anniversary

Yesterday was our third anniversay. I can't believe we have been married for three years already. And to think, we will have two kids. Crazy. I am so thankful for Byron and all he does for me. I love him so very much and I love him more everyday. So, sorry we didn't make it to the swim party at Aunt Lydia's last night. Sorry I didn't get to see you Sariah. I hope you enjoyed your stay here.

1 YEAR OLD

He is upset in this picture because he touched the candle wick after I blew it out, so it was still a little hot.

Well my baby turned a year old on Tuesday. We had a party for him Wednesday night at my parents house. He sure did love eating his cupcake. And I forgot to put his bib on. Oh well. He sure did enjoy his little treat. My older two brothers and their families and my friend Mindy and her family came over to celebrate with us. He loved all the new toys he got for his birthday. My poor baby was in desperate need for big boy toys. All the toys he plays with are his baby toys.
Landen is walking all over. Now that he walks, he rarely crawls unless he has to. It only took a short while for him to really get the hang of it. His top two teeth finally came through. It took forever for them to come in. I was beginning to worry if they were ever going to come in.
He had his year old Dr. appointment on Tuesday. I know, what a mean mom taking my baby to the Dr. on his first birthday. He had to get two shots. Poor thing. Luckily he hasn't been sick from them. He weighs 20 lbs 7.5 ounces and he is 30 inches tall. He is still in the 10th percentile for weight but continues to be in the 50th percentile for height.

BOY OR GIRL???????

Well this morning I went and had my ultrasound. I am 20 weeks along and the baby weighs 11 ounces. Everything in the ultrasound looks good. And to find out the sex of our little one..............It's a GIRL! We are so excited. Now we just have to come up with a name. We can't agree on one. Everyone I like, Byron doesn't. So we will have to brainstorm.

Family Update

WOW! I haven't written in a very long time. A lot has occurred. We have been very busy this summer.
To begin, my youngest sister Shauna graduated from High School at the end of May. My mom is very sad to see her move out at the end of the summer.

Then in June, we took a weekend trip to Roosevelt Lake with my family. It was lots of fun. I was only able to ride on the boat since I am pregnant, but Landen and I had fun riding the boat. Everyone else rode a tube behind the boat or they rode on the jet ski's.




In the middle of June, all of my side of the family took our annual trip to Rocky Point. That was a lot of fun. We went to a resort this time. The beach we were at wasn't as good as the beach we have gone to in the past, so we mostly swam in the pool.
















In July, Byron's family had a reunion at Mormon Lake. It was really nice there until the lightning started a forest fire. So the smoke just about killed us. And that was only the second day we were there. The first day, luckily we were able to ride our quads and go out in the woods. The rest of the time we just had to make due and find something to do. Landen loved it while we were there. He loved playing in the dirt and getting dirty and eating it. Ever since Rocky Point, Landen has been a lot more attached to Byron. Yeah for me to get a small break every once in a while. Sadly, while I was at Mormon Lake, Sherry went through the temple to take out her endowments. I wish I didn't miss that, but there was nothing I could do about that.


















This past weekend my sister Sherry was married to McKay Mills. The wedding was very beautiful and of course Sherry looked very beautiful.













On Saturday, I went with my parents and brothers to my cousin Ronnie's "Little Red" Cabin near Vernon. We rode four wheelers and lots of the group went crawling into a dark cave. I would like to go in there someday when I'm not pregnant. I think it would be fun.



So now I am back home after a very busy two weeks. I have only been home for one day since the 3rd of July. However, you know what that means now. Time to clean, clean, clean. Except one problem, Landen now has a fever and all he wants me to do is hold him all day. Poor baby.

Pictures!!!!!

My birthday picture - 27 years old

Eating my crackers

Playing x-box with my Dad

I found the candy stash! Yummy, suckers!

Me and Great Grandma

I'VE BEEN TAGGED!!!!

Like Aunt Connie, I'm too lazy (have limited time between Landen's naps) to write out the directions to this game. So read someone else's blog to get the directions for this game. Also, somewhere it went from writing seven facts about ourselves to eight.

1. I, like Bailey have a few OCD issues. I have to have all of my books, CD's, and movies alphabatized. I also arrange my clothes by color, length of the sleeve, and the season. I have to have my clothes and towels folded a certain way. If someone else is folding my clothes and it's not done right, I will re-fold them.

2. I always wished I could sing and dance. When I was a little girl, my Dad had a trailor parked on our street. After school, I would use the trailor as my stage and sing and dance on it.

3. I hate being pregnant. Pregnancy is just no walk in the park for me. So sorry to those of you who love to be pregnant. I know it isn't supposed to be easy, but I just don't like it. But I do LOVE the end product.

4. I love to organize also. When I was in college, I would always go home and organize my mom's cupboards for her. That is how I got started in scrapbooking. One Christmas break I was bored and started going through all of my mom's pictures and decided to organize them in certain categories.

5. I have to have a water bottle with me all the time. People always call me a camel cause I drink so much water. However, for some reason when I'm pregnant water makes me sick. So I can only drink a sip at a time.

6. I love babies. Before I had one of my own, I always wanted and was more than willing to hold one. Now that I'm a mother, I realize I probably drove a lot of mothers crazy always wanting to hold their baby.

7. I like to collects things, especially elephants and care bears.

I believe everyone by now has been tagged already.

9 Months Old

Today, my little baby is 9 months old. I can't believe it. He is so much fun. He loves to talk. He just babbles on and on sometimes. His little personality keeps coming out more and more. He likes to stand and hold on to you and blow air on you, maybe they are his versions of kisses. He can be so sweet sometimes and so onry(spelling?) Last night we were eating dinner and I gave him a few bites of my potatoes and then they were all gone. He wanted more. When he couldn't have anymore he threw the biggest fit I have ever seen. He threw his arms up and down and screamed. It was so funny.
He is crawling now and cruising along the couch. He loves to stand and walk with us. So now that he is crawling, he can follow me around, which is good sometimes. Especially, now that I'm pregnant again. When I have to lay down, he can just crawl over to me or over to whatever he wants.
He had he well checkup today. He weighs 18 lbs 1.5 ounces. Which puts him in the 10th to 25th percentile. His height is 28 1/2 inches. 50th percentile. Since he isn't gaining very much, due to no longer being breastfed and won't take a bottle, the Dr. said I have to start feeding him rice cereal and make it with formula and add an extra scoop of formula to the cereal so he will be sure to get all of his nutrients. It isn't like I am starving him. He still eats like a pig. He eats 6-7 little containers of baby food, plus crackers, plus whatever I'm eating that he wants to eat and is able to eat. There for a while, I had to give him water in a medicine dropper. Just barely he is learning to drink out of a sippy cup. I have tried to give him formula in a sippy, but he just spits it out and continues to spit. That is funny to watch. He's like, Mom, why are you feeding me this disgusting stuff?" So I will have to continue to experiement with him to try to get him to drink more liquids.
Otherwise, we are doing well. I'm not near as sick with this baby as I was with Landen. Thank you everyone for your prayers. So now people think it is a girl. I guess we will just have to wait and see. Our insurance is going to fix our truck luckily. So hopefully it will be done by the time we go to Rocky Point at the beginning of June. And good thing they cover a rental car for 30 days. Byron is doing well. He continues to work hard all the time.

TUNDRA VS ELK

Needless to say, Tundra won; barely. This past Saturday we had quite the night. We were in Show Low for a friends baby shower and Byron decided to go home Saturday night. My parents were planning on coming down to Mesa Monday morning, so I decided to stay. After Byron left, he called me 30 minutes later and I knew instantly that something was wrong. Sure enough, he said he hit an elk. Or should I say an elk hit him. He was even driving slower than usual. He said he didn't even know he hit something until the air bags exploded. So my parents and I drove out to Heber to get him. The whole right side of the truck was smashed really good. And the passenger door won't open. All I can say is good thing I wasn't with him. Byron is ok. His back is just sore. We thought for sure the truck would be totaled, but our insurance sent someone out to Heber this morning to check it out and they said they would fix it. So we our without our truck for a few weeks or so. Luckily, our insurance covered a rental car. It was so sad to see our nice new truck all destroyed. I hope it will look the same when we get it back.

ROCK A BY BABY! BOY OR GIRL?

That's right? I'M PREGNANT!!!! This news has come to a shock to Byron and I. We weren't planning on this new little surprise. This new little is expected to arrive in mid December, I think.
So for a favor from all of you, please pray for me that I won't get sick like I was sick with Landen. If I get sick like I did before, then who would take care of my little man. I would probably have to move home, which I don't want to do because who then would take care of Byron and then I would have to leave my calling in the primary which I am loving right now. So please pray for me.. Thanks.

Happy Easter

Well our Easter was a little different this year. We didn't go to any of our families houses. Byron's family actually went to Vernon to spend Easter with his grandparents. We couldn't go up there because I didn't feel right leaving the Primary president all by herself, since the first counselor went out of town. So I fixed Easter dinner for Grandma and Jason. Jason couldn't go home because he had to speak in his ward. So I fixed a ham and potatoes with cornflakes and a salad and brownies and ice cream for dessert. Grandma really seemed to enjoy herself. Jason walked into my apartment and saw the potatoes and said, "I'm so glad you made those potatoes. I called mom earlier and was sad that she had fixed them." Byron had told me earlier in the day that he wished I hadn't invited anyone over because he wanted to just sit around and relax. I told him to get used to it, cause once we get into our house we are going to have people over a lot. I love cooking for other people and having get togethers. So that was our Easter. I'm so grateful for the Savior and his sacrifice for me. I know that only through him can we truly repent and return back to him.

Today Landen had a check up Dr. appointment to follow up on an earlier ear infection. He now weighs 17 lbs. 11 oz. and he is 28 1/4 inches long. He sure is getting tall. I can't believe he is already 8 months old. When did my baby grow up? He is learning to wave good-bye. He is babbling on and on all day. Sometimes you wish you could tell him to be quite. He doesn't crawl yet. He scoots backwards, can turn himself around, walks with us holding his hands and is trying to pull himself up. Yesterday, Grandma was wearing a necklace and she was holding Landen by the hands. He was trying to walk up her leg to get to that necklace. It was the funniest thing to watch. He is such a determined little bugger. He has the cutiest personality and keeps up laughing. WE LOVE him to death. We are so grateful for his sweet little spirit in our home.


Sherry has changed her wedding date to July 13. Yep, Friday the 13th.

WEDDING BELLS!!!!

I'm sure most of you have already heard the great news, Sherry is getting married. YEAH. It isn't official, but Jason can't keep secrets and has already told everyone he knows, even his friend who married one of Sherry's best friends. So her best friend didn't even get to hear the news from Sherry. She is marrying McKay Mills from Snowflake on August 10th in the Snowflake Temple. You see our family has this thing where we like to get married in the same month as one of our siblings. My parents, Brandon, and Gerald's wedding anniversaries are all in February and Anthon's is in June and mine is in August. So Sherry has to get married in either June or August. She chose August. Yeah. I'm glad I get to share my anniversay month with her. Now for the future, Jason has to get married next June and Shauna has to get married in a future August. That way the two older brothers get February, all the girls get August and the two younger brothers get June. Hopefully it works out that way.

CHIMICHANGAS! YUM!!!!

This is one of our favorite recipes. Not to brag or anything, but Byron says I can make these better than he has ever had at any restaraunt. I use chicken, but you can use shredded beef or ground beef also. I've never made them with beef so they probably won't taste as good as mine. HeeHee. Also, I don't really follow this recipe exactly, I make adjustements.

2 onions chopped (I use very small onions or 1 large onion); 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 Tbl vegetable oil; 3 cups of shredded chicken (or 2 LBS of ground beef); 2 medium tomatoes, chopped (I don't use these because we don't like tomatoes); 1 can (8 oz.) green chilies, chopped (I use two cans to spice it up more); 1 tsp cumin ( I don't really measure this out, I just sprinkle it on until I feel like it is enough); 1/2 tsp salt; pepper to taste; 1/2 LB cheddar cheese, grated; 20 flour tortillas (10-inch size); vegetable oil for frying ( I don't use this. I bake them at 400 degrees for 20 min or until both sides are golden brown.); salsa; sour cream. We also eat ours with refried beans.
Saute onions and garlic in 1 TBL of oil in large frying pan for 2-3 min. Add chicken and cook until thoroughly browned. (I actually boil my chicken so it is more moist and then add it to the onions and garlic and let the flavors mix for about 3 minutes or so). Mix in tomatoes, green chilies, cumin, salt, and pepper. Place a small amount of grated cheese in the middle of the tortilla. Top with 2-3 TBL of meat mixture. Secure with a toothpick. Brown on all sides in a small amount of oil in frying pan or bake them.
I actually make a big batch of this and freeze them. That way if I am unable or not in the mood to cook a meal, all I have to do is pull them from the freezer and bake them. And it is something Byron can cook for himself if I am gone that evening. Enjoy!!!!!

Home Sweet Home - Soon!

On Saturday, Byron and I signed our lives away. We bought a HOUSE!!! YEAH!!!! It won't be done until October though. But oh well. I am so excited. We are tired of living in our tiny condo, sharing walls with all the neighbors. That night, I woke up at 3 am and couldn't fall asleep until about 4:30. I couldn't stop thinking about the house and how I would decorate each room and where I would put all of our stuff. So excited. It is on Signal Butte and Elliot. It is three bedroom and a den. I talked Byron into moving out there so I could be closer to my brothers and sister (soon sisters.) I never really see them much. Byron will have to drive further to go to work, but since he doesn't go to work until noon and comes home at 9, then he will miss all of the rush hour. He said he won't mind the drive, so I hope not. Cause we are planning on staying in this house for a very long time.

Sorry below I said something about pictures. Well for some reason the pictures wouldn't post. Sorry.

Last Tuesday Byron got rear ended. He rarely takes the Tundra to work with him, but this time he did. And then at work they were short on vehicles so Byron volunteered to drive his own vehicle. He was doing sweeps (getting deposits from banks) and he was just idiling waiting for the light to turn green and then BOOM! He thought, did I just get hit? He looked in his rear view mirror and saw that the girls jetta's front end was all messed up. So he proceeded to ull over to a side street and then the girl sped off. Byron then turned around to try to chase her down. By the time he got turned around and back on the street he drove like a maniac going in all directions looking for the girl. Sadly, he couldn't find her. So he called the Vice President and told him what happened and thankfully he said the company would pay for all of the damages. You can't really see the damage that was done in the pictures but hopefully the truck will get fixed soon. It really stinks that our new truck got damage. Now it's not so new.

Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

Me and cousin Evan, best buds

ME and my DAD

ME and my MOM

When I grow up, I want to be just like my DAD!

Me and my cousin, Cohwen

Uh Oh! Mommy caught me making a mess!

I love to eat! and make a mess!

7 months old

Well Landen is 7 months old today. He weighs 17 lbs 5 ounces. We actually had to go to the Dr. today because he has had a fever, croupy cough, running nose, stuffy nose, the whole fun deal. The Dr. said his lungs sound good, but he has an ear infection. So antibiotics for 10 days. He has been really good about being sick, except at night time. He as been waking up every two to three hours because he can't breath or he just wants me to hold him. Last night at 4 a.m. he wouldn't go back to sleep, so I had to walk around the house with him. Finally I layed down on the couch and let him play between me and the couch. He finally got tired and fell asleep. We were sleeping really good until Byron's brother text him and that woke us up at 8:30. I know we should be getting up at that time anyways, but we were both so exhausted from being awake for most of the night. I think Meagan can relate.

Well my mom finally posted today. She wanted me to let everyone know in case no one reads her blog, since she hardly ever post. She also is asking for donations to help out Bronson with getting some things fixed with his trailer. Read her blog and it will explain more in detail.

We are going to Show Low this weekend for a friend's wedding. So I am hoping to post some pictures from my mom's computer. So you can all see how handsome my little man is and how big he is getting. Till then, have fun!

SIX MONTHS OLD

Well sadly Byron still hasn't taken my computer in to get the virus taken off of it. At least I have his work lab top to use for emails and to at least write my posts, even if there aren't any new pictures to post. So sorry no pictures this time again. Hopefully soon.

Well Landen had his six month Dr. appointment today. I thought he would have gained a lot of weight since he has been eating a lot more and waking up a lot during the night to eat (due to teething), but he really hasn't gained a lot of weight. He weighed 16 lbs 15.5 ounces. 1/2 lb shy of 17 lbs. So that puts him in the 25th-50th percentile. ( He has been averaging 50th perentile during all of his past weigh ins.) So his weight has actually decreased. However, his height has increased. That was where he grew the most. He is 27 1/2 inches tall. That puts him in the 75th-90th percentile. WOW! He is deffinately taking after Byron in height.

He is growing up so fast and is so much fun. I was just telling Katie last week that he used to roll over all of the time and hasn't done it in a long time. Well that day he started rolling over again and has been doing it a lot now. He must have been listening to me and thought I'll show you Mom, I can still roll over. He is rolling over sometimes from his back to stomach also. He has been trying to pull his knees in to get up on them. (Time to baby proof my house for a crawling baby.) In fact, he almost fell off the couch if Byron hadn't caught him in time. We always let him sit on the couch, he doesn't like to lay down unless he has to sleep. So Byron put him down on the couch and went into the kitchen. Landen had fallen to his side and then rolled over and then he decided he didn't like that either so he rolled over again, that's when Byron saw him and caught him right before he fell off. So he is getting a lot more mobile. I have this bouncer that now when I put him in it, he scoots down and rolls to try to get out of it.

He has two teeth now on the bottom. So like I was saying before, he has been waking up at night a lot more now. When he was teething he would wake up in pain and wouldn't stop crying unless I fed him, no matter what else I did, nothing else worked. So he got in the habit of waking up and eating a lot more often at night. So now we have to try to get him back to his waking up only once a night or even better, no wakings at all.

He sure does have a cute and fun personality. He laughs and gets so excited at the silliest things. I have been feeding him baby food, which he loves. However, he has been getting constipated. The Dr. said to give him two tablespoons of prunes everytime he eats baby food and that will help keep him regular. So we will try that. I tried to give him apple juice from a bottle, but he won't drink from a bottle any more. So I have to give it to him from a cup. Everytime he sees us drinking water he gets all excited and wants us to give him some. It is so funny to watch him drink from a cup and he is pretty good at it too.

Well Byron and I are doing well. Not much more going on in our lives. Primary is going well. I'm still enjoying it. We as a presidency have to speak in church in two weeks. So I'm going to be spending a lot of my time tyring to prepare a talk. We are speaking on "Serving God." So much could be said, how to narrow it down? So that is my project for the next two weeks.

Just A Note To Say Hi!

HI Everyone!
Well I just wanted to drop a note to say hi and hope that all of you are doing well. Byron accidentally got a virus on our computer so I am unable to send pictures until he gets that fixed. So I am using his work labtop.
Landen is growing up so fast. I will find out in two weeks what he weighs now. On my scale he weighs 17 lbs. He rolls over, tries to scoot, grabs my food, drinks from my cup, eats rice cereal every night and baby food every two days (he was eating it every night but he was getting constipated). He loves to scream out in excitment. He loves to grab my hair and pull as hard as he can. Now I know why so many new moms cut their hair short. He is so much fun and is deffinately a momma's boy. When I am holding him he will laugh and play with Byron, but when Byron holds him, he stares at me and watches my every move. Last night Byron was holding him and I was in the kitchen putting groceries away. He didn't take his eye off of me. Silly boy. We love him tons and are glad he is our little boy.
Well I was released from Visiting Teaching Supervisor to a new wonderful calling. I am actually excited about it. I was called to be the second counselor to the primary presidency. The old presidency was released because the priamary president's husband just got called to be bishop of our ward. So lots of new changes. My calling should be fun and exciting. I love kids. I substituded last Sunday for the Sunbeams class and I was telling my mom that I wouldn't mind being their teacher, (they didn't have one because the sunbeam teachers moved to Maricopa and then the new teachers at spur of the moment bought a house and moved to Maricopa also. What's up with people flocking to Maricopa.) So anyways, when a member of the bishopbric came over and said he wanted to call me to the primary I was thinking ok the sunbeams class but then he said second counselor to the presidency, my jaw dropped. What a surprise. But it should be fun.
Byron is still working all the time, including weekends on call. I don't like it, but not much I can do about it. But we are all doing well and hope all of you are too.