We Love You Jimmer!

I have never said that Jimmer is an "easy going" baby. In fact, I OFTEN complain about how hard he is for me. He has always hated his carseat; he did a lot of screaming from 8 to 10pm as an infant; he can still go from happy to screaming in a matter of seconds; he is quite stubborn about doing what he wants; and he likes the comfort of his own home and bed. It's probably just because I am a first-time mom, but boy...I have had some rough times.

Jimmer is getting to be so much better though as he gets older and as he gains more independence. He can play with balls, watch Elmo or play with Grandpa all day. He is a great sleeper (now) and always has been a great eater...so that has been wonderful. I often forget the great things about him when I attempt to run just about any errand and have a screaming baby in the car who I think should have nothing to cry about. But despite all of the hard times (I have even broken down and cried at Costco) James and I sure love our little boy!! I know that no one ever said having a baby would be easy. And yes, he is definitely worth it. We love you Jimmer!

Love,

Mom and Dad

First Haircut!

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It's been a long time since I've posted anything on here. We haven't had much going on though except 3 weekends in a row of sickness for Jimmer. Right after his birthday he had mild bronchitis and a mild ear infection (but a good fever with those). And the next weekend he got the herpangina virus where you get blisters down the back of your throat (and another high fever). Then the following weekend he had the chicken pox (no fever this time...just the worry that he'll spread his disease!). Not such a fun start to summer, but we've had lots of fun since he's gotten better and since his top two teeth came in.

We cut Jimmer's hair for the first time on Sunday. Sad day for me! I was reluctant to cut off his baby curls! We had to do it though because (as you can see) his hair was getting pretty out of control. I did try to tame it a little more than in the pictures...but it was still getting so long. Anyway, now that we've cut of his curls and he's walking all around the house, he looks like a little boy instead of a baby :(

Happy Birthday Jimmer!

Jimmer is officially 1 today! We had a fun monster themed party with family on Saturday at my parents' house. The highlight of the party for us was watching him eat his cupcake. He would not touch it with his hands, but would bend down and get mouthfuls of frosting. Today Jimmer got to go to the doctor's and get 4 shots and go to James' summer party for his work. Jimmer weighs 18 lbs 5 oz and is 28 1/4 inches tall. We found out that his lingering cough is actually bronchitis and he has a residual ear infection. What great parents we are to not have taken him in sooner! We really do love our little monster though!

Two Teeth and Some Walking

Jimmer had no teeth until 11 and a half months and then got his first two within about a week of each other. We're glad to know he actually has teeth, and I had no complaints about being a late teether. Jimmer is also trying to walk and all he wants to do now is hold your hand and walk him around. He can take about 12 or 15 steps on his own now, but he's still working on it. We're excited for him to walk around and hope it is soon so that he'll stop using the death grip on our fingers and stop getting mad when we let go. But then we'll just be up chasing him around once he's steady on his feet. Yikes! Our Jimmer is getting big and he's just about to turn 1!

4 years, swimming, walking and hiking

My cute guys at the pool

Showing off the cute swimsuit (Thanks John & Keri)

Jimmer and Jamers ready to swim (Jimmer doing his weird finger thing)

Jimmer swimming with Dad for the first time

Jimmer practicing walking with his shopping cart. He has taken a few steps on his own now, so it's only a matter of time until the walking begins!

Jimmer hiking around Stewart Falls on Memorial Day

James and I celebrated our 4th anniversary last Thursday. Woo hoo! We went to Texas Roadhouse on Thursday night for dinner and it was great. Then on Friday, James had a half-day of work so we headed up to Salt Lake to stay in the Little America hotel and go shopping on Saturday. James knew I couldn't pass up the Memorial Day sale (with the extra coupon I had) at Carter's, so he planned for us to stay somewhere near a Carter's store. Since our anniversary is near Memorial Day, I think it's going to be a great new tradition to just stay in a hotel, eat out, swim and go shopping! That's what I'm hoping for anyway. :) We had a great little trip and a fun long weekend together. I won't put up a wedding picture alongside a picture of us now because you'll just see how much fatter and uglier I've gotten over the past 4 years...so I'll pass on that. You'll just have to enjoy the James and Jimmer pictures.

11 months old

Jimmer is 11 months old today. He is doing great. He still likes to eat a lot (about 8 baby food jars a day) and still has no teeth. Lately he's learned how to go down the stairs on his belly (which is nice for me) and has not yet learned to like his carseat. At 12 months...we're turning that carseat around! Jimmer likes to shake and throw toys and fling them across the room and chase them. He has not learned to walk yet, but it will probably be sooner than later. He likes to walk with anything that will work as a walker. In the pictures above Jimmer decided he could push the ladder ball game as a walker around my parents' backyard.

Lately....

Jimmer's first plane ride to St. Louis
Jimmer's first zoo trip (in St. Louis) - He did have fun...he had just woken up here and looks greasy from the sunblock :)
Jimmer's second zoo trip (in Utah)
Emma & Jimmer
Outside the St. Louis temple

Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Nye

We've had a busy few weeks lately. Unfortunately we do not have a lot of pictures to show for it. Oh well. James, Jimmer and I flew to St. Louis in the beginning of May for James' sister Carolyn's wedding and we spent a week out there hanging out with the Rees family. We had a good time, but traveling with Jimmer was a bit of a challenge. He screamed quite a bit on the flight to St. Louis and then while we were there he did not sleep well or do well at all when we had to leave him to go to the temple. But, at least he acted just as we suspected. :)

Then a few days after we got home my brother John and his family came to Utah to visit, so we had about 5 days of fun with the Farish family doing things like going to the Hogle Zoo, going to Pirate Island (like Chuck E. Cheese), having a BBQ, going shooting and roasting s'mores. Luckily while John & Keri were here, we were able to get Jimmer to stay asleep at my parents' house and then transfer Jimmer home to his crib when we were done playing games and stuff each night. I was shocked that he stayed asleep every time we took him home. I think St. Louis trip helped him learn to sleep a little better in places other than his own crib. Although we've had a lot of fun lately, we are happy to take a little break from vacationing for a while and get back to our normal lives. Now we just need to plan something for our anniversary next Thursday...I'm thinking Hawaii.