March 2010

Well another month has come and gone. Can you believe that it will be April tomorrow? A lot has happened this month. I took Ruby to the Dr. on the 4th for her 9 month check up. I was worried that she might have an ear infection with her teeth that were coming in. Well, she did but at least it was only in one ear this time. She also weighed 18 lbs and 15 oz. She is getting so big! She has two teeth on the bottom and they are so cute. She also loves to clap and she can now wave. She is constantly jabbering away. She hasn't started crawling yet, but she can scoot backwards and turn in circles. She is starting to pull up on things and stand a lot. I wouldn't be surprised if she skipped crawling and went to walking, because she still does not like her tummy (she has still never rolled over). She loves to sit up and be the center of attention!

We went to the cabin with my friend Liz and her family at the beginning of March. It was beautiful weather and we had so much fun. Ruby is going to need a new snowsuit soon, because there is not stretching room for her. We also went to the cabin with Will's family this past weekend. This was probably our last snow cabin trip for this year. We love the cabin and I would like to try and go up a few times this summer.

It's getting to small!
Staying warm with daddy
Will and Ruby
Koy & Ruby
Kaylee & McCall
Allen with the dogs
Koy
Liz, Koy & Daisy
Ruby & Quincy

Asleep on the front seat

Stevie

At the beginning of March, we went down to Cedar to see Aubree dance. Me and Ruby drove down with Terah and her kids (the husbands had to work). My parents got a condo in St. George and we had so much fun. We went swimming so Ruby was able to wear one of her cute swimsuits that Grandma Bawden bought for her. She looked so cute and she actually liked it. Aubree did great and she is such and amazing dancer and and person. We love you Aubs!

Her cute swimming suit
From the back
Me, Grandpa, & Ruby
Ruby & Mommy
Playing in the water
Brookie & Ruby

Bri, Ruby & Brook in the bath
Aubree in Cedar


Koby & Ruby at Aub's performance

As you all know, we live in the middle of nowhere. Well, one night I got a call from Will telling me that he had just hit a deer. And when I say hit, I mean HIT! It totaled his truck. We were very lucky that Will is safe and that he had Abe riding in the front with him. His truck won't even start now. So I (yes, I!) towed him into Lehi and we got a quote on the truck. Well, it will be $1100 to fix it and that is just a base quote. They couldn't get the hood up, so there might be some more damage inside. So, we towed it back home and we are deciding if it is worth the money to fix it. It has been such a great truck.

The night it happened

the deer's head swung around and hit to make this dent

The next thing that happened after the truck, was we went motorcycle shopping. I know that they are dangerous, but I have been putting Will off for 5 years and I have no more excuses. He has always wanted one, and so we went to look. He found the one he liked, so we started looking into buying it. I was still kind of dragging my feet, when they mentioned that it would get about 60 miles to the gallon (Will's vehicle now gets 12 mpg). That helped my decision! So Monday, the 22nd, Will became the proud owner of a Harley Davidson. It is a 2007 Nightster with about 13,000 miles on it. It is black with a dull orange color. He loves it and he is so excited to finally have one!


Last, but not least, I celebrated my 25th birthday yesterday! We went to Olive Garden for dinner and it was delicious. I can't believe that I am 25. Time has flown!!! Here are some random photos from March.

Liam & Ruby (he's 10 days older than Ruby)
Ready for our evening walk
moving in her sleep
her cute skull leggings

February 2010

Our Little Ruby

So I have decided that I can post at least once a month. If I do better than that, then good for me! February has been a crazy month and it has gone by so quickly. Ruby is 8 1/2 months now. I take her back to the Dr. on the 15th. She is starting to like her stomach now. She will push up on her hands and sometimes pull her legs in. She can also scoot herself backwards on a slippery floor. I think that she is figuring out this whole movement thing and we had better watch out. She is starting to clap her hands and babble a lot. She says "da da" and other things. She also likes to suck her bottom and top lip in. It makes her look like she has a "bitter beer" face. Ruby's hair is starting to get long enough so that I can do stuff with it. We were able to get a spout and some pigtails. And I must say, they are SOOOO CUTE!!!

Her Pigtails
Ruby pulling her leg in- Crawling, here we come!
Suck in that lip

My dad also got her to finally stand on his hands. He loves to do this with the grandkids, but Ruby was a slow poke. She has been able to stand for a couple of months, but she wouldn't do it for my dad until a couple of weeks ago. We also bought Ruby a highchair. I didn't want to spend a ton of money but all of the cheap ones looked cheap. So I went to KSL and I found a brand new Evenflo highchair (in the box) for $50. I was so excited!!! Also, that tooth that I talked about around Christmas time, has disappeared. But I think that a different one is making it's appearance. I'll let you know!

Standing on Grandpa's hands

Ruby's new highchair

On February 15th, our family went through a great tragedy. Will's Grandpa Wood passed away from a massive heart attack. He went quickly but it was unexpected. He has had some heart problems for a few years, but this was a shock. Grandpa Wood was a wonderful and caring man. We love him and we will miss him greatly. For his funeral, Will shaved of all of his hair and beard to honor him. This was a huge thing, because Will loves having a beard and he has not cut his hair for almost a year! I must say that I have a pretty sweet husband.
Will's sister, Hannah, was able to come home again before she is stationed in Germany. It was great seeing her again. She was able to come home in time for the funeral and stay for a week. She left Saturday to go back to Missouri and then she flies out to Germany soon. We are so proud of her and it was so great to see her again!

Hannah, Ruby & Will

I can't believe that it is already March. We are still loving our car and life is still crazy. I'll try and keep this updated. Have a good month!!! Here are some random pictures from February!

Our little Family
Look at how good Ruby looks, but Will HAD to show his double chin.

Updated Wood Family Picture
Ruby & Quincy- 3 months apart
Sylvie & Ruby
Eating Ice Cream for Grandpa Bawden's Bday
Cute little Ruby!
SMILE!!!


Trying to clap and hold the balloon
Good entertainment

January 2010

Well I can't believe that January has already come and gone in 2010. I am not too sad to see it go because I personally do not like January. It is a really long and hard month at school and it seems like it will NEVER end. I have a great class this year and they are so much fun. Ruby's new babysitter is doing awesome and Ruby loves her to death.
We got a new car finally. It is a black Mazda 3 hatchback. I wasn't sure if I wanted black because it's hard to keep clean, but these are hard cars to find so we took what we could get. It is a 2006 and it was in the price range that we wanted. I have had it for 3 weeks now and LOVE it. Some things I love about it are: it's a car and not a truck (I have been driving Will's F-350 since November), the color makes me look cool j/k, it gets at least 30 miles to the gallon, and it is an automatic. Here are some pictures of it.

Ruby is doing great and she is now 7 1/2 months. She has had a horrible cough so my mom took her to the doctor for me on Thursday. She now weighs 18 lbs. 13 oz. I took her about a month ago and she was only 16 lbs. 15 oz. She has gained almost 2 pounds in a month! She loves her toy saucer cause it lets her bounce and still see everything. She still hates her tummy and will not roll over. She will sit up by herself for over an hour, but I can't get her to even lay on her tummy for more than 5 minutes. My sister also gave us a sit up toy for the bathtub. She was trying to sit up in her bathtub so I knew it was time for something new. She looks like such a big girl. I can't believe that she is almost 8 months. The time has flown and we love her to death!

Christmas Break

Ruby Ann- 6 months

Well another month has flown by and I haven't posted about Christmas yet! On the 18th, Hannah came home from the army for 2 weeks. We were all so excited to see her. We had tons of parties to go to over the holidays and it was great to see all of our families.

Wearing Hannah's army hat

On December 23rd, I took Ruby in for her 6 month check up. She weighed 16 lbs. and 15 oz. Her weight is in the 65%, her head is in the 50% and her weight is in the 50%. She got the H1N1 shot that day and a flu shot, plus all of her others. I think there was 6 in all. She was not a happy camper! She has had a cough since about the 15th of December but my doctor said not to worry unless she has had it for more than 7 or 8 weeks. I have definitely decided that I like the warmer months better, because she was never sick!
Ruby can now sit up on her own. She has been doing this since the middle of December. She can sit up for a long time. She has skipped rolling because she HATES her stomach. I have tried and tried but she just screams after about 2 minutes. My doctor said that she might just skip that since she is already sitting up on her own. She started drinking 7 oz today and she still loves to eat. She really, really likes sweet potatoes. She is a great sleeper and she is always so happy!

Sitting Up

Ruby's 1st Christmas was really fun (well besides the fact that I was running a fever and had an ear infection). Ruby loved to play with the paper and she kind of liked the presents. We would give her one side of the paper and then we would roll it away from her so that it would rip. She got tons of presents from everyone and she looks so cute in all of her new clothes. Abe got a stocking full of toys that he plays with all the time. I got a few books, some cds, and new boots! Will got a few beanies, a few cds, a movie and some socks. We also bought a Wii. We weren't going too, but we have so much fun playing other people's that we thought we should get one.

Abe with his toy
Opening Presents
Christmas PJ's
Hiding behind the paper
I like dad's presents too!
Christmas Eve with the Bawden's
Grandpa and Ruby
Eating my present from G & G Wood

The day after Christmas I was still really sick and Will was being a great husband and taking care of Ruby. Well, that night when my medicine finally kicked in, Ruby started to get REALLY fussy. By about 10 o'clock we had a screaming baby with a fever and a runny nose. And I mean SCREAMING!!!! I was up with her until about 3. I would rock her and finally get to sleep, and then I would barely even move and she would start screaming again. I kept giving her tylenol and then I tried orajel thinking that she might be teething. Well that would work for about 2 hours and then we would have screaming until the next dose. On Sunday, we went up to Morgan for Quincy's blessing. Ruby was still having issues but it all seemed easier in the daylight. She was okay until about 4 o'clock and then she started screaming again. I had now moved onto motrin and calling my doctor. The doctor thought it was her ears. He said we could wait it out another night until they were open the next day, or take her to an instacare. We opted for the instacare. It turned out to be her ears! After getting some amoxicillan and numbing ear drops, we were ready for another night. She actually slept pretty good. I only got up twice to give her motrin and her pacifier.
On Monday, Will's family was going up to their cabin for a girl's trip. Well, now that Ruby was doing better I thought we could attempt this. Monday was not so great, if she wasn't crying she was whimpering. My poor baby. By Tuesday, the medicine had kicked in and I could see signs of my happy baby returning. We had tons of fun at the cabin but it was great to get home and sleep in our own beds. That night I realized that Ruby also had her 1st tooth coming in! It is on the bottom, in the middle and it will be so cute when it finally comes all the way in. I think that she got her ear infection from her tooth, but who knows! At least my happy baby is back and this sure made me appreciate how great she really is.
We had a very eventful break and I am now back to work. Ruby has a new babysitter that she goes too. Her old one went back to school. Brooke it great with her and Ruby is always happy when I get there. It was a VERY long week back, but we are now on the downhill to the end of the year.