Vacation

Cordon and I just got back from a two week vacation out west. It was a blast but also very tiring. I knew it would be different traveling with a baby but I didn't' realize how much different it would be. I had more stuff for him then myself. Security was a joke. They checked EVERYTHING in the diaper bag. Cordon did great though. He loved all the attention he got on the plane from other passengers. We flew into Vegas and stayed with my brother, Jason, for a few days for his daughters blessing. He just bought a new home, so naturally he had a few home improvements ready to show off to the family.

If you have 25 ft ceilings then why wouldn't you put in a rock wall?


Here we have the 3 story play house. You have to crawl through a tunnel over the kitchen to get to it. The inside is fully carpeted and has ramps to get to the different levels. It has now been fully finished so it looks like part of the wall but with holes in it. The holes with the boards over it now have plexi glass and railing.


Next on the tour of Jason's Never Never Land is the rope. In the middle of the family room there is a huge rope. Normally there is a chair hooked to it but for entertainment purposes we hooked a mattress to it. It doesn't look like much but it felt like you were 30ft off the ground and going to fall off at any minute.


Of course Jason's play house would not be complete without his own bounce house.



And here is Jason at his finest.


After Vegas we headed to Overton where we spend a couple days with my sister then we headed to St. George and stayed with my parents. My mom and dad just started their 18 month mission in Nauvoo, IL so we went out for their farewell. I also finally got to see my brother -in -laws new restaurant. http://pirateislandpizza.com/ This place is so much fun. I ran around like a sugar induced kid looking at all the decor and popping tokens into different arcade games.

Cordon is all snuggled in Bugga's (Grandpa Myers) bed watching Celtic Women. He LOVED that DVD.


My parents will all 14 grandkids


Finally we ended our trip in Provo with Chris's parents. Before leaving St. George Cordon had an upper respiratory infection and by the time we got to Provo he had an ear infection so he got pretty sick the last few days but he still was happy and smiling most of the time.

Playing with Grandpa Thompson

New Hair

My dad has about 50 of these hats/wigs. Cordon looked pretty dang cute in it.

That is One Sad Baby

I kept trying to come up with a good caption for this picture but to many came to mind and I couldn't decide on one. Chris thinks it should say "Why does my mom put such ugly clothes on me."

SNOW!!!!!!

We don't get to many snow storms in Indiana so everyone was pretty excited (and terrified) when a good size storm dumped about 6 inches. I bundled up Cordon and headed over to some friends house to go sledding. Poor Chris was stuck at work and missed all the fun. We took Cordon down the hill a few times but it never even phased him. He just starred off into space as though this was a daily occurrence and he was bored with it.

For Your Viewing Pleasure

Cordon has hit the 5 month mark. Here are a few pictures and video clips of our extremely cute boy.

He fell asleep playing with his favorite toy. Should I be worried it is a t.v remote?



Maybe I should start paying more attention to when he is tired and put him down for a nap so he stops falling asleep in random places

This is Buds new trick. It took about 3 days to teach it to him. Now he is an expert at sniffing out his treat.

Cordon and I both LOVE this jumperoo. He spends about 3 hours a day in this thing just jumping and playing with the toys. I was feeling really ripped off that he only takes 45 min naps so it's nice that this distracts him so I can get stuff done.

Poor Bud looks so pathetic. He does not like it when Cordon cries and I don't fix it immediately

Could We At Least Try To Be Consistant?

Cordon had been wearing 9 month old socks (yeah he has big feet) and they were getting tight so recently when we were at Old Navy Chris grabbed a bag for 6-12 months old. We were thinking they would fit him perfectly..... uh no. They are ginormous. That isn't a sock, it's a leg warmer worthy of a Jane Fonda work out video. How is it possible that the 9 month sock is tiny when compared to the 6 month old sock?

I'm a Big Boy Now

We started Cordon on cereal the other day. He is doing a lot better then I thought. Instead of all of it ending up on the bib just most of it ends up on the bib. Although, I think I end up more of a mess then he does. He laughs at everything which was cute until now. One time Chris had to tag me out and take over so I could rinse the cereal out of my eye.

How Was Your Christmas? Ours was CRAPTACULAR!!!