Vacation Weekend!!!

For the weekend to celebrate Memorial Day, LJ and I were able to go home to Cambridge and spend some time with family. At the mere mention of going to Grandma's house... someone was a little giggly...




What a funny kid.

As soon as we arrived, little Miss Owynn (getting to be a 'big girl') decided that she was going to take care of LJ for a while...




Too bad that it only lasted for about 10 minutes and then LJ wasn't having it anymore!


Now for the REALLY exciting little tid bit.... For the first time, 4 generations of John Piper were together since the passing of the first John Piper (my great grandpa) - sure miss that wonderful man! Anyway - here is John Gilbert Piper (#2), Johnny Lynn Piper (#3), John Carl Piper (#4), and Jonathan Brian Piper (#5). As soon as I found out I was having a boy, there was no doubt that I wanted my son to carry on such an amazing tradition - and he has quite the name to live up to. Guess my work is cut out to make sure I do my best to raise him as I should.







~On a funny little note~ if you've ever looked at LJ straight on - you'll see that he has his great grandpa's ears.... :) I honestly hadn't noticed until this weekend. It was so awesome!!!

Following the very delicious and family favorite - Uncle Jerry's Ribs - this is also a common scene... Full bellied sleepy men! Gotta love it! Like father like son... Aren't they cute!



And since a litte someone didn't want to miss out on ANY of the action by taking a normal nap... he ended up falling asleep sitting on my lap while we were playing cards. He's such a little funny dude.




Leaving on Monday... After a long weekend of counsins (for LJ) and frisbee golf (grandpa), these two were exhausted following a delicious BBQ Chicken and fresh salad lunch (well... for grandpa, LJ had his cereal and milk) and while I was packing up the remainder of our things and taken them out to the Jeep - this is what I came back inside to find...



Needless to say, both were more than just a little tired. Grandpa didn't wake up until AFTER I had picked up LJ from his lap... :) And what a little trooper, LJ slept the whole way back to Boise! Gotta love him! He's such a good little guy!

Sunday behavior and Cereal!

What is it about Sunday's that bring on the napping behavior? LJ has all ready gotten his Sunday schedule pretty well down. Here he is when it was time to leave for church...



And here he is after having lunch!



Thankfully he slept for a remarkable 3 1/2 hours and I was able to get a bunch of homework done - even though I REALLY wanted to take a nap myself. Responsibility - isn't it awesome!

For Sunday dinner, we joined the Gomez family for some ham and funeral potatoes (I think Becky has realized that they are my favorite!) and while Placido was off to a meeting, Becky and I decided to feed LJ some cereal and see how he liked it. (Seeing how this little chunker all ready drinks plenty of milk...)






He didn't eat very much - but every little bit helps to fill his tummy! Yeah for growing older!!!

Getting more independent & Placido entertainment!

This morning a little someone wanted to be quite demanding as I was trying to get ready for work. Like his food was really going to run off somewhere. But seeing how I didn't want to be late for work, he actually held his bottle in place for quite a while this morning!!! I know it was likely a fluke, but hey - every little bit of learning helps!



The Gomez family invited us over for dinner last night - and it was delicious!!! Thank you Becky - they really were great and loved them for lunch as well. My co-workers were jealous - I let them try a bit! Anyway - after dinner - Placido tried out his Father's Day present - Wii FIT!!! Take a peak!

Trip to Idaho Falls & more

LJ and I, along with my mom, were able to go down to Idaho Falls this last weekend and see my little sister, Shera, and her family before they moved down to New Mexico. For an early Mother's Day present, my sister, mom, and I (also Ben and his dad, Steve) were able to go through a session in the Idaho Falls temple. It was there that my parents, Shera and Ben, and Tera and Dan have all been married. It was an awesome experience to see where my parents and sisters were married, and seeing their wonderful lives now. Awesome!!!

And to top it all off - my beautiful little boy was a great traveler. He slept the majority of the way down - woke up to eat (luckily I had a bottle ready for him) and then went right back to sleep.



And on the way home Saturday, I thought we were going to have a bit more difficult time, but nope! He played for a little bit, then crashed the entire way home!!! What a blessing he is!



~~~~ Just a little picture thrown in for Aunt Fefe ~~~~ Her husband and her bought this little outfit for him when they first moved up to Alaska. I know you can't really see it - but it has Alaska written on it with a bunch of moose's!





And final picture.... for today anyway :)

In all his little developments, he's starting to play more and grab things. Going to sleep has not stopped his grabbing. He pulls his little puppy toy (which is very soft!) right next to him - and I've seen him nuzzle his face in it as well...



What can I say - he is such a little cuddler! I love it!

Shandy Vogt Photography - LJ's 3 month Shoot!

Ok All - here are the other photo's from LJ's 3 month old photo shoot with Shandy. I absolutely love the work she does. Thank you Shandy!!! You Are Truly Amazing!!!








And who would've guess.... a little boy LOVES being naked! A shock, I know!!! :) He absouletly loved doing this shoot. We didn't even have to work to get him to smile. I guess his instincts were dead on - and the fact that he was naked! (which now I'm fighting with getting diapers on him - he loved the freedom!)

Bed Hog & Promotion

So after spending some time with Auntie Tiff - this little man was exhausted and crashed - as you can see! The funny this was is that he crashed at 5:30PM....



THEN - Seeing how he wasn't waking up - I went in and put him on my bed to in hopes that the movement of everything would wake him up... I laid him down on his back, and then I went into the kitchen to clean up. Ten minutes later I went back into my bedroom and found this....




I ended up just moved him over a bit and laid down beside him since I didn't know WHEN he would be waking up.



The funny thing is - he kept moving around in his sleep - until he finally woke up around midnight cause he figured out he missed some quality food time - ate really quick - and was back asleep till 5AM...


Quick photo - my mom was able to not only be present at my promotion to Sergeant on Saturday's drill, but she was able to be the one next to my commander who put on my new rank... Thanks mom! (even though you can't really see my mom - she's on the other side of my commander who's standing in front of me).

Tagged - Top 8 (bring it on!)

Tagged - Top 8

I've been tagged.

My 8 favorite TV Shows... :)
1- ER (so sad it's all done)
2- Private Practice
3- The Ellen Show!!!
4- Brothers & Sisters
5- Bones
6- House
7- Desperate Housewives (I love it... I don't care!)
8- Army Wives (wasn't that a given...)

8 Things I did Yesterday....
1- Went to work
2- Had some girlfriends over for dinner and girl talk!!!
3- Took a nap after work
4- Snuggled with my main man LJ after work!!!
5- Helped a friend from work who got hurt when a horse fell over backwards ontop him.
6- Learned where Jamie went to high school - WOW.
7- Caught up on my Ellen Show!!!
8- Had some delicious dinner made by Anna - (sorry she couldn't stay!)

My 8 Favorite Restaurants...
1- Johnny Carino
2- Fuddrucker
3- Goodwood BBQ
4- Olive Garden
5- Costco
6- Pita Pit
7- Chili's
8- Tia Garden


8 Things I am Looking Forward too
1- My promotion.... in the MORNING!!!
2- Having NO debt
3- Vacation back to Australia
4- LJ's first steps
5- Winning the lottery (gotta play first - my bad...)
6- SUMMER
7- Long weekends
8- More nieces and nephews!!!

8 Things on my Wish List
1- $100,000
2- buff, caring, LDS firefighter (i don't ask for much... :))
3- Extra $$ for my vacation next year!
4- To not have to work all day every day.
5- My car paid off
6- no longer living pay check to pay check - aka - my savings back!
7- Anything and everything LJ wants and needs
8- Loose the baby weight!

Now I have to tag 8 people so I look forward to reading all of yours...
1- Erica
2- Jamie
3- Nicole
4- Shandy
5- Kara
6- Chanthy
7- Jessica
8- Cindy