Videos

Ok, here are some videos we got of Bubba climbing the stairs. The first one obviously is from behind, the second is from the top of the stairs. Curtis is there to make sure he doesn't fall. :-) So here they are! Enjoy!!

My nephew DK was there, and he wanted in on the action! He kept coming and standing in front of me, it was so funny! We also got some pictures of them together and such, so I will have to post those sometime!

P.S. Sorry they are so dark, it was like 8 or 9 at night when I took them, so NO light from outside!

Stairs...

Ok, so I don't have any pcitures of this, and I will try to get video of it so I can post video. My parents house has a small flight of about 5 stairs leading from their family room to their kitchen. We were out there a couple of weeks ago, and since Bubba is trying to stand up against everything, and walk along everything, he stood up to the stairs. We were just kind of watching him to make sure he didn't fall down, and he crawled up 1 stair. AWESOME! So we try to persuade him to keep going, and he wouldn't. So we thought we still had a while before he would actually be crawling up stairs. Thinking that it was a fluke thing that he crawled up one stair.

Well we were back out there last night, and again Bubba finds his way to the stairs. He stands up by them, and I was busy doing something, thinking he would be ok, I turn around and he has crawled up a stair. So I go and sit behind him just in case he falls, and he proceeds to crawl up all 5 stairs to the top. And then giggles because he thinks he is so funny doing it.

Well..thinking that he won't do it again, we put him at the bottom again, and he crawls up the stairs again. Only this time faster! What is this?! My little man has figured out stairs?! I am going to need a gate a LOT sooner than I thought!

We are headed back out there tomorrow night, so I might be able to get a video of it and post that. Silly boy is growing up too fast. And I want him to stop so I can enjoy the littleness of him longer! He is standing up against everything, walking along the edge of things (like a couch, and such) climbing over things, crawling, he tries to stand on his own without holding on to everything. He is getting so big! He wears 18 month onsies and shirts, and 12 month pants (which will probably be too small in not too long). And he has the CUTEST smile! It makes my heart melt. And he is still a very happy baby (unless he is tired, or mad at something) and smiles at everything. He is starting to get a little shy, and will hide his head if he doesn't recognize someone. He is adorable, and so here are a couple of pictures of him lately. See how big?

I love the jammies he is wearing in this picture. They have trains and everything in them. He has to wear 18-24 month in the footed jammies, and so we are resorting more to this kind for now...

So, I decided that I need to take more pictures of my little man...So I will work on that, and also on posting more. We will see how it goes!

National Adoption Month

November is National Adoption Month, and I can't tell you how important this is in my life. As most of you know, we were able to grow our family through adoption. I thank God every day for our birthmother, and the sacrifice that she made. She is an AMAZING woman, someone who I admire. She is caring, always thinking about others, and she has overcome SO many things to become who she is today. She is a very loved woman, and I can not express how remarkable she is for allowing Sam and I to be parents. Without her, our world would not be complete. Bubba is the joy of our life, and I can honestly say that I do not know where I would be without him. So, Crystal, I know you get sick of me being sappy (lol) and thanking you all the time, but I can't help it. Bubba is extremely lucky to have the love of 2 mothers, and so thank you, from the bottom of our hearts and beyond!

So, I am not sure what else to do to show my support for National Adoption month, other than to post here how amazing it is, and to wear the white ribbon in support.

It has been a long hard road for us, and I wish I could share my story with more people, so if you have any questions on our adoption process, or anything, please post it, and I will see if I can do my best to answer it! Or, if you have had experiences with adoption, you can e-mail them to me, or you can post them in the comments and we can share those too!

Pictures

So here are some pictures from the last few days. There are some from the dinner that we had with Chris before he left and the others are from his swearing in, and him leaving. We hope that things are going well for him and we love him VERY MUCH!!!

Ok, there are the pictures I said I would post. Enjoy!

Poud Sister of a Soldier

So, my brother shipped out to Boot Camp yesterday. We were lucky and got to go out to dinner with everyone Tuesday night. So we had some good times there. Then yesterday morning, we went in and saw him sworn into the Army. After that, we followed him to the airport and saw him off. It was sad, but I can't express how proud I am of him! He will be gone for 6 weeks at first, then we gets to come back for a couple of weeks for Christmas, and then he will be gone again until May I believe. Then, him and his family will go wherever they are stationed. I believe that it is a good thing for him and his family. I have some pictures, but for some reason, it won't let me upload them to my blog...so I will have to arrange them another time and put them up. So anyway...that is what has gone on the last couple of days...pictures to come!

Halloween Video

Halloween and other Fall things...

As you know, yesterday was Halloween. We didn't have a lot of money to splurge on a costume this year, and the costumes we were given back when he was first born were too small!! So, we used a cowboy hat, and made him a cowboy. The way the hat is, it made him look like Indiana Jones! SOO Cute!! But let me start out a couple of days in advance. A couple of days ago, I got together with one of my cousins and her two kids and we went to the park. It was a BEAUTIFUL day!! So here are a couple pictures of bubba at the park...

He was tired and so he wasn't smiling much! Once we got him, I laid him down and he was out so fast!

Alright, now onto Halloween! This is what I was. If you can't tell, I am a dead prom queen. My throat has been cute open, and I am supposed to look dead....

And here is Bubba in his costume. We gave him a sucker, with the wrapper on, and he was smart and got the wrapper off!! He sure enjoyed that sucker!

Early on in the day, we went to Provo Center Street and did the Trick or Treat down to all the business on the street. We did that for a couple of hours, and had fun!

Anyway, I have a a LOT more pictures that I will try to add as a slide show later!! Hope you enjoy these for now! I have not dressed up for halloween in over 7 years, so it was fun to do it again! THANK YOU Mell for letting me!