Jesse's birthday and an update of the little one

It was Jesse's Golden Birthday this year. He turned 28 on the 28th of August. I wanted to do something special for him..like have a surprise party or something like that-but since his birthday was on a Wednesday and most people work it didn't work out...so I tried to just get some friends to go to dinner with us and kinda of surprise him with that...but he wasn't surprised because between me and his mom we gave it away-oh well...not that it was a big deal. I am never good at surprises or gifts-good thing he doesn't care too much about either. We had a relaxing day together, went out to lunch together, went to boondocks and went mini golfing and played some arcades. We made a bet with whoever won mini golf-if I won he would have to help me with dishes for a week (I was being nice and said help me), his was I had to give him a back scratch/tickle every night for a week. haha totally a classic husband and wife bet right!? Well we ended up kind of in a tie so neither one of the bets have completely started yet.. We went to the Mandarin for dinner and I tried to have people come over for cake and ice cream but once again its too hard on a weekday...so he brought the many leftovers to work and they were gone fast! 

slightly ghetto taking his shirt off at lunch..but Dad dressed him in a nice white collard shirt.

I was kicking his butt till about hole 6 and then I went down hill fast.

we purposely put one of ours balls down the right hole so we could see the fire go off...and he still didn't. Slightly disappointed.

On to the little update...well I don't know if its the best time to do an update because oh boy has it been a rough week. I am hoping it will not last because he is exhausting me. I am thinking he is teething and getting those lovely molars in-at least I am hoping to blame for his constant screaming at me! He can seriously be such a fun kid-so goofy and crazy but goodness when he doesn't get what he wants lately he lets everyone know. haha But I think that he has most kids are..I am not fond of the hitting and screaming stage. We had to leave church because he was screaming so loud and would not stop...as my bishop walks by and just smiles because all the other older parents have been there before he says. I asked one lady why we don't get warned about this more...and she said thats because if we were told how hard kids really are to raise then we just wouldn't have any... Pray that it gets better. I do still want more kids though.. :)

In the last month or so he went from walking a little unsteady still to almost being able to run-he can get away pretty fast now. I love to watch such a little person walk-so cute! He does walk like a drunk person when he is tired though. 

We can definitely tell that he is getting really smart. He has a pretty good memory. He loves to read books and do some animal noises-especially dog. He doesn't say a whole lot right now...we are working on that. Definitely understands a lot more but is lazy with actually saying things. He is consistent with Mama, Dada, ball, and please. He has said other things and I feel like this next little while he will catch on even quicker. He says "please" all. day. long. Which I must say is adorable but that word has been a blessing and a curse. I am glad I taught him but its so hard to say no to things when he says it in his cute little voice...I get frustrated sometimes. Another thing that is a blessing and a curse is his little toy car he can ride in. That is his favorite toy. He absolutely loves to go in rides in it every day. I still can only go around the block so many times in the middle of the day when it is so hot outside. I love that it can entertain him-especially if it gives me that at least 5 minutes of him not screaming at me..ha but when he begs to go on walks all day long I just can't. The worse is when I let him go in the garage and he goes and sits on it while I am still in the kitchen and I hear his little voice out there saying "please....please..." If that doesn't make you feel bad..

He waves goodbye and sometimes will blow kisses. I love when he will play by himself for a while and go around the house with his cars and make car noises. He loves shoes and there are always shoes laying around the house from him. But I must say he loves food more than anything. Constantly wanting to eat. I question if I feed him enough because he is always asking for food. He signs to eat first thing in the morning as we get him out of his crib. He still loves fruit-or anything sweet. I don't really understand his new thing lately about liking to eat food off the floor with just his mouth...yes like a dog. He does it with food and water-and purposely will pour the water out or put the food on the floor and then eat it...slightly embarrassing when he did it at church.

He is usually taking 2 naps a day still and thats how I like it for now. He definitely still needs two naps because he gets too tired and wont just take one long nap. Its hard to know for sure what times and sometimes he refuses a nap and just plays in his crib. It does make it hard to sometimes run errands but I like the 2 separate breaks to get things done or at least relax.

easiest way when he insist on feeding himself and gets frustrated with the spoon.

trying to find ways to have him eat a variety of food rather than just fruit.

will eat grapes all day if I allowed it.

attitude with the smoothie mustache.

also takes chucks out of his balls..you would think I had a dog

loved playing in his cardboard hut.

he absolutely loves his Dad..and as of right now definitely chooses him over mom-probably cause he doesn't get to see him very often right now.

But then again he is getting more attached to me as well...wont go to other people as easily...of course they have to before nursery age right?

a runaway during diaper time...thats why I usually change him still on the changing table. but it was adorable watching him stack Daddy's shoes on the bed with no pants on.

I am kind of obsessed with little boys in there cute jammies..Corbin doesn't get dressed sometimes till really late in the day.

Enjoyed a little FHE walking to Bowmans and getting a snow cone.

Weekend Vacations and Half Marathon

Jesse was able to get a few days off from work and I definitely wanted to take a little vacation somewhere. We thought about going to a national park and go hiking and camping but then with my mom and I signing up from Top of Utah half marathon we decided it would be easier to just spend a couple days up at the Cabin in Bear Lake and we invited my family to come with us!

Our little trip started out a little rocky because as we were leaving Thursday morning we noticed the boat trailer was having some issues. We drove by Jesse's Dad's house for him to quickly check it out but a couple hours later we ended up leaving with the jet skis instead because basically the boat trailer breaks were broken. I was a little sad at first because I am such a boat girl. I love wake boarding and tubing behind the boat. But I can't complain that we still had jet skis we were able to take and I'm safe to say my family enjoyed them. So once we finally made it to Bear Lake and dropped our stuff off we headed to the Lake. My sister suggested going to North Beach, which we have never been to before but it ended up being way nice over there as far as for the kids. Its way shallow for a good 50 yards so you don't have to worry as much. We hung out at the beach and jet ski'd all afternoon.

Corbin loved playing in the sand..he was in Heaven...but he decided to eat it by the handfuls as well..ugh

Curtis sun bathing

look how dirty he is from all that rolling around in the sand..

Then these boys started a mud throwing war....thats when I was ready to leave. But check out that form of Matt's...

Friday we took the side-by-sides up the canyon on a nice four wheeling ride. My sister Courtney, Ella, and Corbin stayed back at the cabin for naps. ( Thanks again (: )

My brother-in-law Christopher was on the look out for moose the whole time..and he spotted some half way up!

Friday night my Mom and I headed down to Logan to spend the night there for our race in the morning. We went to Kneaders for dinner and tried out the Chocolate coconut bread pudding. and Oh my! Delightful. I didn't think I really cared for bread pudding but this stuff was good..try it out if you haven't. That night my mom was worse than a 14 year old girl having a slumber party. She was on a sugar high you can say. Just giggling away. But thats why I love my mom. I love that we can be best friends and enjoy each other so much.
We woke up bright and early Saturday morning and went to our race! It was my first official half marathon. I didn't really know what to expect but I was hoping for around 1:45 because during my marathon in May I ran past the half marathon mark at 1:50 so I thought I could shave off some time. But then again I don't feel like I am in as good as shape. The race started and as usual there is too many people to really start running at a good pace...so I got a little behind but my goal was to try to stay with the 1:45 pacers. I finally caught them I want to say around mile 5. But before the race my stomach started hurting a little but I thought it was possibly just nerves. Then every few miles it would bother me but then go away. This might be too much information to share but I debated on stopping at one of the porta potties but I didn't want to go the bathroom during the race if I didn't have to because of course that takes time and I felt like I was going at a good pace and didn't want to stop it. At mile 9ish I debated again and I decided against it because it wasn't way bad at that point. At mile 10..it hit me..and it hurt. I had to start walking. It was so hard and sad to see all these people passing me as I walked. My pride couldn't take it and I started slowly jogging again but in pain. ugh a stomach ache during a race is awful! I really started to worry about where the next bathroom was...but then there was a maverick. Yes I had to run off course and go to the maverick. Sad and embarrassing. But at least I know I wasn't the only person as other racers had to as well. After I got out I was disappointed because I knew I was behind where I wanted to be now. I passed mile 11 and I told my self I can run really hard for 2 miles...no big deal..right? You gotta love when you think you are running pretty fast and you look down at your pace and its like a minute/mile slower than you want... By the last mile I started kicking it in WAY too soon. Like a 6:45 pace once when I looked down but I really wanted to beat 1:45. Those last miles we hard. But I did it! Half Marathon in 1:43. I was happy. And then at the ceremonies when I hear the 75 year old man got 1:43...haha! Anyways besides my tummy really hurting, even after the race, it was still a good one. Sometimes I question why I push myself so much when it comes to races. I hate them during but I guess feel accomplished after.

we look lovely before the race even started...

Saturday night we drove back home and Jesse's work had a little retreat where they paid for a hotel for us down in Midway. So we drove to Park City that afternoon and planned on riding the Alpine Slide and Coaster ( I have never done it before) But it started raining while we were in line and they shut them down sadly. But we will go back these next couple weeks hopefully and do them. We went over to the outlets and shopped for just a bit for Jesse but didn't get anything..typical. ha We went to dinner that night with a bunch of people from work to Ruth's Chris. MMM one delicious steak but oh so pricey! :) It was a good little get away but I think 2 nights in now the longest I have been away from Corbin. I tried not to think about it and worry but I think I did call my sister Candace who was watching him like 3 times each day to check in. ha! It was a refreshing little get away just the two of us though!

and we only took one picture...not my favorite, but it was so pretty there on the golf course eating breakfast.