January with the BoBos

After the excitement of the holidays, January has been relatively dull. But obviously not dull enough for me to keep up with our blog. After all, how dull can life really be with a baby that's learning to crawl and get into everything. Yes, Lacey is really on the move now. She pushes with her feet and pulls with her arms, but she still doesn't get that tummy off the ground when she moves (though she has no problem getting up on her hands and knees when she's not moving). She can even sit up all by herself! Like, get on her bum from her knees sit.

As for the rest of us--Phil is taking 8 credits at school this semester and working full time. It might sound a little intense (it's the most credits he's taken at a time), but it's actually the lightest semester he's taken so far. I guess Bio 100 and Physical Science 101 don't stack up to Statistics 200 and Accounting 200. It sure is nice to have Daddy around NOT doing homework! I've had my hands full with Lacey, though since she'll sit and play with her toys by herself, I find that it's easier to keep my apartment clean lately. How nice! I've also started a new blog at http://the-dinner-project.blogspot.com/ .It's a recipe blog, cuz I love to cook and try new recipes, but it's hard to find new ones sometimes. I'm working on some exciting new posts, so stop by soon! Let me know if you would like to become a contributor!

Some pictures for fun!

Lacey gets into everything, and the laundry was probably the funnest thing yet.

Phil had to have a "nature experience" for his biology class this semester, so we all went up to the trail behind Rock Canyon Park and looked at dead trees in the snow. And lichen. There was lichen. What else do you do in Utah in winter? Seriously. This was Lacey's first experience in the snow. Probably her last one for a long time. Snow. Yuck. But what a cutie pie!

Phil's aunt got married and we had the pleasure of going to the open house after. There were lots of little cousins running around. Lacey loves her cousins. I think the feeling is mutual.

Mmmmmm.... cottage cheese.....

There were Cheerios on the bottom of this thing, and obviously she really wanted them. Silly baby.

Lacey's First Christmas!

In pictures:

We spent the night before Christmas Eve at Grandmother and Grandpa Bobo's house. We had a wonderful little Bobo Christmas

She got lots of cool stuff. And here you can see that it makes a nice bed. (Yes, she is lying on her gifts and playing with a cardboard box.)

Christmas morning we were at Grandma and Grandpa Welker's house. More cool stuff for Lacey (and everybody else). Doesn't she make such a cute present?

One of my favorite--Lacey and I got matching aprons, made by Grandma Welker.

Lacey got a tanooki suit to keep her warm this winter (though I think she'll be growing out of it before the weather warms up).

Lacey LOVES her Auntie Sarah.

And her Uncle BenBen.

And Grandpa was corrupting her with football. She seemed to enjoy it.

We had a wonderful Christmas with both of our families. It was wonderful to have all of my siblings home for Christmas this year--it was quite possibly my best Christmas ever!

And So It Begins

My cute little wiggle worm:



Soon nothing will be safe.

The Spoils of Babyhood

Everyone knows that it's a grandmother's job to spoil her grandchildren. Look how Lacey has been spoiled lately.

Grandma Welker made her this beautiful Christmas dress. She tries to chew on the bow (the one on the dress, not the one on her head) but she can't quite get it in her mouth.

And Grandmother Bobo sent her this delightfully pink snow suit so that Lacey will stay nice and warm for winter. It's about three times her size, but that means that it will last all winter.


Thanks, Lacey's Grandmas!

What a Week!

I know that it's gonna be a crazy week when there's an entry on every day on my calendar. Well, not every day has been packed, but with a 6-month-old baby, things are never quiet! We made the hour-long drive to Salt Lake City twice (and if you count Thanksgiving last Thursday, it was three times in a week, which is intense for us who usually don't go further than the grocery store across the street).

Monday we made our way up to SLC to visit Phil's brother Will and his family, who were visiting from Colorado. Lacey was amazing and stayed happy until about 7:30, when she fell asleep while Grandmother was holding her. That's really good for my little one who usually gets grumpy at about 4:30 in the evening. We played had chili, played games, and basically acted like a bunch of Bobos, which really is as fun as it sounds.

Lacey with cousin Cyrus
(actually, this was Thursday morning,
but I forgot to take my camera Monday night, so let's pretend).

With Uncle Will. So happy!

Wednesday I took Lacey to get weighed--and she had gained 5 ounces! When she hadn't gained any weight the week before, the doctor told me to start supplement, force feeding if I had to, since she won't take a bottle from me. Luckily, I've gotten her to drink from a medicine spoon, and sometimes a cup if she's in the mood for it. Between that and measure to increase my own supply, she's gaining her weight back and much of the fussiness that was driving us both bonkers has gone. She just smiles and laughs all day! I guess that's why we have these well baby checkups. Now if I could only get her to willingly take a morning nap...

See how happy she is (when I can get her to take naps)!

Thursday we made our way back up to SLC to Phil's work Christmas party at the Grand America Hotel. Very fancy, and very yummy. Afterwards we headed back over to Grandmother's house and watched the new Star Trek movie (rough day, I know). And we left just in time for Phil to be late for his calculus class.

And Friday was supposed to be a quiet stay at home day, but it was a Christmas shopping day instead! I didn't buy any gifts, but thanks to Phil's bosses and a very kind giftcard to Target for me, we got some Christmas decorations, including a little tree and a wreath and a garland and whatnot.



But what I was really excited about was the curtains that I was FINALLY able to purchase.

Lacey's First Thanksgiving

And what a delightful one it was! Besides the fact that she woke up an hour earlier than usual (I guess she was anxious to get the party started) and had a diaper blow-out mid-morning, we had a very pleasant day.

We enjoyed our Thanksgiving dinner with some of Phil's family in Salt Lake. I was assigned dessert for our Thanksgiving feast. I decided on an apple pie,



a pecan pie (and yes, there's a little slice missing because I had to make sure it was good before i served it to my family),



and a pumpkin dessert cake (like a pumpkin pie with a yellow cake mix cookie crust instead of a pastry crust, and a streusel topping, yumm).


I don't bake very often, but I think they turned out nicely.

Before heading up to Phil's parents' place, we stopped for a quick visit at my uncle Scott's home for a quick hello. Great grandma Simmons was very excited to see Lacey and wanted pictures so that Grandma Welker would be jealous. And she was.


Our Thanksgiving feast was fantastic, with everything that makes Thanksgiving a day to look forward to: lots of good food, and lots of good company (and, of course, pie). Lacey had fun playing with her grandparents, aunts, uncle(s) and cousins. She was even pleasant most of the time, until it got to be past her bedtime and she was just done.

Lacey with her Aunt Em:

Lacey playing on the floor with cousin Johnnie, who is off camera. He was so sweet and gave Lacey the truck and trailer he was playing with so she could play with them:


Thanks to everyone who made Lacey's first Thanksgiving a wonderful day for all of us!

What have those BoBos been up to?

Honestly, not much. Maybe that's why I haven't bothered to put anything up here.

Phil goes to work and then goes to school. He's taking a calculus and a music class this semester, getting those GEs out of the way before he starts the real work. He still hasn't gotten a calling in our new ward, and we've been here since August. They tried to put him in Scouts, but he has class in the evenings so he could would never be able to make it to their meetings. Maybe they're holding him in reserve for something really special.... That's a scary thought.

I've been hanging around home all day with Lacey--the cutest little baby in the world. We go for walks and sing songs and listen to fun music, and if I'm lucky she'll take a couple naps during the day. If I'm lucky, Lacey will let me indulge in a hobby or two during the day, mostly in the way of trying a new recipe. Saturday morning I made some delicious pumpkin pancakes (recipe here) and it may be the best pancake recipe I've ever tried (best topped with fried apples for the perfect fall breakfast). I've also been doodling around with designing our Christmas card. I've found that it's something that I really enjoy doing.

And now, what everyone REALLY wants to know about--


Lacey! She turned 6 months old a couple weeks ago, and it's taken me this long to post a picture of her because our all the pictures have been stuck on our dead camera while I kept forgetting to buy replacement batteries. But, there she is, all happy and smiley. She started eating more solids besides just cereals--we started with green beans, which she loved, or at least tolerated well enough to eat everything that I gave her. Peas were not such a hit, but she ate them when I mixed them up in her cereal. She also loved the prunes I fed her... (which, by the way, did their job so well that I had to bathe the baby, do a load of laundry, and disinfect a bathtub). She reaches for and grabs anything that gets her attention, and more often than not it's not something that she should be playing with. She sits up all by herself and would stay that way all day if she could. She thinks that lying on the floor is old fashioned, I guess.

At her 6 month appointment, I was rather concerned that she hadn't gained weight as she should have. And sure enough, she'd actually lost some weight. I promise, I'm not starving my baby, and she actually eats very well (at least, I thought so!). On Thursday she weighed 11 pounds 4 oz, which is a pound lighter than she weight at 4 months, and just exactly what she weighed at 2 months (granted, she was a chubby 2 months). It's not worrisome, because she's exactly where she should be developmentally and doing everything that a 6 month old should be doing, but I do have to take her in to have her weighed every week to make sure that she starts gaining again, and in the meantime take every opportunity to get extra calories in her. I believe that she's stolen the title of Smallest Bobo Baby!

And that's what those BoBos have been up to lately!