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Monday, March 23, 2015

311 in Wendover

My band came in town!! Well, sorta. They came to Wendover, so Jake and I trekked out there to spend the night concerting and gambling away. 311 had just finished up their 4th fan cruise in Jamaica, so this was their first show since the cruise before preparing for their annual summer tour kicking off soon. Wendover makes for a great, smaller show! They played several rare songs, including my song request I had Tweeted to Pnut when he asked what we fans wanted them to play that night. Yay! 
We had hoped to meet the band (or a band member) after the show like we got to last year with Nick, but no luck this time. The next time 311 will play in Salt Lake is for X-96's Big Ass Show 20th anniversary, along with some other bands. Finding that piece of information out a couple days after Wendover made me happy we went since headlining a festival-type show is definitely a different concert than their usual summer tour. Next on my concert wish list might be seeing them in Vegas over 4th of July. We shall see!

Friday, March 13, 2015

18 Months!

Today is so exciting! My handsome Jett turns 18 months old today!! I think it's particularly special since today is a Friday the 13th and Jett was born on a Friday the 13th. I can't believe he's been on this planet for a whole year and a half already! The changes he's been through in that time have just been amazing to see. First off, can he be any cuter?! Look at that cute cockatoo hair we tested out! Here's some updates on Jett (I could go on and on)...
  • He's just an average healthy baby in size and weight - little under 25 lbs. (average being 26 lbs.). He's has yet to have an ear infection or anything serious needing medical attention...just some colds and coughs that we've been able to treat.
  • He still hasn't really had an official haircut, just a couple of trims. It's been growing slow! It's very layered, and I find myself not really knowing how to style it...the pic above was just for fun. Usually it's just a messy, gelled (lotion) look. 
  • He says so many words now! Our favorites we like having him say are: pizza, breakfast, cookie, Pooh (Winnie the Pooh), Mickey, Batman, nana (banana), nack (snack), pees (please), thank you, night-night. We've been working on "I love you" or even just "love" and that has yet to happen.
  • He's been able to say all of his animal sounds for awhile now when we ask questions like "What does a cow say?", but he's getting quicker now. The Tiger is his most favorite because he gets to say "Rawr!" My favorite is hearing his kitty sound because his high-pitched "mowh" is so flippin' cute!
  • He knows his body parts and points to them when we ask "Where's Jett's nose? Where's Jett's cheeks?" etc.
  • He gives the most adorable hugs! Apparently I always say "Oooh" when he hugs me because it's so precious, so now Jett thinks that's part of hugging and says it too. It took me a couple weeks to figure out why he was doing that everytime until I caught myself saying "Oooh." So funny!
  • He is able to use a spoon pretty well at this point, so it's nice having him eat just about anything by himself. It's taken several weeks to figure out how not to turn the spoon the wrong way so the food doesn't fall out, but now we're to the point where it's somewhat minimal mess. It's so cute watching him eat with his spoon! He likes being Mr. Independent.
  • Also with eating, when it's time to eat, Jett will go pull his highchair tray out from under the couch where we store it. Seeing things he picks up on without us teaching him is so neat!
  • He is now practicing walking up and down the stairs like a big boy while holding my hands to keep him up on his legs. He's so proud of himself afterwards and usually says an excited "Yay!"
  • His new activity he enjoys is picking out his toe jam. Yup. It's disgusting.
  • He's been practicing getting undressed by himself, though he's really only able to get his socks off on his own and then starts tugging at everything else. This is our new task to practice for bath time and also prepares for potty training.
  • He LOVES going to the park! He very much enjoys the swings, but I think his favorite are the slides because he's such a little climber. He loves being able to climb up the playset himself and work his way over to the slides. He's especially cute going down the spiral slide or popping out the tunnel slide. So many giggles, especially if big brother Gage is hiding at the other end. As soon as he's landed he runs right back up the playset. Hours of entertainment!
  • He's been so good at putting himself to bed for quite some time now. When we say it's night-night time, he gets a big grin and runs to the stairs to climb up while saying "bye" and blowing kisses. He knows we chase him up, so that's a favorite night-time activity. Once in his room, he knows to turn on his night-light and tries turning on his CD player too for his bedtime tunes. Oh my preciousness! He then "nests" in his crib for awhile before zonking out.
  • Teeth-brushing has been going ok. He mostly thinks it's a treat and wants to savor the toothpaste flavor instead of keeping his mouth open for us to brush. Sometimes he giggles from the bristles tickling him, and other times he wants to pull away from them hitting tender gums from teeth coming in. 
  • Speaking of teeth, he's almost got all his teeth in! The two coming in right now to fill in the gaps between his molars and front 4 teeth are his canines. Teething has been a breeeeeze with him! Hardly any moodiness, just maybe a slight fever here or there. 
  • He's getting to the point where he'll sit to watch TV or movies. Before, it's just been background entertainment for him that he enjoys, but now, he likes to sit up on our couch and actually watch Pooh Bear or Mickey or Nemo for a block of time. He loves Pooh Bear! It's really cute watching him interact by waving and saying "Hi" when Pooh comes on and then says "bye Pooh" when the movie ends with Pooh and Christopher Robin walking away.
  • He loves playing with big brother Gage! Sometimes it's sad when Gage's friends come to play and Jett doesn't get to go outside with them. He'll cry at the door for a bit. Poor thing, wishes he was 11 years old too!
  • He gets excited over knocks at the front door or the door bell ringing and rushes to see who it is. He then gets extra excited if it's Grandma or Grandpa waiting to snatch him up.  In fact, when we tell him we're going to see Grandma or Grandpa, he'll run to the front door to go check if they're there.
  • Our friend group was talking about how cute it is their kids recognize pictures of Jesus without really teaching them who it was, so I decided to test it out on Jett by showing him a picture of Jesus at home. He had a big smile on face and just when I thought something divine would happen, he started saying "Dada" over and over. Haha. Maybe Jake could be a Mexican Jesus. Lesson failed.
  • He still puts everything in his mouth, so we're waiting for the day for that NOT to happen despite us flicking his mouth and attempting some discipline. So tired of slobber spots!!
  • One of my favorite moments of Jett's that had me laughing away was when I carried his big John Deere dump truck over by the couch for him to play with, but he wanted it in a different spot. He started pushing it to where he wanted while saying "beeeep, beeeep, beeeep..." like trucks do when they back up. Haha, I was dying! I don't know where he figured that out from. 
  • My other favorite moment so far was when I showed him our family picture in my phone and would zoom in on each person and ask Jett who they were. He said, "Gay (Gage - Haha), Dada, Momma, baby." Haha. I thought that was adorable!
  • He loves Facetime on my phone! He immediately knows the ringing sound of Facetime when it's dialing and gets a permanent smile. Usually we'll call my parents for him to chat with, and what's funny is I'll try to call them when he's being particularly active so he'll jabber more on the phone, but the opposite happens where he just goes stiff and just sits there smiling into the phone. It's like he gets shy. Haha.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Rainbows & Fruit Loops

Jett brings home some pretty adorable artwork from daycare, and his project for March might be one of my favorites. Welcome March! Let's get that spring weather rolling and get those tulips popping up! And sure, I'll take a pot o' gold with that.