Recap

I admittedly am not the best blogger in the world. It's not because I don't have a million and one pictures of the cutest little boy in the whole world, because I do. I'm just not sure how much everyone else wants to see them. However, I do have some really fun things (at least in my oh-so-proud-mother-ly mind) to share with you.

Dane's first experience with food:
(it's kind of a long video, but I think it's darling in my completely unbiased opinion, of course)

Sorry, I can't figure out how to turn it...

Tummy time:My parents and I went to Boise to my cousin's mission farewell, and while we were there we visited my Grandparent's grave. My grandma passed away 3.5 years ago, and I really miss her. She was one amazing woman. It was the first time I have been back to her grave-site since. This is the first picture of Dane sitting up all by himself, and I love it because it's like he's looking at the headstone. I really like to think that he already knows my incredible grandparents. I just wish they were here. They would be the greatest great-grandparents.

He did get to meet Uncle Bill. He's our favorite!

We went down to St. George for Thanksgiving with my family. We were able to see some of our very good friends, JR and Brynn, and their darling little girl Haley. We were going to surprise one of my dearest friends (we've been friends since elementary school) with a visit as well, but for the second time in a row, she was up here visiting family while I was down there. Blast! I was so looking forward to meeting her newest addition (she now has FOUR beautiful girls...WOW!) and seeing her new home. Kamille--next time we need to get this right:)

While we were in St. George, Dane cut his first tooth. He is such a big boy! I can't get a picture of it, because every time I pull his lip down, he sticks his darling little tongue out. It's still pretty small, but it's there:)

And some not so fun stuff: two weeks ago today I was upstairs cleaning when I heard a loud "pop" and then water gushing. Fun times! I ran downstairs and water was just pouring out of our water softener. The nut on it was plastic (genius) and just snapped in two. I didn't know where the main shut off valve was for our water, and couldn't figure out how to turn it off, so I was running around the house grabbing towels and sheets to try and stop the water from getting to our computer or other electronics. Luckily my mom came over with our friendly neighbor Dan, and he was able to turn it off (and show me where it is for future reference which I will hopefully never need). Brock came home from work and with the help of my wonderful father in law, we spent the rest of the day tearing up carpet and sucking up water. The good thing is I was here, and our basement isn't finished, so there could have been a lot more damage done. Also, the carpet was going to go at some point anyway, so it's just speeding up the process. Fun times!