Been so long...

Sorry I have not been on top of our blog this week. It has been a CRAZY week. We went to a hockey game on Friday night. It was a great time!! We had a blast and Ori was great! I actually think he had a fun time - he would follow the players back and forth on the ice. The only part he had trouble with was when the Grizzlies would score a loud train horn would go off! At one point he was totally asleep and they scored - he cried, that was sad. Luckily the Grizzlies lost haha.

Then on Saturday night we went to a Christmas party at our friends Cam and Heather's house. We had a blast, and the baby was pretty good - he slept most of the time. I sat where he could see the TV (he is his daddy's boy) and he feel right to sleep. What a cutie!Ori is getting so big it's amazing how the time goes by so quickly.
The party was packed, and it was a great time for everyone. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Party ...

So we went to Dustin's work Christmas party in Park City last week. Ori was a little sick again, and I wasnt feeling very well either, but we had a great time! As we were getting ready to take off for the party I tried on Ori's shoes his aunt Micki gave him during a one of the baby showers I had. I didnt think they would fit him so soon, but they did! They looked so cute I had to take a few picutres for Micki and the fam. What a cute boy! Dustins friends at work call him Mini D because he looks so much like his Daddy.

Santa pics

Its been awhile since our last post. A lot has happened since our trip to St. George we FINALLY closed on our new condo! Yea! Orion is becoming more smiley everyday! Its wonderful to see him change (also kinda sad he is growing so fast). He is getting so big, he is already starting to grab at things and pull them to his mouth. He has been doing that for about a week. He just really started giggling this week and it is fun to make him laugh. We also took some new Christmas pictures of Ori and the Fam.

He really didnt like wearing the Santa hat, but he looked so cute! This picture really shows how he felt about the whole thing lol.
I got a quick smile from him in this picture - he is quite camera shy - as soon as he sees that camera his smile disappears. ;)
.... And this picture.... he actually left a mark on his arm he was sucking on it so hard - sure he wont take a binki, but loves his arm.
This was a very difficult picture to get - every time we tried either the baby or the dog would move, so we ended up with this picture. We finally gave up after about a hundred tries lol. We got our tree this weekend and decorated it together! It was a great time! Our first family tree!!

New glamour shots!

I took some new pictures today - its fun to see him changing.

I think these turned out pretty good.

Tuacahn Christmas!

We went to the Tuacahn theatre of arts for a nativity production. We went with Adam and Kiora and the fam! It was a great time and the nativity was really cool!This is a picture of Dustin and Ori while we were walking around looking at the lights - they were really pretty and Ori was mesmerized.
This is the nativity before it started, however the pic is a little fuzzy (I am not sure why) but you get the idea, it was really pretty.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We went down to Gammy's house to visit, while we were there we saw Adam's family and it was a ton of fun.

This is Zane holding Ori in his Thanksgiving outfit that Lori got us. I think its so cute, and Zane did great with him.
This one is so cute because Ori is smiling - We had so much fun during thanksgiving!
This is another picture I took this week before we left for Thanksgiving vacation. Ori was just out of his bath and he was smiling on the couch - I had to get it on camera.

Orion Is Three Months Old!

On Saturday Nov. 18 we went to Grandpa Scotts house for a early Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great time, we all had so much fun! After eating we all needed a nap! Of course, Ori was the only one who took one haha.

This is Grandpa holding Ori ... it was so cute, he kept making cute little sleepy noises during his nap. It was nice to be together.

This is my brother Eric holding Ori for the first time. Ori felt quite comfortable as you can see :)

Ori is now three months old! His three month mark was on the 16th. I cant believe how the time has gone by. Sadly, on his three month birthday he was sick with a horrible cold. Last tuesday Dustin came home from work sick! Poor Ori caught it and was feeling pretty yucky on thursday. I gave him a little bit of medicine and he was able to sleep, he is feeling much better now, I am happy for that.

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This is Ori yesterday playing with his toys, he just started trying to touch them this week. However, he is kinda tired by the time I decided to get him on video. We then put him in his swing (his favorite thing) and he watched me clean the room.
He is so fun.

Daddy's place...

Last night I was hanging up some clothes and Ori was hangin out with me, I thought it was so cute how comfortable he looked in dads place in our bed, haha.

He is so sleepy at this time, but he refused to go to sleep. So, instead he watched me fold and hang clothes while fighting closing his eyes.

Time with Jill and Nan

Last week we went to dinner at Dustin's aunt Jill's house to visit family. Dustin's grandma Nan finally got to hold Orion. I just found a couple of pictures so I wanted to through them on here so everyone could see. He was a little fussy because he had just had his shots that Friday. :(

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Fun with baby...

I was so excited to get some real pictures of Orion when we were rid of the oxygen. So here are a few of the pictures I was able to get. As you can see he gained a lot of weight after we took the oxygen off, he looks so much more healthy in these pictues, and he was starting to smile. He is 7 weeks here and weighed 10lbs. I took these in the morning when he is the most happy.

Family pictures...

During the confrence weekend just after Ori had his oxygen removed, we decided to take a fall drive through the Alpine Loop. It was a beautiful day and we were able to get some fun pictures, our first family pictures.

Sitting with the Dog...

After we took the oxygen off, Ori grew like crazy!! It was amazing how much he changed that next week! He began to hold his head up better, and start to follow things with his eyes. It was so cute how comfortable he became. The pictures here are on our couch. Ori likes to sit here, all propped up so he can look around. He is sitting with our dog Ender, in one of these pictures it looks like Ori is crying but he is really just yawning. Ender became very protective of Ori this week, he would become a nanny of sorts and get worried when Ori would cry or coo. It was very cute.

Finally!! No Oxygen!!

On Sept. 15, 2006, we were given the 'go ahead' to take Ori off of the oxygen and apnea monitor. We were SO excited. He hated having it taped to his face, and he kept ripping it off. When we got to take it off for good, we breathed a huge sigh of relief. He felt so much better.

We also celebrated our one year wedding anniversary during this time with our new baby.( haha) We stayed in the University Marriott for the weekend and had a great time!

Talking to Daddy...

This is Orion listening to Daddy talk, I thought it was so cute how fixated on Dustin he is, so I snapped a few pictures!!