The Jumper pt. 2

Hunter has now mastered his jumper - and it only took him a week! They learn so fast! He can actually chew on this little sun teether thing WHILE jumping now! It kinda scares me but he hasn't hurt himself... yet.

So, he has found his new passion in life - JUMPING! He'll jump even if he isn't in his jumper! If you put him in the standing position, as soon as he feels the ground beneath him, he'll start doing the jumping action! And it doesn't stop there... Josh was bouncing him on his knee the other day and he must have recognized that it was similar to what his jumper felt like, so he start bouncing himself on Josh's knee! I got video of that on my camera, so this video should be better quality than the one before... and it's a lot longer... here it is! :)

The Jumper

Josh put Hunter's jumper together about a month ago but Hunter wasn't able to really use it yet because he wasn't tall enough to reach the floor. I started putting him in it about 2 weeks ago and for the first week, he thought it was okay and would just play with the toys for about 10 minutes. After that, he would get bored with it. But about a week ago, he figured out that he could jump in it!!! He loves it now! It is so cute because he'll just sit there and jump and jump and make himself so tired. So he'll start to whine to get out but he keeps jumping! It's so funny! I guess he hasn't figured out that he doesn't HAVE to jump in it!!! LOL!

I got a little video of him last week going crazy in it, so here it is... (the quality is obviously not very good - being it was taken on my phone...)

Draper Temple Open House

About 2 weeks ago, our family went to the Draper Temple open house. We ended up taking Hunter with us because we thought he would be just fine. Well, everything was going great - he was cooing and grunting and he just loved the temple! Josh kept showing him all of the pictures of Jesus and he was loving every minute of it... until we got towards the end.

I'm not sure if it was because we were walking so slowly or that it was too hot or what, but he just lost it. He started whining and screaming, so we thought maybe he was hungry. So in the middle of the Celestial Room, Josh started to make a bottle. Each family member had a duty - whether it was holding the formula can while Josh scooped out of it or holding the thermos with the water in it - everyone helped out. There wasn't really anywhere to stop to the side to do this, so all of this was happening while we were meandering through the Celestial Room! I bet people thought we were crazy (or possibly disrespectful...)

One of the ushers did say, "hey, we all got to eat, right?" That made me feel a little better about the situation but it was still pretty embarrassing. Josh then got everything all mixed up and got Hunter in the feeding position. I didn't think it could get any worse but then Hunter started choking on the bottle and wouldn't eat it and just started screaming! At that point, it was pretty bad, so we asked one of the ushers if there was any way that we could just leave. They showed us a back way out around all of the people and we got out of there. As soon as we were out of the temple and away from all of the people, he was completely fine.

So, I guess Hunter will be able to say that he is probably the only baby who had a bottle in the Celestial Room at the Draper temple!

Sick... again!

I haven't posted for a while, so I thought I should. Hunter is sick... again! He has been sick 3 times in his short little life! This time hasn't been as bad as the times before but it still is not fun. I wasn't going to take him to the doctor this time because it seemed like it was just a little cold but I called the doctor's office just to tell them his symptoms and they thought he might have an ear infection. So, I took him up there (this was Friday).

When the doctor went to look in his ears, I guess there was a bunch of ear wax in there, so he couldn't see very well (I swear I thought I cleaned better in there! Guess not...) So, the doc made me put Hunter's legs hanging over the table and had me push my hips up against them, so he couldn't move his legs. Then he had me hold his arms to his sides, while the doc held his head, so he could fish out the ear wax with this metal hook thing. I swear, I have NEVER heard him cry like that before! Not with me setting him down when he wants to be held, not with shots - nothing compared to this crying! There were little pools of tears on the paper on the table when he got all done - it was so sad, I about lost it. And after all of that, it turned out that he didn't even have an ear infection! Ugh... well, I guess he might be able to hear better now though without all of that ear wax!

On the way back from the doctor's appointment, I decided that I should use my car wash code that I had gotten about two weeks earlier, because it was about to expire. Hunter was asleep in his car seat, so I thought he would be fine. Well, I was wrong... I got the code all put in and was waiting my turn to go in. All of the sudden, Hunter starts choking on his mucus and just starts wailing. There was no way this kid was going to last through a car wash, especially since he had never been in one before, so who knows if he would have liked all that noise anyways! There was a car behind me, so I ran back to her and said that my little one wasn't going to make it through this car wash, so she could just use my code. She asked if I was sure and I said yes because what else was I supposed to do? So, she backed up and let me out and we went home.

When I told Josh and my mother-in-law that story, they asked if I had taken the lady's car wash code in exchange for mine... nope! I wasn't really thinking clearly, so I didn't even think to ask! DUH! Oh well...

Rolling Over part 2

Hunter figured out how to roll over the other way this morning! He used to just roll from his back towards his right side and then onto his tummy but now he can roll towards his left side too! Now I guess he just needs to figure out how to go from his tummy to his back... and when he does, he'll be able to roll across the room! Won't that be fun! :)

Cereal!

I fed Hunter his first helping of rice cereal on Saturday. He seemed a little unsure with the first couple bites but after that, he was grabbing the spoon to help me put it in his mouth and was laughing and grunting! He thought it was so much fun!




On Sunday, I fed him another helping and he absolutely loved it! He was actually getting mad at me when I didn't get the spoon in his mouth fast enough! So cute! :D

Rolling Over

Hunter rolled over for the first time last night! Well, technically, he did it while in his crib on Saturday but we'll just count last night as the first time, since I saw him do it this time... :P

He has been perfecting it all day today but it is so funny because he doesn't like being on his stomach, so as soon as he gets there, he's only happy for about 10 seconds and then he starts crying. So then I'll flip him over (since he hasn't figured out going from his tummy to back) and he gets SO mad! He's so funny...

Facebook

I am now officially on Facebook! I thought that I would join the rest of the world and have a way to communicate with people, now that I am staying home with Hunter. I am still planning on keeping this blog updated though and just having the Facebook page as a means to link to this blog...

So, I am trying to get this blog updated, so it has current pictures, info, etc on it. So look for changes in the next week or so! :D

My Official Last Day

My official last day at Get Away Today was yesterday. It was so weird to think that I wouldn't be going back there ever again as an employee because I have been working there for 6 years! I don't think it has quite hit me yet, but I bet next week when I would usually get up and go to work, it will!

They got me a big cake to sort of "celebrate" my departure. But when we got everyone together around it, it was so sad! Here is a picture to explain:



Have you ever seen a sun so unhappy? What about the flowers? And the little bees? I don't think that I've ever seen such a sad cake... but it was definitely funny and I appreciated the sentiment.

My Last Day

My last day working at Get Away Today will be this Thursday. I put in my two weeks notice last Monday because I won't need to work with Josh's new job. I am so excited to be able to stay at home with Hunter because he is growing up so fast and I feel like I am missing things! So now I won't miss ANYTHING! :)

I am still planning on working for my sister though, being her little Mary Kay assistant. But I will do most things for her from home, so that works out very nicely.

I will miss all of the people that I got to work with at Get Away Today because they are all such awesome people. But I am excited for my new change and can't wait to get started on my new full time job... HUNTER! :P