Have your cake and eat it too

 Sam is finally showing some interest in toys!

It's fun to watch him interact with things.

I'm photographing a wedding at the Logan temple tomorrow and am totally stoked about it.

I've never done one in Logan, so Sam and I went to the temple

grounds yesterday just to make sure we knew where all the good photo spots were.

He was a huge help. :)

So cute when he's sleeping. ;)

I've been craving brownies for at least a week now, and last night we

watched an episode of Sabrina the teenage witch and she just

 happened to be making a ton of brownies.

So afterwards I went to the pantry and to my disappointment, 

we didn't have any brownie mix.

But, we had cake mix!

So I made some chocolate cake at 8:30 last night just so I could eat

 a piece before I went to bed. Travis didn't want any so I ate it alone.

I am totally my father's daughter.

And here's your laugh for the day

Studio C season 5 starts next month!

Baby laughter

Sam loves rolling to his stomach.

He now stays on his stomach for a long time without getting frustrated.

He has even slept that way. :)

I've also tried sitting him up more.  

He just looks so big!

Thanks Rachel for the short photo session up on campus!

You're the BEST.

Here's just a few of my favorites...

Can we count ourselves as true aggies now....?

Here's another video. He's starting to laugh a little more. :)

I love to see the Temple

Travis and I went on a date with the baby (I should

probably just call him Sam) last weekend.  

We got aggie ice cream and walked around campus while I took photos.

And Travis got new glasses. What a stud.

(I believe he said that he agrees that he looks like Rocketman with them...I

still think he looks like Rocketman regardless.)

We stop at the gardener's market every Saturday and there is one booth, I 

think it's called Food Sense, that always has a new food sample

along with the recipe. Last week's was apple sauce.

So I made my own!

(Don't be fooled by the labeling, I really did make it, we

just save containers and happened to have an apple sauce container.)

It's pretty good--super sweet though.

  

Sam likes the papoose.  

It's nearly a guarantee that he'll fall asleep in it as we're walking.

Even at the temple.

Ogden Temple Open House

Last year there was a student at USU who died while riding his bike down old main hill.

His name is Eric Anderson. I went to middle school with him.  And lived

in the same apartment complex as him our freshman year of college.

As I was up on campus yesterday for a photo shoot I found this memorial for him.

I was just reminded, once again, how fragile our lives are.

I'm so grateful for the Savior, who died for us and was then resurrected so

that we, too, can live again and be with our families for eternity. 

I have no greater comfort than that. 

Tell people you love them. Often.

Speaking of love and families.  

I LOVE this little man (who is growing way too fast)

and his smiles and giggles.

Here's an abundance of joy for you all.

Right before the sneeze...

My favorite grin

 

   

And here's a video that's a little too long of one of Sam's favorite games.

Sam & Noah meet again

Sam is always so happy in the morning after a long night of sleep!

I went up to campus the other day and found that they had finally finished

the courtyard area outside the art building that they'd worked on all year.

It's definitely different...quite modern and, in my opinion, doesn't match the rest of the building.

I took Sam up to handball the other day in the papoose.

On the way back it rained and he wasn't dressed terribly warm,

so I just put my jacket over him. :) He slept through it all.

And we saw this strange car next to my old apartment.

My friend Lindy and I went down to Salt Lake to visit Jennika yesterday!

Sam and Noah had met once before--they're both getting so big so fast!

Noah wanted to roll to his side like Sam--almost made it. :)

Noah's still working on that neck strength. 

Sam was showing him how to do it. As well as how to drool... 

Cuties.

Sam also has a much higher pitched voice than his friend Noah.

Had so much fun!
(Should've got a photo with Lindy in there too. My bad Lindy.)

The Doctor is Back

Doctor Who is back with Season 8 and a new face.

Andrew and Shiloh came up on Sunday to watch the new episode with us.

Samuel dressed up for it! 

"Bowties are cool."

Thanks to Amanda Snow for the awesome onesie. :)

 I made jammie dodgers. The were delicious.

Andrew and Shiloh brought cheese fondue for dinner.  That has nothing to do 

with Doctor Who but it was still delicious.

 Besides that we're just enjoying this little guy.

He's growing up so fast.

He loves taking walks in the papoose so he can look around at everything.

He's also slept about 10 hours for the last 5 nights...we are so lucky.

It's been nice to get a full night of uninterrupted rest.

 We went down to Tremonton with Travis' family to the box elder fair and several

of us wore our farm hoodies--Sam is still a little small for his though...

Looks so so tiny in the high chair