Carrots

We've been slowly integrating baby food into Darbi's diet. Mostly, she'll do ok with it but, at most, will only eat 1/4 to 1/3 of the jar - then she's done. We tried carrots for the first time and I was sure she would hate them! I warmed it up just a tiny bit and she didn't mind them at all. So I just kept feeding them to her straight from the jar after she finished off the stuff in the bowl. She went crazy!! It took carrots to get her to open her mouth in anticipation for the spoon and she finished off the entire jar!! The ENTIRE jar!!

Unfortunately, I only brought one cannula and the carrots stained it orange. That lead us on a hunt to all medical supply stores trying to find an infant cannula. No place around here has infant cannulas!! Because we're close to Sun City, 98% of the people on oxygen are old!! We either had to order it online or they said we had to have a prescription to buy an infant cannula! Ridiculous. We finally got one and they actually gave it to us for free so we got lucky. No more orange cannulas!!

I'm Yours and the Asian Boy

This is AWESOME. Watch for the nose itch. I'm serious. I've already watched this like 8 times. It's FUNNY.

First Sunday

We never take D to church for obvious reasons but I decided to take her to church here on my first Sunday. Mostly to show her off. :) She did really well and I only had to step out of Sacrament meeting once to feed her. She only smiled for the men at church but I think that's because she misses her Daddy. TOMORROW Clint comes!! Woot! We got her a cute dress special for today and she's rocked it. :)

D in AZ Week 1

This is how I find her most mornings.. She doesn't even cry. Usually I wake up to her laughing and playing. She just waits until I come fix it. Cracks me up.

Playing with her new phone from Grandma Pam.

She looks so chubby in this picture!! She is spilling out of her bouncer!

Bathtime in Grandma Gretchen's sink. She looks like a different baby without her cannula and headband (which holds on the cannula)!

I really just love these pj's!

If you look close, above her right eye you can see dried bananas. I had Dad feed her last Friday while Mom and I went shopping and I guess it got a little messy!

I love this picture! I took her outside in the cold one night while she wasn't feeling well. I think the cold air was refreshing for her and helped her breathe a little better. She look so sweet with her little red nose.

Eureka!!

I've figured it out! Thursday morning, D cut her first tooth! That's where the fever and the runny nose came from. We are on the mend and daily trying to get a good picture for you.

Sicky Eyes

My baby girl has some sicky eyes. :( She has officially gotten her first cold. We've been lucky enough so far - mostly because I've isolated myself from everyone because I'm a crazy overprotective mom.. I don't care though.. get over it. I knew that we would be holding our breath the first time she got sick. But, it's super mild and we're lucky because it could be a lot worse. It's just a little runny nose and a very slight fever that doesn't even hit 100. I'm wondering if it is because of the climate change. My dad said that this will happen to calves on the farm when they are moved to different climates.. I know my baby is not a cow but it kinda makes sense. Dad and Jed gave her a blessing and I'm feeling very reassured that this little cold of hers will pass uneventfully. I am sad Clint is not here to take part in the snuggling. He is sure missing her.

D and Grandpa

First Roadtrip

On our way

Feeding break in Beaver

Kermit in the car

Overnight in St. George

St. George Temple

New bridge at the Hoover Dam

Arizona Lovin'

I'M HERE! And it's not cold and I'm loving it!! An hour after we pulled out of Provo, it started snowing and apparently a big storm is supposed to move in Monday or Tuesday! I am a lucky girl! Clint can get his love for the cold and snowy weather out of his system before he comes down to experience an Arizona Christmas. Which is awesome. If you get a bike for Christmas, you can actually ride it! None of this silly I-got-a-sled-for-Christmas-and-can-only-use-it-for-2-months-out-of-a-year nonsense!

How sweet is this?? Clint was sayin' his see-ya-laters. He is going to miss the heck out of us. I already miss him. Only 9 more days!


It's been a rough first couple of hours for Darbi. We are noticing that she is very sensitive to her surroundings and anytime I am out of sight (when she is in a good mood) or not holding her (when she is in a bad mood) she is frantic. It will take a few days of adjusting but thankfully, we've got a few days to spare since I'll be here a while! Here's hoping to a good nights sleep for the little one and a fun day of learning her new surroundings tomorrow.

Christmas Lights

We drove down to Spanish Fork to see their Festival of Lights show. They set up the lights in a little park, you pay $5, and drive their loop while listening to Christmas music. It was simple and Darbi was SO tired but I think she liked it! She was pretty mesmerized.

News To Me

How many of you out there knew that a Jackalope was an IMAGINARY animal?!?!?!?! NOT ME. Clint and I just had an argument because I was sure it was real. WOW. He thought that was SOOOO funny. NOT funny.

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Jackalope (wikipedia)

This article is about the imaginary animal.

The jackalope is an imaginary animal of North American folklore (a so-called "fearsome critter") described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers and sometimes a pheasant's tale (and often hind legs) . . . It is easily imagined that this species might be humorously misconstrued to possess horns and represent a jackrabbit-antelope cross.
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NOW. Clint's new status on Facebook:


JERK. He cracks me up...

Darbi's First Christmas Card

Don't you love the hand drawn cannula?!
Kinley, you are so talented!
Thank you!!

Happy Christmas.

Sitting? Almost!

For the last month, we've been working really hard at getting Darbi to sit up by herself... hence the Bumbo purchase a few weeks ago. She's been doing alright at balancing herself while sitting on our laps but while on the floor, she tends to fall right over.. or last about a minute before she does. Today we had our Welcome Baby nurse come by and she started working with her. Darbi did so well and sat up with only a little help every few minutes!! She is such a show off. Since our nurse left this afternoon, Darbi ONLY wants to sit up! She gets so mad if I leave her laying down or even leaning on my tummy while sitting on my lap! She makes faces and grunts and reaches her arms out for someone to pull her up if she can't do it herself. I love how quick she learns these things! She's not using her arms to catch herself if she begins to fall so that is where she is lacking. She doesn't get how those work in lifting herself up. Tummy time is still dreadful...

It doesn't look like it but she's sitting up and away from the back of her chair. It was a bit hard to feed her tonight because she was so focused on sitting up. And finally, on Sunday night, she started to open her mouth in anticipation of a spoonful of rice cereal AND swallow almost all of it on the first try!! Yesterday I added a bit of mashed up banana and she LOVED IT. We tried that a while back but she was so against eating this way, she couldn't even tell. So. Bananas. That's the key..

AAAAANNDD.... I leave on Saturday for sunny, beautiful, 70-degree, love of my life PHOENIX. I can't wait. :D