HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY MEMPHIS!!!

MEMPHIS turned 1 today at 12:19am.  Still cannot believe that I have a ONE YEAR OLD.  He actually woke up crying last night right before his birth time so I got to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to him as he was turning a year old.  He has brought me such JOY and LAUGHTER that I don't know what I would do without him.  He also cheers me up when I have had a bad day.  I just thought that I would highlight each month of his first year and make sure you read to the end for a SURPRISE if you don't know already!!!

BIRTH

Born January 30, 2009 at 12:19am weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 oz and 19 in. long.
Red hair, ten fingers, and ten toes.













1 MONTH OLD

Weighed 8 lbs. and was 20 in. long
Slept 6 hour stretches:)

                                                          











2 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 12 1/2 lbs. and was 23 in. long.
Slept 7-9 hours at night---lucky mommy:)
Stood while being held for more than 10 min.
Able to bring binky to mouth.
Following mommy and daddy's voice.
Smile:)









3 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 14 lbs. and was 24 in. long.
Slept 10pm-7am every night.
Discovered his feet.
Could sit up on his own but only for a few sec.
Rolled from tummy to back.










4 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 16 lbs. and was 25 1/2 in. long.
Slept same hours except when sick.
Started eating cereal.
Could hold onto toys.
Rolling over back to front.
Could hold own bottle.
Started laughing a lot.
Blessed May 24.







5 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 18 lbs. and was 27 in. long.
Slept 9pm to 7am, ate then slept till 9am.
3-one hour naps.
Tried fruit!
Could put binky in his own mouth.
Loved to talk.









6 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 19 lbs. and was 27 1/2 in. long.
Slept the same.
Started on fruits and crackers.
Loves popsicles.
Could pull self up on tummy.
Sit up on own.
Scooting around.
Pass toy from hand to hand.
Look for dropped objects.







7 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 20 1/2 lbs. and was 27 3/4 in. long.
Slept the same and would wake up talking instead of crying.
Started on vegetables.
Head and hands move to music.
Scooting around starting to crawl.
Could say ma, da.













8 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 21.7 lbs. and was 28 in. long.
Slept 9pm-7am.
Down to 2 long naps.
Started trying new foods: pasta, bread, sauces, etc.
Loved mirrors.
Looked for hidden objects.
Could pull self up to standing using objects.
Crawling really well.
Could say mama, dada.
First tooth.










9 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 20 lbs. and was 29 in. long.
Started teething more so woke up in the night a lot.
Loved eating off mom's and dad's plate at dinner.
Discovered snow.
Lay ears under water in bath and make noises!
Loved to dance!!! Bounce his legs to the music.
Stand holding onto something with one hand.
Walk holding onto things or people's hands.
Started clapping, waving, and pointing.
Could say hi, cool, yay.
Started taking more than 4 steps on own!




10 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 21 lbs. and was 30 in. long.
Slept 9pm-8am but would only fall asleep in our arms.
Weaned off expensive formula onto whole milk and juice.
Standing on own and officially walking on own!
Would stack stuff up and climb on to get higher!
Started saying uh oh!













11 MONTHS OLD

Weighed 21 lbs. and was 30 in. long.
Fell asleep on own 9pm to 8am. 2 naps.
Learned how to go up and down stairs.
Could stand up from sitting on own.
Started saying whoa when fell down.
Started saying weeeeeee!









12 MONTHS OLD---1 YEAR!!!

Has his one year well-baby check-up on Mon so I will let you know how much he weighs and how tall he is.
Started walking back-wards and loves to run.
He will say go! and then run away (so cute!)
Loves to kick and carry around basketballs.
Loves clapping, dancing, running in circles, giving high 5's, smiling, laughing, playing hide-n-go-seek.  Loves saying weeeee, go, and can say bobble (bottle).  Weaning him onto sippy cups.
Loves giving hugs:) Loves eating snow!
When I say time to go he can put his own arms into his coat and then will run to the front door and wait to leave!  SMART HAPPY BOY!!!

HAPPY DAY OF YOUR BIRTH MEMPHIS!!!  We will hopefully be moved into our NEW HOUSE by the end of Feb.  Then he will have a yard to play in:)  We are also planning on getting sealed in the next couple of months.  Can't wait to be SEALED as a family forever!  And Happy Birthday Memphis, you are going to be a BIG BROTHER to a new little brother or sister sometime this fall!!!  What a wonderful 2010 it is going to be!

NEW YEAR and SNOW TIME FUN!

Happy New Year everyone!!!  I still can't believe it is 2010.  I was so tired being up all night with Memphis the night before New Years so me and Danny slept through the start of the new year.  I woke up at 12:05 am and just rolled over and went back to sleep.  I am back to teaching but am now really sick with a high fever and chills.  It is no fun.  Danny is having fun snowboarding with his friend Clint.  Memphis had another accident but everyone tells me that he will have many as he continues to walk.  He was at Day Care and walking with his bottle in his mouth.  As he was walking into the kitchen he tripped.  He ended up with a cut bottom lip, a swollen top lip, a bloody nose, and one of his top teeth was pushed back up into his gums a little.  The gums around it were swollen, bruised and bloody for about 3 days but now it is looking back to normal.  YAY!  And of course it didn't phase him.  He was up and running around again.
Memphis is getting really good at communicating what he wants.  He will bring me his little containers of snacks if he is hungry.  He will bring me his bottle or sippy cup if he is thirsty, and he will bring me a diaper if he is sick of being in a wet one.  He still loves music and is always dancing and running around.  Certainly keeps me on my toes.  He loves to climb too and turning on our stereo full blast.  We finally put the baby proof latches on our kitchen cupboards because that became one of his new places to play.  He is so mad at us because he can't get into anything anymore.  He always gives us these dirty faces when he tries to open one.
I took Memphis out in the snow last week and took some cute pictures.  He sure loved the snow especially getting to finally just play in it and trying to eat it.  Here are the pics...

CRAZY CHRISTMAS VACATION!!!

We had a wonderful yet crazy, hectic, wild trip to spend Christmas with my family in Woodinville, Washington. We were going to leave for the airport on Wednesday in plenty of time but Memphis pulled a heavy glass cereal bowl off the arm of the couch and it fell and hit him hard in the forehead and he got a huge goose-egg bump and bruise. I started getting worried because he would not stop crying so I called the pediatrician and they just said to give him some tylenol and put ice on it. I felt so bad but he ended up being ok. We then hurried to the bank and gas station and then remembered we forgot some stuff and a binky for Memphis (which he never actually used cause he doesn't like binky's anymore)

so we got to the airport at 5 and our flight was scheduled to leave at 5:55. There was a really long line to check-in so I worried we wouldn't

make it to the gate in time but luckily the line went fast. While waiting

in line I remembered I forgot Memphis's birth certificate to prove he was under 2 years old so he could fly for free. I hassled with them and they believed me that he looked under 2 so they let

him go. We hurried over to security and luckily there was no line. As we were going through Danny kept beeping and he had to keep removing stuff. Then they told us they needed to look

through his bag because of something suspicious. They

started to pull everything out and

really search so I grabbed Memphis and the rest of our stuff to hurry to our gate because we were at the far end and it was almost time to leave. While I was walking to the gate,

dropping everything (except Memphis), strangers trying to help me, Danny text me and told

me they found a .22 bullet in his bag and he had to go to jail overnight. Ha ha Danny not funny.

They just had him sign a bunch of paperwork, they

confiscated the bullet, and we got to the gate as they were boarding. It was not a full flight so Memphis got his own seat and was really good :) We got to my parent's house and then I realized that we forgot a bag at home with all our toiletry stuff so my mom went and found a

store open at 10:30 at night so we could have toothbrushes and baby tylenol.

Christmas Eve we spent at my cousin's house with all my relatives. We had a great dinner, opened presents, and had fun visiting. We dressed up Memphis in his new Santa outfit his aunt Alicia bought him. He didn't like wearing the hat that is why he looks sad.

Christmas Day we all slept in and then opened presents. Memphis is still too young to understand presents and opening the wrapping paper but he had fun playing with his new toys. Memphis got really good at going up stairs but not necessarily going down them. He al

so had fun playing peek-a-boo in the curtains with his grandpa Thorpe.

Saturday we all just relaxed which was nice. Then we went to a movie. Since we didn't know anyone that lived near my parents and all my relatives lived too far away we took Memphis to my parent's bishop's house while we went to the movie. His wife and 5 daughters loved him and I am sure he had fun with all the attention:) After the movie about 10:30pm I was really hyper (don't know why) and my brother Chris and Danny kept making me laugh and while I was trying to run to the bathroom I mis-stepped the edge of the sidewalk in front of the house and rolled my ankle really bad. I was in a lot of pain and could not walk so I went to bed with ice. I just kept wondering how I was going to get through the airport not being able to walk. Well, I woke up and could hobble around ok even though I was slow.

Sunday there were no lines at the airport, they did not even ask to look at Memphis's birth certificate and Memphis got his own seat again and slept the whole way back to Utah. The day was going better than when we left or so I thought. When we got to the parking lot at the airport a tire on my SUV was flat! So, we had to change the flat tire at 8pm in 10 degree weather when all we wanted to do was be on our way home.

The fun does not stop there. When we got home we noticed that our bedroom was colder than the rest of the house didn't think anything of it though and just bundled up in blankets. The next night the room was too cold so we looked around and found out that the window had many cracks in it. So we slept in the living room cause it was too late to go upstairs to tell our landlord about it. I slept on the couch and my husband slept on the floor. The next day I went up to tell our landlords and found out that they were actually out of town and wouldn't be back till the next day if they could make it in the bad weather. So we are sleeping in the living room again.

Normally I think I would just stress and cry and not handle any of this very well but I was able to just laugh and have fun and relax! It made it all bearable and makes for a great story. Hope everyone had a great Christmas!!!

WALKING AND DANCING!

Memphis started taking his first steps at 9 months old. By Thanksgiving (9 1/2 months) he was walking on his own pretty well. As soon as he turned 10 months old he decided he didn't like crawling anymore and now walks everywhere. He can stand up from sitting all by himself and can actually walk faster than he crawls (I think that is why he stopped crawling). Here are a few videos to enjoy of our growing boy!!! I don't know why but Memphis loves shaking his head no He does it all the time so watch for it in the videos.

This video is from Thanksgiving down in Blanding with Danny's family. Teddy (Danny's brother) was having his missionary farewell. He invited friends over (all girls:D) and Memphis was just showing everyone his new walking skills. The next video is Memphis dancing. He loves to dance and does it whenever any music is playing. He just wanted to show off for the ladies and Grandpa Royer came in to watch too:)

BABY'S 1st THANKSGIVING!

We drove 5 hours south to Blanding and stayed at Danny's parent's house for Thanksgiving.  It was so fun to see everyone and Memphis loved playing with all his aunt's and uncle's and of course grandma and grandpa Royer!  Also at 9 1/2 months he started walking!!!  Still comes as a shock to me when I look over and he is walking instead of crawling.

Here is what Memphis thinks of long car rides!  Actually he did so well on the way there and back.  Just slept and ate and watched movies.

Memphis ready and waiting for his first Thanksgiving feast!

CLEVER BOY!

So Memphis has discovered a new way to get into things that are higher than his reach! He pulls down the DVDs and as they start stacking up he climbs on top of the pile and then starts working on pulling down the DVDs on the higher shelves. I have OCD have to have my DVDs in alphabetical order so ya I screamed when I saw what he had done. Now the DVDs are blocked so he can't get to them. So of course he moved on over to the book shelves and has done the same thing. Pulling down the books making a pile and climbing up the pile of books to get to the higher shelves. SMART BOY!

Memphis with Daddy and his guitar.

So on Sunday Danny was out of town so I was by myself with Memphis at church.  Since I had to play in Primary the Primary presidency tried watching Memphis for me.  He just does not sit still wants to always be by me and loves to play some of the piano keys.  So, they took Memphis into Nursery and they let him stay the whole time.  They said he did so well playing with the others.  They told me I could take him to nursery starting in Jan even though he will not be 18 months for another 6 months.  I sure am lucky!  It will be nice to play the piano and not have him to watch over.

All ready for church but first he has to practice playing a few notes!

We got approved for a home loan so we have been looking with our new real estate agent at short sale homes.  We have looked at about 8 houses in nearby cities.  They are going for a great price right now and then we can get the new homeowner tax credit.  We are also interested in Danny's cousin's home in Lehi but we will see if that works out.

ARRR We be Pirates!

I am finally posting our Halloween pictures.  Memphis and I dressed up as pirates.  It was a lot of fun.  I don't think Memphis really knew what was going on but it sure looked like he had fun.

World's cutest pirate:)

The hat didn't ever last very long.  I think it was just a little too tight as you can see the lines on his forehead.

Memphis and Mommy at our ward's trunk-or-treat.  Memphis loved chewing on his sword.

At my elementary school Halloween Parade with all the specialty teachers.  We all decided to dress up like pirates this year.  From left to right: Art teacher, Music teacher, Computer teacher, PE teacher, and Memphis.

I am helping direct our elementary school musical and Memphis goes with me to practices.  We got a walker as a gift for Memphis and it just doesn't roll very well in our carpeted basement apartment so I took it to school for Memphis to walk around the big gym.  HE LOVES IT.  He walks (more like runs) around for the whole hour of practice.

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A FUN HALLOWEEN!

LATEST WELL-BABY CHECK-UP:  So at 9 months our pediatrician gave us the go ahead to wean him off baby things.  We can start giving him dairy and whole milk so we don't have to pay for expensive formula.  That means I can start putting away the bottles and getting out the sippy cups.  He has two bottom teeth and one top one is working its way out so he is eating off our plates now.  We can move him to his new front facing car seat.  He gets around really well crawling, walking holding on to things, and walking by just holding on to one of our hands.  The pediatrician thinks that he will be walking by Thanksgiving.  I kind of don't want that to be true because I am not mentally ready for a more mobile baby but we will see:)  At his 8 month checkup he weighed 22 pounds and at this checkup he weighed 20 pounds because he is more active.  I also officially put away his 9 month size clothes and he is wearing 12 month size clothes.  My baby is growing up!