Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Happy Birthday Brandon!!

Today is Brandon's (Ryan's little brother) birthday. He is ten years old and growing so quick. He is such an awesome kid and I am so glad that he is my brother too. He is such a great uncle to Blake and always calls to ask how little Blakey is doing. We are so excited to be able to go and see him and the rest of the family in Hawthorne this weekend to go trick or treating for Halloween. I just wanted to tell Brandon how awesome he is and that we are way excited to see him soon. Happy Birthday B-dog!!!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

My ABC's

A- Attached or Single? Attached at the hip:) B- Best Friend? Hubby Ryan Poo!! As for a girl it would be Alyson.








C- Cake or Pie? hmm...MMM... My favorite two cakes are rainbow chip and german chocolate. Yummy. Now I want cake.


D- Day of Choice? Sunday because Ryan is home and doesn't study. Also I get to take a nap. Oh how I love my naps.E- Essential Item? My camera!! I have an obssesion with taking pictures of Blake.


F- Favorite Color? Yellow

G- Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms? Gummy bears


H- Hometown? Logan, Utah and Henderson, Nv. I have live in Nevada longer now than I did Utah.


I- Favorite Indulgence? I love oreos. I also like no bake cookies. YUM YUM



J- January or July? In Vegas, January because I can walk outside and not die of heat stroke.


K- Kids? Baby Blake


L- Life isn't complete without? Family and Friends


M- Movie favorite? I love chick flicks....even the cheesy ones.... they make me feel good.

N- Number of Brothers and Sisters? 2 brothers 1 sister- 4 brother in laws 4 sister in laws. (This is some of them)


O- Oranges or Apples? Apples


P- Phobias or Fears? I hate bugs... any and all types. Also my biggest fear although no one would guess is water. I am terrified of drowning. I think my biggest fear of all is losing Ryan or Blake. I don't think I could handle it.


Q- Quote? "Family is like fudge...mostly sweet with a few nuts." "If life gives you lemons, make Koolade. Then watch and laugh as people try to figure that one out:)"


R- Reason to Smile? Blake started to crawl yesterday and Ryan got an interview for med school:)




S- Season of Choice? Fall, I love the colors and the weather


T- Tag a friend: Everyone reading


U- Unknown Fact About Me? I have applied like 20 times to get on the show Wheel of Fortune. NO luck yet.


V- Vegetable? Corn. I love every type of corn other than cream corn. It kind of wierds me out.


W- Worst Habit? When I am nervous I bite my nail.


X- X-ray or ultrasound? Oh I've had plenty of both. At least with Ultrasound I got to see my baby before he was born.


Y- Your Favorite Food? Chicken roll-ups and Mashed Red potatoes.


Z- Zodiac Sign? Leo

Monday, October 20, 2008

Cold Applesauce!!

So Blake loves his fruit and especially applesauce. This morning I fed him some bananas and he was still hungry so I decided to grab the applesauce that was in the fridge. Usually we warm it up a little so it is not so cold but he was screaming in baby words "NOW MOMMY, NOW!! I'M STILL HUNGRY!!" Ok Ok, so when I gave him the applesauce and put it in his mouth he kept making this adorable "this is to cold" face. I just had to get it on camera.



Ok I know everyone did this as a child... Blake: Mom do you like seafood? Me: Ewww gross no way. Blake: Well I do.... SEE FOOD :) Me: You are too cute!!!










Here is a few pictures of Blake getting ready for the winter in Hawthorne and Logan. He has never really experienced cold:)



























Here is a new game we are going to play. I want everyone that sees this to play if you can. It' s called the caption game. Whan do you think that Blake is thinking in this picture? I'm thinking like "I really wish I knew where I put my last crunchy star....Sigh."

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Through the exer-saucer!!!

So the other day I was watching T.V. and when I looked down I saw that Blake had crawled into his saucer toy to try to get a piece of food. I was amazed that he actually got into it and then proceeded to watch him crawl out the other side. Don't worry I got it all documented in pictures which now you can all witness for yourselves. Also for the past couple months Blake has only worn onesies to bed because it is so hot here. This same night it was pretty cold outside so I decided that Blake could actually were real pajamas. I think these pajamas are adorable personally but you be the judge. Anyway here is Blake's journey through the exersaucer. Enjoy!!











































Here is a cute after bath picture also.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

How many of us are there?

I saw this on Melissa's blog (thank you) and thought it was pretty interesting. So here it is....
In the United States there are 412 people with the name Heather West.


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I also checked my maiden name and there are only a total of 5 people in the US with the name Heather Orme. That is a pretty big jump up to 412 people. Who Knew????

In the United States there are 408 people named Ryan West.

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In the United States there are only 45 people with the name Blake West.


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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Blake's First Word!!

Blake has said his first word and he enjoys saying it all day long which is so cute. "Dada, dada, dada, dad." He sure loves his dad. I was on the phone with Ryan and said to Blake, "Dad is calling" and this is what Blake said to me........

I am glad this is his first word because I told Ryan that when Blake wakes up in the middle of the night and starts calling out Dada it would be his Dada that he would want to come get him. So I think that Blake can take his sweet time to learn Mama and I am more than OK with that. (Only because he doesn't need to know Mama to get me to come to his every beck and call. This little boy has me wrapped around all 10 fingers.....which is also the case when he grabs a handful of my hair but that is a painful different story.)

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Getting closer to crawling

Hey everybody, here is Blake attempting to crawl. Hope you enjoy.


Wednesday, October 1, 2008

A day at the Park!!

Every Wednesday morning the women in my ward have a play day at the park for all of their children. Blake and I have never gone before because it is always during his nap time. Today however Blake had slept in and we had some time to kill before his first nap so I decided we should go and play.

We had so much fun at the park and Blake loved playing with the other kids. Blake is not to fond of the grass and gets a super cute funny face when i put him on to it. On the other hand when he gets over the shock of the prickly feeling he is so mesmorized by it and loves to pull it out.
We also went on the swings for the first time and he was almost falling asleep in my lap because he is used to his swing at home and how relaxing it is.


We had a great morning and in the five minutes it took to drive home Blake had fallen asleep in his carseat. He is now napping peacefully and hopefully he will take an extra long nap so I can clean the house. Here are some pictures from this morning. If you double click on some of them you can see his bottom teeth.