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Hey everyone, I really hate to do this but I am having to go private now! Too many creepy things going on here so I am going private. Please leave your information for me in your comments or if you would prefer email it to me at amandajodoan5@hotmail.com. Don't be shy about commenting to be added to my list, the more the merrier!

4 months old

Well I can't believe that my baby boy is already 4 months old (on the 7th)! I cannot imagine my life without him now. He makes me laugh everyday! He is now weighing in at 14 lbs. 12 oz. and he is almost 27 inches long. So this boy is very tall, he is in the 95 percentile for his age. YAY for my future basketball star. Some of the other little things he is doing now, he rolls all over the place from his back to his stomach and his stomach to his back again. He loves his toys and his favorite song for me to sing to him is Take Me Out to the Ballgame. He loves his daddy, and he is constantly laughing. He has just recently started sleeping through the night now. He is also eating rice cereal once a day, I think he really likes it. I could go on and on about him but these are some of my favorite things. I just love my handsome boy!

Some Summer Fun

So these last couple of weeks have been very busy ones for us. A lot of fun things and some not so fun. For the last week we were able to go to Missouri to visit family. We had such a great time. For my memory's sake I will go through it day by day.
Friday and Saturday: We drove all through the night Friday and got there around 1:00 pm on Saturday. Talon was a champion on this drive. He slept almost the entire 16 hour drive. When we got there we visited with family for a while and that night had a dinner gathering and went to bed because we were still so tired from our long drive.
Sunday: We went to church for Sacrament meeting then decided to go to Adam Ondi Ahman after that and see the church site there. That was a lot of fun for me to see and learn more about. We had everyone over to the house that afternoon and hung out there and had great food and great company.
Monday: We got a bunch of Josh's sisters and their families together and went swimming all day. And had a BBQ that night.
Tuesday: The girls all decided we wanted a break from kids and husbands and so we got together and had an all day/night sewing day at Josh's mom's quilt shop. We had great fun and I got to learn some things about sewing and quilting. I even made the coolest Halloween table runner. I will have to post a picture when I am finished because I am pretty proud of it!
Wednesday: Josh went golfing in the morning then he and I went into town and did a little shopping. Then that evening we went to a Royals baseball game. This was probably a highlight of my trip because I love baseball so much. It was mine and Talon's first major league game. And this was one of the only times I managed to pull out my camera.
Thursday: Some more golfing in the morning, more sewing, and then a family BBQ that night to send us off. Sarah was nice enough to take family pictures for everyone and she got some great ones of us. I just need to get them from her now. Then started our long long drive home. Not so great this time but we made it and that was the important part.

Other things going on, I got a new nephew Friday morning! His name is Lucas and he is so adorable. I love new babies. Unfortunately though, we had to cut our trip a few days short because my Grandma Christensen passed away. We came back and went to her funeral. The funeral was nice we just sat around and discussed her life. It is sad but we know she is in a better place now. We have some great things coming up to help finish off our summer fun. Can't believe summer is almost over!

Talon fell asleep at the quilt shop all by himself like this!

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Last night Josh and I and Talon had the wonderful opportunity to go to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. It just completely amazes me at the beauty and elegance of the temple. Now, more than ever, I just cannot wait for the day that our family can go there to be sealed for eternity. There is absolutely nothing more important than that! Hopefully it will be very soon that we will be going back to the temple. If you have not gone to this open house yet and you have the opportunity, definitely take advantage of this. You will not regret it!

Lava Hot Springs

This last weekend we took a family trip to Lava Hot Springs. Our day started really early to get there and ended really late coming home. We did all sorts of fun things like tubing down the river which we all ended up getting scrapes and bruises from. But they make for good stories. We also spent some time at the big pool with the water slides and diving boards. Talon did great considering he wasn't feeling too well. I just tried to keep him shaded and cool. Lava Hot Springs is definitely one of my favorite places to go! Can't wait to go again next year!!
Please don't mind me in the photos as you can see I am still trying to get some of this darn baby weight off.

I Need Some Advice!!

Okay, so we are going to be doing a road trip here soon to Missiouri! We are leaving on the 31st of this month and coming home the 9th of August. What I need advice about, is how do I do this with a nearly 4 month old baby?? So far our plan is to leave around his bedtime and drive through the night but this is not just a short little drive. So any advice that all you seasoned mothers could give me, would sure be appreciated. We are SO excited to be going out to Missouri finally to see family and let them all meet Talon.

100th Post!!

Yay I made it to my 100th post. So much has been going on around here. Talon is 3 months old and I have been having my sister take some pictures of him and they are turning out so cute. I will post them when I get them. Talon is constantly doing new things to remind me just how big he is getting. He laughs all the time now, best sound in the world if you ask me. Yesterday I had to take him to the Dr. because he had white stuff all inside his mouth. It turns out he has a yeast infection of sorts in his mouth. It is worse than it sounds. The dr. gave me some antibiotics to get rid of it and he will be good as new soon. And last night for the first time he slept all through the night. It was so amazing!! I hope this happens again. As if that wasn't enough excitement for me in one day he decided to surprise me again and roll over for the first time today. Oh how I love this boy!! He does something everyday to make me smile. This weekend we are off to Lava Hot Springs for some fun in the sun! I will post about that next week. Have a great weekend!!