Just another update....

I know it has been a couple weeks since I last posted a blog but it was because I didn't have anything to post. Well Friday I decided to finally get my hair cut. It has been over a year since the last time I got my hair cut. The ends were split and damaged and my hair was getting in my way. I got 6 inches cut off. I can tell a difference. My head isn't so heavy any more. :)

After I went to get my hair cut I went shopping at Mervyns to get some clothes that fit me. I figure I am never going to quite fit into all of my clothes again since my body has changed from having a baby. Mervyns was having a big sale so I got 5 tops for 35 dollars. I was pretty excited. One of my tops I got for $3.

Aaron is progressing nicely. We took some pictures and some videos of him when he is waking up in the morning. He is normally a lot more smiley than he is in these pictures, but we did the best we could. He is laughing more each day.

He can hold his head up at 90 degrees for a couple of minutes when he is on his tummy. Yesterday when he was playing on his tummy he rolled over onto his back all by himself. 3 different times. I am so proud of my little boy. It is so fun watching him grow and learn everyday. He is definitely aware of his surroundings and wants to see what is going on all the time. Bonnie and Jarom came over to watch "The Big Bang Theory" on TV with us. That show is hilarious. Anyways, they held Aaron and were amazed at the difference a week or two can make in his development.

Things are starting to go back to normal...

It has been a crazy and eventful summer. I was huge and tired all of June and half way through July.
I had a baby in July and had my mom in town for a week.
We then went to Salt Lake for a week in August for my sister's wedding.

Then when we came home and we had Eric's mom in town for a week. I went back to work that week.
We had my parents back in town that weekend for Aaron's blessing.
On that same Sunday my Grandpa Astle had passed away so we went back up to Salt Lake that next weekend for his funeral.
We have had a lot of fun spending time with family. I love to take every chance I can get hanging out with my family.

Now we have been back for over a week and it is nice to get back into a schedule. I am really enjoying teaching part time this year. I only go every other day each week. It has been so nice because I spend most of my time with Aaron but I have a chance to get out a couple times a week and still accomplish a few things. I have the same three classses everytime I go to work. I am teaching Math Apps this year. It is a class to help seniors pass the math state test. These kids have to pass this test in order to graduate. This is definitely different from teaching Precalculus for the last three years. I am used to students who somewhat enjoy math and are constantly challenging themselves. Now I have a group of seniors who really struggle with the subject. I am having to change up my teaching methods because I am trying to basically teach everything from sixth grade math up to geometry.

I want to be a stay at home mom all the time. Although, I am beginning to see how being a stay at home mom can be hard. Even though I have a cute baby and dog to play with, I find my self a little bored at times. I need to find things to keep me busy. It is hard to start on something when I know that Aaron is going to wake up soon or it is time to feed him in a half hour or so. I need to make goals for myself or I know my days are going to pass by with nothing getting done. If any of you stay at home moms have any tips I would love to hear them. I am very new to this and am trying to figure out what works for me.

Now that we are home and we have no more guests in the baby/guest room we have moved Aaron in his own room to sleep at night. It was hard for me at first but I realize it is nice because I am sleeping a lot better. He only wakes up around 3 am for a feeding and then he is right back to sleep til 6:30 or sometimes 7:00am. It won't be long til he drops that feeding.

Here a a couple of pictures of Aaron from this week:
He is smiling and laughing a lot more each day. It is so cute.

Eric is a wonderful dad! Although there are sometimes he does things that I question. I came home from school yesterday and this is where I found my baby.
He is on the floor with no clothes asleep. When Eric brought Aaron home from the babysitter he started to undress him and Aaron fell right asleep. So Eric just left him there for 45 minutes.
Aaron likes to show off his muscles when he sleeps. Look how strong he is. :)
He will be 2 months tomorrow. I can't believe how fast time is going. My little boy is growing everyday. It is a lot of fun being a mom. I can't believe how happy I am when I am with my family. I have a wonderful husband who makes a special effort to make me happy. I have a beautiful baby boy who smiles when I walk in the room. And I can't forget about Sugar who is constantly tugging at my pant legs when I am walking around. She wants to play. Life is good.

Grandpa Astle

On Sunday, August 26th, 2007 my Grandpa Astle passed away in his sleep. We are very happy for him because my Grandma Astle passed away last October and it was hard to see him without her. My Grandpa's health was declining fast along with his memory. He was suffering from many different things.
We went up to Salt Lake City over Labor day to attend his viewing and funeral service. It was very nice because it helped me remember some of my memories of him when I was growing up.

My family all flew in again for the funeral. We were all together for my sister's wedding just two weeks ago. It was fun to spend a little more time together. We all went to lunch to IHOP on Labor day.
This is my cute niece, Bella. She is 20 months old and is so cute. I was trying to understand her when she was talking to me but it is still all gibberish.

Here is a family picture with my grandpa at his viewing.

We will miss my Grandpa Astle very much. It is sad to think that all of my grandparents have now passed on. I enjoyed the times we went over to visit my grandparents to play games and eat ice cream. My grandpa was a big tease and he loved to tickle his grandchildren. I am grateful to have grandparents who have all set a great example of living righteous lives. I know their decisions have affected me directly.
We love you Grandpa!

Aaron at 7 weeks.

This was another busy week for us. School started for both of us on Monday the 27th. Angela has a much lighter teaching load, so she is really enjoying her part time teaching job. A sister in our ward is babysitting Aaron a couple of days a week for us when one of us can't be at home. Luckily, we've been able to work it out so that isn't happening very much for very long. Aaron didn't seem to mind being away from us. He was a good kid once again this week.

On Sunday we went to church in another ward at 9am and then left for Salt Lake City, Utah to prepare for Angela's grandpa's funeral. We arrived late that afternoon and spent the evening talking and enjoying her family's company. All of Angela's siblings were able to fly in to attend the funeral. Monday we played board games together and went to lunch at IHOP. That evening was her grandpa's viewing. We came home and played more games until about 2am.

Tuesday morning was the memorial service and burial. It was very well attended. There were a lot of happy memories to reminisce over, and it was a sweet service. He was buried in the Salt Lake Cemetery near Orson Pratt (The early Apostle). Afterwards we ate lunch at the chapel with all of the extended family.

We decided to stay Tuesday night instead of heading back to Vegas and we are glad we did. We had a lot of fun and got some great pictures of Aaron with his cousin Alex. We left to go home Wednesday morning.

On this video Aaron get bonked in the head by Alex. He goes through a whole range of sad expressions.