My Happy Place/ Russ' nightmare

A couple of weeks ago we took a trip to the mall. (Hence the title of the post) Baylor had a crazy growth spurt and needed some new kicks. I always splurge on his shoes, because I think it's important that little ones have good support while they are developing so we headed to Nordstrom. :) He was way more interested in the colorful crocs than the sneakers...

Up to this point I've always known what size to buy him, but this time he got the royal treatment just to be sure. I didn't dare take a picture of the girl helping us :D
He really didn't care about the shoes, but was thrilled about his "blellow." That's one word we haven't mastered yet, but not gonna lie, I think blellow could be the new balloon.

Shoe Love is True Love (or so I like to think)

Then we headed to Build-a-Bear! This time it wasn't for us, but for a special present for B's cousin Brooklyn. She turned one on the 13th and I wanted to get her something special... so WE had a great idea.... to make her a birthday bear!

Baylor got to pick the heart and put it inside...

Give her a bath...

And name her.

We named her Cupcake, because the theme of Brooklyn's birthday was cupcakes and the little shirt we picked had a cupcake on it. Clever I know ;)

The final product (minus the pink bows we put on at the end)

We had a fun trip to the mall and Baylor was so happy to give the present to little Brooklyn on her birthday. I'm just sad I didn't get a picture of him handing it to her! It was so cute.

And don't worry- Baylor was totally terrified of the "fluff" machine at build-a-bear. But I censored the pictures and only put the happy ones.

Goodbye Summer

We kicked off Labor Day weekend with the Cougar home opener! We dyed Russ and Baylor's faux hawks BLUE! We had tons of fun at the game and B looked so cute I just wanted to gobble him up. He was great during the game too. He just kept saying watch football, catch football, and our favorite- he does rah rah rah rah rah with his arm. So PROUD :)

After the game we went down to see my cousin Riley. He is the punter/kicker for BYU. He had an awesome game and ended up being the Mountain West Conference special teams player of the week! I LOVE cougar football, but it's even more fun getting to watch and cheer on my cousin! Go #99

After the game, we headed up to Fairview and camped the rest of the weekend with the Olsen clan. Baylor had lots of fun digging rocks, playing in the dirt, and just being a boy.

We got to take B fishing for the first time.

Grandpa Russ caught one and let Baylor help him reel it in. He... wasn't too sure about it and didn't want to get any closer than this.

I on the other hand, was very happy to reel in my own fish and do the classic pose. We kept catching these weird albino fish. Slightly creepy.

B had lots of fun chillin' on the banks with his cousin Brooklyn.

Spending time with Papa

And going for a 4-wheeler ride with dad.

No camping trip is complete without a SMORE.

We had a great time saying adieu to Summer. Now bring on the Fall and lots of FOOTBALL!

My Sweet Boy

This summer was so crazy, I never got a chance to post these pics of B that my sister took this past June. When she suggested the railroad tracks and barn I had to go buy him some CoWbOy BoOtS!!! I had a hard time choosing my favorites to post, but here are a few...

And yes, at this point he was still rockin' the mullet... fitting in the boots and all :)

I love how all of these capture his little personality. He is truly the light of my life :)

The next time any of you are in the market for new pictures, keep my sister in mind! She is absolutely fantastic and very reasonable. Her sessions are $200.00 and that includes the sitting fee, and a disc with all of your images!

"Dip peese"

Baylor has a new obsession...

DIPPING!!!

Not only does he love to dip once, he has also mastered sucking the dip off and diving in for more. Yes, I officially have a double dipper on my hands.

Don't worry, it's only a matter of time before he gets the "talk" from my aunt Joni. Double dipping is NOT allowed. She gave the "talk" to me and all of my cousins :)

Somedays he is a dainty dipper...

Somedays he "accidentally" dips his finger in and has to lick it off...

And somedays he just dips his whole hand.

Regardless, I have a dipper on my hands. If he spots any sort of sauce, he immediately asks for "dip." But hey, if he eats better with dip, BRING IT ON!

The Lion King

We were able to go to the Lion King a few weeks ago and it was nothing short of SPECTACULAR. I have wanted to see this show since I was in junior high so you can imagine my excitement when the day finally came.

Before the show we went to dinner at Tepanyaki. Always delicious.

Then we rushed to the show. The giraffes were obviously my favorite ;)

They were honestly so amazing though. I want to try on the costume just to see if I have the skills to make it work. ALL of the costumes were amazing.

The show was at Capitol Theatre. I was in the Miss Utah Pageant there in 2004 so it brought back lots of memories.

The show gave me chills so many times.

The show was fantastic, amazing, spectacular...

I obviously recommend it to you all.

Now my goal is to see Wicked. Hopefully this time it doesn't take 15 years to get there.

Thanks Russ One (my father-in-law) and Debi for taking us! We had the best time.