One week. One picture. One memory.
Checking out Santa for the first time -- messy diaper, sleep deprivation, hour long wait, and all.
12.26.2011
Captured: a new friend
Checking out Santa for the first time -- messy diaper, sleep deprivation, hour long wait, and all.
12.18.2011
12.11.2011
Captured: the face of frustration
One week. One picture. One memory.
Learning early on that a hexagon and a pentagon just quite aren't the same thing.
12.04.2011
Captured: decking the halls
One week. One picture. One memory.
Discovering new toys that mom and dad don't really want him to discover.
Thanksgivingmas
This year we spent Thanksgiving break with Trevor's family, and since we will all be gone over Christmas, we threw in a little faux Christmas celebration over the break too. Along with his brother Nate and his sister Danika, we all spent the whole break in Alpine.
Some of the highlights from the weekend of family-togetherness:
-endless entertainment for a 1 year old in a big house
-every kind of pie we ever wanted on thanksgiving
-discovering the "hanging with friends" app and battling all weekend long
-a faux Christmas Eve feast just 3 days after Thanksgiving
-baby-less black friday shopping with Trevor
-unlimited bowling at willowcreek country club with the Emery family
-scoring over 100 bowling...without bumpers (yeah, sad that this is actually an achievement for me)
-watching danika rock a 170+ score bowling
-Smiths Marketplace grocery shopping + 3 siblings with their mom's debit card = at least a few items purchased that were not on the list
-hide-and-seek games with Thompson that were much more exciting with all the new hiding spots
-Thompson taking his first few steps (and then refusing to do it again)
-watching Trevor beat his siblings almost every time at pool
Sunday was our pretend Christmas.We waited to open presents until Thompson was in a good mood so it would be more fun for him. He was interested for a few minutes...
...and then he just wanted to eat the wrapping paper. And run away.
Trevor's parents surprised us with all the same big gift this year...
...Vitamixes!
We also got some great gifts from Trevor's siblings, and had a fun and relaxing faux Christmas morning.
I think my favorite part of the weekend though was how much time Thompson was able to spend with his aunt, uncle, and Grandpa and Grandma and how comfortable he got with them. He really loved taking a break from his constant exploration, crawling up to someone, and savoring all the attention and playtime with them.
The day after we got home, we were putting away some pictures to make room for Christmas decorations. I had put a picture of Trevor's family down on the coffee table to put away, and I saw Thompson crawl over. I was about to move it because I thought he would just try to knock it off, but he looked at it for a second and then got the biggest smile on his face. He just sat and smiled at it for a long time, then looked at us all excited. It was the cutest thing ever.
Some of the highlights from the weekend of family-togetherness:
-endless entertainment for a 1 year old in a big house
-every kind of pie we ever wanted on thanksgiving
-discovering the "hanging with friends" app and battling all weekend long
-a faux Christmas Eve feast just 3 days after Thanksgiving
-baby-less black friday shopping with Trevor
-unlimited bowling at willowcreek country club with the Emery family
-scoring over 100 bowling...without bumpers (yeah, sad that this is actually an achievement for me)
-watching danika rock a 170+ score bowling
-Smiths Marketplace grocery shopping + 3 siblings with their mom's debit card = at least a few items purchased that were not on the list
-hide-and-seek games with Thompson that were much more exciting with all the new hiding spots
-Thompson taking his first few steps (and then refusing to do it again)
-watching Trevor beat his siblings almost every time at pool
Sunday was our pretend Christmas.We waited to open presents until Thompson was in a good mood so it would be more fun for him. He was interested for a few minutes...
...and then he just wanted to eat the wrapping paper. And run away.
Trevor's parents surprised us with all the same big gift this year...
...Vitamixes!
We also got some great gifts from Trevor's siblings, and had a fun and relaxing faux Christmas morning.
I think my favorite part of the weekend though was how much time Thompson was able to spend with his aunt, uncle, and Grandpa and Grandma and how comfortable he got with them. He really loved taking a break from his constant exploration, crawling up to someone, and savoring all the attention and playtime with them.
The day after we got home, we were putting away some pictures to make room for Christmas decorations. I had put a picture of Trevor's family down on the coffee table to put away, and I saw Thompson crawl over. I was about to move it because I thought he would just try to knock it off, but he looked at it for a second and then got the biggest smile on his face. He just sat and smiled at it for a long time, then looked at us all excited. It was the cutest thing ever.
11.28.2011
Captured: all in a row
One week. One picture. One memory.
Discovering that organizing toys is more entertaining than Thanksgiving dinnertime conversation.
11.21.2011
Captured: first cold of the season
One week. One picture. One memory.
Sick and stuffy, but savoring the extra book-reading and cuddles.
11.15.2011
Captured: snuggles
One week. One picture. One memory.
Ready to snuggle with mama, bear, and blanket after his haircut and a fall in the bathtub.
11.06.2011
Captured: a Halloween treat
One week. One picture. One memory.
Ready to eat his freshly-decorated, homemade donut.
10.31.2011
10.30.2011
Some exciting news...
I just wanted to take a minute to brag about my husband and his awesomeness.
Many of you probably know that Trevor has been working on a feature length documentary about Cambodia almost since he got home from his mission. The year after we were married, he left me for a month to go shoot it with a few mission/film friends. And he has pretty much been working on it since then. He finished editing it about a year ago, but has had little success garnering attention or getting distribution for a student made film and a student budget.
This week though, the International Documentary Association announced its nominations for their annual IDA awards. It is a big awards show, but just for documentaries, and many of the documentaries go on to be nominated or even win Oscars. One of the awards they give out is a student documentary award, which Trevor's film was nominated for! Only 4 other student films were nominated, 3 of which were foreign made, and the other 1 was from a master's student from Stanford's film program, so we were pretty surprised that it was chosen. I think it is an amazing film, but there was so much competition, and no BYU student-made documentary has ever been nominated. Links to the IDA nomination page and news story about the nomination can be found here and here.
I am so happy to see all of his hard work being rewarding. I am glad the film will get a little more attention now too, because it is such an amazing story. His film, River of Victory, follows the life of a awesome Cambodian woman and her young family who lives in a garbage dump near the capital city. She is such a strong example of resilience and of a good mother. You can watch the trailer and read more about the film here if you are interested.
We are excited to go to LA for the awards in December (hopefully I will be able to make it there with him), and even if his film doesn't win, I am so proud of Trevor for this HUGE achievement!
Many of you probably know that Trevor has been working on a feature length documentary about Cambodia almost since he got home from his mission. The year after we were married, he left me for a month to go shoot it with a few mission/film friends. And he has pretty much been working on it since then. He finished editing it about a year ago, but has had little success garnering attention or getting distribution for a student made film and a student budget.
This week though, the International Documentary Association announced its nominations for their annual IDA awards. It is a big awards show, but just for documentaries, and many of the documentaries go on to be nominated or even win Oscars. One of the awards they give out is a student documentary award, which Trevor's film was nominated for! Only 4 other student films were nominated, 3 of which were foreign made, and the other 1 was from a master's student from Stanford's film program, so we were pretty surprised that it was chosen. I think it is an amazing film, but there was so much competition, and no BYU student-made documentary has ever been nominated. Links to the IDA nomination page and news story about the nomination can be found here and here.
I am so happy to see all of his hard work being rewarding. I am glad the film will get a little more attention now too, because it is such an amazing story. His film, River of Victory, follows the life of a awesome Cambodian woman and her young family who lives in a garbage dump near the capital city. She is such a strong example of resilience and of a good mother. You can watch the trailer and read more about the film here if you are interested.
We are excited to go to LA for the awards in December (hopefully I will be able to make it there with him), and even if his film doesn't win, I am so proud of Trevor for this HUGE achievement!
Some pictures from the pumpkin farm.
Last weekend we took Thompson to the pumpkin farm. For the first half hour he did a pretty good job of being bored by everything we thought he would enjoy.
He was also a little freaked out by the animals there. To be honest though, I was too. They were tenacious little creatures.
They also had a giant box of corn that looked like the fastest way to ensure our child would choke to death. It kind of just looked like a big child killer to me (not unlike the goat in the above pictures). But Trevor convinced me to let him take Thompson in. It was actually the first thing Thompson showed interest in all day.
After averting death by corn-choking, we discovered that all Thompson really wanted to do was crawl in the hay.
And play in the corn maze. (Side note: this on one knee thing is his new favorite thing. I think one day he is just going to stand up and start walking. It freaks me out.)
And of course pick out his pumpkin. Except he seemed to want them them all.
He was also a little freaked out by the animals there. To be honest though, I was too. They were tenacious little creatures.
They also had a giant box of corn that looked like the fastest way to ensure our child would choke to death. It kind of just looked like a big child killer to me (not unlike the goat in the above pictures). But Trevor convinced me to let him take Thompson in. It was actually the first thing Thompson showed interest in all day.
After averting death by corn-choking, we discovered that all Thompson really wanted to do was crawl in the hay.
And play in the corn maze. (Side note: this on one knee thing is his new favorite thing. I think one day he is just going to stand up and start walking. It freaks me out.)
And of course pick out his pumpkin. Except he seemed to want them them all.
Captured: an ambitious and successful first attempt at baking a cake
One week. One picture. One memory.
A delicious birthday present: German chocolate cake made completely from scratch by Trevor.
10.23.2011
Captured: which one to pick
One week. One picture. One memory.
Thompson's first time at the pumpkin patch.
10.17.2011
Captured: first race together
One week. One picture. One memory.
Getting ready to run the Highland Oktoberfest 10k.
10.15.2011
A birthday bash...
Over conference weekend we threw a little party for T-man's big day. We were lucky enough to have my dad and brother in town to help celebrate, and loved having Trevor's parent's, sister, and both sets of grandparents there to join us.
The song "You are My Sunshine" has always been one of Thompson's favorite, so we chose that for the theme of his party.
We had soup and grilled cheese -- Thompson's favorite -- as well as lots of other delicious fall food and treats (even though the weather was most definitely not fall).
After chowing down, Thompson got to open all his presents. He was pretty interested in his first one, a book, and didn't want to open any others.
With a little help, we got through the rest eventually. Well, mostly. We still have one we decide to save for Christmas because a.) he didn't seem to care enough to unwrap it and b.) his family was so generous that he had plenty of new toys to keep him busy.
After presents, we moved on to cake. Despite the fact that he has never really had much more than a few random bites of sweets in his life, I made him his own mini cake and was fully prepared to let him eat as much as he wanted.
Unfortunately, by the time we got to the cake, he was getting a little tired. He had 3 molars coming in at once, and hadn't slept in like 2 weeks. (Or that's what it felt like for all of us).
Sadly, this sleep deprivation translated into complete disinterest in eating cake, even when we tried to force feed him.
Despite missing out on his one and only opportunity to eat as much cake as he wanted (at least for one more year), we had a great time and Thompson is LOVING all of his presents. Thanks to all our family who made it a great day!
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