Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Our baby and our home

It's been a while since my last post so it's major picture overload. Here is what we've been up too lately. Quinnlee is now crawling everywhere and getting into everything. She pulls herself up to everything and she is loving life. She has 8 teeth, and more on the way as we speak. She dances everytime she hears a song and she sings along with the music. Quinnlee loves to make us laugh and she does a great job at it. She has such a fun and spunky personality. When we're at the grocery store she will wave at every boy she see's, and she's already a little flirt. Man are we in TROUBLE?! She claps evertime her daddy walks through the door, even when she's had a cranky day, her attitute instantly changes when daddy's home. Quinnlee loves to be outside and anywhere public. She is so observant of everthing and I can just see her wheels spinning when she discovers new things. She is a great signer and is very good at telling us what she wants or doesnt want. She copies whatever we say or do and she LOVES to talk (I think she gets that from me). She says mama, and she's very good at her 'K' sounds. So when I say "Quinnlee, do you want a snack?" She will say "ACK". Or when she puts something in her mouth that she shouldn't, I will say "Yuck" then she will say "uck". Yesterday I was reading her her book about puppies and I could have sworn she said 'dog'. I wasn't sure so I asked her agian "what is this" she said 'dog'. It might just be my imagination but my 9 month old is super smart! We love you baby girl!














Where's Quinnlee?


There she is!!







Blue-eyed girl





I went downstairs to crab something, I was only gone for a minute and when I came back this is what I found. She was happy so I just had to laugh.


Quinnlee LOVES to look at her reflection in the mirror. She just discovered her reflection on the dishwasher and she was in heaven.


Jacob and I were working in the yard... Quinnlee was so happy to be outside on this warm beautiful day.


Watching Daddy work... I taught her that!Jacob has been working so hard to finish our basement, and after a long time coming, IT"S FINISHED!!! We love it so much so I wanted to show it off to whomever wants to see it. I don't have any before pictures becasue i'm an idiot and didn't take any but believe me when I said it needed ALOT of work! So these are the stairs that go into the basement.








This is the bedroom upstairs that Jake and I and Quinnlee shared. Now it is our guest/junk room.


The stairs go right into our bedroom. It's not intended to be a bedroom but with a little improvisions that is what is it.


Don't mind the towel over the window, I just haven't got curtains yet. This is our room, and as you can see to the left is our very own bathroom.



And on the right is our very big closet.


And it looks like this. This is just my side, Jacob has a little corner on the other side. He doesn't have as much stuff as I do.



This is our bathroom.

And the shower.
Right when you come off the stairs, this is the hallway to Quinnlee's room and the storage room.




This is Quinnlee's very first bedroom of her very own. It's not decorated yet but I am getting a new crib bedding set so I can decorate according to that. I can't wait!





This is her closet. I know, her changing table doesn't match her crib, but it was free so i'm not complaining.




And this is the storage room. It is crammed full of stuff but it's so nice to have.



We also have a laundry room that I didn't take a picture of. It still need some work but it works for now. So there is it, the nearly finished product. It has been so nice to have all the extra space and it will be especially nice in the summer because we don't have A/C but it stays nice and cool in the basement. We are so blessed to have all these resources to live so comfortably.


















































Monday, May 9, 2011

Our Sweet Girl




Quinnlee just got 4 new teeth at the same time. While she was teething, she loved to chew on pickles because she liked the texture and the cold on her gums.


This was Jacob after sanding the walls in the basement. What a good husband!


Messy eater!



So I never really was a dog person until I met our friends Justin and Lyndsey. This is their dog Zeus. He is the best dog in the world and he is so good with Quinnlee. They have so much fun together and they are best friends. I'm still afraid of most dogs but I love Zeus like he was my own. We love watching them together... just look how sweet they are!




They love to give eachother kisses. At first it really grossed me out, but they just love eachother so much!




This is Quinnlee's pillow pet that she got from her Great-Grandparents Webb and she loves it. Sometimes she rides it like a horse! Quinnlee loves it when her daddy pulls her around in the blanket ...and when he reads to her! She loves the toy bin more than the toys themselves


After Quinnlee wakes up from her naps, she will sit in her crib and play. I never know how long she's been awake for. She's great at entertaining herself.... most of the time!


Not much has happened in the past couple weeks. As I mentioned before Quinnlee got 4 new teeth then she got a nasty cold. It's been a long couple of weeks but she's finally feeling better. Our basement is all but complete! We're hoping to be moving down there soon. Jacob has put in so many hours down there and I am so grateful for his hard work. I wish I had before and after pictures to show but I don't have any. I'm not good at remembering to take pictures of our big projects (and there have been a lot) so we are kicking ourselves.

We had a wonderful Mother's day weekend. Spent Saturday night at Jacob's Mom's house and Sunday at my parents house. We got our family pictures taken, thanks to my wonderful cousin McKell and I cant' wait to see them! My brother Eric is leaving for Michigan next week for a four month intership and we are going to miss him so much but we know he will have so much fun and learn a lot. We love you Uncle Eric!


























Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter weekend

This Easter weekend was so wonderful. Quinnlee and I went to Boise with my parents for my cousin Brittany's wedding. Jacob couldn't come because he had to work on the basement but we had a great time. We drove to Boise on Friday and did a little shopping at the outlet mall. Then we went to our hotel. My Aunt and Uncle were being sealed to their family (my cousins) in the temple that night, but I didn't have anyone to watch Quinnlee so we stayed at the hotel while my parents went to the temple. I took Quinnlee swimming but the water was freezing cold, she still had a blast but I decided to take her to our room where we both took a nice warm bath. After the temple sealing, my parents came and got us and we went to dinner. The next morning my cousin Brittany was married in the Boise temple and it was a beautiful wedding! We then went to the luncheon then started on our drive home. We were able to stop in Twin to see Justin and Kallie and Ele, and I'm so glad we did! Quinnlee loves cousin Elexia. We drove home and Quinnlee and I came home to Jacob to see all the hard work he did on the basement. It looks so good and it's almost finished!
Our friends/neighbors invited us over for Easter dinner. It was so nice of them and the food was awesome. We got to see thier cute little bunnies they got from the Easter bunny and Quinnlee loved them! We are so blessed to have wonderful friends and neighbors!
Here are a few pictures from our weekend!



Quinnlee and her cousin Elexia



This is my cousin Kai... as you can see, Quinnlee LOVED him!


Quinnlee and Grandma Cathi at the Temple

Grandpa Mark and Quinnlee at the temple. Notice the little "ears" coming out of the top of Quinnlee's head. She picked some pretty flowers at the temple.


Sunday morning Jacob put Quinnlee in bed with us. She was still pretty tired so she fell back to sleep like this. She's so funny!













Monday, April 18, 2011

Fun with family and friends

I'm not very good at keeping up with my blog these days... so here is what we are up too.


Jacob's business is still doing amazing. Between that and coming home and finishing our basement, he stayes super busy. Although we wish we could spend more time with him, we are so grateful for the hard worker that he is. Plus, we are one step closer to having our own room again!

As for me.. I stay pretty busy keeping up with Quinnlee. I have also started couponing... i'm not very good yet but i'm learning and getting some killer deals. I just got put in as the ward camp director for our ward, but have no clue what I am doing, and I am also the achievement day leader for the 8-12 year olds. I love those girls! Who would have thought that being a stay-at-home Mom would be so busy? It's a good thing, otherwise, with this crazy weather, Quinnlee and I would go CRAZY! We are so looking forward to warm weather and walks to the park. It's just can't come soon enough! Anyway.... on to the real reason I blog.


Quinnlee is 1 week shy of 8 months. She weighs 17 lbs and 14 oz. and is 28 1/4 in. long. Her Dr. said today that she is right on track developmentally and physically. I just can't believe how fast she is growing. I love watching her learn new things. She is so curious you can almost see her wheels turning in her head as she figures things out. Quinnlee makes us laugh everyday and there is not a day that goes by that we don't count our blessing for our precious little girl. Here are a few things she loves......

1. Bathtime/Swimming

2. Sweet Potaoes/

Carrots

3. Drinking water

from her sippy

4. Her Daddy

5. Her jumper

6. Being outside

7. Her stroller

8. The grocery store

9. Boys.... (all ages)

10. Music and dancing


Here are a few things she can do...

1. Sit up

2. Drink from her sippy

3. Throw a tantrum

4. Eat fingerfood

5. Get from place to place

by rolling around

6. Put herself to sleep

(most of the time)

7. Give kisses

8. Sign 'more' and 'milk'

9. Shakes her head when

we say "no, no, no, no"

10. Tilt her head like she's

talking on the phone.


Her Daddy spoils her and lets her sleep in bed with him when it's his turn to get up with her. It's sad to say that she actually sleeps better when it's his turn, but I refuse to cave!

This is her happy self when she wakes up in the morning! Quinnlee giving kisses to her new friend MaKaylee. Swinging at the park again... Quinnlee was a little tired as you can tell.

The three musketeers. Alexi Heward, Bryker Darrington and Quinnlee.
Playing with cousin Hinckley. She had a blast!
At the hotel in Logan the day before Jacob's little brothers' wedding. We were just getting ready to go swimming so Quinnlee was pumped!
All the Webb cousins playing at Grandma Cathi's house. Cousins are so fun!
Uncle Eric and his two favorite babies! Quinnlee and Grant
Quinnlee's cousin and protector... Grant. We love our little man!

It is so fun having cousins on both sides so close to Quinnlee's age. I am so excited for them to grow up together and become best friends just like I was with my cousins. Those where great memories that I will always have and I am so happy that Quinnlee has the same great opportunity as I did to have great family as great friends! We love you all!

Until next time,

Jacob, Breawna, and Quinnlee