Lately

Hello blogging world! Yes, it has been since before Christmas since I last posted to my blog. I am officially a terrible blogger. Since it's been so long, I will briefly catch us up from, what has it been, NOVEMBER. Christmas was fun, Quinnlee enjoyed every single gift she got. It was a blast being with our families and enjoying our time together.

Work is going great, i'm loving the experience and the people I work with. However, these past couple months have been hard being away from Quinnlee so much, so I am looking forward to summer when Quinnlee and I can spend our time together out in the sun haveing fun with our friends. I have made the decision that I will not return to work next year. I gave the working-mom world a whirl, and it's just not for me at this time. I don't regret my decision to go back to work because I have learned so much and I have meet such wonderful friends, but I am missing out on so many things not being home with Quinnlee.

Quinnlee is still growing up way too fast and it makes me so sad. Since she is really the only thing I have to blog about.. here is what she's been up too lately.

She is so good at communicating her wants and needs with her words and her signs

Throws tantrums and gets frustrated quite easily

Watches Sesame Street EVERYDAY (Elmo is her favorite)

Loves her "banky" and her babies and wont go anywhere without them

Loves her daddy and goes CRAZY when he gets home at night

Loves to eat (finally)

Waits patiently by the door every morning to go play with her friends

Loves to dress up in her tutu and jewlery

Has enough hair to fit into a small pig-tail on the top of her hair

Bath-time is still her favorite time of the day

Loves to sing and dance with mom and dad (she's quite the musical little thing)

Reading books is her second favorite thing to do (after taking a bath)

Loves to go bye-bye because she gets to watch a movie in the car

Goes to nursery and LOVES it

and the list could go one and on...

Here are some pictures

Left a little present for Grandma and Papa Webb in their kitchen
Helps me get ready This is what happens when church is right during nap time

Jacob bought me a sewing maching for christmas and here are two of my first blankets I learned how to make.

So last but not least, Valentines Day was great this year. Jacob bought me the most beautiful flowers and delivered them to my school where I work. It had the most precious note attached to it that made me cry when I read it. This is the second time in our 5 years of being married that he has bought me flowers. This just goes to show that our husband do learn eventually. He is scoring big points this year because not only did he get me flowers, he also got me a spa day which I enjoyed with two of my good friends. We got a manicure, pedicure and a full body massage. This year is starting off pretty good!! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who is a great father to our precious daughter. My life is truly amazing and I couldn't ask for anything more!!

Christmas time is a special time

It has been quite a while since I last visited my blog. We have just been keeping busy with christmas parties, family, work, and Quinnlee. Work has been going great, I enjoy my time there and the people I associate with everyday.

Quinnlee has had a pretty sad month, she got all four eye teeth in at the same time but it seemed to last forever. After they finally popped through, and we thought things were about to get better, we were wrong. She got a nasty cold that has been lasting forever. I am looking forward to having some time off to spend with her and being home with her so she can recover from the month she's had from you-know-where!

I love the Christmas season so much. With all the decorations, the Christmas music, and everything else that makes this season special.

I don't have very many pictures to share, but we have had a busy couple weeks. We had the big Webb family Christmas party which is always the highlight of the year. Every single person was able to be there and we even got our picture taken as a family. So fun! Then we had our small Mark Webb Christmas party which was so fun to be together as a family. I love watching the kids light up as they open thier gifts, especially the two little ones, Quinnlee and Grant. They are at such a fun age where unwrapping the presents can keep them entertained for hours. There is nothing better than getting together with the ones you love and enjoying eachothers' company.

Here is our beautiful Christmas Tree. I am quite proud of this one if I dare say, it's held up great with a 16 mo. old living in the same house.

Two of Santa's helpers escaped from the North Pole and somehow showed up at my house. (If you look carefully, you can see Quinnlee's head in the back)

Quinnlee has turned into quite the character. She never stops talking and most of the time I can understand what she is saying. She loves to sing and can bust out a dance move from anywhere. She watches my every move, then does it herself. She loves to help me with my chores and she's actually a good little helper.

She was a little thirsty I guess.

She wanted to help make dinner, but most of it ended up everywhere else besides the pan. Who cares? She was happy!

Thats it, she's pretty much my whole life and I love every second of her! I am such a proud Mom and I feel so blessed to have her as my daughter. Christmas will be so fun this year and I know she'll love it, as will I! Sorry to say "I" so much, I do have a husband, and he is AMAZING! Love the guy to death and he loves his girls too. It's 9pm and he is still at work! A am so grateful that I married such a hard worker.

Merry Christmas everybody, or as Quinnlee would say "HO HO HO!" I will do more updates after Christmas!

Time fly's when your having fun...she's 1!!!

HEY... so I'm still not very good at this blogging thing, and I cant figure out how to copy and paste so all my writing is at the end of my post. So enjoy the pictures and if you feel so inclined to read about our exciting lives, feel free!

I'm pretty sure I have the best Dad in the whole world. He took Quinnlee and I to the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. We actually went to get my Mom from the airport and Dad decided he would take the day and spend it with Quinn and I. It was such a fun day watching the two of them together having so much fun looking at all the animals. Quinnlee loves her Grandpa Mark!

"I can't believe my Mom is making me sit on this huge elephant, how embarassing"
Train Ride

Two peas in a pod

Her first ride on a carasail, she lookes thrilled doesn't she?

Looking at the monkeys, but making sure Grandpa doesn't go very far.Who needs a swimming pool? Just give her a hose with a little running water and she'll play for hours.... literally. Helping Grandpa load the dishwasher
Happy Birthday Quinnlee! This is her new toy and baby."Look Mom, Grandpa let me drive his truck!" Bath-time is so much fun.. especially with my friends! Who knew that the only way to get her to eat was to let her do it herself?

Even though she doesn't get much in her mouth, she's still happy! Anyone need a ride?
Enjoying her first ever ice-cream cone. YUM! Hello friends, I decided it was about time I updated my blog. So much has happened since my last post so it may be an overload of information so take it or leave it... First and foremost, Quinnlee turned 1 on August 26th. I cant' believe my baby is already 1 but this year has flown by. We had a fun little party here in Pocatello with some friends and family and Quinnlee loved her new toys she got for her birthday. She wouldn't eat any of her birthday cake so that was a bummer but it was still really fun.

Eric came home from Michigan where he spent the summer working and came home a whole new person. During the three months he was gone he lost over 60 lbs. WOW! He looks amazing and he seems so happy and confident it makes me so happy to see him that way. I am so proud of him and also my parents who have worked so hard to be happy and healthy. All three of them have been an inspiration to me. No I haven't lost 60 lbs, but I have lost 12 since a few months ago and I feel pretty good.

Towards the end of the month in August, I was in Lava with some friends and I happened to run into a friend of mine who graduated from the same program I did in collage. She had just been offered the job of the new Teacher of the Deaf in Pocatello and she told me how she is looking for a couple new interpreters. This was only 1 and a half weeks before school was supposed to start so I told her I maybe would be interested in a part time job but that I really just wanted to be a stay at home Mom. But for some reason I just kept asking her questions and the more I thought about it I got more and more excited and interested. Jacob and I talked about it and after a few back and forths, some prayers and a trip to the temple, I decided to take the job. WHAT? That's what I was thinking, but I really need to pass my certification test and interpreting in a school is really the only way I would gain the experience to pass the test. I have a wonderful neighbor/friend who told me she would watch Quinnlee for us everyday. It seemed that everything was falling into place so I really felt this was the right thing to do for our family at this time. I have been working now for a month and I really am enjoying it. I am learning so much. Not to mention, Quinnlee LOVES going to her friends' house everyday, she doesn't look back. Sometimes she doesn't even want to come home with me when I come to get her. It is such a blessing to us that I don't have to worry about her at all during the day because I know she is being taken care of. I still have a hard time leaving her some days and I feel so guilty, but it's getting better and we are all adjusting.

Our family has been blessed with so many babies in the last couple months, and there are more to come in the near future! (No, not me... not yet anyway :) ). It has been so fun so see our family getting so big and I know my Grandma Webb is in heaven loving on all her great-grandchildren. Life just doesn't get any better than this.

Quinnlee started walking shortly after her birthday (a week to be exact). She is loving this new adventure and she never stops. She is so fun and does the funniest things sometimes. She is talking so well, most of it is just jibberish but every once in a while she will throw in a word or two that is actually a real word. She still loves her Daddy more than anything, but since I have been working she gets excited to see me too. That makes me feel really good. She is almost winned from her bottle and she is eating so well.

Weekend family fun

This is just a random funny picture I needed to share. When we got home from church on Sunday Jake and I ran downstairs to change our clothes real fast and left Quinnlee upstairs. We heard her start crying so Jacob ran upstairs and this is how he found her. She had fallen into the clothes hamper and was not too happy about it.

This past weekend was so fun. First of all I was able to go to Education Week at BYU-I in Rexburg with Jacob's Mom and a few of his sisters. Thursday and Friday we went to classes all day and they were so wonderful. It was just what I needed to hear. We stayed at Jacob's sister April's house and had such a fun time. Then Jacob and Quinnlee came up on Friday night and we had a BBQ and another sleep-over. Then on Saturday we went to Rigby lake and Quinnlee had a blast, as you will be able to see below. After the lake, Jacob and I went with April and her husband and one of Jake's brothers and his wife to the horse races in Idaho Falls. They were so fun, it was the first time Jake and I had ever been. It was so fun to spend time with Jacob's family, I love them so much! It was so good to spend time with Jacob also, especially since he's been so busy lately, it was good to get away and enjoy ourselves. It was a perfect weekend and I am so blessed to be a part of such a wonderful family!

Quinnlee thought it was pretty funny to get buried in the sand.

Yummy! Sand tastes so good!

Normally, Quinnlee LOVES playing in the water but all she wanted to do was play(eat) in the sand.

So tired after a long day at the Lake.

Quinnlee is 11 months old today, and as busy as ever! We are loving watching her learn new things everyday and there is not a day that goes by that she doesn't make us laugh. She talks and talks all day long. She now knows that I am "Mama" and Daddy is "Dada". We have to start being careful what we say cause she is becoming quite the talker, just like her Mama. She is the worlds greatest helper and she's got a smile that melts our hearts! We love you baby girl!

On Saturday we decided to take Quinnlee to McKees petting zoo here in Pocatello. She loved the animals from afar, but when the goat started nibbling on her finger she got a little nervous.

This little guy is just Quinnlee's size. Isn't he so cute? There is nothing in this world that Quinnlee loves more than her Daddy!This is what happens when I leave the bathroom door open.

"What Mom? I'm not doing anything!"Such an innocent smile
Nothing better than an ice-cold Mnt. Dew on a hot summer day.

Quinnlee loves giving loves to her best friend baby Maddux. She also likes to hit him and take his blankets away. It's a love/hate relationship.

This is baby Maddux. I love love love this little boy!

This year my Mom turned 50! We decided to throw her a suprise birthday party and boy was she suprised! It was so fun to get all the family together (expept Eric) and celebrate my Mom's birthday. We all went to her house while her and my Dad were in town and grilled up some food and suprised her when she walked in the door. Whoever said birthdays aren't fun when you get old? Not my Mom!
Grandma and her two favorite babies!

My cousin Sara and I decided that we wanted to start doing crafts as often as our babies allow us too. These blocks were our first craft we did together. Sara is so creative and crafty so pretty much I just did what she told me to do, but it was so fun and this is how they turned out! Note: these are one set of blocks, the different seasons are just one the different sides of the blocks.

Busy, busy, busy! Summertime has been so fun so far and it's going way too fast. Quinnlee will be 1 in exactly one month and I can't even believe it. So until next time, we will be continuing our adventures and having so much fun in doing so!