Enjoying Canada

Brandon, Peter, and I packed our bags, filled up our gas tank, and headed to the Land of the Living Skies. We've come to Canada to participate in my friend Becky Jensen's wedding. It's been such a wonderful trip with a lot of fun adventures and many things to see. Here are some of my favorite pictures.

My spots

Just after getting married I started to mysteriously get these spots all over my tummy. After going to a dermatologist for months and months with no answers we decided to stop going because they weren't spreading.

When I became pregnant with Peter the spots grew darker brown then they were before, but still didn't spread anywhere else. Now, however, the spots are spreading to my arms. My biggest fear is that the spots will start to turn brown and I'll look like a speckled cheetah.

Since they are spreading we've started to go to another dermatologist who has more experience in strange skin conditions. At our last appointment we totally mystified him, so he did some blood tests to see if that would show anything. Nope, blood tests came back totally normal.

Today we went in for my 2nd appointment and he decided I should try this cream on them to see if that will make them go away. Only problem is you can't use the cream (not even topically) when your nursing. So, I'm hoping and praying the spots won't get worse because I really want to nurse Peter until he's one. I know, I'm probably crazy for wanting to nurse for that long, but I do.

So there's the update and I'm just hoping and praying that they don't start turning brown anytime soon. Strange don't ya think.

For FHE

For FHE last night Brandon and I just needed some quiet time together. So, we sat and changed our blog. What do you think? It's soooo much fun to have a hubby that knows how to do cool things with HTML. Love ya Bran.

Today it's off to the skin doctor for a follow up on my spots. Update and pictures will be forthcoming.

9 month appointment

We went to Peter's 9 month appointment today and found out that Peter is SMALL. Here are his stats and the percentile he's in.

Length: 28.75 inches - 50th percentile
Weight: 20 lbs 1 oz - 25th percentile
Head: 44.1 cm - 10th percentile

It's odd to me that he has really slowed down on his growth pattern, but I guess that's just how Peter's body wants to grow. The Dr. wasn't concerned about it, so I'll try not to be. It's always nice to go and find out how things are going. His next appointment will be just after his 1st birthday. Oh my, time goes by so quickly.

I love you Peter!

Zoo ABC's

B for Bear


C for Churro


E for Elephant


F for Family


G for Giraffe


H for Happy kids


O for orangutang


P for Parrot


S for Sleeping Peter


T for Turtle

Last Saturday Grandpa and Grandma Thomas took our entire family (Yes. All of us went. Except the long haired hippie who was probably out playing in his new car) to the zoo up in SLC. Getting there was tricky and getting home was confusing (Bran and I get lost easily), but we enjoyed ourselves so much while we were there. Peter loved the animals and it was so much fun to be there with almost the whole family. THE THOMAS FAMILY ROCKS!!!

Thank you so much Mom & Dad for an awesome day. It's been so fun to write about our experience in Peter's baby book. Love ya.

First haircut

This past weekend Peter got his first haircut. Well, to be honest, it was just a trim. His hair was getting so long in some places that Brandon was getting a bit annoyed with it. Thank you Aunt Alli for cutting Pete's hair. He look so much better and hopefully now people won't call him an adorable little girl.


On Sunday I had a HUGE mound of dishes to do and Peter didn't want to be left out of the fun. He helped me by taking out the silverware as I would put them in the dishwasher. He had a blast helping out until he fell with a fork (luckily no injuries were incurred) and Daddy came to occupy him. What a silly boo.

Nephi Canyon camping

Whew, I'm so glad to get these posted. It was such a fun trip and Peter did such a good job camping. It was so nice to get away from the hassles of work/home. The weather was perfect during the day and quite warm during the night too. The warm weather was a blessing since Peter's hit that stage where he doesn't like to keep the covers on.

We also took up my dutch oven that hasn't seen use in many, many years and cooked two of our meals in it. The food was delicious and none of it got burnt. Brandon will take the credit for that. He did a great job cookin' the food.

Web Site Story

Brandon showed me this hilarious video the other day. I laughed so hard (which doesn't happen very often), so I figured it was worth passing along.

Web Site Story Movie

I'm hoping to get pictures up soon of our camp out this past weekend up Nephi canyon. If Peter would just sleep a little longer during the day (30 minute naps
don't work well) I might get something done. Haha, gotta love each baby stage.