The Sonnier's

Halloween

2011-11-09T17:51:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures of the kids for Halloween. Jae was Tinkerbell and yes we forgot her wings :( Hunter was Superman. Hunter loved trick or treating this year. Every house got a "Trick or treat" and then "thank you". It was so cute! Jae didn't really care. She fell asleep half way through.

Carving Pumpkins

2011-11-09T17:36:00.001-08:00

So I know I haven't posted in a while but things get really busy with the kids and work. Here are some pictures of us carving pumpkins. Jae is getting big and so is Hunter. Jae is now in 12 month clothes and Hunter is in 4T. They are growing so quick! I can't believe Hunter will be 3 in a couple months and Jae is almost 6 months!

My Babies

2011-08-13T14:31:00.000-07:00

So, Jaelyn is now 3 months and Hunter is 2 1/2. I can't believe how quick the time flies! They are both so much fun. Jaelyn loves to smile and Hunter loves to annoy her (he thinks he's playing with her...lol). He is such a big helper. He likes to feed her and hold her. Hunter is now potty trained which is great! He's not a baby anymore... :( As for Jaelyn... she is a major chunk! She is n the 95th percentile for her weight and the 50th for her height. She has slept all night in her own room since she was 1 month which is great since Hunter didn't sleep all night until he was about 9 months. She doesn't spit up like Hunter did which is the best part! My kids are the best part of my life and I just can't wait to see the new things that happen every day! Enjoy the pics below from Jaelyn's 3 month photo shoot.

4th of July

2011-07-06T14:46:00.000-07:00

We didn't do much for the 4th. It was windy and rainy but we fired off a few fountains. We watched some others from the house and got Colby to take a few family pictures. By the way, yes I did buy us matching shirts which Jeremy hated and had to be forced to wear.

The Zoo

2011-07-06T14:33:00.001-07:00

We took the kids to the zoo weekend before last. We had alot of fun! Karen, Jiahs, and Cameron came to meet us so the kids could spend some time together and they had tons of fun! Hunter and Jiahs are best friends, almost like brothers. The zoo is having Zoorasic Park right now so there are life size dinosaurs all over the park They move, roar, and spit water at you . I wouls have pictures of them but Hunter was so terrifed of them that we couldn't get very close. I don't blame him, they were pretty life-like and scary. Enjoy the pictures!!

Jaelyn Abagail Sonnier

2011-05-26T13:51:00.000-07:00

Meet the newest member of our family, Jaelyn Abagail. She was born on May 10th at 8:51am. She was 7 lbs. 10 oz. and 19 in long. She is the most beautiful little girl and we just love her! The labor and delivery was so much better and quicker than with Hunter. My contractions started at 3:00 am and I was supposed to be induced at 7:00 am so I just went into OB early. All of our company has went home and we have gotten into the swing of things as a family of 4. Hunter loves his baby sister. He tells her good morning every morning and tells me she is pretty. We can't wait for all of the adventures to come with our two children. Enjoy the pictures below of our beautiful baby girl and her big brother!

Hunter's 2nd Birthday

2011-03-12T20:36:00.001-08:00

For Hunter's 2nd birthday we decided to just do a small party at our house. My mom and Nana came to Utah to celebrate Hunter's birthday with us (and mine). Hunter had so much fun this year at his birthday! He had Dallin, Mayci, Jayden, and Jihas come to his party. He enjoyed playing with all of the kids and actually shared pretty well with everyone. Jeremy and I bought him a John Deere power wheel tractor and he got alot of clothes and toys. He was so excited to see his tractor! He had a SpongeBob birthday since he loves "Bob Bob" so much! We had his party on Saturday since his actual birthday was on Sunday. Then we went to Salt Lake after and spent the night there. We took him to Chuck E Cheese Sunday morning and he had so much fun! Thank you so much CiCi for all of the pictures. I am horrible at taking pictures and I wouldn't have any if it wasn't for you. Hunter became so attached to CiCi and Nana while they were here.

I can't believe it's already been 2 years since he was born! He is so big and independent! We are so proud of him and he learns more and more every day. He is such a special little man who makes everyone happy who is around him.

Update on Jaelyn... only 9 weeks left until my due date. It's crazy how quickly this pregnancy has gone by. Before we know it, we will have 2 amazing children...what more could we ask for. We are so excited to meet her and Hunter just can't wait to be a big brother!

3-D Ultrasound of Jaelyn

2011-02-10T17:34:00.000-08:00

Jeremy, Hunter, and I went Tuesday to do my 3-D ultrasound to see our little Jaelyn. As you can see in the pictures below, the turned out amazing! It's crazy how far technology has come just since I had Hunter. These ultrasound pictures are so much better than the ones I had gotten with Hunter. She was even smiling which was amazing! Hunter was so excited to see his baby. He kept looking at the screen saying "baby" and "Jay-gen" as he calls her. We can't wait to meet her! Only 14 weeks left!!!!

Christmas 2010

2010-12-27T17:57:00.000-08:00

Hunter really enjoyed this Christmas! He was really into opening his presents this year which I really enjoyed watching! It's hard to believe that next year we will have 2 kids to open presents with. Hunter is such an amazing little boy! He is a little spoiled but he deserves every bit of it! We switched Hunter into his new room on Christmas. He wasn't allowed in the room all week but he had no idea what was going on. We let him in there on Christmas morning and he got so excited to see his "Big Boy Bed". He ran and jumped on it with a huge smile. He has been sleeping in it since then with no problem. Enjoy the pictures below of him on Christmas morning. I know...once again, I'm not in any of the pictures because of course I'm the one taking them.

On a side note...we decided to name our little girl, Jaelyn Abagail. We had an ultrasound last week and she is growing great! I will be 20 weeks Wednesday...half way through!!! I can't wait for her to be here! Hunter already loves his baby. He gives my belly kisses all the time.

Big brother, little sister

2010-11-29T19:02:00.001-08:00

Well, most of you already know that we are expecting a new addition to our family in May of 2011. We just found out that the new baby will be a little girl. We are so excited! Hunter is excited to be having a baby (even though he really doesn't understand what that means). He is so cute! He will kiss my belly and say "Baby". I think he will be a great big brother!

On another note, alot has happened since I last posted. We went to Louisiana in the beginning of October and got to visit all of our family there. It was really nice because it had been almost a year since everyone got to see Hunter. When we got back from Louisiana, we switched Hunter to his toddler bed and he has not given us one bit of trouble. He sleeps in it all night and doesn't get out unless we open his door. He has only fallen out of it once. He loves that he can lay in it and watch TV in his room. When he gets tired, he will go to his bed and say, "night, night".

Another new development is that in the last 2 month, all of his teeth have come in. Poor baby was miserable for a little while but he is loving having a mouth full of teeth. He is growing like crazy and turning into such a little man.

Hunter was Sponge Bob for Halloween. I know, not the cutest costume in the world, but he picked it out. He loved it. The only bad part is that it rained all night so we didn't get to do a lot of trick-or-treating.

For Thanksgiving, I cooked for the first time all by myself. I do have to say, I did a pretty good job. My grandma and Aunt Donna came to spend Thanksgiving with us and they enjoyed dinner. Jeremy had to work, so we had to wait until he got home to eat. We set up our Christmas tree after dinner and decorated that night. Hunter isn't really bothering the tree this year like he did last year, so I am happy about that. I don't think I will be so lucky once I put the gifts under it though. I am so excited for Christmas time!!!

I've been horrible lately with pictures so all I have is the ultrasound pictures of the baby girl on my computer so enjoy that for now....

Baby Show Pictures

2010-08-16T17:31:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from the Uintah Co. Baby Show where Hunter got 2nd place. I also have a picture of my friend, Dianne's son, Konner. He is so darn cute! He got 3rd place in his category! Enjoy!

Hunter's age group winners...yes he is the cutest...should've won 1st...haha

Dianne & Konner...Hunter & I

Hunter sitting by the backdrop train

Look at that big belly...lol. I have the cutest little boy ever!!!

Swimming

2010-08-01T11:01:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to blowing up Hunter's swimming pool and I let him go out today and play in it. He loves the water! I hope you enjoyed the pictures! Also, Hunter was in the Uintah County Baby Show yesterday and out of 35 boys, he got 2nd place! We are so proud of him! I will have some pictures of that later.

2010-07-11T21:03:00.000-07:00

Playing with the dirt...won't put the stick down
Walking with his stick in his cute little towel...thanks CiCi

Playing in the water

Walking in the water

Taking the 1st step in the water

Our Weekend

2010-07-11T20:44:00.000-07:00

This weekend, we went to Salt Lake. Jeremy wanted to go up and have a weekend of no shopping (which is hard for me since we don't have shopping in Roosevelt). I did really good though and we had a lot of fun! We went up Friday night and spent the night. We woke up Saturday and took Hunter to Chuck E Cheese. He was really unsure about it at first and then he loved it! He found the one gave that he loved the most...the SpongeBob cart. If you would take him away to something else, he would run back to that game. He didn't even care if you put a token in it or not...I know this won't last. He had a lot of fun though and I can't wait to take him back.

After we left there, we went to Boondocks. We had lunch there and then we went to play arcade games. After we played games, we played miniture golf. I really wish there was a mini golf in Roosevelt. We had so much fun! They gave us a plastic club and a ball for Hunter too. Hunter LOVED it! He would hit the ball and then run after it screaming and laughing. I didn't get pictures of it, I wish I did.

We came home Saturday night and were all exhausted. We got up Sunday and decided to go to the lake. Well, it rained. Hunter took a nap and when he woke up, the rain had stopped, so we went to the lake. Hunter LOVED it! The water was a little cold, but once you were in, you got used to it. If I would take him out, he would run back. After a while, Jeremy was walking around with a stick so he found Hunter one and he wouldn't put it down. He put it down long enough to touch a crawfish. Jeremy gave it to him and he tried to squeeze it. Once again, I didn't get a picture. I am really bad about that.

We had a really fun weekend and can't wait until the next weekend Jeremy has off.

Hunter going the "Wrong Way" on the SpongeBob game

Driving the SpongeBob cart

Playing bowling with dad

Sitting on the see-saw

Father's Day

2010-07-11T20:34:00.001-07:00

For Father's Day, Jeremy had to work. He did get off pretty early though so we were able to spend the day together. Hunter and I got Jeremy a gift certificate for the golf course and golf clubs. His new "thing" is playing golf. He LOVES it! He usually goes golfing after work while I'm still at work which means he doesn't take up time playing golf when Hunter and I are home.

When Jeremy got off of work, I gave in and Hunter and I went with Jeremy to play golf. It was fun, but the course was so busy that I only was able to hit on 3 holes. I am really slow and suck pretty bad so I would take forever to get my ball to the hole. We bought Hunter a plastic set of clubs and he liked to get out and hit the balls too. Here are some pictures of us on Father's Day. We really enjoyed our day!

Jeremy waiting to hit his ball
Hunter trying to write down our score

Hunter and Jeremy getting out to play

Proud Daddy

Playing outside today

2010-06-25T20:50:00.001-07:00

Hunter was playing outside today and I decided to take pictures... he cooperated pretty well. He is so darn cute and getting so big!

Isn't it crazy how fast time flies

2010-06-09T20:53:00.000-07:00

I just can't believe how quickly my little man is growing up! I put on a 18-24 month shirt today and it is pretty tight. I can't believe I will have to buy him a 2T! I am so grateful to have him and to be able to watch him grow into his own personality. He has an attitude at times (which Jeremy says comes from me...LOL) but he is just so good. He loves being around other kids, which I am so grateful that he isn't shy. He is going through attachment anxiety again a little but not nearly as bad as before. I can't wash dishes or fold clothes without me holding him or him sitting in my lap. I shouldn't complain though. In a few years, I'm going to wish I had that and I'm just going to hear, "Not in front of my friends mom!" I'm definitely not looking forward to that stage...at least I have a little while to enjoy my baby! I love him so much, it's hard to imagine how I could ever love another person as much!

Anyway, enough of my sobbing. Hunter had crazy hair day at daycare today. He has his dad's hairline so there isn't much I could do with it. You can see the photo below...it's the only one I could get. He is starting to learn how to draw with crayons and I decided to let him use chalk. He LOVES it! He walks up and down our walkway with the chalk, stops to draw something, walks a little more, and stops and draws something else. His daddy taught him how to put things in his pocket today so he puts the chalk in his pockets. I'm so glad it's washable. You can see the pictures below of him playing with chalk for the first time. I also put some pictures of him the other day when he fell asleep in his carseat. He looks like such a little man. He looks so big! He actually loves his hat like daddy's and doesn't fight to keep it on.

I just can't believe how quick it all goes by. I miss my little baby that I could hold all of the time and cuddle with, but I am enjoying this new stage he is going through (even if I can't cuddle anymore). He runs around and never seems to wear himself out. Enjoy the pictures...

Crazy Hair Day

Knocked out...finally!

He's getting so big!
Drawing with chalk

The best picture in a while

Hunter at the Park

2010-05-27T17:30:00.000-07:00

Since Aunt Donna has been here, she has been taking Hunter to the park. He loves it! He love to be able to run and play with no one saying "No". I only wish I could be the one taking him. I love him to much and he is so darn cute!

More Pictures from the zoo

2010-05-27T17:24:00.000-07:00

Aquarium & Zoo

2010-05-19T17:13:00.000-07:00

Jeremy, Hunter, and I went out to Salt Lake for the weekend of the 1st with Joelle, Trenton, and Dallin. We took the kids to the aquarium and they loved it! Hunter even got to pet a sting ray. He loves the fish and could watch them forever.

Last weekend, we went to Denver to visit Aunt Donna. We took Hunter to the Denver Zoo because we had heard it was big just like the New Orleans Zoo. I tell you what, your zoo sucks compared to the one in Denver. It took us 5 hours to go through it all. It was so different going this time. The last time Hunter went to the zoo, he was only 7 months and really didn't care about it. This time, he loved it! I have more pictures but I will have to post them later. It is crazy just how big he is now compared to then. He was running all over the zoo! Once again, he loved the fish! I can't wait for all the zoo trips to come!

Update...

2010-04-24T16:21:00.001-07:00

Jeremy and I have decided that we wanted to start doing things around our house to make it look better. We have been wanting to redo our kitchen floor because it was white linoleum and I hated it! I showed everything. We finally made the decision to get it redone and we love it!!! It looks so good and I am so surprised just how much it looks like real tile. You can see the picture of it at the very bottom.

We also decided to redo our front yard. The first year we were in our house, we did our yard pretty cute. The next year, I was pregnant and couldn't do much, then last year I had Hunter as a baby and didn't get outside much. Now that we have no excuse, we finally started to fix it up. It's starting to look so super good!!! We had curbing put in the yard a couple weekends ago. Last weekend we were outside all day both Saturday and Sunday. We picked up rocks and dirt and finished our flower beds and our new island. We also put rocks in the front of the curbing to cover the ugly slope they put when they put in the sidewalk. Jeremy planted most of the flowers when I was at work Monday. I know the island looks a little plain, but what happened is we bought a tree that won't last the winter here, so now we have to wait a couple weeks to get a new one. We are also redoing our flower beds in the front of the house. I worked on them today and ripped up the old paper and mulch. Jeremy was at work so I had to do it alone while Hunter took a nap so I didn't get too much done. I will post more pictures when it is all done.

Lastly, last Saturday was our friend Trenton's birthday, so Joelle (his wife) asked if we would help her make a cake for him. It was so much easier since she baked the cake and we only had to decorate it. Trenton loves fish and fish tanks so we did a fish cake. It turned out pretty cute. It was nothing planned out too well, but it still turned out cute.

In Hunter news...he is teething so he has been super cranky and irritable. I can't wait until he gets them all in and we don't have to go through this anymore. Now that it is getting warmer, he loves being outside so much!!! His hair is starting to get more golden. I think there is still a chance of getting some red in there. I also think that he is going to have Jeremy's skin (which I am so happy about!!). Well, enjoy the photos I can't wait until everything is done. I promise to post pictures of Hunter next time. I know that's why you all look at my blog is to see my handsome man.

Hunter & a cake

2010-04-15T18:19:00.000-07:00

We had bbq the other day and let Hunter play outside on his playset and ride in the wagon. He had so much fun! He loves being outside so much!!!!

Jeremy made a cake for my old boss, Wade's, grand daughter for yesterday. She turned two so he made her a castle cake. My husband is truely talented!!! I am so lucky (I only wished I could do it too)!!! Well...enjoy...

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Easter and a lot of different things...

2010-04-08T18:45:00.000-07:00

We have been so busy lately! I guess when you have a toddler running around a million miles an hour, you are always busy! Hunter now has 2 more teeth which totals 6. He loves being outside, since it is finally starting to get warm. He now loves his 4-wheeler. We let him use it inside and he runs into the walls and tables. He knows how to make it go, but he just doesn't know how to steer yet. The terrible 2's have officially started at 1. He likes to get his way and when he doesn't he throws the temper tantrums. I'm really being hard on him though, he is a good kid. I put below some random pictures below of him.

Easter was fun. We woke up and let Hunter have his baskets. That's right, he had 2. Spoiled? No way! He had a sucker for breakfast as you see below and then while I was getting dressed, he got into his basket and the chocolate. After that, we went and had lunch with Dianne and her family, which has become our new family here. Then we came home and bbq dinner and Joelle, Trenton, Dallin, and her dad came over. There is a really cute picture of Dallin on Hunter's 4-wheeler. Enjoy the pictures...

Happy 1st Birthday Hunter!!!!

2010-02-27T18:31:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to my amazing little man!!! Hunter turned 1 yr. old today and it is crazy to believe that a year ago today, he was put into my arms for the first time! It is so sad to think how fast it all went!

We had Hunter's 1st birthday party today. It turned out amazing!!! Hunter had such a good time! He wasn't too interested in opening his presents as he was in the balloons. Thanks to everyone who came to his party and helped us celebrate our son's big day!

Jeremy made his Mickey Mouse birthday cake. It turned out so good!! Once again, he outdid his self! I made Hunter's little cake. It wasn't so great however, but Hunter liked it and that's all that matters. You can see in the pictures just how much he liked it! Again, thanks so much for helping us celebrate his big day for those who came! Enjoy the pictures below for those who couldn't make it.

Hunter sliding down his new playset.

Hunter ate his whole cake!

He loved it!

Getting ready to eat the cake.

He had such a good day!

Hunter opening presents with his little friend.

Hunter opening his first present

This is Hunter's only good picture with Mickey Mouse ears.

Hunter's table with his cake and presents.

The Mickey Mouse cake Daddy made for Hunter

Hunter's 1 yr. Pics

2010-02-07T13:22:00.000-08:00

Here are Hunter's 1 yr. Pictures! Enjoy! My little man is so darn handsome! He makes us so proud!!!

Dianne's Shower

2010-02-01T17:24:00.000-08:00

We had my friend Dianne Hancock's baby shower on Saturday. Jeremy baked her cake. We did a candy theme since she calls her baby the "sugar baby". She was on IV's her whole first half of her pregnancy, so that's where the name came from. She is due on March 17th...3 days before I was due with Hunter last year. She's having a boy, but still no name.

As for Mr. Hunter... we took his 1 year pictures and family pictures yesterday. Hopefully we will get them back next week. I will post them when we do... Here are some updated pictures of him. He is such a big cheese! He walks everywhere and he's getting really good at it. He now has 4 teeth and likes to eat anything you give him. We can't believe only 26 more days until he's 1!

Hunter

2010-01-16T15:34:00.000-08:00

I have been so busy lately that I haven't had time to update. This is a really scattered post.

Hunter is getting so big and independent! He has started walking now. It's crazy just how quick it happened. He started walking a little bit on Thursday and now he doesn't want to do anything but walk.

I can't believe that he is almost 1 year old! This last year seems to have flown by so quick! He weighs 21lbs now. So much for the little 6lb 6oz baby born last Feb. It's hard to believe that he used to wear preemie clothes.

He has had a lot of ear infections lately and so the doctor decided it would be best to put tubes in his ears. He did GREAT! As you can see in the pictures below, he was in a very good mood waiting to go back to surgery. We were a little anxious since it is a surgery and he had to be put under, but it was definitely something that needed to be done. He came out of surgery crying and cried the whole way home. I rocked him to sleep and when he woke up, he acted like nothing had ever happened. We hope that this helps him a ton!

We went last night and got his hair cut for the first time. We were going to wait until his 1st birthday, but he was getting a mullet and I can't have that! He did GREAT with it though. I was scared he would scream with the trimmer, but he didn't even flinch. He looks so cute now with his spiked hair...not that he wasn't cute before. The girl in the picture with him is Trisha. We made her take a picture with him since she gave him his 1st haircut.

That's about all that's been going on with us. We have been super busy with work. Hopefully the snow will melt soon and Jeremy will start to get weekends off again. I have some random pictures below also that I have been meaning to post but no time.

He is such a big cheese!

Hunter took a nose dive off of his babysitters stairs...he just had a little scuffed nose.

He is such a happy little boy!

Trisha cut his hair for the 1st time.

Calm, Cool, and Collected

He didn't mind it a bit.

Almost done.

Waiting to go into surgery

See my pretty hospital gown.

New Years Eve

2010-01-01T20:22:00.000-08:00

For New Year's Eve, we were invited over to Joelle and Trenton's for dinner. Joelle cooked hot dogs and we had apple crisp and peach cobbler. Jeremy and Trenton played the Wii (big kids) and Joelle and I hung out with the kids. Hunter like Dallin's hair, so we have to watch him...LOL. I think it is because he doesn't have much himself! We had fun, but we aren't the big party animals we used to be... We went home by 9:30 and were in bed by 10:00. It's a little sad, but Jeremy had to work today and I was super exhausted from moving furniture around the lst couple days. We took a couple pictures with my new camera Jeremy bought me for Christmas.

Update on Pat, Kim, and the kids... They left on Monday to move back to Louisiana. They had a long trip, especially with the U-Haul pulling the trailer and bad weather through Texas area. They made it there safely on Wednesday. Pat starts his new job on Tuesday and Brock starts his new "old" school on Monday.

Joelle & Dallin (he was hungry here)

Jeremy, Hunter, & Trenton

He is too darn cute for words! I love him so much!

I thought Jeremy was bad to get to take pictures! Try getting this little boy to sit still for a family picture. Needless to say, I love my boys and our little family!

My boys... you can see they are so much alike. They are making the same face watching TV...lol.

Hunter's 1st Christmas

2010-01-01T20:08:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so much more fun this year with Hunter here! He surprised me and did really good opening his presents. Jeremy had to work on Christmas so he woke up at 3am or so because he wanted to be home early to open presents with Hunter. We opened presents and all I can say is that Hunter is super spoiled! He got a Mickey Mouse ball pit (as you can see in the pictures below), a V-Smile Baby, clothes, a baby laptop, a rocking Mickey Mouse, and other toys and books. His favorite thing is the ball pit though, he absolutely loves crawling in and out of it. We need to buy more ball because it only came with 20 and it doesn't even fill the bottom up! I have a video posted of his first time in his ball pit.

He loves his ball pit!

He even watches TV in it.

1st time in the ball pit

Opening his V-Smile Baby

Hunter and Daddy

Update on us...

2009-12-21T19:18:00.000-08:00

Not much has been gong on with us since the last post. Jeremy has been working every day since we got back from Louisiana.

Hunter has had a constant ear infection since before we went to Louisiana. He had to be on two different antibiotics until the doctor finally tried a series of three shots, three days in a row. The needle was huge and I wanted to cry for him. He had to get them last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Hopefully it is better now. We go back to the doctor next Monday to have them checked again. If he still has the ear infection then, we have to look at getting tubes in his ears. I hope we don't have to get that done!

I came home from work on Thursday and felt horrible. I was up all night sick and then Jeremy woke up the next morning sick too. Poor thing had to still go to work though! Hunter went to daycare because I was so sick. By the time he got home from daycare, he was sick too. We all got over it though and are all feeling a hundred times better.

Meanwhile, Jeremy's dad decided he is moving back to Louisiana. We hope they are happy there. I know Jeremy is sad because now he won't have anyone here, but now he sees how I have felt for the last 3 1/2 years. This is our home now though and we really like it here. We have made some really good friends and don't plan on going anywhere.

Well, that's about all that's been going on with us. We can't wait for Christmas! Hunter has so many presents! He has definitely gotten spoiled for Christmas, but he is our first baby and we get to do that sometimes.

Christmas Tree and Santa

2009-12-07T11:37:00.000-08:00

We went to Stewart's on Saturday and got Santa pictures taken. Joelle and Dallin cmae with us too and he got his pictures taken too. I was surprised Hunter did so good. He didn't want to go to Santa though. I gave him to Mrs. Claus and then he just wanted to play with Santa's beard.

I put up our Christmas tree yesterday. Jeremy had to work so I was on my own. I am paying for it today though. My ribs and my back are hurting like crazy! Anyway, it turned out so good! Hunter is doing pretty good with it too. I only have had to fuss at him a couple times when he goes to grab an ornament or a candy cane. I can't wait for Christmas day to watch him open his presents. It will be so much fun!

Wow! It's been a while!

2009-12-03T13:13:00.000-08:00

Wow! It has been a CRAZY month! I haven't had time to do much at all! Well, we thought we would be by ourselves for Thanksgiving, but it turned out that we had to make an emergency trip to Louisiana. Jeremy's cousin, Carmen, went into a coma as a result of her diabetes. She had no brain activity for around 8 hours so there was really no hope. So, we left for Louisiana on Saturday, the 21st and drove 28 hours straight! That was the longest trip ever! Hunter did great though. He watched Mickey Mouse the whole time. We left home at 1:00 pm on Saturday and got to Louisiana at 5:00pm Sunday.

We went straight to the hospital to see Carmen. Things still didn't look good. Monday, we woke up, surprised Ashlyne' at work and went back to the hospital. We went to eat lunch with Mrs. Tina and Jeremy got a call from his Nanny that Carmen had opened her eyes! Mrs. Tina was sure that there was no way because of what the doctors had told everyone. We got back to the hospital and sure enough, she had opened her eyes. Things are slowly improving and I guess it is only up from here. Miracles happen everyday I guess.

We spent the week down in Louisiana and it was crazy to try and visit everyone in such a short time. We did get to see almost everyone though and I was happy that everyone got to meet Hunter finally!

We decided to head home on Friday, the 27th and we wanted to take it slow. We stopped early and left late everyday. We got home around 4:00 Sunday and were completely exhausted! We are going to try to get some rest this weekend finally, but poor Jeremy has to work.

Well, I am so excited to finally get to put up our Christmas decorations! I have to go tomorrow to get our Christmas tree. Maybe once Hunter gets older we will get a real tree, but for now I will stick to our fake tree. Well, I guess I will get to bed. Enjoy our pictures from Louisiana...

Oh, one last update. My sister, Erica, had her baby on Wednesday, December 2nd. His name is Nicholas Bryant and he was 7lbs. 7oz. and 19 1/2 in. long. Of course she had to wait less than a week after I left to have the baby. I have posted a picture below....

Nicholas Bryant Lambert

Erica & Nicholas

Hunter & His Nanny

Hunter & Uncle Todd

Cousins... Caleb, Hunter, Mikayla, & Mackenzie

Mom and her girls

Poppa Riley & Hunter

My BIG Man

Mom, Erica, Me, & Ashlyne'

Caleb & Hunter

Me, Jeremy, & Hunter outside @ Mom's

Anney Grace & I

Joe (my brother), Hunter, & I

More Halloween Pictures...

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He loved the sucker! It wasn't such a good idea. He got a sugar rush and was up all night!

Which one do I eat?

Trick or treat

Ready to go!

Halloween!!

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We had such a good Halloween!!! It was Hunter's 1st Halloween and he had so much fun! We carved pumpkins earlier that day and let Hunter play in the pumpkin. Needless to say, he loves pumpkin!!! I can't wait for the Halloween's to come!

Hunter had to dress up at daycare and since I didn't want to get his costume dirty, he dressed up as a zoo keeper.

More Zoo Pictures

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He feel asleep close to the end of the day.

We bought him a kiddie cup there. He loved the grape juice!

One of his few smiles throughout the day. He liked the carousel.

Bryce was in a really good mood. He loved the carousel too!

One of the only pictures with Hunter and I.

Zoo Day

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Friday night we decided to go out to Salt Lake to go to the Zoo on Saturday. When we got to Salt Lake, Hunter had gotten a fever of 102.6. I gave him some Tylenol and his fever went down a little so we decided to go to the hotel and go to sleep. Hunter woke up at about 1:00 AM and he was burning up. I gave him some more Tylenol and laid him on my chest. Less than a minute later, he threw up all over himself and me. I took his temp and it was 103.6 so we took him to the ER. The doctor there said he had a UTI and gave us some antibiotics. We didn't get back to the hotel until 6:00 AM. We were so exhausted that we decided we would stay another night and see if Hunter was feeling better by Sunday. The Tylenol and Motrin kept his temp down on Saturday and he slowly started to feel better. Yesterday we went to the zoo. Hunter was cranky, but he was feeling a little better. Here are some pictures of the zoo. I brought Hunter to the doctor today and he said that Hunter doesn't have a UTI at all. He has a viral infection and they gave him some different antibotics. He can't go back to daycare until tomorrow so I hope he gets better soon. Enjoy the pictures at the zoo....

Hunter and Bryce in front of the Elephant display. The Hogle Zoo has a new baby elephant. Once Hunter realized the elephant, he couldn't keep his eyes off of them.

Hunter loved looking at the monkeys with his daddy. He would follow them everytime they moved somewhere. Poor baby, you could tell he was sick though.

Looking at the monkeys.

He was so tired and not feeling too good.

Hunter's 7 month Pictures

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We were at Walmart the other day so I decided to get Hunter's pictures done. I had gotten his pictures done when he turned 6 months, but the crazy lady still hasn't uploaded them so I could order them. I guess he will just have to have 7 month pictures then. Well, enjoy.... they turned out super cute!!!

Splish Splash Playtime

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Hunter was having so much fun playing in his tub, I couldn't help but take some cute pictures! He has hit so many milestones these past two weeks it has been hard to keep up! He is now crawing everywhere (and fast!), pulling up on everything, and sitting up all by himself (in the bathtub too as you can see). I am so excited to see him grow and do new things, but where does the time go?

He was playing with his toys having so much fun!!! How does one little boy collect so many toys? It is crazy how he would rather play with picture frames over actual toys though...LOL!!!

Some new pics...

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Hunter & Bryce

He wouldn't leave it alone, so we put it on his head.

He learned how to pull up!

He loves the camera!!!

Salt Lake

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We decided to go out to Salt Lake on Friday for the night and come back the next day. Needless to say, we ended up staying until Sunday. We went shopping for work clothes for me and winter clothes for Hunter. We all got something and it was a nice trip.

Hunter must have no been feeling good Saturday. I'm not sure what happened but he was in the most crabby mood all day. We went out to eat on Saturday night at Joe's Crab Shack (I don't care if they are famous, their crawfish suck!). Jeremy had the coconut shrimp which was really good though. I had to step out of the restaurant a couple times because Hunter finally found his voice. He would be quiet and then all of a sudden you would hear a loud scream. I think we are done with restaurants for a little while. LOL!

Here are some updated pictures of him...ENJOY!!!

I Finally Broke Down

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Well, I finally broke down and made a blog. I figure this is the best way for everyone to keep up with us. So, here is the new news:

Hunter is now crawling all over. He says " Dada" all of the time (which was his first word and Jeremy was so happy about it) and he has now started to say "mom" and "mama" a little bit. He pulled up for the first time on Monday. I was so excited to see that! He just hasn't figured out that once you stand up, you have to hold on (he fell right after). He is definitely a mama's boy but he adores his daddy. He continues to look more and more like daddy everyday.

He is growing up so fast and it is so exciting to see my little boy doing all of the new things he does everyday. We just love our life with him and couldn't imagine it any other way.

Next new news is Jeremy got a new truck yesterday. He was like a kid in a candy store and is SO happy! It is the truck he always wanted: 2006 GMC K2500 crew cab leather and everything. I am so happy he has what he wanted. We now have two good vehicles and it gives you a nice piece of mind.

Well, I have to go cook dinner. I guess this blogging thing isn't too bad.