Whoopie Cushion

all of the other good mothers dressed their children as lions, or pumpkins, or ghosts. well, my sense of humor has gotten the best of me, and poor River is going as a Whoopie cushion for his very first Halloween. hopefully he doesn't hold it against me in 15 years when he looks back on these photos.

he actually didn't mind being in this getup, surprisingly. i stuffed some plastic bags inside to fill out the costume a little, and he liked the way it felt and sounded.


waiting on the couch, all ready to embarrass whoever sits on him!

he he he.



Skywest invited all of the children to trick-or-treat around the offices. we took River and, i must say, he was a hit! we didn't do much trick-or-treating, however. when you're collecting candy and your baby is only 5 months old, everyone knows you're the one who'll be eating it.


Happy Halloween! (thank you, Carrie, for helping me find this amazing costume. i bought it long before River was even born. sad.)

cute guy!

River was in a very happy mood after his nap the other day. i snapped a bunch of photos of him and he just kept on smiling. he's such a cutie!

black n' blue

it finally happened. i've broken my pinky toe. it seems like a rite of passage into motherhood or womanhood or adulthood or something! you have to break your toe. my mom has broken hers several times, and more than 1 of the other sessions' ladies have broken their toes too! so if you haven't broken yours yet, beware. and don't cut corners in your house too closely. and watch out for those sneaky little baby bouncy chairs. that's what got me. i bounded down the hall this past friday with a little too much pizazz and WHAM, broken. at first i thought it was just badly stubbed. but when you look at your foot and your pinky toe points out at a painfully perfect 45 degree angle, you know something's up.

of course i started sobbing, worrying more about how wonky my toe's going to look for the rest of my life than about the actual pain. but i also couldn't help but laugh at the same time, looking at my poor pathetic little toe, all askew. logan didn't know what to do, so he laughed with me when i laughed, and then tried to be loving and helpful when i got mad at him for laughing. (only I am allowed to laugh!)

a few pictures:

this is several hours after it happened. it had been taped up for a while and looked a little better. i wish i had gotten a pic of it right when i broke it. it was much more gnarly than this.



the next day. the bruising kicked in. it is really bruised today, but i'll leave it at this. i'm sure no one wants to look at any more pictures of my feet than they have to.


i called the doctor and this is how they told me to tape it. should i go see someone to check the toe, just in case? everyone says that there's nothing you can do for a broken toe, so don't bother. but i'm worried...

4 months!

my baby is 4 months old and i don't even know where the time went. it feels like ages ago that i was even pregnant (that's a good thing)! now it feels like River has been with us forever- it's hard to remember when we didn't have him.

i LOVE taking care of him and watching him grow and change and discover new things. currently, River loves to suck on his hands, and if he can get both of them into his little mouth at once he likes it even better! he recently learned that he has feet and he likes to grab onto his toes and hang on as best he can. he LOVES Gigi, and laughs hysterically when she runs around. then we laugh hysterically because his laugh is so cute!

Rivs can roll over from the front and the back. he also looks like he's about to crawl any second, but i'm okay with it if that doesn't happen for a while. he gets on his tummy and kicks off so he can scoot a little bit- he just needs to get a little upper body strength and learn to work those biceps! everybody always thinks he's much older than 4 months. he's a pretty big guy. not fat, just big. i just think he's very cute, of course.

we love our Rivs!


the bald spot. when is this thing gonna fill in?! now there are little bald patches all over his head! not the most attractive right now, but i'm confident he'll have some seriously thick hair if it's anything like mine or logan's.


little angel. sleeping- for once. :)