10 Months Old!

I know it's a little early, but since we won't be here next week, I wanted to catch up on what Quinn has been up to over the past month. He is sure growing and getting to be lots of fun. He has such a fun personality and I love it! He now has the crawling thing pretty much down , and is now starting to pull himself up to things. We got the go ahead at his last doctor appointment to feed him pretty much whatever, and he is loving it! His new favorite food is mandarin oranges. He has had a bad cough and a runny nose, and I'm just hoping it doesn't last the whole winter. He loves yelling, "DADDY" at the top of his lungs, and continues to be an overall happy baby. He still loves being with his mommy, but I'm glad he will go to other people, too. We went and saw Santa the other day, and I think he and another boy were the only ones that dared to sit on Santa's lap without crying. It was hilarious to watch him stare Santa down! We sure love our little man!!
Quinn is starting to find himself in all kinds of crazy situations. He liked this until he realized he couldn't stand up straight and he got stuck!
He likes to attack dad!!
One of his new favorite places to play...
I usually find all the utensils emptied! At least it gives me time to clean dinner up!!

Michigan Christmas

Santa decided to drop by a little early at our house this year. He must have known that we would have to pack everything back here after the holidays, so he came a couple of weeks early! Quinn and I are leaving for the holidays on Saturday, and so we celebrated our little Christmas as a family on Sunday. It was so much fun. Quinn didn't really know what was going on, but he has been enjoying his new toys. He would rip off a piece of paper, and then just play with it instead of opening the rest of the present. It's probably for the best that he is opening his presents in shifts since he didn't even make it through our little party. We had a fun time with our little family, but we are sure excited to be with everyone in a couple of weeks!
As a little update, Jeff has just been crazy busy with finals. He will of had like seven tests just this week, and they continue on into next week. He has worked so hard and I know he is sure excited for a break. Like I said, Q and I are heading to Boise on Saturday to spend some time with my parents, and then we will meet Jeff in Utah next Saturday. We will be gone for three weeks, and so I am not really knowing how to pack everything, and so I'm putting it off! I just hope we make it out there okay and we don't get too many crusty looks on the plane. It has sure turned off cold here, so I guess that means winter is officially here! We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! We love you all and hope you have a wonderful holiday season!!!

Quinn playing with his new bead toy

Q and Dad showing off his new cars!
More fun!


Santa brought Jeff some new weights
Grandma and Grandpa Yardley got Q a new basketball game!

Thanksgiving!!

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving in Boise with my family this year. It was a very quick trip, but we were so glad we were able to go. It was so weird flying through SLC and not getting picked up! We missed Jeff's family, but we are sure looking forward to Christmas. Quinn did pretty good on the plane although I am getting really nervous to fly by myself with him next week. He was younger when I did it before and he just likes to move. I'm sure it will be okay, but I'm nervous. Anyways, back to Boise, my whole family was there and although it is always chaotic, it's SOO fun. All of our nieces and nephews are getting so big. We had fun eating, having a talent show, getting family pictures, and swimming. Jeff even went with us to New Moon! (he secretly LOVED it, but he won't admit it :) ) I left feeling an overload of gratitude for all my many blessings. Thanks mom and dad for having us. Just think, next year you'll be in good ole Panguitch!!

Annie, Hailey and Quinn playing
I just love being a mom and an aunt!
Q loved the sweet potatoes!!
Luke, Nina, Grandma and Alexis playing with legos
Q loves his Grandpa Yardley! and Alexis, too!!
I can't believe how big these guys are! Alexis, Noah and Marissa
Carter, Hailey, Annie and Q having some fun
These guys are going to be such good friends!
Aunt Stac and Q
The look on Q's face most of the time he's crawling...
We just love this face!
Not too sure about this one though...


Before we left for Thanksgiving, we went and found the Detroit Temple. It is small, but so beautiful. It was fun to finally find it and look around for a minute. We then went to a cool mall, that's huge, so if those two things don't entice you to come and visit, I don't know what will!!

9 Months!

I cannot believe it has been nine months since Valentine's, I mean Q's birthday! Those first few weeks were the longest of my life, but now here we are, nine months later, and feel so blessed to have Quinn in our family. He is what can make us laugh when we really need it or can make us crazy, when we really don't! J/K We had his 9 month doctor visit yesterday and we found out all is going well. The best part was there were no shots! Yeah! Here are his stats:
Weight: 23 lbs. 3 oz (85%)
Height: 28 in. (59%)
Head: 46.5 cm 82%)
This was his first time not being in the 95% or above on the weight, so I guess that means he is starting to be more active. He still feels like he weighs a ton though! Here is some new cool things Q has been up to:
-He loves to shake his head no
-He takes deep breaths and then wants to you do it back, and he thinks it's hilarious
-He now loves going "gucky" in the tub...
-He is CRAWLING! Slowly, but surely. He gets frustrated after only a couple crawls. He still doesn't quite get that means freedom...
-He is standing while holding onto things. Occasionally he will pull himself up
-He HATES getting in the car seat!
-He loves playing will balls
-He now has 6 teeth
-He is going through a skip-afternoon-nap phase...I hope that's all it is!
-He is still really social and loves being around other people--that means lots of friendly yells in the grocery store!
-He looks when we point to things
-His new favorite songs are: Popcorn Popping and the Wheels on the Bus
-He said Ma Ma for a day, and now my neighbor thinks he says a-ee instead of mom
-He LOVES when his dad comes home!
-He is making lots of new sounds. One of my favorites is "sss"
-He loves to talk to his grandparents, aunts and uncles on the phone

There are lots of other fun things that Q is doing right now. It seems like things just suddenly click and he can do or say certain things. He has been kind of clingy with me lately, but I'm hoping that's only a phase, too. We are sure excited to be with our families for the holidays. We miss them so much!

Our homey, Q
Quinn loved playing in this box!

I love this picture!

One of the tricks his dad taught him...
Watch out!
He loves to bang his balls on the floor. If it's on the carpet, he will move to the hard floor so he can make it louder!
Him frustrated. We have seen this quite often lately...
Q and I took the sister missionaries into Detroit to the Science Center. They had the "Accidental Mummy" exhibit from Mexico that was pretty cool. Q didn't love them though. He had lots more fun in the kids area!
Q loving the mirrors
This looks weird, but he kept trying to lean over to see the ground.

Beware of the Lion...

We had such fun Halloween! Quinn didn't know what to think of his costume at first, but he started to finally enjoy it. We actually got to get him dressed up three times. Some of our friends had a party for just the little guys on Thursday, and that was fun. Q and I went trick-or-treating down main street on Friday afternoon with some friends. I guess they do that every year, and it was fun to see inside all the downtown shops and restaurants. That will definitely become a tradition for us. Then on Friday night our community had a little Halloween parade and party. We were kind of costumed out by actual Halloween and since it was so cold, we decided to go to the UM volleyball game. It was a blast!

Q, Me, Andrea and Lucas trick-or-treating downtown

Aren't they cute!
Our happy little lion
Jeff and Q on the Halloween Parade
Q holding his trick-or-treats
Ethan, Q and Jaxson loving their costumes
Thanks for the cute pajama's Grandma and Grandpa!
Q got a signed volleyball from the All-American!
Even though he had crazy hair, everyone was giving him lots of attention!
Go Blue!
Q has already started working out...his new push up trick!


Q and I also went to the hands-on museum with some friends. Quinn really liked looking at all the cool things and just watching the other kids play.

Liam, Q, Ethan, and Lucy playing with the blocks
Q enjoying the tornado
Quinn and Asher just talking on the phone!
Quinn liked eating the rocks better than just holding them!
The boys playing in the back of an ambulance
Most of us just before we left.
We had to have one more photo shoot in the leaves...Q loves playing in them!
I like this one because you can kind of see his top teeth. He has been grinding his teeth lately, and it gives me the chills...I don't know what to do!!!

Fall Fun

Our family went to an apple orchard on Tuesday for Jeff's class activity. Most of the activities are bar related, so I'm glad they set up a more family friendly activity! It was in Plymouth and it was beautiful! They had a petting zoo, a wagon ride, pumpkin patches, and donuts! What more could we ask for?? Q and I were really glad Jeff was able to go with us! We had such a fun time with him over his two day break. I feel bad for him because it was so short that we couldn't do too much, but not long enough to really make him feel like he had a break. He is right back in the swing of things with four tests between today and tomorrow. I don't know how he does it. We are so proud of him though! Anyways, we had lots of fun and were sooo glad it was finally a nice fall day! Oh, Q's got another new tooth!! Maybe that explains all the yelling...

These beautiful trees are in the park by our house


We LOVE this hilarious picture of Q!




Dad and Q getting ready for the wagon ride
Quinn wanted to play with the pumpkins more than pose with them...


This is back behind the orchard. It's beautiful!
Quinn learned how to go down the slide yesterday! He gets excited and it takes about three reaches for him to finally get going, but he loved it!

We had a good time playing in all the leaves!! I love this picture! The leave in the mouth pretty much explains where everything goes with Q.
Even though I complain a lot, I feel so blessed to have this happy, healthy little boy. We love him SO much!

The rest...

Quinn and I went with some friends from our ward to Wasum's Fruit Farm and picked raspberries and apples. It was cold, but lots of fun!

Q with some apples

All the apple picking wore Q out! Here we are with all our apples. That sure went a lot faster than picking the raspberries!

One of Q's new cute but cheesy smiles.
The boys just chillin'!

Q loving the fall


We love you Elmo!
He loved it in his little toy box. Yeah! Somewhere else to entertain him.
He loves brushing his teeth. His very independent when it comes to this!
Quinn enjoying the soccer game.