Raspberries Anyone?

Dallin seems to have learned a new trick today. His face looks so serious when he does it, like he's concentrating on having the best raspberry ever. Russ and I can't help but bust up laughing every time he does it. Let me know what you think of it.

No Longer Toothless

I'm talking about Dallin, not me. [I'm still toothless:)] Dallin has been way fussy today and no matter what was done, nothing made him happy except when I gave him a Popsicle to chew on. Then it dawns me. He might be teething. Feeling in his mouth, I discovered little tooth starting to poke though. I'll post pictures once it comes all the way in.

Delivery Tag-Dallin

1. Age? 6 months

2. Name? Dallin Clark Richins

3. Birthday? November 9, 2007

4. Time of birth? 7:58 p.m.

5. How long did labor last? Didn't have any. I was in the OR for about 25 minutes when they pulled him out.

6. Who was in the room when baby was born? Russ, a lot of doctors and nurses and some nursing students. about 10 people total. It was a big old party.

7. How long did you push? Didn't. Didn't even have a single contraction

8. Weight? 7 lbs. 9 oz.

9. Length? 20 inches

10. Any hair? Some. More than I thought he would.

11. Who does baby look like? His daddy

12. Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? 45 pounds

13. Was the baby early or late? Just over 2 weeks early

14. Who drove you to the hospital? Russ

15. How many baby showers did you have? 4, Jenkins, Davies, Work, and Church

16. When did baby start sleeping through the night? About 6 weeks old

17. Did you breastfeed? Tried. He never got the hang of it. I pumped for about 3 months though.

18. Who takes care of your baby the most?When he doesn't have to be at the babysitters' (She does an awesome job) Russ and I share the time fairly equally.

19. When do you want to have another one? We are thinking about starting to try once Russ graduates next summer. Hopefully it won't take as long to get pregnant this time around.

20. How did you pick the name? We had a hard time agreeing on names. Russ started listing names one day and when he got to Dallin I loved he. He told me he knew I would like one of the general authorities' names. Dallin H Oaks was the one.

21. How did you know when it was time to go to the hospital? I had placenta previa, so I has no choice. The Dr told me when the C-section was and I showed up.

22. Anyone spend the night with you the first night home? Just Russ, Dallin and Me.

23. Did you cry the first time you held your baby? I don't think so. I was so drugged up I don't even remember how I got to the post-natal room

24. Where was the baby born?Davis Medical Center. Everyone there was wonderful.

25. Did you video tape the birth? Yup. All you see is blood and then there is a baby on my belly.

***Anyone who reads this and has kids, I think you should do it. It's a fun tag. And don't forget to post the baby picture at the top if you have one.

What A Good Memorial Day

I have to brag on what a great husband I have. This morning I informed him we needed to do some cleaning around the house. Russ was scrubbing the bathroom sink and toilet while I was cleaning up baby clutter in the front room. Dallin started to fuss, so I took him in the bedroom and laid down on the bed with him. We both fell asleep. When I woke up, Russ had scrubbed the whole bathroom and the whole kitchen, including getting on his hands and knees to scrub the floors. All I had done was fold a couple blankets and put some clothes in the laundry basket. What a great guy! In my opinion, that's as romantic as it gets :) Kathi, good job raising your son.

We went to my parents house for dinner. My mom, Ty, and I roasted hot dogs and marshmallows over the fire, while my dad and Russ watched movies. We had a lot of fun. And we let Dallin have a root beer Popsicle too. He loved it.

Later we played "Ticket To Ride." It is one of the best games ever. It's a strategy game, so it's more than just luck, but not so much strategy that you get frustrated. Dad won. And, in case you were wondering, this photo is staged. I just wanted Lana and Julie to know I was not making up this game. It really does exist. It's not my fault no one at work has ever heard of it . :)

And we finished off the night with some "Deal or No Deal." Some of those people on that show get a little greedy and end up losing a lot of money. But I guess you never know how you will act in that situation.

This Post Is A Long One!

It's been one busy weekend so far. Yesterday Ashley and her family surprised my mom and dad by coming down from Denver to the airport to pick up Dan. That lead me to the fact that Dan cam home from his mission yesterday.

This the first time Dan met Dallin. Dallin seemed a little unsure, but not as unsure as Sky. Shylar has never met Dan either and he wanted nothing to do with him.

Mom was thrilled to have Dan home.

Welcome Home!

Doesn't he look good!

Then this morning Lew went through the temple to take out his endowment. Russ and I went.

After the temple, Russ and I took Dallin on his first hike. We were so excited to try out the Kelty baby backpack.

Here we go. Off to the Water Fall Trail.

Dallin fell asleep a lot.

We made it!
(I didn't wear my retainer on this hike. I was afraid it would make my mouth too dry. So if you click on the picture to make ti big I think you can see my missing tooth. :)

What cute boys I have.

We made it back to the car, but not awake.

Dallin was so good and just looked around and talked. I am a little nervous because we've been home for and hour and his forehead along his hair line looks pinkish, like it's burned. I don't know how that's possible. I covered him in sunscreen and he wore a hat the whole time except for a few minute we were taking picture at the top and when I took it off when we got to the car to take the picture of him sleeping. Plus the carrier has a canopy that we had up. Hopefully he's not burned and just still a little warm from the hike.

Side note for any Davies relatives: We ran into Jake . He was hiking up when we were headed down. I'm glad he recognized me because I paying more attention to not falling on my butt than who else was around. He was with a girl named Alicia (I think that was her name). Anyone know if it's anything serious? She was a cutie!

Sorry this was so long. I couldn't decide which pictures to post, so I posted tons.

Baby "D"

Dallin got his pictures taken yesterday. He was being so ornery, but some of the picture turned out really cute. Click Here to go to the photographer, Veronica Reeve's, blog. She posted a few of them there. Let me know what you think. I love her work. I'm thinking family pictures in the fall.

Kelty Backpack

For Mother's Day I got a Kelty baby hiking backpack. We picked it up in SLC today (We rode front runner down there and had a ball.) Dallin loved being in it. We took a short walk with it at my mom's and he just talked away the whole time. I look forward to when it is warm enough to go hiking!