10:26 thoughts.

It's night time and my boys are asleep. I'm awake scared out of my mind. A helicopter was flying over our home a while ago with an intercom..."on the lookout for an armed man wearing...."awesome.

Went on a roadtrip/delivery/job trip to San Fran. this weekend with Owen. Left Nolen with his sweet, wonderful grandparents. It was hard to be away from him for 2 days...very hard. But soooo fun to get out and walk around the city of San Francisco! I walked to the Coit Tower and was so happy I did! I LOVE that city. I think that will be the first and LAST time I go with Owen in a moving truck for that long. Good company- yes. Not so fun bouncing up and down in a huge truck through ghetto Oakland...I was so antsy to see my baby when i got home. He waved at me when he saw me! aw! I LOVE HIM!!

Nolen melts our hearts. Everyday. He is LOVING walking with his truck walker. He is always on his feet and I know it wont be long til hes everywhere! 2 bottom teeth now. Makes us laugh with his scrunchy face he makes and his tongue's in and out moves. He "shakea shakea shakea" with any object in his hands...and "dancin dancin dancin"- when hes on his feet and I say this he bounces up and down and hits one foot on the ground up and down. gotta see it to believe it.

owen is going to internship at a retirment home this semester. Im so proud of him. I think he has really found what he wants to do in the future! sooo close to being done with school!!!

im sewing.what? yep. LOVE IT. hated it when i was younger....love it now. definetly not a pro. will never be. but it's fun and i LOVE all the different kinds of material out there.

Do you remember the movie "Land Before Time"? It was on the T.V. at the hotel owen an i stayed at this weekend. We watched the last 20 mins. SOOOO GOOD!!! I LOVED that movie and still do! My niece Kaitlyn reminds me of Sarah the dinosaur. And Ducky was my favorite character. Remember Petri?

This is a very random blog. it is now 10:40. I need to post some pictures and try to sleep. any noise scares me tonight....there is a man armed and on the loose around here. pray for us.

Merry Christmas!

Watch this Christmas video- it is so sweet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PURToRRq7gM

S.D. visit and Thanksgiving

Papa

Sisters

Aunt Sandy and Nolen

Handsome Will

Buddies

Uncle Mark

Itty Bitty starfish!

Nanna

These are just some pictures from when Nanna and Uncle Mark came to visit us in San Diego! Nolen and I went up to Utah for Thanksgiving and had soooo much fun. I LOVE the holidays in Utah- cold and crisp and just lovely. Nolen had sooo much fun with his cousin Will and all the attention from his Nanna and Papa.

*Thanks to Grandma Karen for the ADORABLE sweater and beenie!

9 months!

Dr. Varma told me today that I need to:

"get Nolen into see Dr. Meltzer again for another recomendation for his head- It just doesn't look right, Do you see how his left ear is curled more than the other because of his bone?,You need to fight this, You need to definetly have this taken care of ASAP, He just doesn't look right"

"He's not crawling? Don't put him in his bouncer anymore- you shouldn't do that- you are making it too easy for him- dont. MAKE him crawl- he NEEDS to crawl- you really shouldn't be making it easy for him"

"I'm not happy about his weight. He should weigh more. Do you feed him enough? Do you breastfeed? Give him formula. Come back in a month- he is not at a good weight"

ALL RIGHT ALREADY DR. VARMA! I HEAR YOU! POKE MY SON A LITTLE MORE AND MAKE HIM SCREAM LOUDER.

I think I am a good mom. Sure, his head is big and uneven-so what? Everyone stops to tell me how cute he is wherever we go. Sure, he needs to crawl- he will. And sure he may be underweight- but you know what??? He's healthly and happy!!

And my boy is 9 months old today. I love him. I didn't love him so much this afternoon when he was a "baby" at the doctor's office- my wonderful husband took him away for some "daddy/son" time and for me to have a break. wonderful.

Nolen brightens my day-EVERYDAY.

Thankful

Seeing as though Thanksgiving is just around the corner and knowing that I most likely won't blog while I am in Utah I thought I would just share with you bloggers what I am most ThANkFul for. (in no particular order)

-an apartment- even though it's tiny- its a roof over our heads

-WIC- Women Infant Children program

-green machine cadilac to get Nolen and I around this town

-San Diego- all of the many BEutiFuL places to visit

-my ward- gReAt people and friends who all support each other

-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints- met a girl who is not a member a few weeks ago at playgroup- she has come since and is sooo sweet. She asked what church I belong to- I said " the LDS church" she had a puzzled face on her then I said" the Mormon church" then of course it clicked-anyway my point being I think she really likes to be around all the SwEEt girls who come and feels welcomed...nice church.

-Ensign- soooo many UPlifTiNG messages that make me want to do better!

-Mormon Messages found on lds.org- my new favorite... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuwid8_O8dk

-NieNie and her everyday stories of inspiration - go to my sidebar "I read NieNie"

-The Office- brings laughter into my life

-the internet and how it can bring friends from the past back in my view! and also a way to keep in touch with family from everywhere!

-FAMILY- i for some reason was blessed with the most amazing FAMILY- a mom and dad who LOVE eachother soooo much and 5 brothers who LOVE their wives soooo much and their children. and my in-laws- all sooooo wonderful

-a SMILING happy boy who brightens my day every day-(even though his whiny/crying moments drive me NUTS at times!!!!)

-a HEalThY family

-Medicine

-A determined, hardworking, giving husband who tries so hard each and every day to make ends meet for us....soooooo thankful for him

-THANKFUL for my TESTIMONY of the TRUTHFULNESS of the GOSPEL

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

HAPPY FALL!

Nolen and his friend Elliot

Pumpkin head

Serious Nolen

Papa Nolte

Great Grandma Nolte- the classy beautiful woman who can put my baby to sleep.

These kids are sooo big now!

Uncle Brad and Uncle John lovin my boy!

I know these pictures jump from one thing to another. But they all have to do with one thing- Fall! Fall football game- BYU vs. SDSU....which I now have learned to NEVER take a baby under a year old to a football game....um worst thing I have ever done to my baby. Papa Nolte of course was in town for work and the game- which allowed us to see him! Nolen LOVES his Papa Nolte and Great Grandma Nolte! We are so lucky to live so close to her:) And then recently some friends and I went to Nates Butt Farm. Excuse me...Bates Nut Farm! What better way to enjoy the once in a while Fallish weather here in San Diego? Nolen LOVED the hay. So great.

Happy Fall to all!

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