Oh, Crap. (Literally)

No pictures today. Too nasty.

Today started out like any other morning. Jeffy stood up in his crib and babbled at us until I got up to get him out. I could tell he needed a new diaper, so I laid him on the bed to change him. I undid the snaps at the bottom of his sleeper and found myself looking at: POOP! Everywhere!! His diaper had come apart and there was yucky brown poop all over the lower half of his body. Nasty! There's no way to clean that up without going in the tub, so I tried to carry him in a way that would get the least amount of poop on me. Gross. I finally got him upstairs and plopped him in the empty tub and tried to get his nasty pjs off. Lucky for me, it wasn't a normal sleeper, but one that had to be pulled over his head. Jeffy wasn't too thrilled about it all either, so getting that horrible thing off was pretty hard, as Jeffy got more and more agitated. When I got it off, I saw that the poor boy was covered in poop--the only clean part of him was his head. He had poop up on his shoulders, back, arms, torso, legs . . . basically everywhere. IT WAS SOOO GROSS!! Yeah, I washed and rinsed, washed and rinsed him over and over till I felt sure he was clean. I was really tempted to just throw away that sleeper, but it was new and pretty cute, so I gritted my teeth and put it in the washer, on the sanitize cycle. Usually I'm ok at dealing with messes, but this one just got me. I had to hold my nose and think about something pleasant. I just about threw up multiple times. This is the first major blowout he's had, though, in his almost 9 months of life, so I guess that's not too bad. Ew, though, it just makes me feel gross.

Poor Little Guy

Jeffy's suffering from his second cold since we've been here. This time, it got down into his lungs and he'd on antibiotics for it. He's much better now, but for a few days, life was rather unpleasant. It doesn't help that he was teething. (He got his first tooth a couple days ago.) The poor little guy couldn't breathe very well, so for naptime we propped him up on the couch to help that out as much as possible. He looked so sweet I just had to take a few pictures of him.

New Project! Yay!

I had some money to spend so I got a new project. I got some scrapbooking supplies and actually committed to making a scrapbook of Jeffy's life. I've made a few pages in the last few days with pictures that I had on hand. I'm ordering more pictures, and plan to do a few sets of pages per month of Jeffy's life. It's nice to have something worth scrapbooking again! I should have taken the pages out of the covers, but I was too lazy, so now there's a glare. Oh well!

This is the title page.
There will be a little text box in the big empty blank space in the upper right corner.


Blessing Page. Notice there's white lace behind the blue ribbon.
There will also be text in the oval in bottom left.


Other side of Blessing Page.


Cousins page. This one is missing a big picture of Clara. I need to order one, but I was in the mood to make the page, so I went ahead and did it. I'll add the picture later.


Other side of Cousins Page.


It seems like they look a lot cuter in real life than in pictures, but such is life. You're invited to come over and see them for real!

Little Climber!

Jeffy is getting really good at climbing and pulling himself up on things, but this one surprised me. I heard him growling away in the piano room and went in to get him. This is what I found:

My question is this: what did he pull himself up on?

Fun Day.

Today we visited with Grandma and Grandpa Davis again. Jeff's mom was kind enough to babysit Jeffy while we went on a little outing.


So Grandpa, Grandma, Jeff, and I went to a lovely little spot called Clover Springs. About 20 minutes away from the total desert we live in is a beautiful little oasis. Right off the road is a little spring coming out of the ground. It was nice and cool and we had a great time.


Grandpa, Grandma, and Jeff by the creek.

There were some interesting red plants under the water right by the edge. We couldn't figure out what they were, but they looked cool!


A huge dandelion. I should have put something in the picture as a reference.


A huge clover patch! Hence, "Clover Springs."


So pretty.




My sweetie.

Who knew real trees could grow in Utah's desert? :)


I like this one a lot.


It's amazing how much water came out of the little springs.


Another one.


Here's one of the springs where the water comes out of the ground.


From up on a hill.


I like this one too.

Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Visit!

Jeff's grandparents are visiting from Washington for a few days, and we're so excited to see them! This is their first introduction to Jeffy. We wanted to get some 4 generations with all the guys today, because Jeff's dad will be working all day tomorrow. I got some cute ones, but I think Jeff's mom got some better ones, since she has a nicer camera and they were all actually looking at her. But, here are some that are good enough.

Four Generations of Davis Men: Great Grandpa Paul, Grandpa Jeff, Daddy Jeff II, and Baby Jeffy III. I bet my Jeff likes these pictures because he looks so tall! :)

Our Morning Walk

Every morning (except Sunday) Jeffy and I go for a morning walk. It ends up being about two miles, and half of it is uphill, so it's a pretty workout for me. But, the scenery makes it all worth it. We live in a pretty remote area and it's beautiful. I took some pictures this morning to share.

Off we go!



If you ignore the septic tank, it's a pretty picture!


Our house.


Little hill right behind our house.


Farm down in the valley.


Little smiley man.


Wild sunflowers that grow everywhere.


Horsies!


The western rim of the valley.


Jeffy Blue Eyes.


Goldfish are a must!


He's having fun, I promise.


For about half of the walk, we're headed directly into the sun. Here's my baby protection!


Jeffy peeking out.


Usually I have a bigger blanket. Today I had to continually wrestle it away from Jeffy.


Peek-a-boo from within the stroller!


The eastern mountains of the valley that separate us from the Salt Lake Valley.


In back of our house.


Our house from the back.


A little path leading to the backyard.


Angus and Chance, the doggies.