Baby Comparisons

For my own entertainment, I wanted to compare pregnancies. This first picture was taken at about 14 weeks when I was pregnant with Joshua. We are now at 15.5 weeks for baby #2 and I thought I would log it. Here we are!

Lets see which baby I get bigger for!

Go Cougars!

So our BYU homecoming game was this last weekend and even though Steve had to work, Joshua and I watched the game together. When we were scoring, I put my arms in the air and yelled "Go Cougars!" Well Joshua, who is in the stage of copying the things that we do, put his arms up, waved them around and started yelling. Although this video is not during the actual game, we got him to do it again for the camera. Its pretty cute.

We've also tried to deck him out in BYU garb. Unfortunately, Josh won't keep hats on and the little BYU Cougar shirts are just too expensive, mostly because he'll grow out of it WAY too fast! But here is how we are making do:

Two down, one to go!

So apparently, my blog posts have been coming in 2s.

Last night, after 45 hours that went into Joshua's Christmas stocking, it is finally done! I'm quite pleased with it and I don't remember any real mishaps with this one.

I quite like it and I'm excited to start Steve's stocking!

Brady loves Burger Supreme...and we're fans too!

This weekend, our brother-in-law, Brady Edwards, was in town for a short time for work. Karen let us know in advance so that we could meet up with him, even if it was only for a short time. The choice of place was Burger Supreme and we all got to enjoy some burgers and fries.

Mikayla, Quinn and Lia
Brady, Scott and Steve

Instead of eating her fries, Mikayla was stacking them all upright in her sauce cup.

Although we definitely missed having Karen and Zachary here as well, it was nice to be able to catch up with Brady.

An addition to the last post

What should I call this post about August?

Alright, since I owe you for about a month, here goes:

Our Joshua sure loves his daddy! Since he's not much of a cuddler, we have to take advantage of the situations in which he does cuddle!

Our biggest news by far for the month is that we are expecting baby #2! We are so thrilled! Several people have asked us which gender we would prefer. Honestly, we'd be perfectly happy with either. If its a boy, Joshua will have a little boy to wrestle with (eventually...) and if its a girl, we'll get to go through a whole new set of experiences!
Joshua LOVES his books! Of course, he loves to eat them some of the time, so we have to keep an eye on him.

Right around our anniversary, Joshua had a fever for several days. When it finally broke, he had this nasty nasty rash. Because we were worried ab0ut what it was, we took him in and found out that it was pretty common for kids whose fevers break to get a rash all over their bodies. Good thing he was happy because he looked awful!

For our anniversary, Steve and Joshua were both pretty sick. We did get to celebrate by going out to dinner though! I am so happy to be married to this wonderful, wondeful man! Happy 2 years of marriage! My gift to him was a candle of his favorite scent: a flower from Tahiti called the Tiare Tahiti. It smells very nice! He surprised me with flowers and chocolate after I came home from my Primary activity.

Joshua got his first haircut. His cute little hairs were starting to fall into his eyes, so it was time. Steve likes this picture because we have the same expression.

I think it turned out rather well!

Bath time! Its definitely his favorite!

My brother Scott came home from his mission to Brazil. It was fun to have him around for a few days. He made friends with Joshua very quickly!

Joshua has had a recent obsession with bikes. He really loves to walk them around, even if he never gets on them.

2 more things:

--We moved apartments on the 21st. We are happily settling into the manager's apartment which is HUGE! We have 3 bedrooms and lots of extra space! Joshua has really been enjoying the roaming room. He first starting taking small steps in the end of July, but he realized that he like it so much that he wanted to do more. He is now a very proficient walker!

--Last but not least: Steve was hired as an intern for Nestle/Stauffers! It really is a tremendous position and its a company that would really like to keep him on after he graduates! I'm so proud of him! So many people applied, but they hired him! We feel very blessed! I'm grateful that Heavenly Father is looking out for us and taking care of our needs!

Pasta and Parties

Several weeks ago, we fed Joshua pasta for the first time. We were delighted to find that he very rapidly figured out how to suck the noodles completely into his mouth! He was such a mess, but it was so cute!

Josh has been such a great kid lately! He is just so full of smiles and even though he gets a good amount of bonks on his head from learning to walk, he gets up and grins again!

My cousin, Karen Adams, was sealed in the temple this week to Matt McNeff. They are adorable together and both look so happy! Here are some pictures I took:

I was told that Brother McNeff was one of dad's mission buddies! Cool!

Emily and Colin
Sherie and Katherine

Emilie and her sweet little girls!

Parents of 6

No, we're not having quintuplets...

On Wednesday, Steve and I thought we would surprise Emily on her birthday and take three of her children to the park so that she could get some things done. On the way there, we discovered that with 6 kids from 3 different families (Gibbons, Tadeos and Monsons) we had 6 different ages: Robbie age 6, Lia age 5, Quinn age 4, Noe age 3, Mikayla age 2, and Joshua age 1! We had a grand old time getting them all on the 6 swings at the park and counting heads frequently! We felt like we were parents of 6 kids!

Our 1-year-old!

We had Joshua's 1-year-old pictures taken July 1st. Here are our favorites!

Crazy for Computers

I thought I would put up a few more odds'n'ends pictures.

These are the boys that I watch every day. On the left is Robbie and on the right is Noe (Noah).

As soon as I pull out the camera, I have about 3 seconds before this cute little guy has gotten a hold of it, so I end up with lots of cute close-ups!

Another fun thing about him is that the second we sit down to the computer (even now as I'm typing) Joshua gets up and reaches for the keys and the mouse. Its so hard to get anything done, but when I stop and think about it, its hilarious.

Joshua is beginning to let go of surfaces and take a step or two towards someone. Unfortunately, that lead to a face-plant on the floor the other day, but we're pleased to see him learning and moving.

A few other new things:

--grinning at the pictures of Jesus in our home, even after he's been pitching a fit
--playing peek-a-boo
--giving 5's if we hold out our hand
--LOVES sitting in the 'car' shopping carts at Macey's
--can now throw a ball to you with both hands if you are sitting in front of him

Nufer Reunion 2010

The Nufer family reunion started with the Ken Nufer family coming into town. We had some good times talking, eating $0.48 ice cream cones and touring the BYU Bookstore. While we were at Grandma's, we discovered that she had a full Captain America suit, and that it fit Quinn perfectly. ADORABLE!

Mom and dad were busy putting together a family banner for their stay at Philmont the following week. It turned out to be spectacular and they are very proud of their work!

The reunion (dad's siblings) began on Wednesday June 23. Because Steve had to work Wednesday and Thursday nights, Joshua and I drove down with my family to St George where we had all rented a house for the weekend. It was a gorgeous house and because of Joshua, we got to stay in the master bedroom. Thank-you Joshua! He had his own little walk-in closet with a crib and a noise-maker so that he could get the sleep he needed during the reunion.

It wasn't long before we all found the pool and enjoyed some swimming! Because there was a shortage of towel racks, here are all of the girls' suits.


I definitely missed Steve during the trip. Luckily, I found out that he was able to get Friday and Saturday nights off, so he joined us after only 2 days instead of 4. Thursday was the day that was planned for the lake, but because their wasn't a good deal of shade and Joshua was already cranky, I ended up going back home, letting Joshua sleep, and enjoying the pool. It was a very pleasant afternoon for me! I was also very proud of miss Anna, who I was able to teach how to dive into the pool. She was so fearless!

Joshua made a number of friends, and I was so happy to have my family help keep track of him.

Friday was dad's 52nd birthday and our Zion's National Park day. Because our group had a 1-year-old (Joshua) and a 4-year-old (Grace), we were dubbed the wimpy group and did smaller hikes, including a hike to a look-out point to see the Court of the Patriarchs and a hike to Weeping Rock. We rode the bus between the parking lot and up to the Temple of Sinawava. I loved the ride: it was nice and cool inside, and we were able to see lots of the scenery. Joshua did decently, especially when he was in reach of the tube that goes to my water pack. I made sure that I at least made it into one picture, claiming that I was definitely there.

People in the picture left to right: Hannah, Mandie, Katherine, Rachel, Janece, Anna, dad, Grandma, Brynn and Grace, Mindy and mom. Everyone there has the Nufer name except for Joshua and me. Josh and I are in the front, sporting Grandpa Nufer's (my dad) volleyball shirt for shade.

After the reunion was over, my family and Uncle Doug's family headed over to Duane's house in Cedar City where we enjoyed a few more days (Doug's family left before church) together.

Joshua made very good friends with Lilly (Sean and Livia's daughter) and we really enjoyed getting to spend time with them as well! We miss them now that they are living in Chicago!

Joshua love his grandparents and we sure loved getting to be with my family for a few days!

"Helping" grandma