When Friendliness Turns to Ugliness

Yesterday Eden's cousin Eva came over and they were having the best time playing with each other. Eden would give her lots of hugs and kisses. Then as I started to roll the video...things turned ugly...

First, when hugging turns to pushing...



Next, when kissing turns to biting...



On a nicer note...here are more videos of Eden being a "big girl" (including the sneezing video that I said I would get at some point.)

Helping with Laundry...(p.s. I hate hearing myself talk baby talk)



Reading a gardening magazine...(she can entertertain herself flipping through books and magazines for a long time.)



Last video, Eden's pretend sneeze...which she does better than anyone else fake sneeze.

"Eden Thinks She is So Big" Top 10 Countdown

Eden loves to act like a big girl. Sometimes I think she is a 25 year old in a 10 month old body. She just thinks it is so great to be one of the big girls. Here's my "Eden thinks she is so big" top 10 countdown:

1. Eden loves to help wash the dishes. She originally just stood on a stool with the person washing dishes and just played with the water and bubbles. But she's watched and learned that you grab something out, dip it in the water (she would probably wash if she had a rag in hand), shake it off, and put it on the side to dry.
2. Eden loves her cousin Eva (4 months old). If Eva is crying she gets so concerned. She will sit next to her, give her a toy to play with, and pats her nicely to try and calm her down. She's even given her a hug and a kiss to make her feel better.
3. The other day when Eden was playing with Eva she started talking to her like adults talk to babies. She raised her voice to a higher pitch and quietly babbled "dada" to her and other sounds she often makes.
4. Eden loves to pretend to talk on the phone. She used to put it to her ear and say "eeoo" like hello. Now she pushes buttons (to dial), puts the phone to her ear, and babbles and laughs into the phone.
5. When I took Eden to my grandpa's rock show she loved it. Her Aunt Lydia carried her around to different displays and she learned to look into a display, then move her body to tell Lydia to go to the next one, look into the next display, and move her body to the next one, and so on.
6. Eden would MUCH prefer walking over crawling. She still only scoots although there have been a few times when she's taken a few crawling steps. When on her belly she will always TRY to get on her hands and knees and crawl, then collapse. BUT over anything she would love me to hold her hands and walk where she wants like everyone else.
7. Eden and I went to a violin concert for her Aunt Lydia and neighbor, Emi Williams (which they both did GREAT.) Eden would sit and listen and give an applause, and sometimes cheer, to each performer (unfortunately it was often in the MIDDLE of the performance...but she knows to applaud others).
8. Yesterday while I was changing Eden's diaper she got a hold of the wipes. She took one out and started to help me wipe her bum. How helpful!
9. Eden really loves to do laundry. I have a little video that I took (it unfortunately was a video of the last article of clothing that needed to be folded). She'll sit nicely and hand you each piece of clothing for you to fold. She's a really good helper.
10. Finally, she's really good at pretending to sneeze. This may not seem like an "adult" thing to do...except that she's better at it than anyone of the adults. We don't know how she learned to make such a good sneezing sounds when the rest of us pretend to sneeze and it sounds SO fake. I haven't caught it on video yet, but when I do, I'll post it.

My First ROCK Show

This weekend I went to my very first rock show with Eden and a bunch of Tyson's family. We went because Tyson's grandpa was actually IN the rock show. Alright, time to stop being deceiving. It was a show in American Fork for actual rocks. And after looking at all the rocks, they are truly awesome! We had a great time looking at all the amazing rocks of different colors, shapes, and sizes. I actually have a necklace that Grandpa Walker made for me out of rock and I think I'm gonna start wearing it more often after seeing this show and looking at all the neat stuff that my grandpa does.

My grandpa's display.

The family and grandpa.

There were also these fake dinosaur statue/puppets that this guy would put on and walk around in. We had fun taking pictures with them.

The dinosaur.

Little Eva Kate in the t-rex's mouth.

Eden and Eva in the belly of a dinosaur.

A New Phase

I remember watching other kids as they found great joy in taking toys or other things out of one thing and putting them into another. They just found entertainment and joy from doing this. Eden is now that age. I knew it would happen and I'm excited because I always thought it was so cute and exciting to see their brain develop and think through things.

Here are some pictures of dropping little wooden blocks into a laundry basket and pulling them back out.

Party Weekend

This weekend Eden and I stayed with my family because I had a baby shower, a 1 year old birthday party, and a 7 year old birthday party to go to. Plus, it is ALWAYS a party with my family around...we just play game after game after game, stay up late, and enjoy ourselves. I was even able to learn how to make my mom's AMAZING cinnamon rolls! It was a fun filled weekend (although Tyson wasn't there...and that was really sad.)

The baby shower was for a good friend from high school, Jessica. I realized at that moment that I have TONS of pregnant friends. I feel like most everyone there was pregnant. It was so nice to see people I haven't seen in a long time and just hang out.

The 1 year old party was for Dakota, my cousin's baby girl. It was a swimming party and the theme was Finding Nemo because Dakota loves Finding Nemo. She even had an awesome Nemo cake. I didn't take any pictures because I accidentally left my camera. Perhaps if Kass blogs a few pictures I'll link her blog so you can see how much fun Dakota had getting cake everywhere and opening presents.

The 7 year old party was for my nephew, Brayden. Man, I love Brayden. We went to Chuck E. Cheese and of course my battery died so I didn't get any pictures from there either. It was too bad because Eden LOVED it there. They have the large, motorized puppet band that plays while you eat. She thought it was the greatest thing to sit and eat, listen to music, watch the "band", and dance dance dance! She also loved a few of the rides and all the colors and lights everywhere. Brayden had a wonderful time as well...he's one of the greatest kids ever. I'll have to share Brayden stories one day, he's funny.

But here are a few pictures I did get while staying with my family. I took Eden to play in my parent's backyard and she had a great time playing in the sand and making all kinds of a mess as she would throw dirt up in the air and all over her little dress.



This is Eden and her cousin, Trey. Trey is 1 1/2 years old and one of the cutest little boys ever.

p.s. After a sinful weekend, I'm back to NO DAIRY!

Failure Already

Just a post to confess my sins (perhaps blogs aren't meant for sin confessing...but I'm just so ashamed of myself...). Today I ate dairy. Not just a LITTLE dairy either.

It all started this morning when Tyson and I were in a rush to go out the door and Tyson had the idea to just get Betos for breakfast (the best burritos EVER). We bought it and I realized "Oh no...the cheese". The temptation of the amazingly delicious Betos burrito was too much for me to resist. I mean, otherwise I would have to just let Tyson eat it all as I sat and smelled of it's goodness. Failure #1.

Later I headed to a baby shower. And of course, once you've let yourself sin, it's easier the second time. All the incredible food such as chocolate, brownies, fruit salad,...the list goes on. Failure #2.

Then I headed to my cousin's daughter's 1 year old birthday party where of course they ate pizza. I hadn't eaten for hours...I was hungry. And having already sinned SEVERAL times PLUS being hungry and after being in the room for a while with the smell of delicious pizza seeping into my nose....it all equaled disaster. Failure #3.

Now it's coming upon the end of the day and I admit, it was a DELICIOUS day. Man, sinning can sure be great sometimes. :)

Selfish Me, Selfish Me

Why am I selfish you ask? A while back Eden started getting really red cheeks that became rashes and bumps on her face and neck. A doctor told us that he thought she was allergic to wheat and perhaps a little allergic to dairy. Wheat was hard for Eden to give up because she loves bread and there are so many little treats for kids that contain wheat (Cheerios, crackers, etc.). But I couldn't get myself to take her off of dairy because that would mean, since I'm breastfeeding, that I would need to go off of dairy. Plus, the doctor did say she was only "a little allergic to dairy". Selfish me, selfish me.

Taking her off wheat helped...but her cheeks were still red and then continued to get worse. The doctor once again re-affirmed that perhaps we should get her off dairy. Finally, I decided to repent of my sins and go off of dairy....now I'm sad.

I am grateful that Eden's rashes have been lessening. But every time I look in the freezer and see the half gallon of ice cream or want to eat a cookies with milk chocolate chips or have some pasta with white sauce instead of red....sadness. I think my want for dairy has increased simply because I can't have it. Like the saying, "You always want what you can't have." So instead of giving in to my undying craving for something with a wonderful milky substance I am blogging about my woes.

The End

*Note: This blog is a dramatization of how I feel MOST days...today is simply a "I WANT DAIRY!" type day.