I've been tagged!

My friend, Rozemary, tagged me a few weeks ago and I'm just now getting around to it so here goes:

3 Joys: My family, Christmas morning, eating really good dark chocolate.

3 Fears: Someone I love getting sick or dying (morbid, I know), the dark (how old am I?), ET (that movie scared the daylights out of me)!

3 Obsessions/Collections: I used to collect bells. Don't really collect anything anymore, but I'm obsessed with taking pictures of my little guy and learning all I can about being the best mama I can be.

3 Goals: Have another baby soon, run a 10K (pathetic compared to my husband's 50K - he needs to be slapped), become better at Pilates (just started up again last week).

3 Facts about me: I'm extremely accepting of people from all walks of life, I'm shy in big groups, I love my family more than anything in the world!

Fun Labor Day Weekend

We enjoyed a fun Labor Day weekend with my brother, Clark, and his friend, Sarinah, who were visiting from SLC. Connor just adores his "Unc" and can't wait to see his other "Unc", Phil, and Aunt Milla when we go home in a few weeks!

On Sunday, we all piled in the car and headed to La Jolla cove. I packed swim trunks and a towel for Connor, but when we got there I decided to leave them in the car. Connor absolutely HATES the swimming pool in our complex - literally screamed the last time I tried to take him swimming. So, I figured there's no way he'll go near the ocean, right? Boy, was I wrong - he LOVED it! Before we knew it, his shorts were soaking wet and his regular diaper (swim diaper was in the car) had expanded to twice its original size!

We had a great weekend - it was Ian's first full weekend off in three months and we had lots of fun with "Unc"! Can't wait to see the rest of the family in a few weeks!

Connor's Quirks

So, being a first-time mom, I've realized that kids have the funniest quirks. For instance, Connor likes to parade around the house (clumsily, I might add) with mom's dress shoe on one foot and dad's running shoe on the other. Sometimes he tries to put our shoes on while he's wearing his own, which usually results in severe frustration and him chucking the shoe across the room. The kid likes to throw!

Or, he went through a phase of wanting to put things around his neck - we have to really watch him like a hawk! For instance, his blankie, the dishtowel hanging from the kitchen sink, the strap to my heart-rate monitor (for running) and headphones. I love the picture I snapped of him with the headphones - my little DJ!

Just this past week, he's started pulling at the back of his diaper if I don't put his shorts on right away, revealing his cute little butt crack. He hasn't started the dreaded taking-off-the-diaper routine yet, but I'm sure that's just one more little quirk I have to look forward to!

Still, I love my little man, silly quirks and all!

We're orbiting the blogosphere!

After much resistance, I've decided to enter the world of blogging! I've long feared that if I started a blog it would consume me and I'd let the dishes, laundry and my much-needed vegging out in front of the TV fall by the wayside. Since I'm not particularly enamored with my domestic duties (who is?) and, as of late, I haven't had much interest in TV, I'll devote some of my me-time to updating my loved ones of what's happening in our lives.

I'll try not to be too sickeningly over-the-top with news about my little guy, although I can't promise anything - he IS the center of our lives and about the cutest dang thing I've ever laid eyes on (I'm not biased at all, am I?)!

More to come later. Just wanted to get the blog ball rolling for now!