Saturday, January 31, 2009

Cooper Sitting up

Cooper is now 16 weeks old. He is beginning to sit up with some support.





His hand always has to be in his mouth.

Cooper is sitting on mommy smiling at her funny faces.

Cooper loves to look at faces and it always seems to make him smile

Cooper is holding his head up so well. Although sometimes its a little wobbly.

Here is a video of Cooper sitting on mommy.

Friday, January 23, 2009

What a Great 2008!

January: After living in our house for 4 1/2 years we finally got around to painting our bathroom.

February: This is the first snowman we built since we've lived in our house.

February: We had about 30 inches of snow. We couldn't even get into our driveway. We ended up parking at a nearby church and walking home.

February: Because of the huge storm we had we lost power for several hours . We didn't end up going to bed until 2am when the power finally came back on.

February: The snow on our front lawn was taller than Kelly.

February: Meeting of the tribes belly dance show. This has been one of Kelly's favorites so far.

March: Kelly found out that she was 7 weeks pregnant. What an exciting adventure this was.

March: Belly dance spring festival We were trying to pose in a heart shape.

March: The Ogden Nature Center cares for wild turkeys. Did you know they slept in trees? Who knew they could fly that high.

March: We were dog sitting for my friend Nina and her husband James. Gus is such a cute puppy. He had tons of energy and always wanted to play.

March: Paul received an award from work (division of wildlife resources) for aquatics section employee of the year.

April: Paul spent a day in the Pilot Mountains spawning a rare strain of cutthroat trout and looking at the after affects of a fire. The wind was blowing at about 45 mph all day...can you say cold?

April: We had quite a few different birds visit our back yard this year. This robin was drinking from our bird bath.

May: Arrowleaf Balsamroot is one of the earliest and most conspicuous wildflowers to bloom. The entire hillside east of Ogden was yellow from this bloom.

May: We received a visit from several black headed grossbeaks during the spring.

May: A closeup of arrowleaf balsamroot.

May: Our wildflower garden really took shape this spring with lupine and blue flax.

June: Kelly was 19 weeks along and just barely beginning to show.

June: We went to see STOMP in SLC. What an awesome show. Who knew listening to rhythmic banging would be so much fun.

June: 2008 was a spectacular year for the green gentian. This plant is said to live for up to 30 years and it only blooms once. Paul was lucky to witness a large bloom near the Uinta Mountains.

July: Kelly's parents along with Craig and Olga came for a visit.

July: The Pocatello fireworks for are the biggest and best around.

July: Craig and Olga's wedding reception

July: When hiking in Monte Cristo campground we found snow.

July: Kelly's 30th birthday

July: Weber State University Corps Encore, a semi-final competition

August: A western scrub jay visits our feeder.

August: Kelly 28 weeks

August: West Clinton special ed team baby shower for Brooke and Kelly

August: Basement office finally finished. What an awesome job Paul did.

August: Paul was lucky enough to catch some lightning during one of the few summer thunderstorms. How often can you catch a photo like this?

August: Visiting with my college friend Brandi in SLC

August: Anni-Birthary Celebration

September: We were lucky enough to catch photo of a broadtailed hummingbird.

September: Throughout the latter part of the summer Paul observed Mellisodes bees "sleeping" on sunflowers at night. Did you know bees sleep curled up on flowers?

September: Kelly's friend Annie came for a visit.

September: Baby shower given by Shannon and Amber

September: Cooper's room is finally done!

September: A very miserable Kelly!

October: Rachel and Paul threw a surprise virtual baby shower using Skype

October: Day before delivery

October 12: Cooper Edward Burnett, 5lb 10oz, 19 inches long, born at 6:52 pm.

October: The Burnett Family.

October: Cooper meets Uncle Craig and Aunt Olga

October: Cooper's first Halloween

November: Fall colors in our back yard.

November: Great Grandma Beulah and Cooper

November: Grammy Terry and Grandpa Ed visit Cooper

November: One of our creative sleep techniques to get Cooper to stay asleep

November: Daddy's first time alone with Cooper

December: A precious Cooper sleeping on the living room floor

December: A beautiful sunset after a day of snow

December: Cooper starting to talk and coo

December: Cooper's first Christmas

December: New Year's Eve with the Sandstrom Family

December: Sandstrom/Burnett Family photo



December: Cooper holding his head up