Countdown

39 Days til football season. . . a pretty big deal at our house. Go Cougars!

Hot Dates

I've gone on a few great dates in the last couple of weeks. Joseph and I have finally been able to road bike together, thanks to some great baby sitters that live in our house (Thanks downstairs Watsons). On our first ride (4 weeks after Ruby was born :) I'm so proud of myself), we rode down the bike path to Utah Lake. It was only about a 10 mile ride but a nice way to get started. I fell over once which is pretty good for my first time clipped in to my pedals. Our second ride we rode up the canyon on the bike path (round trip - a little over 23 miles). Not bad for a second ride. My legs were super tired afterward.

My other date was with my sister Whitney to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II. She had tickets for a premier showing the evening before and invited me to go. We had to ride to the theater in silence and sit through the previews in silence as Whitney finished reading the book. She had just finished the last page when the lights went dim. Good timing I would say. We thought the movie was kind of cheesy and when everyone cheered at the end we wanted to boo (just to be different). Good times.

On a totally different note. . . Ruby smiled this morning. Very cute. And oh I've discovered that I can ride in the car pool lane. Babies are so worth it!

Just Out Getting Pizza

Monday is pizza day. We all piled into the car to go pick up our pizza and hurry home to eat it while it was still hot. However, on our way home we saw a 63 year old man get hit by a car while riding his bicycle . Luckily the driver just barely bumped him and knocked him off balance, but he tipped over and hit his head on the cement (didn't have any cuts or scrapes - lucky guy). He wasn't wearing a helmet so he's lucky she just barely tapped him. It taught me a lesson that even being bumped a little bit by a car can send you flying and you should never ride your bike without a helmet because you never know if some driver will be texting and not paying attention and hit you. The lady that hit him was so white trash she didn't want anyone to call the police. We are sure that she was on her phone or texting or something. I never once heard her say she was sorry. She didn't seem shaken at all that she had just hit a man with her car. She kept saying, "he's fine, just let him ride home - I don't have insurance I can't pay for any emergency care." The police were called anyway and he was a bit embarrassed that a police car, ambulance and fire truck showed up, but better safe than sorry. The paramedics checked him out and determined he was fine, so Joseph and I ended up putting his bike on our bike rack and giving him a ride home.

An hour later we pulled into our driveway with a cold pizza, crying baby, and barking dog. We were so glad we could help the man home but next week we'll pay to have our pizza delivered.

5 Weeks

Ruby loves her baths but hates to get out.

A cute little sleeping cap. Apparently she doesn't like things on her head that ruin her hair.

Just hanging out about to grab a clump of hair.

So peaceful when she sleeps.

Snuggling with daddy. (Starting to get some chubby cheeks.)

Vegas Baby!!

Joseph, Ruby and I spent this past weekend searching for an apartment in Las Vegas. Good news is we found a really nice place and kinda know how to get around Vegas a little bit. Bad news is, it is so super hot there we will never be able to leave the apartment. Only 5 more weeks in P-town and then we are off to join the sinners. Oh yeah and for all of you that don't know. . . Joseph will be getting his masters in history from UNLV (don't worry we refuse to become rebels we've already discussed at length our dislike of some of they fans we've come across).

Tough to be a baby

I walked into the bedroom the other day to find Ruby crying like she was hurting. Once I got a good look at her I realized she had a fist full of her own hair. It's gotta be hard to have so much hair as a baby. Most of us baldies would never know.

Speaking of Ruby's hair. . . it gets crazier by the day. There is no styling it or getting it to lay flat she constantly looks like she's been electrocuted.