The Birds

2010-05-12T10:56:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I will just say things...

2010-04-02T12:31:00.000-07:00

Hey kids, we are back (though we never left in the first place)

First off I didn't get that job. It was another case of poor management wanting to spend a little and expecting to get a lot out of it.

Second I would like to say a few things on this "Obamacare"

I hate politicians. I don’t trust them. If that is all you want to hear skip to the pictures.

There has been a lot of name calling lately towards Lindsie and me, names like: Liberal and Democrat. We do not belong to any party because we strongly oppose partisan politics; we always have and always will. Not because it is the cool thing to do, but because partisan politics are ruining this country. Just because we support the idea and the passing of Universal Health Care does not categorize us as anything but American. We want what is best for the country and its people and one thing is health care for all.

I really feel like conservatives, democrats, republicans, and liberals that oppose this health care only care for themselves. Sure, it is not yet perfect, but if you have any faith in your country being the best country then you know we can work through this and make it better. We aren’t Canada and we aren’t Europe so quit comparing! I mean who doesn’t think we all deserve the best in equal amounts. Just because a crack whore has a baby that doesn’t mean that baby should be punished for the crack whores choices. That baby deserves a good life as much as the rest of us that were born to parents who didn’t do crack or whores.

Who cares how much it will cost, our country is famous for spending money they don’t have to improve the country or what not, we always fight to make it right and we always survive. Who cares if some greedy person doesn’t want to go to medical school so that they can be filthy rich? Maybe people will go to medical school because they really want to help people, sort of like teachers who get paid crap, but still does it because they love teaching and helping kids grow. When did the American dream become “Get rich or be considered worthless”?

What pisses me off is the hypocrisy of the right wing. During the Bush administration they all told me to stand by Bush, because he was my president. But now that a non republican is in office they all say don’t support the president. Now don’t get me wrong, I really like it when people oppose the president as long as it’s consistent and not against laws or bills that will make America greater. If you supported a guy that lied to get us into a war and right before he left office gave a ton of money to the wealthy, then you should support a guy that is trying to give the country health care. Unless you really think that you are better than most Americans and deserve better.

I watch Glenn Beck (fox news is actually the channel I watch the most when it comes to the news and I don’t watch a lot of news), he is constantly jumping out from behind his chalk board and yelling “BOO, Obama is going to destroy this country with socialism and eat your children’s souls.” Glenn and his shock jock equals have no faith in this country or its people if they think that we the people would ever let that happen. I know they pretend to be the voice of the oppressed, but who believes these rich guys are looking out for us poor guys? A friend of mind told me that watching his show gives him money for his opinion of hate, his whining, and arguing of semantics to his choir. True, he profits from his image, but I still watch it now and again, I think Glenn is funny in an aggravating kind of way.

ANYWAY, we are a strong nation that has overcome and will overcome anything the world throws at us. If you believe that this is the greatest nation then support it! I am not telling you to trust politicians or quit questioning our government, just don’t spend you time fighting to stop good things like heath care, think of some better ways to fix the idea that is now out there. I say we put our tea bags in some hot water, sit down, and have some tea.

Rant Over

And now Owen and his gorgeous mother.

Horrible family pictures

So sorry late...

2010-02-26T08:07:00.001-08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, I was just waiting on some news. I don't think I will update for a month or so, because I GOT SOME WORK! Besides my new part time job I got another job doing some video editing. The pay is going to rock, but I will be working 40-60 hour weeks doing it. Hopefully Lou will be able to update while I am busy.

For now her is some pictures:

Owen loves to use Shadow as a pillow.

Linds made a great fire the other night, which I felt made for some good lighting. Here are a few of the pictures from that.

She is so beautiful! I am so lucky to have her in my life.

CHEESE!

Obi probably is telling me to turn on the tv.

Jos Vee in Shadows bed.

Uncle Tony and O are twins!

See you guys in about a month!

I am going to be posting on Mondays now!

2010-02-08T14:23:00.000-08:00

I meant to post these earlier this morning but I have been busy.

Owen loves his fake remotes

But he hates commercials.

His mom was doing this the night before.

Owen was so excited about his new clothes and his mom saved so much money!

New cloths

Mom was taking pictures of Owen while he was singing in the car.

A few pictures and some reflections of being a stay at home dad.

2010-01-29T08:54:00.000-08:00

As of lately I have been feeling more and more down about myself. I know it is my duty to make sure things are okay in my own brain, but it is hard when life has just kicked you and keeps kicking you. I have been unemployed for just about a year now, and it seems like no hope is in site. With Lindsie working during the days I am left with evenings and weekends where I am available for work. Those type of hours, I have found, are almost the hardest jobs to come by and when I do locate them they are very demanding for little pay, and they never get back to me. I miss being able to go into a job and feel like I am worth something and supporting my family.

As of now I am a Stay at Home Dad (and for the most part I love it. Owen makes things rad), but can this be called a job? We live in a society where it is okay to be a Mom that stays at home, but when you are a man people expect more from you. I take good care of my kid, playing, feeding, changing and teaching him through out the day. On top of that I make dinner and care for the house. I think that is a lot of noble work and makes for constantly busy days.

Well enough of my bellyaching, though being able to convey my feelings and express myself makes me feel a bit better. Let us humans look kindly on the Stay at Home Dads, as if they were equals to the Stay at Home Moms.

And now for the kid that makes me smile when I don't feel like it...

Owen loves being buried in his stuffed animals.

He is messy, but so darn cute!

How does the little piggy eat?

What a weirdo.

Pictureless, but not anchorless

2010-01-23T10:47:00.000-08:00

No new pictures with this update, sorry. I was busy with some art projects this week, plus we moved around the living room now that our t.v. has been mounted above the fireplace. Other then that there isn't much to report on from the Birds, but at least I posted this week. See you all next week.

New Year and some left overs.

2010-01-15T09:02:00.001-08:00

MORE pictures then you can handle. These are the leftover pictures from Christmas and New Years that I forgot to post.

New Years day.

Owen LOVES to read. He was just sitting there reading out loud to himself.

Mom and Owen getting along even though Owen was hoping Green Bay beat Arizona.

Lou getting ready to watch the Packers and Cardinals game.

Owen loves his chair Grandma gave him.

I like ice.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Peanut spent the night with us!

Shadow and his favorite Christmas toy.

The Birds in their Christmas pjs.

2010!

2010-01-07T14:19:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the long break with out an update. Shawn here, I know this is one of your goto blogs each week and we are going to try and keep it more up to date. Here is what you missed (backwards).

CHRISTMAS 2009

We went to see the lights at Temple Square with our good buddies the Vellingas. We took Trax so we didn't have to deal with parking. The kids loved it!

I love this picture of Lindsie.

Jos, Owen, and Aleeya

Shawn, Aleeya, Owen, Lindsie, Leesa, Jos, Tony.

We spent Christmas at my parents this year. We slept over then opened presents in the morning. We, of course, were spoiled.

Owen was so enthused Christmas morning.

At least Mom was!

Pappa and Shadow

Owen and Grandma

Thanksgiving 2009

We went to Arizona and had a blast. We always love going down there and spending time with the Young family. We always have so many great moments and laugh a lot. No pictures because we forgot our camera (lame). Here are some from the month of November.

I made a turkey.

HALLOWEEN 2009

We were creative with our costume ideas this year for lack of dough. We love this time of year.

Owen was a skeleton.

Linds was a Vampyre.

I was Hobo Robin.

Our pumpkins.

Owen is TOUGH!

2009-09-10T16:12:00.000-07:00

Well every single one of my posts are about Owen now. Which seems reasonable since he takes up most of my time anyhow. I do have one bit of news. I finally got a job. I am working for a Marketing company in Salt Lake and I really like it. That is at least some good news which I have been needing badly. Owen is just as cute as ever. He is still not walking although he totally could. He just won't do it by himself. He just pulls himself up on everything he can. He talks sooo much and his favorite thing to say is ofcourse Batman. He loves to read books and loves to listen to music too. He has been so much fun lately. I love this age.

One of his favorite toys he got for his birthday. Thanks Grandma.

My baby is 1!!!

2009-08-09T11:16:00.001-07:00

My baby boy Owen is one today. I can hardly believe that one whole year has gone by. We had a little party for him yesterday at the park and it was a lot of fun. I made him a little cupcake birthday cake and he got a lot of fun gifts from his friends. He LOVES to drum on things so we got him a little drum to play with, but he ended up drumming on everything else first.

So I am allowed to eat this?

Mmmm it is pretty good.

I don't know about this.

Just thinking about how much fun he is having and reminiscing about his life so far.

Uncle Dusty was just helping out, he had a little something on his head.

All the kids playing with Owen's gifts after the park.

Jos thought he was Mr. Potato Head.

Shadow was wiped out after playing with all those kids.

I really can't believe that my little boy is one. He has been the best baby and I love him so much. I can't tell you how many people stop us when we are out to say how cute he is. They think he looks like the little Gerber baby. He is happy all the time and I love his little personality. He could play in water for hours and hours and not get bored. He loves music and dances anytime he hears it. He says Momma and Dadda and he even said Shadow once or twice. I love watching him play and you can just see him thinking about things. I love him to death and can't wait for the many more birthday's with him. I love you Owen!

New!!!!!

2009-07-28T21:48:00.001-07:00

Ok, so I know it has been a while since I have posted but it has been a crazy couple of weeks. So hold on to your hats everyone, here is a lot of pictures for you to google at.

Top Left: Owen and Shadow on a beautiful morning out in the backyard while I do some gardening. Our garden is awesome!! I have never grown anything and we have been able to eat Zuchinni and Tomatoes like kings for the past couple of days. And we have a TON of pumpkins to carve for Halloween this year. It has been a hard but fun project. I will take some pictures for you all to see. Middle: Owen just crawling around eating, what he does best. Left: Owen looks sooooo old in this one. Crazy!

I had a baby shower for my really good friend Shannon and I made this cake. It is a pregnant woman if you couldn't tell. Top Left: Shawn showing off the cake. Middle: The woman of the hour, Shannon with the cake. I also made her some diaper babies which were pretty awesome, I don't think I got a picture of them though. Left: A close up of the cake.

During the shower, Owen's favorite thing was getting into the wrappings. He was the hit of the party. I love that I can take him anywhere with me and he will be a little angel.

I put my beanie on him to see how cute it would be, and it was pretty stinking cute.

Young Family Reunion 2009: The Young Family never ceases to amaze me. I love the competition side with the horseshoes (which me and my dad took first place in), and the sentimental side talking about the family and our love for oneanother. I look forward to those reunion's every time and I love them so much.

We got to go to the Zoo again and it was a lot of fun. It was a hot day, but we still had a great time. Also we got to spend a lot of time at my Uncle Alan and Aunt Mary's house. Eeating great food and talking to the family was something that I love to do and look forward to every time.

All the kids were sooo cute and the cousins got along and played well together. Of course there were a few accidents and especially with the
Sweetnam clan. I swear those kids are prone to accidents. No major ones this year, but had some bumps and bruises on the way. I love those kids, they always make me laugh and make me love them more and more everytime I get to see them.

Owen and my birthday's are coming up in the next couple of weeks so I will post about those.

Owen is a nerd!

2009-06-18T17:30:00.001-07:00

It is true. He is a nerd. And here are a few pictures to prove it.

Not really nerdy in this one, but cute still. I promise there will be some nerdy pictures.

Just being a nerd and reading a book.

"oh, were you looking at me?"

He likes to hold onto Shawn's shirt when he is playing video games ... Nerd.

Do I even need to say it in this one?

hee hee ... NERD!!!

Oh I am sorry, your not that nerdy.

Ahhhhhhhhhh

He is pretty cute and nerdy but I love him to death.

May

2009-05-27T15:00:00.000-07:00

Well it seems that I only get on here about once a month so here is my monthly dose of Owen pictures. I have been busy training for the MS bike tour which is coming up at the end of June. I am getting super excited for it and for our Young Family Reunion right after that. So we have a lot to look forward to. Owen is getting his first teeth so he has been a bit cranky lately but is still such a good boy. He just loves to be held by mommy which I love and hate at the same time. I am sure you other mothers out there can understand that. Well enjoy the few pictures of our sweet little boy.

He wasn't really into taking pictures right then if you couldn't tell.

Not sure what he is scowling at but it is pretty funny. Maybe it is because Dad is giving Shadow kisses and not him.

My favorite boys!

"ok Mom, are we done yet?"

Awww, what a cute little puppy.

Owen laughing

2009-04-25T10:55:00.000-07:00

I finally figured out how to put the video's from our camera on here. So here is a little video of Owen this morning laughing with Dad.

2009-04-14T16:46:00.000-07:00

Well, Owen turned 8 months old this month and I can't believe it. He is growing up so fast. Here are a few pictures of the little monster.

I love that he is feeding himself his bottle.

A few things that I love about my son: He goes to sleep soooo easily. I put him down and he does the rest. I love when friends are over when it is his bedtime and I go to put Owen down and come out in 30 seconds. They always say, "That's it?". It is one of my favorite things. He then will sleep through us playing games like RockBand, with the singing and all. He is a pretty good sleeper, although lately he has been taking only two half hour naps during the day and I am not so fond of that one. Hopefully it is a phase.

I also love how he is not crawling yet. He will flop onto his stomach but won't get far at all. I am totally ok with waiting for the mobile phase. Another thing I love is how much he talks ... well babbles I guess. He is very vocal and his laugh could melt me. He has been so much fun lately and I couldn't love him any more.

Art Project

2009-03-24T23:26:00.001-07:00

So Shawn and I spent about 8 hours cleaning our kitchen on Saturday. We did a real "spring cleaning" if you will and it looked super white when we were finished. It needed something. So we came up with this art project to do. These windows had some terrible lace curtains on them before with these white pull-down shades. We decided we would put some of our art on them to spruce them up a bit. Shawn drew the trees and birds with a pencil and then we both took one to paint, and here is the outcome. It was a lot of fun to do and I think it turned out pretty good. Enjoy!

This one is the one that I painted.

This is Shawn's.

And here they are together up in the window's.

New Pictures

2009-03-22T10:57:00.001-07:00

I don't really have much news but I thought I would post some new pictures of Owen. He is still cute!

So sleepy and cuddling with Batman.

Owen, Dad, and Shadow on St. Patrick's Day.

We love St. Patrick's Day and if you don't wear green, expect a pinch from us.

Owen is 7 months old!!

2009-03-11T08:01:00.000-07:00

My little boy turned 7 months old. I can't believe how fast it has gone by. I love this kid soooo much. He has been such a blessing to us. He is super easy going and I just love to hang out with him and just look at him. It has been quite a crazy couple of months. Both me and Shawn got laid off from our jobs on Friday the 13th if you can believe it. So that was a bit of a hard time, but we are getting through and will be fine. My dad flew me out to AZ to help with some accounting. It was so great to see my family and of course they loved to see Owen. Poor Shawn had to stay home all alone, but he had an art job to do so at least he was busy with something. Oh, I am going to be participating in this years MS Bike Tour this June. I need to raise money for it so if anyone wants to donate, email me at ylindsie@hotmail.com and I will give you the information.

Hanging out with the boys.

Owen doesn't know how to make her feel better. It looks like he is putting his little hand on her knee as if to say, "It's going to be ok Emmy."

Thanks for feeding me Uncle Landon!

Owen LOVES Mckenna. She was making him laugh so hard the whole time we were there, and he would just stare at her. We love you Mckenna.

Uncle Joey playing with Owen.

He was in Camber's room and Joey and her were playing with him. He was super tired because we had just gotten off a plane and it was way past his bed time. But they were still able to get him to laugh.

He is getting so big, well not in size but he is growing in other ways. He is a little tiny thing. He is 7 months old now, and he still wears 3-6 month clothes. I love my little peanut boy.

In dad's hat. I am sure it won't be the last. He doesn't mind having hats on his head, just like his dad.

Too cute!

This was on his 7 month birthday. I could just eat him up.

Mom attack.

Emo Shadow

2009-02-10T08:11:00.001-08:00

Me and Shawn were playing video games one night and I look over at Shadow, and this is what I see. He had the most emo hair style I had to take a picture. This dog cracks me up.

Owen is 6 months old!

2009-02-10T07:56:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that Owen is already 6 months old. It has gone by so fast and has been so much fun. We have been going through a hard time like the rest of the country and he has made me smile on the worst of days. I love him so much and am so lucky that he is mine. Here are a few reasons why ...

He loves his batman.

He is sitting up on his own and is loving it. And look at that smile, it gets me everytime.

He is always in a good mood ... well almost always.

Like father, like son. I love seeing these two play together. It is one of the best things in life.

Awwwwww

Update time

2009-01-30T16:29:00.000-08:00

Well, since my last post Owen has gotten cuter, Shawn still has not been paid, Owen got sick for the first time, the Cardinals are going to the SuperBowl, and Owen and Shadow became friends. January has been a crazy month for us but we are hanging in there. Here are a few pictures to update everyone on our little family.

Erica gave Owen this adorable little surfer shirt. So I thought she would like to see how it looks. And it is cute.

Getting ready for a bath.

He loves to cross his legs like this. When we had our ultrasound of him, he was doing this same thing in my tummy. He is just chillin on the couch.

Poor little sick Owen. We all got a bad cold this past week. I am pleased to say we are all doing a lot better.

Even when he is sick he is happy.

This was us watching the inaguration of President Obama. He was very happy if you can't tell.

Shawn scared him super bad, and this was the shot I got.

Owen tried solid food. As you can tell he didn't like it too much. This was the one and only time we tried. I think we will wait just a bit longer to start him fully on solids.

Well, I know every parent goes through this at least once. Shawn was holding Owen and he said "Oh I think he is filling his pants". Little did we know it was running out of them as well. Shawn got up and brought him to his room and there was a little trail of baby poop the whole way. I should have taken a picture of Shawns pants because there was quite a bit on him as well.

You can't really tell here but he has leaked out his diaper.

These two are so cute together. Just recently Owen has become aware of Shadow and has started pulling at him. Shadow is so good with him, he just lets him pull his hair and then just licks him to death. They will be best buddies.

My two favorite guys in the whole world.

The Christmas that was 2008 and the 5 month Owen.

2009-01-11T13:31:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays a bit late from the Birds. We had a great time down in Arizona during Christmas. It went by way to fast and I wish we could go down and visit more often. We love it there. We had tons of fun just hanging out with the family and playing games. It was great to see my friends too. We got to spend the day visiting old friends and I got to show Shawn the house I grew up in. That was quite wierd to walk through that house since I had so many memories there. I am glad that Shawn got to see it though. I loved seeing my other parents too, the Gunnells, Evans, and Hansens. I love them tons so it was great to be able to visit them and have them meet Owen too. Thanks for the fun times everyone and I hope we get to see you again really soon.

Christmas Eve 2008. At least Tanner and Avery have a smile on their faces, even if it thier crazy smiles.
I love Mckenna and Owen in this picture. She is getting so old, she was just like a little mother holding Owen.

Cousins!! I love having baby Emerson so close in age to Owen. Friends for life.

Shawn took this super close up. The sun was quite bright in Arizona. Owen isn't used to this much sun living in Utah.

Owen in Emerson's crazy hat.

Owen in the pimp hat that Joey made for our craft game. (Good job Erica, that was a lot of fun. Sorry you were not able to make your craft. We loved your game ideas though. You are the best.)

Me and the girls at the Gunnell's. Thier house looks exactly the same it did when we were kids. I loved that. And Lamoine ran home for a bit to say hi. I love the Gunnell's.

Owen with Camber and Joey. He misses you guys.

Owen and Aunt Camber.

Awwww, this picture is too cute. We miss you mom and dad. Love you tons.

He found his thumb. He doesn't really suck on it though. He more or less chews his thumb. We will see if that changes.

This little monkey outfit was one of my favorites of his before he was born. And Grandma Bird gave him these little monkey slippers that went perfectly with it.

It looks like he is pointing his toe. Maybe he will be a little dancer?

Happy 5 month old birthday Owen. You are too cute and I love how mello you are. You make me smile everyday even when I am grumpy. Dad laughs at me because when you wake up in the middle of the night I sometimes get a little grumpy, but then when I go in and see you smile at me, I can't help but be in a good mood. I love that about you.

This face kills me. You have such a funny personality. I love you so much.

Owen is 4 months old today.

2008-12-09T14:10:00.000-08:00

Sorry in advance for so many pictures. But I have to put a lot on here for my mom and sisters to see Owen. He is 4 months old today and I can't believe how fast the time has gone. He has been so much fun and I have loved watching him grow. I love him more than I ever thought I could love someone. He makes me so happy when I look at him and especially when he smiles back at me. He is so funny too. He does this angry thing where he clenches his fists and grunts real loud. Me and Shawn just laugh at him when he does this and I think that makes him more angry. But most of the time he is happy and smiling, usually with his whole hand in his mouth covered in slobber. He is one slobbery boy. As you can see below.

He was so intent on geting something out of my chin, but nothing came. He has a super strong grip, an just look at the expression on his face. Should I be scared??
Awwww, looks like we took one too many pictures huh?

Oh I guess it was two too many.

But then he does this face, and nothing else matters. This face says to me, "I know I am cute, and if I do this face, I can get away with murder".

Here he is making noises with his mouth which he does all day long. Love the double chin.

"Oh what, were you looking at me?"

The shoes are still a little big, but I couldn't help myself. They just completed the outfit.

Just one of the many cute pictures of him. I have taken like a million pictures so it is hard to choose which ones to put on here.

We went to get him this little chair so he could sit up better and all they had was pink. So he gets to have a cute little pink chair.

We will be coming down to AZ in two weeks, and we are so excited about it. Can't wait to see everyone then.

Week of the animals

2008-12-09T13:58:00.000-08:00

So last weekend, Shawn was outside cleaning up the yard. We have a ton of bushes on the side of our house. He came inside and said, "I don't know if you want to know this, but I found a dead cat in our bushes." Luckily, Owen was asleep so I ran outside to see what I could do. There was no hope for the cat unfortunately. As we were taking car of it, we heard little meows coming from somewhere in the forest of bushes. I jumped in and tracked down where it was coming from and pulled out these two adorable little kittens. Ofcourse it was the day after Thanksgiving so a lot of places were closed. Luckily, the Humane Society was open and I ran them over there so they could take care of them and give them a home. I wish I could have kept them, but we are all allergic to cats. I swear I should have been a vet. Maybe someday I will own an animal shelter or something. I just love animals so much, I don't know what it is. I am just glad that we found these little guys before they became victims of the cold weather too.

Now onto a creature that is not as loveable as kittens. I went out to get the mail today and saw this on my front porch. I have never seen a spider like this in my life. It is huge and such a strange color. This picture does not do it justice. I had to get a pen so you can see the size of this beast. Scccaaaarrrrryyyyy! Too bad it is not Halloween anymore. I mean, black cats and spiders. How much more Halloweeny can you get?

New Pictures

2008-11-25T14:31:00.001-08:00

Here are just some pictures from over the past couple of weeks. I hope everyone has a very happy Thanksgiving.

Bundled up to go on our walk.

Not wanting to look at the camera.

Naked babies are just so cute.

He loves mirrors.

Owen with Dad playing video games.

How we spent our Sunday.

So in an effort to save money, I have decided to cut Shadows hair myself. So I decided to do something a little different.

The dog mohawk.

President Obama!!

2008-11-05T08:48:00.001-08:00

Well America spoke loudly yesterday and elected the next President Barack Obama. I am so excited about this and the future of our country. I was really impressed with John Mccains speech last night and Barack Obama's speech was wonderful as well. What a great and historic election but I am glad that it is over. I hope he proves to be a great a President as I think he will be. Anything is better than what we have had to go through for the past 8 years. One bad thing came out of this election and that is California's Prop 8 looks like it is going to pass. What a sad sad thing that people feel they have the right to tell others how to live their lives. All they want is equal rights, no more, no less. What a step back for human rights. I haven't posted anything political on here for a reason but I was really excited about this so I had to share my thoughts.

Halloween 08'

2008-11-02T16:27:00.001-08:00

Happy Halloween a couple of days late. We dressed up as characters from the cartoon Futurama and it was a lot of fun. We went trick-or-treating with some friends and it rained on us. It was really nice weather though so it was ok.

He usually hates tummy time but I was lucky to get these cute pictures of him on his tummy.

I think he is going to start getting sick of my kisses because I give them to him too much. I love this kid so much, he has been a little angel and we have been having a ton of fun together.

Here we are at Shawn's work Halloween party right before we went trick-or-treating. I was surprised to see so many Obama supporters in Utah but we saw a ton of signs for him while we were out. This week will be interesting and I really hope that Obama wins which is probably much different than all of you who read this. It will prove to be an eventful Tuesday and a much needed change for our country. Love you all.

First Family Photos!!

2008-10-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

So we got our first family picture taken. Of course we decide to do it on the first weekend it snows and is freezing outside, so most of them were taken in the house. My friend Shannon took them for us and we had a lot of fun doing them.

Here is Owen getting ready for Halloween. We love Halloween around here. It is our favorite.

His first time on a skateboard and I am quite sure it won't be his last.

He doesn't like tummy time too much if you couldn't tell.

Disneyland 2008

2008-10-07T20:26:00.000-07:00

So we just got back from Disneyland with my family and it was such a blast. It was so great to see my entire family and have them all meet Owen. As you can see, he has grown a ton and has started smiling ton. Here are a few pictures of him from the past month or so.

The scrunch-smile face. I love it.

He loved Disneyland and was obviously very tired in that picture. He was actually really good and let us all enjoy being with him and getting to go on rides. He got to ride Pirates of the Carribbean, the Nightmare Before Christmas Haunted House (which is my favorite), and a couple of he little kids rides. He had a great time.

Grandpa finally got to meet his little grandson and what a cute sight. And little Emerson and Owen look so cute with eachother. They are going to be great friends I can already tell. I love how close in age they are together.

Thanks mom and dad for the great trip and we can't wait to see you on Christmas. We love you so much.

New pictures of Owen

2008-09-02T17:52:00.001-07:00

Well, I found a few minutes (only when Shawn was home) to post some new pictures. Owen is doing well, I am extremely tired but other than that, we are doing great. He is growing and is a sweet little boy.

After bath time, which he loves.

Shawn luckily caught this little smile.
Shadow loves to be wherever Owen is.
He always has his hands by his face.

Check out those lips!
Thanks for this outfit Erica. Owen loves it.

Say hi to Shawn Owen Bird!!!

2008-08-16T14:13:00.000-07:00

Well after 36 hours of labor we finally got to meet little Shawn Owen Bird. The labor was long and painful but oh so worth it after seeing the beautiful little baby boy. We are all doing well and Owen is being just a great little baby. He can't wait to meet everyone that he hasn't already. I am so thankful that my mom and sisters were able to make it and my mom has been a lifesaver staying with us these past couple of days. I couldn't thank her enough for helping us get used to this parenting thing.

I just couldn't resist this one, isn't that adorable.

If you can't see it, he weighed 7lbs 4oz.
Awwwww
Doing what he does best.
One of the only times he has been awake lately.

This was on the way to the hospital.

Update overdue!

2008-07-29T17:33:00.000-07:00

So it has been a while but I honestly don't have much to report. I am just anxiously waiting the arrival of little Owen due on the 20th. This last month has to be the hardest just being uncomfortable and impatient to meet the little guy. I am so excited and I can't wait. We get to take our first family vacation also to Disneyland in October. My mom called and said they decided last minute to take the trip and the entire family will be there so we have to go. We are very excited and can't wait to go. Other than that, this pregnancy has been great. No bumps along the way ... so far anyway. So my next post will probably involve pictures of the new addition to the Bird family.

I got to go home for the 4th of July and a baby shower that my awesome sister Erica threw me. It was a lot of fun to see everyone there.

feeling uncomfortable

Shadow trying out Owens new crib. I think he liked it.

Ok, ok, ok. The long awaited post.

2008-05-18T20:11:00.001-07:00

Well, I have been hounded from my lovely sisters to post new pictures so they can see prego Lindsie since we don't get to see eachother. So here you two go. The pregnancy has been going great, I feel really good and honestly have no complaints. 12 more weeks to go! I can't believe how fast the time has gone.

Getting bigger ...
and bigger ...
and this was yesterday.

Another awesome thing that happened was that I graduated!! Yeah finally. I graduated with my Bachelors in Accounting and it feels great. The timing could not have been better either. So since I am not bogged down with homework all the time, I have been able to try and get Owen's room ready. We have been moving the rooms around and it has actually been quite fun. It is just nice to be able to do what I want with my time instead of always having to do homework.

Well, I am looking forward to seeing everyone in July.

Prego!!

2008-03-27T17:26:00.000-07:00

Here is what I look like now. I am 4 1/2 months now and we found out that we are having a BOY!!! We are really excited about it. I have some ultrasound pictures that I will try and get on here this weekend. He is definately a boy and his name will be Owen. He looks great and there are no problems to speak of right now which was very relieving. If you haven't e-mailed me yet, please do with your address so Erica can send you a baby shower invitation. I can't wait for that, it will be a lot of fun to see everyone.

Baby Shower

2008-03-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone. I know I haven't posted in a long time but things have been really crazy. To make it short, my company is struggling pretty bad so I am most likely changing jobs, we have a broken pipe that we have to fix, I am still in school (although I will be graduating in April :)), and the list goes on and on. Why does everything bad always happen at once is what I want to know.

Anyways, I am going to be coming to good old Arizona on the 4th of July weekend because my sister is throwing me a baby shower. If you could all e-mail me your addresses so I can give them to her that would be awesome. My e-mail is ylindsie@hotmail.com. I can't wait to see everyone then.

Oh yeah, we find out what we are having tomorrow so I will be posting then to let everyone know.

Shawn's interpretation of the baby.

2008-02-08T20:09:00.000-08:00

So this is Shawn's art interpretation of the baby. After our first appointment he was inspired to draw this picture. We are so excited for this new little addition to the family and can't wait for all the new changes. I have just barely started to show a little and it is fun. I am about 12 or 13 weeks now and am feeling pretty good.
We are going on a cruise in a couple of weeks to Cabo and we are so excited about it. It is a short 3 day trip but it will be so worth it. I am getting my legs and bikini area waxed for it and I have never done it before but I figure I should so I don't have to worry about shaving the whole time. I am a little nervous about it so if any of you have done it before and can give me some advice, that would be great.

First Doctors Appointment

2008-01-23T13:06:00.000-08:00

So I had my first doctors appointment today and it went so well. We got to actually see the baby. It seems so much more real now. We got to see its little heart beating and to actually see it in my stomach. I really like my doctor too. It was the first time meeting her and I am very happy with our choice. She said that everything looks great and that the baby is developing wonderfully. Our due date is August 20th. I wish I had a picture but not yet. I will keep everyone updated. Hope to see you all soon.

Yep, I am a slacker!

2008-01-14T16:25:00.001-08:00

I know I haven't posted for a while but I have a good excuse. School started again and so that and work has been taking up all of my time. Oh yeah, and I am growing a baby in my stomach too. Luckily I haven't been too sick. It comes and goes. I had the flu for about a week and at first I thought it was morning sickness. Boy oh boy am I glad that that is over. It was absolutely terrible, I kept thinking to myself, "How am I supposed to work when I am going to be sick like this for like 2 months?" But, I am now doing good and don't want to die, which is great. I have my first doctors appointment next Wednesday so I will post to let you know how that goes. Till then, goodbye and have good days.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

2007-12-18T16:54:00.001-08:00

Yep, I am pregnant!!!! I am so excited. I am due around August 20th and can not wait. Erica is probably as excited as I am. I called her right after I took the pregnancy test to make sure I wasn't dreaming. I was just so used to it being negative that I had to have some reassurance. So thanks Erica for being there.
We decided to make a snowman one late night during a big snow storm. I think our snowman / snowalien looks great.

Here is our Christmas Tree. The lady that we bought the house from left this in the basement. SCORE!!! It is in great condition and all the red stuff was left too. We did not have to buy hardly anything. Just some lights and that is it. And my mom got us a really cool Nativity set from Jeruselum that we love. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! I wish I could come home and see everyone, but we will be there next year and with a new baby!!!! I love you all and wish you all the happiness and love.

Officially Winter Time

2007-12-01T10:11:00.000-08:00

So, this is what I woke up to this morning. A ton of snow!!!! Shadow absolutlely loves the snow, but then he comes inside and is freezing because he is wet. He is pretty cute if I do say so myself.

Isn't this pretty?

I am so thankful for the covered parking. I hate scraping snow off the car.
This is our lovely snowy street. Much different than the one I grew up on.
He had little icicles all over his little body. He is looking at me like he is done taking pictures and he wants to go inside and get warm.

I also have to say happy birthday to my sweet niece McKenna. She turned 6 on Tuesday and I wish that I could have been there. We did just see them when we went home for Thanksgiving but it is never long enough. I love that little girl so much and I miss seeing her grow up. At least we have this now so I can see all the pictures and kind of feel like I was there. I love you McKenna.

Happy Anniversary Shawn!

2007-10-29T20:37:00.000-07:00

So, it is our 4th anniversary tomorrow! Yeah!!! I can't believe it has really been 4 years. Shawn is the best thing I could ever ask for in a husband, best friend, and roommate. We have so much fun together and I love him more and more everyday. Here is to another 4 years and many, many, many, many more to come. I love you Shawn. Happy Anniversary. P.S. I hope there are flowers when I get home or else (shaking fist angrily). I am totally kidding, you are the best.

Sorry about all these old pictures but we really don't have any good recent photos of us. Which I hope to change very soon.

HALLOWEEN 2007!!!

2007-10-21T16:50:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween!! Shawn and I went to a Halloween party last night and here are some pictures from that and everyone in thier costumes. Enjoy!

Shawn is ... I don't know what he is, but he was all red. I am a demon of sorts I guess. They were pretty last minute costumes.
Here is me with my mask on. Scary!!!!
This is our friend Dusty as the Mad Hatter.
Here is a cool shot of Shawn all dressed up.

Hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween!

Ok, ok.

2007-10-16T06:55:00.001-07:00

So I am getting hounded by my lovely sister and now my mother to make a new post. So here you go.

I have been super busy with my new job and school and such. The new job is going good. Last week was my first full week and it went good. It is always weird getting into the swing of things but I think it is going to be a great fit for me. School is school and not much exciting things to say about that, so lets move on. My puppy Shadow is losing his teeth. I don't remember Oscar losing his teeth, but I could have been too young when that happened. I didn't realize that dogs lose thier baby teeth to. It is so cute, he lost just his bottom and upper front teeth like a little girl would. I will try and take a picture for you to see. Other than that, there is nothing new to say. We will be coming down to Arizona for Thanksgiving and I am so excited to see everyone. I will try to keep up on my posting for you guys also.

10 inches is a lot of hair to cut off!

2007-09-22T15:24:00.001-07:00

So I decided to chop my hair off today. It was soooo long and had been for a long time. So I decided it was time for a change. And a big one, at least for me. Here it is before I went this morning.

And here it is after chopping 10 inches off, which got donated so that makes me happy.

Tell me what you think. It is going to take me some time to get used to but I think I like it. Crazy, or not?

Oh, the main reason I thought it would be fun to have a change is because I got a new job. My good friend Tony works in the Accounting department at a company called TW Company. He really wanted me to come interview and see if maybe I would be interested in a job there. At first I didn't really even want to interview because I had a good job as the Controller for Rimrock. But he conviced me to go and was even more convincing at the actual interview. I will be doing the same thing that I did for Rimrock so I decided to take it. It couldn't have come at a better time and it is going to be a great blessing for me and Shawn. I have to thank my mom for listening to me weighing out my options, she was great and her advice is always the best. Love you mom.

Missing My Husband.

2007-09-20T07:44:00.000-07:00

So Shawn has been working crazy hours lately. They are finishing up a game so they have been working 12 hour days for the past 3 weeks now. I feel like I haven't seen him in forever. I get to see him for about 5-10 minutes in the morning and then he gets home usually right before I am going to bed. It sucks! I miss him so much. But hopefully we will get to spend some time together soon. I love you Shawn.

Spamalot

2007-09-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

So I took Shawn to Spamalot last night for his birthday and I have to say it was one of the most hilarious plays I have ever seen. I highly suggest it to anyone who is a fan of Monty Python. Great fun and a good night out.

Art challenge!

2007-09-01T10:48:00.000-07:00

So every month Shawn's family does an art challenge. This month was self portrait. I know that we didn't really stick to the subject but at least we did something for it. Here are me and Shawn's "self portraits".

This is one of my many goblins that I like to draw. They are not my creation, I have this awesome book with lots of them in it and I like to draw them. I want to do a whole series of these. Maybe this is what I would look like as a goblin. I will just go with that for the sake of the art challenge.

It's my best friends birthday today!

2007-08-29T06:44:00.000-07:00

So it is Shawn's 28th birthday today and I wanted to tell him how much I love him. He is the best friend I could have and the best husband also. He is so much fun to be around and we always have a good time together. He is the best artist I know and still continues to amaze me with every new sketch he does. I am jealous of his creativity and the fact that he still acts like a kid. He never lets anything get to him and always looks to the bright side of things. I need that. He really loves our dog, even though he REALLY didn't want one to begin with, but he loves him almost as much as me I think. I think it is so cute to see how he treats him. Seeing that reminds me of what a good father he will be. Not now, no I am not pregnant. But someday. Shawn, I love you so much and thank you for always making me smile. I Love You!

And Happy Birthday to my brother-in-law Kirk also. How convenient that my only brother-in-law has the same birthday as my husband. We will never forget it. We love you Kirk.

To My Daddy.

2007-08-21T07:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Dad. I really hope you get out and do something fun for your birthday. You deserve only the best. I wish I could be there to take you out but sadly I am not. I love you so much and think you are the best dad a girl could ask for. I LOVE YOU.

Isn't this picture great?

Camping

2007-08-19T14:36:00.001-07:00

Shadow's first bath.

Me and Shadow. He was definatly ready to get home. Gotta love the outfit!!!

Shawn and I camping this past weekend. Notice Shawn's awesome outfit. And no that is not a beer in his hand.

Shadow after rolling around in the mud camping.

A day spent skating.

2007-08-13T10:20:00.001-07:00

My very best friend Shannons kid Quentin. Probably the coolest 6 year old I know.

Tony and Leesa's kid Aleeya. She is great.

Cutest kid ever. The product of my good friend Casey. He will be such a good skater.

Best girl skateboarder I know. And my good friend Dusty.

Shawn's Art

2007-08-13T10:11:00.000-07:00

Shawn's rendition of Superman. Awesome!!!

This is the Skode. Shawn's comic book character that he created long ago.

This is Mae Flour. One of Shawn's characters. She talks to spiders.

Here is what Shawn did during the first 17 chapters of the last book. I read it outloud to him as he drew.

This is a picture that Shawn did for Camber's birthday.

Shadow!

2007-08-11T16:16:00.001-07:00

Shadow just relaxing after the first day of living at the Birds.

Quentin holding Shadow.

Isn't he cute?

Finally joining the blogging world.

2007-08-11T15:53:00.000-07:00

Well, you can thank my sister Erica for pressuring me into starting this blog. Even though my life is pretty boring (no kids) right now, she still really wanted me to have one. I guess I should fill everyone in on what is going on in my life. I am married to Shawn Bird and we have been married for almost 4 years now. He is a brilliant artist and person. He works at a company called Sensory Sweep where he does art for video games. He loves it and is moving up really fast. I am working at Rimrock Construction where I am the controller. It is great experience for me. I only have 4 classes left until I get my Bachelor's in Accounting. I have been forced to do it slowly because of my full-time job. I know, growing up is so hard.
Me and Shawn just recently bought our first house in Midvale Utah. We love it! It needs a little work but nothing too serious. Mostly aesthetic fixes. We also got a little puppy. His name is Shadow and he is a Shih-tzu. I just missed my Oscar so much that I had to get a replacement. He has been good, still using the house as a toilet but what is a girl to do. Well, I hope I can figure all this crazy blogging stuff out. I will post soon.