Bem Bacana

Boston/New York Trip

2012-01-23T22:55:00.000-08:00

On October 26 we all boarded a plane and took off for Boston.

(not my proudest picture taking moment)

We took the red eye which ended up being not so bad. Westin didn't want to sleep but was happy watching shows and I wanted to sleep but couldn't get comfy enough to do so. We landed in Boston around 5:45 (i think) and headed back home to eat a little bit then went back to bed. Westin did some world class sleeping on this trip and slept in to after 10 nearly everyday. (I think)

After we were rested enough, or when Westin woke up we headed out to Emily's school field trip to a local grocery store that has its own farm around it. I found it to be quite interesting.Westin was mostly interested in running around and Matt wanted to take pictures of every little thing on the trip. I loved the weather while there. I was afraid of being so cold but it was fun to be wearing jackets and not getting hot after a while and to wear our rain boots!

During MY nap, Grandma, Matt, Westin and Emily went to the Aquarium. I was told they loved it. They had an adventure trying to find it, the lost Emily briefly and they had even more of an adventure getting home. They made it, and loved it so a job well done.

That night, my cousin Micheal and his wife Stephanie who happen to be in Matt's sisters ward in Boston came over for dinner. It was fun to get to know them a little better since we have never lived close to each other.

The next morning we were off to New York! We got up bright and early, were very grateful to a friend that took us to the bus stop and loaded a bus to take the 4 hour drive SOUTH to New York City. This picture was taken by Matt.

First thing we did once we got off the bus around 10:30 was grab a slice or two of pizza. I think it was our goal to eat as much New York pizza as possible. This place was yummy and we got pizza there at the end of our trip before we got back on the bus.

After that we unloaded our stuff at the hotel which was just outside of time square and headed out to our first adventure. On the way we realized our map and timeline were left in the hotel (major bummer).
We bought a 3 day pass that got us into most of the site seeing places.
In this shot we were on a boat up and down the Hudson River. It was a fun tour that described different places and buildings in the city.
Behind us here you can see the new Freedom Tower next to ground zero. It is going to be quite the building. I can't be held responsible for the way I look, especially my hair.

All of these pictures are of us on the boat. Pretty boring stuff.

I think this picture is to document the line we totally cut. We didn't really cut we just ended up in the line that went faster then the other.

In between boat rides (you could jump on and off through out the day) We headed to the 9/11 memorial. We didn't end up going to see it because of unkown circumstances and we were all really bummed about it. Anyway, we headed looking for some food and ended up walking by the Occupy Wall Street, which I found to be very scary. (Scary stinky people)

Next up, the Ellis Island Ferry. We opted to not ride it but instead took a break to check some stuff out.

More breaks and waiting for the boat tour to take us to see the Statue of Liberty.

Again, no one can be held responsible for their looks.

Dinner was at the Shake Shack. Best. Burgers. Ever. Seriously, I would have eaten there for every meal. We ended up there for 2 meals in our 3 days and 2 nights of being there.

That night we went to the top of the Empire State Building. It took forever to get through line. I mean forever. When we got up there we found out our camera was broken. It was the only camera we had besides our phones so from now on we are taking pictures with our phones. I really liked the Empire State Building, it was a clear night so we could see all the city lite up. You could hardly tell it was so late because everything was so busy.

With our passes, we were also able to go on the sky ride. I will never do it again and encourage no one to ride it. We all thought it was going to be similar to Disneyland's Soaring over California. It was nothing like it. Very jerky, very old and extremely stupid. I'm glad I didn't pay extra for it

Phone Pictures

2012-01-12T20:14:00.000-08:00

All of these pictures were taken from my phone. This is the best we are going to get since, once again, our memory card was lost and I have no photos from September to October 2011.

Westin and his cousin Logan started a pre-school/play-group on Wednesday and Friday's. He goes for 2 hours and basically plays and learns a new letter each week. On the first day they both showed up in the same outfit. Doesn't Westin look like he belongs in California with the hair and no shoes?

Matt was car shopping and every once in a while Westin and I would join. Westin LOVED getting in and out of cars. He also loved pretending to drive any chance he got.

We house sat for a couple in our ward for 2 and a half weeks. hey live a bit closer to the beach so Westin and I took some walks down to it.

This picture is from the house we stayed at. Westin always went exploring. Luckily he never got into anything too serious. We really enjoyed house sitting. It was in a fancy neighborhood and a house that our house would fit inside ONE of the rooms. It was fun to be spread out and I really enjoyed having a big kitchen. It lasted just a bit too long.

Mornings consist of 2 or 3 bowls of cheerios and a show on the ipad. The kitchen of the house is in the background.

We were waiting for Dad to come home and this is how Westin smiles now. I actually love it.

When we got back from the house sitting we came home to Grandma and rain. We loved both. Westin loved to golf in the rain, especially when he hit the ball out of a puddle.

Westin got a hair cut from Grandma, he doens't look happy in this picture but he was totally happy watching Mickey Mouse, he even held his ear for her.

Westin Logan and I went back to Arizona with Grandma. I caught Westin folding his arms AFTER the closing prayer. He always does it late and after the amen.

Costco trip, I always get asked if they are twins in public. The double seat in the cart doesn't help.

We pulled out Grandpas train set and Westin was in heaven. It is the perfect size for him and he pushes it in circles for hours.

To get home from Arizona my sister Stacy drove us. We played the whole time. Of course. Went to the beach.

Disneyland, this is on the California adventure side.

This was on some ride that I wanted to throw up on. Westin wouldn't ride it with just Grace, "Mommy do it too"

The Bair cousins. We were all on the Ferris wheel and loving it, while trying not to throw up. This picture perfectly sums up the personality of everyone. Thats Stacy's arm with the pink shirt and she was terrified.

Then we went to a pumpkin patch, we choose the hottest day to go. Both Westin and I were red faced by the end and sweating. Westin kept going for the small pumpkins, I think because he wanted to throw them.

Our pumpkin, Westin loved telling us it was Mickey every time we passed it. Matt did it and I think he did a pretty good job.

Westin's Birthday Party

2012-01-12T18:55:00.000-08:00

We had a joint birthday party for Westin with his friend Molly. At least Molly was supposed to be there. The poor girl woke up sick and couldn't come. We almost had to cancel the day because it was raining that morning but luckily it cleared up just in time for the rides.

We were so lucky to have our friends the Sundbergs there to capture the day. Especially since our memory card with ALL our pictures was lost. You can see all his work HERE. Seriously guys, thank you!

The Birthday Boy! He loved it, all of it. He wasn't even afraid of the crowd which was really awesome. He especially loved the treats, all "Westin friendly". Starting with Popcorn.

The thank you's or goodie bags were circus animals and a train whistle. I think I have finally gotten rid of all the ones we ended up with.

Cupcakes, there were blue frosted ones just not on this plate apparently.

Cotton Candy, I thought Westin would love this stuff since the last time he tried it he did. He wouldn't come near it this time.

Who can resist fresh popcorn!

Dad, with the camera that took all our pictures that I never saw.

These are some of the kids that are Westins age. There are plenty more but I think these guys were killing some time before the next train.

Aunt Alicia, Uncle Scott, and Logan.

The train is the perfect size for a small child. I think everyone had fun.

It was the perfect party for Westin and his friends. If we would have done something revolving around balls I think it would have turned out much differently. I mean a bunch of 2 year olds with golf clubs doesn't work out that great.

Golfing

2012-01-11T20:55:00.000-08:00

Westin is our golfing champion.

Untitled from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

These two videos are from back in August, right when Westin turned 2. He has improved so much since then.

Untitled from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

Westin has a new Best Friend

2012-01-11T20:28:00.000-08:00

Westin's cousin moved just a few doors down back in August. Westin is in love with the constant play mate. They currently fight over everything even if they wouldn't normally be interested in it. They do play with each other sometimes though.

They help each other wake up from naps.

Play at the park.

Take baths together and help with the pesky ear itches.

They are even super heros together. Stacy made this really cute cape for Westin that had a W and a basketball on it. He runs around yelling "SUPER WESTIN"

Logan wanted in on the fun and put a blanket in his shirt.

Sometimes Greyson gets in on the fun.

We play in the front yard running back and forth.

Westin loves hanging out with Logan and always asks for him and I'm pretty sure the same goes for Logan.

Westin turned 2 August 8th 2011

2012-01-11T20:22:00.000-08:00

Westin's birthday is August 8th. We celebrated that night with Uncle Scott and Aunt Alicia, Logan and Greyson, and Tyrone and Char.

Again with blowing out his candle, so funny.

Westin got lots of birthday calls. This one was from Grace and Stacy singing to him.

Westin got lots of new toys for his birthday. Notice above is his new baseball bat. He also has on his new boxing gloves since they seem to work so well as batting gloves. He also got a race track with a fun loop at the end.

Logan loved helping with his presents.Luckily Westin didn't mind too much.

Westin also had a joint party with friends at a train park about a month after his birthday.

San Diego August 2012

2012-01-11T20:16:00.000-08:00

Just like every year we spend a week in San Diego with the Bair family. This year was a pretty small group. Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Matthew, me and Westin. We missed the Thompsons and the Bairs.

Westin and I headed down on Saturday like usual but it had taken nearly 2 hours to go what should have taken 30 mins. We turned around and headed down later that night. On Sunday we went to church (same ward as always) then home for nap and lunch. The condo we stay at has a few bikes so we enjoyed a Sunday afternoon bike ride.

Monday is the best day. Everyone gets out super early to start the relaxing on the beach.

Westin loved the holes Uncle Bruce would dig. Westin and all the cousins enjoy jumping in and climbing out and when the tide comes up watching the hole fill with water.

Do you see the hole Westin is looking in? That is a big pvc pipe. Bruce brings them out everyday to try out new ways to put them in and have the water come in.

This is Colton. My cousins Kim's little boy. We were so lucky to be able to spend so much time with them. They live in Colorado and haven't been able to come to San Diego in I don't know how long. He is about 5 or 6 months younger then Westin. They loved playing together.

Sliding into one of many big holes.

With Water at the bottom of it. Perfect water to play in when you are a little bit afraid of the big waves.

Hanging out with Grandma Bair, notice the fruit snacks bag. Westin was bribed with a lot of snacks on this trip. A lot.

I have loved this hat for Westin. He still loves to wear it but the Velcro is coming loose so its harder for him to keep it on properly. He tries though.

Another cousin, Heather. She tried to stay away from the camera but I was able to catch one of her.

This is Cass, he is 2 weeks older then Westin. He is much bigger and stronger then my little guy though.

Matt was able to come halfway through the week. He took the train down and joined us for all the festivities at Belmont Park.

We had to play Phase 10 paddle ball.

Here are the pipes so you can see just how big they really are.

WE also celebrated Westin's second birthday while we were there. The first of many birthday parties.

He even blew his own candle out. It was so cute.

This is his "silly face"

We played cards most nights. Aunt Melanie, Corrina, Kevin, Uncle Bruce, Grandma, myself, Grandpa Bair.

We always love our week on the beach. Hopefully next year more of the family will join us.

Westin will be Westin

2011-11-21T18:29:00.000-08:00

Just some things that get us through our days when Westin was about to turn 2 in August.

Westin figured out how to pull the screen up and climb out the door. The screen has since been fixed but he went right for the same spot again and its broken once again.

Westin's favorite snack is popcorn. By far over anything else. We always enjoy a ball in the afternoon to help him wake up from his nap.

I found these chairs at goodwill and there is a matching one in the backyard, which is where this one should be too.

Apparently our orange shorts are a tad big. Westin ran right out of them and thought it was the funniest thing.

2011-11-21T18:25:00.000-08:00

We got home, had a few days to recover then we had friends come and play!

We had a beach day, a bon fire and a couple of date nights including midnight premier of Harry Potter.

Our Bon Fire was so much fun as always. We did foil dinners and s'mores. Westin got in on the graham cracker and marshmallow action.

Westin was being a stinker but he had a lot of fun running around stealing peoples balls and eating a billion marshmallows.

We weren't super prepared to take the dinners out of the fire. We all worked on it and finally had delicious meals! We love foil dinners.

Saturday was beach day and we headed out to Newport beach. It. Was. Packed. we had a lot of fun and enjoyed some perfect weather. T.K. Burger was also involved.

Gotta love all our visitors!

Idaho Falls Day 1 & 2

2011-11-12T14:36:00.000-08:00

Going to Idaho Falls has always been a good time. I always come home wanting a farm with chickens, cows and horses. I also want a farmer to take care of it all. Matts family works really hard up there to be self reliant. I'm still looking for someone to drive me a cow from up there...for the meat.

We made it to Idaho Falls to Matts Aunt Susan's house in the afternoon and were soon greeted by lots of cousins for the "cousin party". We spent the evening hanging out with everyone.Thanks for coming to see us!

The next day we went to a park near the river in Idaho, maybe it was called "The Falls". We then went to do our yearly pony ride. Westin didn't really love the riding part but really liked petting them and looking at the horse.

Cousin Noah, how cute does he look in his boots.

Then there was the pro Megan.

Our best attempt at a cousin picture.

Westin got sick of the pony and wanted to go on a climbing adventure.

but pulling the pony seemed like even more fun.

We headed back to Aunt Susan's to play with the kittens and eat. Westin was really enjoying sharing his watermelon.

Then Daddy.

Finally he enjoyed some himself.

Hopkinson Reunion - Day 4

2011-10-25T15:20:00.000-07:00

Today was the Main Event!

We all met at a park in Bear Lake for the activities and good food. First things first, before all the kids got too dirty we did the group picture. It turned out pretty good, don't ya think?

Next up, the cousins. These are all my Grandma Donna's grandkids. How fun is it that we were all there?

Ryan Hopkinson Family

Lisa Bair Family

Royce Piggott Family

The siblings.

Next up, the fun.

We played lots of games. Like bite the doughnut off the string

Then off to water balloon volleyball, catch and throw the water balloon with a towel and a partner.

Water relay.

Lining up for the tug of war.

The best picture of the day...the Great Grand kids picture. Please notice my sweetheart on the right side having a total melt down.

Hopkinson Reunion - Day 3

2011-10-21T16:05:00.000-07:00

On Friday we took a beach day. It was nice and warm out so getting in the cool water felt nice. The water was so shallow you could walk way out there. I think the little kids loved it.

All day we just hung out and enjoyed all the snacks and the kids playing so well.

Family picture, don't you love the tan lines...

Matt actually fell asleep up there.

He was actually peeling his dead sunburned skin off his back, true cousins.

Apparently we have some bum issues...

Westin pooped and so I took his diaper off and apparently his shorts just don't quite fit. He sure did love his freedom though.

Then the naps started to come.

Just some of the details oh the cabin, just a few.

Lots of people would make us go through a lot of cups, what a great idea.

In the basement was the dart board and a pool table.

Friday night was date night, with the kids. We got some shakes from "in town".

Hopkinson Reunion - Day 1 & 2

2011-10-20T19:33:00.000-07:00

We headed up to the Piggott cabin on Wednesday July 6th, we had an early flight and right away after we left I realized I left my phone on my dresser at home. Major Bummer, and Matt laughed at me.Of course it was fine but all I really wanted was to check the time. I'm lost if I don't know the time, especially in the middle of the night or when we first wake up! Then, going through security at the ever so small Long Beach airport we got our toothpaste and sunscreen thrown away we were on our way. As we are loading the plane I realize we left Westin's car seat in our cart that was being driven back to our house. Great. No big deal, once we landed we met Matthew (my brother) and Matt took the rental car and went to Walmart for the cheap car seat they had. We are now proud owners of TWO car seats.

The rough day surprisingly didn't end there. We took the 3 or 4 hour drive up to Bear Lake to the beautiful Piggott family cabin. It is massive. A big loft and room upstairs filled with bunk beds for all the Grand kids. A huge and beautiful kitchen with one giant table. Most of the wood furniture was made by my Uncle Scott. Down in the basement was a big great room with 4 bedrooms attached. After we took our tour of the home we enjoyed some zip lining out in the backyard. There was a shorter run and a long one. Matt and I tried the shorter one with success so we jumped on the big one. I must have gone first and was terrified and vowed to not do it again. Then Matt went. Some how he ended up getting thrown off and flipped through the air and hit a big pole, landed up side down. I did a huge scream and within seconds Matt was up and walking around but looked very scared and confused. He hurt his shoulder pretty badly which basically ruined his whole trip. We had lots of fun planned for the up coming week that he wasn't going to be able to participate in. Poor guy was still in good spirits about it.

After that happened we decided the big zip line should probably not be used. We put the little guys on the zip line, they had a swing like seat.

Graham loved it,

and so did Dallin.

Then Westin did it. He did not enjoy it.

We still forced him. What a stinker. This is what the rest of the trip looked like. He didn't want anything to do with anyone but Matt or I. I've realized he doesn't like big groups.

Every night we had a devotional, Ruth was in charge on Wednesday. All I remember was it was about prophets and she taught the kids this silly dance.

The next day we went rafting. I think it might have been one of the scariest things I have ever done. It was something that Matt wasn't able to do. We had heard that the water level was really high from all the snow and running really fast. We got up there and the guides said that you could get down the river in about 45 mins and it usually takes an hour and a half. That is half the time my friends. Half the time. I remember some of the names of the sections, like lunch counter (the scariest of them all) and champagne. Luckily we never flipped, the water was freezing. The second time down was way more scary for me, the wind had picked up so it made the water rougher. On the first run my brother Scott turned to the Bryan, who was leading our boat and asked on a scale of 1-10 how crazy these rapids were that we were currently going through. He said something like a 2 or 3. I couldn't believe it. Made me terrified! We had a blast though and we made it through safely.

On our way home, I met Matt at an Urgent care in a town called Montpelier. He got an x-ray which came back with nothing, but we were glad to rule it out. Poor Matt was still in terrible pain.

Weekend of the 4th Part III - July 4th!

2011-08-21T20:52:00.000-07:00

I have vowed to never spend a 4th of July away from the beach again. Especially Huntington Beach. We all loaded up on our bikes and headed down for a BBQ and the parade. We had 4 bikes and a tandem bike plus Westin in his seat.

When the basketball float went by of course we had to have Westin show off his skills, we even brought a ball with us which was lucky.

Of course he made it.

After the parade we headed to the beach. This was Westin's first time being interested in the water. He never even wanted to walk towards it until this day, now he now ever go back.

It was pretty warm that day so getting in the water was fun. Just to the knees was far enough for me though. After the beach we rode our bikes and our stuff back to our place showered and everyone headed to see transformers in 3d at the IMAX theatre. After that we rode our bikes back down to the beach for fireworks, we made a dinner stop at TK burger then sat right by the water for the show. We sat close enough to the pier to hear the music playing. In years past I never knew they even played music. Westin loved the show and looked especially cute in his Christmas pj's.

Weekend of the 4th Part II

2011-08-21T20:29:00.000-07:00

On Sunday evening after church everyone except me headed to a putting green. This is of course one of Westin's favorite places to visit plus his Grandpa and Uncle love the game.

I stayed back to get the house back in order. Having 6 adults takes a toll on a 2 bedroom apartment. I did hear that Westin learned what a bunker is and can now correctly identify it.

Weekend of the 4th Part I

2011-08-21T20:24:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun with Matt's family over the fourth of July. The first day we hiked up to the Hollywood sign, or as close as we could get. I think people took turns carrying Westin. He only weighs 25 pounds and has for about 8 months.

Westin has a camelback water bottle but he thinks sharing with his Aunt Camille was really fun. They walked like this for most of the hike. Good thing though, it was pretty hot out there.

I really love this picture. I think everyone looks great and Westin is at least looking.

Granpa Shawn and Grandma RaDean were with us but I didn't get pictures of them except for the back of Grandpa.

After hiking we went to Pink's hot dogs which wasn't so great then we went to Diddy Riese, which is a ice cream cookie sandwich. We have had friends tell us since we moved out here we need to go and it was not a disappointment.

Later that night I was in a 4th of July show just singing. I'm not sure why I signed up but I enjoyed my time in it.

Oceanside -- LegoLand

2011-08-21T20:10:00.000-07:00

The next day on Saturday we spent the day at Lego Land. We met up with the Barnums at their hotel to eat some good breakfast. When I walked in to our "Continental Breakfast" at our hotel I literally laughed. It was next to nothing in there and then some coffee.

Lego Land was a fun place if your child was tall enough for rides. That was kind of a let down for us. He did love the little splash park by some of the water rides. He played there for a bout an hour. We weren't prepared with a swimming suit though.

They also have an aquarium you can check out. Westin really liked that and talking about all the fish. This picture was looking in on Westin and I in the middle of a doughnut shaped tank.

They had only one place for you to touch something, and I don't even remember what we touched. Probably a starfish.

We had fun but won't be going back until after Westin and the rest of the kids are tall enough to enjoy the rides, or we will go to the water park.

On the way home we stopped a the Crate and Barrel outlet, I can't stay away from that place. We ended up with a couple of cool things our favorite a patio umbrella. Westin got a little tired and fell right asleep in Matt's arm, a VERY rare occasion.

Oceanside

2011-08-20T23:25:00.000-07:00

The next weekend after my birthday we headed down for a weekend in Oceanside with the Barnums. We started with the beach on Friday.

Just like whenever Matt gets together with his friends they revert back to when they were young. They dragged each other around for about an hour. They sure do look like they are enjoying themselves though.

That night we went to some pizza place as a big group. It was quite the experience with getting burnt pizza but then enjoying some cotton candy that Westin loved.

Birthday Party

2011-08-20T23:12:00.000-07:00

I threw myself a party a few days after my birthday. We had a bon fire at the beach. I loves s'mores, I love parties, I love the beach, and I love fires so it was perfect!

Matt built the fire, he always does.

We ate yummy stuff. I was introduced to the greatest thing. It's probably not new to everyone else but I loved it. Banana, chocolate, graham cracker, marshmallows, and caramel.

We played lots of games, including running after footballs.

Lots of friends came to join in on the fun.

I'm so glad we did it. It was the perfect night. Not too cold or windy and we were able to find a pit. Thanks everyone for making my birthday special. I go a new camera and a grill! I've been asking for a grill since we got married and we finally got it! I use it multiple times a week and its perfect.

Some Family Portraits

2011-08-18T07:32:00.000-07:00

We had our friend Nick take some pictures for us. I really liked how they turned out, we just need to go back with we aren't looking directly into the sun.

Doesn't he look like a little model?

Love our little family!

New Toys

2011-08-18T07:16:00.000-07:00

I got a new camera for my birthday. I loved it, it took fantastic pictures and even took video. Then sadly it started freezing so we took it back. But we had it for about a month and had lots of fun with it.

Matt was napping on a Sunday afternoon and Westin found it necessary for his Dad to hold all his bowling pins, plus his milk. I still can't believe he never woke up through it all.

Of course there was a little ball action going on. What day would be complete without some?

Sometimes he tries to see how many he can hold.

For instance, heading out the door for church he tries to grab anything he can take with him. I love his innocent look trying to get us to give in. He isn't allowed to bring toys (especially balls) he just ends up throwing everything.

Or here were we are trying to say bed time prayers and he has to be holding his ball in order to say prayers and go to bed. Serious stinker status.

Westin also loves to eat guacamole, especially Chipotle's.

We picked up some dinner for our good friends the Lyons. They just had their baby girl Stella and we had to go see her.

Bananas, Parks & Medicine

2011-08-18T07:08:00.000-07:00

Besides cookies (oreos), Westins favorite food is a banana. He would and could eat them all day long if I let him. He also really loves his rain boats, they are trains after all.

He also is taking a steady cocktail of benedryl and Zyrtec these days. Plus an inhaler. Every night before bed we tell him its time for his medicine and he gets his stool from the bathroom to sit on. (Whatever gets him to take all his medicine) It seems like a lot of stuff in his little body but he doesn't wheeze and hasn't had problems when he consistently takes them.

Sometimes Westin's shorts are a tad big for him. He is 2 now and he has trouble keeping some 18 month shorts on. I found him just like this during a nap, later when I got him out of bed they were half off. Yes he still sleeps with his pacifier, he is loosing it soon. I'm afraid my 3-4 hour naps will be gone though.

Park day around here is every Tuesday. Promenade Park is our favorite, the sand is a volleyball court which means we don't have to walk through it to go on a slide or be pushed in a swing. We go with lots of friends.

We almost always bring a ball or 2. Haven't lost one yet but I'm afraid its coming.

Last Day in Arizona

2011-08-11T09:33:00.000-07:00

We attempted a little bit of a family (cousin) picture. I don't know why we always wait until the last day to get this done. The kids (Westin) is never happy by then. He would be in tears when we put him by the girls. As if we were punishing him.

Lyla on the other hand was fully cooperative. What a doll she is.

At least we got a decent sisters picture.

I guess Allison is just going to have to come back again (and again) to make sure we get some better ones.

Westin and is Golf Club

2011-07-28T18:21:00.000-07:00

Westin picked up a club and instantly knew how to use it. He also loves it. His Dad and Grandpa have both taken him to putting greens and to the driving range. He does really well at both.

This night we took him to a course by his Grandparents house in Avondale. He was in heaven with his Dad, Uncle, and Grandpa.

He wanted to help Emily with her swing. He's a good teacher and she listened really well too.

This is his very serious pose. He will usually hit it soft when you tell him too. If the hole is really close he knows he needs to be soft with it.

Videos of recent golf trips.

Untitled from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

Untitled from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

Class of 2011

2011-07-28T16:35:00.000-07:00

While in Arizona we were so lucky to go to Uncle Aaron's graduation. It was fun to be able to go, especially without Westin.

The UofP Stadium is a huge place. I was pretty strange to be in there.

Family pictures outside were fast so we could get out of the heat. This is Grandma & Grandpa Pobst and Great Grandma Alice.

the kids doing "blue steele" I think.

Us with "baby Aaron"

All I really remember about the day is everyone making fun of me for sweating so much and then going for happy hour at Sonic for about the 4th time.

Congrats Uncle Aaron!

West Coast Cruise

2011-07-25T22:48:00.000-07:00

We went on a cruise with Matt's company in May. We set sail in San Diego, made our way up to San Fransico where it was rainy and cold then all the way to Victoria BC and docked in Vancouver (our absolute favorite place)

We took off out of Downtown San Diego. It was a beautiful day. It was also a fun trip down there from our house. Picture me packed into a van with 5 or 6 of Matt's coworkers. All of them just. like. Matt. I soon realized I was on vacation with a whole bunch of Matt's. Now of course Matt is fantastic and love him to death but 10 or 15 of him is a bit much. We had a blast though and wish we could be back.

We left Sunday and Monday was one of the days at sea. That night was the fancy night. We got dressed up with the rest of our group. We had the late dinner so we headed to the show first. I don't remember the shows much. I always like the dancing when everyone makes fun of it. I always enjoy watching dancing though.

These were our two tables. You would think that since Matt isn't in the picture he would be the one taking it, but no, he is standing right next to the guy in the blue shirt above me.

That night at dinner we (Kris) were playing around with the camera trying to use a napkin as a way to bounce off light. It worked pretty well I'd say.

That night a bunch of us went dancing. Matt and I turned it in early because it was super hot and I was in that thick sweater plus the shoes were killing me. The next morning we woke up and heard everyone had stayed out until 2am or something. We totally missed out.

Wednesday we spent in San Fransisco. Matt and I had already been there but it was fun to run around with other people who knew different places to go. We started the morning off with a breakfast at Mamma's. Matt and I had already at on the ship so we had 2nd breakfast and it was delicious. All I remember was there was cinnamon, whipped cream, and strawberries.

Up next was the Exploratorium. A big science museum. This was a lot of fun, busy but fun. The math/computer guys enjoyed trying to figure everything out.

The bubbles were a big hit with the kids. I waited my turn but the kids kept stepping in front of me. After a while I asked a kid if I could just try it once then I'd give it back. It agreed and I kept my word. It's harder then it looks.

Then we headed over to China town and we ate at House of Nanking. We absolutely recommend this place. We went in there with a group of 6 people. The owner came to our table to take our order, found out we were first timers and said "I'll take care of it" Next thing we knew we had a 4 course meal. One thing after another came out and everything was so yummy! I'm not even sure what it was now but I know it was good.

This is where I dropped out camera and the battery pack broke. Still usable about hard to hold together. We headed over to a bakery shop for some pastries that were divine. Then we needed 2nd dessert after lunch. We went to Ghiradelli's Square. Matt and I shared this Banana split. Again, it was delicious. Matt, Fronk and I headed to Pier 39 to get Matt some Sour Dough bread then back to the boat.

The set sail party was windy and cold but there was a rainbow. Check out how the wind is taking my belt up. It was freezing and hard to stay out there.

We had fun though and enjoyed the conversation with the lady who had started on the cruise in Florida and went through the Panama Canal.

The sky cleared up a little for us.

We had another day at sea on Wednesday and on Thursday we were in Victoria. This place was beautiful. I don't have any great pictures from it but we rented a car and went to the Gardens then drove around the city following a map that had a list of places to visit. Some cool and some not so cool(a grocery store).

We docked in Vancouver on Friday. This was our favorite place. Vancouver is so new and trendy plus the downtown area was clean. I love clean places.

First thing was driving through Stanley Park. It was a huge forest in the middle of a big city. Such a pretty place with lots of trails to follow.

The bridge in the background is called Lions Gate Bridge. It was huge, we walked to the middle of it and it was pretty freaky. Between the cars rushing by and people talking about it collapsing.

Matt and I walked through the park very briefly but found some interesting trees.

Next up was Kayaking the North Shore.

Everything in Vancouver was pretty. Breathtaking.

look at those trees, you'd get lost as soon as you set foot on that mountain.

This is the opposite side of the bridge as the sun was going down.We had a bunch of people pile in our car to drive around the place.

We ate dinner at a burger place(my favorite thing to eat) It was interesting being there where everyone is such huge hockey fans. Every restaurant had the game on and everyone was cheering. Who ever they were routing for lost though, what a bummer.

A few other things we did but I guess I don't have pictures for were a suspension bridge called Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge and Grouse Mountain. It was my first time riding on a Gondola or tram. Pretty scary and on the way down was worse because it was packed with people! We also saw two bears they have on the mountain and they were pretty sleepy I guess. They had recently woken up from hibernation and were constantly yawning.

We had s much fun on this cruise. It was a different feel then the other cruises we have done where we were in our bathing suits the entire time. It was fun to get to enjoy new places. We flew to Arizona to pick up Westin hung out for a week then headed home.

Whats a Splash Pad without Getting hit in the face with water?

2011-07-03T20:06:00.000-07:00

Westin and I joined a few friends and headed down to San Clemente to visit a friend of ours who had just moved there. We all fell in love with her home. Maybe it was the fact that she had some where to put all her things, it was new and pretty or just that it was something she could call her own but we(I) couldn't stop talking(thinking) about it.

Anyway, we got down there and decided to hang out for a bit then head to the splash pad they have near their house. It was a really pretty day and warm too. None of the kids except Reese wanted to play in the water. I think it was too big for them and a little bit scary. They enjoyed hanging out on the side lines.

The water turned off and that is when the boys would wander over to see what happened to it. For a while we couldn't figure out how to get the water back on. I kept thinking we needed to make sure no baby had their face in a fountain or we'd have a pretty upset kid. I finally remembered how I turned it on in the first place and jumped up to do it. Right at the same time as I turned it on I realized Westin was looking into the fountain. He was pretty upset and totally wet but nothing a hug and a jump in the pool couldn't cure.

This is Westin and his friend Cash. Cash is 6 weeks older then Westin but quite a bit bigger. They both have a love for sports.

We headed over to the pool and Westin really enjoyed it. He would jump to me off the side of the pool and we would do motor boat. Once we got out he was freezing cold. He would get really mad at me if I took the towel away to change him or help dry him off.

Here is Hank, Hank has a twin sister Lily whom I didn't get a very good picture of but they are so fun. They are who we went to visit.

Reese.

After the pool we headed back to eat lunch and take naps and then back home to Huntington. Hopefully we can go back soon. We miss our Harris buddies.

Disneyland with my Sister

2011-06-22T08:23:00.000-07:00

There is always something going on when my sister and her daughter come to town.

We went to Disneyland. Since they got their passes at the beginning of the year we have tried to go as much as they could make it out here.

This trip was really warm, I mean so warm that by lunch time we were all jumping in the spraying water.

After this Westin took a nap. I made sure to get him good and wet so he would stay nice and cool for it, since he has to have his "sheshe" (blanket).

Because it was so warm out we did a lot of the shows, which was nice and kept us from getting to tired (at least me).

I never take Westin to see characters, he is too scared plus has no idea who they are, but its fun for me to see Grace talk to them and give them a hug. I wonder if she thinks they are real...

Grace is tall enough for almost all of the rides, she got to go on everything twice while both Stacy and I took her. I'm not sure who she thinks she was waving at but Stacy was having a good time.

Waiting in line for Toy Story Mania is such a bummer but the ride is worth the wait, even Westin loves it!

Westin always does this silly walk, it cracks everyone up and I think thats why he does it so much.

We went to see the farm animals which ended up being only goats.

Westin loved it and check out how close Grace got to this guys face.

The next day Matt joined us in the afternoon (a much cooler day), he wanted to see the goats with Westin.

This picture looks like it could have ended up in a bad way.

Thunder Mountain, Grace went with both Stacy and I. While they were going I kept telling Westin it was a train and it went chocho, then when I went on it at this part where you see Stacy, I yelled WESTIN! he totally saw me and after we went by Westin said to Stacy, "Mommy, cho cho" How cute is that?

May - Mother's Day & Disneyland

2011-06-21T15:41:00.000-07:00

May was quite the eventful month. We started it out going to the beach. Westin loves his Sunglasses he got for Easter and he is really good about keeping his hat on. Which I love. We had a few play-dates at the beach the first week in May and can't wait for many more.

Attempting to get a Mother's Day photo isn't always the easiest thing but Westin sure is cute either way.

Easter.

2011-06-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

Westin celebrated Easter with too much Candy. He only got two eggs with skittles in them, we only let him eat half of one (it was breakfast after all) Then at church he was WIRED! He doesn't eat much treats. All the good ones have milk or peanuts in them so when he has something with lots of sugar you can tell.

He got a bat and ball, some cars and sunglasses (which he loves and always keeps on) He wouldn't even look up for the picture.

Church outfit. I got him matching pants to his vest but they were way too big. so was the new shirt. I guess we stay with 18 month clothes for a while.

We also dyed Easter eggs with our friends Char & Tyrone Hatch. Believe it or not, they recently moved into our first place we lived when we first moved to California, and they are from Arizona! They are also Westin's nursery teachers and he loves them. Thank goodness.

Westin really got into the Easter egg dying.

Easter Eggs from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

Ragnar Relay

2011-06-06T14:59:00.000-07:00

I ran the race on April 15 and it was so much fun. I'm pretty sure everyone had fun. Our team name was Seuss on the Loose so the first run we all wore Cat in the Hat attire.

I felt pretty silly, I had the hat, the whiskers, the bow plus I had to wear a head lamp, reflective vest and a wrist band (which was our baton for the hand offs)
This was pre-race. After this picture I realized I need to get running. I barely got all my gear on before the gun went off.

My whole first leg I ran with some guy, I hope he didn't mind.

Everyone was a Thing number and had a name. Since my family calls me Lady that's what I was then they (my teammates) added the Red Fish, I thought it worked out well.

This was at the first van exchange. Most of the things.

This was at the fourth van exchange. All of the big exchanges were a nightmare with people trying to run in and drive in (and back out). I think it made a lot of people late, which would be a bummer if you were the person waiting for your next runner.

After the races on Coronado Island. We didn't have the greatest team time but we had fun and still got to enjoy some of the few festivities.

This is everyone. My van included all the girls from the top row, Thing 1-6

We got some sweet metals and a car sticker (which I'm in love with and is on my back window proudly)

I would do another one in a heart beat....Maybe next year?

Disneyland with Friends

2011-06-02T22:20:00.000-07:00

We love Disneyland, but we love it even more when friends join us!

Our neighbors Nora and June came.

With Charlie.

Kay and Max

and Reese in the bottom corner.
Doesn't Charlie look like my child? We don't really look alike but that cute smile all cuddled up to me!

Waiting in line is more fun with friends. Westin always tries to do whatever the big kids are doing. You better believe he was up on the fence with them.

Later on that week Charlie and his family came over for dinner afterward him and Westin played baseball. Charlie would pitch and Westin would hit it. Then the opposite happened. Westin would pitch and Charlie would hit. Westin got in a crazy mood where he would pitch then laugh and Charlie would swing and miss. (of course he would miss, what 3 year old could hit off a almost 2 year old) Anyway, Charlie would get really frustrated and say, or yell, "It's not funny. He didn't realize Westin was not laughing at him he just loves to throw a ball and gets really excited about it.

Westin with the baseball bat that was actually a bowling pin.

We love our friends and neighbors, we always have a good time!

The Rest of the Time.

2011-05-31T21:21:00.000-07:00

Camille gave her homecoming talk in church the Sunday she got back. She did a fabulous job and it was so great to be able to hear it.

Afterward, there was lots of yummy food and plenty of people to talk to. We looked through lots of wedding pictures of the Pobst family friend the Clonts. Their oldest daughter got married a few weeks before we were there.

On Monday Aaron had a baseball game we were able to go to but left in the middle of to head home. We have found that if we driving in the evening to midnight or so the drive is so much easier with Westin. He plays for about two hours then falls asleep.

Last minute pictures with Aunt Camille

Grandma Alice, This is Westin's Great Grandma.

Sometime over the weekend Matt & Grandpa took Westin out on the Canoe. He was not a big fan of it and was out for maybe 5 minutes.

Bair Reunion March 26

2011-05-31T12:42:00.000-07:00

We had our Annual Bair Family Reunion. This s for my Dad's side starting with his parents. We had 6 Grandchildren and 10 Great Grandchildren (I think) Westin is a great grandchild. There are lots more that couldn't make it. We meet at a park in East Mesa and enjoy a BBQ and the playground.

Westin and Matt couldn't make it. I thought it would be mean to leave his Aunt so short after her getting home. It was her weekend.

Grace loves to be a Mom to her cousins.

All the eating, what is a family get together without the food?

Zach is my cousins son, so my second cousin maybe? He makes me laugh, constantly trying to do everything his Dad does. I hope Westin is like that!

There was some Frisbee throwing but mostly chatting. We had so much fun and hopefully everyone can make it next year.

Aunt Camille Came Home

2011-05-29T10:33:00.000-07:00

In March Aunt Camille came home from his mission to Paris. Westin had only seen her when he was a couple weeks old. Luckily he has warmed right up to her.

Their were a lot of flight mishaps for them but the finally arrived to Phoenix late Friday night.

We waited around by security for a while. Westin did a lot of running and chasing.

We held up signs and I was getting very anxious. It's always so exciting to pick someone up at the airport, no matter how long they have been gone.

Westin held the sign for about 15 seconds, he was over it.

I think he was pointing out Grandpa Pobst.

Trying to figure out what my signs say.

We love our Aunt Camille and are so proud of her. She will be heading up to BYU Idaho in the fall so we hope to spend lots of time with her...in California.

Uncle Matthew Visits

2011-05-28T19:20:00.000-07:00

Uncle Matthew and his friends came to visit (what did I tell you, Hotel)

Westin is more found of Male's then Female's so he instantly warmed up to Matthew. It of course helps that him and his friends wanted to play basketball with him.

We had 4 20 something year old guys in our house. They were the best house guest we have ever had. The house was actually clean when they left.

Westin and I headed to the beach with the boys after we had lunch down on Main Street.

It was such a fun short trip we hope Uncle Matthew can come back soon!

We had some visitors & the hotel starts

2011-05-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

We had some fun visitors joins us. Grace, Stacy and a friend Carli. Grace and Carli are 5. It was very interesting to see them interact together.

All the cousins and friends enjoyed Popsicle together. When the little boys came out the door was closed to lock them out until they were down.

The day after they came we headed to Disneyland. Cane you believe those 5 year old girls could ride and they were brace enough to be in front! Check out their faces!

Grace always grabs her Mom's face for a picture.

After Space Mountain the first ride which we ran to my hair looked a mess. We headed over to Matterhorn. Another ride to add to the mess.

I guess Disneyland won't be anything with out small world...

We aren't sure if Grace liked it or not though.

Somewhere between Small World and this big boat we made our way to Toone Town. In Toone TOwn they have a bunch of places for the kids to run around, a house and a boat. Three girls ran in to the house together, Ashlynn, Grace, and Carli. We HAPPENED to see Ashlynn (3 year old) run out from another side. She had gotten seperated from the girls and came out to look for her Mom. I say we happened to see her because it was St. Patricks Day and there were a ton of people there. We then realized the other girls might not know where we were. I ran in to look for them and Stacy ran to the other side. I get to the top to look out and all I see are people wearing green. I was looking for Stacy, notice what color she is wearing...green. I couldn't see her anywhere. We found them and they didn't know they were lost.

Next up was the big boat. We talked the girls into going on the White Boat instead of the Pirate one and when we got on a lady asked me if we wanted to head to the top and drive the boat! Of course I said! We hiked up to the 4th level and the girls got to steer and blow the horns and ring the bell. They loved it and were so happy they went with our recommendation. (Us too, we would have been there longer)

Classic.

On the way out I saw Belle, I rush Grace over there and told her to hug. I know how those princesses work, you have to throw your self at them if they are going to stop.

This is my favorite shot of they day. I love my Grace girl, I think we have a special bond.

Bolsa Chica Birds

2011-05-03T16:56:00.000-07:00

Every once in a while Matt gets a strong urge to go see the birds at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. I try to fight it all the time, but he loves it. It's only a f ew miles from our house so I guess going there and enjoying nature isn't so bad. I always complain about the smell and the temperature.

Matt jokes that I'm too hot if it is 76 degrees and too cold if it is 74. I guess I'm just a California girl now.

We usually go on Sunday's. It's never crowded but there are always a few people taking pictures of the birds or watching them through the binoculars. I think its boring but I know some people love it.

Westin is only half good at holding our hands, but if we throw in the 1-2-3 WEEEEEE then he loves it. (That is the part I hate)

Its much nicer when Westin will get on his Dad's shoulders. We can get around much quicker. I think will be like his Dad, he loves it. It could be the combination of he can says birds and he loves to be outside.

Beach with our Friends

2011-04-28T15:43:00.000-07:00

Back in March, March 12 I think. We went to Emerald Bay with some friends of ours who were in town for a wedding the night before (which we also attended)

We were the first ones to show up at the beach and enjoyed it all to ourselves. I guess besides the people who were playing volleyball, but they don't count.

Emerald Bay was gorgeous. The community has its own entrance to a beautiful and quiet beach.

You can't exactly tell but Westin was furious I was holding him, all he wanted was his Dad.

We bringa ball everywhere we go. I'm pretty sure I always tell you this but when I say its time to go Westin will grab a ball and head for the door.

The perfect playground is one on the beach. Seriously, you can't beat that weather and if you get hot go jump in the ocean!

I think Matt was showing Westin how to do the splits, usually Westin does whatever his ad does but he wasn't convinced it was a good idea.

Westin couldn't have been happier with the ball and the slide.

Westin has gone through a lot of phases with slides. Loves them, hates them, and he is back to loving them again. He might have hated them at one time because I pushed him down a really tall tunnel one that he didn't want to do. Oops!

When the rest of the group showed up they quickly picked up how to get Westin to like you. Give him a ball and he will be your bestie.

Matt always likes to show off Westin's skills. He really is fantastic at making baskets. He has other tricks that he will only do for us. This particular time was to show how great his aim is. Westin would shoot a rock into the green bucket and make it. Matt would move it farther back and he would still make it. The kid has crazy aim.

The whole group, besides Tom and his fiance.

This other cute little boy is Zac. These boys are a few days apart and they weren't really interested in playing with each other. Maybe next time.

There is Matt, and one of his oldest (longest) Friends Jake. (Jake is not the father of Zac) Whenever Matt and Jake get together I see a whole other side to Matt. These two come up with the craziest games.

Later that night some of the group came over, we got some dessert and food I think (I don't remember) Westin stayed up past 10 if I remember correctly playing basketball. He was making some crazy shots. None of the pictures I took turned out so great. Hopefully Rachel got come cute ones.

Days at Home

2011-04-22T14:01:00.000-07:00

Days at home happen a lot, Westin enjoys planing inside and out.

I think this picture is hilarious. I must have just caught it at a bad moment.

We always have to play basketball. It has become a daily routine.

All of these pictures were taken back in March.

Most of my pictures have been really blurry, I think we have fixed the problem.

Park Day

2011-04-22T13:25:00.000-07:00

Park seems to be the same every time we go.

We bring a ball or three to share.

Then we play basketball with our friends

Share our ball with our friends

Ask our friends to push us.

Go up the slide and down the stairs, no matter how many times I tell him its wrong he still does it. He'll learn his lesson when someone comes down and hits him.

Back to playing with the ball. (Someone else's ball)

Laugh at our silly friends.

Then we head home, eat lunch and hide behind the couch.

We never forget to peek over the back.

Park day is every Tuesday, we usually walk there with other friends. Westin mostly wants to shoot the basketball but he is becoming more interested in running around. He still is one of the younger kids out there and he looks pretty small compared to everyone else.
This particular day Westin dressed like his Grandpa Bair. For some reason after I got him dressed I couldn't help but think of my Dad. The striped shirt, jeans ans tennis shoes just sold it.

Ping Pong

2011-04-13T17:34:00.001-07:00

Westin is quite the rock star when it comes to being able to make baskets and throw a ball. His move he pulls out on the ping pong table is awesome. Watch just after someone walks in front of the camera.

This video was taken back in December so he was 16 months old, he is now 20 months.

Ping Pong Days from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

2011-04-07T17:10:00.000-07:00

I wish I had added this picture to the post about Laguna Beach, he was plain old tuckered by the time we got back to the car!

For Valentine's Day I sent this card out to our family. I got a lot of funny comments back,
"What is this a BYU add?"
"I thought you were going to announce you were pregnant!"
"He is so cute!"

The next pictures are the same ones from the card, in color. We really play basketball outside a lot. He has the most fun being out side and playing with a ball.

Disneyland again, in line for the Nemo ride. (not my favorite)

Westin is so great at giving hugs, he will send one anyone's way. My favorite is when he runs up to you with his arms open!

We have to help with Isaiah hugs because they usually end up falling down.

Westin's Grandma RaDean gave him this awesome little table. He mostly eats snacks on it but we love having it.

Westin will only watch Basketball or football. I was trying to cook dinner so I turned some on YouTube for him.

Its perfect for friends and play dates!

Some extra lovely pictures.

Laguna Beach Night Out

2011-03-23T14:58:00.000-07:00

For Christmas I got Matta night out to Laguna Beach. He loves Laguna and hotels so it was the best present ever! We stayed at Pacific Edge (I think) which was right on the water. We loved our view!

Classic foot picture.

We got our snacks and enjoyed watching people and the waves.

The sun setting behind Catalina Island

THe night life. We walked to main street in Laguna and ate at Alessa. The food was delicious but it was really crowded. I hate eating with my back to people, and my back was facing every single person in the room.

THat night we ate more chips and salsa in bed and watched The Dark Knight. It was scary.
The next morning we went for a run and then Matt decided to go for a swim.

It. Was. Cold.

The only way we could have done this was because the Lainharts watched Westin. They said he was a champ and was super easy. (Lets hope they were serious) The joined us for breakfast in a teeny tiny place that was yummy.
We headed to the park on the main beach in Lagnua.

Then Westin found a ball.

A volleyball. Thankfully the nice guys let him play with it or he would have had a fit!

We moved on to the apparently wet dog. I say apparently because I don't remember that detail of it (This was back in January)

After the volleyball and dog we went to a basketball.

Then to a pop tart. Westin doesn't like to go near the water but the little boy behind him (Isaiah) LOVES it. He would run and swim if his momma would let him.

Ashlynn isn't a fan of the water but she loves to dig.

Dave and Isaiah enjoyed hunting for treasures around the walk.

What a cute picture of Westin and his Dad. I bet he was really nervous walking so close to the water. (Westin, not his Dad)

Ragnar Relay with Some Oranges

2011-03-04T13:15:00.000-08:00

About a month ago Sprouts, (one of my favorite Produce stores, I know I've had a few of them over the years but Sprouts is my favorite close by) had oranges on sale for .19 cents a pound! Can you believe that? I bought over 40 pounds...twice! We love oranges around here and we were juicing them for fresh OJ! Delicious.

In other news I'm officially signed up for Ragnar Relay So Cal. I'm so excited. Better yet I found running partners to help me train! We are up to 5 miles now and feeling great. I started pretty late training but it's going to be such blast. I'm running with a team of 12, I know one other person. I'm starting the race off at 6 in the morning (not excited about) in Huntington Beach and I run around 5 miles for each of my 3 legs. I'm so pumped and I'm already thinking about which race I want to do next. Anyone want to join me?

I've been wanting to get back into running but for multiple reasons I never did. Then when I was asked to do it and I asked a friend to join me in the mornings its been fantastic ever since! The race is April 15th-16th so be thinking about me on Tax Day!

Westin and His Hat

2011-03-03T19:59:00.000-08:00

Westin loves wearing a hat. It seems quite strange to me because what kid will keep a hat on their head. Westin wants to put it on all the time and wants to put one on his Dad or I. He has walked into a wall or two because he puts them on too low.

With Westin's ball obsession comes missing balls. He will put a ball under the couch on purpose so he can try and get it out using whatever long stick he can find.

Again with the basketball. He really does have a pretty good shot.

Westin loves to help me sweep which I don't mind. What bothers me is when he steps in my piles of swept junk and jumps in it. I don't know where he learned it from but I hope its a habit he breaks soon.

Toy Story Mania

2011-03-03T16:07:00.000-08:00

I think its safe to say, Westin's favorite ride is Toy Story Mania. He loves the glasses and he wants to sit in his own seat and play is own game.

Last time we rode around on it he was sitting in my lap until the end he wanted to move over. He has the game totally figured out and wants to do by himself.

Of course the Lainharts joined us.

Matt calls WEstin stich. He gets in these moods where he runs around the house squealing and jumping around. When we saw him we had to get a picture. Lilo was offended we didn't want her in it, and Westin was less then a fan.

We love having our passes!

Westin Loves to Have Fun

2011-03-03T15:51:00.001-08:00

Recently Westin has become interested in the kitchen. He eats with the big spoon I use for cooking. Of course wants to drink out of a glass. Its always so fun.

Westin's first and true love, besides his Dad, is the basketball hoop. He won't sit and watch anything on TV unless it is a basketball or football game.

Green Thumb

2011-03-03T15:50:00.001-08:00

While we tried hard to make it look good in our backyard we definitely don't have a REAL green thumb.

We love out backyard and it needed to be cleaned up. Westin loves to play out there with his basketball hoop.

One Saturday after running on a hot day by the beach we headed straight for Home Depot to pick up our plants. We choose some really silly things like a peach tree and a grape vine plus some flowers.

Westin helped water...everything

Including himself.

THis is what we ended up with. The flowers have since been ruined from Westin throwing anything and everything in there. I wish we had put a big bush or a vine up the fence.

Lyla's Blessing Day

2011-02-24T14:57:00.000-08:00

From Thanksgiving to New Years we were always with someone in the family.

On January 2nd we headed to see Lyla get blessed. She looked beautiful in her sisters blessing gown. Even though it was a cold and rainy day we got a few pictures

Her Dad did a great job and we enjoyed sandwiches and treats after at the VanDusen home.

Some More of the Time

2011-02-15T14:39:00.000-08:00

One last run through of the Christmas season in Arizona with phone pictures.

Westin loved throwing anything he could into the fire place.

Hanging out with Uncle Matthew his first night back.

Matt and I made sure to head to QT as much as we could. I found their milkshakes and had probably 5 in 3 weeks.

We went to watch Grace do her Pre-School Christmas program. That girl insisted on a skirt in freezing cold.

Westin found an instant love for Uncle Matthew. He naturally gravitates towards men.

Grandpa is always good for putting the babies to sleep.

One night both the Pobsts and the Bairs met at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale for a train ride.

The whole gang on the train.

After the train we invited Grace to stay with Emily as live in entertainment. They played day and night for 3 days.

Lyla did her best to join the fun of the sleepover.

Matt turned 30! December 23 Matt had his birthday. The day we hiked Camelback.

Christmas Pj's

When we were at my parents house we entertained Westin in all sorts of ways. Bubbles.

Westin threw a ball in the pond and Uncle Matthew went back there with the orange picker to grab it.

Next thing we knew, Westin was putting the duster that's in my Dad's hand in the pond. What a stinker!

Westin was always getting his head stuck in the banister. I was just laugh and take a picture.

RaDean, Grandma Alice, Westin and I drove home on New Years Eve. Matt and I and Rebecca and Dave were able to go out for dinner to a Sushi place. Phone pictures to document the date night.

Christmas

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The Up's

Elder Bair coming home.

Meeting Baby Lyla

Hanging out with the Bair family A LOT, all of us were together again, and it was fun!

Westin going to Uncle Matthew no problem

Going to Jump Street and Playing Dodge Ball for nearly 2 hours, and Trash talking the 13 year olds.

Hiking Camelback for the first time the morning after the rain, amazingly beautiful

Celebrating Matt's 30th Birthday!

Hanging out with cousins on Christmas Eve

Driving around crammed in a truck looking at Christmas Lights.

Making an appointment, going to the doctor, going to an x-ray office and picking up medicine all

with-in 3 hours. (in the rain)

Talking to Aunt Camille on her mission in Paris

Eating Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast

Playing washoes at the park with the Bair family on Christmas Day

Staying an extra week

Enjoying a bit of snow

The Down's

Westin started weezing

Westin getting 2 ear infections and Pre-Pneumonia (whatever that is)

Staying an extra week without Matt, although fun to spend more time with family Westin and I really missed him

Westin not going to Uncle Aaron, but its because he was pretend wrestling his Grandma

Being super sore from dodge ball for days

being sore for days after hiking

Westin missed the Christmas lights due to going to bed.

Driving through the night to make a pleasant ride with Westin.

We visited Santa, this picture was just after Emily Peed..Seriously, sitting on Santas lap with wet pants. We didn't tell Santa.

Westin was very upset with us. What a great 18 month picture.

Family pictures outside of Bass Pro Shop went well.

We didn't plan the stripes and plaid. At least I didn't.

I didn't take a single picture for a week. One of my new goals is to take more pictures, especially on vacation. Lyla loves to cuddle and Aaron is the perfect candidate for it.

We spent Christmas Eve Day with teh Bair family then headed out to the Pobst Home for the evening, a delicious dinner, Nativity and Christmas Lights.

We had Mary.

and Jesus

and Joseph. They played the part,

for a while.

Christmas morning was so fun. We talked to Camille, had cinnamon rolls and enjoyed family time.

Emily got lots of great stuff. So did Westin but I never think to take a picture of it. He mostly got sport balls and some clothes.

On the 26th we all went to my parents ward to listen to Matthews talk. He did an awesome job and after we had food! We played with the trucks too.

Westin isn't really into cars and trucks but he had fun playing with his cousin Logan.

Right after church we tried for a cousin picture. Westin wasn't having it, as usual.

This is what they really looked like, I think Logan is laughing at Westin in this picture.

It snowed on the 26th after everyone left. or maybe it was the 27th. Matthew and I enjoyed running through it and Westin was sleeping.

The rest of the week was filled with Westin being sick and just hanging around. We enjoyed our trip but couldn't wait to get back home to Daddy.

One night I went to spend the night at my sisters so we could shop all day the next day. My parents watched Westin for me and did great until he saw a picture of Matt and I. He started bawling and put his face in his hands. He wasn't very happy about being left behind.

Welcome Home Elder Bair

2011-01-12T20:32:00.000-08:00

My younger brother Matthew returned home from his mission in Washington. We headed out to Arizona leaving at 8pm and got in something early early morning. Spent that day with Allison, Emily and Lyla then headed to the airport to greet Matthew.

Kevin and Jake showed up.

Along with Zach

I was getting really nervous...I think I went to the bathroom twice!

But we made a sign that was rather large.

Everyone showed up!

Scott and Alicia adopted a child.

Oh wait, It was just Westin!

We yelled!

We Cried.

We hugged.

and we became best friends with Gracie.

First thing Matthew said to me was "I just ate peanuts can I hold him?" Thanks for looking out for him dude!

The family.

Everyone.

Stacy was really Excited!

The Pobst family went and watched the rest of Aaron's soccer game. Westin will sit and watch any game that involves a ball.

Aaron showing off some moves.

After Matthew walked around for about 20 mins he finally decided to sit down. Grace and Logan quickly jumped on his lap for story time.

We are so happy he is home. We missed him dearly and now he going to kick butt at Eastern Arizona!

Thanksgiving Week

2011-01-04T13:36:00.000-08:00

After two weeks we were back in Arizona for another week. Most of our time was spent with family and doing fun things. The Bairs got together for family pictures. Matt and I took them for everyone at the Mesa Arts Center.

The Thompson Family

With Grace Girl.

Logan with the

Bair Family

We also hiked the White Tanks. I swear, everytime I go hiking with the Pobst family I never know how long of a hike we are doing. Westin konked out luckily. The weather was perfect and we also enjoyed the Butikofer Family.

Matt's Dad and Uncle Bob

And his cousin Sarah who just finish her first 2 semester at BYU-I

We also went to see Hairspray in theater which was totally awesome! Thank you Groupon for the cheap tickets.

I don't really remember much else. We ate dinner at my parents house with all the family plus Matt's family. Love doing that and not having to eat 2 Thanksgiving dinners!

Just for the weekend

2011-01-03T22:45:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks before Thanksgiving we headed to Arizona for the first annual girls trip. It. Was. Fabulous!

Before we left Westin wanted to make sure that we swept the floor. Actually every time I get the broom out he HAS to help. Every time.

At Grandma Bairs house he enjoyed feeding the dog black beans. Rex, the dog, has a love hate relationship with Westin. He loves the food droppings but hates the touching.

The night we drove in we headed straight to the Westview football game. Aaron, Matts younger brother who is a senior decided to play this year. Westin would only take the picture with the balloon.

While the girls played the boys hiked. Here is Aaron posing on top of Squaw Peak Mountain.

My sister, sister-in-law and my Mom headed to Sedona for the weekend to hang out and craft. Us girls did a whole lot of sitting at this table. We had so much fun and got lots done.

We decided to try to make it a yearly trip.

The finished projects, jewelry hanging frames, Christmas countdown blocks, candy bags, and we decorated treat Tupperware.

After church we drove through Sedona a bit. The red rock was so pretty to see. We hoped out of the car to take this picture, a little fuzzy but so cute!

Halloween

2010-12-07T16:19:00.000-08:00

Before Westin was born his Uncle Aaron bought him some Jordan's. As soon as he could walk we would put him in them. At first it was pretty hard for him to walk in them but he quickly adjusted.

New Kicks from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

Between the shoes and Westin's love for anything with a ball we decided he should be a basketball player for Halloween. Since we are Suns fans it only seemed perfect he was Steve Nash. He already had some orange basketball shorts so we found a clearance jersey at target for material and I made the top and Matt Stenciled the name and number onto it. The only bummer is for the Trunk-or-Treat it was cold and he was freezing in his tank top.

We went to Disneyland on hte 29th, it was BUSY! I'm glad we went, everyone was dressed up and looked awesome!

Pictures & Visits

2010-11-30T21:45:00.000-08:00

Back in October Stacy and Grace came to visit. It was a fun filled week of laughing and trips to goodwill!

This collage is just Westin running around on the couch. He does it often and throws ALL the pillows on the ground. Who taught him that?

We got some cute pictures of this girl just before she turned 5!

Westin walked around in his diaper like usual after naps.

Grace climbed a tree, we played outside a lot. Its just what we do in California!

Grace brought some fun chalk for Westin to eat!

Westin thought it was always play time, even when he should have been napping!

The girl on the left, she was the ring leader of all the shenanigans!

We did make trips to Goodwill, you'll have to see the pictures to believe it but we walked out with some pretty awesome finds! After we ran into the mean old lady!

This Guy Had A Birthday

2010-11-30T16:38:00.000-08:00

Westin's BFF turned ONE back in September! Westin and Isaiah are almost the exact amount of days apart as Rebecca and I are.

This guy wasn't too excited about the party, he thought he didn't get any of the treats since they all had Milk in them. Such a bummer.

These guys didn't mind the extras.

Then Westin found what he wanted.

Later we had cake and ice cream, I think. He loved it!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Westin Needs an Update

2010-11-15T22:15:00.000-08:00

We are loving Westin right now. Seriously, he is killing us with how cute he is. He is learning new things constantly. He learns so well. His most favorite things are sunglasses and hats. He doesn't keep them on for very long but he will play with them daily. Neither of these 2 things can beat his love for any ball. He wakes up and signs either ball or Dad. Speaking of his signs, he now can say Mom, Dad, Hat, Phone, Eat, Water, Grandma, Thank You, Please, More, Cat, Dog, Baby, Bear, Hot, Cold, All Done, Shoes, and Train. I think thats all of them.

He loves to eat, but isn't in love with everything.

He explores all the time, This particular time he got stuck under the chair. He has this super concerned look on his face.

I think he looks so handsome in this picture. Maybe like he is about ready to do a dance move or something. Since he can walk now, he always brings me his shoes and signs shoes so I'll put them on. I think he puts it together with going outside as well.

We were trying to figure out what we were going to do with his infant car seat. For a while it was in our living room and he loved to sit in it and relax. Wouldn't ever stay for too long but he sure loved getting in and out.

He has also started to sit and read books with us. He never had interest until recently.
He loves dogs. His eyes and mouth get so big and wide when he sees them and he tries to bark and pant like the dogs. He signs it too. He likes to pet them and is pretty soft with them.
He still loves his Dad more then anything. The second he walks in the door from work he doesn't want me, he wants him. Which is fine by me, since he is in the stage of wanting me to hold him while I'm making dinner.(Very Frustrating)
I might be repeating myself with this but he has all 16 teeth and has had them since he was about 13 months.

His allergic reactions are getting worse with each exposure. You'd think we'd be able to keep it under control!

Just a few weeks at a time

2010-11-02T22:30:00.000-07:00

So.....

We moved. It was a really big decision for us. A really hard one. Still aren't quite sure why we did it. We moved 2 miles away from the beach and my heart broke. We loved it down there. It was such a great time and constant entertainment. However, we moved to a little bit bigger a little bit cheaper place with lots of new friends.

The positives. We got to paint a whole new place and thanks to a stranger blogger I found the perfect color that I fall in love with every time I see it. (Frazee CEO) We also got a new couch that I am even more in love with. Picture a chocolate brown microfiber sectional. I get a picture up sooner or later. Maybe once I decide on some pillows.

Westin likes to climb now. It actually isn't too bad now that I have all of the boxes emptied and taken down. He eventually was standing.

That's our front door...you see it? I love how its on the lower level plus we have no one above us. There is lots of room for Westin to play. We also have a little backyard. It's pretty big to us but to most it probably looks like nothing. Since he has his new best friend, Isaiah, they needed more room.

One day I had both the boys. Isaiah could walk and Westin could crawl. They both went their separate ways. I, however, could not.

It was not a good idea to go outside, alone.

They finally decided to be in the same place. Notice Westin is already on his way out.

Shortly after we moved in we noticed a new neighbor. This guy walked right by our door.

We went to Disneyland for dinner and a few rides. We started out in California Adventure. Westin was not interested in going on anything. We forced him.

He decided it wasn't so bad.

Matt has been really busy with work. Good news in my mind, means he has a job. He also has been playing football, basketball and talking about riding his bike. I have been pulling the sewing machine a lot lately. Made a skirt, some pillow covers and some baby shower gifts. I also decided to open up an etsy shop called Lady's Place. Its a pretty big step for me but I'm enjoying it. Its just small and silly but fun for me. Stop on by and check it out.

Lady's Place

Labor Day Hiking

2010-10-23T09:23:00.000-07:00

All though my camera only shows we went on a hike that day, we also went to the beach and had a barbecue at the Rosenhans! It was a great day and perfect weather if I remember correctly.

Thank goodness for good strollers so babies can nap. Everyone was a trooper on our morning hike. After El Moro Canyon we headed to Cafe Rio for lunch then out to Corona Del Mar beach.

Oatmeal for Breakfast

2010-10-17T17:20:00.000-07:00

Every morning Westin eats oatmeal for breakfast. Until he was 12 months it was plan oatmeal, which is probably the equivalent to eating paste. We recently introduced oatmeal packets and he loves them even more. He usually starts with cheerios on his tray so we can get the water heated up and then the oatmeal to cool off for him.

Westin has also started to only eat certain things with a spoon. He does ok but he usually starts out with it then gets sick of it and goes for it with his hands. He never gives up the spoon and most certainly doesn't want our help. Frustrating.

Starting with the spoon.

Diving right in with both hands!

He usually has a bib on and when we forget it its a nightmare to clean up because usually he has half of it on his chest.

A cute video of him being cheesy. I took his tray away in effort to teach him to not throw his food. If he is done with it our doesn't want it, it goes on the ground. It irritates the heck out of me! So if he does his tray gets taken away. Its been a few months of this and he has shown no signs of change.

Oatmeal for Breakfast from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

Corona Del Mar Tide Pools

2010-10-04T21:26:00.000-07:00

We took the Lainharts down to the Tide Pools at corona Del Mar. It might be our new favorite beach. One of the most beautiful and the houses along the beach are breathtaking!

When there is a low tide you can see all sorts of sea creatures...maybe not all sorts but quite a few.

The families

Sorry Becca, every time I post this picture it comes out with the streaks on it. I'll work on it later.

Isaiah loves the water, but Westin hates it. He bursts into tears when we get close to it.

He does love to dig though.

Recently Westin has been totally in to his Dad. When Matt gets home from work he is all about his Dad. Pushes me away and cries when I hold him. Does it make me sad, a little.

Splash Pad

2010-09-27T17:30:00.000-07:00

Westin and I headed to a splash pad with Rebecca, Isaiah and Ashlynn.

It was Westins first trip in his new carseat, I don't think he really enjoyed the change. He likes it now though.

This is what He could have been doing....

this is what he did do

He watched the guys play with the basketball.

We finally got him to pay attention to the big cement ball inside the fence.

He's One!

2010-09-19T15:02:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it, he is one and still going!

We had a few celebrations and I don't think he even noticed.

Since he is allergic to dairy I made him a dairy free cake with dairy free frosting. That's why it looks so interesting.

He decided the cake was gross and that he wanted a birthday otter pop instead. Whatever you want baby boy!

All of Westins buddies who come to celebrate the day!

When we took Westin in for his one year check up we got all his stats.

21.4 pounds

30 inches.

At one year Westin isn't walking but walks around furniture. He doesn't like to walk while we are holding his hands, he'd much rather crawl. If he likes it he eats it! Thank goodness for that because the no dairy thing and no peanuts thing really throws you off. He has a new friend and its a stuffed dog. He plays with fetch with it and loves to hug it. He signs eat, more, dad and dog (which dad and dog he does the same thing and the wrong thing) He only has a pacifier while he is sleeping, when I go into his room to get him up and throws his pacifier to the floor without me saying anything. Unless he woke up too early for some unknown reason (HATE when that happens)

We love this guy so much. He seriously makes me smile everyday for a new reason!

An Allergy or Two

2010-09-14T23:35:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure I've said before that we know Westin is allergic to Dairy. We only tried a few times but every time his reaction would get worse. Only hives but they seemed to bother him more and more.

The first beach day in San Diego Matt went home to work for the day and come back the next (of course he was gone for a scary time). My family had just headed back to the beach from lunch and I planned to put Westin to sleep in a pack 'n' play. Normally an easy thing, you give him his blanket and a pacifier and he is good to go. NOT THIS TIME. He was very uncomfortable and unhappy and so was I. I got more and more frustrated. He wouldn't sleep, he wouldn't play, and he wouldn't stay in my arms. I had enough and walked back to the condo. Some how I noticed he had some hives on his stomach. I pull his shirt and saw hives all over his body. Not on his face, arms or legs but mostly his belly, chest, back and diaper area. I first though he had a reaction to sunblock. Then I realized it was everywhere but the sunblock area. ( This is getting really long) He was screaming and I was bawling and my Mom was trying to do whatever. I finally gave him benedryl and rubbed cortizone cream on him. It started to help after about 10 mins.

This picture is from after everything calmed down. and it looks much better then it had.

I took him for a walk to fall asleep and then he slept for 2.5 hours and woke up looking like this. It looked like he had been scared but it went away by that night.

We don't know what caused it and never will but I hope it never happens again. It was too sad to see my baby in such pain and I couldn't help him. Worse then watching shots.

The next week he had his one year check up and we were able to get the doctor to draw bloood and do an allergy test. The results came in with him being highly allergic to egg whites, dairy and peanuts. He will most likely grow out of the dairy and egg whites but not the peanuts. We now carry around benedryl and an EPI pen(very very scary thought). We haven't had any real issues since but we have been so careful.

San Diego 2010

2010-09-08T13:18:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun in San Diego this year. Great place, great people and great food!

It was pretty cold the first few days but it warmed up. I'm not sure any of the Arizona people were complaining too much though. I'm pretty sure they don't go for heat.

First of all, lets thanks these 2 wonderful people for making it all happen!

Thanks Mom & Dad!!

Every Tuesday night they do family night at Belmont Park. It was Westins first time enjoying the rides and his cousin Zack took him.

Grandpa and Logan were inseparable. They love each other. Logan would calm right down if Grandpa held him.

A few crazies on the roller coaster

Westin loved being at the beach all day every day. He jumped right in and helped with the hole digging.

I always look at the people who get buried and feel bad for them. I think its so uncomfortable to have all that sand EVERYWHERE! Somehow Matt got roped into it.

The cousins playing in the hole full of water. They were waiting for the waves to come rolling in and getting them wet.

We celebrated Westin's first birthday in San Diego. We had to make a dairy free cake and frosting for the little man. He wouldn't eat it anyway. We should have had otter pops for his treat.

Westin throwing the tissue paper out of the way and his favorite persent by far was the ball. Always the ball.

Logan was all smiles. That kid would laugh at anything and it was such a hoot to get him going.

The boys were playing on the chair together so we yelled for Grace to come over and join them fot eh cousin picture.

The out-takes.

Most of the group. Actually this is only a small portion of the group but have you ever tried to heard a group of cows?

Just for fun.

Extra Fun with Emily and Family

2010-09-03T12:06:00.000-07:00

The very last day Emily was here we met up with her and her Mom (Aunt Allison) at Irvine Spectrum to eat lunch and play in some water.

Westin found a ball right away so he followed that thing everywhere. Otherwise I'm not sure he would have wanted to play in it.

He did have a blast with the spraying turtules

I'm sure he was plotting ways to get Grandma wet.

I don't know where Emily is in all of our pictures. She may have been eating ice cream.

he has never had soda but he was trying his hardest to drink this root beer!

2010-08-23T22:45:00.001-07:00

Emily Comes to Town

2010-08-22T22:51:00.000-07:00

Emily came to visit for a few days whil her parents took a quick trip to Mexico. Grandma and Grandpa Pobst also came to stay. We had fun going for walks, out to eat and to the park!

We tried to get the classic cousin picture. Emily was being so cute!

Westin wasn't interested and wanted to go play with the other kids.

Then when Westin was ready, Emily was not. It was nap time for everyone I think. I guess we got out "Classic Picture"

We always go out to eat when the Pobst's come to town. This time we went to T.K Burger, Fiesta Grill, and Fred's (a new place we tried out).

Grossarth Visit

2010-08-22T22:43:00.000-07:00

Back in July we had to chance to drive down to Imperial Beach (San Diego) to meet up with our friends the Grossarths.

Saku is on the left and is about 6 weeks older then Westin. He is already walking and seems so much older then Westin in so many ways! They loved to play with this bucket of water and splash themselves. I guess it was less threatening then the ocean waves.

Westin doesn't love sand but he always has to try it. He will eat it though if we don't watch out for him. If he gets anything else in his mouth and I say spit it out he spits it right out, its so nice and funny.

Don't you always have to have a bath picture with your babies?

Thanskf or letting us come visit for the day. Dinner was so delicious!

Swim Class

2010-08-22T22:38:00.000-07:00

We signed Westin up for a swim class. I'm not sure what he is getting out of it. All we do is sing songs and practice laying on our back and using big arms. He is getting more comfortable with it and he can hold on to the wall and jump in off the side (sort of). I actually don't enjoy it as much. Its too late in the day. One thing I do like about it is its in doors and I don't have to worry about sun screen.

One day Dad was able to come and take pictures.

Westin had a friend in the class CJ goes to church with us. He is almost exactly a year older then Westin.

TPC Scottsdale

2010-08-16T09:02:00.000-07:00

This year my dad and I planned out a few activities that we wanted to do. One of them was play the TPC Scottsdale Stadium course. This is the course where the Phoenix Open is held every year.

It was tons of fun and we were even able to drag my brother Aaron along.

4th of July

2010-08-15T20:49:00.000-07:00

We had the Bair family over for the 4th festivities. We had lots of beach time and plenty of lounging time. We tried to ride bikes every morning and we had yummy dinners.

Grace enjoyed the bike with Uncle Matt, she was WAY to big for it but loved it.

Trying to play together at the beach. Grace was so good to Westin.

Westin loves Watermelon. He shoves pieces in his mouth and most of the juice drips down.

The balloon attached to Westin is just in case he got lost in the crowds.

Grace watched the "parade" of people. I told her we were going to watch a parade but we got there too late so a "parade" of people is what she got. She still loved it. There are some really characters out there!

Matching shirts, tie dying is so easy. (well sort of) They make pretty cute matching shirts though!

Westin

2010-07-28T10:55:00.000-07:00

Westin hasn't been blogged about in a while. Here's the run down on whats been going on the few months.

May 6, 2010 he started to crawl. He was just 2 days shy of being 10 months old. During the day I noticed his leg move a tiny bit when he would rock to his hands. When Matt got home we pulled out the camera and were able to get his first crawl on video.

Untitled from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

Until then he wouldn't move from sitting unless I moved him. It was fabulous. I could be in the other room and I knew he would be fine and not get into anything. I could put him to sleep on any bed and he wold be fine. Not the case anymore and it is such a bummer!

Over Memorial weekend (end of May) he decided he wanted to start rolling. That night was not so much fun. He would roll over in bed, sit up and then not know what to do except cry. He figured it all out and now sleeps happily on his stomach. Which is actually cute.

Sometimes he wakes uncomfortable and not a happy camper.

Right after he started to crawl I put him in the laundry basket to keep him contained for a minute. Doesn't work anymore.

He can now pull himself up to furniture and move around it. He won't walk while holding our hands but he just yesterday started to stand by himself for a few seconds until he realizes what is happening.

This rocking chair was a find at a garage sale. The plan was to repaint or stain it but that hasn't happened. Westin loves the rocking chair and would put on a real show as soon as we put him in it.

The first video is him talking to his Grandma RaDean.

Untitled from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

I hope you don't get motion sick from watching this video.

Rocking Out from Christi Pobst on Vimeo.

Remember when I said my friend Rebecca came to visit? Well now she has moved here! It was a stressful process but they are here and loving it. Westin has a best friend with Isaiah. They light up every time they see each other.

Yamnik's Come to Visit

2010-07-27T20:57:00.000-07:00

Matts friend from High School, Patrick and his wife Maryanne came to visit us. Well, not just us they had a whole long list of people they were stopping to see. We were some of the lucky ones and we live close to Disneyland.

Westin loved hanging out with Maryanne. She was always doing and saying something fun.

Random Small world picture from line.

Westin really enjoyed the rides but especially liked "It's A Small World"

We really enjoyed our company and invite anyone else to come and stay!

Galaxy Soccer

2010-07-27T20:45:00.000-07:00

Matt, Westin & I headed to the Los Angeles Galaxy Soccer game. Westin did not appreciate the fireworks before the game started.

Nothing a drink from the water fountain can't heal.

Westin we were getting baked in the sun on the other side so we headed to the shade during half time (is it called half time in soccer)

Afterwards we enjoyed the delicious Five Guys.

Memorial Weekend

2010-07-27T20:20:00.001-07:00

Our cousin picture attempt, Logan was not enjoying life until we pulled the camera then Westin was the one who hated life. Luckily Grace girl is so good!

We headed to the heat for Memorial Day. We spent time with family and friends and really enjoyed it. The drive there was kind of a nightmare, luckily Grandma Bair was with us and helped out with Westin.

We got the cousins together and they enjoyed each other except when Westin made any sort of noise. Logan would cry and cry and cry. He missed his Mom we think.

This made him enjoy snuggling though and that does not happen with Logan.

Great Grandpa came to visit and brought a toy. We didn't get a picture of it but Westin loved Great Grandmas earrings. He would grab her chin and turn it just to get closer to the earrings.

I think they all have the same eyes.

The boys play so well together, its going to be so fun when they grow up!

Westin loved taking a dip in the warm pool. I think it was his first time going under the water.

Notice the guys and notice the rocks. Within 2 minutes of them swimming they had this game going and who knows what it was?