John and Janessa's Weblog

Andrew Henry

2011-06-09T17:06:00.001-06:00

Here is our new big boy, Delcia didn't want to hold because he was too heavy, she warmed up and was mildly receptive.

Happy Easter

2011-04-24T21:54:00.000-06:00

Well, Delcia has now figured out Easter, and loves the treats....

Fix Dad

2011-04-24T21:47:00.000-06:00

Delcia decided she was going to fix dad. She laid me down, put blanky on me and then got not only here Vetrinary kit, but also here Black and Decker Tool kit. No amputations luckily.

Wyatt was first assisting.

Not easy

2011-03-20T14:01:00.001-06:00

Our daughters new favorite toy. His name is "dinosaur teeth". Hey replaced Thomas the train. Maybe some day she will like dolls?

Happy saint party's day

2011-03-17T21:00:00.001-06:00

Our friend Shane had a killer party check out the bagpipe.

Do you like green eggs and ham?

2011-03-17T07:57:00.001-06:00

With a dinosaur?

Delci wants some more

Here boy!

2010-12-04T20:08:00.001-07:00

I thought taking our time before we got another dog meant a few months or a year. However, we went to the super adoption today to walk around and ended up picking out a wonderful new pup. Wyatt is a 6 month old German wire hair pointer and labrador. Say hello!

Snowman

2010-12-04T11:16:00.001-07:00

Second snowman of the season. This one was big enough Delcia couldn't tackle it. But she did rip his arm off. It's inverted and dreary, so we'll decorate for Christmas and be cheery.

Bubba, Big Rich, Bridger... We Love You

2010-11-22T19:28:00.001-07:00

Goodbye big rich. You have been such a great dog, friend, and big brother. We love you so much and will miss you. When we got home from the vet Delcia got a raw hyde out and set it on the rug in his spot. We cried..... Godspeed our Bridger....

1st haircut

2010-11-09T11:39:00.001-07:00

Delcia got here first official haircut today.

5.8 x crib mantle

2010-10-30T09:22:00.002-06:00

Well we knew the day would come when the crib would not work as a restraint device. Earlier this week Delcia greeted Janessa in the bathroom while she was supposed to be in time out, and then this morning she bumped into mom in the hallway. She was kind enough to show us here method, and so we are either going to look for a top to the crib or take the side off.... Janessa is voting for a top.

GSL

2010-09-25T20:56:00.000-06:00

We made it out to the Great Salt Lake today to sail with Dave. Delcia enjoyed movies in the stern bulkhead and climbing out of and jumping (with dads hand parachute) back in. The biggest hit of the day was splashing around on the beach..... au natural..

Fall time

2010-09-25T05:03:00.001-06:00

Helping rake the leaves.

Playing in the leaves

Daddy built me a little climbing wall.

" I pulled all of daddy's shoes out of the closet, so that I could have a new place to hide."

Helping in the kitchen

2010-09-11T13:45:00.001-06:00

Delcia helped Janessa make cookies this week and helped with the pizza dough today. She's quite the little helper.

They call me handy

2010-09-02T17:36:00.001-06:00

We got side tracked on the bike ride when de noticed a screw driver on the work table. She stuck it right in the countersunk hole and proceeded to help dad out.

Delci Bear (summer)

2010-08-28T11:14:00.000-06:00

Location:E Harrison Ave,Salt Lake City,United States

A peach at the farmers market

2010-08-07T12:47:00.001-06:00

Bear lake

2010-08-02T14:00:00.001-06:00

Janessa's family invaded bear lake for a week long family reunion. Supposedly their ancestors settled this area way back and used to have reunions here before ness's time. It sure is beautiful, cool, and big.

Location:Cambry Dr,Garden City,United States

I..s..cream

2010-06-25T08:30:00.000-06:00

We celebrated fathers day with Janessa's family monday and for a treat we made rootbeer floats. Delcia is no dummy and knew just how to help herself.... Though the utensils are still hard to figure out the trusted hand works well.

FENCING

2010-06-25T08:26:00.000-06:00

Janessa was tired of waiting for me on this so she enlistment of our friends and we utilized trash pickup this year to rip down the old fence, which was falling down, and put up a new tall fence. Now we can enjoy the back yard, and contain Delcia. It wouldn't have been possible without our volunteer helpers. It looks great. Thanks.

This is the Place (for the March for Babies)

2010-05-16T20:58:00.001-06:00

We had gorgeous weather Saturday for the March for Babies. Delcia was excited to be out and ready for the start that was delayed over a half hour, that's when she was ready to be out of her stroller. It was a hilly walk and Janessa had her work cut out for her, but we did have beautiful views of the valley.... Check out our sites if you would like to donate to the March of Babies.

http://www.marchforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?pp=3053508&ct=4&w=4256329&u=janessa_erdmann

http://www.marchforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?pp=1286354&ct=4&w=4422060&u=jerdmann10

Camping in Southern Utah

2010-05-06T20:05:00.001-06:00

Well last week we skipped out on Utah's big late snowstorm and braved the wind and intermitent showers to go camping in southern utah. We head towards zion and camped in Red Cliffs. There was a short hiking trail next to our site that had some steps cut in the stone by the Anasazi Indians. We also headed over to Zion where Delcia and Grady got towed by Aunt Jenny through ZION NP.

So Busy, now that it's cold we'll catch up

2010-05-06T20:01:00.000-06:00

Well today we got back from Delcia's third swim class. She was a bit grumpy today so class wasn't as fun. Generally she loves the water and can't wait to get it. She doesn't even mind going under, but don't you hold me on my back. I want to be up doing stuff. Here are a few pictures of our active guppy.

I p'd my pants @ target & all I got were these glasses

2010-04-10T06:14:00.001-06:00

Pretty much our fault. We stopped for a bite to eat before heading into target and delcia loved the cold water and straw drinking a cup of water. She was dry as a bone when we went in and when the cart would no longer do mommy had to hold and noticed the warm sensation. Luckily delc's outfit could pass as a short skirt without the pants.

BUBBLEMAKER rhymes with??

2010-03-31T14:40:00.000-06:00

Here Mom I'll Show you how to do this.. Also all we hear is bubbol. Pointing to a jar or her bubble making toy. With it snowing and nasty out today the bubbles only outside policy was nixed.

Spring weather

2010-03-26T13:26:00.001-06:00

With a winter storm hitting us we realized how dependant we were becoming on nice weather and playing outside. Here we are drying some sweaters in the basement or maybe that's an infant trampoline

Highjacked

2010-03-20T19:54:00.001-06:00

Delcia grabbed my berry drink and would not relenquish it today. She is also sporting a new tooth. We were guessing the fruit and ice made her mouth and tummy feel good.

Spring fever

2010-03-17T15:50:00.001-06:00

Well we've seen spring days on and off for a while, but today we could pass up the 60 degree temps to color up our flower beds. Delc loves the outdoors and rarely misses an opportunity to sneak out an open door so she couldn't wait to play outside.

Location:E Harrison Ave,Salt Lake City,United States

Swinging in the park

2010-02-14T16:24:00.001-07:00

We took advantage of 40 degree weather and clear skies to walk around and play at the park. D loved the swing and slide and giggled it was so much fun.

Aunt Viv's rolls

2010-02-14T14:28:00.001-07:00

I finally rose to the occasion and spent the morning baking a batch of rolls. Happy valentines day. Oops they should have been half this size!

I'll do things my way!!

2010-02-13T14:25:00.000-07:00

Well we had good trip to Idaho to visit cousin Grady; unfortunately, we didn't take a single picture. Delcia got a bug and didn't sleep much so we packed up and headed home a bit early. Delcia picked up a few things as of late too. New words include more... uh oh.... wo. and wow... She also now insists on maning the utensils, she is getting the hang of it and a quick learner, but pretty much requires a bath after eating.. Also Bridger continues to stalk her as an easy mark and loves helping clean up...

Un, Deux, Trois!

2010-02-13T14:16:00.002-07:00

Janessa was unpacking some size appropriate clothes a while back and couldn't resist making Delcia try this on before it was too small. It's an Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow polkadot Bikini for our Little Beanie....

Cabin Fever!

2010-02-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

Hangin out with daddy while mommy gets ready for church. I don't know how I would even take a shower if John wasn't around so much. When I've tried, Delcia tries to climb in.

We went up to Jim Keener's cabin, again, with J and Leslie Keener. It is very cozy and relaxing with a beautiful snow shoe in.

Trying to convince Delcia that nap time is cool! She didn't fall for it.

Delcia chilin' while reading POWDER magazine.

Our little monkey!

2010-02-01T10:30:00.000-07:00

Delcia loves her rocking chair! It is just the right size and she has figured out how to climb on all by herself- even if she is backwards!

Cousin Grady came for a visit, and because of the common lack of work, we will be spending five days with them in Idaho this weekend!

Delcia waving to the camera. She loves the attention.

Delcia's Beach Time

2010-01-11T20:23:00.003-07:00

Florida Vacation

2010-01-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Delce representing in her Purdue shirt. Yes, she is as full of it as she looks!
John's parents treated us and his sister to a week in Florida with them. It was so fun to spend time with John's family in a beach house! The view was beautiful and we got to see dolphins jumping everyday from our windows. Unfortunately, the weather sucked! Sorry, no other way to put it. We have video, (we'll post later), of Delcia playing in the ocean with dolphins jumping in the background. We were there a whole week and only got about two hours of warm enough weather to spend playing on the beach. Delcia loved the ocean- we couldn't keep her out of the freezing cold water!

Delcia and I bundled up before posing for our long awaited "Kiera" photos; John's fabulous photographer cousin.

Unfortunately, the weather was uncooperative for our photo shoot, and we were freezing our butts off in the wind.

Our photo shoot only lasted about 10min. due to the cold weather and Delcia's impatience.

Florida pictures

2010-01-11T19:39:00.000-07:00

Packing up to head home. 10 hr. day flying and in airports with a one yr old... not fun!

Delcia with grandpa. I think she likes him just a little.

Getting into mommy's bag.

Reading stories with aunt Sarah. Delcia looks hungover, but I assure you she is only jet lagged.

Delcia's one year old photos

2009-12-28T21:56:00.002-07:00

We tried to take some one year old photos of Delce. We went down town, but it was so cold out that we re-evaluated and went to an old indoor mall, Trolley Square. She wasn't terribly cooperative and we are not professionals, but here is what we came up with. We look forward to having some "real" photos taken next week in Florida by Kiera.

Birthday Girl!

2009-12-28T21:21:00.000-07:00

Delcia is one! We had a birthday party for her and John last Sat night. It's bad enough having a birthday next to Christmas, now John is overlooked by Delcia's birthday on the 27th! Good thing he is so laid back and low maintenance. We had a lot of fun celebrating both birthday's with some of our fabulous friends and family! It really didn't take long for Delcia to get the hang of opening presents. She was so excited about her great new toys and books!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-25T20:46:00.000-07:00

Let it snow!

2009-12-22T16:02:00.000-07:00

One of Johns favorite things is to be in the mountains, especially when there is an inversion. So, we spent another day bundled up by the fire at our friend, Jim Keener's cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Delcia loves the hike in through the snow!

She enjoyed eating all my spaghetti! As little as she is, she loves to eat!

She kept waving at the deer head on the wall, surprised by it's lack of response.

King of the castle! She loved the fur on the rocking chair!

All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth...

2009-12-22T15:53:00.000-07:00

Shirt reads, "I've been good all year, (ask mommy)." Sure you have!

Grandma doesn't care! We opened a Christmas/Birthday package from Grandma and Grandpa Erdmann.

Watch out!

Brushing our teeth. Yes my hair looks like that in the morning!

Stayin busy

2009-12-22T15:48:00.001-07:00

Full on cowgirl. This girl is full of it, but so cute and so much fun! We love watching her learn and grow. She says, "mama, dadda and no, no, no!" She brings me books to read to her, then climbs in my lap. One of her books says, "4 waddling penguins" and every time I read that part, she waddles back and forth! The other day she found John's puffy vest and said, "dadda" as she dragged it into the kitchen to give to him.

Another walk out in the snow.

Her new fetish is plastic, toy silverware. We have to pry it out of her hands after she falls asleep, so she doesn't hurt herself with it in her bed.

"Let me help you with that hammer, daddy."

Howdy Pardner!

2009-12-22T15:43:00.000-07:00

Delcia loves hats!

"Helping" with the dishes

Bucket O' fun. She loves to climb into things.

You can see the rash on her face from her apparent milk allergy. Too bad, because she was sleeping through the night once on whole milk.

Playing around

2009-12-02T10:06:00.002-07:00

Delce taking on the challenge of carrying three things at once; her toothbrush, buttpaste and sunblock.
Our challenge is trying to get her to hold still long enough to put clothes on or change her diaper.

Daddy's ski hat. (John already made sure that she likes the snow).

Hiking the foothills on a chili, but sunny day. Picked out our Christmas tree afterward and enjoyed some hot cocoa.

Around the House

2009-12-01T14:57:00.000-07:00

Delce goofing around with John and loving it.

Play kitchen from neighbor's yard sale. She loves to pull all the food and dishes out of the cupboards!

Carrying Pooh and Penguin around the house.

Discovering her first Christmas tree.

Ski free

2009-11-23T12:39:00.001-07:00

I've been waiting to take advantage of being un-employed. After a decent storm last night we went out this morning to see how conditions were. It was a pretty good first outing, but thin.

Happy Halloween... what, it's November 6th?

2009-11-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

Well that's alright. We've been busy here with little Delcia getting over her first full fledged sickness. We think it was the swine flu, but we don't have official test results, or a pig costume. So we were going to dress Delcia up like a duck, we had borrowed costumes A kangaroo and bee too.. but in the end trying them on was a close to the fun as we got. We missed the fun Trunk or Treat carnival at Capital, but I don't think Delcia would have remembered it anyways. So without further ado I present Delcia the Duck... or is she a kangaroo??

Sharing

2009-10-27T11:41:00.000-06:00

Delcia was nice enough to let Bridger have a brief taste of his raw hide before taking a taste of her own.

This Old House

2009-10-27T11:38:00.000-06:00

We finally replaced the floors from the minor flooding and water damage acquired while we were out of town in Aug. We chose bamboo to replace the hardwood and marmoleum in the kitchen. Because our house is really old and has settled substantially over the years, John had a lot of prep work to do. He tore up all the old floors and had to level out the sub floors the best he could. Delcia, Bridger and I stayed at my parents house for the week. John worked really, really hard and is exhausted.

Leveling out the beams where the majority of the problem was.

The new floors, taking a lot longer than expected to put in.

Ripping up the kitchen floors. Three layers of linoleum and fiber board. Fun stuff!

Floored

2009-10-27T08:50:00.000-06:00

Well the home projects aren't done, but the floors are mostly in.. It has been a lot of work, but we re happy with it. There are some baseboards to put back in and others to fit up for the first time, but we have our home back. Bridger is not happy with them or the power tools and Janessa is not happy with him as a result. Delcia has moderatly tolerated the whole charade by enjoying Grandpa and Grandma's house and switching back to waking every 2 hrs at night.

Aquarium with Grandma and Grandpa

2009-10-26T11:34:00.000-06:00

Delcia was surprisingly interested in fish at the aquarium. We thought she might be too young to enjoy it, but she proved us wrong.

She loved the clown fish and she hasn't even seen "Nemo" yet!

Grandpa carried her around and when she got a little scared, she would grab on to him for protection. So cute!

Delcia not cooperating for our canoe pose.

Big Day

2009-10-26T11:30:00.000-06:00

Delcia rode in the wheelbarrow with her pumpkins.

Cutest exhibit at the aquarium.

Lying down for a little rest.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-26T11:26:00.000-06:00

Ready for Fall

2009-10-26T11:24:00.000-06:00

Delcia and John making sure that their ski hats still fit.

Delcia playing in the leaves while I attempted to rake.

Bridger guarding his bone.

Grandma and Grandpa come for a visit.

I'm walking while the camera is out.

2009-10-11T16:19:00.006-06:00

Delcia has been walking by herself for a few days, but she's very secretive about it. We finally caught her on film as she went on a tear this afternoon crawling and walking all around our house. Look out world, we are in big trouble now.

More Moab pictures

2009-10-05T17:12:00.000-06:00

First camping trip.

2009-10-05T17:11:00.001-06:00

We spent the weekend camping in Moab. It was fun, but challenging with a nine month old! She wanted to play in the sand and eat rocks the whole time. The first night she was not siked about spending the night in a cold tent. She kept waking up crying and was difficult to get back to sleep. The second night she was more used to the idea and did great. It wasn't as cold, but terribly windy, which only seemed to bother John and I- Delcia slept great. Oh, and she peed all over our sleeping bags mid-diaper change. And every time you opened the tent door a bunch of sand would blow in! The joys of camping!
We hung out in Arches National Park on Sat. and rode our bikes around there a bit. Delcia loves the bike trailor and was all smiles the whole time! The scenery was beautiful!We look forward to more excursions like this as she gets older.

Pictures from the homefront.

2009-10-05T17:03:00.001-06:00

Delcia loves to watch the bath tub fill up and often throws whatever she can find in there!

Chil'in in her rain boots.

The other night, Delcia insisted on hauling these two stuffed animals around the house with her. She would stop every so often to give them some loves.

Recent pictures and updates

2009-10-05T16:58:00.000-06:00

Our busy baby is always up to something! She is standing on her own and walking while holding our hands. She loves her daddy being home to play with her!

Delcia and her BFF, Gwen.

Delcia trying to eat some sticky rice.

Hogle Zoo

2009-09-19T20:59:00.000-06:00

We ventured off to the zoo today and it was crazy. We really should do these types of things on weekdays. Baby Delcia saw a baby giraffe and elephant, but was most excited by the pool of water and water trickle in the bear exhibit. I guess that is what being a parent is. Expectations and excitement and then they play with the box the toy came in.

The baby Giraffe.

e Baby elephant rushed out to great us.

Laid off and Laid back

2009-09-06T17:22:00.000-06:00

These pictures are mostly for Grandma Bev, but the latest news is that John was laid off last Thurs. We are dealing with the bad news by spending a lot of time together and enjoying the smiles and giggles of our sweet little girl. We are hoping John will find a new job soon...

Visiting Idaho

2009-09-06T17:16:00.000-06:00

We had a great time visiting Jenny, Chris and Grady in Idaho. Delcia enjoyed attacking Grady and going through his toys. Hopefully they will have more fun together when they get a little older. She also acquired two bottom teeth while we were there, hence the screaming all night long.

This is the day after John and Chris climbed The Grand Tetons. As you can tell, John is a little tired and worn out.

Grady did not climb The Tetons, but was also tired and a bit grumpy.

Jenny and I unsuccessfully trying to give the kids a bath. Delcia went through a phaze of being afraid of the tub without me being in it with her, and Grady did not want to be in the tub with Delcia.

Grand time

2009-08-29T19:00:00.001-06:00

For brother in law day this year Chris and I headed up the grand Teton. It was a first for both and we were happy to make it to the top and back. It is a big mountain and an achievent to make it successfully back to the car. Here is Chris "Jigity" Jensen guide extrordenare and us at the top.

We learned a lot for the next time in 4 years when we've fully recovered.

2009-08-25T10:48:00.001-06:00

Bath time with cousin Kirra.

Delce, chartering new territory.

The red balloon

2009-08-25T10:46:00.000-06:00

A lady working at the grocery store gave Delcia this red balloon. She thought it was so cool! It popped shortly after these photos were taken, when it had a run in with the ceiling fan.

Caught!

2009-08-25T10:42:00.000-06:00

Some pictures of Delcia trying to sneak out the front door on a rainy morning.

Ohio

2009-08-10T18:02:00.000-06:00

We had a fun filled week in Ohio. It was so great to see everyone and for Delcia to meet her cousins for the first time.

Cousin Elizabeth Cousin Ava

Bath time.

Trouble!

Play time!

2009-08-10T17:53:00.000-06:00

Waking up Grandpa

Tractor ride

Lots of toys at Grandma's house!

Bonfire, smores and wine.

2009-08-10T17:48:00.000-06:00

I don't know who was more excited about the hay ride... the kids or the grown men!

Delcia and Grandma Bev

Us with Eldon's mom, Grandma Marie Erdmann

Drying out

2009-08-07T16:39:00.001-06:00

As I mentioned last time we are drying out. While we were in Ohio our house had a plumbing malfunction. Since we have the best neighbor in the world damage was minimized, but it's quite the circus to deal with. Here are some pictures of the basement, upstairs hall, and Delcia's room that saw the worst of it and still have loud noisy equipment running. We have retreated to ness's parents to find some normalcy.

The long ride home

2009-08-06T13:39:00.000-06:00

Well a week in Ohio visiting family for the first time is over for Delcia and we made it back alive.

Delcia had no problem waking up at 4:30 (2:30 Utah time), to catch our flight home, but that never is the trouble, it's the going back to sleep she refuses. Luckily our little bean was great on our flight there and back. I got this shot of her letting mom rest a bit on the way back. More pics and a recap when our house dries out.

Wild.... flowers

2009-07-26T22:02:00.004-06:00

We decided to get out of the heat today and headed up to Albion Basin for a hike. Delcia loved it! She was all smiles and talking the entire time- well until the end when she quietly fell asleep. She loves being up in the back pack, (thanks aunt Jami), where she has a good view of everything. We stopped at a little water fall. She was so excited, she was kicking and talking to the water. It was beautiful and the wild flowers were in full bloom.

Delcia crawled for the first time today! She has been army crawling for awhile now, but this was an official hands and knees crawl across the living room floor. It was so funny. She gets so excited and proud of herself. I'm sure us cheering her on helps a little. She has also been pulling herself up to standing the last few days. One milestone after another. It's pretty fun watching this girl grow up!

We look forward to our trip to Ohio this week to see the Erdmanns!

Two crazy girls!

2009-07-26T21:47:00.000-06:00

Well, we survived a week with a three and a half year old. Ava stayed with us for a week, while Jeff and Steph and the older siblings went to Lake Powell. Ava was a very good girl and only throw a couple tantrums, (like when we were leaving the pool after being there for two hours). Other than that, Ava was very helpful in entertaining Delcia and playing with her. She is also now very aware of items that qualify as choking hazards. Delcia loved her and would look for her over my shoulder first thing every morning. Ava could get Delcia to giggle just by looking at her and was helpful in distracting her while I changed messy diapers. Lots of fun!
Neither of these girls look mischevious, do they?

Pictures from the 4th!

2009-07-17T07:55:00.000-06:00

Delcia in her cute red and white shoes. (They lasted about as long as it took to take the photo). Delcia and her BFF, Gwen. Grady and aunt Jillene.

Sitting pretty.

2009-07-17T07:51:00.000-06:00

Delce has been sitting up on her own now for just over a week. It is so cute! She is getting so independent! She is scooting on her stomach all over the place. She will get on her hands and knees now and rock back and forth, (once hitting her head on the wall). She will soon be all too mobile!

This one takes the cake!

2009-07-17T07:43:00.000-06:00

Of all of Bridger's blunders, this one takes the cake! He has had a broken toe, a toe amputation, cancer on his leg, now torn ligaments. The casts just keep getting bigger along with the vet bills. Talking to the vet last night, who had previously talked to the orthopedic surgeon, we found out that his leg probably will not be able to heal without surgery. We will wait and see how he does over the next week or so with a splint before we opt for this. Poor guy! He has been through a lot lately.

Bridger vs. Car

2009-07-14T21:44:00.000-06:00

We've been gearing up for a week with Ava and looking forward to it and the challenge of two rambunctious girls. We thought everything was under controll and ready untill I pulled up at home with miss Ava ready for the week, passed out in the car seat. As I exited the car bridger noticed me and ran over from neighbor Daves as we screamed for him to stop, sit, stay he ignored us as usual and the car and poor driver that slammed on the brakes gave bridge a hip check. Hundreds of dollars later and a scheduled followup tomorrow to stitch up some flesh wounds bridger has no broken bones, but some possible tendon damage. We'll keep you posted, but apparently bridger is shooting to be the lee majors of the canine community. Da na na na nah

Baseball, Concerts, summer

2009-07-13T22:56:00.001-06:00

Baseball saturday, Death cab for cutie concert tonight. We didn't get out this much last year. We enjoyed a picnic with friends and we able to see, hear, and enjoy the great weather, good music, and view of the valley.

Consistantly Inconsistant!

2009-07-12T09:38:00.000-06:00

We've been trying to get Delcia on a routine, but we never quite make it there before our crazy life gets in the way (we've had a week of normalcy, but that will soon change). Every night we try to get our peanut to bed around 7. She usually is successfull in fighting that off from any where between 8-10. So if you can't beat em join um. This week two seperate nights we figured our plans to do whatever until around 8 would work well and we'd still get bean to bed when she was ready.. Well you guessed it here she is picture after having a wonderfull bedtime nap in the stroller on the way to the game. (she fell asleep at 6:45). Luckily she slept well once we got home and even slept for 6 hrs through the night. Now that makes for a happy mommy. Delcia and I also got to spend Friday night all alone. It was a rough night, because dad cannot comfort like mom... but we managed to hopefully set her up for sleeping through the night a little better, or last night was a fluke... To Be Continued.

Pool Day

2009-06-28T22:48:00.000-06:00

Gene and Peggy were nice enough to invite us to the country club for pool time and a nice lunch. It was Delcia's first time swimming. Though a little skeptical at first, she soon took to splashing around.

Country Club living.

2009-06-28T22:27:00.002-06:00

Gene and Peggy drinking all the margaritas. Delce and daddy. Mark, Heather and Gwen. Delcia trying to get a hold of Gene's glasses.

Bathing Beauty!

2009-06-28T22:17:00.002-06:00

Sorry, all we have to talk about is our baby. What can we say, she is the star of the show around here and as all parents know- once you have kids, they kind of take over for awhile. We don't mind though. She is a lot of fun and keeps us busy.
Here us our little star posing.

The Respectable Prof. Keener and.... his son..

2009-06-22T21:30:00.000-06:00

As I mentioned J had the camera for our walk. Here is (listing in order): A proud Dad and his son on fathers day, Moments later..., A photographers wife, and a photographers self portrait....[photographer is a loose term in this post... I'm not intentionally trying to degrade the profession.]

Thanks for the great excursion.

Father's Day

2009-06-22T21:16:00.002-06:00

Well we made it through our first official fathers day. We joined the Keeners at their cabin in the woods and after a late steak lunch headed off for a walk around the pond. Jay grabbed the camera so there are a lot of..... well, interesting pictures. But as you can tell it was so fun Delcia couldn't stand it and fell asleep. After the fun their we headed to Alpine for an abreviated family dinner with Ness's family. Unfortunately the battery in the camera wasn't fully charged, so we can't share any pictures of that with you. Happy father's day DADs.

Goofy Girl!

2009-06-20T16:22:00.000-06:00

Play Time

2009-06-20T16:19:00.000-06:00

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-20T16:15:00.000-06:00

Delcia loves to eat her rice cereal and will start trying some baby foods this week, as she will be 6 mo. old on the 27th! She is quite a messy eater and gets so excited that she grabs the spoon to shove it in her mouth and dives for the bowl. She loves play time in the evenings with John, Bridger and Paisley. She is scooting all over the place and will work very hard to get within hair pulling reach of Bridger. You know you have a healthy baby when there is dog hair in her poop!
She loves her daddy and gets very excited to see him. She has a hard time concentrating on eating or sleeping when he is around. Last night I went into her room to nurse her. John was already in there and was about to leave after handing her over to me. She looked at him and cried until he came back into the room and held her hand while I fed her. She is a very spoiled, but happy baby! For all of you that know John, you will not be surprised when I say that he is a great daddy and we love him very much!

Kodak moments

2009-05-29T19:09:00.000-06:00

Sleeping Beauties.
Ava and the newest member of the Weber clan, Lilly Rose Levine.
Delcia posing in her jellies; not only are they cute, but they taste good too!

Wild Thing

2009-05-29T19:03:00.000-06:00

Nothing like a nice cold beer after a long, hot day! So everyone will agree that Delcia is a wild thing! She has acquired nick names like, "Wrestle me Elmo" and the "Rodeo Queen." This baby really does not ever stop moving! She even moves in her sleep and insists on sleeping with her legs in the air. She is rolling all over the place and is incredibly active. She loves to be entertained by anyone who will give her the attention. She will occassionally take a 20-40 min. nap only to wake up frantically, hoping that she has not missed anything. She is playing with toys and anything else that she can get a hold of and of course, putting it straight in her mouth. She is eating rice cereal- most of it ends up all over her and anything in close proximity. She is a very happy baby and loves to talk, move, play and her newest- giggle.
She was a little overstimulated at first with her new excersaucer, but now man handles the thing like a pro. Thanks cousin Grady for the hand-me-downs! It does enable me a little bit of a break! As a mom I've quickly realized there are many luxaries that are now things of the past, such as... a hot meal, a meal at all, a daily shower, shaving my legs, painting my toe nails, (anything else I might want to do for myself), and the thing I miss the most- SLEEP!

Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-10T15:24:00.000-06:00

There is no harder job, or more rewarding. We have had so much fun being parents and I am so happy to celebrate my first official Mother's Day. Delcia has been such a joy and we continue to learn and experiment as parents. Our favorite time is all laying in bed together in the mornings. We bring Delcia into our bed at around 6am. She loves touching John's face, talking and smiling at us, then she and I fall back asleep for a few more hours. These mornings make a long night well worth it. I now realize what an amazing thing being a mom is and how much love we are capable of. I have been so lucky to have a mother that has demonstrated this unconditional, motherly love my whole life. I am also lucky to have a mother-in-law that has raised my amazing husband, but also loves and cares for me and her grandaughter as well. Happy Mother's Day to all of those moms I know and admire!

Bridger's test results came back. We have decided not to amputate his leg, but are starting chemo this week. So far he is doing great, but growing ever fearful of his bi-weekly vet visits. He shakes uncontrollably when we get there and has to sit on my lap in the waiting room. All the receptionists there know us well and love to play with Delcia while we wait for Bridger's bandage change. Hopefully the chemo treatments will go well and we will have a happy, healthy dog for a little while longer!

Bridger loves belly rubs, even from a four month old!

Congratulations John!

2009-05-10T15:07:00.000-06:00

John graduated Friday with an MBA from the University of Utah. It has been a long year and a half and John has worked very hard. Working full time, going to class at night, having a baby and dealing with me couldn't have been easy! John has the amazing ability of accomplishing a lot with a great attitude. We are so proud of him and glad to finally have him around more.
Unfortunately we were having some technical difficulties with the camera at the actual graduation, so I didn't get any pictures of him in his cap and gown. But don't worry, my mom did and we will get them from her soon. I was able to get some good footage with our new video camera. Delcia did not like the big crowd and all the cheering! So it made for an interesting evening. Luckily my parents were there to help out and help in congratulating John. We went to a nice dinner afterward with a quiet, sleeping baby.
Sat. night we celebrated with friends at a small get together at our house. We broke out the hooka for the first time this season. It was fun to enjoy the nicer weather around the fire and some good company.

March for BABIES

2009-04-25T20:38:00.000-06:00

Cold Rainy, but a good turnout. We were bummed the bubba rich, could not join us, as he loves walks, but he is still recouping, though he doesn't know that. Delcia was bundled in the stroller and took a good nap, as she always does when we stroll. The shot is of her waking to the band and events. They had a fun day planned, and we hope next year is the same with better weather, and an older Delcia.

Poor Bridger

2009-04-24T20:00:00.003-06:00

Well, we found out today that the growth on Bridgers foot/leg is cancerous. We are very sad about this news, but so far Bridger doesn't seem to be too upset about it. He is acting very normal and has his regular amount of energy and vigor for life, which includes: freaking out every time he realizes we are leaving the house; protecting his raw hide from the cat and occassionally stepping right on the baby as if she were not even there. Our veterinarian, who has lovingly taken care of Bridger for several years now, is going to do some more tests and talk to the oncologist before we make any major decisions. She wants to make sure that he does not have any more tumors like this anywhere else in his body and to narrow down the exact type of tumor and what we can expect from it. It has already grown back after being removed one week ago! Our options so far are: to amputate, do chemo, or let the cancer take over until we would finally have to euthanize him- probably within a few months from now.
Bridger has been a big part of our lives and we love him very much despite his neurotic tendancies and some annoying habits, such as: stepping on the baby; whining in the car; whining for no apparant reason; freaking out when he sees me put on my running shoes; freaking out for no apparant reason; getting into the garbage; attacking any intimidating looking, unneutered male dog that passes by; attempting to attack the mailman and almost getting maced by the mailman while I chase him down (nine months pregnant); licking and scratching himself so much that he bleeds because of his many allergies; and his latest- farting and burping while playing with Delcia's toy duck that plays music. And why wouldn't we want to spend thousands of more dollars on this dog?

March for Babies

2009-04-21T08:52:00.005-06:00

We are marching for babies this weekend, and we are just now getting started, Help support Ness and I by visiting our pages. Also watch this video of our niece Elizabeth Grace, which is why we are walking.

http://www.marchforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?w=101053712&u=janessa_erdmann

http://www.marchforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?w=101053683&u=jerdmann10

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Badger is on the mend for Marathon Weekend

2009-04-19T20:06:00.001-06:00

Well Bridger is 9 and started developing a lump on his rear leg. We took him in for an estimate last week. Preliminary testing and a round of antibiotics didn't do much for the lump, so back to the vet on friday for lump removal surgery as well as teeth cleaning (and you though your dentist was bad). He is healing up well I guess, but already stir crazy. The vet also attended to the pet giraffe Bridger took with him for comfort. We are waiting for test results, but the vet wasn't very pleased with what it looked like, and threatened amputation. Poor bridgey, the vet has already taken a toe from his arm, and now wants a whole leg. Don't worry though buddy, Mom and Dad are going through the same thing metaphorically.

In other news the Salt Lake Marathon was this weekend, and another year of gorgeous weather. The marathon route passes by a block from our house, so we attended a party at down the street in our friends yard. The fence makes it seem like all of the crazies from the neighborhood are locked in for the marathoners to see as they run by. But we all had a good time sharing in the fun and cheering on strangers.

I thought it was a figure of Speech

2009-04-13T20:20:00.001-06:00

Dad's pretty good at having to put his foot in his mouth, especially around Delcias BFFFF (Gwens Grandparents). Anyways, after we got the dress on and made it to church only a little late, we headed to Gene and Peggys for a great easter brunch. Delcia and Gwen had a fussing bout and we all shared some waffles w/ whipped creme. It was great and no blowouts in their sunday best.

1st Easter Dress

2009-04-13T20:10:00.000-06:00

Grandma Alice Ann found a lovely dress that we've been waiting for Easter to wear. It is also a total pain when you have car seat hooks to tangle up in it. Delcia did a great job posing for these photo's.

You'd think we'd post more often

2009-04-13T20:02:00.000-06:00

With Delcia grasping things and "helping" out you'd think we would have posted more by now.

It doesn't matter if your naughty or nice when Grandma and Grandpa come to town

2009-04-13T20:00:00.001-06:00

Well grandparents are supposed to spoil their grandkids. Delcia has been spoiled by her moms parents quite a bit since she was born, but she got her second chance of being spoiled when my parents came out for spring break. We had fun seeing Delc grow and all of her new tricks as we hung out and relaxed. We also got an earful when we had been out for too long on the town. Delc can't wait to see her grandparents again. Both Eldons and Alice Ann and Bev.