The Whittaker Family

Hogle Zoo, Halloween and much more...a late post as usual!

2010-11-23T20:19:00.007-07:00

Haven's first time eating rice cereal. She loves it!

Kasen's new favorite thing is making brownies

Where do they learn these things...I looked over and Kasen was
sliding down the stairs on his pillow

I know....the bow is HUGE!

At the zoo. Kasen was so excited to see the elephants but they were
not out. What a disappointment. Also, the train wasn't working that
day. I wanted to ask for my money back.

Kasen was Woody from Toy Story for Halloween and Haven was a princess,
butterfly or fairy...take your pick

Carving pumpkins with my family

Haven's pumpkin carving outfit.

Wheeler Farm

2010-10-18T15:50:00.004-06:00

We took Kasen to wheeler farm a couple weeks ago. He loved it! We saw a ton of animals, went on a tractor ride, went through a corn maze and picked out pumpkins at the end. It was great!

Blessing Pics

2010-08-06T21:46:00.001-06:00

Where does the time go?

2010-06-25T18:26:00.005-06:00

Oh how time flies! I can't believe it has been 5 weeks since I had Haven. Here are a few pictures from a few weeks ago.
**Kasen playing in the dirt and helping grandma water the flowers.( Yeah I know a white shirt...what can you do)
**Haven's first doctors appointment. She didn't love the hard scale.
**And finally, a few pictures I had taken of the kids. Kasen wasn't very cooperative but we got a few that worked out.

Haven Marie Whittaker

2010-05-19T20:27:00.006-06:00

Haven Marie Whittaker arrived today at 2:08 pm after 4 hours of being in labor. She weighed 7lbs 2 oz and is 20 inches long.
Justin and I came to the hospital at 8:00 am for me to be induced. They started my pitocin at 9:30 and I got my epidural around 12:00pm. After that it was smooth sailing.
Kasen came to see her and couldn't seem to get close enough. Giving her kisses and pointing out her eyes, nose, ears and mouth. He is going to be a great big brother. We are so happy to have Haven in our family!

A Day at the Park

2010-04-04T15:05:00.002-06:00

A few weeks ago it was actually warm enough to go to the park
for a few minutes. Then it got kind of windy. Kasen loved
every minute of it and was mad when we had to leave.

Fun at the Children's Museum

2010-02-02T15:47:00.005-07:00

Justin and I took Kasen to the Children's Museum last week. He had so much fun that we ended up buying a membership. Here are a few pictures.

The Results!!

2009-12-26T13:33:00.002-07:00

IT'S A GIRL!!

Well after having my last ultrasound, Justin and I found out that we have a very modest baby. It was very difficult for my doctor to decide boy or girl. After a little time, she decided that since she wasn't seeing anything "falling out between the legs" that our baby is a girl. Well, needless to say, we are very excited but aren't jumping the gun to buy any clothes. I am planning to keep the shopping on hold until my next ultrasound in 3 weeks...just to make sure!

Boy or Girl

2009-12-16T20:50:00.003-07:00

So I am a little late at adding this poll to our blog but I wanted to know what you all thought. Are we having a boy or girl in May? I have a doctor's appt tomorrow morning so we will find out soon enough.

Halloween

2009-11-11T19:59:00.002-07:00

Look at my cute little vampire!!

Tennis

2009-10-16T13:58:00.003-06:00

Kasen is going to be my little tennis player. Last weekend we were up in Logan watching Taylor play tennis. It was pretty cold. All Kasen would say was Ball, over and over. Finally I sat him in the basket of balls. It was cute but a big mistake. I ended up chasing down the balls when he would throw them out. He thought it was hillarious.

Labor day weekend in Bear Lake

2009-09-24T13:45:00.003-06:00

We spent labor day weekend up at bear lake with my family.

Kasen snuck into one of the coolers and started eating the strawberries.
The campground had a big trampoline pillow. Kasen wasn't so sure about it.

Playing in the freezing water. Thank goodness for wetsuits!

Digital Scrapbooking

2009-09-20T15:16:00.005-06:00

I recently decided to start digital scrapbooking. I have been taking some online classes that are teaching me what to do. I thought I would share a couple of pages that I have done. Actually, it was part of our assignment to share them on the web. I am pretty computer challenged so this has been an experience!

A recap of August

2009-09-01T13:46:00.003-06:00

Once again I am a month behind in posting. Here are some pictures of Kasen during the last month. If I knew how to post a video you would be able to see Kasen walking. He is all over the place!

Kali and Kasen dancing to the juke box
Tipping over boxes

1st road trip (only to St. George) Kasen listening to Justin's ipod.

Talking on the phone

Trying to eat by himself.

The past month!

2009-07-24T21:01:00.006-06:00

Well, I am a little behind... like a month behind. I would like to say that my excuse has been that my laptop has been getting fixed. Well, the truth is... it has been getting fixed but I still have a desktop that I could have been using. So, here is what we have been up to the last month.

June 28th

Cruise Pics (this wasn't our cruise ship, it is an old battleship)

Mini golfing in Catalina ( I was winning the whole time then lost by 1 stroke)

July 4th
Fireworks and the Centerville Parade

Learning to walk with a present from Grandma and Grandpa Perry

Swimming at the rec center. Justin took him down the slide. I am not sure how much he liked it but he didn't actually cry. And of course his favorite aunt Taylor.

July 21st
Kasen Turns 1!! We had a party at my grandparents then another one at Justin's grandparents. Kasen loved being in the pool and didn't want to get out to open his presents.

He got his first set of golf clubs thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Whittaker

This is Kasen making sure that everyone knows he is know 1 year old

Kosy's American Baby Idol Contest

2009-06-24T21:10:00.005-06:00

So, for all of you who want to help me out... I entered Kasen into Kosy.com's Baby Idol Picture contest. You know, Kosy the radio station. So I am trying to get him as many votes as I can. If you want to, this is how you vote. The voting ends around June 29th so there isn't much time. Go to Kosy.com. Click on the American Baby Idol contest on the left. Scroll down and click Vote now. He is entry # 176. (Don't be confused...if you look at the pictures he is picture 160 and 177. but for some reason it is entry #176.) Put in your email address where it asks. Then, an email will be sent to you and you have to click where it says click to confirm your vote (or something like that). Thanks for the support!

Our Big Mess!

2009-05-20T10:50:00.009-06:00

Well, it has been awhile since I have posted but here is what has happened during the last 2 weeks. On Sunday May 3rd we had a major sewage flood starting in our main floor bathroom, traveling down our duct system and ending in our basement furnace room and pouring out of the ceiling. So over the past 2 weeks we have had a billion people at our house. Starting with the plumber, water disaster clean up, heating and A/C , Insurance adjuster, carpet guys and finally the general contractors. It wasn't just a little damage, it was a lot. The general contractors finally started to replace the torn out sheet rock this past monday. Hopefully they will finish by this weekend and the painters can start next week. Then we have the carpet guys coming in to replace all the carpet. In the middle of that we also had to replace the furnace! What a mess. Oh well, this to shall pass and things are finally starting to progress. Here are some pictures.

This is the bathroom all torn apart

They cut sheet rock from the ceiling and walls.

This is water bubbling up in the paint

This is in the living room where they put up plastic

to separate the area they were working in.

We also went bowling with the Cottles a few weeks ago. Here are some more pictures.

A day at the Zoo

2009-04-22T13:18:00.003-06:00

Well, today was Kasen's first trip to the zoo. I can't really say that he had any idea what was going on. I am not even sure if he saw the elephant or the giraffe. He was more interested in all the people walking around. I do know that he saw some of the animals in the small animal house. I am not sure what he thought...he just starred at them. Oh well, we had fun anyway. We went with some of my friends and their kids.

The giraffe is in the background so you know we are at the zoo!

All the kids

Kasen and the elephant

Hannah and Kasen asleep in the car just as we were getting to the zoo.

Easter

2009-04-14T13:56:00.004-06:00

My first Haircut

2009-04-10T16:57:00.002-06:00

Well, the first haircut went pretty well. He had just woken up so he was a bit tired. He didn't even cry when the clippers came out.
My favorite trick... on my hands and feet.

Jumpin on the tramp with grandpa

My first Graham Cracker and Piece of Cheese

2009-04-10T16:38:00.003-06:00

Rockin' at Grandma and Grandpa's

Say "Cheese" for the camera

I Hate Swimming!

2009-03-13T16:28:00.001-06:00

We took Kasen to the rec center a couple of days ago to see if he liked the pool better than the Vegas pool. Well, not really. He clung to me so bad. I think what he hated the most was all of the other kids splashing around. And maybe it was still a little cold for him. He shivered most of the time. Towards the end he seemed to be a little more okay but I wouldn't go as far as saying that he liked it. I decided I am going to have to make a weekly trip to the pool until he likes it!

Like Father like Son

2009-03-13T16:11:00.003-06:00

I walked in my room one day after running an errand and this is what I found....

I thought it was pretty cute and had to take a picture. Unfortunately I ended up waking them both up.

Las Vegas

2009-02-27T10:44:00.005-07:00

Well this past weekend we took a last minute trip to Las Vegas. My family was already planning on going because Taylor had a tennis tournament. Justin and I decided to join them. Kasen and I flew down on Friday and Justin came down Saturday. We came home on Sunday so it really was a quick trip. All I can say is that I was the person on the plane that you don't want to sit by. Kasen screamed for about 15 minutes until he fell asleep going to Vegas and coming back. I felt pretty bad for the people sitting around me but what could I do. Here are some pictures of our vegas trip.

Who would have known you could buy an ipod out of a vending machine!

Only in Vegas I suppose.

Sitting outside at Taylor's matches. It was a bit chilly and bright so

Kasen is sporting his Utah State warm ups and sunglasses.

Justin and I in front of the Belagio fountains.

Kasen's first time in the pool. I can't say that he liked it that much but it was a little cold.

Yummy Carrots!

2009-02-04T20:09:00.002-07:00

Well, I started giving him fruits and vegetables on January 27th. It was pretty funny. The first thing I tried was carrots. As you can see, he got more on his face than in his mouth. You would have thought he was eating sour patch kids or something. He was making the most funny sour faces. He has gotten used to them now and does a pretty good job. His favorite vegetable that we have tried is squash.

I love jumping!

2009-01-26T16:22:00.002-07:00

Kasen got this little jumper from Grandma and Grandpa Whittaker for Christmas and he loves it!

My Music Boy

2009-01-16T11:32:00.003-07:00

Kasen is learning at quite a young age to play the piano and drums! I only hope that he will really like playing the piano when he is older because it is kind of a must with me. As you can see, he hasn't really mastered the whole sitting up by himself thing, but he is getting a little better. Oh well, he is only almost 6 months old. It will come.

Some fun pics

2009-01-12T13:54:00.001-07:00

Kasen loves his daddy! He especially loves to get him all slobery.

Christmas Day

2009-01-12T13:27:00.015-07:00

We left our house early on Christmas morning so we would have time to make it every where we needed to go. Kasen was still in his pajamas...but didn't he look cute?

Christmas at grandma and grandpa Perry's

At grandma and grandpa Whittaker's

He has recently discovered his feet and that he can get them to his mouth.

This was Kasen's favorite toy he got for Christmas. He loves to suck on it and he rarely lets go of it.

Finally home, exhausted after a very long, fun day which he had no idea what was going on!

Christmas Eve

2008-12-28T16:43:00.008-07:00

These are pictures of crazy hat white elephants on christmas eve.

We got home christmas eve night and realized we hadn't taken very many pictures of Kasen. Man I am a bad mom. So I plopped him on the couch in his cute christmas outfit and took some.

2008-12-21T20:23:00.003-07:00

So I decided to start giving Kasen some rice cereal before bed. I have only done it twice and I was surprised at how much he loved it. He kept diving his head towards the spoon. It was hilarious. He even acted a little mad when I wouldn't give him any more. We will have to see if he keeps it up!

Santa Kasen

2008-12-17T19:05:00.005-07:00

So my mom surprised us and bought Kasen a santa suit without telling us. Then she waited until we asked her to babysit and she took a ton of pictures of Kasen all dressed up. I think they are pretty cute but I am a little biased.

Look how big I am getting

2008-11-04T16:53:00.005-07:00

I can't believe how fast time goes. Kasen is getting so big...and he is starting to sleep about 6 hours straight at night. I love my sleep so it has been very nice for me. Justin also has been enjoying it on the nights that I am at work because he has to get up and feed him.

I'm A Morning Boy

2008-11-04T16:37:00.004-07:00

Kasen is always so happy in the morning. We can always expect to see his biggest smiles when he first wakes up. It is so funny to watch him get all excited because he tries to laugh but no sound comes out yet. I am sure he will start to giggle soon.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-04T16:17:00.005-07:00

Kasen is my little superhero! He was Superman for his first Halloween. I can't say that he loved being in his costume but he was pretty good for pictures. I bought the costume about a month and a half ago and it was almost to short for him by the time Halloween came. I can't believe how fast he is growing!

On Halloween, we went to a party and Justin and Jessica Johnston's. I was "witch and famous" and Justin went as Justin Timberlake ( not much of a costume if you ask me).

Go Jazz!!

2008-11-04T16:02:00.002-07:00

Kasen already know which NBA team he should be cheering for. He has already been to 3 Jazz games. He has loved them all...until the 4th quarter and he starts getting restless. He loves just looking around at everything going on. Of course we had to take a picture of his first game!

Kasen's First Trip to California- August 2008

2008-10-04T16:09:00.005-06:00

When Kasen was 4 weeks old he went on his first plane ride to California. Ryan had just gotten home from his mission and we went back to visit some people he met while he was there. Here are some pictures from our California trip.

Kasen's first omelet! Don't worry, we didn't really let him eat any.

1st time at the beach

Dodger's Baseball Game

Crazy Hat Store

Knott's Berry Farm and Snoopy

1st bath at home...Not so much fun!

2008-10-04T15:03:00.003-06:00

Kasen didn't really enjoy his first bath at home. In fact he screamed the whole time and didn't calm down until we wrapped him in his little ducky robe. Thank goodness he likes his baths now.

Justin's first Diaper Change

2008-10-04T14:53:00.003-06:00

Justin swore he was going to be just like his Grandpa Hill and never change a diaper. Well, as you can see he is changing one... and it's only the second night at home. However he has yet to change a messy one...just wait until I go back to work in 2 weeks, then he won't have a choice!

Long awaited update!

2008-09-25T13:38:00.006-06:00

Well, it had taken me ahwile to get this blog going. Justin started this blog when we were in the hospital and I was in labor. So, with a lot of harrassment from a few people (I won't name names...Justin Johnston)about having the worst blog out there, I am finally getting my act together.

Justin starting our
blog months ago.

After about 7 hours of labor, Kasen Perry Whittaker was born at 7:43 am on July 21st, 2008. He weighed 7lbs 6oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. Luckily for me, the labor wasn't too bad...after I got my epidural. Thank goodness for pain medication!

Justin is a new dad!

New Addition

2008-07-21T04:46:00.000-06:00

It is 4:46 am at McKay Dee hospital. Jessica is dialated to 8 cm and will be giving birth within the next couple of hours (hopefully).