10-11-12

and, so here i am, again, playing catch-up on my sweet little boy and his growing.

he's now 12 months - 1 year old! what?! yeah, i can't believe it either. nevertheless, he's one and still makes my heart so happy! although, i do feel like he changed into a little boy right before my eyes, which i love and hate all at the same time. 

i guess babies/kids do that to you. one minute they're snuggled up, sleeping in your arms and the next they've developed their own attitude, go wherever they want and like to bite things/people. little ike is still such a sweet little guy - willing to blow kisses, give hugs, high-fives and smiles! i love watching him learn and grow and express himself!

10 months
already learning wrestling moves from his dad - the power bomb! [don't quote me on that, i may have called it the wrong move]
he also decided to start crawling this month, which made us all very happy!

11 months
he loves his dad, his basketball and sitting on the couch

11 months
he was content to sit on the grass and play with the new balls (easter eggs) he found, while all the other kids participated in the egg hunt

these next few photos were taken by my good friend, ashley. she gave brian and i our own little photo shoot here. she's a great photographer and the mother to the most darling twins that are just a few days younger than ike! 

i had a hard time picking some to post, so here are a few.

12 months
a&g photography

12 months
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12 months
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so three and a half weeks ago...

this little dude turned six months, oh, just about three and a half weeks ago! i'm so on top of it.

he loves his tongue. it makes it into most pictures.

but don't you even worry, we've been busy having fun while neglecting any sort of update around these parts.

here are a few highlights of being six months...

workin on sitting up. almost there, but he still has his fair share of face plants.

his first pumpkin, lovingly carved by his dad.
(his dad can't wait for a little pumpkin-carving helper!)

4 months and 4 years

brian and i celebrated our fourth year of marriage last month by going to see a movie and grab an early dinner. it was great to have a little date and spend some one-on-one time. 

the next day we celebrated ike's four month birthday by visiting the doctor and getting shots (just for ike). the little trooper cried for a minute then decided to take a long nap. what a great little boy!

i'm still amazed at how fast four years went, and now four months for ike. where does the time go?

celebration of fours

those cheeks

for some reason my brother thinks ike's cheeks are fat and he looks asian!
i just love him and his chubbiness!

mama-hood and another month gone by...

disclaimer: yes, this is another post about my baby ike. yes, i know that's all i post about any more, but really, he pretty much consumes my life and i really kind of like him. a lot. no need to read if you don't want to.


i really liked this post today. she explains mama-hood so well -- you just can't explain it, but it's the greatest/most wonderful thing! i'm truly so grateful for the opportunity i've had to stay home with baby ike and watch him learn and grow. i think i would be a nutcase if i went back to work! and, it's true what they say -- it does keep getting better!


watching and hearing him "coo" and "aww" at his mirror. so cute!
seeing him smile, especially all his smiles after he wakes up from a nap. my fave!
him sleeping through the whole night (a lot of the time!)! another fave!
laughing at his faces he pulls when i change his diaper -- kind of like "i wouldn't do that if i were you!" pretty awesome!


before i know it he'll be laughing, then climbing trees, going off to school and getting embarrassed by his mom! i don't want that day to EVER come, though i know it will. i better get on making him a mobile -- he's really starting to look at and talk to things. he loves the bunting i recently hung in his room. by the time i get him a mobile, he'll be pulling it from the ceiling!


baby ike is another month old today, which means he got to go visit the doctor and get his first shots!:( [those of you that know me -- don't worry, i stayed out in the hall! we didn't need a mom passed out on the floor with a baby crying!] he's a champ though -- cried just a bit and then came home for a long nap.


here are some recent photos (no, i'm not a photographer and don't claim to be one, so please excuse the blurriness):

 a face he pulls often

 ike -- almost Nike (his dad would love that!)

 a slight smile i caught on camera

his bathtime hair! yep, he's still got it!

one month

one week and a day ago, my baby boy turned one month old.
he continues to grow at an alarming rate and surprises me every day with new faces and great big smiles!
oh how i love my baby ike!

a glimpse of what baby ike is like.

growing pains

my baby boy is growing before my eyes! 
he weighed in at a whopping 7 lbs. 5 oz. at his two week doctor's appointment. how can that be?! he sure loves to eat.


luckily, my friend, stephanie, captured some great photos of baby ike at 8 days old. you can check them here and here.

and he's here!

on a beautiful Easter morning, baby ike joined our family.

he came with a full head of hair, big hands and a very happy spirit.

we are busy lovin on him!

let the countdown begin

as of last week, i am officially full-term.

yes, i think i'm ready to have this little guy join the family.

yes, i'm scared out of my mind.
but, yes, i'm so excited to hold him in my arms!
here's to a good, hopefully not too uncomfortable few weeks (or less! but i'm not getting my hopes up!)

half-baked

we have been very excited at our house the past little while anticipating the arrival of a bouncing baby boy, due april 2012! we are grateful for the opportunity to have this sweet spirit join our family and to learn and grow together. he's healthy and we're happy! i'm halfway done and couldn't feel better. here's to another good 20 weeks!

ps bri is pretty sure he already knows how to pray. the little guy was interlocking his fingers yesterday during the ultrasound...he'll probably be teaching us a thing or two!

yeah, we've got hops!

click here to see other photos from our shoot.
it was great fun jumping in the cold and trying to not get run over by crazy drivers!

a picture's worth a thousand words...

and i have no words to describe this photo!
i'm so excited to see the rest from our photo shoot.
photo by stephanie hyde photography

thanks mom!

dear mom,

thank you so much for the cute "love" banner! it makes my little house even that more valentinesy.

love,

whit

wilkins state fair

i pretty much have one of the coolest families around!
this is what we did this labor day weekend. check it here too.

also, we've now been married two whole years! can't believe it!
august came and went. i'll have to update soon.

happy father's day

before i get to our activities for pioneer day, i wanted to share our adventure from a couple weekends ago.

my father-in-law has talked about riding the front runner for quite a while. any time someone said they we're heading down to salt lake, he would ask if they had taken the front runner. much to his dismay, hardly anyone ever had.

so, for father's day (about a month late), we took papa craig and dojo on a ride on the front runner -- complete with lunch at the little america cafe.





we actually missed the train back to ogden (they only run every hour) by a few minutes, so we strolled through the gateway (dojo and i stayed at anthropologie) while we waited for the next train. we left the gateway a little later than anticipated and ended up running to catch trax back to the train station to avoid having to wait another hour!

after about seven hours we made it back home, but it was well worth the trip!

fourth of july in boston

we spent an awesome fourth of july with my family in boston (one of our very favorite places)!
we got to tour fenway park and watch the red sox beat the baltimore orioles and sang sweet caroline.
we were sore and sweaty after climbing to the top of the bunker hill monument.
we enjoyed waking up the other room with our fancy-shmancy doorbells.
we rubbed john harvard's shoe for good luck.
we had a hard time finding any dr. pepper, much to the dismay of many of my family members.
we ate many, many cookies and canolies from mike's pastry.
we watched the fireworks from the grass along the river near harvard.
we squished onto the T with too many people.
we walked the freedom trail.
we attempted to go to church. (didn't work out. apparently they got a new building.)
we saw the old harvard stadium.
we walked down acorn street.
we shopped on newbury street.
we survived the heat and "no" humidity and lots and lots of people.
we really enjoyed our trip to boston!

wilkins wonders: rockin' the ragnar

our team in front of van 1 ("white bread") and van 2 ("wheat bread")

well, we did it! we survived running the back of the rugged wasatch mountains, from logan all the way to park city. i don't know how to explain the great bonding, pain and also triumph you feel when you complete something like this. you'll just have to do it yourself to experience and know. our team was wonderfully supportive and i think that's what got me through.

go team!the RAGNAR!beautiful, blessed mountains coming into PC and, of course, the honey bucketsfinished! on our way up to the finish line

it really was a great experience and i think we all accomplished more than we thought we could. you can read more about it here, here, here and here.

i think i'm going to boston

just thought i'd write a quick update -- seeing the last time i wrote a post was approximately two months ago.

brian and i have just been working at our wonderful alma mater, utah state.
we have also been prepping (one of us a little more than the other) for the grueling wasatch back, which will take place not this weekend, but the next (june 18-19). we will be running with the wilkins wonders -- a team made up mostly of my mom's side of the family, plus a few. we all think we're crazy. please pray for us!
we are also looking forward to a family trip to boston the first part of july. we'll be celebrating an all-american fourth of july by eating hot dogs at fenway and watching fireworks over the harbor! we are really excited -- to say the least!

besides that, our summer will be filled with softball games, eating food from our first garden, family get-togethers, friend's weddings and hopefully some sunshine.

Turkey Trottin'

Long before we gorged ourselves on a delicious Thanksgiving feast, the Robins clan decided to work off a few pounds at the annual Turkey Trot. (see before and after photos below)

We also had family pictures (that will have to be a later post) taken and cheered on little brother in his first basketball game of the season!

It was a great Thanksgiving holiday with plenty of ball games, crafts and family time!

Marathon details will also have to come later.

The Excitement Is Skipping Inside Me!

P.S. As fun as it has been to be here in Burley with Bay and Garrett, and the fact that I've learned so much from them and we've had a great time together -- I cannot wait to go home tomorrow and be with Brian.

It's been nine days since I've seen him and I miss him!

I am also excited for Homecoming week at Utah State!

Go Aggies, Go Aggies, Hey, Hey, Hey!