Its the first..but I'm sure it won't be the last!

Well, I started back to school this month and I must admit I LOVE IT! I really didn't think I would ever like school - especially college.. I'm sick of school, I'm going to be a super senior, it's time for me to move on with my life, but I can honestly say I LOVE IT! I'm actually kind of nervous and sad it's getting close to the end. I love the education program and I love learning about ways to teach kids and all that fun stuff. This semester I have a class where I go to the SUU preschool lab. I seriously love it. I wait all week to go there. It is so much fun! I get to teach next week and I'm pretty stoked about it. The unit is oceans and I think I have a really fun lesson planned. Anyways, I'm taking 21 credits so its a pretty big load. I'm getting pretty sick of the drive but its okay I guess. All I can say is I am sooooooo thankful for my mom and my mother-in-law. I would be stressed out leaving Dav 5 days a week if it wasn't for them. They are so awesome and its so nice to know my little guy is in good hands. I was going to take the block over the summer and student teach during the fall but I decided to take the summer off. So now I'll do the block in the fall and student teach next spring. Brennen plays bball every Tuesday and Thursday nights and he coaches our wards bball team on Tuesdays. They just started an archery club here on Wednesday nights so he has been doing that as well. So there you have it, life with the Ortons! Here are some cute pics of Dav. and what he has been up to lately. By the way...Dav has learned how to say mamma! LOVE IT! It's seriously sooo cute. Yea, his dad is a little upset but he'll get over it!

Dav loves to lay on our bed and watch Baby Einstein

One of Dav's favorite places to be....lookin out the window. I will sit him on the couch and he pulls himself up and plays in the blinds and looks out the window. Its so cute he bounces on the couch and gets sooo excited. He thinks he is a hott shot...I think he is too :)


Dav has learned how to pull himself up. This table causes me a great amount of stress because he loves to pull himself up on it and then he'll get all excited and ..SmaCk ... he hits his mouth and those two little precious teeth and then he screams. He is a speedy little bugger. He has my magazines off the table in no time and ripping pages and all that good stuff. As soon as I see him getting up on the table I try to move him over to the couch as quick as possible. I am quickly reminded why I am perfectly fine with him not crawling or walking anytime soon...to late I guess! He doesn't really crawl, he will get up and go for a sec and then just plops down and scoots to wherever he needs to go. I'm sure its hard work keeping that fat little belly up in the air that long. It's got to be tough! He just figures he'll roll and scoot to get where he needs to go. He has mastered the army crawl and he loves getting into everything! Let the fun begin... ahhhh!


Pulling himself up has led to this...his first bloody nose. Hence the title...its the first but I'm sure it won't be the last. Brennen and I were laying on the ground playing with Dav and he was pulling himself up on me. Well, he decided to be tricky and push off me and stand on his own. He did this a couple of times and would stand for like 2 seconds and then just fall back on me. Then he was standing against Brennen's legs and he reached for me, right when I turned my head, and he face planted it right in the ground. Yea, he was screaming. It didn't take long and he was over it. The bottle solves everything.

Davin's First Christmas

Christmas was a blast this year!! Even though Dav didn't have the slightest idea what was going on it was alot of fun! I loved setting out his toys, putting him in his lil' pjs and all that fun jazz! Christmas Eve we had a dinner down in Milford at Brennen's aunt Robin's. It was so nice with lots of yummy food and a good time visiting with each other.. Then Christmas day I think Dav knew Santa came because he woke up at like 6:30 which was very rare.. but I was so excited we brought him in and let him see his toys and everything. We got ready and went down to Brennen's parents and watched his little brothers open all their presents from Santa. It's so fun becuase they are young and get so excited! Then we went up to my parents and had lunch with all my siblings and nieces and nephews. It was lots of fun as well. Brennen and I were very spoiled as well. I got a new camera, which was a total suprise, a Roberts gift card(love love love Roberts), a Dooney and Burke?? purse from my in-laws(THANK YOU), and some other fun stuff. Brennen got a new rino radio with a GPS in it, shoes, clothes, ties, etc. He also got a really nice coyote call and some camo from his parents. Christmas was a success at the Orton House!
Our big present..new TV!! Thanks mom and dad!

Christmas with Dav was so much fun! He got this cute little Rockin' Homer that I love and I am also disappointed in...I thought it was alot bigger..it looked alot bigger in the catalog but it is still super cute and Dav knows just what to do on it. It sings the ABC's, take me out to the ball game, and counts. He got alot of clothes, books, and fun toys. I can't imagine what we would do without him!

New Pics

My cousin Shanell just started taking pics so

we had her do some of Dav for a Christmas

card and his six month old pics.

These were some of my favorite.

This one has a nice drool spot...he never

has a shirt without one.

Christmas bow on his back

Little Shepard Boy!

Tonight was our ward Christmas party and

we were asked to dress up like biblical times.

I couldn't really get creative with me and Brennen

but I thought Dav sure looked cute! It was

a really neat program and a great way to

remember the TRUE meaning of CHRISTmas!

(He is extremely tired of being a shepard boy

by now so thats the reason for sober sam!)

A Little Orton Fun!

WARNING: This is a pretty long post! ... I haven't updated for awhile so here are a few pictures of what we have been up to.

So I didn't really get any good pics on Thanksgiving.

We had a GREAT Thanksgiving. We had it up to my

mom's this year and then we went out to Brennen's

house later that afternoon and hung out with his fam.

It was alot of fun. Dav LOVED LOVED LOVED the pumpkin

pie with whip cream, rolls, and a little soda! Here he

is chillin with the boys watchin football.

Here's a nice blurry picture of Dav's FIRST TOOTH!

He cut the second one yesterday but you can't see

it good enough to take a pic of it.

Dav seeing SANTA for the FIRST time! He liked him, he didn't

really notice anything special, but he liked him. The big

flash things went off in this pic but I still think

it is pretty cute.

Here's a random pic of Bren at the Turkey Bowl.

I didn't get alot of good pics because quite frankly

it was to cold to get out and I didn't want to freeze.

I know...i'm a baby! Anyways, his team took second

this year and he had alot of fun. He played QB which

was fun and interesting! He was so sore the next

day I think he was sure he was going to die!

Here is Dav chillin in the car at the Turkey Bowl.

Unfortunately, we had to stay in the car becuase

it was FREEZING cold.

Dav watching TV. He can roll over from

his back to his belly but he CANNOT figure

out how to get back over. It's so funny

he'll like get his arms in place and everything

but he just can't get his hips to move. I

think I'm okay with him not getting

to mobile yet though. It's only a matter

of time before he's into everything.

Dav sitting up. He's doing pretty good sitting up.

He'll stay up for ten minutes or so. I guess i should say

when he's in the mood other times he just lays back....

Like in church when I think I have him sittin perfect

and I'm totally into the lesson and all the sudden he

starts screaming because he fell over and hit his head...

other than that he does pretty good :)

How CutE Is ThiS?
Dav patiently waiting for the next bite..

you better not make him wait to long or
it turns quite ugly!

It'S FinALlY IN!!

Davin has his FiRsT TooTh!!! Sorry there isn't a picture but it's pretty impossible to get him to open his mouth and get one so maybe when you can see it a little better I will be able to get a good pic. So the night before last night I was doing homework so Brennen was putting Dav to bed and he was fussing like crazy. Which is not usual! I could tell he was miserable it wasn't like he was just being naughty I could tell something was wrong. So I gave him some tylenol and he finally went to sleep. Then yesterday when I was driving to school my mother-in-law called me and said his tooth finally came through. I've been waiting for one to come in for awhile becuase he has been drooling and nearly chewing off his fingers so I knew the day was coming! It's going to be a long fun ride with the teething process I can already tell! So thats the latest and greatest from the Orton home! Dav is so much fun. I can't believe how much his little personality is coming out! He is an extremly happy baby which makes it so great! He is starting to sit up and the other night Brennen was laying on the ground by him and Dav was sitting by him and Dav put his hands on Brennens chest and stood up! He's a strong little guy!

My Hip HopPin HalloWeeN BabY!

Halloween was alot of fun for us this year with Dav. Even though he didn't know what was going on it was alot of fun to dress him up. He was a hip hop baby. I thought it turned out really cute.
As you can tell Brennen and I dressed up....He was a dad and I was a mom :) okay maybe next year I'll be a little more creative! I hope you all had a fun Halloween! Here are some cute pictures but it is pretty much impossible to get a good one of him. He's not the biggest fan of the camera. His shirt says 'Word to yo mommy'

Best pic of the night!

He thought the crown was mighty tasty!

I was trying to get a good pic of him standing

up so you can see the whole outfit but we

couldn't get him to look at the camera.

Dav n' Daddy