Weight: 16.09 lbs (24%)
Height: 26.57 inches (57%)
Head Circumference: 17.1 inches (42%)
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Library Activity - September 14, 2013
In an effort to keep Lucy busy, we took advantage of a free library activity at the Chapman library. I offered to take my neighbor's daughter, Aeli as well since everything is always more fun when you have a friend to share it with. The girls made "rain sticks" that I'm sure went along with some book that they read at story time that no longer remember.
Third time's a charm to finally get open eyes.
Lucy made me take a picture of her hair which Aeli's mom, Marnie had done. Lucy is notorious for having disheveled hair due entirely to my laziness to ever do anything with her hair so it was a nice change to have a cute hairstyle for her. And of course, the only way for her to actually see her hair is for me to take a picture of it.
Aeli has a lot more hair to work with so she had a pretty cool hairstyle. Some day, maybe I will learn to do more than a pony tail. But for now, at least I can depend on the kindness of my neighbors to help out in that area!
Brandon's 36th Birthday - September 12, 2013
Ethan, Damian, Meili, and Sydney joined us for the evening.
The entertainment for the night was the newly released Disney Infinity game that Brandon had been working on. Fortunately, all the employees (even the independent contractors like Brandon) received a free copy of the game so we didn't have to pay for it.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Salt Lake Comic-Con - September 7, 2013
Starting on Thursday, September 5th, Brandon was practically living at the Salt Palace for the first Salt Lake Comic-Con. He used to fly all over the country to go to conventions to sell his art and comic book so it was really exciting that a Comic-Con would be held right in our own city so that he could eliminate travel costs from his expenses resulting (hopefully)in more profits. The convention was originally supposed to be held at the South Towne Expo Center, which is a smaller venue (and further away from us) but after pre-purchased ticket sales exceeded expectations, the organizers moved it to the larger Salt Palace (which was much more convenient for us in terms of location since we live closer).
The crowds exceeded everyone's expectations and it was packed! Lines wrapped around the convention center and many people were turned away because there just wasn't enough space. The crowds were crushing! But that meant great foot traffic for Brandon and it was the busiest convention he had ever done. He came home exhausted each night but it was really exciting.
After doing a sleep over at Emily's house after our raspberry picking adventure the day before, Emily graciously watched Lucy and Grey all day on Saturday so that I could help Brandon at the convention. I had been so busy previously that I hadn't pumped any milk for Grey but Emily had some of her own frozen milk and she was still nursing Rowe so I figured that she could just nurse Grey if she needed and he was starting solids so I figured that could hold him over.
What an experience being at a Comic-Con. I had been to MOCCA Fest in New York City and a preview night at Phoenix Comic-Con with Brandon but never really experienced a comic convention in all it's glory.
I wish I took more pictures but we were so busy. I think that the second picture was actually taken by a neighbor and posted on facebook. While Brandon was chatting with customers and drawing commissions, I was handling all the transactions and prepping the purchases (finding, bagging, and boarding). Neither of us really got much of a chance to walk around to see other booths or check out all the cool cosplayers.
I had to take off early to meet Emily at my house (and nurse poor Grey who wouldn't take Emily's milk from bottle or breast). When all was said and done and the numbers came in, I think close to 80,000 people attending Salt Lake's first Comic-Con. The organizers were able to book really big people to come and it ended up that Stan Lee even came. It was pretty phenomenal for such a small city like Salt Lake to have such a huge turnout in it's very first year and I thought this little infographic that was floating around facebook was really cool showing just how big it really was (4th largest in North America - not too shabby)!
Thank goodness the convention ended on Saturday night so that we had Sunday to recover from it all. Not having Brandon around to support me with the kids was difficult, and to make matters more stressful, Brandon had insisted on throwing a party on the first night of Comic-Con (Thursday) for all his artist friends and as the supportive wife, I agreed to it even though it meant that I would have to do all the work for it since Brandon would be so busy. I planned and prepared a ton of food (I think he invited close to 40 people but we weren't sure how many were coming) and spent hundreds of dollars installing giant white panels on the side of our garage for the artists to draw on (like at Melty Way). But because the first day was so crazy busy, the organizers extended the hours much later than originally planned so I ended up hosting a bunch of Brandon's friends without him for a while! Thank goodness the kids were good that night for bedtime and we didn't start the party until later in the evening. Needless to say, while the party was fun, we'll never do something like that during Comic-Con ever again. It's enough work and exhausting enough as it is just doing the convention. Lesson learned.
The crowds exceeded everyone's expectations and it was packed! Lines wrapped around the convention center and many people were turned away because there just wasn't enough space. The crowds were crushing! But that meant great foot traffic for Brandon and it was the busiest convention he had ever done. He came home exhausted each night but it was really exciting.
After doing a sleep over at Emily's house after our raspberry picking adventure the day before, Emily graciously watched Lucy and Grey all day on Saturday so that I could help Brandon at the convention. I had been so busy previously that I hadn't pumped any milk for Grey but Emily had some of her own frozen milk and she was still nursing Rowe so I figured that she could just nurse Grey if she needed and he was starting solids so I figured that could hold him over.
What an experience being at a Comic-Con. I had been to MOCCA Fest in New York City and a preview night at Phoenix Comic-Con with Brandon but never really experienced a comic convention in all it's glory.
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| Brandon busy with a commission. Next to him is Jake Parker, another Utah artist. |
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| Brandon's booth and all his wares. |
I had to take off early to meet Emily at my house (and nurse poor Grey who wouldn't take Emily's milk from bottle or breast). When all was said and done and the numbers came in, I think close to 80,000 people attending Salt Lake's first Comic-Con. The organizers were able to book really big people to come and it ended up that Stan Lee even came. It was pretty phenomenal for such a small city like Salt Lake to have such a huge turnout in it's very first year and I thought this little infographic that was floating around facebook was really cool showing just how big it really was (4th largest in North America - not too shabby)!
Thank goodness the convention ended on Saturday night so that we had Sunday to recover from it all. Not having Brandon around to support me with the kids was difficult, and to make matters more stressful, Brandon had insisted on throwing a party on the first night of Comic-Con (Thursday) for all his artist friends and as the supportive wife, I agreed to it even though it meant that I would have to do all the work for it since Brandon would be so busy. I planned and prepared a ton of food (I think he invited close to 40 people but we weren't sure how many were coming) and spent hundreds of dollars installing giant white panels on the side of our garage for the artists to draw on (like at Melty Way). But because the first day was so crazy busy, the organizers extended the hours much later than originally planned so I ended up hosting a bunch of Brandon's friends without him for a while! Thank goodness the kids were good that night for bedtime and we didn't start the party until later in the evening. Needless to say, while the party was fun, we'll never do something like that during Comic-Con ever again. It's enough work and exhausting enough as it is just doing the convention. Lesson learned.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Raspberry Picking - September 6, 2013
While Brandon was at Comic-Con, Lucy, Grey, and I went down to Emily's so we could go on our annual raspberry picking outing. Emily already blogged about this and took many more pictures HERE.
We remembered to dress ourselves in long sleeve shirts and long sleeve pants after making that mistake last year. But even better, the owner had planted some thornless raspberries and allowed us to pick in those rows. It was wonderful. I know the boys got a little hot but I was on a mission and picked 5 lbs or raspberries!
I was so busy picking, that I didn't bother taking pictures until we were about to leave and the girls starting helping themselves to the free flowers on the way out.
I'm so glad that these two cousins are such good friends.
We relaxed the rest of the day at Emily's. Grey was almost 6 months so I'm obviously feeding him solids in these next pictures but I can't remember if I let him eat any raspberries that day. I think I tried when we were actually picking and he might have choked a bit.
Looking forward to going raspberry picking again this year! I love this annual tradition!!
We remembered to dress ourselves in long sleeve shirts and long sleeve pants after making that mistake last year. But even better, the owner had planted some thornless raspberries and allowed us to pick in those rows. It was wonderful. I know the boys got a little hot but I was on a mission and picked 5 lbs or raspberries!
I was so busy picking, that I didn't bother taking pictures until we were about to leave and the girls starting helping themselves to the free flowers on the way out.
I'm so glad that these two cousins are such good friends.
We relaxed the rest of the day at Emily's. Grey was almost 6 months so I'm obviously feeding him solids in these next pictures but I can't remember if I let him eat any raspberries that day. I think I tried when we were actually picking and he might have choked a bit.
Looking forward to going raspberry picking again this year! I love this annual tradition!!
Lucy's First Homework Assignment - September 3, 2013
Who gets homework the first day of school...in pre-K?!
Fortunately, it was a really fun assignment and Lucy and I got really into it and spent a ton of time doing it together. She received a letter "L" for her name and had to fill it with pictures of other things that began with "L". She did a really good job finding things in magazine that began with L and did a lot of the cutting as well. Here she is with a classic Lucy expression.
A close-up of the finished product. I wish I knew how to rotate this picture but I'm too lazy to figure it out. You get the idea, though.
And this is where Lucy got a hold of the camera again. Brandon was getting ready for Salt Lake City's first comic-con so he had his art strewn everywhere.
Her awesome scooter we got for her birthday. Seriously, best toddler scooter ever. I know that she would have preferred a pink scooter but it won't be long until Grey will inherit this thing so I wanted to get it in a gender neutral color.
Our mess of shoes...
More mommy and Grey (and I honestly don't know what was going on with my hair...)
Happy baby!
Look! I cleaned off the television stand...a little bit.
Some of Brandon's art for Comic-Con.
Lucy is already doing selfies.
And apparently felt the need to capture the ceiling fan.
We ended up cutting out so many things that began with L and couldn't really fit them all. But it was really fun.
And that pretty much sums up any given night in the Dayton household.
Fortunately, it was a really fun assignment and Lucy and I got really into it and spent a ton of time doing it together. She received a letter "L" for her name and had to fill it with pictures of other things that began with "L". She did a really good job finding things in magazine that began with L and did a lot of the cutting as well. Here she is with a classic Lucy expression.
A close-up of the finished product. I wish I knew how to rotate this picture but I'm too lazy to figure it out. You get the idea, though.
Her awesome scooter we got for her birthday. Seriously, best toddler scooter ever. I know that she would have preferred a pink scooter but it won't be long until Grey will inherit this thing so I wanted to get it in a gender neutral color.
Our mess of shoes...
More mommy and Grey (and I honestly don't know what was going on with my hair...)
Happy baby!
Look! I cleaned off the television stand...a little bit.
Some of Brandon's art for Comic-Con.
Lucy is already doing selfies.
And apparently felt the need to capture the ceiling fan.
We ended up cutting out so many things that began with L and couldn't really fit them all. But it was really fun.
And that pretty much sums up any given night in the Dayton household.
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