Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's back to work I go

I started back to work at Tuacahn this week. It was really nice to be home during the day with my new baby, and I was really nervious about coming back to work. I get to bring Robbie with me to work for a couple of hours a day, which has been so nice. If I have a meeting or get really busy I can just run the baby to my mom's house down the street. She is so great to help watch him. If I didn't have her there is no way I could be back to work. My mom (and dad and sister and grandma)is amazing.
I actually have been having a good time being back to work. I forgot that this place does have some really great perks. The people are awesome and I love being here with them. Plus Tuacahn puts on some really great shows and right now we are just in the process of puting the 2009 season together. The lineup of concerts for 09 is the best ever! I'm most excited for Julianne Hough and Brian Regan.
I miss my baby so much when I am not with him, but I am so glad that I have an opportunity to help provide for my family. Even though I cant wait until I get to stay home full time with my family, I am so blessed to have this job with good pay and great benifits (especially with the economy the way it is). It helps so much while we are trying to get Rob done with school. Well, back to work :)

Family Pictures

Thanks to Leslie and Chris for the darling fall outfit.

Halloween

For Halloween Rob, Robbie, and I went to Trunk or Treat at the church by my sisters house. It has been a family tradition ever since her ward started doing trunk or treat a few years ago. All the family meets at the church and my Grandpa Gardner gets to pass out all the candy. The church is in Dixie Downs (and no offense to anyone who lives in Dixie Downs...I grew up there myself) boy do you see some strange people. This year Jenni didn't get Carter a costume and she didn't really think about what he was going to be until an hour before trunk or treating. We looked through he box of costumes and decided that he didn't want to be princess Aurora or Tinkerbell so we ended up wrapping him up in old cut up t-shirts and he was a mummy. He looked cute, but it was a pretty lame costume. Robbie got to dress up like a jack-o-lantern which was really just a bib, hat, and fun slippers. He didn't really get into his first Halloween very much. Maybe he will enjoy it more next year.

Wicked!!

Ever since I found out the Wicked was coming to Salt Lake on tour next year, I knew I had to get tickets. Well so did every other person in the whole wide world because it was sold out before they even went on sale. I found out the other day that Zions bank was doing a special pre-sale today. I went online and tried and tried to get tickets, but the site was not responding because of to much traffic. Luckily my mom passed on using the internet and just called the box office. After an hour of trying to get through we finally got a real person and 8 tickets to see Wicked in April. I cant wait! Earlier this year I went and saw it it LA with some friends. It was AMAZING. In fact we almost purchased tickets to see it again back to back. I'm super excited to see it again.

Three Weeks Old

I can not believe that Robbie is already three weeks old. He has already changed so much. He now weighs over 9lbs. The last three weeks being pregnant were the longest of my life, but the next three weeks were some of the fastest. At night he gets colicky and cries for a few hours, but other than that he has been such a good baby. He is really alert and so much fun to stare at.

Robert Wells Knowlton I, II, III, and IV

When we found out we were having a little boy, Rob really wanted to name him Robert Wells Knowlton, IV. He thinks it is a cool tradition and didn't want it to end with him. I understand that there might be times when it is confusing to have so many Roberts, but I also think it is very neat to be named after so many wonderful men. This picture is priceless. I hope we have many more pictures of the four of them.