The first of many thrilling, and full of excitement posts...

I lied, nothing too exciting...

But we are leaving for Utah today, so I thought I would empty my camera...

Ty loves a good blanket. A blanket in his face a lot of the time is the only thing that he wants when he is fussy. It puts him right to sleep, and thus is currently my best friend! (although he does love to pull it over his face and I have to pull it down a lot so he can breathe!)

Here is Easton with one of his favorite things to do...read. Which has always surprised me with how hyper of a kid he is, but this is the one thing he will sit and do for, literally, hours.

And last, but not least. Ty had his first bites of "real" food the other night. I will post about it later, but this picture, with the look of sheer terror on his face pretty much describes how the whole thing went down.

For the next week or so, we will be in Utah. We have a family reunion, and my brother, Jesse, is coming home from his mission. He got a little sick, and has to come home to get better. But hopefully, he will get better quick and be able to go back to his mission. Either way, we are super excited to see him...especially to introduce his little nephew whom I was just barely pregnant with when he left!

Head's Up...and Down

This video was a little while ago, Ty does a bit better now, but I find it so enjoyable...

p.s unless you want to hear Easton fake laughing hysterically throughout the video you may want to turn the volume all the way down!

Some Milestones & Such

Here are just a few things that have been happening with Easton & Ty...

1st We brought out the Bumbo for Ty! And he is happy! He loves to see what everyone is doing so it worked out well.


2nd We finally moved Easton to a twin bed! He has been in his toddler bed up until now, and it is nice to have a bed that adults can use as well! When I put on those lovely blue sheets Easton walked in and said,

"Ohhh I love it Mommy! My bed is blue like the sea! Thank you Mommy, Thank you!"
The things I do to make this child happy!

3rd Here is Ty in the midst of practicing his rolling skills... he has been doing this for a while, but he seems to enjoy turning in circles rather than rolling over.

And then there's Easton. Lately he has been getting into everything you could think of that he shouldn't be getting into! This story is pretty funny though...
While Easton was taking his nap I was making brownies. By the time he woke up I was taking them out of the oven. He came out of the room talking about everything under the sun (like I mentioned in the last post this boy likes to talk) so I wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying. Then I heard him say, "Mmmm I like this Mommy! This is good! I like it!" I look over at him to see what he is doing and he had grabbed the chocolate spoon from the mixing bowl that I used (which was in the sink) and was eating the chocolate off of the spoon and dipping it in for more!
Here I found him buckled into Ty's carseat completely stuck...
Just a cute picture of the boys...

And one more story about Easton. Last night he got into trouble right before bed. So I was trying to make him happy before he went to sleep. I asked him if he wanted to sing some songs. He said yes. So I started singing, but he was just watching me. I said, "Aren't you going to help me sing?" and he said in such an exasperated voice, "I just can't Mommy. I am too sad."
Awww the poor thing...

I Just Can't Resist A Little Hat On A Huge Baby Head!

Ty's head is a lot bigger than Easton's was. Where hats were too big for Easton, they are all too small for Ty. But still so cute!

Just Keep Swimming...

We just signed Easton up for swim lessons. Right now, I am in the water with him while he gets used to the teacher...then he will be by himself. Since the start of the lessons, here is what I have come to realize...

1. This kid could really, truly be in the water all day long...

2. All I am ever going to get at parent/teacher conferences is, "Well, he is a sweet kid, but he just doesn't EVER stop talking."

I mean it, whilst every other child would stop and listen to the teacher, my little Easton literally had constant conversation (really with himself) that went like this

"Look at me! I am a dolphin swimming in the sea (while dipping his hand up and down in a "dolphin" motion) I swim sooo fast....Look at that shark he is gonna get you! Watch out!....Look at me kick, I am a good kicker. I kick so fast. I am gonna splash you. I am gonna splash that girl. Don't help me Mommy. Did you see me jump? I jumped so high I flew in the sky. Then I crashed in the water! I am a dolphin. I can swim by myself. Here I come I am swimming in the sea! Look at all the fishys...they are swimming with me..."

There was just a continuous stream of words coming out of his mouth the whole time. It really made me laugh a little, but I know this is going to cause problems in the future...

Mother's Day...just a tad late

Since Jesse gets to call the family on Mother's Day we decided to make a quick trip to Utah to talk to him. We had a lot of fun with all of our family. We took Easton to the Dinosaur Museum (see post below). I got to see my cousin, Ginay who was so kind to do a late night hair cut for me! Thanks Ginay! And of course, Elder Williams called from Brazil!

Uncle Brad, being the genius that he is, thought up a way to see what "future Ty" would look like...what do you think?!

Meeting the Dinosaurs

Right now, Easton has a major fascination with dinosaurs so while in Utah we went to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum with the Grandparents. Easton was in heaven!

Look at the size of that foot

Digging up a dino

Easton & Ace showing off their "watch out!" faces

A freakishly large turtle skeleton

The "bear cave from the bear hunt" as Easton described it...It took Ace a while to persuade Easton in there (the picture makes it look bright but it was quite dark)

The Grandparents who came along for the fun

And yet again, Ty just chilled in the stroller the whole time...but this is proof he was there!

A Glimse into the Future...

At the beginning of May, my cousin Jessica & boyfriend Cory, and their friends came down and stayed with us for a wedding

We wanted to see what these cute couples would look like with children in the future, so Ace and I graciously offered our children up as fill in's...

Good looking families if you ask me :)

A 'Normal' Baby Brain...

The hospital gave us a CD of all the pictures they took of Ty. I thought it was cool so I posted it for all viewing pleasure...

The MRI...

Today was quite a stressful day, but it couldn't have gone better. Ty was a trooper, and even though he was hungry he smiled and laughed the whole time. He even did good getting the IV--he just did his little whimpering cry he does, and right after it he fell asleep. It was hard to see him under sedation and hooked up to all the wires, but at the same time we felt so comforted from the many prayers and fasting in his behalf. We were in the waiting room for about an hour while they did the MRI and then they took us back to see him in the recovery room. As soon as he woke up I got to feed him and he was back to his usual self smiling and laughing again! I am so happy that everything went well and it is over with, and the best news is that his MRI came back normal, so for now, nothing to worry about. Ace calls it a "very expensive peace of mind"!

Here he is waiting for everything. As soon as they put that little tag on his foot he grabbed his foot and played with it the whole time!

After the IV...so sad

Just waking up...

Such a long an exhausting day! Thank you again to everyone for their prayers! And a special thanks to Blake & Erin for watching our other crazy child all day long!!