The Sounds of Nature...

Yesterday, Easton was playing with something like this on Ty's bed...


You know, the thing that plays different sounds to "soothe" baby. This is what Easton had to say about each sound...

Birds chirping: "Hey Mommy! These birds are singing!"

Heart Beat Noise: "Ohhh, listen it is dogs barking!"

River/Stream: "Mommy! Mommy! Now the dogs are peeing!"


Hmmm, nothing soothes a baby like the sound of dogs relieving themselves :)

A Trip to the Circus...

On Saturday we went to the circus. Easton was in his personal paradise for 2 hours and Ty was just amazed by all of the lights. We saw a guy get shot out of a cannon, elephants do crazy stuff that an animal that big shouldn't be able to do, a magic show, and a lot people dangling in the air. Easton and Ace got to ride an elephant and between the two of them I am not sure who enjoyed it more :) It was a fun time!

I took a lot of pictures, so to make it easier for myself (and others who would prefer not to scroll through a 100 pictures) I made them all into 1 picture...

Starting Now, My Life Will Never Be The Same

Ty hasn't really been into the whole crawling thing (unlike Easton who was crusin' around by 5 months). Ty has been content to roll his way around and get what he wants. I have also been okay with him taking his time, because I know what lies ahead...I have enjoyed being able to lay him down somewhere and him still being there when I get back, or not having to worry about what he is getting into. But that has all come to an end he is on the move and there is no stopping him!

Don't get me wrong, I am excited about all of the little milestones he is hitting, just a little apprehensive is all because this changes everything! :)

Utah

Me and Ty made a trip by ourselves this time...Easton stayed with Ace here in Vegas for some father-son bonding time. It was weird not having Easton with me, I haven't been away from him for that long ever, but the boys had fun together. Easton probably had more junk food this past weekend than he has had in is lifetime :)

I went up for the annual "Sister's Retreat" where all of the married sisters, and girl cousins get together up in Midway...away from it all...

Just doing a little arts and crafts...

Jessica and I at the Midway festivities

The two babes who came along...little Charlie and Ty

We obviously couldn't bare to leave it ALL behind...

A 'quick' family shot that took about six shots to get
everyone to look at the camera (Ty)

We did a lot of shopping tuckered little Ty out, but he got comfy

Ty and I flew back to vegas

Ty's first airplane ride...very thrilling
He did wake up at the very end and was as happy as a clam!

So it was a super fun trip, but I am glad to be back with my other 2 boys and I am thinking I can unpack my bags for a little while, so I am happy.

Guess Where We Were This Weekend...

Umm Yeah, UTAH, because that's where we go EVERY weekend...and just so I can keep the excitment going, (and to hype everyone up for my next post) I will be in UTAH again NEXT weekend as well. So prepare yourself for a good fill of UTAH every time you come to my blog :) I am pretty certain my life would be so much easier if I could just live in UTAH!

If only the drive from Vegas to Utah could be omitted from my mind... we actually love being in Utah with all of our friends and family, and it always seems to go by way too fast!

Our main reason for going was for the baby blessing of this little guy...

Carson

But we stopped by and visited with my family too...

At the blessing we saw our friends Bryan and Brianne and Easton had so much fun playing with their kids, Mayley and Hunter. Even though Easton's hand is in his mouth in this next picture it was quite miraculous in the fact that they were running around all over the place and I just said, " Hey kids, turn around and smile for me!" They proceeded to line up next to each other and smile...What?!
Hunter, Easton, Mayley

Then Easton and Hunter did it for me again...they were having so much fun together they couldn't keep the happiness in!

Ty on the other hand, couldn't keep his feet out of his mouth for a picture with his new little cousin...look at the size difference in just 6 months...

Ty's Favorite Toy...

Because who doesn't love to smash their face into a pokey ball?

And for another trick...watch him bend in half...

Should I Be Concerned...

That my 3 and a half year old son begs and begs for the baby food meant for his 6 month old brother

And Ty, on the other hand, is much happier with a baby food facial than actually eating it

When I first started feeding Ty baby food, Easton was so curious about it. I had the marvelous idea to let him try a bite (baby food peas, mind you), and he would never be interested again...but instead, he loved it, and when I say "loved it", I mean LOOOVVVED it. Then to correct myself I thought he would hate the carrots. Nope. Wrong again. So now he asks me what kind it is and then says, "Please Mommy, can I try Ty's yummy food, please?"

So now I am the Mean Mommy that forces all the "yummy" food on Ty who doesn't even want it, and neglects Easton with, you know, real food...
perhaps I should puree all of Easton's food.

Ty 6 Months Later...

We took Ty in for his 6 month pictures this weekend, and I must say, it was the easiest photo shoot I have ever experienced! For some reason with Easton he always thought the photographer was crazy or something and would just stare at all of us making fools out of ourselves trying to get some kind of a smile out of him.

With Ty, I sat him down on the table and he just started laughing. We didn't even have to try to make him smile. It took about 60 seconds to get 12 good pictures of him. The hardest part was deciding what pictures to keep because they were all good!

Ok, go ahead and laugh at his hair...
The photographer said, "Oh, I love how you styled his hair"
I said, " That wasn't me, it is his natural style."
I tried a few different things before we got there and when it dried it popped right back into the "Mohawk Style"

We got one with Easton too-
because you can't help it when they are both in the mood!

Some things about Ty

-He weighs 15 lbs and is 28" long--every time I go to the dr. he says he is a little small and would like to see him gain more weight. (I think he is plenty big)
He is 20th percentile for weight and 95th for height
-He loves his big brother...Nobody can make him laugh like Easton does
-He loves to eat his toes
-He is much happier with a blanket over his face
-He loves to be swaddled at night
-He is happy that he can now sit up and play
-He isn't crawling just yet, but can pretty much get to where he wants to go by scooting or rolling
-He loves to pull patches of my hair out or anything else in his reach (I am still afraid to wear earrings)
-He has an amazing talent of soaking his entire outfit with spit/slobber/drool in less than 60 seconds of getting him dressed
-His head is significantly larger than Easton's was, thus many old shirts of Easton's can't quite make it over his noggin
-And if anybody didn't notice, his hair wouldn't lay down if I glued it...pretty sure it would find a way to pop back up!

I can't believe Ty is already 6 months old...It has gone by so fast! He has been such a sweet, happy baby, and we can't remember not having him here!

Another Trip to Utah...

Pretty much every weekend for the last two months we have been out of town (by out of town I mean Utah). Although I love going to Utah and seeing everybody, it has gotten pretty old driving back and forth all the time! I feel like we have been living out of our luggage. We get home, I do the laundry and throw everything back in the bags! But this wast the last trip for a while, and a good one because we got to see our newest nephew/cousin, Carson. Ryan and Rebecca had their first little baby boy...adding to the number of grandson's... making it boys-5 and girls-0! He is way cute and we had a fun time hanging out with the Casper family all weekend.

Easton & Baby Carson

Right when we got there we did some fireworks for Pioneer Day with Papa Larry & Grammy

Ty has started to sit up really well


Ace and Ryan took Easton swimming

Here is Ryan teaching Easton how to spit water at people... Thanks again Uncle Ry!

Even though my mom and Lauren were in Cali, we stopped by to say hi to the cousins on our way home
(Jessica, way to be on soothing the child)

So we are back in the hot weather of Vegas and maybe now I can get back into a regular routine, and unpack for, at least for a little while.

A Trip to "See George"

This past weekend we took a quick trip to St. George to see our friends, Jared, Kaytie, and their new little baby girl, Annie. When I told Easton we were going to St. George he couldn't stop talking about it...

"When are we going to see George? I want to show my sharks to George. I want to play with George."

Obviously he got a little confused about it, thinking St. George was a person. So when we got there and he saw Jared, of course he thought this was the 'George' he was waiting to see! The whole trip, Easton called Jared 'George'.

Here is George and Annie

Except for the fact that it was just as hot there as it is here in Vegas, it was fun to hang out with friends and relax. We went to a fun little water park to cool off, watch movies, went swimming, and talked about how crazy Ace and Jared (mostly Ace) were as adolescents.

Easton fell asleep on the way there...lets all notice the drool coming down the side of his cheek...lovely.

Ty loved playing with Annie's toys

Water Park Fun

Our gracious hosts

Ty got to sneak in and have a bath with Annie. (Totally a photo that will be pulled out when they are teenagers)

Swim time

All of us

We had a fun time, and it was good to see Kaytie & Jared (George) and to finally meet little Annie. Thanks for the invite guys!