My Smiley Guy

I love these. I don't usually get great pictures but it happened to be a sunny day so they were easier to capture.

So some of these aren't the best quality pictures but I just can't get enough of his smile. He is such a smiley guy, I just wanted to share them with you! He's the cutest kid ever.

This one is a bit fuzzy but I love it of him smiling up at me. He especially get this way when he is tired and I am trying to put him to sleep he starts giggling. Then a few minutes later he is out. :)

Austin's Blessing Day

Austin was blessed over a month ago and I have been meaning to post some pictures ever since. (It takes me about a month to get most anything done lately.) It was a very beautiful day and we were so happy for all of the friends and family that were able to come celebrate with us for the special occasion.

A shot of the whole fam. Its too much to ask now to have everone looking at the camera I think.

I didn't get a picture of the whole group of friends that came and celebrated with us at the dinner we had afterward but it was so good to see everyone! I did get to snap this one of my good friend Maria and Austin and her cute little guy Davis.

We were so happy to have my sister Amelia and her family there!! They have come up from Spokane for all of our boys blessings, and we were so glad that they could make it!

Little Austin with Grandma and Grandpa.

Mom Says I Can

My Mother-in-law is amazing. Every time they come to visit she always has something fun for the boys. This time when they came for Austin's blessing she brought the boys a new book called "Mom Says I Can" in the book it talks about a little boy dressing up as all sorts of different things, a pilot, an astronaut, a super hero, a pirate, an indian etc. It's a really cute book and the boys love it. Then she also brought them all the costumes they could wear to dress up like the different things in the book! Including all the little badges, a bow an arrow, and all kinds of things. Every boys dream! Here they are pretending with all of their new stuff..

Here she is reading them the story for the first time.

Carter as a superhero

The pirate and the indian chief searching their map to find the lost treasure. (The map was included of course)

Superman!!

Arrgh.....

Of course Teddy must be a part of every adventure!

The Zoo

We also got to go to the zoo while Grandma and Grandpa were in town. We had a great time. Here are some of the highlights:

An amazing peacock

The Giraffes

Stopping for a quick picture

The Elephants

My Little climber

And the best for last, nothing beats a ride on Grandpa's shoulders. We had so much fun. Thanks Grandma & Grandpa!!

All smiles

So I just can't say enough how much I love this little man. He started really smiling a few weeks ago and hasn't stopped since. He is just the happiest little baby ever, he sleeps great, and is perfectly content with just chilling wherever he happens to be. I don't know what I did to deserve such a wonderful baby boy, but I'm soo grateful to have him!

Austin's Bear

Every time I change Austin's diaper he always turns to this little bear that is on his wall and starts cooing at it. He just smiles and talks to this little bear, I think it is so cute. It was so easy to capture because he really does it almost every time, and we spend a lot of time on that little table because the little guy poo's about 10-15 times a day I think! Thank goodness he's the only one in diapers now.

Easter

Dyeing Easter eggs is of course the best part of easter. I got this little trick from the family fun magazine. You can put your eggs inside whisks and it secures them so that your two year old can dye eggs and dip them in different colors without cracking the egg. It worked wonderfully and didn't effect the dying process a bit.

We have a little community egg hunt every year at a big park. It always rains on Easter (or lets face it,, all of April - jan. feb. and march for that matter too.) So this year we were prepared sporting our rain coats and rain boots for the hunt. I don't think it actually rained on us while we were out there though. Just before and after. Here the boys are, enjoying the fruits of their labor. Brandon never waits to dig in when candy is involved!

Like Father Like Son

I don't know if Ryan would approve my posting of this picture, but I just couldn't resist. Don't they look so much alike?! Same expression and everything, and both soo cute! Love you guys. :)

Mr. Independent

So lately, (since having baby number three) I have been encouraging Carter to become more independent and do more things on his own. So the other day when he wanted to help make his own peanut butter and honey sandwich, I gladly showed him how. A few days later while I was busy nursing Austin, Carter announced that he was hungry and wanted to make his own sandwich so I let him go for it. What I didn't count on was my two year old deciding that he too, could go ahead and make his own! Thats what I get for encouraging independence I guess. He didn't really do all that bad. Luckily I was able to intervene before he got to the honey part.