To Be Continued. . .

. . .is now continued

For Craig's Birthday. . .

. . .we invited some friends over for a pool party that Saturday. We enjoyed a gourmet hot dog bar and some red velvet cake. Craig got some new clothes for work, and some other fun stuff. I think he really enjoyed his birthday this year. It was fun to celebrate with friends and family.




For the Fourth of July. . .

Craig and I took the boys down to Provo to check out some of the Freedom Festival stuff. Then Craig had to go to work.





I then went to my parents house and joined everyone for a pool party and a BBQ. My mom's side of the family was there. We all had so much fun. I really enjoyed seeing everyone and getting to spend time with them.





For Little M's birthday. . .

. . .I was a slacker. I asked my mom to help me come up with a party because I wanted to celebrate, but I was too tired to plan it. Little M hasn't shown huge interest in anything particular. He really seems to like Thomas and trains though. We kind of did a things that go party. Mostly it was just food and family since he's 2 and won't really remember.

Little M loves marshmallows so, instead of a cake, we had a chocolate fountain. That way he could enjoy yummy chocolate dipped marshmallows. And we could all enjoy a chocolate fountain ;).



My mom bought him this little mini cake so we could sing happy birthday and he could blow out the candle. Little H dropped it on the floor the night before, and, after I fixed it, Little M kept sneaking frosting here and there.




We sang happy birthday about ten times. And then I tried to get Little M interested in his presents. He wasn't too impressed with anything.



Our friends did give him this tool belt that he liked. He tried to climb into the pool with it, and all his other clothes too, and when I went to take it off he screamed at me. This was my solution.



Along with the tool belt he got some new clothes to wear and some fun books from his nursery leader. Have I mentioned she's amazing!

I felt bad that his party wasn't more exciting. I also felt bad for my mom's efforts and the fact that no one came. Labor Day weekend is a tough time to have a birthday. I was glad that our neighbors came. They are such good friends. And Little M really did enjoy himself. He even got into the pool for a bit.



We're trying to make Little M a patchwork afghan for his birthday. If anyone would like to contribute a crocheted square we'd love it. It can be any size, any color, any pattern. It was a my hopes that we could make a trip down south and have a little birthday party/meet the new baby party with everyone down there. And then we could possibly do more with the afghan down there. But unfortunately it looks like my recent 4 day stay at the B&B of American Fork Hospital is the closest thing we'll be getting to "getting away" for a while.

Hopefully that concludes all my "to be continued" posts.

Because We're Cute. . .That's Why!

It's time again for another random post. I guess there's just so much cuteness, amongst these boys, that we can't fit it all into our regular posts. So there's no way to escape a random catch up every once and a while.

Though Big H has been "potty trained" for a couple of months now, he hasn't really been "potty trained". Our biggest culprit: the pooping of the pants. I made a sticker chart to help and it slowly filled up, but he never could get quite all those stickers. Why? Because he kept pooping his pants. Finally, I took away the viewing rights of his favorite TV show, Super Hero Squad. Within a few days he was fully potty trained! And within a few more days he had filled his sticker chart!



What did he get for filling said sticker chart. A new toy! A toy which I have come to call his "potty" train. He played with it for a day or two. Now it's old news. But he is still fully potty trained and going strong. And that is what matters.



Here's my favorite little super hero, Big H again, out playing in our "yard." One day it will start to resemble a yard.



Here's another one of my little cuties. Baby M is all ready for nursery, bag and all. Our nursery leader decided to just advance him to Senior Nursery since we couldn't get him to stay in the other class. Now he gets to be in there with Craig and I, and his brothers. He loves nursery! He loves having his own little bag to carry, and he loves participating in all the actions and games. He has a harder time sitting and doing some of the activities but that's OK. All the kids have somewhat of a hard time, so it's not too much of a difference.



Here is a cute picture of Baby M caught in between the seats in the car.



On a subject completely unrelated to boys:

My friend had her little girl the weekend before Memorial Day-- if I'm remembering correctly. This is the friend who also has three boys. This is her first girl. She's the one I threw the shower for not too long ago. We were way excited to meet their new little bundle of sweetness. It was so strange to see pink in her house ;)

Baby M's Surgery

The last Friday in May we took Baby M in to get is umbilical hernia fixed. The hernia was getting big enough that they would do surgery, but it was still optional. We decided to go ahead and get it while he had insurance. We didn't think the hernia had much chance of getting smaller with how active he is.

The surgery was really no big deal. We were at the hospital for just a matter of hours. Even so, Craig and I were a little emotional.



Baby M enjoyed his little remote. He talked on it like a phone, and tried to press the "call nurse" button a couple of times.



They gave him some medicine to make him happy/relaxed. He was pretty kookie on it. He kept stroking Craig's face, and giving him hugs.



After the medicine kicked in they took him back. I was afraid I might cry.



I was glad to hear that he wouldn't be poked until he was completely out. I don't think I could have handled watching, and listening to, my baby getting an IV that day.



Waiting was kind of nerve wracking. Poor Craig looked so nervous. Luckily the surgery took less then an hour and we were soon told that all went well.

Baby M coming out of the anesthesia was far worse then Baby M going into surgery. He cried, screamed, wiggled and yelled. He was not happy and would not give into sleep. They had put a tube down his throat during surgery, to help him breath. It made his voice sound raspy and I think his throat felt funny. That's probably what bothered him the most.




Craig took him from me within a few minutes, of him being out of surgery, and didn't give him back. He held him the whole time we were waiting to check out, clear until we got to the car. I think he was worried about his little boy.




Within a couple hours Baby M was pretty much acting normal.

Our favorite part of the surgery was Baby M and his "Gi-goo's". "Gi-Goo" is sort of Baby M's catch phrase and he said it up until the very end. He even said it once when he was coming out of the anesthesia.

Day of:



5 Days Later:



A week later

Easter Weekend!

Our Easter festivities began on Friday with dying eggs. We found a great kit where you just roll the paint on with rollers. It was much easier, and much faster. But I did kind of miss the old fashioned vinegar dyes.





Baby M got frustrated with the rollers, so I would just paint his hand and let him hold the egg.




The Easter Bunny was gracious and hid our eggs on Saturday, so we could attend my cousins baby blessing on Sunday. We had a really fun egg hunt in my parents back yard.







After the egg hunt we enjoyed our traditional meal of Eggs-all-a-Goldenrod.



The next day we woke up to more treats from the Easter Bunny.






We then headed to the baby blessing.



We enjoyed the afternoon at a park, in Layton, with family.





Afterwards we enjoyed a peaceful ride home.



Happy Easter!!!