A Three month old Lane

3 Months!

This 14 pound fella has thee sweetest temperamemt. 

He is calm, sweet and oh so delicious.

 He coos softly and and has a darling bashful smile.

He likes to be held while looking out.

His kicks are getting stronger during bath time, and he loves it.

He loves his pacifier!!! 

He lights up when ever you sing to him.

He usually wants to go to bed between 8-9pm and we top him off at 11:00pm...ant then he wakes back up at 5:00am to eat--and were back up by 7:00am.

We're sleeping longer and we're all happy about it.

 

He is smiling bigger and filling out nicely.

 I don't call him chunk a choo for nothing.

He has found his fingers and has to be up on the counter to watch mama make dinner every night!!

Tummy time still isn't his favorite but he's getting stronger every day.

He still sleeps in the boppie every night (on the floor) and loves hanging out in it.

He is starting to drool constantly.

 (it is summer time and Lane and mom hang out under the patio cover most days while the bigger kids swim)

 

Lane likes to lay in his boppie and be part of the group while we read scriptures and books every night.

 We got to see Christy this month.

Lane and I met up with her in LA for lunch because she had a super long layover.

She loved seeing him and told our waitress out of the blue...

"I birthed this baby, 10 weeks ago. I just wanted to tell someone"

The waitress just starred and I said "its true" and we laughed and she thought it was amazing.

So fun to see her.

 

Lane, we love you!

How happy we are that you came to us.

Andie turns THREE!

(August 17, 2018)

Our baby girl is THREE!

We celebrated a day early this year because daddy was home(yay)!

She has been so excited for her PINK day!

She woke up to a pink birthday crown and pink balloons!

Of course she wanted to wear a pink dress and pink shoes for her pink party. 

She LOVES pink, pink, and more pink.

But don't let all that pink fool you, this girl literally rolls in the dog water, digs in the dirt, wrestles hard, climbs dressers, streaks daily, screams loud, runs fast, jumps high, sneaks any and all goodies, and enjoys opening every brand new band aid and maxi pad she sees.

Yes, she is a busy girl BUT she is a happy girl!

One who is always laughing and experiencing joy in whatever she is doing.

We laugh constantly.

Seriously, she cracks us up on the daily.

She gives the best hugs and greets us with the best "you came back!" when we just left for the store for 30 minutes.

She does the best "cannonball" when she jumps fearlessly into the pool.

She has to wear a dress everyday and has become quite the rice lover.

She loves showers and LOVES blow drying her hair.

(that's actually one of my favorite things to do with her)

She loves brushing her teeth.

She really like books and being read to.

She is starting to sing along to songs she knows.

It's so adorable.

She asks almost everyday if we can go to Disneyland.

She is getting into dress up and wears a Cinderella dress up dress almost everyday over her clothes.

She is the best!

It was so fun to watch her open a bag full of princess dolls.

She was so excited, so we said that gift was from Miles.

She gave him a BIG thank you hug! 

After we opened gifts, she helped get the cupcakes ready.

She is the one who picked out all the plates, cups and napkins

so she was extra excited to help get things set up.

She looks darling in pink with her pink party display.

We had a great party that consisted of pink foods, pizza, pink cupcakes,  pink ice cream and LOTS of swimming!

Happy Birthday Andie girl, we love you!
Now lets cross our fingers because potty training starts tomorrow!

First Grade

(August 2018)

 The first day of school.

I cannot believe we have a first grader.

New backpack, new collar shirts, new shorts, and new shoes were all a must.

BUT he made it perfectly clear he did NOT want a new lunch box.

Easy enough.

(Side story: Miles has been wearing converse shoes since he could walk.

So naturally we bought a new pair for the new year but we also wanted to get him tennis shoes for his P.E. days.

 Little did we know these red Nikes are his pick for everyday! 

He is obsessed with them! 

Is it because they are red or more comfortable? We don't know.)

 He kind of had the first day of school jitters but not bad.

As soon as we found his teachers line to stand in he and Jayson immediately stood together.

These two sat next to each other in Kindergarden the entire year and they were the ONLY ones from their kinder class in the new class.

We were shocked.

The kids, us moms- we were all relieved they had someone they knew.

All the crazy parents followed the first graders to their classrooms to say goodbye...

I ran up to check on Miles before he went inside- he was doing just fine!

It's going to be a great year.

Texas Trip Part III

After the wedding festivities we went back to my brothers house for the week.

 

 Lane was held nonstop by someone!

Tammy couldn't get enough!

He was loved on all week!

We  stayed up late playing games hysterically laughing having thee best time together.

We hung out.

We swam in their super fun pool..

And the kids LOVED their super fun diving board!

 

I didn't see much of Miles this round.

The older he gets the less and less I see him on these trips.

He is off with his cousins having so much fun!

 I am so happy he is building those relationships but sometimes when he is running by

I snag him- hug him- and say hello.

But he and Beckett boy are little buddies and are only 16 months apart but their size kills me.

It's hilarious. 

Another highlight of Texas was seeing my childhood best friend, Lacy.

She and I met in the 7th grade and have been friends ever since.

Her husband is working on his MBA in Texas and she drove a few hours to Byrons house to visit.

It was so great to see her.

It was great to catch up.

It was so great for our kids to see each other again.

It was great for us to see each other again. 

Her husband finishes up this summer and were all hoping he lands a job in the west somewhere.

Fingers Crossed.

Once we said our good byes to Lacy and her family, it was time for us to get to the airport.

Our time was over.

We were sad to leave.

Miles mastered the hover board while we were there and he did NOT want to give that up. 

He literally rode that thing til the last second.

We were late getting to the airport and Lane was screaming--he was so ready to eat.

We didn't have an extra minute to stop to feed him

SO we had Andie get in the stroller with him and feed Lane while we literally ran to our gate.

We were the last people to board the plane causing people to move seats so we could sit with our kids.

We were embarrassed, but there are kind people out there.

Once we landed all three kids were OUT.

Booking a late flight sounded like a good idea but we didn't think about getting all three sleeping kids OFF the plane.... but somehow Romney manages to do it all.

It was an awesome trip. 

We loved every second of everyday spending time with family and friends.

We came home exhausted but our hearts were full.

(we can't wait for our next family reunion which will be next summer in Boston...unless someone else decides to get married)

Texas Trip Part II

(July 2018)

My nephew Greyson got Married!

Married!! 

It was a HOT HOT MUGGY MUGGY day.

But,  it was a great day.

Andie was loving Britnays beautiful dress!

She has an eye for all things sparkly, twirly, and fluffy.

She will even stop strangers (all ages) to look at their dresses and spin them.

Andie has a way of making everyone feel beautiful.

After the wedding we went to a yummy lunch for the wedding party.

My oldest two siblings hadn't met Lane yet

So he go passed around between Byron and Alison.

I don't think Alison really got alone time with Lane though.

She may be the one holding him but the kids wanted to love to love on him too. 

I love that these cousins found each other quickly!

It was so fun to be together with family laughing and visiting.

Following the luncheon we headed over to the church building for the wedding reception. 

Andie worked her way through the family

sitting with them...

and giggling with them.

There was dancing

There were lots of pictures taken...

 Ones we could NOT see....

...and some we could!

 

 The Nerd Herd Together Again!

It had been years since all four of us siblings have all been together in one place at one time.

 Our hearts were so happy to be under one roof.

It really was a great day filled with so much joy with the people we love most.

Texas Trip Part I

(July 2018) 

Off to Texas we go!

We were supposed to go to Boston with my entire family this summer for our reunion but my nephew Greyson decided to get married.

So everyone flew to Texas for a wedding.

We went a few days early so we could spend time with the Stubbs before meeting up with my family.

The kids did great on the flight.

They really are good little travelers.

Lots of books, snacks, coloring and toys for entertainment.

We try really hard to NOT pull out the ipad until we are desperate for a movie.

We landed in Dallas and made our way to the Ethan and Amys where we were greeted with a birthday cake with 37 candles on it.

It just so happened to be my birthday on our traveling day.

After they sung me a great birthday song we left the kids with a babysitter and we went to a yummy dinner.

We went downtown Dallas to the Reunion Tower and it was DELICIOUS! 

It was so great to have a yummy fancy dinner with such great company. 

It was so hot and muggy all day every day.

The humidity was so bad and watching the kids swim was brutal. 

So we took turns being outside with Lane and taking him back inside to cool him off.

The kids loved the water!

We love that Miles is a confident swimmer now and he is floatie free.

And we love that Andie LOVES her floaties so much...otherwise we'd be in trouble.

We also love how fun she is in the water.

She doesn't hold back and lets the world know shes present!

If the kids weren't swimming they were fishing down at the bottom of the Stubbs property.

Miles really loves fishing and I swear that kid catches fish every time he fishes.

 In the evening the kids would cuddle up and watch a movie together.

Honestly my heart is more than happy when we are with our favorite friends.

I'll say it 100 times, we hate that they had to move so far.

Every night while the kids watched a movie we would play games and Lane would lay on the table in his boppie and just be perfect.

After a few days of so much fun we had to leave.

We cried..

we hugged...

and smiled and cried again!

We have such a sweet spot in our hearts for this family.

Romney and Ethan have been best friends since they were little boys.

Their babies were my babies for so long before mine came along.

We were sad to leave them but so excited to get back to Dallas to meet up with my whole family.

It has been years since all my siblings have been together all at once!

And I cant wait!