Cute has been crawling and pulling up to things.. He is still not gaining weight (working on it)but he is so happy and always smiling and laughing and wanting to be with his big brothers. Anytime he is around anyone they comment on what a happy boy he is. Even at his worst he is happy!

Sweet is going to have a hard time when the puppies go to new homes.. They are going to be able to leave on monday. Its been a fun thing for him to be able to play with them, hold them and learn responsibility with taking care of them. He knows them all and is always wanting to hold them.. Smart was sad when he left from his last visit because it would be the last time he would see them. They get cuter and cuter and their personalities are totally showing now. Its been a lot of fun! (Not to say that I am ready for them to be in their new homes and be puppies there; )

Family Christmas Party

We had a really fun family Christmas party last night. Sweet sang songs with his cousins and loved running around and playing with all of them.. Grandma and Grandpa had all of their Great Grandchildren but Smart there. We had a lot of fun eating, visiting, singing and being together as family. We missed smart and cant wait to see him again.

December

Smart came for his Christmas visit. We had a fun time Making Tree ornaments, playing with Puppies, Eating pizza, Playing with puppies, making Gingerbread houses, playing with cousins and playing with Puppies.... Smart and Sweet loved trying to get the puppies to jump and play I think smart really likes the puppies. The next morning we opened some presents and played together until Smart had to go home. That night sweet kept on saying he missed his brother and talking about how much fun we had together.

Fun times!

Halloween was  a lot of fun! Grandma made Halloween lunch with ghosts, mummies and eyeballs.  Sweet and Cute were Mario and Luigi Sweet has been talking about his costume for months and loved the hat we made for him.  Cute didn't want to wear it but liked playing at Grandmas anyway..  Sweet and I went trick or treating and I was so proud that he said "Thank you Happy Halloween" at every door.  He didn't get scared when we went to houses that were a little spooky or say scary costumes.  He loved playing with his cousins and seeing their costumes and it was just a really fun day!

We went to the park yesterday with some cousins and played for hours having races on the slides, trying to go across monkey bars and actually playing hop scotch. Cute wanted to go play you could tell he kept on leaning towards the fun and bouncing.  He wants to play with big brother and sometimes gets in the way but you can already see his love for him.

Growing up

The Puppies are growing so fast I am surprised that in just one week they have almost doubled in size.  Sweet can not get enough of them and is always wanting to hold them and wrap them up in the blanket so they stay warm.. Cute just tries to poke their eyes  (still not open yet) and feed them.  Its been a fun week and I cant wait till they grow a  little more and we can really start to play with them.

Three BOYS!!!

Daisy had her puppies and had 3 adorable boys!! ITs poetic the we have three boys too!! She did really well and had all three within 2.5 hours way to go!

The game may have sucked but,

we got a good photo! (We made sure you couldn't see the score in the photo.)

Photos by Sweet!

Helicopter Ride!

Sweet and I had the opportunity to go to a BYU Fundraiser at Grandpa's hunting club a couple of weeks ago. We had lots of fun, but the highlight was the free Helicopter ride!

The Frog

two months of stuff

In August we had a 60th wedding anniversary/80th birthday party for Grandma and Grandpa. ALL the family was there and it was fun to be able to see everyone.

The next morning we flew to see Grandma and Grandpa and all the cousins at the Cabin. We had fun swimming, boating, jet skiing, 4 wheeling, and just playing and getting to know cousins.

We went for a quick trip to lake powell and Sweet was so brave and went down the slide and tubed.

Cute turned 1. I cant believe how fast time has flown by. He LOVED his cupcake and was just a happy boy like normal. We finished our testing for the early intervention program where he qualifies for physical therapy, speech therapy and social help as well (they said he is abnormally happy and should have stranger anxiety as it is they said he is one of the happiest babies they have ever worked with)

Out tadpoles turned in to frogs and its been fun seeing them grow!

Sweet finally takes his medicine well after we got a different mask. He now does his twice daily treatments without complaints.

One more trip to lake Powell to fix the TV and get things set up! Fun with cousins and swimming.

Uncle J Skied behind the houseboat!

Sweet is afraid of nothing.. He went tubing and while his older cousin wanted to go slower Sweet wanted faster!

Sweet turned 4!!! Grandma ad Grandpa flew from Washington to visit so it was fun having them here we had cake and family and spent the night playing and talking. We took a picture of all the kids the only people missing were Smart and two other cousins.

Lake Powell

We took a quick trip to Lake Powell because Grandpas new boat was on the lake. Before we got on the boat there was a woman on the dock she works with the Coast Guard and gave me some safety whistles for the boys. You put them on the life jacket and if they are in trouble they are supposed to blow it. Try telling a 3 year old that! Sweet was blowing it and we finally threatened to take it away so he stopped. We played, we swam in the lake and hot tub, we went on the "sea boos" and we had fun with Grandma and Grandpa. It was a short trip but was fun to be able to go there and have that experience. We had some technical difficulties which were a little patience trial for the boys but they did well we took some cute pictures, sang songs and learned some new games.

We took some pictures the other week when Smart was here. The boys climbed trees and were "ohhing and ahhing" like monkeys. Sweet Loves his brother and woke up the morning after he had gone and cried because he said he missed him and needed to find his brother. Its so fun to watch them play and watch their relationship become closer and closer.

Cute is doing Physical therapy with a ball since we can take his helmet off more. He has rolled a few more times since our trip we are still working on it though. We had a scan the other week and were told 3 more weeks and he will be able to take if off during the day and only wear it at night. We just have to wait for the appointment with the surgeon. I CAN'T wait. His PT has been limited because of having the helmet (1 extra lb is a lot for a baby) so we will now be able to do more and more and see if we can get him going forward..

Visit with Grandpa and Grandma

We went to visit Grandma and Grandpa and had a great time at the Lake. Cute was happy and finally started to roll on the last day of the trip.. Sweet LOVES his grandma and Grandpa and loved playing down on "grandpas beach" It was beautiful weather and was just so fun to go and play!