Conversations with Carson

Carson is always thinking about something. tonight he was contemplating death for some reason. Goes perfectly with my lesson on the plan of salvation for seminary tomorrow. If I can teach a 3 year old about it, hopefully I'll be able to teach the high school students too. My favorite quote from him was, "Big grandma and Big Papa were people before they were big grandma and big papa." He's totally trying to understand how they could have been just a mom and dad like I am his mom and Geoff is his dad and then they turned into grandparents somehow. It is cute that he is so thoughtful and lays there trying to piece the puzzle together in his head and through words. He is a very curious boy. So glad that he is mine! Can't wait to see what he starts coming up with next week when he goes off to preschool. :-)

Happy Birthday Geoff!

Today is Geoff's 37th Birthday! Another year older and another year wiser! We had a pretty busy day with swim team trials, a birthday party and a baby shower to go to, but we still had time to celebrate together with his favorite...an ice cream cake (Baskin Robbins World Class Chocolate and Snickers ice cream topped with buttercream frosting and chocolate ganache and Snickers pieces) and some very exciting gifts that included Ladder Ball aka dingleball, a new and improved BYU tie and some specially requested socks. Woo hoo! Probably the most exciting thing was he saved his Boston Marathon plaque to open today. It looks awesome and highlights one of his most proud accomplishments.

The kids were so excited to celebrate his birthday. Eliza wrote two notes telling him that he is the best and that she loves him. Carson said that he loves his Dad because his dad loves him so much and drew a picture for him. Kolby said he didn't have to think about what to write on the card and quickly wrote, "I love you." Logan thanked him for all the good snuggle time they have together. They definitely do love their Dad. He is the best Dad and husband we could ever want. He loves to play and encourage and teach and play and listen and support and play. :-) We love you so much and hope that your 37th year is the best yet!

Eliza's Kindergarten Beach Party

Such a fun end of year activity for the kindergartners...little pools out on the grass, bubbles galore, sprinklers, manicures and pedicures, face painting, fun music, making their own ice cream, pizza and cookies...what more could these kindergartners ask for? As if it wasn't exciting enough just to wear their bathing suits and flip flops to school! I am so glad I got to be one of them for the afternoon. It was a blast!

Easter 2011

Happy Easter!!!

Logan is 3 Months Old!

I still haven't posted even one photo of my newest little guy. He is so dang cute but my computer just is working too slow these days with all of those large photo files. It is annoying. But I figured I could at least write something. Here are a few things I am loving about this boy:
* He is super generous with his smiles (and he has a super cute smile that lights up his whole face)
* He is a pretty good sleeper now. For the first 2 months, he ate every 2 hours all day long, even during the night (with very few exceptions), but for the past 2 weeks he has been waking up just once at night and sleeping 6 hour stretches which feels so nice
*He started giggling last week and it is so soo sooo cute. I love it! I definitely need to capture it on video
*He loves to hold onto me all the time. He grabs onto my shirt, my fingers, my hair, my skin (which doesn't always feel so great
*He has the chubbiest little legs and the cutest little feet
*His big bright blue eyes (we'll see if they stay that way or if they turn brown like the other boys)
*He loves to "talk". He seems to be carrying on a conversation as he babbles and coos and goos and smiles. The kids are always telling me that he is saying actual words.
*He loves his swing and that is so great for me cuz I can actually put him down to get a few things done during the day
*He loves his big brothers and big sister and they absolutely adore him
*He definitely brings more love into our home

On the not so positive side he does like to throw up a lot. Poor little guy loves to drink the milk, but hates the after effects. Same as my other boys. Lots of barfies, but we know they will end soon (as in 3 more months). Blowouts are becoming pretty common too so basically we are doing a TON of laundry for this kid. Thank goodness for the sanitary cycle on the washer!

I hate to see him growing up so fast, but I love to see him growing up too. Hopefully that makes sense to all the parents out there!

Eliza Lost her First Tooth and her Second Tooth

February 17, 2011 was a big day for Eliza. She lost her 1st tooth!!! After being loose for a couple of weeks and mom even trying to wiggle it out a few times, it finally came out when after brushing her teeth one night, mom took a piece of toilet paper and grabbed that loose tooth and it finally popped right out! Hip hip hooray! Unfortunately Kolby was already asleep so he didn't get to be part of the excitement. But everyone was extremely excited in the morning when the tooth fairy left $3 under Eliza's pillow.

The second tooth came out only about a week later. It was the other bottom front tooth right next to the first tooth she lost. It came out one afternoon when she was washing around her mouth with her hand and her hand pressing around her teeth made her loose tooth come right out! That was super easy! This time the tooth fairy left a dollar bill and 4 quarters. Good times! These kids have a tooth business going on!

Kolby Got 2 Teeth Pulled!!!

This was a crazy day! Kolby for sure does not like the dentist but his top middle right tooth (known as "graybie" in our family) was really loose for a really long time and just wouldn't come out. But that wasn't stopping his permanent tooth from coming right in. Since it had no where to go, it first pushed on the tooth to the right making it loose also and then decided to come in at an angle, angling back towards the roof of his mouth. It was looking pretty crazy and we thought we'd better get some professional attention. So off we were to the good ole Dr. Sampietro. He checked Kolby out and said that he could either pull it out or we could just wait to let it fall out. I guess he didn't hear me when I said that it had been very loose for months and still hadn't fallen out on its own. I wasn't willing to take the chance of another couple of months passing, so I told him, without Kolby seeing my actions of course, to just get that tooth out of there. So the shots of novacane went into the mouth. Apparently Kolby has a high tolearance for novacane cuz it didn't do much so they had to give him some more. When that still didn't work and Kolby was still wincing, the dentist decided to go for the laughing gas. Kolby was a little nervous at first about putting that crazy mask on but then definitely relaxed quickly and the dentist was able to pull out the big front tooth and the one next to it. There was a bit of blood and a little infection, but the strangest part was the shape of Graybie. There is a story to Graybie...it didn't used to be gray. When Kolby was barely 2, he jumped out of the minivan and fell flat on his face on the garage floor. Ouch! His tooth totally dislocated and we called our dentist friend, Paul Peterson, who came right over and popped the tooth back into its socket and said all would be well. Since then, Kolby has had this big gray front tooth. Little did we know that Graybie was having the hardest time falling out because the tooth itself had been bent up in the gum from the fall so it had a crook in it and just couldn't come out on its own. Thank goodness we went to the dentist and had him take care of it. Kolby was superbrave and of course Dr. Sampietro mentioned several times that the tooth fairy was going to be very generous that night because it was 2 teeth and they had to be pulled out by the dentist. The tooth fairy delivered $10 under Kolby's pillow that night and he was very excited. Hip hip hooray that there is no more graybie in Kolby's mouth!