Then and Now

Monday night we watched the video we made of our family for 2007. Cody and I were amazed at the changes that have taken place in our children. I decided I would put pictures of Ty and Paige from one year ago and then current pictures.

Ty Aug. 2007

Ty Aug. 2008

Paige Aug. 2007

Paige Aug. 2008

I had to add this last picture of Paige because it is quite indicative of her mood swings right now. Lately she has chosen to cry a lot. Of course none of her crying is provoked by her big brother. Some days I wonder if Ty wakes up and says to himself "How many hours can I make Paige cry today?"

Our Favorite Things

I have had a hard time thinking of things to go on our blog this week. Today I decided I was going to post our favorite things.

Ty's favorite things are Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson and The King. He also has Mater but we don't know where he is. Anytime anyone will play cars with Ty he is a happy boy.

Paige loves books. She will bring book after book for us to read. She won't necessarily sit through the whole book but she loves them.

Brock loves to suck on his hand. I have caught his thumb in his mouth a time or two. It gets pulled out and I put the binki in very quickly. I don't really want another thumb sucker if I can help it.

Cody told me his favorite thing was his pillow. However, I know it is really his alarm clock. He loves it when it goes off every morning at 5:00 a.m.

I had a hard time deciding what my favorite thing is. I came up with three. The first was 3 sleeping kids, however, the only picture I would have gotten was 3 empty beds. I also love my garden. I am getting lots of corn, tomatoes, cucumbers and green beans. Cody thinks it is a sin to have more than one vegetable at dinner. We have been doing a lot of sinning lately.

The other thing I have really been enjoying lately is not changing a cute little boy's diaper. He has been doing pretty good going on the potty. I don't think I have changed his diaper in a couple of weeks. His cute little underweared bottom is so pinchable. I love it!

Even though our lives are a bit caotic right now it is good to remeber those little things that just make us happy!

Two Months Old

Brock turned two months old yesterday. Today I took him for his doctor appointment. He is a healthy little boy.

Length - 23 1/2 inches - 75%

Weight - 13.5 lb. - 85%

Head - 39.5 cm. - 30%

It looks like Brock is taking in his brother's footsteps by being a big kid! We sure love our Brock!

Camping at Woodland

On Thursday morning I loaded up all three of my kids and we went camping. Cody had to work on Thursday and Friday so I took them alone. Of course Grandpa and Grandma Stevens were going along. Michael and Stacie came with Abby and Rachel. I would not have attempted such a feat if they all were not going.

We had a great time. We put Paige down for a nap in the tent. We hadn't heard anything from her so we thought we had such a perfect little sleeper girl. We looked over at the tent and out came an arm and then came a face. It was really cute. We tried for about half an hour to get her to stay in. She just kept coming out. Finally I put her in the car and drove around the campground one time and she was out.

Of course we had a hot dog roast in the evening and the kids had a GREAT time running around. Ty had his first roasted marshmallow and he was a MESS! I didn't even attempt one for Paige.

There was a swimming pool but it was really cloudy and a bit rainy so we didn't think we would be able to go swimming. However, after lunch on Friday the sun came out for a few hours and we headed over to the pool.

Grandma bought some goggles for the kids to use. Ty was really excited about them. He put them on at the campsite and would not let us take them off. He had them on upside down and they were so tight they started fogging up. By the time we got to the pool they were totally fogged, but he wouldn't let me take them off him. Finally I convinced him to take them off and just leave them on his head. I took them off and he said Mommy, I can see! It really made me laugh.

We had a good time swimming. Grandma and Grandpa ended up taking Paige back to the campsite for a nap because she was so tired. I ended up leaving Ty with Grandpa and Grandma for one more night of camping fun.

Brock's Blessing Day

Brock was blessed at church today. It was a really good day. We had Grandpa and Grandma Frederickson; Kevin and Christy; Grandpa and Grandma Stevens; Michael, Stacie, Abby and Rachel; Scott, Becky, Aubree and Sydney at church and at our house afterward.

Brock was blessed to have the spirit with him and to have the spirit of kindness. He was also blessed to be healthy and strong and to go to the temple. It was a really nice blessing given by Cody.

We are so lucky to have such worthy members of our family to support us for these great events. If any of those who attended remember anything else that was said in the blessing let me know.

We came to our house afterward and had a potato bar. It was a lot of fun. The kids ran wild through the house playing hide and seek. I think Aunt Christy might have earned a few more neices because she was playing with them and they loved it. The funniest thing was watching Rachel run after the big kids trying to pull her pants up at the same time. They just wouldn't stay up.

See Me Whirl . . .

Today Becky and I got together with our kids. As always we started out the visit with a photo shoot of Brock. The excitement really got started when we pulled out the tulle and started making tutus for our girls.

We put Paige, Syd and Brock down for a nap and sent Aubree and Ty outside to play and we went to town on an actual project. With 5 kids between the two of us projects have really slowed down. We were actually able to sit on the couch and tie our tutus.

The girls really loved them when we finished and Paige could not stop whirling and twirling.

Paige's 18 month stats

Our cute little Paigie turned 18 months old 10 days ago. I took her to the doctor and she has a clean bill of health. When she was born she had a heart murmur. Luckily that has totally closed and there is no murmur left. Here are her 18 month stats:

Length: 31 1/2 inches - 45%

Weight - 26 lbs. 1 oz. - 75%

We are happy to have a healthy little girl! We love her!