Wednesday, March 31, 2010

New Sunday Outfits


The boys had new outfits for church on Sunday and I had to leave Sean in charge because I had to go to Hereford with the Stake Relief Society. It's so hard to get 3 little boys to cooperate at the same time, but it was a decent attempt. I haven't gotten a good picture of just the 3 of them in several months, so this was good.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Gavin is 18 months!


Gavin turned 18 months old today. I can't believe where the time has gone! What an absolute blessing he's been in my life!

Things about Gavin right now:
1. He's a sweet loving boy.
2. He sleeps all night in his own room and takes really good naps.
3. He has 4 top teeth and 3 bottom teeth (and currently cutting 2 top molars).
4. He says "no" for everything.
5. He loves to go places and will bring me his coat when he's ready to go.
6. His favorite person is Papa.
7. He eats just about everything, but particularly loves corn dogs, fruit snacks, apples, bananas, grapes, and cookies.
8. He can name all of the Yo Gabba Gabba characters.
9. He can say most words that end with the "k" sound: milk, snack, yuck, book, plex (close enough)
10. He says "owoah" for his "owel" which are his colored cloth diapers. He also says "I don't know" and "There it is".
11. He gets excited when I come home from kickboxing and runs to me saying "mama"!
12. He still wears little shoes. I love it!
13. He still likes taking everything out of the cabinets and drawers in the kitchen. Will he ever outgrow that?
14. He's definitely not afraid of the vacuum. Sometimes I wish he was.
15. He knows how to work my iPod touch and wants it if he sees it.
16. He knows to say "cheese" when I get the camera out and then runs over to see the picture.
17. He likes to sing and dance. His favorite songs are "This little light of mine" and "Gospel Chariot" and anything from Yo Gabba Gabba. He does some of the actions too!
18. He loves riding in his car seat.

Happy 18 month day, Gavi boy. We love you dearly!!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

School Pictures











I got the opportunity to be the photographer for Brody and Gavin's MDO program. It was really a fun and good learning experience. I only had one little girl not smile (I did a retake of her that turned out really cute), the rest did great! I did do a little photoshopping with some of the class pictures to get them where I wanted them, but other than that, I think they turned out good. I definitely learned some things to do differently next time!! This is a picture of my packaging efforts. It's ok, but didn't turn out like I pictured in my head. The colors on my business card were supposed to match the raffia, but after 2 tries, I gave up. I'm posting the picture of Brody's class for Ashley. :)

Compassion


We recently moved Brody and Blake into a room together. I think they have had a lot of fun and I also think they have been getting along a TON better than they used to. They have fun talking at night (which they usually get in trouble for) and they wake each other up in the mornings (usually REALLY EARLY!) Anyway, yesterday morning they got up before I did and when I came out to check on them, Blake had written this note for Brody. It says:
I'm sorry that you lost your paci. Maybe mommy bought you a new paci. :( I love you Brody.
Apparently, Brody lost his paci during the night and couldn't find it when he got up. What a sweet brother to feel such compassion for Brody and his lost paci.

Happy St. Patrick's Day



We had a really fun time celebrating St. Patrick's day. I bought shirts at Old Navy for the boys and Sean and I just wore something green. We made green cupcakes with green wrappers and green crust pizza for dinner. The boys thought it was so fun (and it was so easy)! One crazy story from the day - we were eating lunch out (dressed in our green) and some lady came up to us and said "Cute family. Are you Irish?" I think I said "ya, something like that" with a smile, but then she said "oh, what's your last name?" BUMMER! So I told her it was Usleton, which is German, and that we were just enjoying the day! Other than that, we had a great day being green.