7 months!

It's hard to believe this BIG guy is already 7 months old!!! He is a total mommy's boy. If he sees me in the room while he's with someone else or on the floor he will cry until I come to the rescue! He also gets very unhappy when he's on the floor because he just wants to move but hasn't quite figured out how. He's slowly figuring out to get up on one knee and push so he can get what's in front of him. I know I shouldn't say this but I Can't Wait Until He Starts to Crawl :) (I will regret it when he does!) He still just has his 2 bottom teeth but I think he's working on his top teeth. He LOVES being outside. We also just tried him in the sandbox for the 1st time and he loved it! Also loved eating the sand :)

Lounging @ the Park while sister plays

My Gangster baby :)

haha just had to put it on him. Reagan and him sure do look a lot alike!

he loved all the toys at 1st and then he discovered the sand.....

what kid doesn't love sand?!

Yummy ;)



Finally

Brian and his dad, Bryant, left Alaska on May 6th to drive down to Arizona and arrived May 9th! They switched off driving every few hours so one could sleep a few hours before they had to drive some more. They drove to Utah and stayed the night there Sunday night and then traveled on down Monday morning and were here about 6pm! I'm so excited to have Brian here for good :):):)

While Grandpa C was here we decided to put him to work. We had him install 3 ceiling fans(1 in Reagan's Room, 1 in Bryson's Room and 1 on the back patio). We also had him switch out our light fixtures outside. They look SO much better! Thanks Grandpa C!!!

Grandpa C and the kiddos having a good time

Patio Fan and light fixture

Fan in Reagan's room

new outdoor light fixtures :) love them!

PawPaw and Granny Visit

PawPaw Les and Granny Gayle came out for a week to visit while Jake and Austin were over here. The day before they got here everyone was throwing up and having diarrhea. Came at the wrong time!! Bryson was throwing up Sunday and was fine by Sunday night. Reagan started throwing up Monday night and was finally feeling better about Wednesday morning. (I think the sickness has finally left our house!) Dad and Gayle were unfortunate to catch it too :( Gayle was down for a few days so we all just laid low and had lazy days.

While they were here we celebrated Jakes Birthday, celebrated my birthday, spent time at moms swimming, went to the Flea Market, took family pictures and took several trips to the park.

PawPaw and grandkids

The whole crew minus Brian :(

Daddio and his kids

Brentlee and Reagan with their balloons from Texas Roadhouse.

Best Day Ever :)

May 6th 

This would be my birthday :) The Big 22 :) This was the 2nd year in a row that Brian wasn't able to be with me. Last year he was helping my parents deive down their U-haul and this year he was working and getting ready to drive down here again :)

The big day was celebrated by training with my trainer at the gym, some relaxation time at the pool and Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Yummy!!! I celebrated with Reagan, Bryson, Brentlee, Nash, Austin, Jake, Kaitlyn, Micah, Mom, Grandma, Dad and Gayle. At Texas Roadhouse I got to sit on their saddle while they all gave me a Texas "YEE-HAW!!". And the balloon guy was there and everyone insisted he make the birthday girl a balloon. It was a monkey hat with a cupcake, super cute! Followed by the T.R. we all came back to my moms house for Pie(I dont like cake). It was also delicious!!!

My sweet hat and Bryson

Another view of my sweet hat :)

hard to see but Reagan got a Ballerina balloon. it was SO cool!

Easter

I know I'm a little late but it's better late than never right?!

My Dad and Gayle sent all the kids Easter Baskets so we decided to open them Friday night we kids wouldn't get too much candy Sunday. They got everything from candy, sunglasses, books, hats, crowns and bubbles. Thanks PawPaw Les and Granny gayle!!!

Saturday I took Reagan to GolfLand for an Easter Egg Hunt. She had a blast!



Saturday Night we colored Easter Eggs. This seems to be like Reagan's favorite part of Easter!

She made a "dad" egg and was very proud of it!

She always made a "papa" egg

Easter Sunday we spent at moms house.

Bryson's Easter gifts(right after he woke up)

the Easter Bunny brought Reagan some gifts :)

Papa Lars and Gma Jo even got Reagan some Easter gifts

Sunday after Church we had an Easter Egg Hunt in moms back yard. Reagan, Brentlee and Nash had fun finding eggs!

Yummy Yummy Candy :)

Bryson's cuteness



Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium

I've been wanting to go to this Zoo since we moved down here and I am so glad we finally made it up there! It is definitely a long trip up(1.5 hours) so we stayed the entire day out there. We left the house about 10am and didn't get home until 8:30pm. The kids were exhausted but they enjoyed being outside all day! We had a group of 9 including Gma Jo, Kaitlyn, Anyssa(Kaitlyn's Friend), Austin, Brentlee, Nash, Reagan, Bryson and I. It was also nice to have Gma Jo, Kaitlyn and Anyssa there to help with the kids :)

They say this Zoo is like having An African Experience because the animals you see here are the same things you would see in the wild in Africa. It was pretty cool to see all the different animals. We were all bummed because they didn't have Elephants!!! Oh well we still enjoyed it! And one of their biggest exhibits is the Albino Alligator(they actually have 2!). And I think the scariest thing we saw was in the Reptile House. There was a Boa Constricter(sp?) not in a cage! He was just chilling on a tree, scary! You never know when he could get up and move! And I almost forgot Reagan and Brentlee's favorite part of the Zoo, The Petting Zoo! They had some strange animals to pet like Llamas, Deer, Goats, Chickens, Turkey and Turtles.

The Aquarium was pretty sweet too! They have 2 touch tanks. In the 1st you were able to touch Star Fish, Sea Erchins and some other weird thing. In the 2nd you were able to touch Sting Rays! I didn't touch them but everyone else said they felt like a mushroom, weird! The Aquarium had tons of sea animals from fish to eels to sharks to lobster and many more!

This wasn't the Petting Zoo but he was so close they wanted to touch him

Giraffe, Feeding station in the background

Trying to find the baby Zebra. He's laying on the ground, hard to see.

Skyride with Aunt Katie. Brentlee and Anyssa were behind them.

Kangaroo :)

they had a blast together!

Packing up from lunch in the shade on the grass

So perty

Petting Zoo :) Deer

Loved the baby Goats

Reagan wasn't too sure about the turtles

Albino Alligator

and of course we had to ride the carousel!

This ride took you thru part of the Fish Aquarium and then up a hill and dropped down into the water. The girls weren't too sure about it.

Aquarium

Even Nash touched the Sting Rays!

She was SOO tired!

 The best we could get with Gma Jo

he was so happy to be out of the stroller

haha trying to get a pic of all 4 kids. This is the best!

This is a long post, sorry! But we had a great time so we had to share with everyone especially Daddy!

6 Months!

It's hard to believe that this big guy is already 6 months old! Time sure does fly by! Seems like we were just in the hospital. 

6 Month Doings:

-Sits up by himself

-Rolls over

-Talks all the time

-Has 1 tooth and cutting his 2nd

-Gets on his hands and knees

 (He will be crawling before we know it. Maybe he will slim down a bit? yeah right!)

-Maxed out the weight on infant carseat. Time for big boy carseat (yes he will still be backwards!)

Stats:

23 lbs 12 oz 28 in

Head: 18.5 in

He's off the charts in weight and head circumference and his height is at the very tip of the charts. All around big healthy boy!

happy boy!

we like to say he sits up so well because of the meat on this legs :)

hands and knees. yay!!