Birthday Part II

After Red Robin we had to stop at the Grocery Store to pick up some ice-cream. The kids always love shopping at DANS. It is almost like going to a Carnival or something. They get to ride in this cool car, eat samples along the way. Pick up a cookie in the Bakery and to top it off they give them a balloon for the ride home. So I guess that was sort of a party in itself!

We headed home then sang to Tim about three times (for the kids, and yes we lit the candle and had him blow it out ever time). I am actually a little embarrassed to show the picture of the cake I made because it is only half way done. But I had some things come up during the day so I was not able to finish it, but you get the idea. Tim didn't mind either.
We then had him open his presents (a belt and cuff links).

I just have to point out the Emery wrapped the smaller present ALL BY HERSELF. The only thing I did to help is when she asked if I would put the tape between her fingers. I was pretty impressed.

Another Birthday come and gone. We sure love celebrating things in our house. Now we get to look forward to Kaven and Emery's birthday coming up. Now that will be fun.

Happy Birthday Tim

This guy is EVERYTHING to me! Boy February is a VERY BUSY month for us with Valentines Day, Presidents Day and Tim's Birthday all in a row, it makes for a really fun month! I feel like a can finally take a breath but wait there is Joy School I get to help with this week, presidency meetings to attend, Visiting Teaching and Vists to teachers in the Primary.
I guess I will just have to hold my breath for one more week. :) It sure makes life exciting though. Oh and I just finished my first on-line scrapbook for the year 2009 (which I did in about 2 weeks so I could get the deal on-line to publish my book) A very exciting process I might add and I now have a new hobby! Hooray!!!

Anyway, I am now getting to all these events we just experience and Tim's Birthday is the last of them. I will be all caught up for now so here it goes.....
Tim still had to go to school so I decided to make him his favorite meals when he was home for the short time between classes. For breakfast we had Creaps. For lunch we had Fajitas (Tim loves anything with peppers, onions and garlic in it. Which may be the reason for our bad breath on occasion). But for dinner he wanted to go out to eat which we haven't done for a REALLY LONG TIME (probably before we started Pharmacy School) so it was a BIG TREAT for him (and us). We went to Red Robin (Tim's other favorite: Hamburgers). The kids thought it was the coolest things and we had a great time. I took a picture of him with each the kids and then he wanted a picture with me so we thought why not have Emery take it. She did a pretty good job for it being her first time. It is moments like this when you realize that your kids are growing up.
*Well I guess I am not done with catching up. This is just part one of his birthday and I have to go now so be ready for part two later....... to be continued.....

Rainy Day Picnic

Tim had yet another great idea. The day after Valentines Day was Presidents Day so we wanted to do something fun with the kids. It was a little rainy and wet but we didn't let it stop us from having A PICNIC! Emery LOVED helping prepare the lunch and even drew faces of each one of us so we know which bag was ours. I think this is the first people she as ever drawn. I was pretty impressed. Maybe we will have another artist on our hands. :) Emery loved feeding/chasing the geese.
We even ate on our own little private island in a gazebo. Tim said the weather reminded him of Ireland which was another bonus.

It seems we get cabin fever pretty bad this time of year so we decide the weather is not going to keep us indoors any longer. Who says you can't have a picnic on a rainy day?

My Valentines

Valentines Day wasn't too spectacular this year with it being on Sunday and all. I also had just been called into the Primary Presidency a few weeks ago and it has been pretty stressful for me. So we spent a lot of it talking about primary. Tim is such a great support. Our primary is actually two wards combine so I don't know half the kids or the teachers. But the amazing thing is how much LOVE I have for all these kids and teachers that I don't even know. I have never felt that quite like that before. I know it must come with the calling. Needless to say we did a little bit of celebrating and I took a few pictures of the calm things that happened that day. I am totally LOVING being a mom. It is SO GREAT having two kids now. To me it just feels more like a family even though I KNOW we are not complete yet. All with time I guess. I love how simple our lives are right now. Our only bills are our cell phones and rent because everything is included in our rent. I don't know how things can get more simple than that. I am sure we will look back some day and REALLY realize how simple it is. SO I better be grateful for it while it lasts. We are healthy, I have great kids and Tim is doing so well in school. How could we not LOVE life. Hope you all had a great Valentines Day!

Trolley Square

February 6th, 2009 (playing catch up)
We had a Saturday free so we decided to Experience some more of Salt Lake City. Tim had the idea to visit Trolley Square so off we went. I love his idea's. He parked across the street so Emery could experience the covered bridge. We probably spent most our time there. I love how the little things are the most fun! The mall was under A LOT of remodeling so there were only a few stores open but you can tell what a beautiful different kind of building it is. I especially liked the flooring. You can kind of tell in these pictures. Tim of course had to go up and down the escalator a few times with Emery while Kaven and I watched from his stroller. . I think it would be neat to go back again when all the re-modeling is done. I sure love my little family!!!

To fix ......or not to fix?????

I had just laid Kaven down for his nap and then about 10 minutes later I sent Emery off to Joy School with a friend. I am now thinking 'Hooray, I get some time all for myself!!!! Should I clean or read my book???? Still very excited I then tiptoe to check on Kaven and this is how I find him. As a mother I find myself in these tiny predicaments all the time and I have to decide what I am going to do. Hench the title of this post. Strangely enough I am also thinking how fast he is growing up to be in this position and that I should probably document some of the things he is doing right now or I will forget. So here it is:

8 months
He first started to climb up on things. He could kind of get around by wiggling and scooting on his bum (barely). Somehow he would end up next to something and pull himself up to a standing position on it. He then got his first two teeth (bottom two), and learned to crawl during Christmas break. That was a big month for him. :) We had to put the crib down because of this. He loved helping his dad do that.
9 months
Started saying, "Hi" and waving to people. It mostly started because when we get out of the car after a trip I always say, "Hi" excitedly to him and he started saying it back. Now his vocabulary consists of Ma, Ma, Da, Da, and Ni Ni (Night Night). Oh and la, lab a la with his tongue (a favorite thing right now).

He LOVES taking baths. If he hears the water turn on in the bathroom he takes off crawling as fast as he can to the bathroom. He then pulls himself up on the tub with a big smile on his face. I think Emery and Kaven take a least two baths a day because they have so much fun in there. Last night he heard us ask Emery if she wanted to take a bath. He must of understood us because he took off as fast as he could to the bathroom (before the water was even turned on). I think sometimes kids/babies are smarter than we realize. He is still an extreme Ma Mas boy but does love to be involved in what his Daddy is doing like helping him shine his shoes Saturday night, and fix things with him. He also loves and fears Emery. Now that he is getting around Emery thinks she can pick him up, wrestle him and drag him around. Because of this Emery is starting to get into trouble for things she doesn't even do. I just realized that sometimes Kaven will squeal when Emery sits down next to him to "play" (before Emery even does anything) I guess in anticipation of what he knows is going to come. At the same time Kaven is really into knocking things over and grabbing at whatever he see's someone is holding. I assume this can get very frustrating for Emery when they are playing together. I must admit that she has a lot of patience for him considering she is 2. They really do adore each other.
So I am now back to the dilemma. Did I fix his sleeping position or not. As you can see I am not cleaning the house or reading a book right now for that matter. I am doing this blog post with a very ornery little 9 month old on my lap. All of you experienced mothers out there are probably laughing at me at this point. But you live and learn. Who knows maybe next time I will just leave him be and he will wake up very sore and ornery rather than tired and ornery. I guess we just get to pick and choose our battles. :)

Either way, I am so blessed to have this little one in my life and I feel honored to be trusted with these sweet little spirits. Being a wife and mother is the greatest. I feel blessed beyond measure.