Germany for the weekend

Last weekend we drove up to Helen, a small German town in North East Georgia. While there we camped at a local state campground and it couldn't have been any better. The weather was perfect and we all had a great time.

Andrew loves his new pillow

So we finally decided to give Andrew a pillow and he has been happily sleeping with it every night. I went in to check on him the other day during nap time and for the first time he was sleeping on the floor instead of his new big boy bed. Apparently his new pillow had fallen on the floor and instead of picking it up and putting it back on the bed he just transfered to where the pillow was instead of the pillow transferring to him. I guess he just loves his new pillow!

Andrew and Tyler reading books together

Scary Spiders

So I walked into my laundry room to get something and there is this HUGE fuzzy spider on the floor. I thought it was some weird kind of tarantula. I called Bryan and told him he needed to come kill it and he had no idea why I was freaking out over a little spider. Little did he know it wasn't so little. He himself was totally freaked out and he tried to kill it but naturally out spider killer spray was above the dryer so he couldn't reach it without getting VERY close to the spider. He managed to get the spray and as soon as he sprayed it HUNDREDS of little spiders jumped off the big spider. Turns out it wasn't fluffy at all but rather covered in about 1,000 babies making it look huge. Lucky for me Bryan took care of it and killed all of the spiders for me.

Andrew in a big boy bed

We finally decided it was time to move Andrew to a big boy bed and get him out of the crib so that Tyler could move in. Believe it or not he LOVES his new bed and we have yet to have a problem. He has been sleeping in his bed for several weeks now and each night he crawls into the bed all by himself and tucks himself in. It is wonderful! I decided to put Tyler in bed with him and he loved being able to share his new big bed with his baby brother.

Finally we are getting grass

We have lived in our house for two years now and we have been looking at a dirt backyard this entire time. A year and a half ago we layed down some seed but naturally it takes time. We are just now starting to get enough grass that it looks decent and Andrew can finally go outside and play. We are so excited.

Good ol' Georgia Spiders

This is a Three inch spider that Bryan almost ran into when mowing the lawn. All I can say is things come VERY BIG here in Georgia compared to what I am used to in Utah. Not only is everything a lot bigger here, there are a lot more bugs!!!

Andrew pushing Tyler around the house in his high chair

Tyler and Daddy

Tyler and Grandpa

Michelin Baby Sounds Asleep

It's kind of hard to tell from this photo but this child has rolls. We took him to the doctor for his two month check up and he weighed in at 14 pounds 7 oz. which is in the 95th percentile. Keep the rolls comin' Tyler!

4th of July

Andrew Video

Andrew eats Spaghetti

Andrew had Spaghetti for dinner (which he loves) and he has the mess to prove it.

Chunker Monkey Tyler

Here's a few pictures of Tyler that are some updates on how big he is getting. We took him to his two month check up and he was 14 pounds 7 oz., which was HUGE for me since Andrew was only 8 pnds 15 oz. at that age. That's an extra 5 1/2 pounds that Tyler weighed. That's practically what Andrew weighed when he was born! Sheesh Tyler.

Happy Fathers Day

For fathers Day Andrew and Tyler made Daddy cups. Paper drawn on and then inserted into the cup in order to personalize it. Andrew was able to color the paper all by himself but Tyler needed a little help (obviously). Picture #2 is Andrew coloring the paper and picture #3 is a typical 1 year old eating the crayon rather than coloring with the crayon.

Andrew goes on a pony ride

Beatiful Dresses

Bryan's mother was very kind and made these BEAUTIFUL baby blessing dresses for myself (if I ever have a girl) and my sister (if she ever has a girl). The dresses were made out a the dress that my grandmother was married in about 65 years ago. The material is a beautiful cream satin and the dresses were made to mimic that of the wedding dress, very elegant yet very plain. I love the dresses to death and can't wait until a baby will be blessed in them whether my baby or my children's babies.

Grandpa and Tyler

Tyler's Baby Blessing

In the beginning of June we had Tyler's Baby blessing. It was stake conference so we just held it at church while everyone else in the ward was away at state conference. All but one of the ward members were out of town so we were able to get Brother Balkcom there to help out with the blessing.

Andrew Swimming

This summer we have been swimming just about everyday. Excuse the naked picture but we find no need to get him dressed seeing that it is a constant thing and it takes place in our backyard. If we were to get him dressed all we would be doing all day long is getting him in and out of his swimming suit.

Andrew reading a story

In Andrews room we got him a little chair to sit in while we read him stories at night before bedtime. He loves sitting in his chair and hearing stories. Each night after we get him ready for bed he runs over to his chair and sits in it and can't wait for story time to begin.

Andrew as a dog for Halloween

Andrew not taking a nap like he was supposed to

While at Sea World Andrew was taking a nap, at least we thought. He was sleeping in his stroller with a blanket over him and all the cousins kept coming up to the stroller to see him. Since he had a blanket covering him we couldn't see him but apparently the cousins could. After a little while and cousin after cousin we thought we would check it out and see what everyone was looking at. Little did we know Andrew had been awake the entire time watching all the exciting things go by.