Happy Halloween

Isn't this the cutest pirate, giraffe & caterpillar you've ever seen!?

And I may have said that about my last years pirate... or the year before when Lucas was the giraffe & Kody was the caterpillar.

Yes... they have a boring mom who recycles costumes (and I'm sure it won't be the last time).

But... they had fun and that's all that matters.

We actually went trick or treating this year. A first at our house. I took them out while Jed stayed home to pass out candy. They had a blast going door to door. I had to stop Kody a couple times from opening the doors and just walking in, but all in all it was a success and they scored lots of candy.

Afterwards we had pizza at our house with the Kesler's. Lucas loved answering the door and handing out the candy to the rest of the trick-or-treaters.

One Happy 5 Month Old

who really loves his bath!

These last 5 months have been a joy!

Just Like Papa

Spent the past weekend at my parents house.  The boys and I rode up with Tawnya Thursday afternoon for some fun time with grams and gramps.  My boys love their grandpa Mark and like to spend as much time was possible with him.  Kody is pratically his shadow and has to wear his hat at all times.  My dad has a couple baby horses that the kids love.  Kody would have slept with them if we'd let him.  One afternoon when my dad was headed to do chores Kody wanted to go with.  He got already to go and then made a bee line around by where the washer sits.  He came with a set of latex gloves.  Apparently he had noticed that papa (as he refers to him) had put on some gloves and he needed some too.  I thought it was funny that he knew exactly where to find the latex gloves!

Thursday night Lucas woke up in the middle of the night saying he had a headache and his legs hurt.  The next day he was feeling so good and by that evening he started fevering pretty bad with a bad cough and runny nose.  Saturday morning I took him to the pediatrician and diagnosed him with the H1N1 flu.  Lovely!  He started on Tamiflu (expensive stuff) that morning.  By Sunday he seemed to be doing much better.  I'm glad his case was pretty mild.

Unfortunately he had to miss the Nicholas Halloween party Saturday evening.  He had been looking forward to it and I felt bad he had to stay home.  Jed stayed home with him and I went for just a little while.  Every one seemed to be having lots of fun.  I'm pretty sure Kody and Reese were full of candy.  Kody even won of the drawing and was proud as punch when he got to walk up and get his basket.

We had a great weekend and I so far I really glad that Kody and Ryker didn't get the flu.  Although poor little Reese did, but hers has lasted about the same as Lucas'.

Picnic

We enjoyed having Jess come spend the weekend with us. Since Saturday was such a nice day, we decided to head up the canyon for a picnic. Nappy claims it was her first picnic and I hoped it lived up to all her expectations! We stopped at park so the kids to play and throw rocks in the river.

We love having her come and can't wait until she moves back down to Utah Valley next summer.

he's just so darn cute... even with a (clean) diaper on his head!

So Handsome...

I did individual/class pictures for the preschool that Lucas attends. I wanted to post Lucas' on here since he looks so cute. I actually wasn't to worried about getting any of him since I can do it any time, but suprisingly I really liked them. And he has his natural smile... love it!

Second Mother

Let me introduce you to my kids other mother...


aka... Aunt Tawnya.

They love her! They go crazy when they know we are going to her house or she's coming to ours. She claims that she gets Ryker laughing so hard (but unfortunately I haven't been present to verify). Kody usually wakes up from his nap asking for "Nawna"! I'm not sure what we're going to do when she moves an 1 1/2 away.

I can hardly wait the 6 months for her new one to arrive! I love being an aunt!

Sucker

My mouth's watering so bad I can almost taste it...


Mom... they're not sharing!


Come on guys... just one little lick


I LOVE my sucker!


Stop teasing me...


This isn't fair... being 4 months old is soooo hard!


Seriously... the drool is out of control!

4 months and counting...

Ryker is now 4 1/2 months. Crazy! He had his 4 month check up last Thursday and all is well. His hernia is slowly going away which now gives him an 'inny' belly button just like the other two. (How on earth do you spell 'inny'!) He weighed 15.5 pounds (50th percentile) and was 26 inches (75th percentile). He's no longer the chunky monkey that he started off as. He had 3 more shots and the oral rota virus medicine. Lucas and Kody were with me at the doctor's appointment and looked horrified as they gave him his shots. Then Kody went berserk when he learned it was his turn for the flu shot. They aren't going to like it next week when we go in for the swine flu shot!




Here's a few things that Ryker is doing at 4 months...

• He loves to work out his abs by practicing crunches in the swing, car seat, and on the bed.
• He still loves his binky (not the funnest when he can't fall asleep without it)
• He still loves to be swaddled (presents a problem when he can now wiggle out of it)
• He has decided that sleeping through the night is no fun (although he did sleep 11 1/2 hours the night he got his shots)
• He loves to talk back and forth with us
  He his learning to blow raspberries
• He has almost out grown the 3-6 month clothes and will be wearing 6-9 as soon as I can get down in the crawl space to get them!
• He loves to watch t.v.
• He drools nonstop... all day long!
• He loves to grab for things and bring it instantly to his mouth
  He still has the biggest smile and brings so much joy to our family

Annie & Warm Springs

We headed to St. George last Friday afternoon for some family time. We got there just in time to drop the kids of Grandpa & Grandma Valentines and then head off for an over due date. Tawnya had given us her tickets to a Tuachan performance since they were unable to use them. We were able to see "Annie" and really enjoyed the performance. It was nice to spend a couple hours with just the two of us. Love you honey!

We had a great time swimming, eating, visiting and relaxing at the Beatty Reunion on Saturday. Rick & Kelli were in charge this year and planned it at the church owned Warm Springs in Moapa Valley. It's out in the middle of no where!!

The played "high 4" which is was pretty funny to watch! It's amazing how much you need your thumbs.

The kids loved swimming and could have stayed in there forever! Kody is quite the little dare devil and has to be watched like a hawk. He likes to jump off the edge and than wait for some one to pull him out of the water!

We had such a fun time spending the day with family.