Handsome Little Mister

Cass was kind enough to get some shots of our little Luke for his blessing day. The little stinker saw that camera and would not smile. But Cass sure got some cute ones. Thanks, seester.

A birth print I made to display at the blessing luncheon with the pics...

Christmas 2011

Oh how I adore Christmas. It is so magical. Even though we didn't get many Christmasy activities checked off of our list due to sickness, and even though it went by so fast, we still had a great time. Easton had lots of fun each morning, looking for our elf on the shelf, Jingle. He found him making a snow angel one morning, have a marshmallow snowball fight with Buzz, making paper snowflakes and even on the computer where he left him a message. I'm glad we started that little tradition. It's so fun. Easton was so excited all season. He is a boy after my own heart, he loves spotting Christmas lights and decorations, and Christmas songs and when we got what was probably our only snowstorm, he was so excited. He couldn't wait for Santa, he told me whenever we heard "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", that you didn't need to watch out, because Santa isn't scary. He learned about coal this year and repeatedly reminded me that he did NOT want coal.  A week before Christmas we headed down to Sanpete with Randon's family to spend the night at the lodge. We have so much fun when we do that, it was a great time, and Easton loved playing with his cousins and Luke was a good little guy.

Christmas Eve, we spent some time at my grandparents house where Easton got to sit on Santa's lap! So exciting!

He asked him for a giant McMissile from Cars 2. Lukster was sleeping and missed St. Nick, but I'm pretty sure he didn't mind. After opening gifts from Grandma Great (my Grandma Rass), it was home to open Christmas jammies! Randon makes fun of me but I love to have my boys match or coordinate. I'm a dork, but it is so cute.

Luke wasn't diggin picture time.

Easton was actually old enough to be so excited he couldn't sleep. It was so cute. He had been so excited to rip a link off of his paper chain every night, counting down the days and it was finally here. He called out to us multiple times..."When is it going to be morning?" So cute.
Well morning finally came and he was able to see what Santa brought.

 SUCCESS!

What a fun morning! He and Luke were spoiled and I was too. Randon surprised me with the Nikon 1 I had been dreaming of. So awesome! I'm so excited to have better pictures now and learn more about manual settings. Randon got some snow boots and aviation sunglasses. Lukie was dying to see what he got. ;) He got some cool stuff too.

We went to my mom's ward and snuck out right during the closing song...to go Skype with Braiden! It was great to see him and have him see Luke for the first time (other than pictures) and see how Easton has grown.

We had fun chatting with my fam, eating yummy food and relaxing and had fun opening gifts! And of course the boys were spoiled. They are lucky little guys.

We truly had a great Christmas. We are definitely blessed. Hope you all had a joyous season!

Happenings...

Oh I am so behind. It's crazy how little free time I have these days! Life has been good. Lots of time with family, especially watching and smiling at little Luke. Oh, that little guy! He has my heart! He is just the sweetest thing. We are so happy to have him in our little family. During his first couple of months, I kept trying to figure out his fussiness. We switched formulas, and that seemed better and had him checked for ear infections and eventually had him try meds for acid reflux and he seems much better. His doctor was probably like...geez lady...chill out...some babies cry. But I can't stand the thought that me might be crying if something hurts. But we have a happy little guy on our hands now for the most part. He still HATES the car. Opposite of most babies...he'll be fine in the carseat and as soon as we start the car...it's cry time. Doesn't fall asleep. If he manages to calm down, he'll still be awake, looking around. He has the cutest little pout where he sticks out his lower lip...cutest thing I've ever seen. He has the greatest smile...and he is still a little picky about who he'll show it to. We've gotten some giggles out of him recently and that is the best sound on earth! Love it.

I think we are finally all healthy around here...knock on wood. I think E had a cold for a month straight. Preschool germs are the best! Ugh. We had to run him to the ER one night for croup. That was a little scary and I'm so glad he is finally feeling better. Between the two misters, I am ready to be done at the doctor for a while.

Thanksgiving was great, we spent the day with Randon's family. Yummy meal...great family, nothing more to ask for. Aaaand that night was my first experience with Black Friday. I went with my sister in laws. So fun! I had no complaints. Although we didn't sleep a wink that whole night...made for a tired mommy!

We blessed Mr. Luke on December 4th. Randon did a great job. It never fails to make me emotional and grateful when I hear him give a blessing and I'm reminded how lucky I am to have the priesthood in our home and what a great daddy he is. We had the family over to my mom's house afterward and had a great time chatting with everyone.
Some pictures...

First time in the bouncer!

Trying to teach E to look at the camera...unsuccessfully.

This little guy loves his changing pad! For some reason, he would be happy there if no where else.

E always loves to hug his "little".

Can you tell these two are brothers?

Luke and Easton, both taken the day of their 2 month well check.

Eeeek!

Yeah, so my Halloween post is finally going up and it is almost Christmas time! (Yippeeeeeeee!)
We had a fun little Halloween, though pretty relaxed. I was still getting used to helping 2 humans survive instead of just 1. :) I had a little costume scare this year. Easton found a Buzz Lightyear costume at Target and was deadset on being that. I didn't want to think we were already to the point where he chose his costume instead of me choosing it for him! The costume at Target was one that looked pretty cheap and I didn't want to pay money for it. I still thought I could talk him into being a pirate or something. But the closer we got to Halloween, the more stubborn he got. I gave in and we went to the store to find Buzz was sold out everywhere. Online...sold out. Amazon...ordered only to have an email tell me it was backordered. Crap! What to do. I thought to call the Disney store. They had one left in just his size. They had been sold out for weeks, but someone had returned it that very day. We got so lucky, and it turned out to be such a cool costume with a jet pack with wings that lit up and gloves so I was a happy momma. Lesson learned. Don't procrastinate. I guess I'm just done with the cute coordinating costumes. Oh well. He was a dashing version of Buzz and Luke was the cutest tiger you've ever seen.

First off, we had Easton's field trip to the pumpkin patch. It was so fun! The kids sang Halloween songs and recited Halloween poems us, the cutest thing ever. Then it was off to find a pumpkin! 

Then, a few days before Halloween, E got to wear his costume to school and have a parade where they sang songs for us again. So fun!

So on Halloween, we headed to Dad's work to trick or treat.That was fun and Easton got lots of treats.

He said he was going to fill up his whole bucket...and with Dad's help that night, he did! They went out trick or treating while I stayed at the house with Lukster. They were gone for so long! But wow, they sure filled his bucket. Fun stuff!

Someone had a birthday!

My little man is 4. 4 years old. That is so old for a baby. Oh wait...he isn't a baby anymore. He is pretty much a full fledged little man. I really can't believe he is 4, but I say that every birthday. Easton is such a smart, sweet, funny little guy, I am so lucky to be his mom. He is such a good big brother and quick to help me when I ask. He comes up with the funniest and sweetest things to say. He loooooves his little brother. Some of my favs...

"Mom, I just smelled Luke and he smells like love."

"I just love Luke, Mom. He is my best."

"Luke is a cuuuute baby alright."

Alright is a favorite word of his. When he decides to obey it's, "Alright, alright, alright."

It is so cute how he mimics how we talk to Luke. Every time he sees him he comes up cooing "Oooooh Luuuuuuke! Look at your cute little faaaaaace!" "Ooooooh Luuuuuuke, you are the sweetest baby ever."

And every time we pick him up from preschool, it's "Don't worry, big brother's back from schooooool, big brother's back from schoooooooooooool." Hahaha. I just love it.

Easton is loving preschool. He is so dang smart and is doing great. He comes home with poems memorized and recites them for me and I die. I die from the cuteness. He recently recited the Pledge of Allegiance and said "...for witches hands..." instead of "...for which it stands...". Like I said. I die. Hahaha. Oh I just love him.

We had a pretty low key birthday this year. It was on a Sunday so he woke up and quickly opened his presents before church. Again...all focus was on video. I've GOT to get better at both! He got all sorts of Toy Story toys...ones that are all decked out for space. And Grandma and Grandpa got him Buzz's super cool spaceship and he got a Buzz Lightyear scooter...all sorts of fun stuff.

We got together at my Mom's for dinner. He looooves Chik-fil-a. (Wonder where he gets that from?) So we tried to recreate a homemade version since it was Sunday. At least I already had some legit sauce. He seemed to like it.

This was my attempt at decorating his eclair cake (how do you decorate one topped with whipped cream?)...Luckily he didn't seem to mind. :)

And he wanted to decorate Halloween sugar cookies. Good times.

Happy Birthday East!

Life with Luke

Luke is now 6 weeks old. Wow. It has been a little crazy adjusting to having two kids. At first I thought I would never leave the house again. But having Easton in preschool has forced me to learn how to get everyone ready and out the door quickly. Luke was going through a little fussy phase but we just switched formulas and he is doing so much better. It is so fun to watch him when he is alert and you can just see his brain going a million miles a minute just processing everything. He is starting to bat at things with his cute little hands. He caught hold of my necklace the other day and his arms and legs started just a goin...he was so excited to hear the jingling it made. So cute. Easton is being a great big brother and he'll be the first to tell you. Haha. If Luke starts crying, he'll come over cooing "It's okay Luke, big brother is here, big brother is heeeeere." And he always asks after preschool if Luke was sad because he missed his big brother. It is great. I love watching Luke watch E. You can already tell how much he is going to look up to his big bro.  I don't know how moms manage more than 2 kids it's cah ray zay but I'm slowly feeling more normal. I feel grateful to have two healthy boys. And we sure love Luke's sweet innocent spirit and his adorable face!

Bundled up to take E to the park...

I don't know why I always think to get the camera out while he is eating...

We ♥ this little man!