Oliver 16 months

This fiesty boy is growing up so quickly but he sure is fun and I love seeing his personality develop.

He knows what he wants and is very determined. He thinks it's funny when I scold him and just smiles at me while he baby blues twinkle and I bite my cheeks to stop from laughing. He went through a little hitting stage but is getting better at it. We joke (kinda) that he doesn't listen worth beans! He is always into the outlets when he sees them. He can also be the sweetest and come running to me and give me hugs. I love to listen to him make car sounds while playing with his toys. He's still a bit of a tough eater. He loves cereal, eggs, meat and bread. And thanks to Halloween he's obsessed with candy! he hears the word and lights up looking for some.

He loves tools and had a ball putting together our kitchen table with Ryan.

He says baby, me, Papa, bite, bye, mama meh (mama milk, yes I'm still working on weaning him..trust me I'd love to be done nursing!) working on saying Mary. Has said milk once. Cheese, blanket (bankey) please (peeeease)

He can point to his eyes, nose, hair, hands, feet, toes, fingers, belly button, ears, and cheek. Will growl when you ask what a tiger says. Will lay down immediately when I tell him to if I'm about to nurse him, it's really quite funny, I feel like I have a little puppy dog some days! He's not big into reading books like MJ was and still is. so I had to quickly snap a picture when he laid on the floor by her while she was ''reading''

He loves to chase and be chased by MJ. He has done a great job transitioning from living at my in-laws to our own home. He still has yet to sleep  through the night, I've tried the crying it out and he will cry and scream until he is horse. So we are still working on that one as well! I think in his 16 months here he has slept through the night maybe twice?

He loves to climb on everything, play in the dirt, play with light switches, play with brooms/mops, use cloths and wipe the floor and walls it's so funny to watch him.

He is a handful and such a joy! I love this sweet boy he certainly has made my heart bigger.

Someone was asked to say the prayer in primary! She did it all by herself while holding on tightly to Ryan. So proud of this cute girl!

                         These kids get into some pretty funny sleeping positions!

               
Exciting news! September 11 our offer on a house was accepted!!!! I can't even begin to express how excited I am. Lately I have felt so stagnant in our lives and have been waiting for this change to move forward and progress. More details later.

  September 14, First day of Pre School! She is loving it and has such a great teacher. Twice a week for a couple of hours, just perfect for these little kiddos.

 photobomber! haha this little poser!

I'm somewhat sad Summer is basically over, so we have been enjoying the nice weather as much as possible including making some mud pies and play date at the zoo.

First time on the carousel and he loved it!

Mary ''reading'' to Oliver just before bed time. I've said it many times before, but I just love their friendship. Mary is a little mother to him and they adore each other.

My father in law held Oliver and with in 10 minutes he was passed out! Some times I get a bit nervous when we move out and I don't have extra hands to help me in times like this! haha

Dirty 30

Ryan has joined the Dirty Thirty club! (ugh which means I'm right around the corner)

I asked him on Saturday what he wanted to do to celebrate and of course he just wanted to hang out, have a normal day and get some dinner just the two of us. So we did just that!

Sunday, on his actual birthday we had a full day. We went to his cousins mission farewell, visit his cousins and see their house for the first time, then to his Grandma's for our weekly dinner.

Clean white shirt before the mess of watermelon all over

 The kids and I joined GG to her neighborhood get tougher so she could show off two of her adorable great grand children. They thought it was pretty neat to ride with this sweet lady on her chair.

    Stealing kisses from this little guy

So grateful to have this wonderful family, I'm extremely blessed to be Ryan's wife and best friend, and these two cute kids mother.

Love and Marriage. 50th anniversary.

Although my parents anniversary isn't for another month, we surprised them with having a family party to celebrate them. At a family bbq dinner my sister left a large gold box at the front door having one of the kids ring the door bell and run away leaving my parents stunned wondering what a large gold box was on their doorstep for. They were thrilled when opening it seeing the balloons, and streamers and us saying happy anniversary. We planned to have updated pictures of them taken with each other and with us, and to do a nice dinner and go up to sundance after to see The Wizard of Oz. Leaving them to stay the night at the lodge (which is where my dad proposed before it was actually built)

Reading old letters we had written to our parents when we were young that my mom had saved and forgotten.

I didn't get any pictures taken at sundance because it was a complete downpour in the beginning! Then had to deal with little Oliver wanting to walk up and down the hill rather than watch the play, lil stink! haha

End of Summer adventures

I love getting out of the house and going on adventures and making memories with our little family. We went on a nice drive up Cottonwood Canyon through Guardsmans Pass up to Heber, then to Provo. My nephew was at the MTC during this time so we made sure to wave and pretend he could see us ;) Such a beautiful day!

 Love Heber! Definitely wouldn't mind living here.

 On our way home stopped at the good 'ol Purple Turtle for dinner than to say hi to my parents.

 MJ loves playing My Little Pony with her Granny