Jordan sings

Jordan has been enjoying his primary songs lately. This is his favorite to sing...I couldn't resist sharing, it is so cute!



I've been told that I have been slacking in the baby belly pictures, so here I am, 1 week and 2 days until she comes!

Chocolate milk and other goings on

We've been having a lovely time here. With Mike home more, we've been able to have a lot of fun, have time to relax, and start getting ready for the baby and the move. I'll tell you though, tearing apart your house to pack and organize doesn't mix well with a pregnant lady's need to clean and put away! But, we are getting a bit done so that we can have a head start before the baby comes.

Mike has taken the boys out geocaching a few times and they love it. Jordan especially gets the idea of finding a treasure and even keeps lookout in case any nongeocacher comes by and they need to wait to keep looking. He especially enjoyed climbing up rocky terrain to get to one - he is an outdoor boy! And because Mike is home more, we have been trying to separate the boys a bit because they are always together and don't get one-on-one time with us much. But when they get back together they are so excited. The last time, Evan ran up to Jordan and gave him a big hug and they played for a long time without fighting.

We haven't been so good at separating the boys, however, for nap time. Jordan is at the point that he doesn't really need (or want...) a nap. But Evan still really does. However, when Jordan says he needs a nap we still try...which means the boys just play (aka tear apart their room) instead of sleeping. So, Evan hasn't been getting enough sleep and keeps falling asleep on the couch during the day:

I'm not sure if the boys sense a change coming or what, but they have been really cuddly with me. They never have been the type of kids to sit and just cuddle, but I am eating it up while it lasts!

Since the father and son campout the boys have been loving chocolate milk, which is good because I have not been able for the life of me to get them to drink milk at all. They get really excited to have it though:

We love the way Evan says chocolate milk, so we took a video of it, of course!

The boys are talking so well and sound so grown-up sometimes that it surprises us. Tonight we had our normal Sunday night breakfast for dinner. I always make a fruit sauce but tonight I did both that and syrup. When Jordan was on his third pancake I asked if he wanted fruit or syrup. He just look at me and finally said, "mmmm, its hard because they're both really good. Oh well, I guess I'll have syrup!" I love listening to them learn how to use words. Evan uses the word actually all the time and I love it. On the other hand, they both are developing a little attitude - when we ask Jordan to do something he doesn't want to or to stop something he gives a look and says, "Okay fine!" Now Evan has picked it up. And I was talking to Jordan about something the other day and it reminded him of a conversation he had with one of his friends and he recounted the conversation. I love that he is at the point to have conversations that mean something with people. It is fun to watch them grow.

As a side note, if anyone knows how to get a little boy to keep his finger out of his nose, please let me know. Thank you!

Fathers and Sons Campout

I took the boys on the fathers and sons campout this weekend and we had a blast! I was a little nervous but the boys did really well for the most part. They both really enjoyed their first campout!

After dinner friday night Evan and I hung out in the tent for a little down time while he played with cars.

Evan played briefly with bubbles (just long enough to cover his fingers in bubble residue before dipping them in dirt). The glowsticks were a hit.

Evan was asking to go to bed by 8:30 but I kept him up through the campfire program (because darned if Jordan was going to bed before eating the marshmallows he had been promised at the end of the program). By the time we got to the tent, Evan was so tired he was just hanging his head while he sat.

Jordan and one of his best buddies, Connor.

Mmm... chocolate milk. Which of course they refuse to drink at home. They shared 3 cups before I told them to drink their juice if they were still thirsty.

Look at that beautiful mountain-climbing machine.

One of Jordan's favorite parts was riding the 4-wheeler.

All in all we had tons of fun. The boys and I are looking forward to many more of these!

Photo shoot

I know it may be excessive to post all this pictures, but because it is Mother's Day I am going to do it anyway (and I know Grandmas won't mind!)  I had a good morning today - Mike had the boys tell him things about me and he wrote them on sticky notes that they hung all over the house.  It was fun to wake up to that.  Evan was a little confused and telling me happy birthday, but Jordan kept trying to teach him that it was Mother's Day.  They were cute.  I even got to cuddle with Evan tonight, which was probably the best present because he never sits long enough to do that. 

The boys were so handsome this morning for church that we tried to take their picture to capture it.  Here's about how it went:

In other mothering news, I had my baby shower this weekend and it was a lot of fun.  I enjoyed spending time with friends, talking about babies and families and doing quite a bit of laughing.  Thanks ladies for a wonderful time!

Anyway, Happy Mother's Day!

More of my boys

It has been a long time since I posted, and really I am just going to post some pictures of the boys.  Things are going well here.  I am huge and uncomfortable but well.  We are scheduled to have the baby on June 8th, so only a month to go!  Mike is done with school now (forever!) and is feeling good.  The boys are growing and cute as ever.

It is summer here now, so we broke out a new pool for the boys.  For some reason the boys don't like to get into the water as much but they love throwing it around, especially to "water the rocks."  Evan loves wearing his sunglasses and always has them on outside:

We go walk around the temple every once in a while.  Jordan loves smelling the flowers now, even though he thinks they smell bad most of the time.  Now Evan does it and we spend most of the time with the flowers.  I love it.

I was so happy that both the boys wanted to hold my hand when we were walking back to the car at the temple:

The boys are so cute, have I mentioned that?  They've been getting juice boxes for a treat lately and are really happy about it:

The boys love playing ring-around-the-rosie together:

I want to get better at writing down the cute things they do and say because I forget them so quickly.  So here are two.

Evan has Cars sheets that he loves.  Usually when I wash them I make sure that they are done before he sleeps again, but the other day I started them too late.  So, I put a different sheet on his bed.  When he went in for his nap, though, he was so distraught and refused to get into his bed and asked to nap on my bed.  That night we had his sheets back and when he saw them he jumped in his bed and said, "I so happy!"  Seriously, he is adorable.

We pulled out some cheerios for the boys to snack on the other day and Jordan loved them.  He kept telling us that he liked his "Hi Ho Cheerios."  I love it!

On the 5th year of marriage...

Mike and I have been married for 5 years today. We have been reminiscing a lot this week about dating and our wedding day - it was a crazy, fun, interesting and memorable time. But tonight as I was making dinner (Mike requested the first meal I made for him when we were dating - he still remembers!) I thought about where we are now. Mike was outside with the boys playing with water balloons and they were having a good time. As great and exciting as our wedding day was, I find this time more exciting. We have two great little boys and a little girl on the way. We are looking forward to where the future is going to take us. I am happy to be here now. Anyway, here's to the next five years! Happy Anniversary Mike!