2 Months!!!!

Mr. Moo is 2 months old today! (I have no idea why I call him that) I CANNOT believe it! He is already growing up so fast! He loves to coo and "talk", especially to his daddy and he loves to sleep on his daddy's chest. He loves baths and sleeps 8 hours every night. I don't know how I got so lucky but he is such a sweetheart. He LOVES to be held, but doesn't HAVE TO be held, which is so wonderful. He is such a little cuddle bug. When he gets sleepy he buries his face into your arm and snoozes away. We have his 2 month appointment on Monday and I'm pretty anxious to see what he weighs. He's really thinned out and it seems like he's going to be a tall boy! We love him SO much and can't imagine life without him. Here are some pics from today.

Sugar Cookies . . . .

I bought a huge thing of cookie cutters and Ava and I couldn't wait to try them out. If you don't make sugar cookies for a really long time, it's easy to forget how messy and time consuming they really are. Here are a few pictures of our fun filled event. Side note: I was supposed to take cookies to Relief Society Enrichment the day after and was planning on making another batch of "grown-up" cookies, but when all was said and done, I didn't feel like making more cookies, SOOOO, if anybody was at that Enrichment and wondered who brought the sugar cookies with neon icing shaped like bunnies, cowboy hats, and stars, it was me.

Before the Decorating:

I sat the icing down on the table, turned away from the table, and when I turned back Ava had the whole spoon of pink icing in her mouth!


The Finished Product:


Side note: Ava's big bandaid on her head is actually the result of a trip to Urgent Care to get three stitches. This is the SECOND time she's had stitches and the THIRD time to either Urgent Care or the Emergency Room. She's only three. Please don't tell me this is going to turn into a yearly thing. Getting the stitches was actually quite traumatic for both of us. I had to practically lay on her to try and keep her still, a nurse held her head, and the doctor did the stitching. Her face was covered and she kept screaming, "We're Done! Where's my mommy? WE ARE DONE!" It would have been comical if it wasn't my own little sweetheart. Anyway, she survived and now has another battle scar to add to her list.

Summer Fun . . . .

We went to Huck Finn Days in Pleasant Grove with some of my good friends from the neighborhood. Everything was completely free and the kids had a blast! Thanks for the invite!







Two of Ava's best friends had birthday parties in June and they threw fantastic summer water parties! There is NOTHING better than playing in the water.

What we've been up to . . . . . .

A couple of weeks ago, I got to go to my gorgeous friend's wedding at La Caille. I did study abroad in London the summer before I got married and made some great friends! Here's a picture of some of us with the beautiful bride, Tara.


We all went to the softball tournament with Randy last weekend and an unbelievable thing happened. My child actually fell asleep. By herself. Without me coaxing her. With a lot going on around her. I had to take pictures to prove it. It was quite a relaxing moment for me. Both kids were asleep and the sun was positioned perfectly behind my umbrella which I didn't have to hold because of the bleachers. Gotta appreciate the simple things in life.




Just a couple of fun pics. Here I am with my two little sweethearts. Chances are pretty good that if you stopped by my house during the day, you would see something similar to this. One of Ava's favorite things to say is, "Hold me too mom! I want to sit with Baby Kai!"

Kai LOVES to lay with his daddy like this. Aren't they cute?


I hope these two will be best buds. But more than that, I hope they never decide to gang up on me.

Swimming Lessons . . . . .

Ava did swimming lessons the first two weeks of June and loved it. She was so fun to watch. It was the cutest thing. She kept telling me her teacher's name was Cassie so we always referred to her as that. She talked about "Cassie" all of the time. Come to find out, her name was actually Jamie. Hmmmm . . . Anyway, I give that teacher credit. Can you imagine being in the pool with six 3 year olds? I would probably lose my mind. The last day of class the kids get to play in the pool for the last 10 minutes of class. Ava wanted to go on the slide so bad, but couldn't quite make her way past the big kids. She cried and cried when they turned the water off and she didn't get to go on the big slide. It was traumatic, BUT she has survived and eventually we will make it back to the big slide. :)