Tyler is 3!

I was looking at some baby pictures of Tyler wondering how 3 years had gone by so fast! He came in while I was looking and he thought a newborn picture of him taking a bath in the sink was pretty silly. I figured, what the heck...

Benson liked it too

We didn't do anything big - just had family and a few friends over.

Some of his favorite cousins:


Not sure if he understands the whole 'wishing' thing:


And he can write his name!:


Tyler really is a great kid. He's sweet and thoughtful and makes me laugh everyday.

I bought this outfit last year when I was pregnant. Silly me, assumed my second child would be like Tyler - nice and average, wearing the appropriate clothing size suggested on the tag. So I bought 6-12 months. This picture was taken in September, Benson was 7 1/2 months old.

If he moved too much the snaps would come undone - definitely not making it to Halloween!

A First

Tyler never did this.

And sadly, this was a one time deal.

We finally made it to Oregon!

We have wanted to go to Oregon since we've moved here and still never found a chance. Since my little brother decided to get married in the Portland temple, we made the best of our opportunity. We carpooled with my sister and drove to Aaron's brother's house just outside of Portland. They took us to Astoria first. We watched the sea lions and went up The Column to see all the bridges. It was gorgeous. And WINDY. The next day we went to the coast, had some yummy seafood and played on the beach. The sand was amaaazing, but the weather wasn't hot enough for me :)
Congrats Lorenzo and Cymbrie!

Aug 23rd

At 7 months Benson:

~ is 20 pounds
~ became an expert traveller. ha
~ had his 2 bottom teeth break thru
~ is crawling all over the place
~ discovered 'couch surfing'

Aug 7th - 17th

When it was time to leave Maine we had an awesome time driving to Virginia. And by awesome I mean crappy. The 12 hr drive ended up being more like 16. Oh well. Exhausted from our drive we just relaxed and ate Chick-fil-A for 2 days before we sent Aaron home to Boise :( It made me sad but I think he was looking forward to being alone for a week or so.
I realized how much I miss trees. There's just something about driving on a road with a tunnel of trees around you that I love, and Aaron doesn't - he feels claustraphobic. Tyler became obsessed with Hotwheels; thanks to my brother Dallin, Benson got really good at standing up holding on to furniture, more Chick-fil-A of course, we met my friend Megan's baby Reese, and had a pre-wedding reception for my brother Lorenzo. And of course had an amazing time with my family :)
And an extra thanks to Zack for watching Tyler for me so many times.

July 29th - Aug 7th

After the longest flights of our lives and unexpectingly spending the night in the LaGuardia airport in NY, we finally made it to Maine. And we had a blast! It was awesome to be there with my whole family. We had tons of fun on the beach - both the boys loved the water. Tyler enjoyed "exploring" in the forest and even got to try tubing :)

To add to our crazy summer schedule, we moved...just 2 days before the chaos began. But the extra space, the garage and backyard will make life just a little more enjoyable :)