Playing with Cousins

We had my sisters kids over a few weekends ago and the boys looked so cute in their matching Batman Jammies that I had to share the photos. Check out those tough guys!!The both "think" they are actually playing Mario Kart. I'm sure Kyler will figure out this little trick before too much longer.

Day of Trains

Truthfully everyday is a "day of trains" at our house with the toys, movies, PJs, and even fruit snacks but for this outing we actually went looking for trains outside the house. Once again feeding the addiction of a 2 year old. Since Blake had President's Day off work we decided to take Kyler for a ride on Front Runner.

If you look closely you can see he is holding his train ticket in every photo. It's safe to say he was a little excited.

Our destination was the train museum in Ogden.

We got very lucky and Zoey slept from the time we got onto the train until we got home. So we could both focus our attention on Kyler and hopefully make it even more special for him.
Kyler got so used to us taking pictures that he started walking up to things, like this photo, and saying "mom, take Kyler picture with train".

Zoey is 4 months old

My sweet, chunky little girl is already 4 months old. She laughs and smiles all the time and tries SO hard to sit up. We have entered the stage where her toes and fingers are her new best friends. At her check up last week she was 13 lbs 5 oz and 23 1/2 inches long and we LOVE every last bit of her. The following are just some shots Blake took of Zoey dressed up after church.

Photos Just Cause

The family after our cousins baby blessing in January.

Our son's cheesy grin sitting down for dinner.

Breakfast time with my favorite little boy.

Special giggles and grins for grandpa.

Nothing is sweeter that a baby's smile.

Except when they are sleeping peacefully!

I just can't help taking pictures of Zoey every time we get her dressed up for church

Valentine's Day

I will start this post with showing off my HUGE surprise gift from Blake. He had been tucking away birthday money and work bonuses so he could buy these with cash and I would never know. He knows how much I LOVE sparkly stuff.

So for our Valentine's date I picked dinner at La Ferrovia with Blake's family. We had a great time visiting and didn't mind waiting for our food since they were busy.

My favorite part was when I looked over and Kyler was trying to cut his lemon wedge. I don't think he's ever held a knife before but he was doing a perfect job. Just reminds you as a parent that little eyes are always watching what you are doing!

Unfortunately as soon as the meal arrived baby freak out happened. Zoey wouldn't take a bottle so I went out to the car with her and she cried and screamed like I've never heard her before. So the night ended early for us since I couldn't go back into the restaurant and it was too cold to walk around outside and try to calm her down. Blake boxed up our food and we tried dinner again, just the two of us, after the kids went to sleep.She wouldn't smile but at least she wasn't screaming. :)

Zoey with Great Grandma Theda

My grandma was in town for my mom's big retirement party the end of January and we got some of the cutest picture of her with Zoey. I just have to share them because I think they are so sweet.Grandma had Zoey laughing so much I wish I would have had the video camera ready to go.

We also took the classic 4 generations photo of the daughters.
As I mention above my mom has now retired from her full time job and moved on to another one. She gets to be full time babysitter for the cutest baby girl ever, Zoey!! I am so grateful and lucky that she is able to do this as I am back to work full time. I can't imagine leaving my sweet little baby with anyone but family. THANKS MOM!!

Superbowl Party

Yes I know I'm a little behind cause the superbowl was a few weeks ago. We're not big football people but this year Blake had a greater interest in the game. The sales office he manges is in Pittsburgh, so how smoothly his next week went depended on the big game. Also we're up for any excuse to eat food and lounge around.

This shot is proof that Kyler did stop for a second and watch the game. With both grandparents and two cousins over it is a miracle. And there's the fact that he would always rather be playing trains.

With two grandmas around Zoey gets all kinds of attention.

Zoey's Blessing Dress Photo Shoot

Here are some photos taken the beginning of January when Zoey was 10 weeks old.
Kyler wasn't going to be in any photos so I didn't even do his hair as we were running out the door. He just happen to have on a white undershirt so we added him to the mix.

SNOW!!!

Kyler getting all bundled to help dad shovel with the many snow storms we've been having. This is his "burrrr" photo after the driveway was finally finished.
All wrapped up for one of the pre-Christmas storms. I'm surprised he can put his arms down!

Finally a Night Out

Blake and I share Jazz season tickets with my family but since the season started right when Zoey was born Blake has been going with friends to the games. Well Friday was finally my turn. I was ready to leave the kids at home with the grandparents and go for a night out with my husband. We went to dinner before the game and actually had adult conversation. It wasn't as weird as it was with Kyler since I leave her everyday to go to work but the first date night is always a big step!