Precious Moments

Do you ever have those moments when you look at your kids and it almost takes your breath away.  I do.  

Sometimes Ryan or Luke will just smile at me and I feel so lucky and so proud that they are mine.  

Ryan's cute grin make it easier to forgive him for moments like above - when he tortures his little brother. Although, I would be his accomplice as I am snapping a picture of the said torture.

What Goes Around Comes Around

I was a really picky eater as a kid. I could find onions in my food that my mom practically pureed.  I am sure it drove her nuts.  Now I have a child who will not eat anything green ( or any thing vegetable -y).  Including green lucky charms marshmallows.  Yes, he is that picky.

  I think my mom loves it.

Little Mover

Little Luke is on the move. This kid crawls and as of last Sunday, he pulls himself up on everything. He still seems so little, so it is weird seeing him do grown up stuff. Wish I could slow him down! 

Men At Work

Ryan loves to help his dad. It is so cute.  Just in case something went wrong, Ryan put his helmet on.

Achieving Goals

This year, Brett has decided to focus on one big goal a month.  In January, his goal was to not eat desserts.  I did not participate in that goal.  He once asked my if I would go off desserts for a year for $1000.  No way!  I would have to be paid at least $50,000 for it to be worth it.  But I did try to support him by not making chocolate cookies... as much.  He did awesome and made it an entire month without caving!  On February 1st, we had a "party" for him.  Ryan and I presented him with a certificate and we indulged ourselves in some warm cookies. 

 It is so much more fun to eat desserts with a buddy again!

Along those lines ( the food lines) I have revived my food blog from the dead.  At least for today.  Check it out for a deliousously healthy pizza!

Little Brother's Wedding

My brother is married.  The wedding was amazing.  It was in Salt Lake, so it was freezing.  But at least we had jackets.  Poor Staley didn't have one!  They had a beautiful reception in San Clemente.  Everything just made me want to do my wedding all over!  Such a fun time.  Staley looked georgus and Michael looked OK, too.  We love you Mr. and Mrs. White!

San Diego

We went on a little family trip to San Diego.  It was so fun to get away!  There are so many awesome get-a-way spots within two hours of us.  We need to get away more!  The main event was a friends wedding, which was beautiful.  We also squeezed in the zoo and Target because I didn't pack extra clothes for Ryan.  Oops.

This was a big trip for Luke, too because his ate his first french fry. 

 A weekend to remember!

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7 Months

Luke is moving all around and likes to get himself under things.  Chairs, tables, desks.  Silly kid.

We think it is a miracle Luke has survived 7 months with Ryan  "loving" him so much.  Luckily, Ryan is getting much better about not throwing him or picking Luke up by the neck... really.

The pose.  Luke's new thing is to crawl around, and then strike "the pose" to check everyone out.

My blue-eyed ray of sunshine on earth.

 7 of 7:

1. Luke continues to draw countless strangers in with his quick and gigantic grin.

2. He loves scoot-crawling all over the place.

3. He has down-dog ( yoga pose) mastered.

4. Loves, loves food.  Not baby food. Real food.

5. Has one cute tooth on the bottom.

6. Does not sleep through the night - my fault.  He is SO happy it is extra super hard for me to hear him cry!

7.  Loves to blow raspberries and say "ba-ba".

I L-O-V-E my Lukie boy

Our First Pet

  I really don't like pets.  But this past Saturday, I took Ryan to the pet store look at the animals. 

 After we watched the dogs haircuts and looked at some cats, I started thinking about how excited Ryan would be if he got a pet.  

So I let him pick out his own fish.  Kinda. 

 The sales lady told me the beta fish are the easiest to take care of and they were on sale.  

So I let him pick out his own beta fish. 

It stared out as Dory, but now we call him Blue.

Ryan was so excited. I was happy that he was excited!

Beta fish are supposed to last a year.  Lets hope he lasts a month! 

Peek-a-Boo Luke

Today Luke decided that he is big enough to play peek-a-boo.  So fun!