More of Daddy's Old Clothes

More of Daddy's old clothes. The shirt says "1980 USA Olympic Games" and the pants are blue bell bottoms!

Aunt Melissa

Aunt Melissa made Isaac these adorable hats and sack! Take a look!

He most definitely the cutest turkey and snow man I've ever seen! Love you Isaac!

O Chistmas Tree

This year we did the unspeakable. I know, I still can hardly believe it myself. Please don't hate. Things that didn't make since and seemed horrible as a kid make more since as an adult. Let me explain.

In our new house, that we bought, it has a large vaulted ceiling. Ammon has been dreaming of a large Christmas tree ever since we bought the house - no probably before we actually bought it! So as we started looking at the price of a large fresh Christmas tree, I had a hard time swallowing the cost. And to think, we'd spend just as much (if not more) each year to come! So that's when Ammon suggested the Tree-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named. I cringed at the thought, but economically, it makes so much more since. Although it is more expensive this first year, long term it will save us money! Plus we found a really good deal on the tree! It will pay for itself in 2-3 years! And we plan on living in this house much longer than that!

We started looking and I found that this style of Tree-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named have come a long ways! They look a lot more real these days! We found a really nice one and bought it. Don't forget, the Christmas season is about Christ, so please remember to forgive and not hate! It actually looks really good! Especially decorated!

Conner had a fun time helping decorate it!

Our Little Turkey

I guess we didn't take many Thanksgiving pictures, but here's one of our little turkey!

2nd Annual Thanksgiving Dollar Bowling

This year Conner got to bowl! He had so much fun! He would clap after he rolled each ball down the ramp, and often times did a little dance too! It was adorable!

In case you missed my bowling post from last Thanksgiving, Dollar Bowling is something that my Aunt Karen and Uncle Dale do each year on Thanksgiving. We've adapted it to fit us - example: we don't go ON thanksgiving, but a day or two before. I am fund the "dollar" part of the bowling: if anyone get's a strike or spare, they get a dollar! But we enforce a strict "you must do a 'dollar dance' to get the money!"

Isaac's First Bath

Isaac didn't love his first bath as much as Conner did. Isaac pretty much cried through the whole bath. Poor little guy!

Grandma Eggett

Grandma Eggett came to visit and we had so much fun! She waited and waited to buy her plane ticket so that if Isaac came early, she could jump on the soonest flight. And wouldn't you know it, she booked her flight and 2 days later Isaac was born! Grandma came on Isaac's 3rd day of life. She was a wonderful help with Conner, cooking, cleaning and driving us around! Conner did really well with the transition from only child to oldest child, and I think that was in large part due to Grandma being there so he still received plenty of attention! They would go for walks, play outside, run, etc. And Grandma even bought him some new toys! We were lucky enough to have her here for a week and a half. I am always horrible at taking pictures when people come to visit us, so unfortunately this is the only time I took pictures: Conner's first picnic in the back yard!

As if we weren't blessed enough to have Grandma Eggett come, the day she left Grandpa and Grandma Dietz came! Grandpa got to stay for about 5 days, and Grandma stayed for a week and a half! Grandma Dietz also was a huge help with the kids and the house stuff! We are so lucky to have 2 sets of grandparents who love our children so much and are such wonderful granparents to our kids!

When the time came for each granparent to leave, it was sad to let them go! We love having them around!

Ammon's Birthday

Ammon's birthday was fun to celebrate, I made a very rich but oh so delicious chocolate cheesecake. Can you find Conner's helpful hand (literally) in the cake?

Here's the cheesecake finished

The Powell's joined us for the celebration. My mom was a big help getting all the food prepared for dinner. We had hamburgers and potato salad. After dinner Ammon opened his presents.

Then came the singing and smoke (he turned THIRTY this year!!!)

The fire alarms started going off. We opened the doors and the adults all grabbed something close by (magazines, long skinny presents, newspapers, etc) and started fanning the smoke detectors or tried to direct the smoke outside. It was quite an exciting 4 minutes! When the fire alarms finally stopped, Conner went over to Ammon and tried to get his attention by saying "Dada!" and pulling on his leg; just like I'm pulling yours!

Big Boy Conner

I didn't truly understand what a big boy Conner had become until about a week and a half after Isaac was born. When I took the following picture Isaac was 2 days old and we had just got home from the hospital, I thought it was funny, but still didn't realize.

This isn't suppose to be one of those "which chair is bigger" optical illusions. 

These two chairs are the same size!

 My first realization that Conner had grown up into a big boy was about a week and a half after Isaac was born when I was snuggling with him in the recline (because he was having a hard time falling asleep for his nap). We were sitting belly to belly and Conner pulled his knees up, tucking them underneath him. The same way Isaac lays on my chest - except Conner not only covered my chest, but my whole torso as well, and his feet were resting on my thighs.

Since then there have been other things that made me realize how grown up Conner is, such as picking him up (he feels heavier now that I'm comparing him to a 6 to 7 pound baby!) and changing his diaper.

I sure love these two boys! They are so much fun and bring us so much joy!

Another sweet Boy, Isaac, is Born

We welcomed another sweet little boy into our family! Isaac was born this evening weighing 6 lbs 7 oz - almost 2 lbs heavier than Conner was! Isaac seems so tiny! My c-section went well, and the recovery is going a lot better than I expected!

We couldn't be more happy to welcome this sweet boy into our family! We love him so much already!

When Conner came to the hospital to meet Isaac, he heard Isaac cry and looked at him like "What is that thing making that sound?!" Conner has learned to not be as bothered by Isaac's cries, infact, sometimes he will take Isaac a blanket or a paci when he cries. Conner also loves to give little brother loves! This picture was taken the first time they met eachother!

Sleeping Sitting Up

Tonight Conner was having a naughty streak. We were outside in the front yard, Daddy was working on the driveway and I was sitting in a chair on the sidewalk watching Conner. He kept wandering down the sidewalk, so he got warned that if he didn't stay close to me, then he would have to watch from the garage. It didn't take long for him to wander away, and get taken to the garage. The rule of not being able to leave the garage is a common one, except that normally I am sitting in the garage too. Next, Conner kept leaving the garage. He got warned that if he left the garage again, he would have to go inside and play in the playroom. Again, the punishment came quickly. The playroom is completely Conner-safe, so I left him in there and went back outside. We could hear him crying for a while. Once he calmed down, I went to check on him and this is how I found him.

He is truly such a sweet boy, and when I see him sleeping, I am 100% always reminded of that! When I found him asleep is was bedtime, so I was torn what to do - leave him to sleep like that and when he wakes up he'd either go to bed or cry and I would come put him to bed, or wake him up. We ended up letting him sleep for about 30 minutes while we finished up outside, then as Ammon and I stood whispering in the doorway, debating what to do, he woke up. Problem solved! Luckily he still went to bed well!