The results are in...

Out of the 28 voters, 17 of you (60%) voted a girl. You were all... RIGHT!! It's true, we are finally adding a little bit of pink to our oh so blue-filled family. Well it probably won't be a little, but you get the idea. Noah has said all along he wanted a sister, and that "we need a little girl at our house because we have enough boys". He didn't have school today so both the boys got to come to the dr. Cutler wasn't quite sure about it, but when the doc turned on the machine Cutler said "woooww!" The dr. kept trying to get a good picture of her heart but she kept moving all over the place, he called her a 'squirmy little cuss' and asked me if I knew why. I tried to think of everything I had eaten that morning, but no sugar or caffiene so I asked him why. He told us we were going to have a cheerleader! Nobody really knew what to say, we were all shocked. So now the name deciding, new bedding, and clothes oh my! We have a few names picked out but nothing for sure yet. Let the shopping begin!!

Catching up again

Once again I am going to try to play catch up. We have been doing a lot, I wouldn't say we've been busy, I've just been lazy with blogging.

Last Thursday was Cutler's 2nd birthday, but we weren't able to celebrate that day because we had to go out of town for our cute cousin Sarah's wedding. I went with Kent, Sherie & Melanie Thursday afternoon to make it for the dinner. Colby came with the boys after work that night. Friday was the wedding at the S.L. Temple which I've never been in, and I must say it is absolutely beautiful (of course). Elder Ballard performed the ceremony and he gave some very good counsel. He has a cute little sense of humor too. But being in the room with one of the 12 apostles, and listening to him give advise to your face was amazing, and I loved the feeling of the spirit surrounding us. Afterwards we went and got lunch and then Colby took the boys to the Zoo. Cutler had never been before, and we thought that since we didn't do anything for his birthday this would be a fun thing for him to see. I didn't go because I wanted to do some shopping. No offense Sherie & Mel, but I should have went to the zoo (not much luck in any of the stores). Colby only got this one picture, and it's just funny because Cutler looks like he's reading the map being there little tour guide.


After about an hour we met back up at the reception and then headed home. It was a short trip, but the reception was so pretty! Here are a few pictures of us and the boys all dressed up - you don't see this too often.

On the other side of this little fence is a pond with a waterfall, and the boys couldn't get enough of it. What is it with boys and water?

We got home super late friday night so that Colb could make it to work in the morning and I could get what I needed to done for Cutler's party. So saturday morning I tried to pick up the house a little but didn't have much success. You know how it goes when you need to get things done and you have 2 children who run through the house tearing everything apart that you just did? Ya! I had a hair appointment, and while I was there the boys went to my mom's. Just as I was getting ready to come home they call me and ask if they should meet me at insta-care or if I wanted to come there first? Cutler had fallen off the bar stool onto the floor and nobody really saw exactly what happened but he wouldn't use his left arm, and as the time went on he babied it more and more. So I rushed across town to get him and see what I needed to do. Colby left work and we decided we better take him in and have it looked at. They x-rayed it and didn't find anything. A little bit of fluid in his elbow, so the dr. figured he probably hyperextended it and it would heal on it's own. As the day went on you could see him not using his arm, but other than that he acted ok. So we went on with the party. Nothing exciting - I was actually sad that I didn't really do anything for him. We ordered pizza and got cupcakes. He opened his presents and that was the day.

Here's the birthday boy eating his cupcake. I was going to change his clothes to be all cute for the party and do his hair, but after the whole arm thing, I said bag it and we took him as he was! (See how he's holding his left arm? That's how it looked for about 2 days, so sad.)

Now on to more exciting things...

the ultra sound. News coming Monday!!

my little boy

Today is Cutler's 2nd birthday! I would say we are about to embark into the "terrible two's", but I think we've already started. Cutler is one ball of energy, and seriously doesn't stop from the time he wakes up until we put him to bed. He just knows he's going to miss out on something great by sleeping.



Some of Cutler's greatest loves are:

• balls
• treats (he got this from me)
• movies - he has to watch one first thing in the morning right out of bed
• chasing the kids all over
• Pizza & dogs (corn & hot dogs)
• playing with Noah

Lately we have caught him:

• throwing toys (& other things) over the neighbors wall
• taking off his pants and diaper
• climbing the shelves in the pantry
• wearing our shoes around the house
• talking on the phone (he loves to say "hewow" and "bye")

Like I said, he is one ball of energy. Of course there are days that I would love to be a little more calm, but we wouldn't have him any other way!

We love you little buddy!! happy birthday!

First day of School

Noah started his first day of Kindergarten today and it was a bitter sweet morning. He actually went yesterday, but I stayed with him and it was mostly just to see what they knew and what they could do. This morning Cutler and I walked Noah up to the school and took him inside to find his desk. When it was time to leave Cutler was a little confused about why we were leaving his 'buddy'. I told him we would pick him up later and to say bye. To watch the boys tell each other bye was kind of sad. Over the summer they have become each other's little buddies. They played together (not always the best) everyday. Now it's just me and Cutler.


Noah said he had a lot of fun and that he 'really likes school'. He and I both are so ready for him to actually have some structure to his day. He really loves to learn, and I am so excited for him to learn "Everything he needs to know...in Kindergarten"!

The firetruck

Just this morning I was out back sweeping up the sand that Cutler decided to throw all over the back patio. While we were out there I heard this noisy truck out front. It sounded maybe like a UPS or FEDEX truck, something loud like that. I knew it wasn't at our house but for some reason it struck my curiosity so I went out front to check it out. Call me dumb, but I'm glad I did. Next door a fire truck had stopped and was doing a random check on the fire hydrant. So I went and got the boys to come and see the truck. While we were standing there, one of the nice firemen saw the boys and waved to them. The boys waved back and before I knew it he was coming over with a little fire hat for each of them. He was so cute and nice to the boys. And the boys love their hats.

Thanks for making our day Mr. Fireman!

We finally did it!

We got rid of the binky! I had just had it with the stupid thing, plus it was giving Cutler a rash that I couldn't get rid of. I always thought we would be done with it by the time he turned 1, and here he is almost 2 and still as attached to it as he was a year ago. So almost 2 weeks ago we just cold turkied it. I didn't give him a nap that day so that he would be good and tired for bed - which may have been a mistake. He played in the water almost the whole day, so he was over-tired when it came time to go to bed. He scrame for 45 minutes while I tried to get him to sleep. Just as I was about to let him cry himself to sleep in his bed, he fell a sleep on my shoulder. At one point I did put him in his bed and I left the room, it was so sad. I almost needed to go cry, but I was strong. The next day we did the same thing, and he did pretty good. Definitely didn't cry as long. After that I started naps again during the day, and he has done really well. He'll ask for it and I just tell him it's gone and change the subject. Since we started this process, naptime is definitely harder, and he'll still ask for it every once in a while, but we're done! It's such a relief.

The really stupid thing is Colby & I both liked him to have it, it was just a relaxer for him, obviously. But I think in a way we both kind of miss it. Probably more that Cutler.

In case you were wondering...

(and just don't dare ask) and I know you all are wondering, yes, it's true. Colby got himself booked and released from the Washington Co. Jail on Sunday. We didn't really think it would get out like it has, but we were wrong. Here's the scoop...
Back in March he was turkey hunting up in New Harmony with his f-i-l and the boys. Yes, my boys. They saw some turkeys and Colby wanted to shoot them but Kent told him he better at least get off the road. So Colby pulled off the road but not far enough. This guy must have been watching the whole thing from the comfort of his own home, and as soon as Colby shot he showed up. He told them they were too close to the homes, which they were, and that he had to turn him in. (he was shooting the other way) He was the game warden, and just happened to live right there. So he got Colby's info and did what he had to do. I knew nothing about this until a week or two later when the fish & game showed up at my house trying to find Colby. (the warden had written the wrong phone number down.) He told me that he wasn't in too much trouble, but that he had done something wrong, and proceeded to tell me. I was not happy. Colby knows better than this, and so does Kent. Anyway, the f&g guy made it sound like he would just get a fine, not too bad. So 2 weeks ago Colby had his court date, and the judge told him he had to go get booked and released. Colby said he was so nervous. So if you saw it or read it, it's true. My husband now has a record. I definitely was not going to post about this, but we've gotten a lot of phone calls, and Colby says he gets stared at all day at work, so I decided we better let everyone know - you're all wondering anyway!! And we can laugh about it, probably shouldn't, but we do.

Melanie

Yesterday was our cute sister-in-law Melanie's birthday, and I know I'm late but we were busy. We started the day with a baby shower for her, where I must say she and 'little.miss.Hallie' were oh so spoiled. Later we went to Samurai 21 for some great entertainment and food, then on to the house for some delicious dessert, and more presents for Mel. We hope you had a fun day opening tons of presents. We love you!

Happy Birthday!!

And I have to put these pictures of the boys at dinner. If you look close at Noah's you can see the shrimp flying right above the oil bottles. He didnt' catch it, but it was a good try. And Cutler made me hold him like this every time they made the fire. Noah loved watching the chef and the whole night afterwards he pretended that he was doing the tricks with his chopsticks. He's a funny boy!

Our 24th of July

Once again Colby had to work, but I wasn't about to let that stop me from my yearly tradition of going to Beaver. We got there early enough to see the parade. Cutler was so funny, he sat on my lap for about the first 20 minutes of it, not quite sure what to think. Until Noah started coming over to me with his candy from all the floats. Once he realized it was a good thing, I couldn't keep him close to me.

There were a bunch of 'bigger' kids right by us, so the boys had to run super fast and weren't so lucky most of the time.

Cutler had walked up the street a little ways and found some unwrapped candy. It was good enough for him.

Just trying to get a picture of both of them. Funny, I know.

After the parade we ventured over to the park for the races. Both the boys did so good. In Cutler's age group they had to do two groups because there were so many kids. I didn't know how he would do, but he ran so fast and I wish so bad I would have had it on video because his face was priceless. He had a slow start but ended up getting a quarter at the end, so I think he won! Way to go Cutler for keeping up the tradition. (Noah won when he was 1 too!) Noah didn't get the quarter this year, but he was 'fast as lightning' as he put it.

After the park we headed up to aunt Linda's. She had made some lunch so we hung out there a while and let the kids all run around. We ended up at the races where grandpa had a couple horses running. He won one of the races after a fight, which was kind of funny. I've never seen that before at the races. And the second horse, didn't do so well.

Of course it wouldn't be the 24th without fireworks, but we didn't stay in Beaver that late so we did our own at Kent & Sherie's. It was a fun day, and surprisingly enough the boys were so good and Noah was helpful. I didn't ever have to get after them, and I don't even think I ever lost my patience with them. (pat on my back)