Family Photo Shoot

So... only four more days until we go to court and finalize Ty's adoption and then only eight more days until we take him to be sealed in the temple. We went and had our first family photo shoot that went really well except Ty was ready for a nap and was getting a little cranky. Here are a few of my favorites.........

What Ty's been up to.. at 6 months old!

Ty turned 6 months old yesterday and came in weighing 19.8 lbs and 27 inches tall. He's in the 80% for both height and weight. What a little beefer eh? ... after holding him longer than 5 minutes my lower back starts to ache. Anyway... this is what he is up to in his ripe 'ol age.
He's sitting up...


And rolling over.

He's eating number two foods, baby finger food snacks.... and his own toes!


He can hold his own bottle!! You have no idea how much time this frees up.

He loves to spend as much time as possible in his new jumper toy... it really is amusing to see him in it... he'll just start giggling to himself.

He is at such a fun age. I can't believe how fast he picks up on things that we practice together adn Ilove how into his toys and books he is. He also grabs for EVERYTHING especially my hair and my nose. He cracks me up though with his cute giggle and his love of attention.

Play dates and Princesses!

The three of them dressing up and watching the Incredibles.

Prince...in Pink...Mr. Ty... note: He is still holding a football!!

Princess Bree

Princess Sophie

This last week Ty and I were able to spend some quality time watching our neighbor girls and our great friends... who we spend most of our time with... little Ms. Bree and little Ms. Sophie. The girls had a blast dressing up in my box of princess clothes and even Ty got a great make-over. He loved the sparkles and although Drew asked me to delete all the pictures of him dressed up as a princess I couldn't resist... He's a cute little Prince (ess)! And a good sport.

One of my greatest friends...Shauna...aka Mur... came down from Idaho to watch her brothers 4 kids for the week and Ty and I have had so much fun spending time with her and her 4 month old little boy Boston. They are both little tanks and are so cute playing together. Don't they look like they could be brothers!... Both so bright eyed.

Last week I was able to watch a friends little boy...Ryley...three months old. He was so much fun to have. I forget how much they sleep when they are that young... and how their poop doesn't smell near as bad as when you start feeding them real people food!

"Me in mommy's tummy"

I bought a baby book for Ty when he first arrived and I've been trying to keep it updated. One of the first entry's in the book is titled "Me in mommy's tummy" ...and leaves a space for a picture. A friend of mine took this picture of Ty and I on the house boat in Lake Mead when he was only a few weeks old... I was trying to keep him warm...but how perfect is this picture! I'm just so grateful to be a mom. Every day gets better and better and my love for this little guy grows and grows.

A sealing date has been set for March 29th and we are so excited that he will officially and eternally be ours.

Our Little Fish

So...we took Ty to the pool...now that Spring is approaching we are getting him ready for the wake boarding season...Drew hopes to have him wake boarding by the end of the summer...right...I just hope he's crawling. He wasn't to sure about it at first. The water was like bath water so it wasn't to cold....he just wasn't sure where to put his feet and was constantly looking around trying to figure it all out. He eventually eased into and had a great time...we even got to dunk him a few times. We borrowed swimming shorts from our nephew...size 12 months...they went down to ankles...really cute.

Snowmobiling in Bear Lake

For Presidents Day Weekend we went snowmobiling in Bear Lake with Drew's family. His grandma owns a codo up there so we go boating in the summer and snowmobiling in the winter. It's fab. We had a ton of fun except Drew got really sick, along with Brandon and Mindy, and was in bed most of the weekend. Ty wasn't to sure about the cold air at first, but by the end he didn't seem to mind at all. The best part was putting on those googles... he wanted to keep looking up at the sky... I think he really liked the color or something. My favorite part was the sledding.. I could seriously sled all day long if I could. Luckily Easton, my nephew, shared is board with me so we went down together a lot...then grandpa Craig or uncle Brandon would pick us up at the bottom with a snowmobile so we wouldn't have to walk back up...nice eh!

Happy Valentines Day!

It was 5 years ago today that Drew asked me to marry him...at McDonalds...my ring was the happy meal toy...it was the most unromantic proposal ever..but I loved him and I wanted to marry him so of course I said yes. And I haven't regreted it since...He has been a wonderful husband and I love you Drewchka! Here are so photos from our engagement.

Here's the new man in my life he turned 5 months old yesterday if you can believe that...and he started rolling over like crazy! ...Don't you just love his little T-shirt ... "I stole mommy's heart" ...it's so true...he did!