My Loves

This post is a compile of the last couple months. Very Random and Very out of order. Enjoy!

Hudson's 6 month pictures
What a sweet, sweet boy he is!
He is now:
Crawling
"Talking" Non stop
Waving
Eating baby food and baby snacks
President of his Brother's fan club
We are so in love with this little guy and his older brother!

A couple months ago Daniel and I were able to get away for a weekend and head to California. Thank you to my mom and mother-in-law for watching our boys!

We got to see our first NFL Game (It really was a blast!)
San Fransisco 49ers

Of Course we had to go to the beach

......And DISNEYLAND (We cant wait to take our kids back!)

Hudson saying 'I Love You' in code to his mama :)
Garrett is convinced he was Spider man shooting his web

My Sweet baby

My slightly sticker obsessed 3 year old

Garrett INSISTED he push Hudson around the house

how convenient being a boy in the outdoors and having to go potty
hence the miniature tree behind him

Lagoon: Garrett is now able to ride a bunch of rides by himself and he LOVES it!

LOVE that I can kill 2 birds with one stone at bath time and they both enjoy it

Of course we spent quality time at the pool this summer (that is, if I had someone available to swim with Garrett - Thanks Kyle!)

Garrett's sweet little female friend at Daycare wrote his name on his hand
He thought it was FABULOUS!

My new hobby: Making Bows

Garrett going to School with his "backpack"

This is, no joke, E-V-E-R-Y morning while we are all getting ready for work

Bonsai for dinner one night

Garrett being a pro in the dentist chair on his first visit

Hudson Heading Home from our Halloween Party - it wore him out!

My little Spider man

Daniel's Grandma and Grandpa ROCKING their Costumes! Love!

Ama, Ryland and Hudson Dressed up

Cousins on their Halloween hayride

And then there were 5

"Being a Family means you are a part of something very wonderful.

It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.

No matter what."

Life has been such a whirlwind lately. In a good way...

Because of our own individual feelings Daniel and I have always wanted to have adoptive children in our family; Even when we were both younger, long before we got married. I thought it was so interesting that as a guy, he had even thought about this. As a girl I don't think it is unusual at all - considering we have our wedding, number of kids and kids names picked out by the time were are ten.

Adopting is something we have always talked about. Up until the beginning of this year we had not pursued anything with it though. While I was on maternity leave {yes, that means with a newborn baby} I could not stop thinking about adoption. It would keep me up at night and I found myself reading multiple articles about it in 'Parents' magazines. After a few weeks of this nonstop feeling, I brought it up to Daniel. Not the way we normally have talked about it in the past. I told him that I strongly felt like we need to start putting our name out there. We need to start the process. Understandable that he was a little hesitant to do this, since he is still in school, working full time and not to mention we have a newborn baby.

I ignored his hesitations and went ahead and started calling around. I just wanted to see what the process required. Because we are not infertile no company would take our information. Which I can respect. The last thing either of us want to do is take away from families that cannot have children naturally.

Although the strong feeling stayed with me, I put it in the back of my head as much as possible.

One day Daniel was talking to a family friend about kids and life, etc. and she brought up a friend of hers that is pregnant and looking to give the baby up but for one reason or another had not gone through an agency. Going along with the conversation, Daniel just mentioned that one day he and I would like to adopt, not thinking much more of his remark.

Not long after that, the family friend approached me and asked me if we were serious about it. Of course I said yes, because it IS something we were serious about.

Skipping details of knowing this is right for us.....

We have met with the biological mother a few times and she has decided to choose us as parents for this little girl that is due the beginning of next year.

So in under 9 months time we will have gone from a family of three to a family of five. We feel so extremely blessed to have such wonderful, beautiful little boys in our family and also this opportunity to add another sweet spirit to our family!

Well check ups

Garrett had his 3 year check up today.

His stats:

Height: 36 3/4 inches......................30%
Weight 33 lbs 14 oz..........................60%

Hudson had his well check up today also.

At 4 months old these are his stats:

Height 26 inches................................75%
Weight 14 lbs 8 oz..............................28%
Head cir 41 1/2 cm.............................25%

LOVE THESE BOYS!!!!!

Fireworks, Family and Fun Oh My

I can't believe my little boy is 3! Garrett turned 3 on July 3rd. We celebrated it a week early with the Ebert's and right on his birthday with the Luthi's. It is so great to have his birthday right in the middle of summer! We had dinner at Steven and Nikki's house and then opened presents while playing with our cousins. Pretty sure life doesn't get any better!!

{yes I am aware that he has chocolate on his face in EVERY picture - props to an awesome chocolate fountain along with dinner!!}

For the 4th of July every year we go up to my parents ward (the ward I grew up in) for the annual breakfast, Granite Parade and Carnival.

I LOVE that we have a view of the valley from our back porch, this night it especially came in handy along with the new firework laws we were able to watch fireworks right from home while Hudson slept soundly in his own bed. Garrett thought they were great for about 2 minutes before he decided that the "bug be gone" candle was way cooler!










With growing grand kids and the track record of my brother's in the ER while we were growing up (not necessarily from the tramp), my parents decided it would be safest to put their tramp underground. Garrett and my niece, Clara, thought this was especially fabulous because they were able to take a ride on the backhoe. Growing up in construction and now having worked for a construction company for the last 9 years this picture holds a special place in my heart :)


I couldn't help but throw this picture into the mix. Oh how I can already see such a connection between these two!



This is Garrett when he wants to "Break Out"! He puts on random hats and break dances around the house.... usually right before bed.

I LOVE MY FAMILY