Couldn't Resist

When you catch these cute smiles on camera, how can you not post them. Check out his eyelashes!

I'm not sure how thrilled Gavin is to be a pillow, but I love this sweet side of Dallin. He tells Gavin all the time that he loves him.

Regression

With a new baby you expect some regression. We didn't see it in potty training (Dallin is a champ and wears underwear day and night), sleeping has been great but we have seen the regression in...playing with the baby toys.

I think Gavin was a little bothered by the crowd. Dallin also enjoys the swing and bouncer whenever mommy isn't looking, and every once in awhile, I catch him with a paci. Luckily it is just to get attention from me instead of actually wanting it.

Twinsies

Dallin at 3 months, Caleb at 9 months

Gavin at 2 1/2 months Carter at 5 1/2 months

We love having kids so close in age. It's like we planned it...

Sometimes you just have to...

Sometimes you just have to put on the rain boots and swimming trunks and play in the rain, especially if you are a little boy.



And sometimes you have to just join him because playing chase, splashing each other, having "boat" (grass) races, and pretending to be alligators is just too hard to resist.

You especially have to because it made him so happy, especially seeing mom sopping wet!

Giggling

Although the speakers were good on Sunday, the tears in my eyes were from hearing this sound for the first time.

Back to School

I celebrated back to school for 22 years between k-12, college, and six years of teaching. I remember the first time I didn't go back to school that August after Dallin had been born. It felt so weird watching everyone getting ready, but I was happy being my baby's mom. This year though, I'm going back to school! I'm dressing a little less formally than before (I dressed up more than most teachers because when you start teaching at 20, adults sometimes think you are a student) and my classroom is covered with the alphabet and numbers instead of nouns and verbs. I'm still carrying my teacher bag though!


The best part of going back to school is teaching this little one! I went from teaching 7th and 8th graders, to teaching 3 year olds. A definite change, but some behaviors are still the same....

Dallin is so excited to be starting preschool and he loves telling everyone that his teachers are Haley and mommy.

(I'm not sure what I was doing with Dallin's hair that day. There was a lot of water obviously because it dripped down his shirt! And the background, my front flower bed. It looks amazing right now.)

Balding

We were hoping our boys wouldn't get these genes from Zane...

Daddy

Gavin

Looks like he did. Poor kid!