WHAT THE.................??????

Ok, so the reason for this post is simple.....my hubby is a nut!!

He just got back from Lake Powell a few weeks ago. While he was gone he did not shave. When he got home, I wondered who this crazy man walking into my house was. All of the years that we have been married, I have never seen much facial hair on him. He first shaved him a thin "gangster like beard" and kept it for a week. (I kinda started to really like it) Some people gave him the funniest faces, wondering what he was trying to pull. (He still had that one at Tate's Birthday party...if you were wondering!!) Then he started shaving it off bit by bit...the first was the "handle bars...or in other words....the "foo man choo" then it went "mustache" then to the "Hitler". We had some pretty good laughs. I know that some people can "do" facial hair, BUT it is funny on my hubby's baby face!

DON'T LAUGH TOO HARD......

JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE!

















I do LOVE The "soul patch" that he keeps all of the time........yum! sorry for the close up MUG SHOTS!!!!!!!

Tate is 2!!!

My little buddy just turned 2 years old on the 13th of September! I can't believe that he has been in our lives for 2 years, yet I can't believe that it has only been that long. What a joy Tate has been in our lives. We love this dude sooo much. He has so much personality, so much energy and soo much love. These last 2 years have been so much fun, yet tiresome! Tate can be quite shy around some people, yet quite outgoing around others. He LOVES his little brother and treats him really pretty good. He kisses him like crazy. Tate loves doing chores..he really is quite a good helper. He loves helping momma and dadda with lots of odds and ends, and is good at them also. Tate says many words. We were trying to write them all down, but there were so many we stopped. He wont say drink, and some of the ones that would really help us out on a daily basis. He loves saying "where did it go??" and "what's that", "I want up" and so on.

Tate had a little birthday party with a few of his little friends in our ward and cousins. Cars was the theme!! TATE IS OBSESSED WITH CARS LATELY!!!! It was a really hot day, so we did a "getto" party in the garage. We played a few games..(the kids were not so into them)-pin the steering wheel on the car, race tiny cars down a track, water balloons, and so on. All the kids won a metal. Then we ate car cakes and chatted. Tate enjoyed his day, even though he still wasn't sure what it was all about. He got tons of cars from pretty much everyone. He loved opening gifts.

Tate had another party at grandma's house with more cousins on Monday night. He got another cake, and more car gifts. HE IS IN HEAVEN! He got car pj's and a car shirt and I gave him books.

Until next year Tater Tot..............we love you!


ohhh and a couple of updated pictures of Davin....first time for sweet potato's (they have been working to get him to poop....YAY!) and just a smiley one of my buddy!















Over Labor day weekend our friends the Wilcox's invited us up to their cabin at Bear Lake. (Aaron had already said yes to going to Lake Powell with some other friends.) So I thought I would go ahead and enjoy my weekend and go to Bear Lake with them. The cabin was so beautiful!! So big and spacious. It was fun....BUT I can say it was one of the hardest weekends of my life. I would never make it as a single parent. I had taken the kids to the doctor right before and both had double ear infections. Ugh! They were hard....but I made it 5 long days with out him. He better not go again...........for a VERY long time!

CATCH UP TIME!

HOLY COW! We were just copying our pictures off of our camera to the computer and I realized that I missed posting a few! These pics are random from.....bath time, play time, and even work time (Tate loves doing chores..so funny..good for me, cuz I am a clean o holic!) I forgot to post about our awesome 24th of July celebrations...parades, concert at willow (grandpa scott's band)...to saying goodbyes to our wonderful friends, Bub and Nelly! (We miss you!!) I also forgot to post my fabulous ride on a "Hottie" moterbike, to fun times with friends eating ice cream...Thanks Jonathan for a face full! To hiking up in the beautiful mountains. Can't forget about family home evenings/Zip swimming excursions (our dog) and us at the local pool....to great times with family. OH and we made some DELISH apricot syrup and jam...WAY YUM! I hate to see the summer go, yet I am excited to celebrate the holiday with my THREE boys! Can you believe how they grow?? (not aaron)

Update on Davin...his 4 month stats were low(he is almost 5 mo. now), but he is chubby as ever compared to Tate! He loves to smile and giggle. Bring things up to his mouth with his hands, suck on his hands...and drool like a mad man. He is one little constipated little guy, but he has done it himself a couple times in the last couple weeks, so we are going up hill!!!??? He can almost sit up..I think it is the chub that is holding him up. He is such a sweet little boy.

I have already seen that Tate and Davin are going to be good buds, they love to laugh and smile at each other. OHH and Tate WILL NOT go to bed without kissing Davin on the head. I love it!!