AJ's 2!

I can not believe that AJ is 2! It has been the best 2 years of my life. He has grown so much. Everyday when I look at Erik and then AJ or vice versa I get tears in my eyes. Knowing that in what seemed like a blink of an eye he went from newborn to two years old. There are little things he seems to be doing everyday that make seem older because he is doing them for the first time and it reminds me of things my brother did at like 3 or 4yrs old. He has gone twice this week to the store and picked out and paid for his new toy, he now pushes big trucks around on his knees, turns anything into a race track, he loves to pretend play now. The things he bought with his birthday money were a doctors kit and Mc Donalds food. He has not put the food down in 3days. Today when I dropped him off at nursery he just looked back said "bye" and waved. Which he does to everyone we see at the store along with hi. His vocabulary has grown so much in the last 6mo it is crazy. He went from saying 3 words(ow, daddy and cheese) to saying over 25 and is saying new ones daily.

His birthday went awesome. He had a lot of friends who love and care about him show up. He did not get all of the presents or games. But that was ok. He did do pin the nose on elmo. He received a ton of gifts including 2 bikes. My sister her kids, aunts and cousins all got him a bicycle with training wheels. He can not reach the pedals yet. But loves to ride it. My mom got him a little quad that only goes a maximum of 2mph and only goes forward when a button is pushed. He loves them both so much. Both him and Erik are having a great time with his new toys.

I love you so much AJ. You are growing up so quickly I sometimes want time to stand still so I have more time with you as a toddler. You are such a wonderful boy and big brother. I love you baby boy.

Mommy

AJ and Mommy

Yummy cake!
AJ pining the nose on Elmo!

Our finished Elmo
Pinata time!
Trying out his new bike!


All of his presents!

No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

Today I had to give a talk in church about Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and my decision to get baptized. I was super nervous because the reason for me getting baptized was because of Joslynn's passing. Which of course is a hard subject for me to talk about especially in front of a room full of people. But I did great and actually got through it with few tears. I left AJ at home since I would have to sit up with the Bishop and he would just try to run to me or throw a huge fit for whoever was watching him for me.

Well when I got home AJ and Arli we gone. Then my computer screen showed listings for urgent cares. I panicked. My mom called and said that she came and took Arli & AJ to urgent care because AJ fell and hit his head. After talking with Arli he said that AJ had been jumping on our bed and fell of and bonked his head on the night stand. And that he thinks he will need stitches. Well AJ had to have 2 staples! I feel so bad for him. But he is going to be the death of me as soon as he got home he was running around climbing over his little chair and hitting his head! I kept having to tell him to stop. He had 3 close calls almost hitting the hutch in the same spot he just got staples. I have no clue what I am going to do with him.

Meeting Farrah the ferret

My friend who I go walking with every Wednesday has a ferret. She is usually shy but came out to eat while we were there this week. The boys loved her. AJ just kept chasing her around and Erik kept trying to get her food. She is so good with kids she never even nipped when Erik grabbed her.

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

That should have been AJ's middle name. I have mentioned before how he is super duper quiet when he wakes up. Well a few weeks ago I woke up to him coloring himself with markers.

Look mom I am so pretty

I am in trouble now

Erik has now learned how to pull himself up! I am so proud of him. But I am also in for it. In no time at all I will have 2 walking and getting into everything. Erik is also crawling. Which I am going to get a video of soon. He learned how to crawl before he learned how to sit. Which is so odd to me. But oh well he is good at both now. He is actually getting into everything that AJ isn't. Which just keeps me on my toes.

So Big!

Summer Fun

Since it is Summer. We have been doing a lot of swimming. AJ does not like it if we are by ourselves at the pool. But when his cousins were here he absolutely loved it. I did not even have to put him in a floatie. Erik also loves the water. But he gets horrible red eyes everytime we go. I love the summer time and I love to go swimming.

All ready to go swimming

Erik loves swimming. But his poor little eyes.

Alanna & AJ swimming

The whole gang...Mom, Nicole, Kenton, AJ & Erik in the floaties, Kaci and Ashton in the pool.

AJ is by his self here. But this is a kiddie pool at my friends house.

The strip take 3

So the day after Arli and I took the boys to the strip my Mom and I decided to take my cousins and the boys down to the strip. We went to the secret garden which has dolphins, lions, tigers, and a couple other wild animals. It was fun. But after 2days in a row at the strip I was done. for at least a month. But we will see.

Catching up

So I have slacked a lot the last couple weeks. But I finally have a little bit of time to catch up on things.

The strip take 2.

Only a week and a half after my mom, sister, cousin, neices, myself and the boys went to the strip. Arli and I decided we would do a day on the strip. We had a blast going to the coke store, m&m store and to shark reef again. This time AJ had a full blown fit at shark reef. He is really hitting the terrible two's. He loved the 3d movie they have at m&m world. We do not make to many trips down to the strip even though we live here. But I think we will have to take another one soon.

Daddy and Erik getting their candy coating

Mommy and AJ getting their candy coating

in front of the m&m factory

Erik, Daddy and jelly fish

AJ's Birthday

I have made the invites for AJ's birthday and wanted to share it with everyone back home.

Tiffany I will give you that invite when you get back in town.

And here is o college my friend did for me of the same invite just with pics.

Memorial Weekend

I know this is late. But we have had company out the wazoo lately and I have just not had time to blog.

Memorial Weekend we took the boys to Aliante Discovery Park. It is such a cool park. There is ducks, water park, a dinosaur dig area, 2 play grounds that are huge. AJ had a blast just running around. He did not want to share his bread with the ducks though. We would give him a piece and show him how to do it and he would just run off with his bread. He could not get enough of the water. Erik did not like it to much.

The rest of the weekend we just lounged around here at the house.

Feeding the ducks

AJ loved running through this.

Playing in the water

I love this picture

I found a fossil

Erik getting wet