How's this for random

It's great that I get to experience all of Axel's "firsts" with him. For instance:
His first hair cut as shown I even parted it. He just looked like a little man.


The look of shock and awe

Nothing like running a good comb along the ole gums

Again that shock and awe...I get that look a lot.

Now we have the "I-can-actually-see-out-of-the-car-cause-I-am-facing-forward" first. It's a good one. He is really happy. Getting the new car seat was a funny story actually. Some lady in Mckammen was selling it on craigs list for $15 bucks. For anyone who's priced these they run for about $50. We wanted to check it out while we were home in Grace. Eli also wanted to take me for a ride on his dad's harley. Well let's knock out two birds with one stone right? Oh boy did we. About an hour after we left we were thinking "how do we get into these situations" because there we were on a harley with me holding onto the front facing car seat between Eli and I, in a rain storm, with the wind blowing us every which way on the bike. This is one of those times that I prayed super hard that we could just make it home in one piece...God definitely answers prayers, even the seemingly trivial ones. :) But it was worth it cause look how happy Axel is...

If you look close you can see the three toothed wonder himself.

And now finally Axel's first time helping me clean the bathtub. I was unaware that Eli was taking a piture or maybe I wouldn't be quite so bent over...not the most ideal side of me to post on the internet but Axel was so cute I couldn't help it. He kept "helping" me by dropping this one toy in over and over after I would hand it back to him. He loves standing up to everything now. My little boy is growing up so fast. sniff sniff

And this is the magic of my ordinary days...

A spoonful of sugar

Lately it's all about Mary Poppins, not animated movies, not other musicals (which I have tried all sorts), not chic flicks (too bad I wouldn't mind putting those in every now and then) ---only Mary Poppins. Axel doesn't even pay attention to me when Mary Poppins is on...heck he barely pays attention to me when Mary Poppins isn't on the big screen. Especially since he is trying to break in his other two front teeth, Mary Poppins seems to be the only thing that makes him happy, so we watch it a lot. I go to bed with the songs in my head and wake up humming them too. My dreams tend to be have real have cartoon. :) Yesterday, I tried to take a nap while Axel was snoozing and couldn't fall asleep because one of her songs kept echoing in my head. You know you've seen it too much when you start picking out all the flaws of a disney movie. And you can not only quote it word for word but have the facial expressions down to an art too. When I got up to bear my testimony last week I kept thinking in my head, "I feel like I'm holding Mary Poppins hand cuz, 'my heart [keeps] beatin' like a big brass band'" Luckily I didn't start off my testimony saying a corny line like that. Then people would really know what a nerd and a goober I really am. But hey, this is my life lately, and I'm still lovin' every minute of it. So, there you are...a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

A True Chocolate Lover

My Little Puddin', sporting his treat, a chocolate marshmellow egg (yes this event occurred over Easter), all over his face. But not only on his face as you can see if you take a closer look to the left...that's right...that's his "hand"iwork (pardon the very cheesy pun) on the wall. The process of it getting there is too funny, though. He was devouring his egg and sucking all the chocolate off of it when he noticed chocolate all over his hand. He looked at his hand, then looked at the wall, then stuck his chocolately hand on the wall. When he pulled it away he leaned close to the wall to look at the his mark he just left. Satisfied he sat back up looked at us and just smiled. It was hilarious to witness.

Memorial Day

Memorial Day consisted of the traditional grave hopping. Don't worry it's not morbid or disrespectful. We just have relatives in so many graveyards around Grace that we drive to each one. While we're there, we usually end up b.s.ing around the graves for quite awhile. .. that is until we get rained out. Every Memorial Day you can count on crazy weather..sunny, then rainy, then sunny. What do you do? Too bad the pics I got of the extended family turned out so dark you couldn't tell what they were...so you'll have to make do with pics of just us three.

Axel eating dandelions.

Eli in the biker duds..hugging his gorgeous wife..:)

Check out that stare from Mr. Blue Eyes himself.

Migratory Bird Day

May 9, 2009 consisted of the Migratory Bird Day held at Camus Wildlife Refuge. This is a day second in importance only to Christmas, or at least according to Eli's professor Bro. Strickland it is. Eli thought he was volunteering for a mission to save the world through these birds....instead he watched them through binnoculars ALL DAY. The awesome thing is that he could identify every single bird not only by sight but also recalling their order, family, genus, and species. Don't worry that is what we spent all last semester memorizing. He made me proud and even showed up his professor by correctly identifying a bird that Bro. Strickland got wrong. I know what you're thinking, "where can I go to sign up for this?" I'm sure if you are bored enough you will find a way, if you really want to be nerds like us that is. One cool part about the experience was the hooters he got to handle. :) Owls that is...what were you thinking?

Just the girls

Last month, we had a girls weekend with just my mom, sisters and me. Just like old times, we all shared a room and one bathroom. Even more like old times we even had a bit of a cat fight. It was awesome. The craziness was all worth it. We got to shop and look around Park City and Salt Lake and best of all just be with each other. Tennille flew in from Oregon, which is why we all met in Salt Lake. It is rare indeed when we can all get together, and I sure do look forward to it. Once a year just isn't enough.

All my sisters..Sunshine, Tennille and Mariah

Waiting for our table at Olive Garden

My mama and me

Tennille and the moose at Park City...and her extremely long tongue

We all went to the Mountain Body Day Spa where I
used to work in Park City and got a hand treatment

Axel did not like the bear on the bench one bit.

It was hilarious...in a mean sort of way.

How dare I take advantage of Axel

when he was so sad,
if he didn't look so darn cute when he cried.

P.S. Note to Sunshine.... I waited to post it so when nothing was happening in Rexburg besides 30 mph winds EVERYDAY then I will still have something to blog about. Instead of blogging all these major happenings in a row and then have diddly squat for months.

A Nice Day for a White Wedding

We found ourselves in Bountiful this weekend for a wedding. My roommate from Salt Lake, Kim, got married Friday. The sealing was awesome and was a great reminder of all of the blessings we receive from being sealed in the temple. Having my family for all eternity is seriously the most I could ever ask for...yes even when my son is an onery little cuss...but who wouldn't be after a four hour car ride.