This face...

...Never gets old. Love you Vance!

Growing Up Started Today

We had a moment today that makes me a little bit sad. When we lay Vance down to go to sleep he no longer stands up and yells for me or for Jordan, now he lays there with his 5 binkies and says, " luh you , nigh nigh, bye" over and over. I got teary only because I think that was the first step to his independence from us. He thinks that he is big enough to go to sleep on his own and be in a dark room by himself, which is a good thing, but it is hard for me to let go of certain things sometimes. When I put him to sleep, I feel like it wraps up the day, whether it was a crappy day or a great day, it always ends the day on a positive loving note. I don't want that to change so I will rock my baby boy until he no longer lets me:)

Now I am going to get a sugar-free Jello to ease my heart a little and help me focus on something delicious that can get rid of these tears and make me happy!

Cabin 2011

We always look forward to this time of year. We love being in the mountains and breathing fresh air and of course being with a lot of family too. We love the boating, eating, laughing and the lazy feeling of being at the cabin. This year I think we counted 40 of us there. The family is getting huge and more fun with every new baby! Here are some of the 200 pictures that we took while we were up in Idaho...

Old Faithful.

In all the years that we have gone up to Yellowstone, I have never actually seen Old Faithful go off. It was crazy and it kinda scares me that there is that much pressure to make water shoot that high into the sky and that it is timed. That is weird!

Daddy time= letting mommy breath for a couple of minutes. Vance did not want to be with anybody except me, I wasn't even able to go to the bathroom alone! When Jordan came up to the cabin a couple days after me, Vance had no choice but to be with daddy for a little bit. Thank goodness!

I love when the boys match! Thanks mom:)

DAL babe workin' it!

I don't know who was more excited, grandpa or Vance. My dad loves to show and teach Vance and Cade how to do things and so when Vance wanted to drive the boat, my dad was so excited to show him the horn and all sorts of things.

Can't wait for next year!

Pure Joy and Happiness

This boy brings happiness to our lives! He does this goofy smile with his bottom jaw slightly to the off center... I don't know why but we think it's funny and so does he.

Strawberry Days Rodeo

This was so fun! Jordan's cousins invited us (forgot to take a picture with them) and we loved it. I do have a hard time with some of the events at rodeos because I feel so bad for the animals that I can barely watch but I like the ambience of the rodeo, something about real cowboys and cowgirl, I just love that style! They also had yummy strawberries and cream that everyone loved. If I could handle the harshness of roping the calves, I think I would go to every rodeo around because it was a lot of fun!

Ketchup Ketchup Ketchup

He loves to dip things in ketchup but mostly he loves to just suck it off his fingers. Sick. I guess I should have been prepared for this because Jordan's whole family eats ketchup on everything.

My Thought of the Day

So I should be folding laundry but instead I was looking through old post in my blog and I can't help but think about how fast the time has flown by. I was reading about how tired I was when Vance was little and how much joy he brought to our lives. Things have definitely changed now, he sleeps 12 hours straight and he is way more entertaining and is our world. He is so happy still and I pray that never changes. I needed to just write a little bit on here to remind myself how lucky I am each day for the chance I have had to be a mom to Vance and a wife to such a wonderful man. I love my job and wouldn't trade it for anything!