Joey's Birthday

Joey turned two on Thursday the 27th. He got a soccer ball, a bike, and a quiet book for church. He was very excited about the bike, but can't quite figure out how to ride it yet. Makaila (our friend from Santa fe who is also going to SUU) came over for his little party and took all of the pictures. Kleston and Judy also stopped by and gave him a toy Monster truck! Here are a bunch of pictures, though out of order:

I guess Daniel got bored

Helping Daddy put the bike together

Look at the eyes on this cutey

He was very clean about unwrapping his presents, he'd hand me each piece as he tore them off

The bub hung out on the couch

This is a classic Daniel expression: Awe

Here is a video of Joey trying (but not very hard) to blow out his candles

We've moved

Nate and I have moved to Cedar City, Utah for Nate to finish school. We found a great apartment and are working on the unpacking fun. We don't have internet yet, but I thought I'd quickly post. Daniel is now two months old and Joey will be turning 2 on Thursday. We are all happy so far! The move was a little stressful ... a lot of time on the road, loading the truck wasn't any fun ... etc. We were grateful to have help from Scott and Allison loading the truck and then from Jeremy and Megan Young and my Uncle Kleston and Aunt Judy unloading! We had to drive to Cedar City, which took 13 hours because since I was driving we had to stop to feed the baby. Then we spent two days looking at apartments. Then we drove to Provo to pick up our stuff. If you need my address you'll have to email me for it. I hope you are all doing well!

My Three Handsome Men

Here are some pictures of our new cutie at two weeks old and our first cutie at 22 months old.

A New Baby!!!

Daniel was born on June 20th at 11:12 pm. He was 7 lbs 9 oz and 21 inches. Labor went smoothly, I had him at home with a Midwife. He was born in a fancy blow up swimming pool and I highly recommend it. It was so uninvasive and peaceful, and they didn't poke or prode at him, only did what was necessary. They did all his measurments when he was two hours old. They had all the necessary equipment except the surgeon. Daniel is the most peaceful newborn baby I have ever seen. He hardly makes a fuss. He sleeps like a champ and eats like a champ and poos like a champ ... what more can I say? We love him. Joey is very excited to have a brother and is always looking for the "beebee" and asking to hold him. Everyday Joey makes sure that Daniel has his eyes, nose, and toes. I am healing well and feeling pretty good, in case you were worried. I'm very grateful to be at my parents and have my mom take very good care of me.

FIRST THE NEWS:

1. We are having a boy!
2. Nate has decided to go to SUU, Southern Utah University, in Cedar City Utah. We are very excited and looking for a place to live. He will start in August and should be able to finish by December 2010.
3. Nate got called as the 15-17 year old Sunday school teacher and I am the sunbeam teacher (I get to teach my neice, Lydia and eat snacks with them).


On to the Cute one:
Joey is now 19 months old. He has started Nursery, at church, and seems to like it. He has spent the last week really sick. I cannot tell you how grateful I am that he woke up feeling better this morning. I think that being a stay at home mom is really a challenge when your baby is sick. His gruminess was a nice little test of my patience at times. Here is a morning in the life of 18 month old Joey:

Play on the computer

He usually gets a little chastisement for this one.

Recently he's been better about not touching the computer.

Get Dressed

Draw in mommy's planner

Jump on the mini-trampoline

Ride the rocking horse

Read a book

Play with his police car

Spin in the computer chair

Play the Piano

Get a gold star on his forehead and eat lunch

Joey also likes to play in Grandma's bowls and wear them on his head.

One advantage to sick Joey's is that they take 3 and 4 hour naps. The disadvantage is that they wake up from those naps grumpy!
Here is a video of Joey telling you all about how he feels being sick:

In case you don't know yet ...

Sorry it's been so long. I've been waiting till I can get good pictures, which won't happen for a while. But, I figured I better post our happenings for those of you who don't know yet:

1. Nate and I moved to Santa Fe for 8 month's or so. Sorry we didn't say goodbye ... He is working and we are trying to pay off our car completely (donations accepted :) ) and rebuild our depleted emergency fund and hopefully start saving a ton. Nate isn't sure about school right now. He is going to reapply for BYU's business school for September but isn't sure if he want's to go there. He is thinking he wants to go to SUU and is also going to apply to NMSU.

2. We are having baby #2. Surprise! We were surprised! I'm due June 25th they say ... I should know soon if it is a boy or girl. Girl preferred, then I will go on 12 types of birth control!! :/

I will try to be better about updating and getting pictures of the cute one up. I can't though, until we set up our computer ... we're still in the process of unpacking, which is funny because we hardly brought anything with us. OYE!

Nate's Discovered Talent

These pictures are from this semester's drawing class. These are the drawings that I'm most proud of. The shoe is part of my final project for the class. I'll be posting the other two shoes when I get them finished.