New House

We did it! Holy cow April was an insane month... seriously...let us never speak of it again. Buying a house is an experience I never want to...experience...again. So much stress. But owning a house! Now that's a whole different story. I LOVE it here. Our house is just perfect for us. We're still getting settled and unpacking boxes but things are really starting to feel like home. Eli loves his new room...I can hear him right now up there supposed to be napping but instead playing with toys. Oh well.

I haven't snapped a ton of picks of our house because things are still pretty disheveled what with the move and all. I'll put more on here as I get things organized and put away. For now here's a smattering. 

 The area is wonderful. We have four duck ponds within 2 blocks of our house. We go for walks almost every evening to feed the ducks and watch the sunset over the lake. 

 This is the front of the house. I'm working on getting some flowers planted but I love the little bed up front. I have lots of plans for it. 

This is the entry way door. I want to replace those curtains and paint that brown wall as soon as I do the other million things on my to do list. 

Lil Sammy Four Months

I feel bad. Since our little Sammy Sam has joined us life has sped up to a rocket-ship pace and I feel like I haven't given him enough attention here on the blog. So this post is dedicated just to SAMMY!

We went to his four month appointment yesterday and he is as healthy as they come. 16.8 pounds, long, big and happy. He got 4 shots....this made for a very crabby baby but even crabby is sure is cute.

He's such a happy boy. He loves nothing more than to have people look at him. As long as I can maintain eye-sight with him he's content to play and giggle. He LOVES being tickled and loves being held and cuddled and snuggled. Sammy's favorite thing to do is eat his hands. I have to pry them out of there to get a bottle in sometimes. He talks up a storm too...lots of baby chatter.

People have asked if I can tell a difference between Sammy and how Eli was at this age. It's hard to say because, honestly, I don't remember much about how Eli was as a baby but I do remember Eli screamed and screamed every time we put him in his car seat and SO far Sammy seems very happy back there. That's a huge plus. I have noticed too Sammy likes to be held a lot more than Eli did. That makes for some pretty buff mommy muscles.

Here are a bunch of pics of my sweet baby boy. Golly gee I love him so.

Up The Canyon

I know I'm way behind on posting and major thingies have happened that warrant updates but I've got to get caught up with everything from April before I tackle The Move. 

A few weekends ago we headed up Provo Canyon with the Cannons to enjoy some warmer than usual Spring weather. It was such a lovely evening. The boys played in the water, the menfolk cooked up some grub, and the ladies discussed the latest in diaper technology...or something like that. 

 I love love LOVE this picture. Oh my boys.

 Dan and Stephe cooking the meat-stuffs. 

 Eli exploring the river. 

Yes...that is what it looks like. Dan is frying a steak in a pan on an open fire. Like a Boss. 

Easter Eggs!

Dying eggs this year was a little less of a precision art and a little more smash and grab. Eli liked cracking his eggies and taking one or two bites out of the egg before moving on to his next embryonic eggstravaganza. We had a good time though...even had a quick run down to Instacare after Sammy got his finger snipped in a finger-nail clipping adventure. It wouldn't be a Friday night at the Garfield's without a trip to Instacare!

Macey's has a great Easter activity and Eli got a hat and his face painted earlier that day.

A proud egg barer.

Sammy pre-snip.

All the dye colors laid out on my new yellow table.

Post-Dying messes...I think they look artistic...

And just a cute shot of Sammy because he is adorable.

Eli's New Bike

Eli has been needing a new bike for a while. I've been surfing the classifieds and found one in great condition today. It's a shiny little dealy with training wheels and yellow handle bars. The only problem is...Eli is having a hard time figuring out how to work the pedals. It's just a little big for him but I'm hoping as he practices he'll get the hang of it.

The weather was gorgeous today. We spent most of our time outside.

Sammy came along...in his bear suit of course.

A Slice of Garfield Life

Sammy is growing so fast. I can't believe he's been around for 3 months now.

So...the other day I was doing getting ready and Eli sauntered in looking like this....

Sorry for the blurry pics but I had to snap fast before he ran off.

Eli's first Happy Meal.

Getting in to Mommy's mascara.

Oh yeah? I'm not going to bed now. No way.

A trip to the ice cream store on a lovely spring day.

Our Lil Fam

My Dad snapped these over conference weekend. Golly I love my little fam.