Kissin' Cousins

We were so lucky to have Jerry (Zach's brother) and Ashley (my sister) and their kiddos come visit us last week. Someone told me that our kids are called Kissing Cousins, I always called them double cousins. Whatever we call them, we had a blast while they were here. We took a trip to the Zoo, Winter Quarters Temple, Vala's Pumpkin Patch, and on a rainy day, the McDonalds Playplace so Zach and Jerry could have a little jam session uninterrupted at home.

We were having so much fun I hardly took any pictures. I tried to get the kids attention while Zach took these pictures of the four of them. I thought if I asked them where my belly button was I could get them all to look, and maybe get a smile out of them too.

Joe thought it was more fun to find his own belly button. It took only a second for all four of them to catch on.

This turned out even better than what I was hoping for.

The rhinos were all hiding when we were there so this is the only one we saw.

Joe thought the turtle was pretty cool.

It's hard to get a picture of these two together, at least one of them wants to be on the move almost all the time.

Getting ready to feed the goats at Vala's.

The kids got along great, except for a few minor tiffs. Joe and Sarah were pretty funny and would have little arguments. One recurring one was about Joe's name, which Joe pronounces wrong and Sarah doesn't. It was pretty funny. Sarah also liked to tease Joe that Jeremiah's name was Winnie the Pooh. Such silly kids.

Pregnancy brain must be in full force because the night before we had church I told Jerry and Ashley that church started at 9:30 am. Sunday morning I again told Jerry the same thing. As Zach and Jerry were leaving with the older kids I told Zach, maybe Ashley and I would make it for Sunday school as well (we were just planning on going to sacrament meeting with the baby.) Zach assured me that we wouldn't since it started in half an hour. I insisted that Relief Society was more than thirty-minutes, and what was he talking about? Zach reminded me that our ward starts at 9:00 am not 9:30am. Oops. I'm not sure why I had 9:30 on the brain, we've been going to church at the same time since January!

Another highlight of their visit was getting some cuddle time with sweet Jeremiah Jr. He did great on the trip. It was great to be able to meet him at one month! The next time we see him he will be eight months old, and we will have a three month old! We are so thankful for our wonderful visitors. Thanks so much for coming to see us!

So Long Summer

I know that technically, summer is not over yet. But I think we had our last day of hot weather two days ago. Today I even dressed my boys in their long sleeves and pants! So goodbye Omaha Summer. Joe will miss you.

*May 2011

What We Know About

What we know about is boys. And we are having another one! Zach had a patient scheduled this morning, but she cancelled. So, this morning Joe, Zach and I got to see little baby boy Taylor. He looks healthy and strong and we are so excited to meet him a few months from now.

Joe's Percy Song

Several months ago Joe started requesting I sing him "The Percy Song" before bed. I had no idea what he was talking about so I had him sing it to me. Apparently, it is a Joe original. Although it has changed from when he first sang it, he still sings it to us and then requests we sing it back.

*Sorry, the background noise is louder than he is, you might have to crank up the volume a bit

Summer Trip - Utah

I did not take nearly as many pictures as a should have while we were in Utah, but we had so much fun.

Before the men left we went to Seven Peaks. Will only lasted an hour before I had to take him home to nap, but my sweet mom listened for him so I could go back and hang out with Zach, Joe and everyone else. Joe had so much fun. As soon as we got down a slide he would ask to go down again. We had a double tube, so after I got back I took Joe down a couple times. I didn't realize that Zach had been holding Joe on his lap even though they had a double, so I just went down with me in one side and him in the other. His hands couldn't even reach both handles, but he did great. Over a month later and he is still talking about the big water slides.

While the boys were on their fishing/camping trip the wives hung out with the kiddos. One of the nights we decided to get babysitters and go out to dinner. It was so fun. We went to this newer restaurant in Provo at Riverwoods called La Jolla Groves. It was yummy. I was a little bit worried how our kids would do with the sitters, they haven't really had anyone but Zach or I put them down at night for a long time. Additionally Will had been quite the pill around that time so I was nervous how he would do. I ended up not giving Joe and nap that day and put him down before we left so the sitters would only have to worry about Will. So they tried to put Will down and after he cried for five to ten minutes they went in to get him. This only made him more upset. They realized that he was happiest when they put him down and watched him from the other side of the room. So that's what they did. Eventually he fell asleep in the middle of the living room floor and they moved him to his crib! I guess Zach and I need to go out more often.

Zach walked in to check on Joe in the bathroom one day and found this. What a goofball. He sometimes finds it necessary to strip completely when he uses the bathroom, and he couldn't quite get his shirt off this time.

Joe and Will had so much fun playing with all their cousins. I wish I had taken more pictures of all of them together.

Will and Lily decided to throw the ball to each other across the table one day. No one had played this with them earlier, they just came up with it all on their own. I wish these pictures could capture how much fun they were having.

We are so thankful for our wonderful families and grateful we were able to spend some time with all of them this summer. We miss them already!