9.3.09

I'm going to stop announcing that each blog entry is a "catch up" entry, since these have become the only kind I write anyway.
We've been having (too) brief bouts of warm weather, followed by freezing! In February we had three marvelous days of warmth so we scrambled to get outside. One evening the boys and I picked up Jay from work and had a picnic at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial on the National Mall. It was so nice to get some fresh air, and the boys got good and dirty. The squirrels were friendly with Jayson, probably because he fed them most of his dinner.






Valentines Day was fun for us all, and started early in the week. Jayson had a party at school and we realized that gone are the days of paper hearts glued to doilies...he cashed in! Some kids brought individual boxes of chocolates for each of the other children. Jayson was not one of them, although he was one of the few who actually wrote his own name on each card he gave away. It was painstaking and what seemed like hours long for both of us. It was nice to have the actual day fall on a Saturday...we had a big breakfast and exchanged cards, then Auntie Crystal babysat for us while Jay and I had a night out. That was the first time we've gone out for dinner on Valentines since we started having kids! Auntie Crystal must never move far from us. If she tries, we will hunt her down. We will find her. I love these pictures of Aidan...it was probably his nap time, but he always has that bit of sleepiness in his eyes. Everywhere we go people say "oh, it looks like it's somebody's naptime!" Seriously, this kid could not get any more sleep. Maybe it's from overeating at every meal. Maybe it's that "I feel like I just ate Thanksgiving dinner" expresson.






Jayson took pictures during Aidan's swim class and some of them actually turned out! Aidan is a natural in the water, unlike the rest of his family. He has no fear and spends the entire time trying to wriggle free from my grasp or breath the water into his lungs. When I actually do let him go under he fortunately remembers to hold his breathe everytime. He even jumps in all by himself and bouyantly floats right up to the surface! (fyi Mom, these images are hard to see, but if you click on them they should get bigger for you.)





We had another big snow storm during the first week of March (hopefully the last of the year) so I took Jayson out in the snow for some sledding fun. He loves the snow the way Aidan loves the water. He could play in it all day without any regard to his fingers and toes. He loves to pretend like he's a snowplow driver and when he starts to get tired he "wakes himself up" by burying his face in the snow. Itseems to work, but after he did that enough times, I was worried that he might lose the tip of his nose, so we called it a day.





Finally, we spent last weekend outside again and it was lovely! 70 degrees! After Stake Conference on Sunday we went to Great Falls National Park, and the falls were so unremarkable that we left without taking a single picture, but we did get some good ones of Jayson and Aidan being boys (Jayson is learning a lot from Aidan as to what this entails, and he's also a very good older brother because he stops Aidan from doing all of the crazy things that he would never try, like eating rocks and dirt, or jumping into the river.) We were finally forced to leave when two geese tried to eat our children and Aidan was only too willing to find out what that new adventure might feel like.







As for the last few pictures, these are some that require their own explanations. I have been particularly exhausted with this pregnancy because I have been trying to keep up with my running. I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat (or at the drop of my body on anything stationery) and Jay just could not resist taking some snaps of what he has grown very accustomed to seeing around the house lately (warning...these are not at all flattering, so if you don't like casting your eyes upon unbecoming images you had better skip these):



And now some cute ones of the boys. It's funny that Jayson can look so much cuter in his picture with brownies all over his teeth than I looked sleeping. Childhood beauty. Or is it pregnancy blahs?





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Shred Violinist on NY subway

Prep for Cross Country

Captain Jayson's Rocket Launch

Dutch Wonderful Rollercoaster!

The perfect vent for Aidan...

Rocket Experiment :(

I can't wait for Aidan to learn the Haka in New Zealand. Hopefully it will prove to be an effective way for him to release aggression, and he can stop throwing balls at my head.

feel like dancing?

Charlie's laugh

Jayson at Swim Camp

Swimming at the Beach

Swimming at the Beach

Charlie is multi-faceted.

Charlie, do you have something in your nose???

Happy Birthday Astronaut Jayson!

Da Bonk.

Happy Birthday Aidan!

Interview with a four year old...

Nadia CRACKS ME UP!!!

Watch this!

Our First Road Trip as a Family of Five!

Easter Message

Happy Birthday Aidan!

Aidan Learns to Walk

Jayson's usual eating antics

Aidan's Tickle Torture

Aidan Picks Up

Boo! It's Halloween!

Jayson's First Day of Pre-School!

Jayson the Pirate

Aidy the Inchworm

Jayson singing "The World is So Big"

In case you have trouble understanding...

The world is so big and oh, so round
And even God's creations are almost so found.
Brothers and sisters and trees so tall,
animals big and animals small.
The world is so big and oh, so round
And even God's creations are almost so found...
etc, etc.

The correct words are:
The world is so big and oh, so round
And in it God's creations are found.
Mountains and valleys and trees so tall,
Animals big and animals small.
The world is so big and oh, so round
God loves us all, His blessings abound

Pictures of Our New Apartment!

Jayson's Top10

  • The Beach (any pile of sand qualifies)
  • Daddy ("Daddy's just my favorite")
  • Singing (even during sacrament meeting we cannot squelch his humming!)
  • Dumbo, his everpresent Elephant
  • Robinhood (as in the Prince of Thieves. "Mommy, my name is Robinhoodin, not Jayson.")
  • Swinging, sliding, climbing, jumping at the park
  • Marshmallows
  • All guys, boys, men, grandpas, uncles, etc.
  • Doritos (spicy red chips)
  • the color yellow

Aidan's Top 10

  • Mommy
  • Babbling
  • Drooling
  • Wiggling
  • Watching the dog
  • Watching his brother
  • Sucking on anything that comes within close proximity to his mouth
  • Sucking on his two middle fingers
  • Breastfeeding
  • Eating

A Photographer in the Making

Jayson loves taking pictures! He took most of these while we were on vacation in Washington and a few at home. I love that he takes pictures of himself. He then asks me to show them to him and he giggles a little when he sees what terrific shots he's gotten.

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blip, bleep. I. am. a. robot. lover.

Aidan carries his tiger in his mouth so he can have both hands free

Our little beekeeper

Is it a fork or a magic wand?

Big Carseat! Happiness!











At good ol' GW's house (Mt Vernon)


Brothers

Trying out the new running shoes.

Murphy tickles Aidan with his whiskers

Jayson being tortured by his swim teacher

Scary! Look at my sun damage since we got here!

Help Me!

Our Little Smarty

Monkey on a tightrope

Jayson's best pirate face(yes, he always closes his eyes.)

"How does that music fit in that tiny box?"

Bryant, Angela, Zoey, Mia, and Brodi on the 4th of July

Making a fast getaway

Jayson's "trampoline"

Mom and Jays

Aidan kept trying to eat his mask!He'll eat anything!

First 4th of July!

Checking out the competition





My guys on the Metro

"Oh Daddy, I love food!"

Jayson's just cute!

We know where we'll be this summer!

Aidan after a hard day at the pool

Aidan bumped his lip...he first "owie"

Jayson and his bud, Lex have matching bikes!

the bike: "Rock it" Awesome!

My Man...He be Lookin' Fine!

Jayson loves Aidan

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