Still in the 80's

Well, tomorrow is Halloween and although it's cooling off in the evenings, our days are still hitting the 80's.  We're still blowing bubbles, playing in the water, and running around in bare feet!

Ok, I know. . .

every post is just pictures of my boys, but I can't help it.

Ready for Halloween

Every morning he wakes up and tells me, "Mom, today is Halloween!"

If only I could get Sean to try on his costume, he'll hold on to it but won't let me get one leg in!

a Boy Mom

I was thinking today about how before I was married or had children I never would have guessed that I'd have three boys.  I do remember thinking I would choose to have all boys over all girls.  My Young Women's president growing up had five boys and they all were very respectful to her, I loved how they treated their mom.  

Anyway, shortly after I learned that I'd be having a third boy just 18 months after my second boy I started thinking about missions.  I hope that all my boys will serve missions for our church.  I am thankful every day that my father and my husband served full-time missions.  This is a two year time commitment away from family, you are full-time serving the Lord and the church, traditionally boys served missions at 19 (but that was changed this weekend, getting there).  I realized, Max would go and come back, then just three months later Sean would go, then 18 months into Sean's mission #3 would go and miss Sean coming home, so he wouldn't see his brother for 3.5 years!!  

If you watched General Conference this passed weekend, you may have heard that the prophet, President Thomas S. Monson announced that the age young men can serve missions has changed from 19 to 18 years old, if they have graduated from high school.  THIS IS A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR OUR CHURCH!  and especially for THIS mom!  

This means Max will leave the summer after he turns 18, then as soon as he gets back Sean will have just turned 18 and will be prepping to leave.  The change here though is #3 will turn 18 when Sean has 6 months left BUT he'll still be in high school so he'll have to finish and then won't leave until the next summer, just as Sean returns home.  I'm happy they won't be apart for 3.5 years.  

But still, three back to back missionaries.  For 6 years straight I could have sons serving missions.  Oh my poor mommy heart!  It will be so hard to kiss them good bye and I will spend every night thinking about if my little baby boys are being taken care of and doing their best.  

Ok, I know it's not for like. . .16+ years, but I am a planner!  For now I hope I can teach my children the gospel and prepare them to make the decisions necessary to serve a mission.  I love being a boy mom, I think I've gotten pretty good at it for now, not sure what the cub scout and sporting event years will bring, we're going to be busy!  

Sean at 15 months

25lbs 7oz
32 1/4 inches

He is walking like a pro, no more crawling at all, still a little tipsy at times, I love it.  Such a cute little cuddly baby bundle.  I just love their size and snuggliness at 15 months.  He is so smart.  You can't distract him away from what he wants.  If he wants a popsicle you can give him a million different things but he doesn't forget that they are in the freezer and you are not getting him one!  "ockle, ockle" he calls them.  If you ask for a "kissy"  he'll start smacking his lips and then come over to you and just open his mouth until you kiss him.  He talks so much.  We love his little words.  He still loves Mickey and the purple car Holley, Elmo is another favorite.  His favorite song is "Old McDonald" and can loudly sing "E-I-E-I-O" over and over.  He also will sing, "Yo hohoho" when he sees a picture of Jake from "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" and " Go go go go" when he sees a picture of Diego.  He likes to read "a book" and often I catch him reading by himself.  He can play by himself for several minutes at a time, his favorite thing is to make cars go down a ramp and he says "wheee".  Just two weeks ago he started saying "Max".  It is the sweetest thing ever to hear him say his brother's name.  It's more like "Mmmbax".  This morning at 5:45am Sean was up and saying "Mmbax Mmbax", trying to wake big bro to play.  When we walk from the playground to our house, Sean will NOT be carried, he insists on walking, "gawk gawk!" he says.  Then he starts wandering off the path so I say, "Sean, can you hold my hand?" but he doesn't want MY hand.  He says, "Mmbax hand" because he wants to hold his big brother's hand.  Max usually will make him happy and hold his hand to guide him home.    But then Max will get impatient and Sean will get determined to go the wrong way.  Actually if Sean is wandering away from us Max gets very concerned, I love how he looks out for him.  Sean loves playgrounds, parks and slides.  Of course this is the age where going to the playground is a lot of work for me!  Sean just doesn't quite have that sense of safety yet, and is a good climber, so I'm not always able to just sit and chat with my friends.  He is a pretty good eater, getting picky about his veggies, but out eats his brother at about every meal.  He loves yogurt and cheese but I can't get him to drink milk, not even chocolate.  I actually just weaned him about two weeks after he turned 15 months.  Other favorites are pasta with marinara sauce, grapes, bananas, berries, he's starting to use a fork and spoon a little.  He likes to drink "awa" (water).  He's recently started to really love his nap time.  I read a couple books to him and sing a song and he's already pointing at his bed, ready to lay down.  He naps for around and hour and a half.  Same thing at bed time, he starts pointing toward his bed, ready to rest.  I have to add here how much he adores his daddy.  He loves when daddy puts him to bed, he gets so excited when daddy comes home and wants his attention immediately.  He says daddy just like Max used to "Da-ee, Da-ee".  I love watching them together.  There is definitely a place in his heart for mom too, sometimes he just calls me, "mine, mine" insteasd of "mama", it's pretty funny.

He has long blonde curls, blue eyes, long arms and fingers.  The only rolls he has left are little ones in his thighs and he still has a round little belly.  He has 12 teeth.  Four in front on top and bottom and his four back molars

Sean I love your hugs and kisses, I love how you lay on my shoulder while I sing to you.  I love how you sit on my lap.  I love your laugh and happy face.  I love feeding you and bathing you and getting you dressed.  I am so happy you are mine.

funny video of us trying to get Sean to walk home . . .

28 weeks

really, third trimester, where did you come from?  Passed the glucose test today (always a relief), and no anemia like I've had with my passed two pregnancies!  Will we ever find a name for this third little boy of ours??

September- first half

Here are some fun things we fit in around our move, the first part of September.

Another trip to Centennial Farms, we saw two week old baby goats and sheep.

the piglets this time were pretty big and separated from their mom.

Our cute neighborhood kids had fun with the big box our new sectional came in.

more neighborhood play time, our favorite time of the day.

We love Ikea on Tuesday mornings, we're there once a month or so.  The boys play on the beds, then we play with toys and end with free kids lunch.

My boys love Disney Cars.  They really don't spend a lot of time watching the movies, the just love the toys.  They have some big cars from Cars 1 but their favorite are the smaller cars from Cars 2.  They each have their own Lightning and Francesco, they share some, and then a few are specifically Max's or Sean's.  Sean LOVES Holley Shiftwell, the purple car seen below.  He asks for her after he wakes up, either "olley" or more like "haaaiieee".  The other morning he was up at 4:15am saying her name!!!  Are you kidding?  Luckily a few minutes later he was back to sleep.

We brought Max's scooter to Grandpa's and Grandma's one Sunday.

I just love those little walking legs.

Grandma Wright came to visit right after we moved to help watch the kids while I unpacked, we snuck away to DL for a little while, it was the day before Halloween time started, most decorations were already up.

 more fun with Grandma.