Happy Birthday Uncle D!

Nothin' makes me feel older than when my baby brother turns 18.

Henry sure loves when Uncle D comes to the house. It's been fun watching them build a relationship. When Henry first came home, Dylan did NOT want to hold him. But now they are best buds.

My Momma!

Teaching Henry all about football!

Presidents Day

Between work and school, I never have a FULL day off from everything, but on Presidents Day I did, so we made sure to make the best of it. We drove down to Las Vegas for the day to take HJ to the Shark Reef Aquarium. He loved the one in Sandy, so I knew it would be a hit. Little did I know the escalators would steal the day. Maybe next time I won't drop 18 dollars on a ticket, and just take him on the escalators!

And in case you are wondering who this clean shaven fellow is.. it's my husband, Alan. About one a year he decides to shave, but after a week of doing it he goes back to the mountain man beard.

We had such a great time, and I'm glad we went. I'm already looking forward to the next time I can spend a day with my two favorite boys.

Happy Valentines Day!

We're home with the sniffles, snots and coughs today but wanted to wish every one a Happy Valentines Day!

If it weren't for our favorite festive Aunt Lana, we wouldn't have anything to wear today! Thanks again, we love you!

Hiking

One of our goals was to spend more time outside this year, and luckily we live in just the right city for it. We decided to go for a hike in the Snow Canyon area a little while ago, and when I say hike I mean continually getting off the trail and having to climb all over the rocks to find our way back.

As of late..

It's been a minute since I've blogged, so I thought I'd do a little update. School has started for me, and this is where you can find me on a daily basis. It's been a rough transition but with the help of Alan and my mom it's has been manageable. That's not to say I'm not already counting down till spring break!

And this guy? Well he got a guitar for Christmas and has been taking lessons ever since. He is often found in our closet practicing. Haha. He likes to go in there so he doesn't bother anyone with the sound. He's already improving so much. And did I mention he looks smokin' hot while doin it?

And for our little dude? Well he's still managing to make a million messes in an insanely short amount of time.

Still insanely cute, though.

Tubes in, adenoids out!

It's been no surprise to us that Henry was behind in his speech, but we just chalked it up to him being premature. Turns out you can only ride the premature boat for so long before you have to really face an issue. We were referred to an ENT by Henry's new pediatrician and it was decided that he would have tubes put in his ears (he's had bad earaches all too often) and his adenoids taken out.

Little dude sure looked cute in his hospital gown!

The surgery went well, and the doctor said that his adenoids were some of the biggest he had seen. I guess I hadn't really noticed, but Henry used to breathe really heavy and would wake up throughout the night crying for no reason. The doctor was confident that all of these issues would be fixed with the surgery.

I might be reading too much into it, but it seems as though since the surgery Henry's words have become more clear. He is really starting to talk a lot (even if some of it doesn't make sense) and I'm excited to see what he comes up with.

Some funny things I'll miss about Henry's speech (or lack thereof):

The way he doesn't finish a word. It can get kind of awkward when he sees a horSE but says, "whore".
How the best word he knows is, "No". Go figure.
The way he says his name sounds like, "Henny J Waboat"

Mesquite!

A bunch of our friends came down to have a fun little weekend in Mesquite. Unfortunately the weather wasn't as great as we were hoping, but they still managed to get a round of 18 in.

Living with my mom has made is maybe a little too easy to sneak away for a night!