That's right!

I'm already taking pictures for Brody's wedding video! (Of course, by that time, technology will be out the roof and there will something much cooler than a wedding video!)

He has been walking around the house since he got out of the bath (20 minutes ago) in my boots. He even kicked a football in them. Nothing fazes this kid!

OH! What a CUTE BUM!

{Lately}

Brody's cars lined up perfectly on his train track, he does this a lot!

Cute little Gavin (look at that drool!) - taken at 6 months

Brody wanted 2 ties on!

STUD MUFFIN!

Boys in the bath! CHUBBY baby!

BROTHERS

We went to my cousin Katie's wedding- it was a blast! She looked beautiful! She is one of my closest cousin's- we grew up together like sisters and I was a bridesmaid! Love you Katie!

My GORGEOUS Mom!

Sleepy boy

Dancing at the wedding!

My cousin Nick and his cute wife Lindsey

Daddy and Brody

Mom and Dad

LOVE him!

Dancing with my boy Gavin and my Aunt Amy

Group hug! (Bobby and I were dancing, which made Brody a little jealous :)

Handsome little guy

Me and my LOVE! oh- and a nice big candle :)

Daddy and Gaver-boy!

Mommy and the Gav's!

Take 2!

Me and my cute Grandma!

SANTA!!!

The cute bride and groom. They got their "first" ornament from Santa!

Brody looking at Santa...

He hated being near him... once again!

Family picture!

Love them!

Brody helping daddy shovel- he loves to help!

The Bubbas

big boy

love this face!

Lately, we've been telling Brody about Santa. He can't wait for Santa to bring him a "big choo-choo train" (we'll see) :) We threaten to call Santa if he is bad and the other night Brody said, "i not be naughty, I be nice!!" (I didn't call the big man!)

Lately, Gavin has been pushing himself up to his hands and FEET. haha! Hes hilarious. He's got the idea of crawling down, now if he could just figure it out... you can do it Gav!

Lately, Brody has been saying "SHUT. UP!" (most of the time it's in a nice, "no way" kind of tone... he got that one from me- oops. But, yesterday he was yelling at Bobby, telling him to shut up... we had to call Santa and let him know he was being naughty. Hopefully we won't be hearing it again.) He has also been saying "oh my gosh"... the funniest time so far was the other day when I told Brody we didn't buy a car track at the mall (darn those blasted kiosk people!) he cried back to me... "oh my GOSH!" it was quite funny!

Lately, Gavin has been sleeping most of the night! Ok- not LATELY, but the past 2 nights! Woot woot! I feel good with a nice night's sleep!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! Only one week left, so get your shopping done!!

The boys are asleep and my house is...

SPOTLESS!

Well, minus a few things that need to be folded- but I've been cleaning ALL day long, that i thought I deserved a little rest! RIGHT?

Bobby's going to go crazy when he walks in the door tonight. He LOVES a clean house. Don't get me wrong, I keep it pretty clean, but with 2 little boys (one that's extremely active) it doesn't always get the complete makeover. It did today! And, I can't wait to hear Bobby's excitement! I can hear it now... "BABE! The house looks great! *Kiss**Kiss* I love a clean house! THANK YOU!"

You're welcome, baby!

Anyway...

I think I'm getting arthritis. In my right thumb. From texting. Not kidding- it's hurting this very minute as I type and I saw something today on "The Doctors" saying that people have been getting arthritis. From texting. FREAKY!

Brody is a fun, cute little boy. He loves me!! I Love him!! He still loves his sports and I hope that never changes! He has quite the legs for kicking. He's darn good! He is funny, funny! Every time we go to the store, he looks at the price tag on an item and tells me "2 bucks!". Yesterday, I was at the REAL team store, and he handed the worker a soccer ball, got into my wallet, pulled out my debit card, and handed that to the worker to pay for it! I'm so glad he knows how to spend my money :) Today while i was doing the dishes I heard a crash in the living room. I left the water running (big deal!) and ran over to see what had happened... I saw Brody in between the Christmas tree and the couch. He was fine. He had fallen off the side of the couch into the tree. We laughed! why not?! It was fun!

Last week Brody was in my bathroom with me while I was getting ready. I had just gotten him out of the bath and was doing his hair so he was sitting on my counter in his towel. He looked at me and said "i have to pee". Before I knew it, he was sitting over the sink peeing. Where he comes up with this stuff, I'll never know!

Gavin is getting big! He loves me, too!! I love him, too!! LOVE MY BOYS! He still says mama, especially during the night. This makes for an easy excuse from Bobby, "babe, he's calling for YOU."
Gavin likes to roll all around on the floor. He ends up in a million different spots within minutes. He's so happy and smiles at everyone. He is absolutely adorable and people just love him!

TOUCHDOOOWWWNNNN COUGARS!

What a wonderful thing to hear!

We're so glad they won tonight! Way to go Cougs!

I'm thankful, of course!

It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving if I didn't reflect on those things in my life that I'm THANKFUL for... now would it??

I'm so very thankful for:

My Father in Heaven
The Gospel- I would be lost without it.
A home to keep us warm (I saw "A Christmas Carol with Bobby last night- it was amazing- made me thankful for my home... poor tiny Tim) Which reminds me...

I'm thankful for my WONDERFUL husband and the amazing dates he takes me on :)
My sweeeeeeetttt Kiddies! I LOVE THEM!
Family- we love you all!!
Brody's active nature- he keeps me on the go! (I really AM thankful for this! I love it about him!)
Gavin's smileyness- is that a word? He's the happiest baby!
Gavin's ability to fall asleep on his own- you have NO IDEA how thankful I am for this!)
...
food
bobby's job and the money it provides
Bobby's education... and for the opportunity he has to be able to be back in school
My clothes and shoes- without them I'd be- well you know!
my hair- it's growing! YAY!
blogging so I can keep a nice little journal!

And, I can't ever forget to be thankful for the time we were protected on the freeway...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Happy Shopping tomorrow! WOOT WOOT!

Funny, funny Brody

Lately, if we tell Brody NOT to do something, his reply is:

(while doing thumbs up, he bends his right elbow and points it behind him-fast!... you really have to see it, but it's hil-ar-i-ous! I'm trying to catch it on video)

"I wanna do THIS!"

Don't ask where he came up with it, because I HAVE NO CLUE! All I know is that every time he does it we BUST UP LAUGHING!

Word number TWO?! Already!

I think so!

After realizing IT IS possible for an almost 7-month old to be saying "mama" Bobby decided to "teach" him to say "dada".

Bobby is amazing at teaching the boys'. He taught Brody a ton of words (one of the first being, "no mom" and one of the most recent being "first down!") I love that he has an interest in helping the kids learn and grow... and has a sense of humor about most of it!

Well, last night Bobby was sitting in Gavin's room next to him. I walked in and hear Bobby saying over and over... "dada, dada, daaadaaa..." After a few minutes, if Bobby would look away from him or start talking to me, Gavin would lean to him and say "dadadada". It was so cute!

Now, I realized it stuck this morning because as I was upstairs checking my e-mail, I heard a cute little conversation (the first of many) between our sweet boys! It went like this:

Gavin: dada dada
Brody: dada!!?
Gavin: dadaaa dada
Brody: dada!! dada!

on and on...

See? Brody even understood what Gavin was saying! How cute is that!?

I'm NOT crazy!

For the past month or so Gavin has been saying "mama" whenever he is fussy or crying. I thought it was my imagination and hopes of his FIRST word to be "mama" (Brody's first word was "dada") but while I was reading in my book "What to expect the First year", I came across a section in the "6Th month" chapter that said "your child may be able to say "mama" or "dada". Of course, he has no idea what he is saying, but it's coming out of his mouth and I LOVE it!

The boys

Brody feeding Gavin some Oatmeal (Gav's FAVORITE!)

YUMMY!

Sweet Brothers!

Speaking of Brothers... mine came into town this week!

Uncle Evan and the boys!

Evan walking out from orientation - he's moving here in a month, ladies!!

Brody waiting for Uncle Evan- he waived and said "hi" to everyone that walked by!

My little racers!

how cute are they? and those jammies?? ADORABLE!

knock, knock, knock...

Funny story:

Last night we were on our way to dinner and were stopped at a light before getting onto the freeway. (not stopped by a cop!) As we were waiting for the light to turn green we heard a knock at our window (it was dark outside, and we were NOT at a place where people should be standing, let alone knocking on our car window!) We looked over and could see that someone was standing outside holding shoes! Bobby opened the door and a guy handed him Brody's Nike's and said "these were on your bumper!". We cracked up! We could not stop laughing all night! I couldn't believe I had left his shoes on the back of our car AND we were absolutely AMAZED that they hadn't fallen off. By that point... Bobby had made a U-turn, went around a "round-a-bout", made 2 right turns, and gone up a slight hill! Good shoes, huh?! We are so thankful that someone stopped to bring them to us before they fell off and were lost for good! (they had Brody's orthotics in them- that would NOT have been good!) MY BAD!

BOOOOOOO!!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Here are some pictures from Halloween. This year, we went to my parent's house for dinner- chili and cornbread, a family tradition for as long as I can remember! Then, we went trick-or-treating around their neighborhood with bobby's sister, Natalie, our brother-in-law, Jeff, and our nephew, McCoy, who was a spider. After getting candy in that neighborhood, we went back to our house and I took Brody around again. He got used to the whole idea of trick-or-treating. He didn't like it at first, and hated anyone in a mask or big costume. He saw a little boy who was dressed as buzz lightyear and he thought that was pretty cool! When we went home, Bobby handed out candy to the kids in our neighborhood- we bought tons and by the time brody and I walked in the door most of it was gone. Bobby said he was giving "handfuls"- I'm sure the kids loved that! Brody enjoyed dumping out his candy and eating a few starbursts... Brody and Bobby both love the fruit candies- I love the chocolate! More for me!Bobby pretending to throw Gavin- the football!

Cutest football I've ever seen!! (my mom made the outfit! thanks mommy!)

Gav looking at Brody's BYU helmet!

Brody (BYU football player), Gavin (football), Jayden (horse), Braxton (cowboy)

Jayden, Brody, Braxton (I love how B is holding his helmet- looks like he just won a big game! probably beat UTAH!)

Brody and Braxton

Brody's favorite find from his candy stash. Thanks to whoever handed out the eyeballs. Brody's been playing golf with this thing all day!

Checking out his treasures!

WOW!

Brody got a wart burned off of his thumb. It's just an open wound now. he has to have a band-aid on it at all times- his orders!

We stopped by one of my friends homes and Brody peeked his head in her house. He stood still looking at something for a while and when I noticed what he was doing I said "do you have sports on tv?" she laughed and said yes. The world series was on and he was hooked!

Attempting to take pictures of the football, football player, and the spider.

Take 2

Take 3

playing football

yeah yeah!

Gavin started eating solids this week. He likes prunes, and we tried giving him avocado's- he didn't like them very much which made me sad (seriously) but, it wasn't the best "cado" I've had so we'll try again later! I told him he has to like "cado's" to be in our family! :) KIDDING! We love him, and we also love avocados!

A guy bobby works with- he won BEST COSTUME. How awesome does this look?!

Our family at Bobby's work trick-or-treat! Everyone loved Gavin's costume, but Brody... well, let's just say Bobby's office is a little too close to the U. OOPS! :) They still thought he was cute though! (one girl said Gavin was her favorite costume of all. How sweet!) and... look at that amazing view! hope everyone had a great Halloween!