Wrapping Up Our Summer

We have had such a fun summer.  I am really sad that is already September.  My little P starts preschool this week.  So weird.  I am really excited for her because she is going to absolutely LOVE it.  She loves being around people and loves to learn new things.

Here are some of the fun things we have done the past month.

 Silver Lake up by Brighton

Play dates with friends

Fishing Trip at Strawberry

We caught crawdads

 Bike riding

Carnivals

Top 5 - August 2015

Payton Millie

3 Years 2 Months

1- This girl finally got over her fear of water.  Usually I try to be right by her and help her in and distract her from her fears, but lately I've taken a stand off approach and that seemed to do it.  I should have known because she only likes doing things if they are her idea.  

2 - She is starting to understand the concept of time now.  She always asks me "Can I do it now or in 5 minutes or in 20 minutes?"  Apparently those are the only increments of time she knows though.  The other day I told her that we could play with play dough for 10 more minutes and she immediately said "No mom, how about for 5 minutes?"  For some reason it always has to be 5 minutes.

3 - Payton starts preschool at the end of this month and she couldn't be more EXCITED.  She has this obsession with school buses and she always asks me if she can ride one.  A year ago before preschool was even talked about, I told her that she gets to ride one when she is 5 and goes to school.  Last month when I told her that she gets to start school soon she said, "No mom I don't get to go to school until I'm 5.  I'm only 3 mom."  I stand corrected.  This girl remember EVERY LITTLE DETAIL.

4 - She is the most thoughtful, caring person.  She is always gravely concerned when anyone is injured or hurt.  Not only that but one morning when I woke up I noticed that she had gone to the bathroom all by herself and forgot to flush (which she never does).  I went in her room and she was wide awake playing with some toys on her bed.  I asked her when she went to the bathroom and she said "I went this morning when I woke up all by myself.  And mom I didn't flush so that you wouldn't wake up!"  Are you serious?!? How did I get this lucky?  She is seriously so sweet and considerate.   

5 - Just this past month she has developed a love for dancing.  Especially her "ballerina dancing".  She puts on a big tutu and asks me to turn on ballerina music and she will dance all day long.  She is actually very graceful and it is my favorite thing to watch.  

Cooper Seth

4 Months

1 - Cooper officially mastered rolling over.  He can roll over both ways and he sure does it quick.  

2 - The day he mastered rolling over was also the glorious night that he slept through the entire night. Not only that but it has been a week now of continuous sleep that I thought would never come. It is GLORIOUS.

3 - He is not conservative with giving out smiles, but it is really hard to get him to laugh.  I have been able to do it twice now in the past month and it was HARD.  But it was so worth the effort.  His laugh is so adorable.

4 - This kid LOVES his feet.  He loves to grab his feet.  But he especially loves to suck on his feet.  If he is on his back, those feet are in his mouth.

5 - He doesn't cry a lot, but if I try to feed him when he isn't hungry it is the end of the world.  Sometimes he will go 4-5 hours without eating so I try to feed him thinking he must be hungry, but he will not eat unless he is ready.  

Tyler's 30th

Tyler turned 30 this year.  His birthday falls two days after our anniversary and most years it gets blended into our anniversary celebration.  This year I made sure to go all out just for his birthday.  Sundance just built a 2 mile zip line at their ski resort so I surprised Tyler with that.  It was so much fun.

This is the very top of the resort where the first of 4 ziplines started.  It seriously was so beautiful and such a rush.  I highly recommend doing this.

We went out to Tsunami to celebrate and surprised Ty with an apple watch.  He had no idea I was getting it for him and he was so excited.  So was Payton.

Top 5 - July 2015

Payton Millie 

3 Years 1 Month

1 - This girl is FINALLY 100% potty trained.  She has been mostly potty trained since February but for a while would have to be reminded to go or she would have an accident.  She hasn't had an accident in a month now and always tells us when she has to go.  One time I asked her to just try even though she told me multiple times she didn't have to go.  She turned to me holding her hand up to my mouth and said very dramatically "Mom I don't have to go, I DON'T have a feeling in my tummy."

2 - She is so silly these days.  She will randomly burst into her crazy dancing and flail her arms and legs everywhere.  She loves to make up funny words and then turn to us and say "I'm so funny huh?"

3 - She recently begs me multiple times a day to play house so that she can be the baby.  She wants me to pretend to feed her, burp her, swaddle her and put her to sleep in Cooper's crib.   

4 - Payton has finally taken to Cooper.  It is so precious to me when I see them interact.  She asks to rock him to sleep for his naps and she sings him Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  She also loves to help me change his diapers.  I hope that lasts for a long time.

5 - She used to be the best sleeper.  Going to bed was never a problem, but now all of a sudden it is like pulling teeth just to get this girl in her pajamas let alone everything else that comes with the whole bedtime routine.  

Cooper Seth

3 Months

1 - This boy loves to coo, but he always makes this hilarious noise that sounds like a dinosaur.  It is pretty cute.

2 - He is always hot and his feet are constantly sweating.

3 - He loves to blow bubbles and boy does he like to drool. 

4 - He decided to trick me into thinking he is a good sleeper.  He was sleeping through the night for 3 days in a row and before that would sleep from 8-4 and then wake to eat and would fall back asleep until 8 or 9.  The past few weeks he has been waking up 3-5 times a night.  I seriously want to pull my hair out.  Good thing he's so cute.

5 - He started grabbing at toys and blankets and hair and really anything he can get his little hands on.

Fourth of July - Part 2

My aunt always throws the best BBQ's, especially for holidays.  We went to their house with my parents and Tyler's family.  It was fun to have both of our families there.

 Payton was obsessed with their doggy door and spent probably 30 minutes climbing in and out of it and then telling everybody that she was a dog.

After the BBQ we went over to Tyler's aunt and uncle's house in Lehi for fireworks.

Fourth of July - Part 1

Holidays get so much better when you have kids.  Seriously.  We had a fun filled Fourth of July weekend.  We started by going to the Freedom Festival in Provo which was probably the best carnival/fair we have been to.  It had a lot of kid friendly free activities which Payton loved.

Payton got her hair done and face painted.

In the morning on Fourth of July we went to a parade which was a lot of fun.  Tyler's family came up and spent the weekend with us.