First Smiles!!!

How precious is he??!!

Great-Grandpa Gilbert

My Great-Grandpa Gilbert passed away

on November 22, 2010. He was such a sweet Grandpa.

Even though he has like a million grandchildren and great-grandchildren,

he always made me feel like I was special when he saw me.

He'd give me one of his sweet smiles and hugs.

These are the only pictures I have of him recently.

It's a bittersweet passing, he's finally reunited with my Great-Grandma

and I'm sure they love being together again.

Love you Grandpa!

I've seen this picture many times,

but just realized it was of my Grandparents on the

day of their wedding. They're so good looking!!

Grandpa's 90th birthday party. I was pregnant with Avery,

his first Great-Great-Grandchild.

Grandpa holding Avery at the hospital,

I love his face in this second picture.

Okay, okay....here's a few pics of the momma....

PRICELESS- I love my girl.

(Poor Jax was so hungry, he's searching

for his food!)

I've been feeling bad that I haven't taken any pictures with my kids

since we were in the hospital. My face has been a little weird looking, but I want pictures with them, so here they are!

Oh, and my face is looking way better then it did 5 weeks ago. Right after I had Jax, I developed Bell's Palsy. It's a temporary paralysis of the face, and it can happen to anyone, I was just one of the lucky ladies that got to experience it after having a baby! So, I was diagnosed with it about a week after Jax's birth. Luckily, things are starting to get back to normal, it's not 100%, but I'm able to lift my eyebrow, move my mouth WAY more than before and I'm not in pain anymore. So we're just hoping that things continue to get better!

Bathing the Babies

We attempted bathing Avery & Jax together....

talk about a workout! Jax kept sliding down

into the water up to his mouth, swallowing water.

But he loved it! FINALLY!

And now Avery begs to take a

''bubble bash'' with "baby Jax" everyday.

I tried it all by myself a few days ago

and Jax may or may not have gone in all the way up to his nose while I was

scrubbing Avery's hair.

I L.O.V.E having 2 babies!!

Halloween 2010

We went to the wards

Trunk-Or-Treat

My two little monkeys!

Jax is 1 month old!

Jax, you love to:

EAT

be held 24/7 by your mommy

quiver your little chin when you cry

sit in your swing

bounce

stretch

sneeeze 5 times in a row

grunt

make cute noises when you breathe after you eat

poooooooooooop

snack

be swaddled

kick your feet

burp

toot while you eat

You are such a sweet boy, we love you!

It's fun being home owners...because we get to do

HOME IMPROVEMENTS!!!

KITCHEN BEFORE:

Kitchen After:

New:

floor

wall color

painted cabinets

stove

light fixture

molding

Still want to:

replace counter tops

put in back splash...

and possibly repaint. I miss my red! We'll see....

BIG/HUGE/GIGANTIC THANK YOU

to Scott's mom for helping us paint!!

Jax-y

Poo.

WE LOVE YOU!

We have an awesome friend who is a photographer in our

ward who took Jax's pictures for us, we LOVE how they turned out!!

I CAN do this!

Today I dropped off

G-ma Boyce to go home

after 10 awesome days of help.

Before that, G-ma & G-pa Watson were here for a week.

Before that, aunt Ray-Ray was here for a long weekend.

Now....I don't know when family will come again...(HINT HINT)

Let's just say I had a mini-heart-attack/panic attack/hysterical moment

as I pulled out onto the road.

Avery was screaming from saying good-bye

and I knew Scott wouldn't be home for a good 3 hours.

OH MAN.

But....I said a little prayer, turned up the music

and sang along (to drown out the screaming)

and by the time we got home, both babies were asleep.

I carried baby 1 in.

Then went back for baby 2.

I laid baby 2 on the couch, put a blanket on her

& carefully took baby 1 out of his car seat, wrapped him

up and laid him down on the chair (and he actually slept!).

I was able to:

text my sister using both hands,

watch last weeks Grey's,

AND

make lasagna for dinner

BEFORE

either baby woke up.

OMGosh.

I THINK CAN DO THIS!

PROOF:

Jax's 1st bath

at home

Poor little guy....

Well, it lasted about hmmm 2 minutes?

This boy definately doesn't like bath time....