cut, comp., crazy hair

 it was fun to have caitlin and abby be in their school talent show, but even more fun to not have to plan anything. they just tweaked one of their competition pieces for only 2 people and performed it. 

 the girls had yet another competition. this time their little class took 1st overall for the whole day (30+companies) for their lyrical piece. they did awesome!

 it was at clearfield high school, which is super close to my sister sarah's house. so her and aubrey came along to help and cheer the girls on.

 this is the lift the 3 little girls do with abby in their lyrical piece. beautiful.

 aunt sarah spoiled them with flowers afterwards

 sisters. love that they are in the same class and can compete together.

 pooped out on the drive home.

 time for water balloons. i love this warm early spring weather.

 i was testing out how my new (albeit cheap) camera does with motion. nate launched this waterballoon super high to try to hit the girls on the tramp. pretty good job for a cheap camera.

 this sweet boy turned 9 months last week. NINE MONTHS!! he is such a sweetheart. we've finally got him on zantac for silent reflux, and that has helped his sleeping issues IMMENSELY. he is also on iron because well, the kid refuses to eat solid foods. so he's still strictly nursing. (which drives his mother crazy). his 9 month check up stats are:

27.5 inches long, 25th%

20 lbs (still), 25th%

(weird...i didn't realize most 9 month-olds are over 20 lbs?)

46.1 cm head, 75th %

 along with being a big 9 month old chub of love, his hair was proving to be out of control on a regular basis. so i tried my hand at cutting it. (or tried my clippers at it i should say). not perfect, but cute enough!

BEFORE:

 

 

 CHOP CHOP (or buzz buzz):

 AFTER:

ketchup

just a couple quick catch up pictures. picasa added some fun things to tweak pictures, so i played around with these pictures before uploading them. kinda fun...

easter egg fun

 my big handsome boy

 we were in st. george for easter, so the easter bunny hid eggs a few days early.

 love the bedhead ladies!

 first easter, the 'easter bunny' gave him this little monkey that makes monkey noises when you move it. little did the 'easter bunny' know there is candy in it too. and the monkey poops the candy out it's bum. lovely.

 st. george baby! greyson's 1st time swimming, this kid LOVES water! he could've stayed in the pool all day.

 my easter babes. and one cheeser baby

 "uh, mom? my hair matches those palm tree leaves behind me" haha. crazy haired kid.

 st. george splash pad/river park thing downtown. and this water was COLD...not heated at all. he still loved it.

 any time he sees me with the camera and i call his name, he gives me that super cheeser face. it's getting hard for me to get a NORMAL face pic of this little monkey!

 *the picture above is the LAST picture taken before i obliterated my camera. notice the smooth cement behind the stroller in the picture? ever walked on super smooth cement with super wet old navy flip-flops on? i have. with my camera dangling from my wrist. and i did a full spin-turf-on-my face, and my camera slammed into the cement with full-force. the end of my fun, cute, pink, nice point-and-shoot canon. boo. (and yes, i had an audience of everyone at the park to boot. lucky me.)

poor nate, with general conference, him being on-call for 30 hours through his birthday, emma's birthday right before, and caitlin's birthday right after...his birthday gets pushed under the rug a lot. BUT..he turned the big 33 this year, and the day he was born is something i celebrate in my life. i love this man with all of my heart. this is honestly going to go down in our history as the busiest year of our life together. but we're hanging on to each other, and life will slow down i'm sure. 

Happy Birthday Buns, I love you forever!

dear greyson

please stop growing up. i just want to freeze you this small. love you little buddy!