Sickys

So the past few weeks have not been the most healthy at our house. It all started about 2 weeks ago when Aly and Will both got head colds. Then, it was passed on to Spencer. As the first 2 cleared up, Spence got gradually worse. He ended up heading to the Dr about a week after the cold started only to find out that he had developed a sinus infection. All that started to clear up this past weekend, when Aly noticed a sore throat coming on with accompanying cold sores. After about 3 or 4 days, Spence felt the same symptoms, minus the cold sores, coming on. He went to the Dr again to find out we caught another virus and that we just need to wait it out with Cloraseptic spray and lozenges. All we want for Christmas is for everyone to feel better!!
Besides that low note, we have been busy getting ready for Christmas. Will actually got 3 new teeth. He pushed 3 molars in within a week, with a fourth one on the way. Its so funny to see him try to chew more with the back teeth coming in!
We have Christmas all set up at our house and are excited to have Gran and Grandpa come up again and share some time with us! It will be a little different from years past, but we are embracing change and hoping for a jolly good time.
We had a great Stake Conference this past week where Elder Hales came in and spoke to all of us. The lessons and testimonies shared were great and helped me to want to work harder at doing the necessary things to be a close and happy family. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas this week and I look forward to reading about afterwards!
We love you all!!

And its a......

We had our ultrasound today and are pleased to announce that we are having a little......







GIRL!!!!!

Will is going to have a little sister! Lilly is expected to come late April and join our little family!

I am a bad blogger!

Well I will admit it... I am not a very good blogger. It has been a month since the last post so here is the latest update and catch-up! In the past 2 months, Will has finally gotten his teeth. He has 4 on top and 2 on the bottom. He uses them sooo much now. The picture above shows how he enjoyed a cookie and got the frosting on his nose!

I like this picture because it shows how big my little guy is getting! At his last doctor appointment (about a month ago) he measured in at 32 1/2 inches tall and 28 lbs 12 oz. He has only grown since then.
Along with his growing body, Will has a HUGE personality. He found a bowl on the table and put it on his little head. It started as a balancing act and then...
became an astronaut/fishbowl game. He has had so much fun putting his face on everything from windows, balloons, bowls, and screen doors. He cracks me up!
Yes... I know these are a month late, but better late then never. We decided to theme our Halloween costumes this year with mommy as an angel, Will as a little devil, and daddy as a demon. We had fun taking the little guy trick-or treating.
This picture just captures the little devil at work. He would not sit still for a picture. He would rather run away and laugh then cooperate with mom!
In other news, in case you haven't heard, we are expecting again and we will find out what we are having tomorrow. The baby is due April 25 and the excitement is growing as time goes by. Hopefully I will be better at posting what we are having than I was this past month!

October in a nutshell

Fall is in the air....everywhere I look around! This past week the little devil and I went to the store for a few groceries. He found something that wasn't really on the list, but he looked so cute with it, that I got it...it was only 50 cents so not a big deal. He has since used it as a ball to play fetch with Roxy and its not looking quite as nice.
We went to the store and got daddy his costume. Will kept on grabbing it and wanting to play with it, so we just tried it on the cute kid and I personally think hes just too cute!
A few weeks ago, I got into the Halloween spirit and decorated the front porch with a bunch of spooky spider webs and a big spider for the door. It has rained several times since then and we have had some strong winds, so it doesn't look quite as nice as it did at first...oh well!
This stud here likes to go out with his mommy. It wasn't until just recently that this kiddo let us put stuff on his head and have him keep it on. I think he knew how stylish he was with his little sunglasses on.
so he thought he would try to impress everyone a little more with the big kid glasses. They suit him just perfectly!

October is sneaking up on me!

Seems like just a few days ago it was August. I don't know where the times goes. This week was really fun but busy in the same ways too! Spence and Will decided it would be a fun idea to sit in Roxy's crate together before I decided to join them. That must be a Big crate because it held all of us and we were able to close the door. I like to think that is Roxy's room in the house.
Will is growing up!Spence finally convinced me to cut Will's hair. He is over a year old and I have had excuses all the time, but didn't have one this time. It was just a little trim off the back and sides so his little gerber curls are gone! I miss them, but enough people say he looks good. He doesn't look like my baby boy anymore...hes more like a little boy! He also passed up some of his cousins with how many teeth he has (finally!!!!). He managed to cut 2 more teeth bringing the count to 3. They are all on top too. I think hes gonna have super strong teeth!
This weekend was eventful. It started Friday night when we went t our niece, Jessie's softball game. It was fun. On Saturday, I went to Cammi's soccer game in Orem and Spence got to go to the BYU game in Provo and had a blast! He told me that he would like to get season tickets...we shall see! :) We also had the opportunity to got to Jessy's school to watch her annual play. This year they did Fiddler on the Roof. It was my first time seeing the show and the students did an GREAT job presenting it. Jess played the part of Grandma Zytel's ghost in a dream and she did AWESOME!!! THe part seemed like it was made for her with her facial expressions and voice. It was a lot of fun. Thats about it so until next time......

busy couple of weeks!

So I was looking at everyone elses blogs and realized that I missed a post last week. There have been a lot of things going on between both families, church callings and chasing after a one year old.
I think I will begin with this past weekend. We had family up for Spencer's grandpa's funeral. It was a hard day for the whole family, but we find a lot of joy in knowing that Bo is with Midder and the rest of his family that has passed on. There was a military gun salute at the graveside services and it was just amazing to see the respect that was there and the spirit was totally incredible.
Then throughout the week I was babysitting for a lady in my neighborhood. It was fun to see Will play with another little kid about his size.
While Jami and Ernie were in town, they brought some Sun Pacific FRESH grapes. They were soo tasty! Will really enjoyed snacking on them every chance he got. There was one point where I was getting something out of the fridge and Will took out a huge bunch and tried to eat the grapes all by himself.
Spence has been playing the piano a little more too. Will just loves to hear the music that daddy makes on the piano and shows his appreciation by dancing around, bobbing his head, or just cuddling up to daddy's leg.
We realized this past week how much we still need to do to keep our house in somewhat of order. We have a pantry in our kitchen and Will can now open it and take all of the cans out and drop them on the floor.
I made cookies yesterday and Will just loved them. Whenever someone picked one up, he would walk right up to them and expect them to share. We took them over to Matt and Ron's house for the football game and Will just loved how the cookies were within reach.

On our last note, our garden has been booming with tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, and a TON of Jalapenos.