We're moving... AGAIN!

Yes I said it, we're moving... yet again. I can't even count the times we've moved since we've been married anymore, it is pathetic! The good news is this will be the LAST time for a LONG time. We just bought a house in Syracuse! It is in a cute, brand new neighborhood (with a swimming pool :))out by Antelope Island. It's not quite finished and we won't close until we know for sure Matt has a job offer (which should be sometime in the next week and a half), but if everything goes as planned we should be able to move in around the 10th of July! I got to go down yesterday and pick out all my countertops, cabinets, siding and trim, lighting, etc. We're going to do our own flooring so I still have to go pick that out this week so Matt's uncle can get it ordered for us. FYI... Matt is in Florida and hasn't even been able to see it yet, he is just trusting that I have good judgement haha. It is going to be a BIG change, but we're super excited! These aren't the best pictures, but they're all I have for now. I'll take some more once it is closer to finished and there is more to see.


This is part of the family room, from the hall going down to the bedrooms, the rest is blocked by that door

Master Bedroom (which has a HUGE walk in closet by the way!)

Tub in the master bath

Our yard is 1/3 of an acre, so from here you can only see about 1/4 of it. We're going to have lots of yardwork to do!!

Cute Kids!

These are Brooke's 2 year pictures and Cole's 6 month pictures.... a couple months late :) My cute friend took them at Kiddie Kandids and she did such a good job! Thanks Bri!

4-Wheeling

Our kids LOVE to ride the four-wheelers. Anytime they see one they get so excited. If you put Cole on, he will make noises like the four-wheeler. It's pretty cute. These pictures were taken last Sunday at Mike and Karen's.

Graduation

Matt graduated from Utah State on Saturday. We are so proud of him! He left last night to start his job at KPMG in Salt Lake... which leaves me as a single mom for the next 2 months. Good luck Matt, we love you!

Baby Rylin

We had a suprise in the middle of the night. Dustin came down to our room around 4:30 and said Cammie's water had just broken and they were headed up to the hospital.

Rylin Anderson was born 3 weeks early at 11:43 a.m. She weighs 6 lbs. 8 oz. and is 18 1/2 inches long. She has just a tiny bit of DARK hair.

Mom and baby are both healthy and doing GREAT!

Easter Weekend

Since Matt had work and school and I was off for Spring Break, the kids, my mom, and I went down to St. George for the weekend. The weather wasn't the best, but it was warmer than here and SO wonderful to run in the sun. We also spent day in Vegas shopping with Blair and her friends and visiting M&M world and Coke world. Brooke LOVED the swimming pool and all she wanted to do was "play in the water"!

This was Cole... after the trip. He slept until 11:00 Monday morning and then crashed in his high chair at lunch around 1:00.

6 Months

Wow! Where does time go? I have a 2 year old and a SIX month old, how did that happen??

Facts about Cole at 6 months:

• He waves bye-bye and hello
• He just got his first tooth (on the bottom right)
• He likes to eat anything and everything (except his bottle, he thinks he's a big boy :)) -- some of his favorites are pancakes, suckers, and bananas
• He rolls over both ways and uses this to get anything he wants
• He sleeps through the night (most of the time)
• He prefers males to females
• He ADORES Brooke and will watch whatever she is doing
• He is starting to sit on his own
• He will say mama if he is really sad or wants to be picked up
• He is a VERY happy and good baby!
• He weighs 14 lbs. (3rd percentile) and is 27 inches (70th percentile)
  

2 Years Old

Brooke turned 2 on March 18th.

I can't believe I have a 2 year old! She still seems like she should be a baby. We sure love her though. She LOVED her birthday and all the attention she got this year.

They had a party for her on Tuesday at Paula's and then Wednesday after the airport, we had all our family over for cake and ice cream.

FACTS ABOUT BROOKE:

• She's very tall for her age... she always has been (in the 90th percentile)
• She is very friendly, she will talk to anyone and everyone that looks at her
• She loves to read books
• She sleeps in a big girl bed and has to have her baby and blankie
• She talks ALL the time
• She is a great big sister
• She is potty trained
• She wears size 7 shoes and 3T clothes
• She likes to go to nursery and Paula's and play with her friends
• Her best friends are Bentlee and Macie
• She loves her Grandmas and Grandpas
• She loves animals (especially Hallie and Mac)

Mommy and her baby girl

I'm not so much a cook... or a cake decorator. This is as good as it gets :)

Blowing out the candles

Best buddies

Opening one of many many presents

Bentlee gave her this doll stroller and her favorite thing to push around is Cole

Grandma Beck and Grandpa Brad gave her a little table and chairs that she can draw on with dry erase markers. She loves it!

He's Home!

**I'm a little late in posting this because the camera cord was at my mom's and I kept forgetting to get it.**

Last Wednesday was an awesome day! We left for the airport about 9:30 a.m. Ty's dad was just coming in from California and called to tell us that Brody's plane was landing 20 minutes early. We got there just in time and only had to wait about 10 minutes. There were a TON of missionaries on his flight (seriously like 12) and of course, he was the last one to come. It was sooo good to see him coming down that hall though!! There were lots of hugs and tears. It took Brooke and Cole about 2 minutes to warm up and now they adore him --- especially Brooke. Brody is her favorite buddy. The first thing he said to me was, "Wow, you're skinny!" (I was 9 months pregnant with Brooke when he left) He also said it was really weird to hear Brooke call me "mom" but now it seems like they've always been a part of his life.

After the airport it was off to Freds for lunch (a LONG time family tradition). And his homecoming was Sunday. He gave such an awesome talk, you could feel his spirit and love for his mission so strongly. He is still the same old Brody, just a little more mature and a little less shy. I'm so glad he's home though!!!

P.S. He's still single :)

HELP!

I am at my wit's end with Cole. He absolutely REFUSES to take a bottle. I have tried everything I can think of... different formulas, different bottles, different nipples, adding apple juice, EVERYTHING, and still he refuses to take it. I think he has had a total of 5 bottles in the last three days. Today I had to force feed him and it took 45 minutes to eat 5 oz. He eats baby food like a champ though. Do I just give in and give him baby food all the time or do I keep pushing the bottles? I could use some motherly advice from a new mind!!