Living a Fuller Life

Just because...

2012-01-12T14:32:00.000-07:00

Some days I look at my kids and almost cry with gratitude. Seriously, these faces are my world and I'm not sure why I am so blessed to be their mommy.

Zoo & Flu

2012-01-09T14:50:00.000-07:00

The Zoo!

Hogle zoo had a free-for-all day and we took advantage of it. Of course the grandmas and Kailee joined us again and were we ever grateful they did. It was super busy so the extra hands sure did help out.

The Flu!

Naturally just when we're having fun we all get hit by the flu! However, this flu came with the works. It put our little family down for a few days. We missed scheduled play dates, ski days and dinners with friends. :(

Miles sure did take advantage of his opportunity to drink "bubble juice" (sprite). We really only let him drink it when he's not feeling well so he was loving this little special treat. The flu doesn't look any cuter than this picture above, does it? Well, that about wraps up our trip to Utah. We hope to be back in the summer some time. :)

Snow, Turkey Chili, and Chocolate Cookies... oh my!

2012-01-09T14:36:00.000-07:00

Although there was no skiing this particular day we made a special visit to Deer Valley to take in their scenery, turkey chili, and monster chocolate cookies. There is no other resort that compares to this place. We sure do miss it.

After lunch we sent the boys home for a nap and us ladies did some shopping. Boy do I miss this place! The food. The snow. The groomed runs. The free ski passes. The fun memories. I miss it all.

It's a Fuller Christmas!

2012-01-09T14:28:00.000-07:00

Always a blast with the Fuller clan. We enjoyed the evening with a little nativity story, complete with handmade puppets via Grandma Fuller. We also devoured way too much food, but tis the season, right?

What's a party without some naked cousin play-time?

Nothing better than some snuggle time with Grandma. We just love and adore this lady! Seriously, how did I get so lucky to have the world's best in-laws?

Christmas Eve & Morn

2012-01-09T14:19:00.000-07:00

On Christmas eve we headed up to Ogden to spend some time with my grandparents, aunt & uncle, and cousins. Such a fun night filled with family, food and laughter. Oh and gifts too...

My mom was even able to join us this year-- such a fun time!

Just a quick little hug on the stairs before the mad dash to check out what Santa has left behind.

Boy does that Santa know our little ones well. Miles immediately went for the unwrapped dinosaurs left under the tree, while Graham went for the ride-on toy.

Ahhh success! Kids were happy with their toys and momma was happy with her new scarf!

Temple Square Lights

2012-01-09T13:55:00.000-07:00

What's Christmas without family and a trip to see the Temple Square lights? While in Utah over the holidays we took trax up to see the lights and boy did the boys LOVE that!

The visitor center was bustling with activity. We listened to the beautiful choirs sing as we waited in an enormous line to go upstairs to view the statue of Christ. Well worth the wait, if you ask me.

Although it was freezing cold outside it was fun night. There was nothing more enjoyable than watching my kids' eyes light up while we were walking around.

Big Boy Underpants

2011-12-21T22:39:00.000-07:00

We have a ways to go to achieve potty training, but just over a month away from his 3rd birthday we're inching closer each day. This particular day, M didn't want anything to do with his diaper and demanded he wear his alligator underwear. Wish us luck as we enter the realm of hourly underpant washings!

Mormon Battalion Monument

2011-12-21T22:30:00.000-07:00

While taking a spontaneous Sunday afternoon road trip we spotted a little sign on the side of the freeway for the "Mormon Battalion Monument". We just had to stop by and take a look. Tucked away at the end of a "no outlet" road in the middle of no man's land was this monument standing by itself. For a little history on the monument go here and here.

Always time for some little love squeezes.

Apparently G had quite a lot to say about this monument. I'm glad we stopped. It was a bit of history I now know a little more about.

Bugg Light Display

2011-12-21T21:52:00.000-07:00

Last week we attended Albuquerque's Bugg Light display. The light show was originally put on by an LDS family with the last name Bugg and it got so big they had to move the location to a near by private school. The boys absolutely loved the wooden train set and the hot chocolate!

Graham was still not a fan of Santa the second time.

Best two Christmas gifts a mom could ask for-- my little cookie faced monsters!

There are not a lot of options for light displays in ABQ, but this small light display sufficed our little one's needs. It was a fun evening, nonetheless.

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"

2011-12-12T12:15:00.000-07:00

Miles didn't exactly ask for an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle, but he did surprise me with his calm demeanor as he sat on Santa's lap and attempted to tell him he wanted a new dinosaur. Graham on the other hand, not so much. I vaguely remember last year M having the break down and G sat there complacent. I'm thinking next year will be the year both kidlets will sit there and we'll actually get a decent picture of the two of them smiling. Until then, the screaming photographs are always a riot!

Onto other stinkerish news-- Graham spent his first minute in time-out this past week. This little bugger has a temper! When he didn't get what he wanted he ran away from me and deliberate pulled on the Christmas tree and then made his way over to M and pulled his hair. So into the time-out seat we went. Looks like it's really bothering him, huh?

For the most part G is a pretty mellow kid, but phew watch out if you piss this one off...

Thanksgiving Visitors!

2011-12-05T15:15:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Thanksgiving in NM this year and the party came to us. Tim's parents joined us for a full week and we crammed activity after activity in. So fun! Wish they could have stayed longer.

We ate Thanksgiving dinner while the kiddos were napping so they had their own little celebration after they awoke, complete with thanksgiving place mats and crayons.

While "punk-eye" (grandpa) and "camma" (grandma) were here we did a lot of snuggling and reading on the couch...

...we visited an indoor bounce house...

...we ate lots of yummy homemade baked treats...

...continued on with daily life...

side note: Graham was diagnosed with asthma about a month ago and consequently we have to give him steroid treatments via nebulizer twice a day. He's starting to get used to it, but at first it was an all out war everytime we brought out the machine and medicine.

... took down our Thanksgiving decorations and put up our tree...

...and went on a beautiful hike up at Tent Rocks National Monument.

One week wasn't long enough, but we're glad they made the drive down to spend the holiday with us. Miss you already-- see you in a few weeks!

Lazy Saturday

2011-11-21T21:57:00.000-07:00

What is there to do when it's cold and rainy outside and the kids have colds? Well... we stay put, fix needed repairs and stay in our pajamas ALL DAY LONG!

Please take note that we have to put Miles' pjs on backwards because he likes to strip down to his nakedness and shred his diaper into a million pieces. He has yet to figure out how to unzip himself from the back. It's only a matter of time, though.

Sure do LOVE these three boys! Although two of them are in needed of haircuts ASAP. Can you guess which two I'm referring to? ;)

Cookie Monsters

2011-11-11T14:26:00.001-07:00

These two little monsters sure do love their cookies. So much in fact that we all have to sit, wait and watch while they bake.

Who says a watched pot (or in this case cookies) won't boil/cook?!?

Second half of October...

2011-11-01T15:16:00.000-06:00

Tin Foil Dinners

Before the evenings got too chilly we booked it on up into the mountains with friends to have tin foil dinners and s'mores.

Miles enjoyed roasting his 'mallow. Eating it on the other hand-- not so much. He's such a silly kid and won't try ANYTHING new.

Our attempt at a family picture. Miles is always SOOO cooperative, as you can see.

Building Forts

Our newest and favoritest game to play in the front room is to deconstruct the couch cushions and build forts/tents. We could play this game for hours, I tell ya. Build it and destroy it, that's the name of the game.

Poor Graham! He just wants in on the fun and Miles deliberately destroyed the fort so Graham couldn't get inside with him. Such a stinker.

Ward Trunk or Treat

Cutest little Indian and cowboy I've ever seen! This Indian costume was Tim's when he was about the same age. I'm going to dig out the photo of Tim wearing it and when I do I'll share it with ya'll.

Sure wish this kid didn't mind taking photos. I don't blame him though, it takes away from precious play time!

Bribery with a binky and blanket to sit still long enough always works!

We suck at dressing up. My last resort for Halloween is always the same old Skunk ears we have laying around. Lame, I know!

Miles ate more dum dums than he handed out!

Wagner Farm Experience

Wagner Farms doesn't compare to Thanksgiving Point in Utah, but it was perfect for our little ones. We spent the morning finding our way through the corn maze...

... taking a hay/tractor ride...

...picking out pumpkins to carve...

...playing on the many stationary tractors...

...petting all of the animals...

...sliding down very bumpy tubes...

...and playing in the dried corn box. It was a perfect morning!

Carving Pumpkins

We of course had to carve our hand selected pumpkin.

"Yummmm... raw pumpkin sure tastes good"

"Actually, it's kind of bitter... YUCK!"

"Tada! I did it!" That's what I hear ALL THE TIME. It's usually followed by him saying, "good job Miles". Silly kid.

Can't carve pumpkins without eating some homemade pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

Neighborhood Trick or Treating

The dinosaur (it's actually a dragon, but whateve) and monkey costumes were rediscovered by Miles and there was no way I was going to get him back into the cowboy suit.

It's beyond bizarre to see Graham in this monkey costume. Miles was just 8 months old when he wore this and now my little Ham is wearing it!

Trick or treating was fun this year. Miles clearly understood that people were handing out candy and he would march up to the doors with a clear purpose to get his candy. Holidays just get more fun by the year!

Sugar Cookies with my Sugar Babies...

2011-10-13T15:11:00.000-06:00

This past Monday we made/decorated Sugar Cookies with the kidlets for FHE and WOW it was a mess! Between the cookie dough stuck between Miles' toes and bright colored frosting under his nails and in his hair you would have thought he sludged around on the counter. Wait-- he did! It's a good thing we devoured these cookies ourselves rather than deliver them to neighbors. I'm not too sure it was all that sanitary.

Miles is a pro at rolling and cutting dough. Pro I tell ya! So much of a pro that he didn't even need (or want) my help. :)

Sweet little Graham also had fun cutting out some cookies.

And... our finished masterpieces, complete with delicious toe jam frosting and sprinkles galore! This was a big mess, a lot of work, but well worth the memories. Just this morning Miles asked if he could help make cookies again.

Balloon Fiesta & Thunderbirds Air Show

2011-10-10T14:16:00.000-06:00

Balloon Fiesta

We've decided that Albuquerque is the place to live in the fall. Best weather and festivals/events. One might say we are beginning to become "enchanted" with this place. This year we attended the balloon festival in the evening and watched the balloons inflate and glow in the dark. We've now been in the morning and the evening and I must say the morning sessions are a bit more our style. Less crowds. Delicious breakfast burritos. Freezing cold air. AND you still get to see the balloon inflate, glow AND take-off.

Graham was in awe of the big balloons. Last year he was only 3 months old when we attended this event so this was all so new to him. And yes, that's a black eye-- tile floors are harsh and Graham is still very unstable on his feet. :(

Of course this balloon caught Miles' eye with all of the fishies coming off of the "ottopus".

Such a unique festival that people from all of the world come to witness and it's right in our backyard. So lucky.

United States Air Force Thunderbirds Airshow

On Sunday after church we made our way down to Kirtland Air Force to watch the Thunderbirds do their acrobatics show.

Our future pilot! Miles LOVED LOVED LOVED the air show and walking around all of the grounded planes on display. He was in heaven!

As long as this kid has food he's happy anywhere!

These pilots were amazing! They were so precise and at one point Tim and I looked each other almost in tears and overwhelmed with patriotism. We left feeling so proud to be an American and to live in this wonderful country that affords us such liberties.

These airmen put on a pretty nifty show and just about every acrobatic move was dedicated to either the soldiers lost at war or the families that support them while they are away.

When the show ended we filed into a long line to wait for the shuttle buses and headed home in absolute awe over the weekend's events. Such a perfect weekend with our little family!

Hiking with Friends & FHE

2011-09-27T14:12:00.000-06:00

Hiking with Friends

Last Saturday we went hiking with some friends up in the Sandia Crest area. I was loving the shade coverage, because most hikes we do are in the wide open and the sun glares right in your eyes.

Daddy and son tackling the hike with their bare feet.

Graham happily rode in the "pack pack" (as Miles would say) and just giggled in my ear the entire way.

Best buds holding hands.

After hiking about 2 miles Graham began to have a melt down. He wanted to walk, but his little legs couldn't keep up.

F.H.E.

Before singing our regular song, "Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree" and briefly discussing anything church related for family home evening, we colored and finger painted these wooden masks.

Tim even got in on the fun.

I think Miles had more fun taking all of the crayons out than he did actually coloring with them.

Overall, I must say it was a successful FHE activity. Now I just need to make sure Miles doesn't use the wooden masks as weapons. Anything with a handle these days is some sort of weapon. The life of a boy! *sigh*

Destin Family Vay-Cay!

2011-09-17T15:16:00.002-06:00

A-mazing! That one word sums up this family vay-cay! After much anticipation and lead up to this vacation it did NOT disappoint. We met up with two of our dearest friends and their kids and rented a beautiful home on the beach in Destin, Florida. Seriously, the funnest vacation we've ever been on.

We basically swam in the ocean, played in the sand, built sand castles and man-made swimming pools on the extremely fine and soft white sand, flew kites, boogie-boarded, caught crabs and jelly fish with our nets, watched the sunsets every night and hung out with our friends after the kidlets went down. Does life get any better? I think not.

Miles LOVED the beach! He was a little timid of the water, but still enjoyed playing in the shallow areas. Graham chilled in the shade most days on the chairs and dug in the sand under the umbrella. He's such a mellow kid and most passer-byers would comment on his laid back style.

After taking a gazillion sunset photos we got a little silly by pulling out some of the high school dance poses. Not that I ever grabbed any of my HS dates' chests, but hey I couldn't resist my hubby's new and improved bod.

The boys enjoyed running around the beach naked while watching the sunset on one of our last nights.

While on this trip we managed to gain 7 pounds while maintaining our pastey-whiteness. Thank you sunscreen for allowing our family to enjoy our vacation without any sunburns.

So sad to say good bye to the beach and our friends. We hope to make annual trips with this group of friends a tradition. Such a fun and relaxing week. Thank you Klc's and Lilyquists. Miss you and your kiddos already. :(

Grandma Wade Visits

2011-09-06T20:44:00.000-06:00

My mom came to town to visit for a short weekend and sadly we didn't pull out the camera until hours before she left so these phone images are really all we have of this little get together. Oh well...

Anyway, while she was here we checked out Heritage Farms (which reminds me a lot of Wheeler Farm back in Utah) and Miles LOVED it. Miles was a little scared of the animals, especially the chicken that came sauntering towards us clucking and cockadoodle-dooing.

We also relaxed and went to the gym together. Then on Saturday, Tim surprised me with a cooking class in Santa Fe for my birthday and my mom watched the kiddos while we played the day and ate delicious food. Actually, this the was the first time I've been able to leave Graham for longer than a few hours because he was still nursing. While my mom was here, Graham miraculously weened himself at 13.5 months. Sad day, nonetheless, but I have a bit more freedom now. Yah!

It was a blast having my mom in town-- wish she could have stayed longer. Come back soon Mom. We sure do miss you and all of your snuggles.

Sickies

2011-08-10T21:27:00.000-06:00

We've been all sorts of sickies around here lately! First, Graham caught some form of a respiratory virus, that he most likely picked up from my gym's nursery. After a week of the nebulizer I thought we were in the clear and then Miles caught a cold and I caught some form the respiratory virus. Hacking, wheezing and barely breathing, we couldn't wait until this week has passed. It's been a long one, to say the least.

Surprisingly Graham did pretty well with the nebulizing mask. Such a sad little face, though.

Please take note of Tim's sweet comb over hairdo. His hair is getting super long and he's pulling out all sorts of hair styles, just because he can.

June Catch Up BEWARE!

2011-07-26T22:06:00.001-06:00

GRANDPA VIGIL VISITS NEW MEXICO! (June 5th-8th)

Before we left for Utah, my dad visited us in NM. Although my dad has asked me to not post anymore pictures of him on my blog for privacy reasons I still wanted to document his coming down to New Mexico. This blog is primarily for family members and friends at afar to peak in on us from time to time, but I also plan on printing my blog into a book each year so I want these fun events documented for my own sake.

Anyway, while Grandpa Vigil visited we took it easy. We played in our playroom, went on a quick hike, but quickly realized the smoke from the Arizona fires was so thick we turned back before we inhaled too much. We also visited the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History and our favorite nearby park.

PARK CITY STAY-CATION! (June 12th-19th)

When we arrived in Utah we had a little "stay-cation" up in Park City at my mom's condo. Our time up there was packed with activity. However, some of it bad. Between multiple visits to pediatricians in Bountiful and emergency room visits at Primary Children's Hospital the first part of the week was blown. Graham had come down with some sort of virus that gave him a fever, made him vomit bile, was extremely lethargic and pale with blue-ish tinted lips, as well as not sleeping, coughing, runny nose and the works. I wouldn't have normally been concerned with a common cold, but this was not just that. I could tell he didn't feel well and was dehydrated so into the pediatrician we went. We were directed to take him to Primary's ER and by the time we arrived he had made a complete 180 in his behavior. I kept telling the doctors and nurses had he been behaving like this we wouldn't have brought him in. So... they told us to keep our eyes on him and to bring him back if he continued and homeward bound we were. The next day was fine--I could tell he still didn't feel great, but he was doing better. The day after that it was back to the same old yucky behavior, but this time it was worse. Back into see the doctors we went and they told us to put him on pedialite and monitor him.

After Grahams yucky illness passed we were able to visit the outlet malls, swim, take walks to the local park, visit the Farmer's Market and my old work's Chalk Art Festival at the Gateway Mall.

TREEHOUSE MUSEUM (June 20th)

Early Monday morning I called my grandma and alas she was available so we headed up to Ogden to spend the day with her. She took us to the Treehouse Children's Museum and we met up with some of our dearest friends that live up that way. Such a relaxing and enjoyable day we had. However, I wish the Treehouse Museum had an entrance fee that charged you by the room you visit. If so, we would paid the train room and that's it!

I wish these pictures weren't blurry-- darn iphone.

FATHER'S DAY CELEBRATION (June 20th)

This year we celebrated Father's day minus our daddy because he had to fly back to Albuquerque to work. As sad as we were to celebrate this daddy day without our daddy, Tim's absence was replaced with many family members, good food and Nate's ever growing MOHAWK!

WHEELER FARM (June 22nd)

The boys and I met Aunt Meggy at Wheeler Farm for a morning of feeding the ducks, tractor rides and mooing at the cows.

These boys couldn't love their aunty anymore than they do-- they just ADORE her! And quite frankly SO DO I!

SWIMMING @ MURRAY PARK (June 24th)

We met up with some of my friends and of course Meggy once again came along (she a gnarly bike crash while we were in town so she was laid up for a few days-- hence the bandage). Miles enjoyed the slide and jumping off the side of the pool into the deep end. He's a natural born swimmer and at one point he pointed to the diving board and said, "I want to jump". Once on the diving board he changed his mind decided to stick with his pool side jumping.

HOGLE ZOO (June 25th)

I thought it was a great idea to take the boys to Hogle Zoo because they were celebrating a ZOORASSIC month, full with almost life sized, moving, growling and water spitting dinosaur replicas. However, the following pictures are the best we could manage. While fascinated with the dinosaurs at a far, he wouldn't go near them and had a concerned and terrified look on his face until we left.

Look at the terror on that face!

SOUTH DAVIS RECREATION CENTER--

SWIMMING (June 25th)

No pictures of this day download yet,but I will eventually upload them.

DISCOVERY GATEWAY (June 28th)

Grandma Fuller was able to take off a day from work so we decided to make the most of it at Discovery Gateway. We spent about 80% of the time at the ball contraption and about 20% running through the rest of the museum.

My two boys LOVE playing with balls and water. If I let them take baths with balls all day long I think they would be in Heaven.

THIS IS THE PLACE PARK (June 29th)

Grandma Wade was also able to take off a day of work to come with us to This is the Place. I hadn't been there in awhile, but boy have they expanded. So fun! We rode the train trolley around the park, stopping off at certain check points to play.

One of the stops we HAD to make was to the little kiddie train ride. Such a big boy-- he rode by himself on this train 3 times around the little pond. We could have left him there all day and he would have been satisfied.

S & S RAILROAD STATION (July 2nd)

Thanks to Sabrina for the suggestion, we fit in one last train activity. S&S Railroad is a family owned business and is only opened once a month for riding. Both grandmas were able to join us this day, although we only have pictures of my mom. The trains were miniature replicas and followed the most elaborate tracks.

EAGLEWOOD FIREWORKS (July 2nd)

One of our last nights in town we spent with our friends the Klc's at the Eaglewood Fireworks display. We ate delicious bbq sandwiches, used our glowsticks as weapons and passed out on the blanket while watching the fireworks above. Such a fun and relaxing night. Nights like this make us want to move back to Utah asap.

Also done, but not pictured on this trip back to Utah: lunch dates, play dates with friends, visits to my old work (Utah Foster Care Foundation), multiple trips to Cafe Rio, and date nights with my hubs (because we had babysitters-- FINALLY).

However, we weren't the only ones keeping busy. Tim had quite the honey do list that he completed back in ABQ. When we returned home he had baby-proofed our kitchen with cabinet locks and gates galore. He also cleaned out our garage and transformed it into a mini gym. So there you have it-- our month of June caught up! Phew! I'm tired just typing everything we did.

Happy 1st Birthday Graham

2011-07-05T15:31:00.001-06:00

Graham's birthday was on the 1st of July and we celebrated in Utah with family and friends.

It was such a beautiful day. Nice company and delicious food.

To see more pictures of the days events head on over to Embellish or Catch My Party

More pictures of our time in Utah are to come. We stayed VERY busy... ;)

Family Photos in Park City

2011-06-29T15:07:00.001-06:00

Wow! Getting four humans and two dogs ready for pictures is A LOT of work. Good thing we only do that one time a year! We met my cousin up at that famous white barn just outside of Park City for our pictures and I'm so glad we chose that location because the views were amazing and our back drop couldn't have been more beautiful.

*** click on the photos for clearer quality. I'm not sure why they're blurry. ???

We had a lot of really chaotic pictures like the one below. Kids melting down. Dogs running away or being unruly. A two year old not cooperating or smiling. Strangle holding the animals. CHAOS I tell ya. Pure chaos!

But, we also got a bunch of sweet baby giggles caught in the act as well.

Like I said earlier, Miles was difficult to control, but once we let him run wild we were able to get some great candid photos like the one below. No joke-- we didn't pose him-- he posed himself.

Miles and Tug playing with a stick. This depicts our life right now! Miles is ALWAYS chasing some animal around with some sort of weapon. I really am more of a referee than a mom on most days.

Graham of course is ALWAYS photogenic. We have so many photos of him smiling RIGHT INTO the camera. Such a sweet boy and snuggler he is. We're so glad we were able to get a few priceless photos up there. We didn't have a whole lot of expectations of the photos, knowing our entourage was a large and difficult one to work with, but we're thrilled with how they turned out.

Moab!

2011-06-08T10:11:00.000-06:00

A couple of weeks ago we went camping with our good friends, the Thompsons and the Fuller family in Moab. While there we visited Arches National Park and hiked Delicate Arch, Broken Arch, Sand Dune Arch. Tim was also able to biked slick rock with his brother and friend, and we swam in the pool.

6.5 months pregnant and hiking Delicate Arch. Amazing lady I tell ya!

Tad, Logan & Sabrina

Family Pic at Broken Arch

Billsky & Pegster--cutest couple EVER!

Sand Dune Arch is basically an oversized sand box for kids. The sand is very fine and it's set back in the most gorgeous shady area. We visited twice it was so much fun.

Happy boy. Happy Grandma.

We just love the Thompsons! Couldn't get enough of them while we were there. Overall, the boys did awesome camping. Graham got up the first night twice, most likely due to the FREEZING temperatures, but once he was sleeping in our bag in between us he seemed to do great. It was a perfect weekend. Family. Friends. Biking. Hiking. Swimming. Beautiful scenery. Great dutch oven food. Great company. It couldn't have gone any better.

Aching for the Aitkens!

2011-06-02T16:36:00.000-06:00

We were aching for the Aitken family and could hardly contain ourselves with excitement for their visit. After a delayed flight, they finally arrived and let's just say they brought the party with them. We packed the fun in and we packed it in tight.

Tim and Addy throwing pots on the porch

I'm not sure Aidan had a free moment to himself while he was here. Miles thought he was the coolest cousin EVER and never left his side.

We played outside, soaking up the nice warm weather.

I am LOVING the curls that are coming in on this kid. Is his cuteness for real?

We hiked "tent rocks" and had a picnic up at the top. Miles didn't want anything to do with me. He only let Teisha hold his hand.

We went rocking climbing outside one night after Tim got home from work.

That's some serious determination in that kid's face.

Graham enjoyed a bowl of applesauce while watching the kids scale the rock wall.

Even Miles got to climb with the harness for the first time (Teisha-- I need those pictures, some how I didn't capture him)

We also had some downtime (but not much) where we read and READ and READ and READ the dinosaur books OVER and OVER again. This picture was taken just before Aidan said, "alright dude, time to pick another obsession. I'm not reading this book one more time."

We also visited the Aquarium.

We just LOVE our cousins!

Addy was an excellent baby sitter while in town. She played with Graham and kept him entertained and may I say she ROCKS at watching kids. Her attention to safety detail was amazing. We have the best family EVER!

Not pictured were trips to the pool, the climbing gym, crafting/sewing with Addy, shopping in Sante Fe and a little western type mountain artsy town called Madrid. On the last night here, we lost Gus and walked around the neighborhood to search and put up lost dog posters. He went on a walk-about for almost 2.5 hours and I seriously thought we had lost him for good, but alas we found him. Aidan was really shook up about it and was determined to search all night long if we had to. Glad he showed up, because Aidan would have been searching alone. :)

So all in all, it was a ~~good~~ (scratch that-- it was a GREAT) visit, but it made us ache for them more. Wish we lived closer :( Thanks for coming Teisha, Addy & Aidan. We miss you more than you know.

Mother's Day, Fathers & Sons Camp-Out and other shenanagins!

2011-05-16T22:41:00.000-06:00

MOTHER'S DAY!

My Mother's Day started off kind of hectic with a early morning phone call asking if I could teach the R.S. lesson that day. Sure, why not? After church we had a little BBQ with friends and celebrated with this homemade banner and delicious cupcakes.

FATHERS & SONS CAMP-OUT

Miles and Tim went on their first ever fathers and sons camp-out this past weekend. Miles came home looking like he had cleaned a dozen chimneys and was limping for a few days. Fun was had. Ankles were sprained. Everyone came home exhausted!

OTHER SHENANAGINS!

The day following the camp-out we stayed home and took it easy. While away for those couple of days Miles missed his dinosaur shows (Land Before Time and Dinosaur Train-- he's OBSESSED!), so he had to get caught up.

Although Graham stayed home with mommy while Miles and daddy were away, he apparently needed to catch up on some needed napping. I was returning an email to a friend and looked below to find this. Tired kid!

Miles' other obsessions this week include: cheetohs, saying "no hitting Graham" (while shaking his finger at me...hmmm he must hear that a lot), and did I mention DINOSAURS?

Meg Peg Leg Visits!

2011-05-07T16:46:00.009-06:00

It took a little warming up to Aunty Meg Peg Leg, but after the initial fear wore off this kid was HAMMING IT UP. I find it extremely appropriate with his name being GraHAM!

HAM LOVES to do the downward dog by himself and he just had to show it off to his Aunty.

Pull out a camera and he pulls out this face...

...or more of these.

We didn't waste anytime with Aunty Meg. We went straight to the park!

Then the next day we ran around doing mothers errands, but not before jumping around at this fun indoor blow-up slide and jump house.

Everyone got in on the fun.

Not only does HAM like to do yoga, but he also likes to do gymnastics with his backbends.

Then, of course, we had to take Meggy on a BEAUTIFUL hike up on the ridge of the Sandia Mountains. The drive up there was brutal with all of the twists and turns. Meg got a little car sick. The boys were screaming. I was annoyed. That part was NOT fun, but the actual hike had beautiful views and the temperature was perfect. We even discovered a little bit of left over snow.

It was a short little visit. Too short, really, but we'll take anything we get with our Aunty Meg Peg Leg. We just love having her around and can't wait for our next visitors in a few weeks-- Teisha, Addy & Aidan! :)

I realize this post has NO pictures of Tim in it. He was at work most of the time! :(

Climbing, climbing, climbing and SNOW

2011-05-02T13:07:00.010-06:00

Since Miles has been climbing on EVERYTHING these days (I mean everything-- counters, desks, tables, window seals, bookshelves...etc.) we decided to take him outside to climb on rocks. This was his first time out climbing and we weren't sure what to think. He was a little unsure at first, but then decided he LOVED it and didn't want to leave. Like father, like son!

Tim did some poking around on the internet for some easy hikes/climbs for kids and came across this small boulder field. It was PERFECT!

You can see a little fear in his eyes, but that quickly vanished.

He was climbing so fast I could hardly keep up.

Then on Saturday we took the boys to the Balloon Festival Museum. Miles ran around pointing and screaming at every hot air balloon in the vicinity before we headed out to the grounds where they were having a kid's festival with activities galore. Miles again climbed up all of the big toys by himself, but once at the top of this slide he didn't want to come down. We had to talk a little girl into PUSHING him down the slide because he was holding up the line.

On Sunday, after church, we hunkered down in our house because it was a bit chilly outside. What we didn't know was that it was about to SNOW!

Proof that he climbs everything.

The boys were enamored by the falling snowflakes and sat by the window for almost an hour. Miles kept calling them, "bubbles."

Such a fun weekend packed with activity and family time. I wish I could freeze these two little boys like this forever. Such a fun time of life!

Gpa & Gma Fuller visit for Easter

2011-04-26T14:35:00.000-06:00

Grandma and Grandpa Fuller made the drive down to celebrate Easter with us.

While in town we visited the park a few times and attempted to fly our kite.

We lounged around in the grass, soaking up all of the warm sunny weather.

We planted my garden in the backyard with a tomato hanging plant, basil, oregano, cilantro, chili peppers, and rosemary. These two below were the onlookers to the whole gardening afternoon. They're not related, are they?

Miles played dress-up with Grandpa's shoes.

Then we visited with friends at their house for a fun BBQ and Easter egg hunt.

On Easter/Sunday morning we woke up to all sorts of Easter surprises. Our elderly next door neighbors left the boys a little egg hunt on our front lawn with a darling note and fluffy stuffed bunny.

What a "ham" Graham is for the camera!

After the front yard egg hunt we said our goodbyes and headed off to our stake conference, where Elder Cook spoke to us, and Bill and Peggy made their trek home.

We sure did love having Grandma & Grandpa come visit. Next visitor-- Aunty Meggy! :)

Mr. Independent (sometimes)

2011-04-20T13:29:00.003-06:00

Gosh darn this kid! He's trying his hardest to be more independent, but can't quite lick the habit of the binky and still needs momma's help dressing. He's constantly stealing his little bro's binky and blankets and as you can see his clothing too! Yesterday I told him to go put his pants on and he came to me like this, with his brother's shirt around his knees.

In other independency news--there are times he wants to be the one read to and he will come to me and snuggle in my lap with a book and sit there giggling at all of the pages for close to 30 minutes, but at other times he wants to be the one reading the book. Of course Graham is subjected to whatever Miles desires at this point, but somehow I don't think Graham minds. He absolutely adores his big brother and will follow him around the house squealing with joy. These two are such crack ups! I love being their mom!

Our New Adobe Abode!

2011-04-12T23:30:00.017-06:00

We're finally settled in our new place and we LOVE it! It's so nice to spread out and use all of our furniture again and to get rid a TON of stuff. I'll take you on a tour...

The front entry way

Kitchen and dining area

Master bedroom

Master bathroom & boys' bathroom upstairs

Play area/loft

View of the living room from the loft & Guest bedroom/craft area

Living room with wall of windows. We haven't really decorated or hung any pictures yet. Any ideas as to what I could do with those HUGE built in shelves?

Backyard/side yards

This post is missing pictures of Miles' room because he's napping currently and I can't take pictures, but you get the gist. I also didn't want to post pictures of the front of the house because the numbers are visibly noticable and I'm too lazy to edit them out right now. :)

So what do you think? Did it entice you to visit us in NM?

Lost Hidden Post

2011-04-12T22:46:00.000-06:00

I found this post hidden. Apparently I started it, saved it as a draft and then forgot about it. I love it! It's kind of like when you put your ski coat on for the first time that season and find money in one of the pockets. Makes me smile.

This post was intended for the beginning of February. So much has changed in their little faces since then.

Another Plug!

2011-04-05T11:04:00.002-06:00

Are you sick of hearing about Embellish yet? Sorry-- it' s so new to me and I'm having so much fun with it. I've created another printable, but this time it's generic and could be used for just about anything girly (baby shower, bridal shower, GNO, book club...etc.).

If you like what you see, go on over and check out my sites. See ya over there!

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Grandma Wade comes to town

2011-03-29T11:22:00.007-06:00

While Grandma was in town we visited the aquarium with our friends...

...walked through the botanical gardens (of which had a fun maze with ginormous sculptures of ants and pumpkins to sit and walk through...so fun!)...

...we also flew our kite a couple of times when the wind allowed...

...we did a lot of snuggling...

...and we showed Grandma the cool narrows of the Tent Rocks hike.

I just love Graham in the picture below. His little gummy smile is too much!

It's never a dull moment when Grandma Wade comes into town. Thanks for coming Mom-- we already miss you.

In other news-- this little peanut is ALMOST pulling up to a standing position. He's also getting little tufts of curls on the sides. PHEW-- for a moment there-- I thought he would be bald forever. ;) I probably won't be posting for the next two weeks because I really should be packing our stuff back into boxes. We are moving into a house not too far from where we already are so the next little while is going to be busy.

Hiking, Painting & Petting

2011-03-16T19:00:00.004-06:00

HARDCORE HIKERS

A couple of Saturdays ago Tim decided to let me sleep in and took the kids (in their pajamas, no less) on a hike by our house. This is the phone picture I received in my nice and warm bed. What can I say, our kids are hardcore hikers.

ABQ ZOO

The weather is unbelievable here. I totally understand why the elderly retire here. The winters are mild which means no shoveling of your drive way. Also, most people don't have grass here, so that means no mowing of the lawn. It's a retiree's dream. Anyway, that's besides the point. The zoo. With the weather being nice, they had a lot of animals out for petting and boy did Miles LOVE that.

Graham is always giggly and down for anything-- such a chill child he is.

FINGER PAINTING

Wow! Finger painting with a toddler is A LOT of work. It's not as easy as getting the paint out and saying, "have at it kid!" It takes major preparation and clean-up for just a measly 10 minutes of creativity. Sometimes I ask myself if it's worth it, but then I see his little smudge marks and finger prints and it makes me smile, so yeah it's worth it. Be prepared Grandmas and Grandpas for painted pictures in the mail. Miles LOVED finger painting so I'm sure we'll be doing that again real soon.

And, once again Graham just sat on the sidelines cheering Miles on and played with his chubby toes.

SANDIA MAN CAVES

This was a relatively easy hike, but had a drop off on one side so I had to keep extremely close tabs on Miles and Gus. This cave was discovered in the late 30's and when they excavated it they found skeletal remains of many ice aged animals, such as the wooly mammoth, mastadon and a giant sloth. Also deep inside the cave were arrow heads, remnants of baskets and yucca moccasins, but no human remains were ever found. They believed the cave was a seasonal retreat for a single man about 10,000-12,000 years ago. To get to the cave you have to hike along a concrete ledge and climb up a rickety metal spiral stair case up a sheer rock face. It's not the most kid friendly hike we've ever done, but the history of it was really interesting.

We hiked during Graham's nap time so his head was bobbing everywhere as he tried to catch some shut eye, but to no avail. You can tell how tired he was in the picture below.

It's a really interesting piece of history and it's too bad people have defaced it with graffiti.

Good times were had by all. There is nothing better than hiking on a sunny day with the fam.

FREE Easter Printables

2011-03-07T09:58:00.004-07:00

WARNING: SHAMELESS PLUG TO FOLLOW!

Okay, so now that's out of the way, you can check out my FREE Easter party printables at Catch My Party. They also should be going live at Tip Junkie, Craft Gossip & One Pretty Thing real soon. If anyone ever needs any party printables or anything alike please email me. I love love LOVE creating these types of things. You can also visit my Etsy site for party prints already created and uploaded.

I also have cupcake wrappers if anyone is interested, but I didn't absolutely love how they turned out so I didn't include them in the published printables. However, if you would like the wrappers as well as a little surprise email me at kirsten{dot}fuller{at}gmail{dot}com.

Skier Cross World Championships

2011-02-25T16:27:00.002-07:00

Deer Valley hosted the skier cross race and we popped in for a couple of hours to watch.

I miss watching Tim race in skier cross. During the race he leaned over and told me he placed higher than a bunch of the racers that were in the top eight. Part of me wishes he still raced this category-- so fun to watch the men fight their way down the hill against 3 other skiers.

The Pegster joined us for the day and helped me with the kids when it began to get too cold, so Tim could stay up there and watch the race a bit longer. Always a joy to be with Tim's mom. :)

Angel Fire Ski Race

2011-02-25T16:14:00.003-07:00

Sandia National Labs (SNL) has their own ski racing team and guess who has joined? Despite the fact that he hasn't raced or trained in over 9 years I think 4th place ain't too bad.

Although the kids won't have much memory of these days watching daddy race, and mommy and daddy are exhausted with the added work it takes to get everyone out of the door on time to make the 3 1/2 hour trip up to the resort, I think it will be worth it one day to look back at the pictures.

Cutest fan club I've ever seen.

It was also Graham's first day skiing in the back pack. We only made it down one run before the kids melted into utter chaos, but we hope next year's skiing to driving ratio is better balanced. Here's to skiing getting better as the kids get older!

Cutting the curls! boo hoo hoo

2011-02-25T15:45:00.003-07:00

The time came and the pressure was insurmountable...

...it was a love hate relationship. I LOVED how they looked. I HATED maintaining them, because it was a scream fest after every tubby...

...his curls were the cause of many conversations with strangers calling him a little girl...

...so into the salon we went...

...with only a few outbursts of disapproval on his part, I'd say he did rather well. I, on the other hand, needed to fight back my tears. All of those locks being cut were the the curls he was born with. The last bit of his baby-ness are now gone.

Graham missed the entire occasion.

Miles' Birthday Party!

2011-02-07T16:55:00.003-07:00

I love creating things, so planning and putting together this party was up my alley. If you want to see more pictures of the day's events you can go here.

Exciting news: catch my party contacted me and will be featuring Miles' party as their party of the day on February 10th. Go on over and check it out here

Birthday Letter

2011-02-01T03:00:00.002-07:00

Dear Miles,

Two years ago today, I was laying in a hospital bed anxiously awaiting your arrival. I was already completely in love with you from the moment I learned you were coming. We prepared for months leading up to your arrival-- laundering all of your clothing, and folded them multiple times so they looked just right in their drawers.

After pushing for nearly four hours you finally arrived-- your first sign of being strong willed. After making your entrance into this world I remember staring at your perfect miniature features and analyzing your tiny toes and fingers. I held you, literally for days, astonished like every new mother at your perfect fingernails and soft round kissable cheeks.

Over the last two years you've quickly changed. It's been my biggest delight to witness your cognitive, spiritual and physical growth. You have a TON of energy and at times I find it hard to keep up, but I wouldn't want it any other way. Your sense of adventure has been present from the start. Even before you could walk you were climbing on everything. You have a need for speed and at the ripe age of 11 months you would whip your radio flyer trike around corners like you were in some sort of nascar race. You even rode your trike down the stairs once and after the initial shock of what happened wore off you signed the word "more" and headed in the direction of the stairway again. These past couple of months have been full of adventure for you as you learn to ski, ride your balance bike and skateboard. I can only imagine as you become more coordinated what your future holds for you.

You drive me crazy at times. You are the pickiest eater and will only eat chicken nuggets, french fries, pasta lightly coated in marinera sauce and cheetos. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but I feel like I play the guessing game everyday, three times a day, with what you'll eat that day. However, if eating is my biggest concern with you then consider me blessed. I couldn't be more thankful that you are healthy, thriving, smart, kind, energetic, strong willed and even a picky eater.

You are the sweetest big brother to Graham. I witness simple acts of kindness daily from you towards him. When Graham cries you come to me with a concerned face and say, "oh Gam sad" and then you quickly rush to give him a binky. Through out the day you stop what you're doing, go over to Graham, lean down to him and say hello with a big kiss. Such a sweet boy you are and a great example of pure love.

Your curls! They are the talk of the town. Everyone LOVES your head of hair, which has made it hard to cut, thus the long locks and the frequent comments about you being a girl. Eventually the day will come when I cut them and you will instantly look like a teenager. But, until then I'm holding onto what baby-ness you have left.

You've changed our life in no way we've ever thought possible. I find joy in every word, action and even misdeed you do. You have given a much more meaningful definition to our lives and I thank our Heavenly Father every day that you are mine.

Happy 2nd birthday monkey!
Love,
Mom

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Hike

2011-01-24T15:43:00.011-07:00

This hike was A-MAZING and so kid friendly! The tent rock shaped formations are the products of volcanic eruptions that occurred 6 to 7 million years ago. Then over time eroded away from water and wind. Truly a spectacular site.

What would have taken us 30 minutes to hike took us 2.5 hours instead. Miles took us on many detours. We picked up a million and two rocks, sat on 500 other rocks, jumped off of 2,000 boulders and sat down in the middle of the trail to watch beetles and scratch in the dirt with sticks.

I loved the narrow trails-- especially with a wandering toddler. It helped keep him on track.

I love the picture below. It depicts pretty much how the entire hike went-- Miles was constantly pushing me forward so he could hang back and take his dandy ole' time.

This tree with it's exposed roots made a perfect hide out for Miles.

Such a perfect hike on a perfect day.

Random Happenings

2011-01-24T15:37:00.003-07:00

Tandem scootin' with his girlfriend Hadley.

"Binky Skiing"

Trying rice cereal for the first time. Yuck!

Santaphobia?

2011-01-24T15:27:00.004-07:00

In the line it was all fun and games and giggles until the time came to actually sit on Santa's knee.

I'm sure every household in America has a picture like this. Not sure what it is that scares children so much. Maybe it's:

Pogonophobia-- fear of beards

Androphobia-- fear of men

Eryptophobia-- fear of the color red

Photoaugiliaphobia-- fear of glaring lights

Whatever it was Miles was TERRIFIED of the jolly old man.

Snuggle Buggle

2011-01-24T15:24:00.001-07:00

Until Graham joined our family, Tim and me felt gypped in the snuggle department. Miles has never sat still enough to cuddle-- even to this day he won't.

Graham, on the other hand, can't get enough snuggles. He will cuddle anyone who will let him. He loves to nuzzle into your neck and burrow into your shoulder. He also gives the best open mouth slobber kisses on your cheeks.

I'm trying to cherish every moment I can because I know a day will come when he won't snuggle anymore. I just hope that day isn't for a long time.

Christmas PJs

2011-01-24T15:19:00.003-07:00

There is nothing cuter than matching Christmas pajamas. Scratch that. There IS something cuter-- watching my two boys interact with one another-- that is definitely cuter!

I love how Graham can not get enough of his older brother. You can tell he wants to just tag a long everywhere he goes. And, by the sounds of it you would think Miles tells the best jokes-- he's always got Graham giggling. Just love these two.

Crappy Day! (literally)

2011-01-19T13:39:00.005-07:00

READER BEWARE: do not read if you are easily offended or have a strong gag reflex to disgusting stories.

Yesterday was a phenomenon. I never knew there could be so much poop catastrophes. It started out with me kicking some of Gus's poop down our dark hallway as I stumbled to Miles bedroom at 4am to give him some medicine for his cough. Then in the early morning as I was poop scoopin' our patio Gus decided to lay a fresh one right next to my foot. He failed to mention it to me and I stepped into it with my BARE feet. Gross AND disgusting (and remarkable, right Teisha?) you say? Well it gets worse. So as I stumble to the tub to wash off my feet Gus decides to finish his poop job in the house. So now I'm trying to wash my fecal infested feet off, all the while trying to watch my children and keep Miles from playing in Gus's new poop in our house. FAIL. Of course Miles has to pick up some of his poop because I asked him not to and bring it to me in the bathroom. Okay so now we're cleaning off Miles' hands, my feet, bleaching the tub, and shampooing our carpets with pet cleaner. I can't stand the thought of my kids crawling around on the floor where Gus has done his deed.

So you can imagine my relief as I put both my boys down in the afternoon for their nap. I needed a break to breath and to further disinfect the kids' bathroom with lysol wipes. Well, that didn't last long. Miles woke up from his nap earlier than normal (like an hour and half earlier) so I decided to just let him have some quiet time in his room by himself so I could gather myself and recharge my batteries for the evening. WRONG IDEA! I should have known better. As I went to get Miles in his bedroom after his "quiet time" I was immediately killed over with the stench that waffed through the door. Then as I looked even closer at him I noticed dark brown stuff everywhere. At first I was thinking he went to bed with chocolate, but NO it was poop. POOP EVERYWHERE! In his hand, under his fingernails, all over his body, in his mouth & hair, all over the bed and sheets. I didn't know he could produce so much. The next hour is a big smeary blurr (pun intended). I raced him into the tub once again, thoroughly rinsed him off and then jumped in the shower myself and rinsed me off. All the while Graham is still sleeping. Then I decided to lock Miles in the playroom while I picked up his bedroom. At this point I about tossed my cookies. I almost didn't want to use our washing machine to clean up his bedding. What if our washer is never as clean again? After a few loads of crap coated blankets and running the washer with nothing but water and bleach I felt much better.

I was sure my stink-bug (pun intended again) child was going to wake up this morning with a bout of e. coli or giardia, but he seems unphased. I, however, am scarred for life. This "crappy" day will go down in the books as "the day of the poop". I know "sh*t happens", but really did it have to happen so much yesterday?

I will spare you pictures of the real thing, but it looked a bit like this.

Catchin' Up (sort of)

2011-01-04T16:14:00.003-07:00

After spending almost a month and a half in Utah, we're happy to be back home in our routine. While in Utah, Miles learned the ever annoying skill of climbing out of his pack-n-play so he spent most nights sleeping in a closet (I know it sounds neglectful, but we knew he would be safe and sleep in there-- AND-- he LOVED it-- weird kid!). Graham discovered the possibilities that awaited him by playing while sitting up right. Mom learned that she needs sleep and her husband to function. Tim learned that he missed us terribly while he was in Albuquerque without us and jumped aboard an earlier flight to be with us.

I know it's been a while since posting and I will eventually catch up with our many adventures over the last month, but until then I leave you with my child "sleep skiing".

Sleep skiing = not a good combo!

Bedtime Shenanigins!

2010-12-06T22:58:00.001-07:00

To say that my two little hooligans love their bath time would be an understatement...

...that is, until the comb enters into the situation.

But after the trauma of brushing his hair wears off he could sit in the bath until the water is frigid cold and his fingertips are all pruned out.

Smarty pants. He knows if he puts the bowl on his head we can't comb his hair anymore.

This little chub loves to kick his legs and splash with his arms. I usually look as if I went for a dip myself after I'm done bathing them. Not to mention the floor outside of the tub resembles a swimming pool because of all the splashing.

There's nothing like the night time sillies that emerge from Miles after his bath.

He's a one man show and it's entertaining enough I think I could start charging a fee for those that want to watch.

After the silliness is all wiggled out of him we attempt to calm things down with a book and prayer.

Tired boy-- getting ready to go to bed.

But not until after a snuggle with his older brother.

Night times are a riot at our house-- but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Back in Utah!

2010-11-29T13:18:00.011-07:00

Dinosaur Museum @ Thanksgiving Point

The perks of Tim's new job afforded us to spend two and half weeks back in Utah over the Thanksgiving break. While back in Utah we played with lots of friends and visited the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum (of which I have no photos-- it was an impromptu visit) and the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. I wasn't sure how Miles would react to the large statuesque bones, but as you can see in the photos below he was rather enthralled with the museum.

They have this great erosion table with water, sand and miniature plastic dinosaurs and I believe had we left the kids in that room by themselves they would have been entertained for hours upon hours.

Side note: the day after we arrived in Utah Tim and some friends went to the Bouncing Souls concert and he came home with matching t-shirts for the boys. As seen in the photos above and below.

Graham loves snugglin' with his aunt Meggy and Nana!

Another area the kids kept entertained in was the sand pit where they could dig and dust away dirt to discover bones hidden below.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this lady and her darling family.

The ever growing chubbalicious cheeks!

Sledding after "the great blizzard"

The night before this day of sledding it was believed to be one of the biggest blizzards in years. The University of Utah and a bunch of other businesses shut down early due to the warnings, but it ended up being just another typical Utah snow storm.

We left Graham inside with Nana to stay warm while we kicked around and threw snowballs at each other. Snow that sticks on the ground and stays there is not common in NM so this was a real treat for us.

1st time skiing

This day ranks up there with the birth of my two kids. Seriously the funnest day of skiing I've ever had-- and I didn't even ski-- I just watched.

Miles is a natural born skier-- there's no other way to put it! He LOVED every minute of it and still talks about it today-- 4 days later.

Happy as can be-- he never stopped smiling, talking and giggling.

This kid can rip and he's just about 22 month old. By far the littlest tike on the hill.

Mimi & Boppo!

2010-11-06T20:29:00.006-06:00

Grandma & Grandpa Vigil (Mimi & Boppo) visited us in NM and met Graham for the first time. Even though they were only here for couple of days we tried to cram in as much snuggle and play time as possible.

Those cheeks are definitely kissable. Graham's aren't all that bad either ;)

My boys snugglin'

Miles getting a push from Boppo and showing off his mad bicycle skills. Speaking of bikes, we went to the REI garage sale today and Miles spotted a skuut from across the store and immediately went to it. I'm seriously amazed at the coordination he has on bikes at such a young age. Santa is most likely bringing a bike this year. And a helmet. And knee pads. And wrist guards... you can never be too cautious with "MAD MILES".

After Grandma & Grandpa left Miles cried and thrashed about the house, but we're glad we got to spend a couple of lazy days with them.

Nope... still no trim! The afro is starting to grow on me.

Tales of a dragon and a little ducky

2010-11-01T21:15:00.006-06:00

Sandia Peak

Last weekend we took a drive up to the top of Sandia Peak with hopes to hike around, but once we reached the summit we quickly discovered that a quick jaunt would be all our kids could handle. It was FREEZING. And we really weren't equipped for winter hiking. I was wearing flip flops and we didn't have a coat for Graham.

So we bundled as much as we could and took a short walk up to the peak. The fog was beautiful. We will be returning with warmer clothing and better pictures-- our camera lens has been acting up so some of our pictures are from our phone and some are from the camera. Darn electronics.

Carving Pumpkins

Miles liked the idea of playing with pumpkins until Daddy starting butchering and de-gutting it, then he was terrified. The picture below was taking just before the terror began. I then had to put down the camera and save my child from Tim. He thought it was hilarious to scare him by holding pumpkin goop above his head. Awful.

Ward Halloween Party & Cupcakes

So I volunteered to bring cupcakes to our ward Halloween party and I may have gotten a bit ambitious with my baking. About half way through I was ready to be done, but with a good portion of the cakes not "dressed" for the occasion I had to plow through. I thought they turned out darling and would do it again. I've got some super cute ideas for Thanksgiving cupcakes. We'll have to see if I muster up the energy to do those as well.

Our ward went all out for Halloween. I've never been in a ward before that celebrates EVERY holiday. Maybe it's because most of us are New Mexico transplants and the ward is basically our family while here. :)

LOVE the tights. I know they're girly, but I don't care. He's too cute.

We have so many children in our ward and I underestimated how much candy we would need at the trunk or treat. We ran out in about 10 minutes. Next year we'll be more prepared.

Later that night Miles was playing with our trick-or-treat bowl and being the lax parents we sometimes are we let him. Then he decided he just needed to throw it and it shattered into a million shards. Smart. Real smart on our part. We win parent of the year award.

Such a smart and sweet brother Miles is. Graham was hating life in his costume and I really wanted to get a picture of the two of them together. This is the best we could manage. Miles apparently has seen mommy put her finger into Graham's mouth on occasion to calm him down so he decided to give mom a hand (or should I say, "finger?") in helping Graham calm down. Really sweet of him.

Historic Old Town

Fall Halloween Festival

The day after our trunk-or-treat gig at the church we met up with some of Tim's co-workers/friends at the Historic old town plaza. They had some fun activities for children, music and trick-or-treating at the shops all around. Miles spent the evening dancing to the bluegrass music and chasing the many dogs around. Fun night.

My sweet little duck.

My ferocious dragon.

And now I will leave you with a shaggalicious picture of my "dog the bounty hunter" child in the making. Seriously folks-- we have to do something about this hair. I feel I've been selfish long enough. The kid hates having his hair washed and combed. Furthermore, we have to use almost a palmful of conditioner to get through his snarls set in by food. It might be time to give it a trim. I said, "might". I'm not sure yet.

A First and A Last!

2010-10-25T14:10:00.001-06:00

After much lead up and anxiety about Miles' dreaded FIRST dentist appointment, he took it rather well. The first 10-15 seconds in the seat were the hardest until he realized that the brush was not hurting him. Then he realized the toothpaste tasted rather yummy and that kept his attention just long enough for the dentist to give his teeth a quick count and brush. All looked well. Phew.

Afterwards Tim and myself got a good scolding from the dentist for still allowing our child a bottle of milk each day. Shame on us! I tried explaining to our dentist about all of the change that has ensued over the last 2-3 months, with hopes that would cut me some slack, but she wasn't have any of it. I left the dentist feeling like the world's worst mom. I'm not putting this out here to receive validation or reassurance, but rather to ask you all what your child's first dentist appointments were like???

New things I learned or were told by our dentist (some of which I agree with and some I don't):

-My child should have stopped using a bottle by the age of one and a sippy cup by 18 months.

-My children should only nurse until one years old and then go straight to a sippy cup (now this I couldn't believe-- my Child's dentist, not pediatrician, telling me to stop nursing my child. Not sure that's her place to speak??? Peeved me a bit)

-I should straddle my Child's head every night on the ground to get a good brushing (what?!?! Like that's not traumatizing?)

-And lastly, from here on out all parents and guardians sit in the waiting room while their children receive services. (is this normal? I had never heard of such a thing.)

Anyway, so this brings me to the LAST part: Miles had his last bottle 5 days ago and we haven't looked back since. It didn't even affect him. It made me more sad than anything to think that my little baby is no longer that-- he's a little boy!

Next on our agenda to big boyhood-- taking the binky away. Wish us luck.

Graham sat in the corner of the exam room just smiling away. I think the twinkle in his eye says it all, "glad it's not me in that chair". Just love him.

More Visitors!

2010-10-18T15:00:00.010-06:00

After one month apart Miles and Grandma Wade were reunited in New Mexico. Even though their plane arrived late into the evening we felt it special enough to keep the kids up for the occasion.

Although the picture below is blurry I love it, nonetheless. He could hardly contain himself with excitement and ran to her with all of his might.

Kailee, Grandma and Miles reunited at last!

The weekend was short, but we packed it full of activity.

SHOWING AUNTY KA KA & GRANDMA THE PARK

After a ride down a hot slide, Miles has been terrified to play on any playground equipment. That was until this past weekend. Thanks to Kailee he is now a slide pro.

Graham absolutely adores his daddy. His giggles, gummy smiles and chubby cheeks make it extremely hard to not eat him up.

SANDIA MOUNTAINS & TRAM

Of course we had to take Grandma Wade and Kailee up the tram to check out the view. I was thinking the second time around Miles wouldn't be as scared of the Tram, but he was. While up at the top we met a family that are in our stake. We struck up a conversation with them after we noticed their BYU apparel. :) Small world.

I just wanted to take note of the picture above. Graham has gotten HUGE! When complete strangers ask how old my children are they are surprisingly alarmed when I tell them Graham is approximately 3.5 months. He could easily pass for a 6 month old.

Miles has been obsessed with "monk--eyes" (Monkeys) and he found this sock monkey hat that Aunty Teisha bought him and can not be separated from it.

WAGNER FARMLAND EXPERIENCE (CORN MAZE & PUMPKIN PATCH)

Wagner's farm is no Thanksgiving Point, but it sufficed our pumpkin patch needs. They had this really fun corn kernal box that the kids LOVED digging in. Could not pry Miles away from that.

I'm sure Miles is saying "ball" in the picture below. All pumpkins are balls to him.

SNUGGLING WITH GRANDMA

Grandma Wade came bearing gifts and toys. This new sock monkey is a fave around our house. We loved having Grandma Wade visit. Miles and Grandma have a special bond. There is something about their relationship and how they interact that I love witnessing. Maybe it's that they are both obsessed with each other. It was a rather sad this morning when we dropped Grandma and Kailee off at the airport. The drive home was solemn and tearful. We can't wait to see you guys at Thanksgiving. Love you.

Grandma Fuller Visits!

2010-10-11T15:03:00.012-06:00

After what seemed to be the fastest month of my life, Grandma Fuller decided to pay us a visit in NM. During her week and half stay we managed to squeeze in as much fun as possible.

TO THE PARK

The day after she arrived we headed up to our favorite park to see if we could catch a glimpse of all the hot air balloons in the sky. To our surprise we could see a bunch of them, but we decided we needed to make time for the fiesta so we could see the balloons up close.

Grandma Fuller came just in time to witness a bunch of milestones with Graham. The past week he began giggling and engaging everyone with his squinty eye'd smile.

TO THE ZOO

Peggy didn't know that while in town she was going to grow another appendage, but she welcomed it with open arms. Miles was attached to her hip the entire week and for almost every meal, diaper change, book reading, and prayer he just HAD to have Grandma Fuller.

The ABQ BioPark Zoo has the coolest kid zone play area. Unfortunately the day we went it was close for cleaning, but Miles thoroughly enjoyed the water spouting feature, nonetheless.

checking out the koi fish

RIDING THE TRAM

I would have never guessed that my brave little boy would have been terrified of the tram, but he did not like the idea of cramming into the small cart with 50 other people for a short 15 minute ride to the top. He eventually calmed down once in Daddy's arms and was able to look out the windows at all of the rocks.

It was absolutely beautiful at the top! I had heard the sunsets in Albuquerque were pretty, but from the top I would say it was down right gorgeous.

The Sandia Peak Tramway runs 2.7 miles along the Sandia Mountains. It has the longest single span of tram in the world. I believe the tram operator said from the second tram tower to the top was approximately 1.6 miles.

Our backyard is truly beautiful.

BALLOON FIESTA-- 1st Attempt

Our first attempt to see the Balloon Festival was on Thursday night to witness the after dark balloon glow, but due to high winds the event was cancelled. So we decided to make the best of it and eat delicious green chile breakfast burritos for dinner and walk around taking in all of the festivities.

BALLOON FIESTA-- 2nd Attempt

Because the event was "winded" out our tickets were good for any other day so we decided to return on Sunday morning for the final mass ascension and morning glow. Even though we had to wake the kiddies up at 5am in order to make it on time we were so glad we did it. Miles couldn't stop pointing and saying, "blooooonssss" (balloons).

Tired boys, but happy to be there.

When the balloons are filling up with air it's like "survival of the fittest". All of the balloons fight their way to get full and then once full of hot air they take off right there in front of you. It was so fun to watch all of the bright colored balloons ascend into the sky just inches away from us.

I don't know why I didn't take any pictures of them, but the last two days of Peggy's fun filled adventure Bill and Nate drove down to help us move and unpack. Such a huge help and now that we're somewhat settled I can't wait to get into the groove of this city and start finding fun things for the boys to participate in.

SAYING GOODBYE

We are so glad Grandma & Grandpa Fuller and Uncle Nate came to visit, but we were sad to see them leave. After they packed up their stuff into the car and headed out Miles came inside and cuddled (and if anyone knows my son they know he doesn't sit still long enough to cuddle) with me for almost 30 minutes crying out "nana". He loves his Grandma and we can't wait to see everyone at Thanksgiving. Thanks for visiting. Sure do love you guys.

8 years down

2010-10-02T02:07:00.000-06:00

Above are some of the most important things that have happened to us the last 8 years.

Eight years has gone fast! When I look back at the last eight years I think of everything we have accomplished and how far we've come. From living in subsidized housing and scraping by every month when we were first married to having two kids and being financially stable. It's crazy what 8 years, an education, the church, family and friends can do for you. So here's to 8 and eternity more. Love you babe.

Proud Sista!

2010-10-01T13:15:00.002-06:00

I have to toot my little sister's horn. She just recently moved to NYC, contracted with a firm to model, dance, act, sing-- you name it. This past week she auditioned to be a dancer for Kayne West and his SNL gig and SHE GOT IT!

So this coming Saturday (October 2nd) she will be a dancer on SNL. Everyone tune in to support her. I'm a seriously proud Sister.

Way to go Wick!

Santa Fe & Friends

2010-09-28T14:20:00.006-06:00

Because Tim gets every other Friday off we decided to book it on up to Santa Fe for a weekend getaway. It was rather spontaneous and after multiple phone calls I was finally able to arrange a hotel room for us and just as we were pulling into town. It was a "special" weekend the concierge told us. The Wine and Chile Fiesta was going on and most hotels were booked out. What he failed to mention was that the Wine and Chile Fiesta attracted the geriatric crowd. As you can imagine we and our huge stroller and cute kiddies were a huge hit everywhere we went. The old people couldn't get enough of our two little ones.

Besides the fact that we didn't fit in we still managed to soak up the history of this small town. We of course had to visit the Loretta Chapel and the mysterious staircase. Apparently the original architect died shortly after the chapel was completed, but before the staircase was built to the loft area. According to the historical plaques some strange man walked into the chapel one day and said he would build them a staircase, but needed utter silence and privacy. He locked himself in the room for 3 months and when he was done he left. His identity is not known. What is so mysterious about this stair case is that it has no supports running up the middle, no screws, the wood is from some unknown region (no where near Santa Fe) and the staircase has 33 steps from bottom to top (the same number as Jesus was when he died). Truly amazing architecture.

Hanging out back at the hotel-- getting ready to go swimming. As you can see Graham has multiples scratches to the left side of his face. You guessed it-- they're from Miles. He tends to reach over in the stroller and gouge at his face to steal his binky from him. I feel like a referee more than a mom on most days. :)

I just wanted to point out what the hotel called a crib. I would be more inclined to call them a set prop from the movie, "The Shining". Seriously, they were ancient, rackity and most likely full of lead paint. More importantly, they didn't contain our little 20 month old monkey. After a two hour giggle-fest he finally settled down and went to sleep in Tim's arms. Uggh! Next time we're bringing our own pack-and-play. Live and learn.

Onto a better note, Miles has found a really good friend here in ABQ. We just had them over today to play while the mommies made freezer jam and homemade marinara sauce. It's so nice to have some friends here with the same age of children.

Not to mention that they play so well together. So fun to watch them interact.

Life is good.

2010-09-20T14:03:00.005-06:00

Parks & New Friends!

I've only discovered a few parks here, but the ones we've been to have been fairly descent. There is an awesome park within a 2 minute walk for our apt. Miles has made some friends in our ward and thus we've had some park play-dates with them. Speaking of our ward-- it's AWESOME! I was a little uncertain our first Sunday here, because there is a whole slew of children, but I think it's good. I was a bit concerned at first because I didn't want Miles to be a number and get lost amongst all of the other children, but we've got some great nursery leaders and this past Sunday was Miles first week in the nursery all by himself. I think it helped to have his new buddy there to keep him company.

Picky Eater!

Don't let this picture fool you-- he really hates food! I would say his diet still consists of Campbell Soup Noodle O's and applesauce. Occasionally he will eat a cookie, but only sometimes. Crazy kid.

He LOVES to eat his Noodle O's off of his chubby little fingers. It takes forever to eat this way, but hey I'll take it. At least he's getting some kind of food in his belly. Sometimes dinner takes upwards of 45 minutes because he HAS to feed himself ONE-NOODLE-AT-A-TIME!

ABQ ZOO

Our first Saturday in ABQ we decided to check out the zoo. Let me say this, it is WAY cooler than Hogle Zoo. Even if you do have to drive through the ghetto to get to it. We've been to a few zoos and this was the first time Miles really got it (I think). He took an interest in the animals and chose to roar at all of them. Apparently all animals roar in Miles mind.

This was Graham's first time to the Zoo and he could have cared less. As long as he has a clean diaper, and mommy to nurse he's happy anywhere. Because we liked the zoo so much we decided to purchase an annual pass. The pass is also good for the ABQ Botanical Gardens and Aquarium so we will definitely be using it a lot. We can't wait to go back and feed the fish in the koi pond.

Just Monkeying Around

Miles thinks it's just about the funniest thing to take all of the cooking equipment out of the drawers. Because we are living in this corporate furnished apartment temporarily we can't really baby proof the drawers and I'm REALLY look forward to doing so once we're settled into our somewhat permanent place.

Peek-a-boo

Swimming

Nothing like dipping in the pool on a hot day. This past Saturday we took Graham swimming for the first time. I thought he was going to scream and hate every minute of it. I was wrong. Not one squeak came out of him. I think he enjoyed it just as much as the rest of us.

Miles has no fear of the water. He has no fear of anything. We've taken him swimming a handful of times back in Utah at the rec. center, but this time around he was jumping off of the side of the pool by himself (Tim was standing in the water right there next to him). We definitely need to get him into swimming classes.

I just wanted to point out that we DO have grass here. Almost our entire apartment complex has grass. We love it! However, I'm not loving living out of boxes, using dull knives and light-weight pans to cook (am I a snob or what?). We are looking forward to moving into our 3 bedroom- 2 car garage apartment mid-October. It can't come soon enough. Overall, all is well and Tim is ABSOLUTELY LOVING HIS JOB! What else could we ask for?

Timeouts = Sad Boy

2010-09-13T15:57:00.007-06:00

Okay so I know this picture is really sad, but it's about time Miles realizes that timeout is not a desirable place. Up until the last couple of weeks he's put himself into timeout without any fight, but today he was not so happy. On a side note-- I think it may be time to start thinking about a haircut. Yesterday at church he was called a little girl 4 times despite his pants and button-up shirt. And speaking of church, the gospel is strong here in Albuquerque. With 77 children in primary alone and another 28 in nursery I don't think we'll ever have an issue finding a playmate down here.

And on a church related side note-- just when you think church is a place of refuge from your husbands work, you realize 2/3 of the members also work at Sandia and they want to ask your husband all sorts of work related questions. No joke, 2-3 people came up to him yesterday and had questions related to their own job and were inquiring Tim's help in understanding it.

Greetings from New Mexico

2010-09-10T20:13:00.006-06:00

Where to start? These past two weeks have been full of activity. Some happy. Some sad. And some exciting. First off, we blessed Graham the Sunday before we left Utah. Tim's parents, so graciously, let us have the blessing gathering at their house after wards. They spruced the yard up with grass and a beautiful wood deck for the event. It was such a relaxing afternoon with family and friends and it kept my mind off of the events in which were going to occur the next day. The following morning the movers came and packed all of our stuff into boxes and loaded them into a 75 foot semi truck. Who knew we could fit almost 75 feet worth of stuff in our tiny town home?

That next week we were homeless and living out of boxes. We spent a good amount of time hanging out at the grandparent's houses and I'm pretty sure Miles had no problem with that.

Because we weren't busy enough, we scheduled Graham's 2nd month doctor's appointment and our assumptions of him being one big chunky dude were confirmed.

Weight: 13 lbs. (80-85 percentile)

Height: 24 inches (90 percentile)

In the mix of moving I forgot to take Graham's 2 month pictures with his elephant in the rocking chair, so this picture will have to do until we are able to recover our stuff animal goods from storage.

Saying goodbye to Utah was a bit tougher than expected. There were tears (from me) and sweat (from Tim because he was definitely working the hardest to make sure we got out of town on time). The boys did awesome in the car ride down. They were troopers, really. However, the binky has made many appearances in dire straits. Usually he gets his binky during nap and night times, but it has been a constant companion for Miles the past week. I think we are all looking forward to getting back into the routine of things.

Once we arrived, we began our search for a permanent place to live. After scouring the internet for months leading up to our move we got down here to discover that the houses I picked out would not work out due to location reasons. The last five days we have spent time driving around looking at a bajillion houses to buy or rent. It has been frustrating to say the least and for the time being we have decided to stay put where we are until we get a better idea of where we would like to be. The boys know no difference and seem to be adjusting quite well. Miles loves to swim in the pool and play with the many rocks (which there will never be a shortage of around these parts).

It's crazy how the smallest things can make you feel like you're at home again. I don't know why I thought New Mexico wouldn't have some of the same stores as Utah, but I did. Besides the obvious of missing family and friends we miss the following: (and if you figure out how to send some our way, please feel free to do so) :)

Concretes from Nielsen's Frozen Custard

Onion rings from Pace's Dairy Ann

Grass in large quantities

Cafe Rio salads

Parks/LDS chuches on just about every corner

Little Cottonwood Canyon

Knowing where everything is

Park City

Clean neighborhoods

But most of all (and I thought I would NEVER say this) we miss Tug! He is dearly missed here in New Mexico and we can't wait to be reunited with him (whenever that is).

Changes

2010-09-01T15:58:00.003-06:00

Miles being wild as usual

Tug chillin' at Graham's blessing gathering

Graham keeping me company as the movers pack up the bedroom

Our life has been all about changes, especially the last two months. With me quitting my job, giving birth and welcoming our little Graham into our family, putting our house on the market, selling our house (and all the chaos that comes with the ups and downs of the market right now), packing boxes, setting up living arrangements in New Mexico, changing our already set-up living arrangement in New Mexico at the last minute, blessing Graham, throwing goodbye/blessing gatherings, saying goodbye to our ward, family & friends, staying up countless hours in the evenings with Graham it all comes to this point today... TIM IS FINALLY DONE WITH SCHOOL! He defended his dissertation this morning and it was accepted with few to little changes. I now have to refer to him as Dr. Fuller. There is no turning back-- we are well on our way to New Mexico!

Nicknames

2010-08-27T12:49:00.004-06:00

"G-Money"

"Graham Cracker"

"Grunty McGrunterson"

"Ham"

"Mister mister"

"M-Dawg"

"M Bone Capone"

"Cracker Jack"

"Me-Lays"-- said how Miles would be in Spanish. Thanks to Miguel Lilyquist for that nickname.

Bon Voyage Partay!

2010-08-23T13:23:00.010-06:00

We've had much to celebrate around these parts and felt it needed a little celebratory party. First off, we're celebrating Tim's accomplishment of FINALLY finishing his PhD, my birthday, and lastly our move to "the land of enchantment".

What party is complete without friends...

...family snuggling/meeting Graham...

...sassy teenage girls wearing oversized sunglasses...

...family...

...some daddy playing/flying time...

...a pinata for the kiddos...

...bicycle rides...

... a cakewrecks worthy cake...

apparently they can only spell "engineer" correct once on this cake.

... an endearing speech and Spanish birthday serenade by your sweet grandpa...

...sombreros... (I love the picture below, but hate that it's blurry. However, that just depicts my daily life with this kid. He's CONSTANTLY on the go)

... and last, but not least, what party is complete without this little peanut running around causing all sorts of havoc. We are beyond sad to leave Utah, but are excited about the adventures that await us in Albuquerque.

Bon Voyage Utah! (but not until September 5th)

Time-Out

2010-08-17T16:03:00.003-06:00

Not exactly the face you would expect from someone that has visited the time-out mat for the 87th time that day. Apparently he thinks it's fun to sit on the mat. Ugggh. He also thinks it's funny to bite mommy's toes while nursing, and to pinch Graham's arms. Yep-- I can no longer say that my sweet little boy has not been aggressive with his sweet little brother. We're well onto our way into what they say is the "terrible twos". Wish us luck. :)

More Family Pics

2010-08-11T14:50:00.003-06:00

I guess we've felt the need to squoosh as much family picture time in as possible before we leave for New Mexico. Consequently the pictures end up here on the blog. These again were taken by my awesome and talented cousin and are the unedited versions. I can't wait to hang some of them on my walls in my new home in Albuquerque. :)

Sisters-- love these gals.

Always a challenge to get a good shot with the wild Miles man. He apparently has other important things to do, like play in the water and throw rocks.

sweet baby boy.

How's a mom to choose her favorite among the next three photos?

Seriously, how do I choose?

All Sorts of Get Togethers!

2010-08-09T13:35:00.010-06:00

Goodbye Work Get Togethers

First up, my work celebrated with lunch, a slide show of pictures of my time spent at the foundation and cake. So sad to say goodbye to these folks. I almost made it without crying until I looked at my friend Nikki and then I BROKE DOWN!

Tim's office also had a little BBQ up Millcreek Canyon to not only say goodbye to him, but a few other people as well. Everyone brought food from their perspective cultures. We tried some delicious authentic Indian food and some Iranian yogurt/milk and chicken kebobs. DELISH!

K.C. is from India and he's returning there within a week to meet and marry his wife. Such a nice guy-- and he LOVED to play with Miles. I know it doesn't look like it in the picture above, but Miles ran circles around K.C. and practically forced him to pay attention to him.

Tim works with some of the nicest folks.

Of course, Graham slept through the entire occasion.

Fuller Family Camp Trip/Tubing at Southfork

This past Christmas Sabrina gave everyone in the family the gift of a camp trip. Although we were unable to do the actual camping we went up during the day to join in the festivities.

Miles liked the idea of wearing the life vest, but once inside the frigid cold water on top of dad in the tube it was a different story. Tim struggled to keep him on the tube the entire way down. Good thing the water moved at the pace of a snail and it was only 2 inches deep (no joke-- Tim said his butt was dragging on the bottom).

Enjoying his itty bitty camp chair.

Fuller Family Fotos

These are not the professional pictures. These are the ones I took and as you can see Logan didn't want to cooperate.

Take note of the squinty eyed boy on the right. Love him.

Aidan and Graham

Addy and Miles

Addy and Aidan

Jack and Marcus

Grandma & Graham

1 Month Already!

And actually he's closer to 6 weeks now that I'm actually getting around to posting this. At his 2 week appointment he was roughly 50th percentile in everything and had almost gained a pound since his birth. Since then he has grown like a little bean sprout and at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if he weighs 30 lbs. at his 2 month appointment.

Hanging at Home

Meggy has become a frequent visitor again. She loves to snuggle Graham and play with Miles and I just know these two boys are going to miss her tons when we move. Speaking of which, we close on our home September 1st and will be making the trek down to "the land of enchantment" soon after.

Funny kid. I have to be careful with this kiddo, because he thinks it's hilarious to put EVERYTHING on his head and walk around blind bumping into everything.

Fire Truck Park

After reading Sabrina's post about this park we decided to check it out. What a fun park it was. When it was time to leave Miles had a caniption fit! I mean total and utter break down-- kicking, screaming, biting, clawing. I've never seen this before and again couldn't help but hold back the laughter as I was strapping my unruly child into his car seat as other moms were watching me leave. Motherhood is glorious sometimes, isn't it?

Maybe part of the reason he didn't want to leave was because he found a little puppy prison love. This little girl and Miles were talking, giggling and holding hands through the fence and I had flash forwards to what my life is going to be with this little Rico Suave.

Later that day, we decided to return to the park after nap time and to show Dad what a cool place it was.

Sunday Family BBQ

What a sweet snuggle bug Graham is. Miles NEVER cuddled even at this age. We are loving every minute of it.

As you can see Grandma and Grandpa Fuller have been busy building a deck and of course Miles loves to play in the construction mess. Always fun to visit/play/eat with family. In fact, I think Miles had SOOOO much fun yesterday that he equates that purple shirt he was wearing with fun now. Today he has brought that shirt to me almost 18 times out of the laundry basket asking me to put it on him and then he leads me to the door with his hand and says "bye bye".