What a Mess!

I just had to post these pictures of my two mischievous little boys. We made the mistake of giving Brigham a taste of brown sugar and now we have a sugar addict on our hands! I don't blame him... that stuff is good! He has gotten into the brown sugar before; he once ate it in the living room and spread the mess all over! I was so mad. This time though, he brought Taft into the fun and all I could do was laugh. I should have known that they were up to something by the

absolute silence I heard as I descended the stairs to check on

them. So the sugar has been relocated and we're rethinking our baby-proofing methods, but you know they'll just find something else to get

into. I must sound like an absolutely absent mother who never watches after her children... it's not true! My boys and I are together about 99.9% of the day, but a girls gotta shower! Any ideas on how to keep these stinkers out of trouble while I bathe?

BINK

This is a funny video of Brigham's imaginative side.

He's asking me to take a picture of something...

On Sunday, Brigham asked me to take a picture of something.

It may be gross to some...

He asked me to take a picture of his stinky.

Can we do it??

We are going to attempt to build this.... It's a knock off from Pottery Barn from a website called ... you guessed it ... knockoff wood. Do you think we can do it? Wish us luck!

Out Little Boys' Easter Outfits

Misty scored on finding some great deals on some ties and a sweater vest for the boys. Here are some pics, enjoy! (Oh, and Brigham fell and bonked it head at one point, so he was only happy for the first bit.)

Here's some more.

Professional Photoshoot

Here are some pics from what I like to call my "professional" photoshoot. Even, though I'm nowhere near a professional, I can dream, right?

Busy Baby Boy

Cold at the Cabin

It’s going to take a little while to post our Christmas Eve and Christmas day photos because our camera was broken by a certain little boy of mine. Apparently Brigham thought it was a good idea to go through my diaper bag item by item and throw everything up and over his head. Everything survived the trauma except the one thing I cared about... our camera! Anyway, we had to buy a disposable camera for the holiday. I wasn’t sure those even still existed, it’s been so long since I’ve used one, but they do!

So, we’ll skip the Christmas post and get to our trip to my parents cabin. The day after Christmas we went out and bought a real camera, since we’d already used up the disposal, and then went to the cabin. It was wonderful and COLD! We had a great time playing games, watching ridiculous Lifetime movies, and sitting by the fire.

Happy 8 month birthday Taft!

My sweet boy is 8 months old today! Here are a few of his achievements and favorites:

-Walking along furniture

-can stand without holding onto anything for about 4 seconds

-LOVES bathtime

-HATES getting dressed (just like his brother!)

-climbs the stairs (don’t worry... we have a gate!)

-loves having his picture taken

-LOVES LOVES LOVES to clap and bounce... at the same time (this makes him fall over, it’s hilarious!)

-has 8 teeth!

-chews like a puppy

Thanksgiving

I figure I better report on thanksgiving quickly before Christmas arrives! We had an awesome Thanksgiving with the Smith family. I felt like a real mother/wife this year because I contributed three of my own dishes to the meal and worked in the kitchen all the way until the meal was ready! This girl is growing up! For dessert I made this yummy masterpiece... it was my first experiment!

The boys had a blast playing with their cousins. They were so good, Tyler managed to squeeze in a short nap while they were playing and I was chatting. It was so nice to spend a day with my family, working with my sisters and mom to create a beautiful meal. This Thanksgiving was my favorite yet. I guess I’m just getting older and more sentimental or something! I can’t wait till next year!