The Last Clue

Days Until Christmas

My Mom gave all the grandkids this advent calendar after Thanksgiving. Calvin asks me to open "Christmas Cookies" every morning. We just finished it today (we are one day ahead because one box didn’t have a chocolate in it). I gave it to Calvin and he ripped it up in hopes of finding one more chocolate.

We are all excited for Christmas. Especially Calvin... actually Calvin doesn’t understand but Bryce is sure excited about Calvin's Christmas. He keeps asking if we can open it yet. I have to keep telling him no! Every night he says to me... 4, 3, 2 more days until I get to put Calvin's gift together:) There is nothing like Christmas in the eyes of a child... even if he is 30 years old (Bryce turned 30 on December 7th. Happy Birthday!) You will just have to watch for the Christmas post to see what Calvin is getting for Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Music Man

I used to be the primary chorister in our ward before Simon was born. This was one of the songs I had to teach the primary. I sang it a lot in the car. Bryce started singing it with Calvin tonight. We didn't realize how much he knows. I guess he really does listen.
Don't mind my voice... maybe thats why they released me :)

50 Miles!!!

Me and my wonderful husband that supported me in this crazy idea. He ran the last mile with me on my second leg. Boy was I glad to see him after running 5 miles in the middle of nowhere!

The Team!! We are so awesome! From left to right: Dan Haber (brother in law), Richard (brother), Trent (brother), Brett Rosen (friend and marathon runner) and me! We cant forget Laura too. She drove us everywhere! She was also sitting in the car with my baby during this picture.

This is Brett finishing the 50 miles! We did it 6 hours and 33 minutes... obviously you can see from the picture. Thanks to Brett, we ran at an average of 8.5 minute miles. My first leg was 3.88 miles. My second mile supposed to be 5.22 miles but they underestimated it and it turned out to be 6 miles.
I guess I should explain what we did. We ran a 50 mile relay race. The team of five each had two legs to run. We all ran about 10 miles total. I decided I have fallen in love with relay races. I love being part of a team that is cheering you on. I also love driving in the car, going crazy, trying to find the next point before our runner shows up... Thanks Laura for putting up with all of us! Love ya!

He is Two!!

This picture tells all how Calvin is finally two. He has hit the stage where he wants to do everything by himself! You can tell he got himself ready for bed. He also has to be wearing shoes. We have to take them off his feet after he falls asleep. He is cute though.
We celebrated his birthday with the Huffs on Saturday (during the BYU vs UofU game) and we celebrated on Sunday with the Baggaleys.
Here are some of the things we love about Calvin:

• He says "Its Done" when the microwave goes off
• He says "Mommy, Simon best friend"
• He is pretty good at soccer already... could even beat his Uncle Daniel
• He calls Bryce "Bryce Daddy"
• He throws things at you and says "catch"
• He yells everything! "Daniel, Taylor"
• Any kind of liquid is "chocolate milk"
• He always says thank you
• He sometimes sleeps through the night :) Still working on that one
• He is always happy in the mornings

We love Calvin!

Mr. Simon is Three Months!

Simon under our undecorated Christmas Tree. We finally gave in and bought a fake one.

I love this little kids smile. He is such an easy baby. Bryce calls him our social butterfly. If anyone gives him attention, he starts laughing and talking and smiling.

My Little Helpers!

I thought these cowboy pictures were so cute. I had to post them. This is all Calvin's doing.

How could anyone not think this boy is so cute :) Even with the messy face.

Simon sits on my bed and watches me fold laundry. I walked in and he was holding his hands like this. He just has such a wise peaceful little spirit.

Calvin is my little helper with cleaning. He is starting to clean his room all by himself! My favorite is when he helps me clean the bathroom and he brings the dish towels in and wipes the inside of the toilet with them... don't worry, they were thrown away ;)

This is how I found Calvin sleeping. He did start out on the couch.

Yes he is standing up.

Simon's Blessing / Pictures

There a lot of pictures on this post. I didnt want to leave any cute ones out :) And my sister that lives away has never seen Simon.
Simon was blessed today in church. It was a beautiful blessing. What a big day for him. I am thankful for the family members that were able to come.
Kristi took family/newborn pictures for us about two weeks ago. As usual she did an amazing job! Thanks Kristi!

I will Title This Post "Sleeping"

Calvin is a kid who has lots of energy. When he is tired, he crashes! He was doing a puzzle in his room and all the sudden it was silent. This is how we found him.

I just barely opened the computer to look at something online. I turned around and Calvin had fallen asleep on it.

Now you know where Calvin gets it. This is a usual night. Bryce is supposed to read to Calvin and then put him to bed. There are many times when it turns silent and I walk in and both of them are asleep. (sometimes Bryce is asleep and Calvin is awake just looking at him :)