Accidental Buzz Cut .... Again!

Let me start from the beginning. When P was little, we decided it was time for a haircut. J pulled out the trusty electric razor and all of it's many accouterments. We ended up a tad confused as to which length to use and ended up butching off ALL of his hair. It was a sad day. My mom was upset and I was too, kind of.

Anyway, TAKE 2. I was gone to work and J decided to give E a haircut ALONE. Silly boy, that was his first mistake. Anyway, E wiggled A LOT and lets just say, it ended up getting butched pretty badly. J waited for me to get home from work and we finished up the job. Anyway, here are a couple of photos.

(By the way, don't miss the post below where I have comparison shots of P and E & their buzz cuts!)

Totally not willing to smile. We had just gotten to J's families house and he was still being shy and wouldn't crack a smile for anyone. He warmed up fairly quickly and became fast friends with J's sister and her family. :-)

Buzz Cut Comparison

E at 10 months

P at about 10-11 months.

(My picture storage on my computer wasn't nearly as "organized" then as it is now. Hence, the guess on his age. Now I organize all pictures taken my month and year.)

Happy Mother's Day To Me!!! and You!!!

Look what my sweetie got for me!!! J's sister is an awesome jewelery designer and maker and J had her make this for me! I love it! Each side has one of our names on it. It also includes a pearl which is my birthstone! Thank you so much, H and J!!!! :-)

To check her stuff out on Etsy, click HERE!!

31 Interesting (and maybe not so interesting) Things About Our Birthday Boy, J!

1. He is an amazing artist!
2. He is the best daddy in the world. The boys love him SO much!
3. He is the youngest of 5 kids. He has 2 sisters and 2 brothers.
4. He has had a very close relationship with his Grandma Lloyd.
5. He served a mission for the LDS church in England, Manchester.
6. He taught his father to love watching Spongebob Squarepants. Much to the dismay of his mother! ;-)
7. He is willing to try any type of food at least once.
8. We haven't found much that he doesn't like.
9. He served in the Elder's Quorum presidency (as both counselors and secretary) for a consecutive 5 years!
10. He loves to workout but doesn't get much of a chance with P constantly leaping on him the second he gets on the floor to workout.
11. He loves to work with his hands.
12. He enjoys working in the outdoors doing all types of yard work.
13. He is known for starting projects that end up being a lot larger than anyone anticipated! :-)
14. He's never gotten over the loss of his Dodge Spirit after the car accident. He got t-boned by an old lady and it totaled his car. :'-(
15. He has an amazing knowledge of stars and astronomy.
16. He loves to learn about the gospel and delve deep into doctrine and the revelations of the 2nd Coming.
17. He is not a lover of sweets. (How did he manage to get me? I eat my helping of sugar and his too!)
18. He has an amazing relationship with his mother. It was one of the things that solidified my decision that he was "the one!"
19. When he decides to learn about something, he goes all the way. He reads anything he can get his hands on to learn about it.
20. He suffers with dyslexia and we've discovered recently that he also has dysnomia. Dysnomia is a condition that affects the memory and word finding. This totally explains his extreme difficulty with coming up with words at times and his difficulty remembering names. It is nice to finally have a name for it.
21. He injured himself A LOT growing up. One incident that remains the "most remembered" by his family is when he fell out of a tree. He fell and impaled his arm on a tree branch, the branch ripped out of his arm and left a very large wound. They were in the middle of nowhere in the mountains. The raced to the car and his dad raced down the mountain to the hospital. They say he was lucky because the tree branch managed to miss his major artery. We've got a blessed man on our hands.
22. He prefers to be a homebody. ... And usually, so do I.
23. He has an eye for photography but doesn't have the time or proper equipment to do it. We'll leave that up to his brother, Shane. He is AWESOME!
24. He loves to read about the gospel and discuss it with people.
25. He currently serves as the 1st Counselor in the Sunday School Presidency.
26. He has a love for trees and plants. He, as his family would say, was obsessed with Bonsai trees when he was younger. He loves to prune trees and care for them.
27. When we'd been married for about 9 months, he talked his brother into getting him two hamsters for his birthday. Of course, they didn't check with me first and just did it. I wasn't very thrilled but decided to allow the vermin to enter my home. Not long after, J decided he was going to breed hamsters for his work, McKee's pet store. In not a very long period of time, two hamsters became A LOT of hamsters. At one point we had 7 fish tanks full of hamsters and their babies. He finally got rid of the hamsters when P was about 3 or 4 months old. I was one happy girl! :-)
28. He loves to do all types of projects. Drawing, painting, sculpting, woodworking, home improvement, etc.
29. He loves to drive through big puddles during rain storms. He knows it drives me crazy and he still does it. Oh well. :-)
30. He loves his parents and siblings a lot. He tries to keep in contact with them the best he can and loves when they call him too! We are blessed to have them in our lives.

AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST

31. He has a testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He serves faithfully in callings. He is an amazing man who honors his Priesthood. We are blessed to have him in our lives. We love you J aka Daddy! :-)

Reminiscing

I've been thinking that E has pictures of him on this blog from a tiny rice seed ultrasound pic to current and that P doesn't. I want to turn this into a book eventually and I don't want P to feel left out. So, I think I'm going to share a few of his young baby pictures and memories.

When P was just a month or two, he slept like this a lot. We always got a kick out of it!

Getting burped after eating. He is only 3 days old in this picture! We were still trying to breastfeed at this point. I gave up a few days later because he wasn't getting anything, I was completely engorged, and I was suffering from postpartum. Anyway, we decided that I need to simplify and take away any unnecessary stress.

Peek-a-boo! I love this little man! He was content for quite a while to just hang out in the basket while we cleaned his room! :-)

I'm pretty sure he is about a week old in this picture. Sweet tiny guy. Amazing how quickly they grow.

Just barely a year old in this picture. This is after I came home from Girl's Camp. I remember seeing him (after being gone for 3 days) and just started bawling. It seemed like he'd grown a foot! Not really, but I think you all know exactly what I mean and feel.

A very happy and satisfied face after getting to drink his very first bottle. He'd been starving because mom's milk machine wasn't working the way we wanted it to. He was only a week old but he totally smiled. He finished the bottle, belched an enormous burp, completely filled his diaper with poop, and gave this big smile. It was cute!

This is Christmas Day 2006. I never realized just how chubby of a baby he was until later after he had thinned down. WOW! Gotta love those cheeks! :-)

J and I found this hat and loved it! We called it his Elmer Fudd hat and we made him wear it A LOT. Another favorite thing about this picture is his chubby arms and rubber-band wrists!

Check out this SWEET Mohawk after his bath!

Cute chubbers having a bath. This kid has always loved bath time and splashing away.

Best Buds

These two are inseparable. (Sometimes to daddy's dismay because he just wants to sit and relax.) They play together, they mow the lawn together, they do other yard work together, they snack together, they watch cartoons together, etc. I love these two guys so much. I know that E is just itching to join in on the fun. Once he gets mobile, look out you two, double the fun! :-)

Oh How P Has Grown

I have nothing to really blog about so I was trying to figure out something to do. I started looking at the past several years of pictures and it just amazes me how much P has grown up. He isn't my baby anymore! :'-( *Sniff*

Here is our cute little stinker at about 4 months or so.

(November-ish 2006) Such a sweet face.

Sweet guy loving some food. Note the piece of cheerio on his chin. :-)

(March 2007)

Hanging out in the window watching the squirrels. OOOOHH!

(March 2008)

Lounging in the laundry basket with his doodle pad. Such a funny guy!

(March 2009)

Silly guy put a toy on his ear. I'm amazed at the difference between now and last year. My little boy, my toddler, is no longer. He's a big boy!

(March 2010)