4 YEARS!!

Today Jason and I are celebrating our 4 year anniversary!!! I seriously can't believe it has been 4 years. I am so incredibly grateful to my Father in Heaven for an amazing husband and father to our son (and little one on the way). Thanks for all of the help while I've been sick babe. He gets up with Jack every morning so I can sleep; plus a million other things... he's only in Law School...ya know, he doesn't have much on his plate. :/

We have had a really great and crazy year... in the last year (and two weeks) we have had a baby, moved three times, started grad school, and have another baby on the way... that's a lot of change in a year. Thankfully, I think it has brought us closer.

Happy Anniversary Sweets!! :)

Happy FIRST Birthday Jack!!!!!

Jack celebrated his first birthday on Tuesday. My baby is ONE!!!!! Really, I can't believe it. Where did the time go????? I had to reflect back a little... he was only three days old here. Awwwww... my sweet baby.

My mom and Caroline came down for his big day and it was so fun having them here. He got some great presents, cards, and gift cards. THANKS EVERYONE!! He got a monster birthday cake. He sat and starred at the cake for a good ten minutes. I was worried it was going to be a very uneventful birthday cake experience, but Jason took charge and dipped Jack's hands in it and made him lick the frosting. Once he got a taste he wasn't so reserved.

A little monster birthday cake

I really wasn't too sure if he was going to even try it :/

Finally, he tasted a little...

Hmmmm....

Not too bad...

YUM!

He liked feeding Jason the best, though.

All done!

My mom did his birthday table.

Opening presents...

A walker toy!!! He LOVED it! He got right up and started pushing it.

Halloween!!!

I remember last year hoping that Jack would come for Halloween, but no such luck! SO this year was his first Halloween. He looked so cute in his little pirate costume!!!!

Arg!!!! Trick-or-treat!

This is his new cheeser smile. It's so funny, he shows all of his teeth.

Fall Break...California!

A little late... but here are some pictures of our trip to California. We went to visit my aunt, uncle and cousins for Jason's fall break and Jay and Jess decided to meet us there! It was so fun... besides the fact that I started to get sick while we were there.

Santa Monica

Sweet Boy

Ely, Bunny, and Me

This is so sweet of Jace and Jack. They are going to be great friends.

Ready or not....

Our little one... The ultrasound tech said at this point it looks just like a little gummy bear because it just has little nubs as arms and legs (which apparently start to form in about a week). Amazing something so tiny can make someone so sick! It was cool to be able to see it though, we didn't get an early ultrasound like this with Jack.

Arizona Update

It's finally starting to cool down a little here... meaning it's now 95* so it's tolerable outside. So here comes the good weather for us and the crappy weather for Utah... come on down!!!!!!!

Also, as most of you know (because i'm such a baby about it) we have had scorpions! AHHHH! I decided the reason they are so freaky (besides the fact that they are totally gross looking, have pinchers, and a stinger) is because we don't have them in Utah. You picture them being in the middle of the desert (yes, I know i'm in the middle of the desert) but the homes and palm trees are deceiving to this fact. We have found two in the house and SEVERAL on our property. Jason, being the good and protective husband and father that he is has become a self-proclamed "Scorpion Slayer". He is pretty good at it too. He will say, "OK babe I'm going to go out and do some killing", then he'll grab his black light (they glow in the dark and are visible with a black light, ewwwww) and his Moses Stick (it's a large staff that was left in the garage that we now know the purpose for) and he will go "hunting". It's quite a funny sight (see picture below).

Some of you have asked to see some video of Jack so here are a couple of videos. My baby is so big! Bye for now!

Swimming!

EWW... I can't even scroll down this far because I can't even look at it!!!!

My Scorpion Slayer!

This is how he wakes up.... most of the time. So cute :)

We're back!!!!

Hello from hot and sunny Arizona. We finally have internet!!!! So here are a few pictures of the inside of our house...and a few misc things from the last month of our summer (see other post below). Things here are going pretty well. We are so blessed to have such a nice place to live (compared to all the other places we have lived in), because Jason is gone a lot, so Jack and I spend a lot of time at home because it's so blasted hot outside!

This summer has brought some pretty crazy things. Living in Arizona hadn't even entered my mind until we got the call from ASU, but I'm happy to report we like it here. We REALLY miss everyone at home, but I believe we are here for a reason so I'll make the best of it :).

Jack has been such an amazing little traveler!!!! So many car rides and then searching and searching for a place to live... once we finally stopped and moved in here he started crawling. I can't believe it, my baby is crawling! He is so funny... he has discovered that he can sit up in his crib... This is such a novelty to him. Even if he is exhausted, he will sit up after I have just laid him down. It is so funny to see the top of his head when I look at the video monitor... just sitting there. He has fallen asleep this way a few times now (or slumped over) because he can't figure out how to lay back down comfortably. The funny thing is i'll go into his room and sound of opening the door will wake him up and he jolts up from being hunched over, looks at me, and smiles really big... It looks like he is saying, "What? I wasn't sleeping... I'm fine! Nope, no sleeping baby in here!" It is so funny.

Well we miss you all so much. Come visit us anytime. I'll post more pics as I take them.

Love, Laura

Finally at law school!

Falling asleep sitting up... don't worry we got rid of his bumper pad so he doesn't suffocate... but now his legs and arms get stuck in the slots.

Crawling!!! Way to go Jack!!

Our home! Thanks SOOO much dad for making it look so beautiful. (I'll post some of the bedrooms when they get done.)

Summer Fun

Here are a few things we did the last month of our summer... besides moving which was by far the high-light of the summer ;)

We decided to do something fun and went to Pike's Market-- for those of you who don't know about it, it is an outdoor/semi-indoor farmer's market in downtown Seattle by the waterfront. They sell everything from fresh fish to jewelry. It was such a cool place. They had people throwing fish, selling fresh baked goods, and the most beautiful fresh-cut flowers bouquets for like $5! Jason said he'd totally get me flowers all the time if we lived in Seattle :).

This is my parent's home. My dad works so hard on the yard in the summer so I thought he deserved some recognition! No one sees it and it is so beautiful... so here are some pics... I wish they were better. They really don't do it justice!

I get really ansy and totally chop all my hair off about every three years... it was actually good timing this time though. It's so nice having short hair in HOT Arizona. (My sister did it... she did a great job-- I don't know what I'm going to do without her here!)

Some misc. pictures of my boy...what a happy kid. Watching us load the truck...again.
Loving the swings!

The handsome couple ;)

Bunny, me, Jase and Jack at the Park before we left. (Sure do miss you!!)