Bret and Ashlee's BIG day!

My brother Bret married his sweetheart Ashlee on Saturday March 7th. The temple ceremony was so nice and the reception was just beautiful! Torrie took the pictures for my brothers wedding and they turned out great! Here are a few....this one of them coming out of the temple is priceless! Congratulations you two we love you so much!





Look at all those beautiful girls! Then you hhave my little guy...the lone ranger:)

Spring!

Last week the weather was so nice that Charlie and I finally got out of the house and did all kinds of fun things! We went for a walk in the stroller every day, had a fun picnic at the lake with our friends Erika, Jason, Lily, and Addilyn, worked in the yard, and fed the ducks:) Here are some pictures....




Can you say hello Mr. COOL!

Mimi and Pappy!

Jack's Dad and step Mom Debbie came out from Florida to see little Charlie and we had a WONDERFUL time! Here are some fun pictures....







Debbie bought him the cutest outfits and the adorable jeff cap to match Pappy:) They played with him all weekend and we just had so much fun spending time with them. Thank you so much for coming out and for all the wonderful things you got for our little man, we loved seeing you!

What's a Mom to do?

So at 3:30 this morning I hear Charlie crying and he has been sick so I jump up and run in as fast as I can to make sure he is OK and this is what I see...

He has been pulling himself up to things for a couple weeks now, but this is a first for his crib...I guess it's time to raise the crib bar so he doesn't take a tumble over the edge! He is only 7 months old and so determined and independent...I am so nervous to see what the next couple months will bring:) I'm thinking this little man will be walking by nine months, and by walking I mean running and climbing!

Charlie's first hair cut!

I'm sure many of you noticed the new hair style Charlie was sportin' in the family pictures. My Mom gave him his first official hair cut about 2 weeks ago. She has trimmed it twice before, but it was time to really take some length off. We got comments about how it looks like a comb-over, Donald Trump, old man, but the kicker was Hitler! I was nervous because he had so much cute hair that I didn't want to chop it off and have a bald baby, but I think he looks like a million bucks! Jack was even saying that looking back he looked a little silly with it that long and we should have cut it a long time ago! I would have to agree:) As soon as we cut it it looked three shades lighter and he turned into a little man...so CUTE! Here are some pictures.


I think when all was said and done we took about 1 1/2 inches or so off.
P.S. If it looks like I am squeezing him pretty tight it's because....I AM! I don't know if any of you have ever taken a 7-month-old to get their hair cut, but it is not an easy task! Especially when this particular 7-month-old is the squirmiest baby that ever lived!

Cute new family pictures!

So last Sunday my Mom had new family pictures taken. We were all here for my little brothers wedding so with a new addition soon we thought we better. Torie was the photographer for my brothers wedding, engagements, bridals, all that so we got her because she does an amazing job! If you need a great photographer check out her work at www.toriejanephotography.blogspot.com she is fun to work with and great with the kids:) Here are some of my favorites from the family session...










Don't I just have the cutest family ever! Thanks Torie the pictures are amazing! I can't wait to see the ones from Bret's wedding:)

Before and After

I finally painted my living room about 3 weeks ago...yes we have lived in our home for almost a year, but at least it's done now:) It was a pale green before, which wasn't too bad, but the walls were so beat up it drove me crazy! So here is my new living room with a few added decorations as well.


Oh and thank you to my good friend Rachel for letting me borrow your saucer toy for Charlie. He loved it and it kept him from crawling into the wet walls:)