Alexia is 4 months old and Austin Adventures

This is Mount Bonnell, the highest point in Austin. It is a whopping 775 feet above sea level. It has great views of the city and it gives my kids a place to get their wiggles out.
This is the Austin skyline. It is still weird for me that there are no mountains that surround the city, I still get turned around very easily because of this. It is a beautiful city. I love how green it is even in the middle of winter. I am excited to see it in the spring!
This is the "Trail" to the top. It is a 0.3 mile hike from the parking lot. It is definitely a tourist attraction, but you do get a little bit of the work out :)
There are trails that wander away from the main trail, My boys love pretending they are going on a bear hunt through the forest.
This is what Alexia and I did while the super bowl was on, after dinner (since it did not start until 5:30 our time... weird) It was her first time getting her nails painted, I had to use a toothpick because her toes are so small. It was so fun to get some one on one bonding time with her :)
She has such beautiful blue eyes! They are lighter then Kaleb's. Ethan got Matt's hazel eyes. I think she is so beautiful!
Especially this giggle. She is really starting to laugh and I can't get enough, she is such a happy easy going baby. This little smile just melts my heart, I am afraid I am already wrapped around her little finger.
I finally got a pic of her holding up her head. She has even started Rolling onto her back. I can't believe my baby girl is growing up so fast. She also has started scooting around on her back using her feet. I often find her underneath or against furniture and toys.
This is all of us at Mount Bonnell. I love that there are so many things for us to do as a family!

Sorry if you can't see the video, This is a video of her rolling over.

Alexia is 3 months old

I can't believe my angel is 3 months old already. They are not kidding when they say that time goes by faster with each child you have. She is such a good baby. She sleeps about 13 hours at night and takes 3-4 naps each day. She drinks 4-6 oz per feeding every 3-4 hours. She now scoots on her back using her feet and can grab on to some objects. She loves to smile and coo all the time. She has a special connection with Kaleb, she always has a cute coo and smile for him anytime he gives her attention. Ethan on the other hand we are working on, she might like him a little more if he stopped being so loud right in her face. They both love giving her hugs and kisses.

This is what she looks like when she wakes up in the morning. A smile on her face, leg and arms moving like crazy, and a hairdo that is just as wild. I can't wait for her to wake up, she is such a joy in my life.

Save Now

She is already great at entertaining her brothers and seems to enjoy their offerings ;)She seems to be growing like a weed, she is already over 14 lbs and is over 2 feet tall :) She is my little angel! Love you Alexia!

Welcome to Austin

We have moved... Matt got a job offer in November, started in November and the rest of us moved at the beginning of the year. Though it has been a whirlwind and the reality of how far we are has yet to set in, it is a great blessing in our life. Austin seems to be a great family city. In the short time we have been here, we have been to five parks all within five miles of our house. Matt did a great job picking a place for us to live. For those of you who are familiar with Vegas we live off of a street that is equivalent to Stephanie, it has all the shopping you could ask for.
Our boys are loving Austin. They like that they have a play area in the main part of the house, it is just quite the task keeping the toys "on the blue carpet." When they are not playing with toys we are running around finding all there is to do in Austin.
Alexia is growing like a weed. She is doing great in her own room sleeping through the night and taking naps. She is almost always full of smiles and coo's.

Alexia is here!!

Alexia arrived on October 10th. She was 7lbs 14oz and 20.25 inches tall. She is such a blessing! She is healthy and strong, a great eater and sleeper! I can't believe she is finally here! She is beautiful! if I do say so myself :)


My sister-in-law practiced taking pictures of her, these are a few of them. Isn't she just an angle?
I love her sooo much, and could not be more thrilled that she is part of our family!

Ethan's 2!! Happy Birthday!

Ethan turned 2 years old! Sometimes I forget that he is only two, he is always trying and most of the time succeeding in keeping up with Kaleb. He loves anything to do with balls, throwing, catching, kicking, running, chasing, etc. He loves doing everything himself. His most common sentence is "DO it." So for his birthday cake we made a basket ball. He loved all the attention and opening presents. We practiced blowing out the candles, so he did it in one blow. Because we already have more balls then we need, Matt and I decided to make blocks. The boys love making houses for all their toys and even forts for them to stand in. For his birthday he chose to go the the McD's playplace. They had a blast!
Thanks to everyone who made his seconds birthday special! We all love Ethan's smile and up beat personality! Love you soo much Ethan!

Summer Excitement

We have had quite the summer fun. It all began after our move from our first house together to a bigger place so we could spread out a little. Then we headed for the mountains in UT where we went camping with about 25 family members for an extended weekend. My boys LOVED camping and everything that went with it, the dirt, rocks, the food, hiking, fishing, camp fires, shooting guns (marshmallow guns and a few shots from the paint gun with dad's help), games and most of all, all the boy cousins to play with! (7 boys to e exact) I hardly saw Kaleb all weekend because he was always off somewhere having an adventure with Spencer and the other boys.

After our adventures camping me and the boys headed to Denver to visit with my sister for a couple of weeks. It was so much fun just hanging out with them. Mason has his dad's social personality, and loved having two boys to play with (most of the time). we went hiking a couple of times, went to the zoo, played games, watched movies and played in the back yard, enjoying the 80 degree weather and the showers that come almost everyday for about a half hour. Amber has a vegetable garden we watched grow and a trampoline that Kaleb and Mason would jump on for long periods of time. We set up a blow up pool where we all jumped in a couple of times to cool off. On the July 4th weekend, we threw a bbq party with a few of their friends, where we had great food and company. It really is great to have a sister that will take you in for a couple of weeks and make you feel so loved and welcome!

The next thing my Boys discovered was how much fun a parade can be. I tried to get them excited for the annual Tri-stake Pioneer day celebration but until we were about a half hour into it, my boys did not seem amused. Once they discovered that most of the people on the floats either shoot you with water or through candy they were hooked. After a hat full of candy, the parade was over and it was time for the other festivities. After digging for gold (finding pennies in a pool of sand), doing a spunge toss (through a wagon wheel), and a snow cone to cool off, we headed inside the church to see what other fun we could find. Most of all Kaleb wanted a spider web painted on his face, so after standing in line for about an hour, he was happy as a clam and we ready to go, but through some encouragement we made butter, a spinning toy, candles, and tried some great harvest bread. It really was a great celebration!




In between we have been finding ways to get out of the house. My boys love going to the pet store and choosing a puppy to play with. Of course Kaleb always wants to bring it home, then for the next few days he tells everyone he is getting a puppy for his birthday, I have no idea where he got that idea, because it is not happening, we are going to leave the animals at the pet store until my boys are old enough to take care of one.
We also did the summer reading program through the library. I was always kind of currious how much I actually read to my boys and without changing it too much we managed to read for 1200 mins this summer. My boys love going to the library and picking out books and playing in the kid area. That makes me so proud!

Every once in a while we go the chucky cheese to get some wiggles out put still stay cool. I signed up to be a part of their email club, so they send coupons for tokens and such which makes this outing not too expensive. It is nice because they have climbing for Kaleb and all kinds of ball games for Ethan. We love to take Tiffany and her kids with us between the six of us, we have quite the fun time.
Another outing that I like to do, is take my kids swimming at the M hotel pool. It is free for locals 21 and older and kids 6 and younger, so it does not cost a thing. The pool is really nice because it is rectangular shaped with lots of stairs and shallow areas for the kids. Over the summer my boys have learned to love swimming and they both with the aid of floaties like to float in the deeper part now too.
Another fun activity that has helped fill our time is our ward playgroups. Over the summer they changed it up, since going to the park is a little hot. One of the places we discovered is the Natural History Museum. I was a little sceptical because some museums to young children is very boring, but we ended up staying for about 2 1/2 hours and Kaleb still did not want to come home. My boys especially love the 35 foot long t-rex! It had a button that when pushed the t-rex would roar and move! Kaleb also spent quite a bit of time driving a submarine. There really is some cool things to see!