Winter Cabin Trip

We had a fun family trip up to the cabin this past weekend. It is so fun to go in the winter with all the snow. The cabin was freezing when we got there and it takes a long time for it to warm up. It was cute to watch the little grandkids cuddle up with grandma by the fire to get warm. Poor Rocko was shivering like crazy, and somehow he ended up wrapped in the only electric blanket. He's a spoiled dog! Saturday was Valentine's Day. We all went sledding on a big hill by the cabin and played in the snow for a while. Will loved it! He crawled around as fast as he could the whole time. I took him down the hill on the sled, but he seemed to enjoy crawling around more. We frosted heart sugar cookies with the kids, and had a steak dinner with the whole family. Not the most romantic Valentine's Day, but we had a lot of fun.

Will took his first step up at the cabin! He's getting more brave and yesterday took three steps in a row. It won't be long until he is running around!

Will kept biting his gloves off, so we taped them on. It worked great!

Miley and Will (the twins)

Rocko hates being cold, but he sure looks cute in his hoodie!

Grandma is so loved!


This is where Rocko (and I) spent most of the trip.

Will at ONE

Since we are using our blog as our family journal, I wanted to write about what Will is doing now that he is one.

Will is our little guy at 18.5 lbs and 30 inches. He has the cutest raspy little voice and the cutest laugh. He says "mom, dadda" and "doggie." He has 7 teeth (3 on top, 4 on bottom) and has a sweet smile.

Will is a fast little crawler. He can stand on his own, but we are still waiting for his first step. He loves to go up stairs and is getting pretty good at it. He plays a game where he crawls to the stairs, peeks around the corner and laughs until I come to get him. Then he takes off as fast as he can up the stairs and laughs the whole way up. Sometimes I purposely leave the baby gate down so we can play his little game.

Will's favorite foods are macaroni and cheese, Trix, and mandarin oranges. He also loves sips of daddy's Dr. Pepper and Mt. Dew! He's a pretty good eater, but it seems like half of what I give him he feeds to the dog. Rocko doesn't seem to mind :)

He loves to be sung to. His favorite song is "If You're Happy and You Know It." He starts clapping as soon as he hears it.

Will is all boy! He spends a lot of time pushing his truck around the house and playing with his drill. He also loves his puppy and has started trying to play with him. Will gets toys and tries to push them in Rocko's mouth so they can play tug-o-war. Will laughs so hard! Luckily, Rocko is very gentle with Will. Sometimes Will holds on tight and Rocko drags him across the floor. It's pretty funny! They are good little friends.

Will loves to be held by mommy and play with daddy. He gets so excited when Curtis comes home from work. Curtis can always get him laughing really hard.

We have so much fun with Will. He cracks us up everyday. We love you Will!

Birthday Boy

We had Will's party with Curtis' family. Will was sick, but we still had a fun time. He loves his cousins and was happy to see them. Hopefully he will be a little more up to partying next year!


The kids had fun playing Birthday Bingo.


He got some fun toys and cute pajamas.


The poor baby didn't eat any of his cake. He must really be sick!

Jayda and Taylor looked cute in their party hats!

Will's Puppy Party

I can't believe my baby is ONE! We had a fun puppy party for him on his birthday. We had hot dogs for dinner and played a few puppy games. Will had fun opening his presents and got a lot of fun toys. His favorite part of the night was digging into his dog bowl birthday cake. He was actually a lot cleaner than I thought he would be!

I have a little doggie and he won't bite you ... and he won't bite you ... but he will bite you!

Everyone played "Pin the Paw on the Puppy." It was pretty funny to watch the adults play.

The kids had to eat Trix like doggies.

Happy Birthday Baby Boy! We love you!

Water Baby

I took Will swimming today with his cousins and some other friends. He loved it! He wasn't too sure about it at first, but once he got used to the cool water he had a lot of fun. He wore himself out and took a great nap when we got home. Maybe I should take him swimming more often!




Luke, Will, and Miley are good little friends.


Will loved crawling around the kiddie pool. His knees and the tops of his feet were bright red when I got him out. I think he was having too much fun to notice.


Miley and Will had fun splashing with each other.

Will's First Haircut

For some reason Curtis thought it was his responsibility to give Will his first haircut. He actually did a pretty good job! Erin and Kenra were there to help me keep Will entertained and to take pictures. Will was ticked by the end, so we didn't take an after picture. He looks pretty handsome though!

The Holidays

We had an awesome Christmas this year. We moved into a home in Sandy just three days before Christmas! What a great present! We've been busy doing a little remodeling, so I'll post pictures in a little while.



We went to Curtis' parents house on Christmas Eve. I didn't take any pictures there, but we had a great time. On Christmas morning, we went to my parents house. Will opened his presents there since we didn't have a tree.


Will played his drum really loud all day! He concentrates so hard on the sticks that he goes cross-eyed!



My dad has made all of the grandkids a camo blanket. He didn't want to leave Rocko out so he made a camo doggie bed. Rocko loves it!


Will loves his train from my parents!


We had our traditional fondue party on New Years Eve at my parents' house. Curtis ate a ton of steak cooked in oil. Will loved the chocolate. He was a huge mess by the time we were done! Will made it till 11:00, which I thought was pretty good! Must have been all the sugar from the chocolate.


The little party animal

My cute little niece Kenra tucked Rocko in with her blanky and Ellie. Rocko always sleeps with his tongue sticking out. How cute!

We had a fun time partying. The best part was, when it was time to go home we only had a three minute drive!