Family Pictures in Thatcher

We just took family pictures in August when Aislee was born but she has changed so much and I didn't want to wait until the Holidays to take them again! So we just used my camera and took them ourselves with my sister-in-law's help! Thanks Laura!! They are not professional but she caught some good ones! These are some of my favorites. Koston was of course good for about 30 seconds and then it was just a battle!! So of course, we bribed him with candy and it still didn't work. So our family pics are just real life with him. We are spending the weekend with Adam and Laura in Thatcher. We only have a few left before we leave again for the summer. We are moving to Chicago for 5-6 months for Jordan's work. We are excited to go again, but sad to leave family and friends. We're certainly not excited for the 28 hour drive with the kids. Thank goodness for movies in the car! Koston is addicted to Alvin and the Chipmunks.... I guess it's a little better than Annie; which was his last favorite. The kids and I plan on flying home for one visit in July sometime. We have a family reunion in Seattle in July that we are hoping to go to and also fly to Arizona while we are over here!

KOSTON is TWO!!

Everyone says time flies... now I believe them.
I cannot believe that he is TWO!! He is such a fun kid and we are loving every moment... well almost every moment. He has been an adventure from day one. I can't say that i loved spending those first 10 days in the NICU before bringing him home. However we were able to cherish every moment because we had no other distractions.
I think he is a typical kid until we are around other kids and he seems to be so HIGH MAINTENENCE?
Oddly, I even enjoy the harder moments... when he wakes up in the middle of the night on vacation screaming so loud he not only wakes us up, but all the dogs in the neighborhood so they can join in on the yelping! Come to find out that we was teething and he had 6 teeth come in that week! Maybe we would have picked another week to go see Grandpa Brian. Thanks Jordan for taking him on a ride up Provo Canyon to fall asleep and have a 4am nap for 2 hours before coming home.





















Koston's 1st BIRTHDAY!! Still looks like that when he eats chocolate cake!!









This is my little man on DAY 1.... a tad too little to come home right away, weighing in at 4lbs 2oz!