TiNy ToTs

Well, nothing too exciting is going on around here, so I will post more pictures of Kason! I signed up for this thing called Tiny Tots last year. It's an indoor playground where you can take your child any time you want and they can play. It is a co-op kind of thing so I just have to open and close it a couple times every few months. This came highly recommended to help with the rainy Oregon winters. Luckily, and I am so glad, this winter supposedly is fairly dry compared to normal. So, we don't go a ton. It's not my favorite thing, but Kason absolutely loves it. He says "Hi play, Hi play" as soon as he sees the building. I think he also thinks it is his job to say "hi" and greet everyone else who might be there. At least it's a way to get out of the apartment and do something fun for him.

In the CastleThe cars and firetrucks there are one of his favorite things.

There are these little slide things that you ride the car down. Kason and another little girl who was there were doing it together and racing....about 50 times. You can see the pure joy and fun on his face.Anywhere that has basketball is pretty much heaven.

Not too much is going on besides the day to day stuff, and growing bigger and bigger by the day too!(maybe by the hour) I think I am almost as big now as when I had Kason!! ahh!

Just Because

My baby isn't a baby anymore! He is definitely an energetic little boy, but I think this is my favorite stage he has been at. I like that he can entertain himself and can communicate with us. He is talking in sentences now and really knows what he is saying and what is going on. He can say pretty much anything. He is always making us laugh. So, here are some videos of the last little while. Ok, so maybe an overload of them, but I know some of you have been wanting some videos! (Mom and Dad)

Kason's newest favorite thing to do on his 4 wheeler

Kason has always just said "oink oink" for a pig. But, one day he just decided he wanted to snort and so this is him just figuring out how to do it. He thought it was pretty funny at first.

Push ups after Daddy

It's a.......

We are home, we are finally all the way unpacked 3 days later, and we finally had our ultrasound! So, we are having a .........

















BOY!!!

We are excited and maybe a little surprised. I am excited for Kason to have a brother playmate. I think that will be alot of fun for them. I am also glad because we have all the clothes, and blue blankets and boy kinds of toys. I am also a little nervous because it seems like 2 boys close together can be a little crazy and a little dirty! But, the baby is healthy and everything looks good so we are happy!

FuN Times

Christmas is my favorite holiday and we had a great time.

This was one of the highlight's of Kason's morning. Santa gave him a little motorized 4 wheeler.

Another fun thing - Cars!

It has been a very snowy couple of weeks! We took advantage of the snow and went out and played one day. It was pretty cold! Kason liked the snow and playing in it. He was a bit hesitant of how cold it was at first, but he is getting more used to it. We are getting a little worried about the snow and roads on the way home again though!

We look a little weird

My sisters getting pulled on sleds behind the truck.

Isaac and Kason getting a turn. Kason actually liked it.

We are having fun and enjoying the relaxing time and being together. I am not ready for Isaac to start school up again! But, we get our ultrasound the day after we get home to finally see what we are having! We had to delay it until now since we have been gone.

Snow!

We are in Utah and Isaac is out of school! We had quite the time getting here with lots of snow. They closed a pass and we thought we were going to have to spend the night, but they opened it back up and we went through. They closed it back up a couple minutes after we went through because of so many accidents. We went about 20 mph through the whole pass. I think the saddest thing I saw was a truck flipped over and people handing little girls out of the truck window to get out. But, we made it just fine and we are happy to be here! We have had a fun and relaxing time. It has been snowing, snowing and snowing some more. I don't mind it at this time of year though, I love a white Christmas. Kason is loving the constant attention!

Plowing the driveway

At my sister Jenna's basketball game. Kason is seriously obsessed with basketball
Ready for church

Playing with my cousins' kids. Kason loves to play with other kids, even if they are 3 times his age.

GRahaM CRaCKeR HouSE

Today at playgroup we made a graham cracker house. Kason was more interested in eating the candy than putting it on the house, but we got a little bit on there! Here is the sequence of pictures I went through to get him to do a normal smile. It seems like it is either a cheese or a somber face for the camera lately. 1 1/2 more days and counting until Isaac is done with finals and we are heading to Utah!!

Things We Love

I am a little bit behind! But, right now alot of things are happening that we love so I need to catch up.

About a week ago I went to see the Twilight movie with a bunch of friends. And while it was not as good as the book, I still liked it and it was alot of fun to be able to go

Stephanie, Marci, Callie, Trista, me

Kason LOVES baths. I ask him if he wants to take a bath and he gets really excited and says, "bath, bath" and runs into the bathroom.

We loved Thanksgiving! This was the first time we did it on our own. We were sad to not be able to be with family, but it was great to do things on our own for the first time too. I had never stuffed and made my own turkey before, but everything turned out so good and alot better than I expected for my first time! The menu: turkey, stuffing, gravy, green been casserole, candied yams, mashed potatoes, and rolls, with pumpkin and sour cream apple pies later. We got together with a bunch of families for the pie. It was great to have Isaac home for a day. He was back to school the day after Thanksgiving and now I just keep telling myself, "2 more weeks, 2 more weeks". Here is our attempt at a family picture.

We also set up our Christmas decorations. I love Christmas!! I love the smells, the sounds, the lights, the feeling... Kason was very excited about the lights and the tree (even though it is a little one it's better than nothing). I am sooo excited for Christmas, because: 1. Isaac won't be in school, 2. We will be home and hopefully it will be snowing, and 3. Kason will get what's going on more this year.

This is a picture of Kason last year at Christmas. He was just barely starting to crawl. Wow.

This is him now! What a difference a year makes! He can say "Jesus" and for Santa he says "Ho, ho, ho". We love this time of year!