Go Cougars!

The other day the boys were both dressed in their BYU hats and shirts so I snapped some pictures. Austin smiles and laughs at Rexford a lot. Rexford was playing with his fire station and fire trucks of course so he was a bit distracted but smiled a little.

I'll smile but I won't look at the camera :)

He looks really thin here and older :(


Austin sticks out his tongue a lot, he's for sure teething

My smily little Austin


He's so chubby and I love to kiss his fat cheeks and legs


Austin laughing at Rexford


My handsome boys

Rexford's world revolves around fire trucks and here he is concentrating on putting out a fire

He said he was typing his email on the fireman's computer

All Aboard!

After missing out on a much anticipated train ride at a recent Easter event because the wait was too long and then missing out on another train because it wasn't open for several more hours, Rexford finally got to ride a train today. We met up with our fun friends, Stacy, Gavin, and Lauren for a ride. Rexford had so much fun and wanted to ride again but since it costs money we'll save a second trip for another day :) He wanted me to come on the train too so Stacy and I rode in the caboose. Austin hung out with Aly on a bench while we enjoyed our ride. The train engineer even gave the kids a lollipop after the ride. Thanks Taits for joining us today! I'm sure Stacy's pics are better but here's what I've got.

Rexford after he boarded the train

Waving to Aly and Austin



Here we go!


Sorry about the lighting and brightness of this photo. I had to mess with it to be able to see Stacy and me at all. It was so dark so I had to lighten it so much to see us but there we are :)


The kids after the ride

Rexford, Gavin, and Lauren

Rexford and Gavin

Gavin and Lauren

Rexford and Mommy

Austin wishing he could have Rexford's lollipop - he tried to grab it a couple of times :)

Sleepy Drummer

The other night after his bath Austin was sitting with Daddy while he played drums. When I got Rexford out of the bath we found Austin passed out in Daddy's lap. I guess he was tired after all of the Easter excitement.

Six Months Old

Austin is six months old today. Last week we had a cold day so I pulled out something warm for him to wear and it was a size 12 month copy of the newborn outfit he wore home from the hospital. He has grown so much from the skinny little baby we brought home. He now can sit up and smile and laugh and is pretty chubby. Here are some pics from then and now.

Easter

We had lots of fun before and on Easter. Rexford had fun finding eggs in several egg hunts, dying eggs twice, and opening baskets. Austin really enjoyed the plastic around the baskets.

Rexford and I dyed eggs one evening and here he is with his beautiful eggs. He doesn't like to eat eggs but he likes to look at them.


Rexford finding eggs at one of the many egg hunts

Rexford with his eggs

Rexford opened his basket pretty early in the morning and had lots of fun. He looks tired here but he was really so happy.

Rexford has been playing with his new fire truck and Mater non-stop since he got them.

Rexford got this giant cookie in his basket but it was a little hard to bite.

Austin was in a really smily mood Easter morning. He had so much fun with the wrapping.

(I know the bow is pink but it's all I could find to tie on it.)

Austin enjoying his basket

Testing out his new book

So happy with his new rattle

In Brian's family the Easter bunny hides their baskets for them to find. So here's Rexford when he found his basket.

Here's Austin opening his basket.

April

Here a few pictures from the last two weeks of Austin and Rexford. They are both getting older by the day it seems :( But lots of fun too. The other night they were just sitting face to face laughing and laughing and laughing. I wish I had it on camera because it was so cute. Rexford was making silly noises and faces and Austin was so amused. Rexford doesn't like to share his old or new toys with Austin but he's learning. He still gives him lots of hugs and kisses though.

Rexford was playing outside one evening with Daddy and he wanted me to come look at his dump truck. He loves to fill up trucks and cars with things like mulch, cheerios, etc.

Austin all ready for bed with Rexford's old pajamas

Austin always tries to grab Rexford's cups and is really interested so I bought him his own little cup. He loves it and gets excited when he sees it. He holds it and drinks juice by himself.

Rexford eating his popcorn while watching Bob the Builder of course. This is his "cheese" face.

My happy little guy playing with toys. He's getting a lot of hair lately, it's getting a little long in the front.

Rexford likes to play with Austin's toys when Austin plays with them :)

Rexford loves to jump on our bed and Austin loves to watch.

Taking a break from jumping to give baby brother a kiss.

One morning Rexford told me that he wanted to hold Austin so I put him on his lap and they sat like this for several minutes, probably the longest time yet.

So sweet

Austin likes to take naps on our bed and this is how I found him the other day when I checked on him.

Spring Break

We had a fun spring break with Daddy this past week. We enjoyed going to the science center, playing with trains at Barnes and Noble, visiting family in Jacksonville, playing outside, and just hanging out together. We didn't have our camera all the time but here are a few pictures we took this week.

Brian and Rexford playing with bubbles in the backyard

We went to Jacksonville where Brian's brother Eric lives. He and Audrey have twins a few weeks old so we wanted to see them and let Rexford play with his cousin Ethan. Unfortunately we don't have pictures of the babies, I don't know what I was thinking... I should have taken a picture of Brian and Eric feeding the babies on the couch, that was cute. Anyway, I did snap a few pictures of Ethan and Rexford. They had so much fun together running around and playing with toys. Rexford was also very interested in the babies and wanted to touch and kiss them. It was a fun day.

They also played Wii music and enjoyed making music videos