3 YEARS!!!

Chad and I celebrated our three year anniversary on Tuesday. I really can't believe it's already been three years! So much has happened, a lot of which I never could have gotten through without such an amazing husband. I feel so blessed to have him in my life. Chad is a wonderful husband, and the sweetest father to Hunter. Whenever Chad comes home from work or school, Hunter always runs(that's right runs! Didn't take long once he started walking) to him at the door. Chad does so much for our family and I love him so much!! Happy Anniversary Chad!!

Hunter's first haircut

So, I know Hunter's hair really isn't that long or thick or anything, but he's had these long stragglers that hang over his ears and poke out randomly and it's been bugging me. So we decided to give him a little trim!


Here he is not really knowing what to expect, but loving his cool cape!


He tried to make a quick getaway with the water bottle about halfway through. He was very restless


And here is the finished product! (I know it probably looks exactly the same, but up close you can tell the difference)

10 Months Old!!!

I can not believe how fast these last 10 months have gone with Hunter! He is growing up so fast. He is the sweetest little boy! Hunter has always been such a good-natured baby. He loves little kids and is always making new friends wherever we go. Some of Hunter's favorite things to do lately are to watch Barney on TV, DANCE and SING to whatever music we have playing, pull all of the laundry out of the basket and play with it on the floor, push around chairs, garbage cans, empty laundry baskets, or whatever he can find and use as a walker, climb inside the fridge, play in the tub with his rubber duck, play outside in the leaves (and try to eat them), and WALK!! Hunter took his first steps at 9 months, and then he started to get the hang of it at about 9 1/2 months, and now he is all over the place! It's so fun to watch him grow and learn new things everyday. Hunter is also starting to eat more "real food" and less baby food. Lately all he wants to eat is whatever we're eating, and he won't eat his baby food. Some of his favorites are jello, rolls/bread, mashed potatoes, ice cream, bananas, peaches, broccoli, and pickles. It will be fun to see what he eats this week on Thanksgiving. We love our little Hunter so much and are so grateful to have him in our lives!!

HaPpY bIrThDaY cHaD!!!

Happy Birthday Chad!! I hope you have such a wonderful day!



You are the best husband in the whole world



You always know how to make me smile and you bring so much joy and happiness to our family



You are the sweetest Dad in the whole world too. Hunter loves you so much!



Thank you so much for all you do for us! I love you with all my heart! Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

I'm sorry I have not posted anything for a few weeks. We have been sick over at our house with colds, swine flu, and now pink eye. Anyway, we had such a fun Halloween yesterday. We weren't able to do too much cause we're all still getting over being sick, but we carved pumpkins on Friday night

got Hunter all dressed up as the cutest Tigger ever

and spent the evening with family

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

A visit from Arizona!

This last weekend the Arizona Hunter's (Daniel, Nicole, Miley, and Anya) came to SLC! It was so fun to see them and spend time with them and their cute family.



Hunter had so much fun playing with Miley



and with cute little Anya!



The three of them are such cute little friends



We had so much fun and we miss you guys already! Love you!

Gardner Village

We have gone to Gardner Village two times this fall. First we went with the Waters, and then with the Hunter's. It is so fun to go this time of year when all the witches are up! We had a lot of fun going to all the shops and getting pictures with the witches. Hunter seemed to have a lot of fun too. We'll have to make it a yearly tradition!

Mischievous Hunter...

Like most little 8 month old babies, Hunter is so curious and gets into everything lately. His two favorite things to get into are my shoes and my yarn. I just had to share these cute pictures I took of him this week while causing trouble.. :) I love you Hunter!

8 months old!!!

Hunter was eight months old last Sunday! He is growing up way too fast. His new favorite snack food is those graduate puffs. He loves them! He also already has 6 teeth! Hunter is always so happy and always has a big smile. He is crawling all over the place and started standing up a couple weeks ago. Hunter took his first step last week too! I really can't believe how fast he is learning everything. He is the sweetest little boy and always brings a smile to everyone he sees. We love you Hunter and are blessed to have you in our lives! Here is a cute slide show of some pictures Granny J took of Hunter:

Laundry...

I never knew laundry could be so much fun until I had Hunter. We have a washer and dryer that are stacked in our kitchen with the washer on bottom. Anyway, Hunter loves to crawl over to the washer when we're doing laundry, pull himself up so he can see all the bubbles, and he'll just sit there and talk and laugh it's so cute! In some of these pictures I got he's even playing peek-a-boo with the bubbles! I also got some pictures of him pulling off the towels in the kitchen and playing with them which is another one of his favorite past times. He is growing up so fast and learning so many things. We love you so much Hunter!

Labor Day at the Zoo!!!

We have been wanting to go to the zoo all summer and we finally made the time to go today

It was pretty crowded because of the holiday, but we still had lots of fun

Chad's sister Stacey and her daughter Marissa came with us

We need to go more often because I think Hunter really had a good time

We had to get a picture for uncle Daniel of Hunter riding on the elephant

Hunter loved riding on the carousel. We got a video of him and he was just laughing the whole time.

Hunter was mesmerized by the black bear getting a drink

Exhausted after a long day at the zoo

Hanging out with Hunter

I have been feeling so lucky lately because I get to spend everyday with the sweetest little boy in the whole world

Hunter always makes me smile and brings a new adventure everyday

I am so grateful for what a little angel and sweet spirit he is

I love you so much Hunter!