Monday, December 22, 2008

Little Smile

I love his smile with his cute little bottom teeth! He melts my heart!

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words

Doesn't this picture say it all? A big brother who loves his little brother so much.... and a little baby who is surprised by this crushing hug.... EVERY MORNING!!!?

A House Divided

RED or blue? Y or U?

Little Eater

This little guy LOVES solid food! He will eat anything you are willing to hand out! He is so funny! He wants everything on your plate and will wiggle, squirm and coo until he gets it! Wow, a kid that will eat more than mac n' cheese and chicken nuggets?!!!! This one must take after his daddy!

???November???

When you think of November, you usually think of fall leaves, a chill in the air..... NOT IN ST. GEORGE!!! We went in the beginning of November and it was awesome. I love the sun and you can't complain about 70-80 degree weather. It was heaven. We stayed for an entire week, visited old friends, Aunt Nise and her fam, and played in the sun! It was fabulous! Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma "Boner" (sorry, I can't help but talk like Shaden.... excuse me... "Colemere") for sharing their condo with us. As you can see from the pictures, we need to work on golf! Shae chose to give up the club and just place the ball gently in it's home! Gotta love it!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Recovered Blogs

We went on a little vacation and I was preparing a bunch of blog posts because I was way behind. I made them on Bryan's computer and once they were saved to my hard drive, we deleted them off of his computer. Then, I lost my hard drive. Luckily, Bryan was able to retrieve these again! Yeah! I'm so happy. Here are what little pics we have!!

My Creepy Crawlers
For Halloween, we had a spider, a catterpillar, I was a butterfly and Bryan was the exterminator. Shae was the best "itsy bitsy spider" ever and check out that little cute bug! On Halloween, Shae did a little trick-or-treating with Papa on the 4 wheeler!


Owie
Shae was being his usual helpful self and was helping me clean up. He grabbed my hair straightener that his forgetful mother left plugged in! Sorry buddy!

Halloween Rooftop
This is Shaden's all-time favorite thing to do and talk about doing!

Traditional Halloween Dinner
Love, love, love this dinner. Lasagna, breadsticks, salad, candy bar pie, games, dry ice and spooks! Gotta love it!

Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Shaden, come clean your room.
Your toys are all over, creating such gloom.
Oh, where is the boy whose room needs upkeep?
He's in the toy closet.... fast asleep!

The Witches at Gardner Village
Lewis Fam, witches and fun!

Best Dressed Boys
Okay, so I thought they looked super cute one morning before church! Watch out girls! Here they come!
Valerie, my cousin
Every year, my Aunt Net invites us to celebrate Valerie's birthday. The purple balloons remind us of just how much we miss her! This year, I thought about how much I loved her coming over on our birthdays and playing barbies and ponies. I learned my best barbie hair-do techniques from her on our camping trips! Silly... but they were some good memories! Love you Aunt Net!
Get in Jammies, Read Books, Brush Teeth, Say Prayers, Night Night!
Shae loves this time with Daddy... can you tell?

This Much
Shae, how much do you love baby brother?.... THIS MUCH!

Fall Leaves
We love to take a drive to the mountains when the leaves change. Conference weekend was beautiful!

Mabey's Pumpkin Patch
What a cute pumpkin patch! We picked out pumpkins and went on a hay ride! We saw our friends there too! What fun!

Grandma's Little Pumpkins
Grandma and Grandpa grew pumpkins for Shae and Stocky in their back yard. Shae was SO excited to pick them and take them home! Stock was just happy being our little pumpkin!

Stocky
My cute, happy, cuddly, SMILEY little angel!
Shae Shae
My silly, busy, helpful, FUNNY, cuddly buddy!
Funny Boy
The pics on top.... So, I told Shae to go get his shoes on.... we then had a long discussion on the fashion no no's including socks with sandals!
The bottom picks are of him giving me a nicely wrapped present (one of his favorite books!)
I just love this little guy!

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You!
SO CUTE!!! I cherish these moments! One day, Shae pulled a chair up to the table, climbed up and read his baby brother books! Stockton just loved it and I wanted to laugh, cry and squeeze them both all at the same time! I love being a mom!
Great Grandpa and Grandma Daybell
My boys are so lucky. They have 5 living great-grandparents!!! They are so spoiled... loved is the right word!

So Big!
Shae loves to do what Daddy does. Infact, sometimes... he tries to do things that are too big for him and when I get mad, he tells me, "Daddy do's it!"
He loves to follow Daddy around the yard, taking care of the lawn and he loves to help Mommy water the flowers! He is so big!

My Little Shopper
How long will he be my little shopper? He is SO good when I shop! He loves running errands and going in stores. He especially loves a shopping day that includes lunch at Wendy's and Grandma, Jodie and Jayna! I better take advantage because before long... he'll want to do all that yucky boy stuff!
Dauna's Work
Shae calls Grandma "Dauna." I try to tell him to call her Grandma but no, he insists on calling her by name (which he can't pronounce just yet!) He likes to go to Dauna's work and see the fishies and get prizes out of the box in the back room!

Ghost and Pumpkin Sandwiches
This is the favorite lunch! Enough said!

Oh the Dreaded Hair Cut
Shae HATES HATES HATES to get his hair cut! In the end, it's not so bad. Aunt Jayna does a good job and we all survive!



My Personal Nightmare

Okay... so wondering where we have been? Here's my personal nightmare. If you are a picture taker and/or scrapbooker, I know you'll sympathize. My cute little boy tripped on the cord to my external hard drive, knocking it to the floor... breaking it. Then, we (the smart adults) kept turning it on, trying to get it to work. Little did we know.... we were scratching and DESTROYING everything on the discs inside. My sweet uncle took it to work with him, trying to recover it... but it was destroyed beyond repair. Needless to say... I lost everything that happened in the past year. PICTURES, VIDEOS, all my digital stuff, my wedding announcement stuff, address list, personal files etc. etc. etc. After crying for a couple hours.... I just wanted to spread a little wisdom that you've all heard before.... BACK UP ALL YOUR PICTURES!!!!
So, this next part is a little cheesey, but, we were praying that our hard drive would be fixed, every night. Although, that didn't happen... our prayers have been answered in various ways. We discovered that our new little guy's birth was on Bryan's computer, family had pictures to share with us. I found a folder on my computer that had Easter on it, I also discovered a memory card that we hadn't deleted that had my baby's first week of life on it and my dear friend who had taken baby and family pictures for us, still had them saved on her computer! These little happenings and many more have made me feel very blessed. I'm still just sick about all that I lost.... but thankful for answered prayers!
PS. Since I lost my address list... I was just thinking, if you'd like a Christmas Card this year... I most likely don't have your address... so please email them to me asap at jaime_colemere@yahoo.com