Easter Day

This is a pic of cute little Aidan in his Peter Rabbit outfit the day before Easter - just so you can get the full effect of his Easter cuteness. Easter Day started bright and early for us as Alex came in at 6 am to gleefully inform me that the Easter Bunny had come. After church, we headed down to Nana and Papa's house. It's no surprise that both of the boys fell asleep on the way down.

Don't they just look like little angels? There's a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson that I like: "There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep." So true!
Doesn't Jon look handsome in his Easter best?
My smiley little baby enjoyed being outside while his big brother found eggs.
Alex loves Easter hunts. He even has me hide empty eggs around the house for him to find just for fun - he enjoys the hunt so much.
My mom made us a great dinner and we enjoyed the special day remembering our Savior's resurrection and being with family.

The Easter Egg Hunt

The day before Easter we continued our week of Easter fun with an egg hunt. It started pretty early - at 9 am sharp. We had to rush a little bit to make it, but it was sure fun.
Alex loved looking for the eggs (Jennie and Izzy have a cameo in this pic).
He pretty much filled up his basket.
Here are the triplets - the 3 cousins all born within 6 weeks of each other. It is fun to be close by and let them all develop friendships and do fun things together.
I just love my little Aidan - he is the best little cuddler - he will often just put his head down on my shoulder - it is so sweet!

Spring Time Fun

Alex loves to help me decorate the house for the holidays, and I always get some window clings that he can put on so he can be in charge of something.

Aidan was also quite intrigued with the decorations.

Alex did a great job putting up the stickers.
Aidan played with the Easter baskets - I love this picture where you can see he managed to get it over his head - it's kinda holding him captive.
Jon actually had Good Friday off, so we took the opportunity to go skiing one last time for the season.
After we all had our individual lessons, we went down the bunny hill a lot together as a family.

Alex is so good - he always beat me down the hill! He would just go straight down, while I go from side to side to control the speed. He has no fear - and he never fell! Our last run down, Jon came up behind me and grabbed onto me and led us straight down the hill James Bond style - it was a little scary, but quite the rush to feel the speed.

Easter Fun

Alex had the week before Easter off for Spring Break. We had lots of special Easter fun everyday (and we are still tired from it!). Monday we had cousin Hayden over and the boys got to cut out sugar cookies and decorate them. They had a great time!

They did really well taking turns.
They also helped me color the frosting.

At last, the awaited for moment where they actually got to eat the cookies came.

On Wednesday, we had our cousins Collin and Jackson over for some lightsaber fighting and egg decorating.

We also had some shrink wrap egg decorations that were really cool. They just looked like plastic that you put around the egg, then you dip the egg in boiling water and they tightened around the egg. They were my favorite.

After we cleaned the egg stuff up, the kids also got to frost some sugar cookies.

As always - the sprinkles are an important part of cookie decorating.

Alex had a great time with his cousins and let me know he was a "lucky boy". :)

A Tiger on the Mountain

Today Jon took Alex skiing for his first time. Jon went skiing two weeks ago, and Alex tried to stowaway, so he was very excited to be officially invited this time.Alex looked great in all of his ski attire, and picked up the basics in a flash.Brighton's kinder ski group helped Alex learn the ropes. After his first lesson, he was well on his way to becoming a Little Ripper.

He enjoyed riding the lift on a sunny, warm day.
And he did a great job skiing! He can't wait to go again to practice his pizza and french fry moves.

Thanks to ski school, Jon was able to rise above the bunny hills to catch this great view of Mt. Timpanogos and the surrounding scenery.

I have to admit that I may have enjoyed their ski day as much as they did: I was able to nap with Aidan catch up on my Twilight reading. Aidan and I went for a walk around the neighborhood and had a relaxing day enjoying the warm weather. I'm glad the boys were able to take advantage of Jon's passes before the snow melts away.

Let YOUR Sham Rock!

Happy St. Patty's Day, everyone!

He's a grownin'!

I can't believe my sweet little Aidan is 9 months old! Right around Christmas time, he started sitting up by himself. This was a great time - he would sit on a blanket and play with toys - keeping himself busy, but staying in one place - heaven for me. I had to include both of these pictures because his smile is so cute and playful in the first, but he looks like a 12 year-old posing in the second.

About a month or 6 weeks later, he started scooting himself backwards. Getting around a little bit, but also finding himself stuck in a few situations - like between these 2 foot rests.

Not long after that, a new scene greeted me when I went to get Aidan up from his crib. He started standing up by himself!

Now he can pull himself up on everything he finds around the house: the footrests, boxes, and even the wall.
The day before we went to the Draper open house with the Gus's, he started crawling forward! He's really getting around now - and thinks it's especially funny to make a dash for the stairs. Luckily, I'm still faster than he is (but I do need to get a gate). He also sticks his tongue out quite a bit - often curling it so much it resembles the shape of a Tostidos Scoop.

I sure love my little Aidan and I can't believe he's growing up so fast. He's even able to rock the spikey harido!