A little bit of everything

I just can't seem to find the desire to blog so I'm forcing myself to do an update.

Gavin

He is still the cutest thing ever and I'm completely 100% smitten with that boy! He is in to everything and has found all of the areas that Zack and Austin liked to get in to that drove us crazy. He's basically eating all normal food now which he's very happy about (except for mommy milk). He started clapping last week and it's the cutest thing ever. He's very active and if we put him in his high chair without strapping him in he will immediately stand up and turn around; the other day when he did it I pointed my finger at him and said you sit down right now and he pointed his finger back at me (so cute!). He still likes to be swaddled when we lay him down and he always sucks his right thumb and has to be holding blanket in his left hand right next to his mouth. He absolutely LOVES his brothers. He also is such a mommy's boy and nothing is better than his excitement when he sees me. He loves to eat paper and fabric and some days is the only person in this house that I like. I love this boy!

By the time I took this picture he was already so asleep that the other hand had fallen away, but isn't that hair awesome!

Zack

My darling Zack, most of the time all he has to do is smile at me and his cute smile with those dimples melts my heart. He is such a thoughtful little boy. He gets so excited to see Gavin and is always concerned about where Austin is. He had a few accidents the first day of potty training and in the last few weeks he's only had one more. He has a very hard time taking no for an answer and after hearing him ask the same question 40 times I lose my patience (Austin has the same problem). I was cutting out dinosaurs to sew them on shirts for them and when I cut them out he said to me, "Thanks for cutting the dinosaurs for me, I so proud of you." And then for about a week every time I would get him any food he would tell me thank you and that he was proud of me, so sweet! He always tells me thank you for everything and he's even sweet to tell me when the food is good. He loves to cuddle, especially with his mom. I love, love, love my Zack!

Zack snowboarding with Uncle David, he is a little dare devil.

Austin

Austin loves his mom and his mom loves her Austin! Austin is becoming my little shadow and always wants to be by me. If I walk out of the bathroom when he's going potty he gets very upset and says, "Mommy come be by me." He didn't have any accidents the first couple days of potty training then had one a day for 4 days and has been good since. I'm very glad my boys are potty trained and we're basically done with that! We were sitting at dinner a couple of weeks ago and Austin started tooting; he looked at me and with a big grin on his face he said, "I have fireworks in my bum." Austin is a little bit OCD (Zack too), he likes everything done a certain way and wigs out when it's not. It makes it a bit stressful if I know I'm not going to be there, trying to explain to babysitters or his dad how to do it just so. For the last couple of months at least 4 times a week when I go in to check on them before I go to bed Austin has laid his "brown bear" on the heater vent and he's laying on it. Apparently it's more comfortable than his bed. I love his kisses and everything about him!

Me

I have been trying really hard to stay up on my housework better and I think I have been doing better. I've been making a little bit more time to read which has been really nice and I've been working on a few sewing projects. I've been going to physical therapy for my ankle for a month (I tore all 3 ligaments on the outside of my ankle the week of Christmas) and it's slowly starting to get better. They told me that I could start walking on the treadmill this week- no faster than 3 miles an hour and no incline (not helpful for my half marathon training!) They have also been working on my hip because I've been having a lot of pain, but it wasn't getting any better so they told me they wanted me to go back to the Sports Medicine Doctor and have him look at it. He said that he thinks I tore the cartilage in my hip joint and the only way to fix it is surgery so we are buying time with cortisone shots. I'm really hoping that I can just go in every 4-6 months and have a shot for many years and on a happy note today is the first day that it hasn't hurt. Wahoo! So needless to say I'm freaking out that I haven't been able to start my training, Lori I may be emailing you for help with a training plan. I've found a new love with kettle bells and I'm trying to find other workout that don't involve my foot or hip very much. I'm still working one day a week and I'm enjoying being home most of the time. We started painting and re-doing our kitchen this last weekend, I will post pictures when it's done.

Aaron

Aaron has a new found obsession for Mount Everest and is reading a book about it- it's the first book I've EVER seen him read in the 11 1/2 years I've known him. I love that he's reading and I hope it's not just a one time thing. He's been working hard providing for our family and I'm very grateful that he works so I can stay home. He still loves the Utes and all sports and has been figuring out how to spend his bonus that we get this week (we're getting a new camera!). I love him more than ever and I'm so glad he's mine!
Zack, Gavin, Austin
Gavin, Austin, Zack
Zack, Gavin, Austin