loving having daddy home

Now that Dalins exercise is over we see him so much more and Taelin & I are LOVING it!!! Dalin borrowed Football 2012 for the playstation and LOVED IT! Taelin loves watching him play football, especially when Dalins team is BSU.  We cannot wait for football season to start this Saturday! Anyways Dalin won the BCS game and Taelin was so proud of daddy.  This is how Taeliin wanted to watch daddy play football:)

 Taelin was also enjoying some candy corn:)  Thanks Erica for buying them for me!!!

yesterday was not a good day for me.  I woke up feeling sooo weak and sick.  Taelin was the best doctor while Dalin was gone.  Dalin surprised us at lunch time and came home for 1.5 hours to play with Taelin & take care of me:)  I love him so much.  That night Dalin took Taelin to the park while I got to relax some more.  Taelin had fun chasing a puppy around the park.  He is so into puppies right now it really makes me miss Macie.  We watched some of Americas Got Talent and then Dalin & Taelin played some of the wii before bedtime.  I love my family so much and am so happy that I get them FOREVER! I love that Taelin loves his mommy & daddy so much and cries when daddy leaves for work.  We are so excited for Amika to join our family in a couple of months! couldn't be happier!

Saturday is a special day

Saturday is always so much fun!!! Taelin LOVES playing outside, so we went in the backyard and played.  He LOVES going down this big hill right by our backyard.  This is what we did outside!

Walking down the big hill

Playing with the grass

Attempting to climb a tree

going up the hill

Playing with the soccer ball on the hill

So excited to throw the ball down the hill

And loved throwing the ball UP the hill

I helped him climb the tree and he was SO HAPPY to be in the tree! Look at how handsome my little guy is!!

 That night we baby sat Jaxen while his parents went out to dinner.  Taelin and Jaxen always have so much fun. We ordered pizza and watched RIO! Then Erica and Chris came back to hang out with us and were at the house until 1045.  Lets just say that Taelin, Dalin & I were so TIRED and passed out in our bed when they left. 

Dalin doing push ups with Taelin on his back

 Dalin put a fruit snack on Taelin's forehead and Jaxen and Taelin wanted to go look in the mirror and see...

Taelin didn't want to take this off of his forehead.  He is so silly.

 Here are 2 videos of Taelin dancing to the music on Rio. I love his dancing!

Taelin eating a scooby doo treat like a puppy!

Playing with "uncle" chris! He loves this man!

chasing Dalin around the house!

The past few days

Here is a re-cap of our week! LOTS OF FUN!

I love it when Im doing something, and then go and check in on Taelin and see him reading his books!!

Seriously it melts my heart.  I love that he had already looked through a bunch before this one! This is his I SPY book and he ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT!

 The other day Taelin went and played with Olivia.  Olivia had got this really cool paint set from her God-mother for Christmas and her mom wanted to test it out.  It is the coolest thing ever! I want one so bad for Taelin.  The paint it clear, and it ONLY shows up on the paper....AMAZING~ Taelin LOVED it and totally went to town on his painting.  Olivia was not so sure about it....we don't think she liked the texture of it....it was so fun to see them paint though!

Getting ready

Testing out the paint

Taelin LOVING it! Look at his face!

OMG SO HAPPY TO BE PAINTING!

Getting some more colors

Putting the colors on the paper

FINISHED PRODUCT!! He is so proud of it too!!

We got an artist in our house:)

We also received ANOTHER package in the mail from Wes & ReNea!! Can i just say that WE LOVE PACKAGES!!! We got a bunch of cute baby clothes for Amika, some washcloths, bib, and HER FIRST PAIR OF SANDLES!! Taelin got the watch and grow washcloths...and they were BATMAN! He was so excited about them!

Here he is spreading them out after we put them into water to grow

I wanted to take a pic of him and the rags...and he wanted to run away

HE LOVES THESE!!

doing a trick

Friday afternoon Jaxen came over and hung out with Taelin and this is the big MESS they made in Taelin's room! Taelin has so much fun with Jaxen! He seriously plays so well with Jaxen I LOVE IT! They were even wrestling! It was adorable!

That night we went and watched HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON on a projector screen in the Youngs front yard. there were about 15 famlies and their kids their from our branch. It was so much fun! We all had a great time!! Also Friday was a big day because TAELIN POOPED AND PEED IN HIS POTTY! He is growing up so fast!!!!
Below are some videos:) ENJOY! The first video is just HILARIOUS! I love it!

20 week apt

Today I went in for my 20 week apt. It's crazy to think that I'm already half way done.  we are so excited to meet baby Amika.  I have gained 9 lbs and am doing great. The babies heartbeat was 142 and is looking great. All of my test results came back negative, which is always a good sign.
Here is the babies development at 20 weeks:

• Approximate length 10 in, weight 12 oz
• The baby moves around a lot, but the mother just begins to feel faint movements called "quickening" and maybe some hiccups, small spasms, or twitching in the lower abdomen
• Her brain is beginning to grow rapidly during this week
• Her uterus has completely formed
• The hair on the baby's head is starting to appear

Here is a pic of me at 20 weeks:)

SATURDAY FUN

Saturday's are ALWAYS so much fun, because Dalin is home:) Well this Saturday was REALLY fun, even though Dalin had to work 6am-noon.  Taelin & I cleaned the house and played with his toys.  Dalin came home and we ate lunch together and off to bed for Dalin and we thought Taelin....Taelin was NOT tired!! So he came outside with me and helped set up Olivia's birthday party.  He is seriously such a great helper.  We came inside around 130pm to watch CHICKEN LITTLE (his new favorite movie) and he was asleep with in 10 min.  So I put him in his bed, and HE DID AWESOME! I made some brownies and then did some relaxing before the birthday party.  Olivia's party was at 3 and it was so much fun.  Taelin woke up around 310, and we got him in his swimming suit and went to the party.  They had a bouncy house, great food, and a swimming pool to play in, and Kyson's tramp to jump on. 

Taelin had A LOT of fun this bouncy house because it was smaller, and it had a slide!! It was seriously so cool!!!! He also enjoyed jumping on the tramp with all of the kids.  I helped Allison make Olivia's cake, and it turned out so good. Taelin waited so patiently (with plate in hand, standing right next to the cake) for it to be his turn to have some of the cake.  He is so funny! We ate some cake and then it was time to leave. I was having a girls night at Tara Osowski's house, and Dalin & Taelin were having a dudes night with Chris and Jaxen.  My girls night was so much fun.  Renee Jones and Erica Pedersen were their and a couple of other people i didn't know.  Tara made some yummy chicken and we had some dinner and chit chatted.  I brought over my gluten free brownies and those were a huge hit.  We played a couple of games of Scatagories and then Taelin & Dalin showed up.  I love the game Scatagories.  I remember playing this game back at home, and my mom would ALWAYS win.  I had a really fun time with my girls!! We are going to try to plan one once a month!!
Dalin & Taelin had a lot of fun too! They went bowling and bowled 2 games.  Taelin won 1 game, and Jaxen won 1 game.  They got ice cream afterwards and then went to the bookstore.  Taelin picked out THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER book and a THOR coloring book.  How fun! I loved hearing all about their fun night and how much fun they had.  It was a GREAT SATURDAY!
We got home and put Taelin to bed, and then Dalin & I fell asleep watching NEXT. 

friday night Taelin & mommy

Taelin & I got to spend Friday night the 12th of Aug together.  Dalin went out on a dudes night to see Planet of the Apes, while Taelin & I got to hang out!!! This is what we did!

Puzzles

Putting the hammer on the puzzle

using his saw on his bookshelf

hammering the wall

went for a ride on his "skateboard" (it's a fingerboard, but he likes to ride it with his foot and do tricks)

Played outside and pushed his stroller

Below is a video of Olivia and Taelin dancing to the drums that they heard! I love that Taelin was on beat with it all! He LOVES the drums! And wanted to find them so bad!

After bath time we put on THE GAME PLAN, and around 815pm we heard the drummers right outside our window...Taelin was so excited.  So we stopped the movie and went and listened to them on our back porch.  Dalins movie was over and was coming home to get something, which worked out PERFECTLY, so he could drive us to watch the drummers.  They are called THE OBAN and they put on a 15 min show each night for a week around Okinawa, and tonight was the first night they were putting it on, RIGHT BEHIND WHERE WE LIVED! It is where they call out to their ancestors and send the spirits to the ocean.  It is a very religious thing that they do.  And we LOVE it.  So Dalin took us down there and we took some pictures and waited for them to start.

Taelin was FREAKED out by this man! He kept saying owie owie, and WOULD NOT look at him! He was shaking he was so scared of him!! Silly little boy!

Love the Japanese women over here! So nice and so pretty! Taelin likes to act shy around them, that's why he is covering his eyes! haha And of course...got to do the PEACE sign! haha

Below are some videos of the performance.  I was so happy that we were home to see this.  Taelin LOVES the drums and kept saying MORE, MORE, MORE! He loves watching the videos over and over again too!