Pumpkin Patch 2010

Happy Halloween! We headed to the pumpkin patch by our house, it's the perfect week because Jordan has the whole week off school. It was a really cute patch, perfect for toddlers. There was a little petting zoo, a toddler size hay maze, corn pit, a hayride, and they gave us shears to go cut our pumpkins of choice right off the vine. Abram had a blast picking out his pumpkin at first, saying things like, "no too big" and "no green", it was cute. He then became easily distracted by all the mud and rocks and Jordan ended up picking the pumpkins out for all of us while we threw rocks at the leaves of the pumpkins. We had a good time with some new friends, the Tanners, that we met in the MBA program, they have a little boy Abram's age and a little baby girl. The biggest event for Abram was the tractor ride, as you can see below. He was SOO excited. I have exposed my growing belly and body below also, something I am not fond of doing, but must do for my posterity. Plus Abram is so cute in some of the pictures with me, that I had to post them. He will finally smile and say cheese for pictures, but you have to be quick, he won't hold the pose for long! He's too busy to be posing all day for the camera. When we got home, Abram wanted to "cut" the pumpkin, he was super sad when I told him we weren't carving them until it was closer to Halloween. I'll have to post some of that, should be interesting, and messy!


Playing in the cornpit.


Super excited for the hayride to start!


Playing on the trailor.



Trying not to trip, holding mommy's hand.



Checking stuff out with Daddy.


Off to find the perfect pumpkin!

Since April...

Before work one day, close to my last day at St. Peter's.



Abram's friend brought him a crown over today for a playdate, he was telling me he was a king like Max (from the book Where the Wild Things Are)



Abram's first BYU game, he lasted until halftime. He liked watching the players "fall down," and cosmo cheer at the crowd. I forgot pics in the stadium, this is in the Tanner building parking lot, where Daddy spends his life these days at school, on the way to the car and home at halftime. Abram is peeved in this pic, he wanted to get down.



Abram's favorite cars.....sitting at the kitchen table.

It's been a while! I am doing a quick post to update :o) It's pretty sad that I haven't written anything since April. Here's what's been going on.
1. Jordan was accepted into BYU's MBA program!
2. We found out we are having another baby, it's a BOY, and I am due January 30. I am 25 wks. along. I haven't had any major issues, I feel so blessed!
3. We moved to Springville, UT for Jordan to start school. We are loving it here, but of course missing our old friends and co-workers.
4. Abram is growing like a weed. It's too hard to catch up on all that he's learned, done, and said in the past 6 months but I will try and be better at sharing how cute and smart our son is from now on. He's a character and I am REALLY enjoying staying home with him here in UT, I am not working. I miss my old job, but being a mother is what life's about :o)

Here are some pics that we've taken recently. I also have been terrible about taking photos. My poor family, we aren't going to have any records of our life if I don't get on it!

Abram Turns 2!

Abram with his wrapped baby Elmo from Grandma Hutzley. He loves babies, dolls and real babies alike and loves to hold them all wrapped up in his blanky. He super loves putting them in his high chair and buckling them in or pushing them in the stroller or his grocery cart. He'll be a good daddy some day.


Busy testing out his new vacuum.



We made the mistake of letting him open presents in whatever order he wanted, well he opened the vacuum first and then did not want to do anything else but get it open and play with it. It was a bummer he didn't want to have anything to do with the other gifts. Luckily, he plays with the others now too.




Going for a stroll with Daddy on his new Cars trike, a close second favorite to his vacuum. He can say "Queen" for Lighning Mcqueen, as well as all of the other characters from the movie.



He did not want to stop playing for the blowing out of candles, so he was sung to and blew them out all by himself on his trike. Our friends made the cake for us, I just went out and bought the pan. It was really cute and Abram loved it!





Okay so Abram loved picking up these balloons for his party, he was having a blast with them. unfortunately he hates pictures and won't ever smile for us!! Stinker! He seriously WAS overjoyed but he barely has a smirk here.



Just waking up the day after his birthday, toting Elmo around and vacuuming, oh the buzzing of that toy.......I wish I wouldn't have put in the batteries!!

That morning after he woke up and I asked him do you remember your Birthday and he automatically said bike, and vacuum and got really excited to get downstairs and start playing again. I can't believe he's 2 already. We love him so much, it's been a wonderful 2 years :o)