My little cowboy!

For Halloween this year, i was hoping to have Coleton be Woody from Toy Story but some how it seems like the costume did not come together like i had planned. He didnt seem to understand why there was a horses head on a stick that you kind of sit on with a hat that never stayed on and jeans that were just to tight so of course we switched to the Incredibles but Hayden sure didnt let the items go to waste. The horse is one of his favorite toys and he loves....
The Cowboy hat!! Who would have thought!?! It doesnt fit so great but he will be crying and i will put that cowboy hat on him and a huge grin comes from him! Hopefully this is a good trend, i love hats but Coleton and Brandon both wont wear them so maybe this is my lucky break! Ride on Cowboy!!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween this year was so fun for our little family! This year Coleton finally understood how to trick-or-treat and he loved it and was so excited!! We had a trunk -o-treat on Saturday night that we were able to go to and had so much fun going around and seeing our ward friends! After the trunk-o- treat, we went home and Coleton passed out candy to the group that came to our house! It was fun to have so many of Brandons students stop by because they were out with there siblings.
We all dressed as the Incredibles!! Coleton was Dash, Hayden was jack-jack, I was elasticgirl, and Brandon was Mr. Incredible! Coleton absolutely loved his costume! He wore it all day, slept in it that night and has practically been wearing it since! We made the costumes this year. We searched at DI for shirts, got some at walmart, ironed on the emblem, found red pajama pants for both and i sewed up the underwear and leg covers from an old pair of pants! Each costume cost us under four dollars so we were feeling pretty good about things! We had bought masks but they just didnt look right so we used face paint and boy did it make a mess and was quite the clean up! Here are just some pictures from the night!

We had a lot of fun and cant wait for Halloween next year when Hayden will be running around with Coleton!

Sick Boys and Camping!!

This week has been a long one! Coleton suddenly got sick while we were spending the day at Brandons parents with a fever of 102.5 so for quite a few days he was laying around the house not feeling well! After about two days of him not eating of drinking he woke up from a nap screaming in pain and shaking! Not knowing what to do since i had no car at home i called Brandon in a panic telling him something was wrong and that he needed to come home! We took him to the urgent care to find that he had a really bad ear ache and strep throat! They gave him a shot of anibiotic and sent us home with pain medication! Coleton was in a rough state at that point. i was unable to get him to eat or drink for four days and would have to hold him down while he kicked and screamed to give him medicine! It was horrible! He would fall asleep all over the place and was so out of it i cant even explain!

After about five days he finally started to move again so we did what anyone else would do we went camping!!I know that sounds funny but Brandon had a four day weekend so we had to get out of our house and we thought that Coleton could use some fresh air!

It was really good to get him out he started walking around the campsite, ate some of the snacks we brought and was really happy to be "campin"We went to a camp site that was about 20 miles from our house but we were on a dirt road for almost 40 minutes because we were in our stratus which is really not an off road vehical. The weather was perfect about 70's and the colors were changing all over the place (our camera really does not do them justice!We went on a little hike and picked up firewood and went back to camp!We went simple and brough hot dogs and buns and then smores for dessert (with all different kinds of candy bars to try them with) and water so there wasnt much for us to bring or clean up. We put the boys to bed and stayed up and chatted at the camp fire. It was a great night the boys slept pretty well since Coleton was sick but we had fun on our first Comstock Family Vacation it was great and we cant wait to do it again next year!

Family Pictures!

There is a lady in out old ward that is a new photographer that was willing to take our family pictures! She took over 300 pictures of us in five different locations but the boys were both not really in the mood to take pictures but here are some of the ones that turned out!There are a few more that i will try to post later but they turned out pretty good thanks Jenelle at PhotoJenique in Cedar City!

Hayden on the move!

Hayden finally made the move literally! He got up the courage to start crawling and happened suddenly and he has been everywhere! He went from sitting there not trying to do anything to crawling and by the next day standing up when every he can and shuffling along furniture! Things sure changed quick!

Sorry it was so dark! I keep thinking to myself "Whats coming next??" We shall see shortly!

Hayden 8 Months

Our little boy doesnt seem to be at all interested in moving!! He gets in his walker but it seems like he is playing bumper cars and moves his legs as fast as he can until he runs into something then tries again. He wishes he could move sometimes but would rather wine for us to move him to different toys so who knows how long it will take for him to get going!?! He in now getting interested in real food. For a while he didnt want to touch any fruit or veggie and just wanted to be nursed or eat his oatmeal but we have begun venturing out to other things which is fun for me! He got the bottom two teeth about 6.5 months so he is getting pretty good at eating pieces of apples, crackers, cereal, and really what ever he can find on the floor!

Haydens First Haircut!

Hayden had his first hair cut! He was definately wiggly but it went well! I put him up on the counter and started buzzing it off! He was born with dark hair but it has grow in blond! After it was finish he looked so cute but it was sad to see the baby hair gone but he did look like such a little man!!

Coleton and potty training

Coleton has now been potty training for quite a while and i am excited to announce i consider him potty trained! He was really eager and really good but i definately held him back! I had many times where he would have been fine staying in underwear but for my sanity i put him back in a diaper but now we have been to many stores, doctors visits, car rides, long walks, nursery, and sporting activites and have been accident free! He also i now a pro at standing up while he goes which he is so proud to do! Though he does great during the day i do put a diaper on him at nights and normally by morning it is filled to the max so i will be waiting a while to train his a nights! But we are very proud of our little boy, or i guess our BIG boy!!

Bye, Bye Pacie!

About a month ago, we were having a little BBQ at our house and i layed Hayden down for bed while everyone was still here. I heard him fuss but after a few minutes he was a sleep. In the morning i realized i had forgotten to give him his pacifier!Coleton still has his pacifier and it has been such an crutch for him and i am nervous for when we will take it away (we tried before hayden was born and it didnt go well) so i didnt want to go through that with Hayden so we have now gotten rid of his pacifier and we are so glad that it was an easy break! Now for the big one, Coleton :(

A Typical Day!

I was recently reading in a friends blog who had just lost her daughter. Her daughter had drowned in a family canal and someone had asked if she regreted anything and so she posted about what she thought. She stated that she regreted not capturing the day to day life on video because she wished that she could go back and watch how things use to be. As i thought about that i realized that i dont have normal day to day things recorded. A few days ago, as i sat with the boys playing, i decided to record them. Its nothing spectacular! Nothing exciting really happens it is just a recording for me to remember how things are right now. It is a truely what life is for me. In the video you can see that there are toys everywhere, many diapers laying around, and the boy are not dressed up in anything nice but i am happy to say that that is what my day is like. I know in a few years i am going to miss this time and will love looking back at how things use to be! Hope you enjoy!