Half way there!!

Well the semester is half way over, which means that we are almost graduating! We are so excited to be done with school. This semester has been a busy one. I am doing an internship, watching my brother's two little ones, and trying to keep up with Jack, and the messes he makes. Aaron has been working his tail off. He is taking 20 credit hours, doing an internship, and working. Needless to say he is very tired. We are so thankful for all of the help and support we have received from friends and family.

About a month ago Juan helped us do our taxes, and did a wonderful job! Getting that done was such a stress relief, and it gave us money we needed to get our car looked at. I know that Cami and Juan would do anything for anybody.

After we got our tax money back I lost Aaron's keys. I looked for a good month and was not able to find them. So I went to get keys made and found out that our car keys have a chip in them. It cost me almost $200 to get a new car key. While the car dealership made new keys they also checked our fluids. They told us we needed a transmission, coolant, power steering, and brake flush, which would cost a little more than $600 dollars. We have had bad luck with car dealerships, so I said no thank you and called other places. I finally took our car into Honest-One Auto care. They checked our fluids and said we did not need a coolant flush, go figure. We ended up paying $245 dollars to get everthing else done. They did a great job and I will defintly go back to them any time I need any thing worked on! I recommend them to everybody!! They are off of Bulldog in Provo, next to the Mc Donalds. I am so grateful that there are still honest people in this world.

He walks!

Jack finally decided to join the crowd and start walking. He can walk all over the house. Many times he walks a little to fast and falls, but it is so cute! Here is a of video:

Our Lazy Stud

One day last week, after Jack woke up from a nap, he decided he wanted to be lazy! Aaron was playing a video game, so I sat Jack next to Aaron and gave him a controller. I also gave him a snack bowl. Jack did not move from how he was laying for a good thirty minutes, and kept stuffing his face.

Jack and dad Playing Halo 3

Examining his food

We also bought Jack a little suit for Sunday! I have to say he looks very handsome!

He is such a happy boy!

Here is one other picture of Jack. I just love him in this shirt!!

Late Church

Since the new year, the time our church meets is one in the afternoon. We can normally get Jack to take a nap before we go, but lately he has been refusing to take a nap. Today I laid him down around 10:30 and he cried till around noon, so we just got him up. We are nursery leaders in our ward, so we bring Jack with us. After two hours of playing with other kids he is always really tired. We were not going to let him take a nap when we got home from church because it would be to late. We made dinner and put him in his high chair, and he was gone. He head bobbed for about ten minutes, but had no place to rest his head. So we felt bad for him and laid him down in his crib. Here are some pictures and a video of him attempting to sleep in his highchair.

Getting Sleepy

Out for the count

Trip to Washington

For Christmas we went to Washington to visit Aaron's family. The roads were horrible, and it snowed most of the time we were there. On the way up and back we drove 20 mph on the highway for about 3 hours, slipping many times. On the way home we got stuck on an on ramp getting onto the highway. Luckily we were following Aaron's parents car. Aaron's dad, his sister, and me got out and pushed the car. The snow was up to our knees! Just as the car stated to move, I slipped and face planted in the snow, I was covered and all I could do was laugh. Thankfully that was the only time we got stuck.

While in Washington Jack discovered the fun of sticking out his tounge. Now his tounge is always hanging out of his mouth. We have also decided that he is very stubborn. He could walk if he wanted to, but he chooses not to. It follows his same trend of crawling and rolling over. He will do it when he says he will and no one can tell him otherwise. We had such a fun time in Washington and are so thankful for all Aaron's family did for us. We were also able to see my family for a day, and are so thankful for their love and support! Here are some pictures from our trip:

When Jack sat down the snow was as tall as him.

Showing off his tounge.

Jack sitting with Auntie Anne, in his new pj's that grandma made.

Dad and Jack Christmas morning. Oh the many faces of Jack

Stuff Your Face!

Well tomorrow Jack will turn one! I can't believe how fast time flies! We love that crazy kid so so much! In just a year he has grown so much! Here are just a few things he does:

Plays catch

Gives kisses
Walks around the house with a walker
Does not use a bottle and loves whole milk
Eats whatever we eat, especially if it is ravioli
Says, mom, dad, bye-bye, uh-oh, and wow
Opens all cupboard doors
Pets his stuffed animals
Stacks his toy blocks
And brightens our day!

Tonight we had his birthday cake at Jocelyn's house in SLC, so she could see him eat it. It was so funny. We stripped him to his diaper and then put trash bags on the floor to protect it. He was hesitant at first, but was soon covered from head to toe! He also shared his cake with us. Here are some pictures and videos from the night:

Here are a couple of Videos from the night. We were laughing so hard

Feeding Dad! YUM!!!

Stuffing his face really funny!!!

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The Screamer is Back!

A couple of months after Jack was born it seemed like all he did was cry, and so our Bishop named him screaming Jack. I thought he had outgrown his love to cry and scream months ago, but it has come back with a vengeance. Whenever we go play with Taryn he protects the toys he is playing with like there is no tomorrow. Whenever Taryn so much as comes close to him he lets out a blood curdling scream and hovers over the toy he is playing with, it also sounds like he says mine. He also screams like a mad man whenever I take some thing away from him he should not have. It generally only happens at night, and he is teething so maybe that has something to do with it.

Yesterday Taryn took a toy away from him and I thought he was a goner. He let out a horrible ear deafing scream that seemed to last forever. He then flung his body forward plopping his head on the floor and banging his hands on the ground. When I picked him up he arched his back and screamed again. While this was happening Taryn looked on in horror. When the toy was returned to him he picked it up and sighed AHHH. I have to say he is generally a very very happy and content baby. All I can do is laugh to myself and hope and pray that this ends soon.