We have a 2 year old....really

I cannot believe we have a 2 year old and we are loving and hating this age. We love him of course and we love seeing him learn and grow however we do not love the tantrums or the "I want to do everything myself" parts. We are just enjoying the ride and taking lots of time outs ourselves.

Ty's birthday was last Wednesday the 18th. We enjoyed chocolate chip pancakes a treat we would not normally have for breakfast but it was his birthday. He was able to have calls from grandparents and great grandparents and most especially daddy. Daddy was able to call him at lunch and he enjoyed talking to him. Daddy also made sure he got Cars 2 in the mail from Netflix that day so that we had a fun movie to watch. We just had a chill day spent at home. He also got to have half of his presents from us which was a cowboy hat and an Elmo chair. We were shopping one day at Smith and Edward's and he saw the cowboy hat and wanted one. He is so in love with it. The Elmo chair was one my sister in law was getting rid of so I snagged it. He had no idea who Elmo was but seems to love the chair which is good.

We celebrated a second time on Sunday the 22nd. We had our family come over which included Kip and my immediate family and our parents and grandparents. We had a full house. We served dinner and cupcakes and brownies. We have amazing family support and we had a fun night. It was a very crazy night but Ty had fun and we enjoyed the good company of our family. Ty got lots of presents and has enjoyed playing with them all. One of his favorite is his farm. My mom and dad had the barn from when my brothers were younger and they weren't using it so I asked if we could give it to him. I picked up a bucket of farm animals from Target in December that came with 45 animals and it was only $7 on sale. It ended up being a really cheap birthday present but one that he LOVES. I am sure he will get good use out of it.

Things about Ty at 2 years old:

Loves to sing
Loves to dance
Loves to be read to if he is calm enough to listen
Can say his prayers
Sings the ABC's
Counts to 10
Knows his name, daddy and mommy's names and McKay's name (It's really entertaining to hear him say Christensen)
He has a lot of tantrums and sits on many time outs in the corner
He loves his brother McKay and gives him kisses and loves on him all day long
He is the only little guy in nursery in our ward and LOVES the attention from his teachers
He loves living with my family
He loves all of his grandparents
He loves his cousins
He is definitely an outside boy and is having a hard time understanding the need to stay inside

He is a fun little boy and we are glad he is in our family. We love you Ty!

P.S. These pictures were taken at the farm at my parents and around their house. It is so hard getting a 2 year old to hold still and smile. Add in Maggie our neighbors dog and then it's really hard to keep his attention. At least we should remember what age he is from the pictures.

Kip's birthday

Kip on his birthday with his beloved red velvet cake

Kip is now 28 years old. He is kind of a pain when it comes to birthday's or christmas because he doesn't want anything. He is not a big money spender, he loves movies but doesn't like to buy them, he doesn't like clothes and the only things I could think about getting him were way to expensive for our budget these days. So I went with a movie that I got for a really good deal (Thanks to Cassie for pointing it out), an Ipod holder for when he runs (Thanks to Cassie for finding such a good deal on one) and treats that he loves (Mint Oreo's, Kit-Kat candybar and Sangria (a mexican soda). He seemed happy enough but I wish I could find some other stuff he would enjoy. I had to beg him to tell me what he wanted me to make him for his birthday dinner and I just made him a cake I know he loves. It worked out to be a pretty lame day for him though. I had to work until 7 and luckily I was able to make him his cake and lasagna the night before but he had to put his birthday dinner in the oven. We ate at 7:30 PM. I invited his Dad, Mom and Grandma over to have cake and we sang to him as well. He isn't big on attention so I didn't do anything to big for him. He seemed to have a pretty good birthday but I wish it could have been better. I am really thankful for him and all he does for us! He is such a good husband and dad and I am the luckiest to have him in my life!

Ty and Kip on his birthday. Ty is a spitting image of his dad. 

Ty thinking is he oh so big and can walk. If we would let him he would do a face plant because he will just let go.

Ty is getting so big. I can't believe how fast time is going and how fast he is growing up. Before we know it we will be celebrating his 1st birthday. He is so ready to just go, go, go. He wants everything and he is not afraid to fall. He will scream when we are holding him now because he just wants to stand up next to the couch and be big. He has started to scoot a little and is so close to crawling but hasn't figured it out just yet. We will have our hands full when he starts crawling.

We have really had a hard month with Ty as he has been getting his 2 top teeth. He got the one and was a happy boy for 2 days then started getting the other one and he is a grouch. I can't say I blame him as they look like they really hurt. Poor kid! I am excited for him to continue to grow and develop but it's sad at the same time because he is really getting out of the baby stage and growing into a little toddler.

Last Friday we went to the state fair. We had a lot of fun! Well I had fun. It was really hot and my hubby hates hot. He gets sunburned really easily. He was a really good sport though. We also went to Ikea. I really love that store! We picked up a little present for Ty for Christmas and we also got a pizza cutter for really cheap. I could spend a long time in that store and a lot of money.

Noah got to ride the ponies. So cute!

Ty hated his stroller and wanted to be out looking at everything

This bull was huge. That is a regular size bull next to it. Crazy huh?

Happy 27th birthday Kip!

Today is my hubby's 27th birthday and I just wanted him to know how much I love him!

Here are 27 things I LOVE about him:

1. He is the most amazing husband!
2. He will be the cutest dad to our new little one!
3. He loves, loves, loves basketball!
4. He is very helpful!
5. He is such a hard worker!
6. He loves movies!
7. He can remember almost every movie and can quote it word for word!
8. He honors his priesthood
9. He is very giving with his time
10. He loves hunting and is a very good shot!
11. He is so sweet to me
12. He is very handsome and so sexy!
13. He has recently started loving Coke but loves Mountain Dew
14. He loves a good steak
15. He LOVES chocolate and peanut butter!
16. He is very knowledgeable about the gospel
17. Loves the office
18. Loves 24
19. Loves the Utah Jazz
20. Loves spending his time at home just hanging out
21. He is so funny and makes me laugh so hard
22. He loves being a little bit cold because that's when it feels the best to him
23. He hates being the center of attention and loves being one on one with people
24. He always has his hair buzzed down to the shortest length
25. He is a good cook when he does it
26. He has a contagious laugh
27. He loves me so much and I am so thankful for him!

I hope you have an awesome birthday honey! I love you so much!

Happy Birthday Grandma CoCo!

My great grandma CoCo will be 100 years old on Thursday, we had a birthday party for her on Saturday and I just wanted to wish her a happy birthday! She is an amazing woman and has gone through so much in her lifetime! She has been a widow for over 35 years and has had to live without my great grandpa for a long time which would be hard in it's self. She has raised 3 sons and 2 daughters whom are all very neat people! She has tons of grandchildren, great grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren! She is so sweet, giving, loving and humble! She is also the most beautiful person I know inside and out! I think it's neat I have gotten to know her and been able to have so many wonderful memories of her even though she is 100. Just to let you know how much spunk she has for being 100 years old, she danced with all of her sons and son in laws at her birthday party and stood and gave a speech for about 15 minutes. Pretty amazing! We love you Grandma CoCo!

Happy Late birthday Jeremiah!

I am really slacking on the birthdays but I wanted to post and tell my brother Happy Birthday! His birthday was April 14th. Thanks for being such a good big brother to all of us younger ones for setting a good example for us! We love you and we hope you had a great birthday!

April birthdays

We have a ton of our family whose birthdays fall in April. My dad April 8th, Cassie April 10th, Jeremiah April 14th and Amber April 30th. It's so much fun to celebrate them all and to see another year celebrated for each of them! For Cassie and my Dad we went to dinner at Pizza Ria (one of our family favorites!) and it was a blast! Although we missed Jeremiah because he was working and my mom and the kids because they are in Vegas we still had a ton of fun. They waiter brought the little kids Easter eggs with candy and I thought that was really sweet. They also got us in real quick, got us ordered and our pizza to us real quick. It was a really fun night!

We then finished up by going to Cass and Kev's for cake and icecream, it was really chill but great fun to sit and talk amongst each other. Happy birthday all!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my dad's birthday and I wanted to wish him a HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! He is such a good example to me and I am so grateful for him! He is a hard worker, loving, fun and very kind hearted! Happy Birthday dad! We love you!

Sunday at Grandma Jones'

I already posted pictures from G&G Barkers when we had the birthday party so these are just pictures of Grandma Jones'.