Grandma Bowman's Visit

Grandma Bowman came to our house for Halloween! It was so much fun having her at our house. Wyatt loved having someone to dote on him and spoil him 24/7!

Like most of our lucky guests, Grandma got to go with us to the Mayan restaurant to watch the divers!

We got this really cool firework show also!

throwing pennies in the fountain at the mall.

We all went to Cornbelly's one day, which was so much fun! So many activities to do and a corn maze!

Grandma took Wyatt to go pick out a pumpkin to carve with her. Wyatt wanted to hold Grandma's hand everywhere!

Halloween weekend was a blast. Grandma and Wyatt had the best costumes. Hopefully they were warm enough because it was cold, cold, cold!

Ryan the cow was warm in Grandma's arms!

We had Grandma come to our ward Halloween party. We all had our faces painted!

One day we took Grandma up to Temple Square in SLC. We got this really cute photo of her and the boys!

Grandma is always really fun with Wyatt and shows him all sorts of neat things!

It was a really pretty day to visit!

We loved having grandma and can't wait till she comes back! (Hopefully she brings Pop Pop and they come soon!)

Just the guys

What can I say about my baby? He is the sweetest thing! He is so happy lately and smiles all of the time. He will be crying in his bed, and I go in to get him up and he instantly starts smiling! He is such a happy boy! He recently started cooing and smiling when we talk to him. He loves when Daddy tickles his feet and talks to him.

Wyatt has been a helpful (almost too helpful). I have always tried to involve him with activities like cleaning and cooking, but now he asks to do it every time. I love that he likes to help, but it makes the task so tediously slow. Oh well, hopefully he is learning something out of it!

Besides, how could I say no to this face when he is asking to help me dust?

I love my little boys!

S-m-i-l-e

I am going through the 800 (yes 800) photos I have from Heather's visit this last week, but in the meantime here are some of the boys

Wyatt has been such a good big brother to Ryan. He is really sweet to him so far!

I have been (finally) catching some of Ryan's smiles. He is starting to recognize our faces and smiled for the first time on purpose at us just the beginning of this week (at 7 weeks old).

Below is Wyatt at about 8 weeks

And below is Ryan at almost 8 weeks.

Some photos I think they look alike, and some photos they don't look anything alike.

Sugar high

Hoppy Halloween

Hope everyone is having as much fun as we are. Heather came up for Halloween and we have been having non-stop fun. Here are the cute costumes.

Boy, was it cold outside though! We are not used to having such cold Halloweens in California!

Wyatt with his candy after trick or treating.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Schedule

First off I wanted to post a photo of what happened last night. I like to post when the first snow comes so I can compare from past years.

Ryan's Schedule:

Eat, poop, sleep, repeat.

Wyatt's schedule:

eat, play, play, get dirty, go in the potty, play, eat, play, play, bug Daddy, play, eat, play, brush teeth, sleep.

Wyatt is a good big brother. He likes to have Ryan hold his hand.

the other night I was putting Ryan back to bed and Wyatt asked if he could say good night, so Brandon put him up in the crib. Wyatt thought this was hilarious!

We told Wy to pretend that he was sleeping.... pretty believable huh?

We are all here

Brandon was able to take off 28 days for Ryan's birth. It was a life saver. I don't know if everyone would have been dresses fed or even alive if he wasn't here to help me! We got a lot done while he was home. We potty trained Wyatt. He wears underwear everywhere and only has a diaper on at night time now. It was the most frustrating weekend of my life, glad that is over (until Ryan, Aawwww man!) Apparently you let your children wear whatever they want while potty training!


Ryan is like shape shifter baby. One day I thought he looked like me, the next I see a flash of my brother John, and now I question if we took the wrong baby home from the hospital. Hopefully once he loses his baby acne and gets a better hairline we will start seeing us in him again.

We had a good time with Dad, but from the photo below I think it is obvious that Brandon was getting ready to go back to work. Boredom gets to the best of us.

Wyatt has been really nice to Ryan. He asks to hold him and kiss him a lot. After we get him all set up to hold the baby, he holds him for about1.5 seconds and is done.But he is always up to give a kiss...even more so if he knows I have the camera.

Overall I think we are pretty happy and have a lot to smile about!

You make my life so easy

So this pan is really what started this whole blog post today. I was thinking about dinner while feeding Ryan (which I am doing a lot of these days) and then started thinking about how much I love this particular pan. My In-Laws got the set for me and I have used this pan for just about everything. It is the perfect size and NOTHING sticks to it. I love it!


When I finished feeding Ryan , I went back to bed and got into a warm bed. Brandon had changed the mattress protector to our heated one. I love this thing! When I have to wake up in the middle of the night I can just click the button and a little while later I am in a warm bed. I can't even explain how nice this has been for my middle of the night feedings! I fall asleep so much faster and now a days, sleep is huge!


I am really grateful for the DVR also! It saves me everyday. I don't even remember the days of having to sit down at a certain time to watch my favorite shows. I can watch them anytime. It helps me get a shower which is also huge right now!

The last (but not least) thing I can think of that I love is my hands free controls in the car. Changing the radio and making phone calls is so easy and much safer (now I know why it has been so LONG since my last accident).



I know these things are little and dumb, but they seriously make my life so much easier/ enjoyable. It's the little things that count right? Maybe I gave someone a good Christmas present idea. If anyone has something they love that I am missing out on, please share! I need all the help I can get!

Fat bottom girls

Wouldn't it be cool if I won this bike? I think so too...Baby photos to come.

Click on the photo to see more about them.

Photos

sneaky, sneaky, peeky, peeky.....

Just a little sneak peek of some of the photos Lori took of Ryan. She is very talented and is about the most positive and nice person I have ever met.

http://www.photobylori.blogspot.com/- take a sneak peek at her blog!