Grant laughing

One of my absolute favorite sounds in the world is a baby laughing.  Michael and I have been trying to get Grant to laugh now for a while, with no luck.  The day Grant turned 3 months old, I gave him a bath with Gabe, and Gabe got him to laugh!  It was so exciting.  Here they are playing together.  What a fun little brotherly bond to share.  :)  

Best Buds

I love having boys - and I really love having 2 of them.  I must say, there are definitely challenging times like when they're both screaming at the same time, and changing poopy diapers back to back isn't very fun either.  But then there are sweet moments when Gabe snuggles up to Grant, or tries to comfort him when he's crying.  These moments are what we moms live for.  Gabe is a great big brother, and really loves to be with Grant.  

My sweet boys

Taking care of Grant

All 3 of the boys!  (I could NOT get Gabe to smile!)

My sweet little baby boy

Gabe in boots

Gabe must be getting inspiration from both Hailey and Aubrey these days.  :)  The other day I heard Gabe playing quietly, and found him putting my boots on.  It was hilarious.  He actually was able to slowly walk across the apartment to show Michael while I snapped a few pictures.   

Potty in the BIG potty!

Being the mother of a 2 year old brings a heck of a lot of frustration, but also a heck of a lot of FUN.  :)  Gabe has recently become very interested in potty training.  He absolutely loves that he can do it all by himself.  He has "big boy diapers" he can take off himself, a stool to climb up on the potty with, and a fun cars/truck potty seat that Nana got for him.  He's very good at cleaning up afterwards and loves to wash his hands with the soap bubbles.  His favorite part is the reward sticker he gets every time he uses the bathroom.  At first the stickers were scattered throughout the house, and usually ended up on the bottom of my sock.  I suggested he put them on a piece of paper on the fridge so that we could all see his special stickers. He got quite a kick out of that.  So here is Gabe sitting happily on the potty, and his reward stickers - this is ONE days worth of stickers.  :)  

Who needs toys???

Who needs toys when you have things like these:?

a comfy bathroom sink

a perfectly sized laundry basket

a brother to squeeze

a comfy couch nook

a nice warm daddy to fall asleep on

Family Pictures!

As promised, here are our family pictures taken by Lloyd.  He did an amazing job of capturing both the traditional family pictures - including the challenge of photographing a constantly moving two year old! - and some fun candid shots of us playing around.  If any of you lucky Utahn's would like to have Lloyd take your family pictures, his website is in our link list to the right.  Thanks again for great pictures Dad!  

Mimi and Papa Eldredge come to visit!

We were lucky to have a recent visit from Mimi and Papa Eldredge.  I absolutely love my in-laws and spending time with them.  Mimi was a huge help with a project I had for work, and both she and Papa were extremely helpful with the boys.  They entertained Gabe and took him out for fun trips, which is always a treat for Gabe (both the outings and the company!).  We also were treated to Mimi's amazing and very healthy cooking.  I was especially thrilled to have our talented Papa here to take pictures of the entire visit.  Here are some pictures he took.  My Christmas gift was a photoshoot with our family, which I'll post pictures of soon.  You can check out Lloyd's photography in our link list to the right.  Thanks for a wonderful visit Mimi and Papa!  We can't wait to have you back again!!

Mimi has the magic touch

Grant with Mimi and Papa

Nakey baby!

Mirror mirror...

Brotherly love