Paxton Is 20 Months!

 My baby, Ok, my toddler, well he just turned 20 MONTHS old. That means in 4 months, he will be TWO!! Goodness, where did the time go? He is so funny nowadays and seriously such a joy to be around!
He will come and sit on us and say "hey baby"
He says his name, Paston. We're working on the "x"

He still has 12 teeth. Just waiting on his 4, 1st molar teeth and his 4 canines

He will repeat any word you ask him to say

He loves his coloring book and crayons

He finally has the strength to open our kitchen cabinets

He is in 18-24 size jeans

He can still wear shirts from 12 months on

He is in a size 4 diaper because he pees so much. They are still too big for him though

He wears a size 6-6.5 in shoes

He is in desperate need of a hair cut but we don't know whether to have a shag look or if we should cut it and fohawk. Any suggestions??

He loves nursery and playing with others

Every morning when he wakes up, he will play in his crib. When he's tired of playing in it and wants out he will yell, "moooom. mom. mooooom. mom. Up pwease. moooom." COMICAL

He climbed out of his crib so we turned it around so now he can't get out of it. We did buy a toddler bed before we thought about turning it around so we have that on hand for when he decides to try getting out again

He loves to laugh

He knows his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hands, feet (finally, he used to call them piggies) belly button, bum, head, arms and legs

He will pinch his nose and talk. He discovered how funny he sounds and now will pinch our nose and make us talk

He loves Ring Around The Rosy and will fall every time

He plays Patty Cake and does the motions

He still sleeps really good. 9:30-10ish AM and naps 4 hours a day

He has a new nightlight that projects stars on the ceiling, thanks to Uncle Brian and has to have his "stars" on during nap time and for bed

He will only eat Velveeta Mac N'Cheese. I tried giving him regular mac n'cheese and he WOULD NOT eat it

He is a real good eater. Still drinks his almond milk and has greek yogurt every morning for breakfast along with eggs or french toast

He still gives good kisses and blows them to people EVERYWHERE we go

His new favorite thing is "knuckles" He will put his fist up and say "Nunkles" Its so cute!

HAPPY 20 MONTHS PAX!!

Im super excited to announce that i am FINALLY going to watch the Star Wars movies

We had some friends over, the Hoyos family and the King family, for ice cream and games yesterday and somewhere during the night, it was mentioned that Jody had never watched Star Wars! I quickly chimed in that i have never seen them either! We all decided to start having a Star Wars night for FHE on Monday nights. Tonight we had our 1st movie night! It was SO much fun! We hosted it our house and had some treats and will rotate between us 3 couples! Im SO excited for the second one! We are watching them from the beginning. YAY for Star Wars!

And here are the Kiddos, running a muck!!

Ryan's face is hilarious!

  Lucy is 23 months. Pax is 20 months. Ryan is 17 months.

Luc, Pax and Ryan!

My 1st Ward Activity as Chair!

I was called, because i bribed the bishopric, to be the Activities Chair in our Student/Married ward! So for our 1st activity, i wanted to get to know the couples. I put together a Newlywed game that worked with more then just the typical 4 couples. I was so nervous about it but it turned out SO great. Marc and I put table numbers on the table, had seating assignments so every couple was across from each other, and had mediators at each table to keep track of scores and to make sure there was no cheating! Yes, i said it CHEATING! We played a Newlywed game in our previous ward (not organized at all) and it was awful and full of cheaters! So this made it impossible to cheat! YAY! I also had a huge dessert bar and i got 2, 3 gallon tubs of ice cream from the BYU Creamery. It was awesome and we have SO much ice cream leftover. Thanks to everyone who came and to my activities crew!

I LOVE this calling!

Paxton's 1st Ice Cream Cone

 Today, Paxton enjoyed his 1st ice cream cone. Marc likes vanilla and hates chocolate and I like chocolate and hate vanilla so when we had to choose which kind to get Paxton, we both said our each favorite to each other and were confused for a minute. 

WHICH FLAVOR SHOULD WE GET HIM????!

Then the sweet, eavesdropping cashier guy said, "We have swirl" PERFECT! Give him both!

11 Highlights of 2011

1. Paxton turned ONE

2. Marc earned 5 new flight licenses and is now a flight instructor at Provo Airport

3. We went on many vacations together and a couple separate unfortunately

4. Heather worked from home for an advertising company for 8 months

5. My best friend, Cortney (Searle) Moser got married in November and I was a bridesmaid for the first time!!

6. We celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary

7. My grandma Alice, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a mastectomy and underwent chemo.

8. Marc was introduced to "ripping" dvds (legally) and now has over 300 movies digitalized

9. We were called to high positions in our ward at church. Marc is a clerk. Heather is Activities Chair(wo)man. And our bishop treated us to Ruths Chris in Park City for FREE! (He owns it)

10. Pax learned to walk, talk, blow kisses, hug, run, pick his nose, open doors, etc. (More details in other posts)

11. We had TONS of visitors stay at our house! Family and friends and we loved it

Thank you 2011 for being a great year! We had a ton of fun and can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for us!!

May you all have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Ruths Chris Steakhouse

Our bishop owns The Park City Hotel and inside is a restaurant called Ruths Chris. Since Marc is in the bishopric, our bishop treats them and their wives to dinner at Ruths Chris for Christmas. It was both of our  1st time going and we were pretty excited! We got a babysitter for Pax and drove to Park City. We had a group of like 26. It was great to spend time with all our friends from church AND to enjoy an AMAZING dinner. Oh my goodness. It was my first time ever having lobster, hollandaise sauce, sweet potato casserole and cheesecake. (DO NOT LIKE VANILLA CHEESECAKE) but other then that, it was DELICIOUS! I highly recommend this place! Afterwards, we hugh out with the Wilson's and the Phillip's while Rachel breastfed and well, the boys thought they were ballers haha!

 Us with the Phillip's and the Wilson's!

 Heidi and Curt

 Me and the hubs

 Of course we had to get a picture in front of the restaurant!

 SO DELICIOUS!

 Phillip's again!

They boys in the Concierge. This was also the perfect time to talk to the 1st counselor, Curt, about a calling i wanted. Activities Chair. Had to do a little bribing but we'll see if he holds up to his end of the deal! haha

Thanks Bishop!