Snowflake fun!

What a beautiful Sunday!Ian was super hyper this afternoon -he had way to much fun in nursery today. We had a combine all adults class and the stake leaders came and helped out in the other kids classes so everyone could attend. A few of the young men helped out in Nursery towards the end because our class went over a little and Ian had a blast. Although how could he not love all the attention plus playing catch! We could barely even calm him down or get him to come home. It was quite funny. So what did we do??? Caught snowflakes with our tongues outside.
Ian loved every minute of it!

Water Fun!

Let me introduce you to Ian's new favorite place...The bathroom sink. All this week every morning and evening when brushing our teeth he lays in the sink. Not sitting like he is here -but actually laying in it. Then he thinks it is even more hilarious to turn on the water -while he is in it! Silly Boy!

Miss You!

This is Ellie and Erin. Ian absolutely adores them and we do too! He has been lucky enough to be a part of their family during the weekdays since he was just about 6 months old. He loves them and is always so excited to be with them. When I pick him up after work he screams or says "no" because he does not want to come home, he wants to stay and play. Don't worry once we are home he is fine but if anyone knocks on the door Ian runs while shouting Ellie.

Ian always knows when we are coming close or driving by their house. When we pull up to their door in the morning the first thing Ian says is "Eeeiii" while giggling. I drop him off and he runs without turning back. This week they leave to visit Brian (who we also adore) in California. They will be missed more than they know.

This is where Ian learned all of his dance moves
and found that playing in the rain is a blast!

Where Ian discovered the snow and the fun things you can do in the snow.

Where Ian found his best friend

and partner in crime.Oh the fun they have....

We have been so blessed to have them be a part of our lives. They take such good care of Ian and love him as if he were their own. We can't wait for everyone to come back home -are we allowed to visit them while they are visiting someone else? Did you follow -if not just nod your head and agree :) We'll miss you!!!

Growing up to Fast

I cannot believe how fast Ian is growing up...everyday he is getting just a little bit bigger and smarter. He loves everything and is a really happy baby. In the picture above he had just gone "oppy" in the potty and we celebrated by jumping on the bed in all the pillows.

Even he thinks he is so big.
While I was attempting to clean up the office he thought he would check some things on the computer.

Everyday I love him more and more!

Mr. Independent!

Ian has always been very independent. He loves doing what other people are doing and does not like help. The other day we were eating and he has always been pretty good at using his fork and spoon but he decided to use both of them at the same time. Fork in the left and spoon in the right. He thought he was hilarious!

We went to the park yesterday with the Thompson's. Ian adores Ellie and loves trying to copy everything she does. She thought it would be fun to go down the middle of the slide.
It did not work out so well for Ian -he was stuck -but thought it was funny anyway.

Ian is all of the sudden very into watching his "show." I don't even know where this came from. We hardly ever watch TV infact we keep debating whether or no to cancel Dish because we don't watch it anymore. All Ian wants to do is watch his "show" as long as it is Imagination Movers or Baby Einstein. I'll admit I have taken advantage of it in the morning when he wakes up early and I am in a rush to get ready. Which was a horrible idea because now the moment we head downstairs to play the first thing out of his mouth is "show" and he runs to get Baby Einstein: Baby McDonald. Then he cries because I say no and eventually we just go upstairs and play. It is driving me crazy -I am hoping it is a phase.

In other news...

• Ian is now going to nursery and loving it. He turn 18 months November 29th and he loves his leaders and is always excited to go. In sacrament meeting I will remind he that he gets to go to nursery and he says "ya, ursee (nursery). " Hopefully it lasts because we are loving it too! Now I only have one child to take care of during the rest of the meetings -Tim.
• Ian went to the bathroom in the toilet three times this last week. He runs over to me and says, "oopy." I ask him if he needs to sit on the potty and he says either "ya" or "no." He almost always toots in the toilet and then says "done." It is hilarious -he loves sitting on the toilet. Sometimes it is a little annoying because he tends to want to go a lot. Plus he grunts when he tries to go. But that just makes me laugh.
• Tim took his test last week to get into the Weber State LPN to RN program and did amazing. He scored in the 99th percentile and was the top of his class. That afternoon he took two more tests for school and scored in the 90's on both of them. Hurray! Now Weber just has to accept him into the program -I think we find out in December.

Halloween!

We love the fall -but this weekend started out like this -yikes!!!

The kids were already sledding and Ian wanted to join in on the fun. Unfortunately I would not let him go outside because we do not own a winter coat for him. Looks like I will be going shopping.

The kids were nice enough to put snowballs up by the window -which Ian loved. When I opened the window he would say "rrrrrrr" and want it closed. To cold!

We found plenty of ways to entertain ourselves inside.

On Halloween we did lots of activities -Ian loved helping with Sugar Cookies. He would roll out the dough and then push the cookie cutter down with his fist -while smashing the cooking inside.

After making cookies we had lunch -I know a little backwards but that's the way we like it! Then we waited for grandma, grandpa, and Hunter to get here to paint and carve pumpkins.Tim's creation this year just for Ian -he loves lions!
Hunter made a scary face pumpkin, and I painted one with Ian.
Ian loved painting his pumpkin and was ok with a little bit of blue paint on his hands. But once he got a lot of paint, and mostly the red, he decided he was done. He likes to have his hands clean. However tonight he had a sugar cookie with lots of frosting and grandpa showed him to lick his fingers -after that he could have cared less if his hands were covered in frosting.

This year I could not decide what to have Ian be for Halloween. I found the cutest lion outfit online (he loves lions) but it was around fifty dollars. Are you kidding me -I am not going to pay $50 dollars for a costume that he will wear for maybe an hour kicking and screaming in. But it really was very cute! Then I ran across a tutorial online at Make it and Love it for making a peter pan costume...it did not look too bad so I figured what the heck. I figured out how to make the pants from MADE another wonderful blog.
After getting the material that Monday and cutting and pinning, and then another night of sewing his costume I was done!

Impressed??? Me too!
It turned out great and fit him perfectly -I had my doubts the last time I sewed anything for someone to wear was well never. So I'll admit I was amazed! Tim had his doubts -so much that he bought a Ninja costume for him to wear which I made him return on Wednesday after I finished it. Now I have decided that I am going to make Ian a few pairs of pants for the winter -it was pretty easy and super cheap!

So notice that I said Robin Hood in the picture? Well after saying he was peter pan we realized that Peter Pan and Robin Hood look very very similar. However Peter Pan has a green hat and Robin a brown... therefore Ian was dressed as Robin Hood. That night we headed to our neighborhood Trunk-or-Treat and Ian loved it. He would tell everyone "Booooo" instead of trick-or-treat. Once they gave him a piece of candy I would ask him "What do you say," he would reply, "peeeesssss" with his head tilted to the side instead of thank you. Then they would usually they would give him more candy. It was quite funny. When we came home he loved answering the door for the few trick-or-treaters we had. We even let him eat a dum dum -his favorite!