Saturday, April 2, 2016

Easter Adventures with Nana and Papa Mitchell

The last couple weeks have flown by!
First, we were running around getting ready for Nana and Papa Mitchell to come. We cleaned the apartment from top to bottom and deep cleaned the car and rescheduled piano lessons and everything.
Meanwhile, Elliott learned how to drink out of his own sippy cup.

I love his little flourish, super cute!

Dad got so tired from school he collapsed on the floor, so we built a Lego bridge over him!

 Life as a student Dad?

O helped me whip up some watermelon cookies to share with the Elders. He's a great cook, too!

Here he is dancing in the rain, because here in LA the rain is actually warm. I know that's a foreign concept for some of our Western family, but it's true and pretty awesome!


Elliott's been continuing to grow, here's some proof!




Here he is cruising along when he should have been sleeping...

Here's a random video of O being very offended by our neighbors not inviting us to their party!

We even squeezed in a little Mama Son Date!

Then Nana and Papa came and we had so much fun with them!!
We hit up the park...








We showed them the USS Kidd...

We took them to meet Mike the Tiger...


We took them to the French Quarter, the Insectarium, and the Aquarium...





We ate lots of good food, found the boys some super cute Easter outfits, headed to the Swamp Center, and Bass Pro Shop(O's favorite place).

Then we capped it all off with the Primary Easter Egg Hunt. O had so much fun!





It was such a great visit! We're so happy they came to stay for a whole week and we got to fit so much fun stuff in. The boys were so sad when they had to go. O walked away as they were pulling out of the driveway and Mike asked if he was sad. He said, "No! I'm mad! I didn't want them to leave!" Poor little guy!


It was nice that the next day was Easter, so they had something to take their minds off of missing Nana and Papa.
In the morning they woke up to Easter baskets and an egg hunt. It was so sweet to watch them find their eggs and check out their baskets. They loved the fun jammies and snack cups from Nana and Papa Fisher and the book and movie from Aunt Tauna! Thanks everyone!







The boys were so cute at church in their matching outfits, thanks again Nana and Papa Mitchell, they're perfect!

When we got home, O started doing something with some yarn in the living room. When we asked him what it was, he said, "It's an Elliott trap, I'm going to catch an Elliott!" So, after lunch we set Elliott free, and that's exactly what happened!

Spending the week leading up to Easter with family was perfect. It reminded us of how grateful we are for our Savior's Atonement that allows us to live with our family in the next life. We know He lives, and that because of this we will live again!

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Hair Cuts and Brother Fun

Last Sunday we gave the boys haircuts. They've been needing it pretty badly, but it took awhile for us to find the time to get around to it. They look so dapper now!

Here are some before shots for comparison:


Elliott wasn't so sure how he felt about his first haircut...



After!


Definitely an improvement for each, don't you think?!

I just can't get enough of how much these two love each other. They already share such a special little bond, I love it!








O has been acting so big lately, I just don't know where my toddler went! He works harder and longer at trying to understand new things and absorbs everything like a sponge.
He just started to really love playing some learning games on the computer. Here he is totally focused on getting that pesky mouse right where he needs it so he can click. It's trickier than you think!

He's also been growing out of naptime. It took me a couple weeks to accept this, but things have been going more smoothly at our house since then. Every once in awhile though, playing at the park just does you in...

Elliott continues to grow as well. He loves to check everything out. He's such a happy little guy!
I gave him one very small piece of a blueberry poptart and turned around to this! What a messy little man he is.

Here are a couple more fun shots from Photographer O.






P.S. His drawing skills are getting better, too. Here's an airplane:
He said the middle circle is the nose, the side circles are the wings, and the line going out the top is the "poker." :)

We hope your week is great!