Salt Lake City, UT

On the 21st we headed down to UT for another dr appt for Brian. He has been having problems with his shoulder that was injured in boot camp. They actually think he will have to have surgery again...bummer. We will find out on 6-7 what's going on and what they will be doing, but eventually he will need it replaced. Sad day for him:( The last time we went down to UT we didn't get back until 1am and we left that morning at 6ish, so I put my foot down and decided we were staying in a hotel this time. We went down the day before and met up with some friends for dinner and then Brian took Hunter swimming. I put Aubrie's little feet in, but obviously she's too little to go all the way into a pool. The next day(22nd) was Brian's appointment. I dropped him off and headed down to Sandy to take Hunter to the aquarium. It was lot's of fun to see how much he knows. I know I'm his mom, but he is one SMART little boy!! He knew all the sea animals before I even could tell him what it was! We were at the penguins and on the wall they a few pictures of different types of penguins. He noticed the biggest one and told me that he was the daddy penguin and that they take care of the babies. He definitely surprised me with that one:) It's been quite the adventure taking both kids out in public by myself, haha. While we were there Hunter had to use the bathroom, I'm sure I looked like a crazy women trying to get that taken care of;) It's getting easier and I'm hoping that this summer I will be able to take Hunter to more activities.

                                                       Little itty-bitty sea horses!

 Both Hunter and I were to scared to touch these guys, but they were cool!

 This picture makes me laugh. Hunter looks drunk and Aubrie's staring at him like umm...mom who is that weirdo LOL

                                                             My little ham:)

Aubrie is getting SO big. She was 7.5lbs when she was born and last Thursday she weighed 10.5lbs. She is rolly-polly! Hunter was like a little green bean, so it's been fun to see her get chubby!  Hunter and Aubrie are like night and day. He never cried, ever. If he needed something he would just make this grunting noise. Aubrie likes let you know she's around. She most often gets gassy in the evening and has cried up to 2 hours before her tummy feels better. We have tried the gas drops and the gripe water, but they only help a little. She does sleep really well at night! She is now sleeping through the night, and she is only 7 weeks old! She loves to smile and just this last week has started to coo. I just love it! I can't believe how fast the last 7 weeks have gone. It feels like she has always been a part of our family! We love her so much and are so blessed to have her and Hunter!

Sunset

Idaho has some of the best sunsets! I'm lucky enough to have a great view!! I love summer time:)

Our Garden

For a few years Brian and I have talked about how we would love to be able to have our own garden. Since we live in an apartment that just hasn't happened. Last year a few different couples in our ward had gardens on the outskirts of the church farm south of town and that seemed like something we could do! I was lucky enough to be able to get one of those plots this year!!! A full plot is 50ftX80ft or they have half plots. The helpers on the farm actually tilled it, and they water it for us! There are around 20 spots available, so I'm so happy we were able to get one!!! We decided to go with a half plot and I'm glad we did! I'm not sure we will even fill up a half plot. I'm excited to use my blog as a journal of sorts for our garden. It might be really boring if there are actually people still looking at our blog, lol.

So far we have planted 3 rows of red potatoes, 6 rows of yellow and red onions, and 2 rows of carrots. We still plan on planting peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, and broccoli. It feels a little overwhelming right now, but this will be a great learning experience! Hopefully I will be good about updating what we have learned works well here in Idaho.

Playing Catch Up

About 2 weeks before Aubrie was born we took Hunter to the museum to see the dinosaurs. He loved it! It was very hands on and kid friendly. If you haven't been, you should go! About half way through close to 100 kindergartners showed up and then I wanted out of there haha. I'm glad we have such an awesome museum here in IF!

This was Aubrie's first bath at home. She didn't love it. She cried the whole time, but now she loves them and just relaxes!

On April 21st IF had a kids fair. Dora the Explorer and Deigo were there! We waited in line for over an hour to get 1 quick picture. I'm not sure we will ever go again. They didn't have much to look at, but Hunter was excited about Dora and that made it worth it.

On April 24th Brian had an appointment at the VA in SLC. Aubrie was only 2 weeks old so we decided that it was best to not bring her into the hospital with all the gross germs. I was planning on taking Hunter up to a park near the zoo, but he said he wanted to go to the Temple. I thought that sounded much more fun! We dropped Brian off and we made our way back to Temple Square. It was time to feed the baby so we did that near the parking garage entrance of the Joseph Smith building. I kept telling Hunter he had to be super good because you never know who you might see on the temple grounds. We have been plenty of times and have never seen anyone "special", but this time I noticed a couple of guys that looked like they belonged in the secret service. I was taking pictures of Hunter near one of the fountains and decided to go over by the tabernacle. I noticed a golf cart with 3 men dressed in suits coming towards us. As they got closer I could tell that it was 2 apostles, Pres Boyd K Packer and Elder Russell M Nelson. It was just Hunter, me and the baby and they stopped and asked if they could shake our hands. Hunter was very good and just stood there as we talked. Pres Packer told Hunter how much he liked his red hair and Elder Nelson told Hunter how grateful they were for him. You could tell how sincere he was. It was definitely a very special experience!

I took this picture of Aubrie on her changing table. I thought it was silly:) To me, she doesn't look like herself at all, but it's still a cute one! This was on her 4 weeks mark. I can't believe how fast the first 4 weeks have gone. It makes me sad. She is now completely out of her newborn clothes and just about into size 1 diapers. She is a stinker at night. She doesn't sleep very deep so I am constantly putting her binky. She falls asleep about midnight and wakes up between 4 and 6am, but won't let us lay her back in her bed. I'm hoping this changes quickly!! I'm trying harder to just lay her in her bed during the day so she gets more use to that. Having an older brother that likes to make lots of noise during the day makes it hard for her to stay asleep.

Hunter is one proud big brother. He can't get enough of her. Honestly, I feel like we are always telling him to leave her alone. He wants to help ALL the time, and usually ends up making her mad haha. I'm very happy that he loves her so much and wants to help instead of being jealous and being mad at her.