A day with Daddy home! :)

Gilbert was able to come home and see us last Saturday, and he wanted to do something fun with us. After attempting to go to the water park here in Logan and being turned away because we didn't have enough $ to get the extra diaper thing for Andrew we decided to go to the river. The water was FREEZING, but Andrew didn't seem to mind. He stayed in there for about an hour just throwing rocks. He loved it! Gilbert and I would throw rocks in and see who could get the other one more wet. We had a lot of fun, but it got cold fast for us.  Then Gilbert decided to take Andrew wading across the river. He kept wanting to stop to pick up rocks to throw......
finally we decided to let him....
I started getting into it with him. 
Andrew loves to get chased by his dad. He always looks like he is about to trip when he tries to run really fast. 
Then Gilbert wanted to have a BBQ and cook us some hamburgers. Andrew is patiently waiting for his dinner to get done.
We love having our Daddy home. We can't wait until school starts so he will get to stay home. We love you Daddy and all the good times we have!

Let's just say life has been a crazy one lately!

Sometimes I feel like this is really what we look like all the time. :)

I am going to make this quick but before any more time slips away I will just do a quick recap of the past month. 

First Gilbert leaves to work in the Uintahs.

Doug comes home. 

I leave to work at Supercuts.

Miss Gilbert.

Melinda and her family come to visit at Moms.

Come home.

Miss Gilbert.

Have a really weird smell in my house.

Don't know if it is dangerous.

Miss Gilbert.

Live at Brooke's house.

Leave to family reunion up at Palisades.

Andrew gets REALLY sick and throws up all night.

I get sick.

REALLY MISS GILBERT.

Come home.

House is still stinky.

Live at Brookes.

This is where we are now. Practically living at Brooke's trying to get rid of stinky weird smell. Andrew is almost better. And I am still really missing Gilbert. 

I guess absence really does make the heart grow fonder. 

I don't know what I would ever do without Gilbert forever. I have realized how much he really is a part of me. I can't wait to get to see him again.

I do have to say that there have been lots of good things thrown in the mix. I can't believe how blessed I am. I know Heavenly Father loves me so much and I really can't believe all the small things He throws into my life to make it just a little bit better.

Thank you Gilbert for leaving so many surprises.

Thank you Emily for dinner.

Thank you Jen for playing games.

Thank you Aaron for babysitting for me so much.

Thank you Beyler family for dinner.

And thank you Brooke for being so hospitable and saving my sanity time and time again with having Gilbert gone.

Elder Doug Oldham comes home today!!

I am so excited I get to go see my little "big" brother tonight. It seems like Doug has been gone for ten years not two. I miss him so much. I am so excited that he will get to meet Andrew for the first time. So many people have told me that Andrew looks just like Doug's baby pictures. I look up to Doug in more than one way. He truly is an example of a Spiritual Giant. I don't know anyone who has met Doug that didn't feel better about themselves. He reminds me of what kind of person I would imagine Captain Moroni being. When the Lord says that Satan would quake and tremble to have more people on the Earth like him. That is the kind of person Doug is. 

He would live outside if I let him.

I had left the back door open after cleaning the bathrooms to air out all the cleaning smells and before I knew it this is what I found.....  

I waited a while to see if he would get worried and look back to see if I was coming, but nope. He had no concern whatsoever if I knew where he was. He was so happy to be free. He just kept on going and going. He was way happy when he found this dirt pile in the neighbors backyard. 
He found two rocks that are now with the rest of the his toys in the house. They are his FAVORITE toys.

He wasn't too happy about Dad bringing him in. He thought he was on the loose forever.

Swimming at Papa's

I know it has been a while, but I wanted to post this one really quick. We just got a new underwater camera and we wanted to try it out, so we put Andrew under the water and took a picture. (We dunked him REALLY fast.) It turned out soo cute! Andrew was pretty mad at us afterwards for dunking him in the water, but I know when he is older he will love this picture.

To my Mom.....

I just want to say thank you to my mom today. Now that I kind of know what having babies is all about I don't know how she did it eleven times. I can't even imagine what it would be like to be pregnant or nursing for eighteen years straight. With no breaks. What a WONDER WOMAN!!  Mom, 23 years ago today you were in a lot of pain just for me. I could never tell you thank you enough for all that you did that day and continue to do through my whole life. You never cease to amaze me. You are the most wonderful mom in the whole world! I love you so much! THANK YOU!!! 

Andrew laughing!

Andrew woke up last night after being asleep for an hour and we couldn't resist getting him out of bed to play. He was so happy and he has never laughed like this in his life.

Andrew turned the big "1"

I made this huge poster for decorations for the party.
My good friend made Andrew's cake for me so that it was like a basketball. She is so good. I had to babysit all morning so it helped me a lot to have her make Andrew's cake. Thanks Brooke!
Andrew didn't dive right into the cake like I thought he would. Gilbert had to do a lot of prodding and I think Gilbert ate more of it than Andrew did. :) At least Andrew got a messy face for pictures.
Gilbert was so excited to get a giant fish for Andrew's birthday present. At first he didn't know what to do with it, but now he loves to suck on the tail.
Andrew's favorite toys are balls. He got lots of them for his birthday!
Gilbert's brother, Matt, his wife Amy and their three boys came up from Brigham City. Curtis, Andrew, and Ryan. Thank you so much for coming. It was so fun to have family there.
These are our home teachers the Martins, Kevin and Emily. Andrew loves it when they come to visit so I knew he would love to have them at his party. And on the left is Brooke, who made his cake, and Andrew's best little buddies, Rylie, Mason, and Bracken.
Here are the Caley's. Their littlest boy is only three weeks older than Andrew. Can you believe it? He is such a big little boy! Andrew has a lot of fun with them. Bart, Lori, Caleb, and Max.
We are such fun parents. We gave Andrew a front facing car seat for his birthday. hahaha (Can you tell we are on a budget?) He was actually really excited. The first Sunday after he turned one, I was putting him in his seat after church and he just kept laughing. I think he was so excited to be able to see me. He is so happy that he now gets to see the world.
My parents and Eric came up to see Andrew the day after his birthday. It was a really quick trip and they ended up driving a lot longer than they actually got to visit, but we LOVED getting to see them. Andrew was spoiled rotten by all those who love him! I want to say "thank you to everyone that came and helped make Andrew's day so special." And a special thanks to Melanie who made all the addicting cupcakes.