Time for an Update

We're getting into February now! Where is the time going?? We've been busy, but not. You know the feeling? Plus our camera is terrible so I hardly take pictures anymore.  But I do have a few since the first of the year. 

Owen loves to look outside. He actually really loves to be out on the back porch, or just outside. But lately it's just too cold and windy to venture out for too long. We are ready for spring! 

Before Bryce started school we drove to Oklahoma City to visit Matt and Chelsea. We went to the Science Museum while we were there. Spencer did not like the tornado simulator... 

He did think the mirror maze was pretty cool though.  

Favorite car! Mario! He is so obsessed right now.  

I was organizing closets (because we switched Spencer and Owen's rooms) and the boys really enjoyed relaxing in the baby toys. Owen was perfectly content to just swing, he didn't even try to climb out.I thought it was so funny. And doesn't he look so huge in this picture? He really is getting big. So crazy. 

We went to the BYU bookstore to get BYU shirts for the boys over Christmas but couldn't find anything. Who would've thought Old Navy would have better selection/sizes!? 

Drinking his water with a fork...

I have a lot of good videos, but I have really been having issues uploading any lately. I should probably edit them or try posting them on YouTube or something. But I'm too lazy. I'm just hoping it will start working again. 

Here is a little update on us. It's all words, no pics. Be warned. Bryce is full swing into school. It's nice to get back into a good schedule, even if it is a crazy one sometimes. I really need to do a good update on both Spencer and Owen. Maybe one of these days. But they are both great. Sick at the moment. Spencer tells me at least 50 times a day that he is sick. Not sick enough to go to the hospital though. Pretty sure he is milking it for all it's worth. But that's okay with me. :) It's funny because I was just telling someone at church on Sunday that we haven't really been sick very much this winter. 

Spencer is very energetic. We are on the third floor and our downstairs neighbors have pounded on their ceiling a few times! We are ready for warmer weather so we can do our running and jumping outside! I have started taking Spencer to story time at the library again. The first week was a little rough. I have no idea where he got this from, but he takes a while to warm up to people and new things. So he wasn't too fond of story time. But he is getting better. I told him we were going the other day and he said "Okay, but I don't want to dance." He is such a great helper too. I keep thinking I should start some kind of chore chart with him. But he loves to help me vacuum and unload the dishwasher and clean toilets! Hopefully it continues into his teenage years and beyond. He loves to race his cars, read stories, watch Mario on the computer (why do people record themselves playing mariokart and put it on YouTube?! It has ruined my life...), cut with scissors, draw volcanos, and just play.

Owen. Well he's just crazy. He is the loudest little boy ever! He is all or nothing. He's either so sweet and playful or he is mad and screaming. It makes me laugh. He has starting walking the past few weeks. He still crawls more than he walks. And I need to get a good video of him. He hasn't figured out standing up in the middle of the room yet, so that might be what is holding him back. And it could be that he can crawl a very short distance to climb up on something in our apartment, so he doesn't need to learn to stand up. :) He loves to clap and say "more" in sign language. Every time he does it and I say "more?" he starts giggling. He also enjoys playing with cars and trains. But they have to be the car or train that Spencer gives him. Usually Owen is okay with that. He is sleeping better during the night. He still wakes up usually just once. He always puts himself to sleep at night, but nap time has not been so successful yet. He still has his binky and I have no intention of taking it away any time soon. It will come, I just would rather not think about it. We discovered recently that Owen loves to slide! We went to the park a few weeks ago and if I wasn't helping him go down the slide he was screaming at me. :) He really is such a sweet baby. I can hardly believe it's almost been a year since he was born! Time sure flies.

We are so lucky to have family fairly close. We made a trip to Oklahoma City to see my sister Chelsea and her family in January. And then last week we went to my sister Jessica's house. Mostly to try to be helpful since she was 9 months pregnant and her husband had to be out of town. We had a great time though. I wish we could do it more often! And Jessica did have her baby. Our new cousin Harrison who we can't wait to snuggle with.