The 5 year old perspective

Mikey is a very mature five year old in many ways.  The other day I was taking some pictures of the boys and he asked if he could try taking pictures too.  I handed him the camera and off he went.  About 30 minutes later he brought it back to me and I found about a hundred random pics.  I cracked up at what I found!  It was amazing to see life from a five-year-old mind!  This post probably isn't nearly as interesting to you as it is to me...but I couldn't let it go unposted. Here are some of Mikey's masterpieces...   :)

...to be a kid again...

Mike and I went to Hobby Lobby recently to get some supplies for a craft project.  While we were there, we saw some modeling clay on sale.  Mike, being a kid at heart, went nuts. He went into this huge dissertation about how much he loved modeling clay as a kid and hated play-doh because it smelled and dried out.  He kept going about how much Mikey would love it, etc. etc. etc.  It was hilarious!  He was seriously like a child trying to convince his mom by not giving her time to say no and giving a million reasons as to why it was a justified purchase.  Anyway, so we bought some modeling clay for Mike, I mean Mikey and drove home.  When Mikey came over that weekend, he loved it!  He played with it for probably 3 hours straight and then again when Mike got home from work.  I have to admit, it was fun to watch them make clay people and put them to life.  Here are some pictures from the day Mikey got his clay.

  Please excuse the random blue marks on Mikey's face. He and another kid on the bus decided to draw on eachother...

These are little clay hats Mikey made.  He made one for Hunter and one for himself in the appropriate size.  He is so funny! He put them on for himself and Hunter then posed for the camera.  He is such a good older brother!

Hunter doesn't really know how to feel about his new hat.

Porter and Hunter!

Katie Huff (formerly Jones) and I have been friends for like eleven years and we were inseparable in our elementary school days!  Anyway, when we were in like 7th grade one day we were listening to Hanson (as we normally did) and we made a promise to each other that we would someday get married at the same time, live next door to each other, be pregnant together and raise our kids together complete with white picket fence. :)  Well, Katie got married first, about a year before I did and we never quite found places next door to each other...however, we DID get pregnant at relatively the same time and we each had a boy one month from each other.  I loved having a pregnant buddy and being able to share parenting stories with her! Anyway, a couple weeks ago we got the boys together to hang out.  Katie and I chatted most of the time, but we managed to get a burp cloth sewn in between!  Here are some pics of the boys!

Katie, I love you girl!  I can't wait for our boys to get older together!  

Halfway to 1!

Hunter was officially 6 months old on the 8th so I snapped a few pictures. I can't believe it has been half a year from the 39 hour screamingly painful delivery.  (With a beautiful end result of course) Happy 6 months baby boy!

Halloween Day!

Ya, ya, ya, I know it was almost a month ago, but here are some pictures of Hunter on the actual DAY!  He was adorable and pretty much slept the whole time.  There was a little carnival going on in our neighborhood so we walked around there and then went and picked up Mikey from his mom's house.  He was already out of his costume by the time we got there, so no pics of Mikey this year.  Anyway, H's first Halloween was a success and he didn't whine about his costume at all.  He was actually in love with the tail and he would play with the hair on the end of it so inquisitively.  He is always trying to figure everything out! Here are some of my fav's.  

I just couldn't help it

Okay, so I know I already have a few videos on here and one of those is of Hunter laughing, but I just couldn't resist putting this on here.  I crack up at his deep belly laugh so I ran and grabbed our camera! Our dog Branigan was so excited because we had just walked in the door that he started to play with Hunter.  Hunter thought it was the funniest thing he has ever seen!  Don't worry our dog is super sweet and wouldn't hurt a fly, he was just playing with Hunter!  I guess it can look scary to people who don't know Branigan's personality! Anyway...Enjoy.

Pumpkin Patch!

Mike and I took the boys to a pumpkin patch nearby for a little Halloween fun! We went after the sun had gone down which made the corn maze more interesting!  We got some great pics with the boys!  

Mikey was so unsure of the corn maze.  He would say "I'm Scared" like every 5 seconds in a whiney voice for added drama.  He really wanted to be tough but this picture says it all.  Mike kept making him tell us which way to go and I would try to sneak off to scare him. Every-time I would make a noise or rustle the stocks of corn he would cling to the stroller and say "I know thats you Dana" in a very shaky, tearful voice.  Poor kid.  I must get that teasing from Nick. 

Just hanging out on the couch

Here we are at my parents Trunk-or-Treat party for their ward.  This is Mike's mom "Grammy" with Hunter.  I will add more pictures from Halloween Night. 

I just thought the giraffe was so fitting for Hunter's long and thin frame!  Plus, it was complete with a tail and mane that looked like a mohawk.  ADORABLE.