December 2016

Our December

We had to re-create this pic from Tripp 5 years ago :) Tripp on the left, Caff on the right.

Tripp had a reading goal for a month, if he achieved it, he got a skateboard! As you can see, SUCCESS!

Our toddler proof tree! 

Such good manners.... 

Dad and Tripp were making Gingerbread houses (graham cracker houses) and Caff swiped in and stole the good stuff. Dad was supposed to be watching.... haha.

We finally decided to give little man his first haircut!  It was getting a little out of control!

The end result! Still curly! Less crazy!

Brothers just chillin.

Caff likes to steal stuff off my desk..... this was one of the funnier thing he swiped.

I ruined his life by not letting him have my Starbucks!

Who needs sticky notes?

Seriously non stop mess this kid!

Tripp made an awesome block castle and insisted I take a picture, before Caffrey ruins it!

We think the colander shrunk!

Any time you want this kid to take a pic.. he has to flash the UTES sign! Dad trained him well!

The boys waiting for dad to land! Perfect spot to watch for helicopters!

Tripp wanted to sit with mom.... and Caff wanted to sit with Tripp... this is how that worked out :-)

Even with short hair.. it gets a little crazy!!!

Christmas with the Gibson's! 

Caff hanging out with Aunt Lea! 

Christmas Eve... New Jammies!

Christmas morning. Caffrey was obsessed with his Vacuum! It kinda stole the show!
Santa brought Caffrey a BIG pirate ship and pirate gear! He also got lots of cars, trucks, a bouncing toy, a little bike, sports stuff and books! 

Christmas morning for Tripp!
Santa brought Tripp a REAL basketball hoop and a spyglass!
Tripp also got laser tag guns, night vision goggles, walkie-talkies, binoculars, finger skateboards, and other fun toys! 

Caff enjoying a box...at the Child Family Christmas get together.

Caff's pirate ship! Which will be an outdoor toy once it warms up!

Tripp's first FORD! Unky J and Aunt Jo got him a remote control truck, just like J.D'S REAL truck! 

Mom's present! Who would have thought in a million years I would have wanted one of these???? :-)

After Christmas Caff came down with croup! What an awful virus! At first we thought it was just a regular virus since he was running a fever for a few days with no other symptoms, then he woke up one day and seemed to be struggling to breathe... so we took him in and sure enough.. croup! We have never seen him so mellow! We had 2 days of literally just snuggling... he wanted nothing to do with anything other than sleep and snuggles. :(

Pirate ships are also good for watching TV in :-)

Day 3 of croup and we finally got smiles :-)

November 2016

Our November, summed up in pictures.

Our annual Santa photo with the cousins! The winner for who LOVES Santa the most this year goes to, again, one of our children... Caffrey! 

Our kids progression with Santa through the years, from bottom right 2011, 2012, 2013, bottom left 2014, 2015 and 2016.

We spent Thanksgiving in Salt Lake this year. Got to spend time with both families, but had Thanksgiving with the Gibson side. 

I was lucky enough to spend half a day with friends! NO KIDS. We went to lunch and got pedicures! 

Caff and his crazy hair (pre-haircut).

This kid can sleep through anything. We are surprised he hasn't made it off his bed yet.

On November 2nd, we celebrated Jon's Birthday! 33 years young! (Physically anyway) :-) As usual, he got UTES stuff. His closet is pretty much Utes, helicopter and biking gear.

He also got some cupcakes :-)

Somebody went stamp happy on their brother. 

FOOD is what makes this kid happy! We don't know how he stays so little! All he does is eat! EVERYTHING. He is not picky at all, the only thing he hasn't liked so far is squash, oh and he's not a fan of milk (any kind) which is another complete opposite of Tripp, Tripp has always loved his milk (rice milk), Caff could care less if he ever gets it. 

He looks like he just did something mischievous, but really he just shoved the whole bottom of a ice cream cone in his mouth... ya know, cause that's what dad does! 

Now THIS one, IS mischievous, ALWAYS, he wanted to see if dad raises his blood pressure as much as he raises dads! 

We took Caff out to eat one day... and learned that he likes to eat crayons.... ICK! We have since fixed this problem... for the most part.

We all had dentist appointments this month. Tripp did awesome. I was worried about it not being a pediatric office, but he was a total sport. It did help that the dental assistant was pretty awesome too. No cavities. Awesome teeth, and some are even getting loose! 

Sup guys?

He now thinks he has to have milkshakes like dad. Both these kids are complete Daddy's boys! 

And this one has to do everything Tripp does! EVERYTHING!

Caff's turn at the dentist... he did great, until someone actually tried to touch him! AH!

Caff loves when Aunt Na comes to visit. He always gives her lots of snuggles and lots of attention.

We had the boys sharing a room for about 2 weeks. It worked out great for the most part, but Caffrey is just a horrible sleeper, very restless and loud. So we moved them back to separate rooms to make sure everyone gets enough sleep!

In this picture, they were showing dad how to sing the Crocodile song.

When they actually hang out together! Caff is definitely the cuddler of the 2!

Someone REALLY likes Starbucks! It makes him happy! No idea where he gets this! :-)

Soaking up some of the last few WARM days!

He always puts blankets all around his face! It makes mom crazy. 

More Sup....

Over Thanksgiving, Tripp played with Uncle Doug. They were a pretty good match! 

We just can't get enough of these eyes!!!