My sister Jasmine got married to one awesome guy (Nate) in the Salt Lake City Temple on March 6. Instead of having a reception, they just wanted to have a large brunch. I was put in charge of making 2 large banners for decorations. One that read "Wonder of Wonders" and one that read "Miracle of Miracles". Well, long story short, with a 4 month old who doesn't like to be put down (ever), and a husband who works 80 hours a week, it's kind of hard to find time to do anything! Luckily, this amazing man of mine stopped working overtime for a few days to help me get it done. Half of the time he took care of the baby, and, get this, the other half of the time, he helped me craft up the banner! Did I pick a winner or what? I am glad we were able to help out with the wedding though. Plus it gave me an excuse to see my husband more! Win, win!
Jon working on the banner while I held Crew for a nap. Yes, he is using a hot glue gun.
Each letter had it's own banner
Sorry this is sideways, don't know why it uploaded like that
In the end we strung them all together and they looked amazing! I didn't get a picture of the finished product though.
We had a great time celebrating with Jasmine and Nate and we are so excited for Nate to be a part of the family! He's awesome and he fits right in! The luncheon was a huge success and we loved going to the temple. Crew did pretty well for most of the day considering he refused to take a single nap with so much going on. He didn't get fussy until the very end when it was time for pictures! But I must say he did look very handsome all day long!
Cutie! And I made the bow tie all by myself!
And during the luncheon, as part of tradition, all of us siblings preformed a dance! The music cut out right at the climax, but we ended up finishing anyway.
Yes, after only 2 years we had to get rid of Togo. We loved having him when it was just the two of us, but since Crew has been born we have been neglecting him quite a bit. We still feed him and clean his tank but other than that he was just sitting in the study all day long by himself. Eventually we want to turn that room into Crew's room, too. And once Crew gets more mobile we didn't want him crawling over and wobbling his table so much that he tips the tank over, so we decided it would just be best if we gave him to someone who could take better care of him (Sidenote: all the following pictures were taken the last day we had him).
Within ten minutes of posting on KSL someone wanted him! 2 hours later he was gone. We felt really good about the family he was going to. They were from Draper and they have had turtles before and they have several older kids who were really excited to have a turtle again.
When we first got him as a little hatchling he was smaller than our palms! Now he is huge! We will miss him but we are glad he is going somewhere where he will be happier.
Isn't he just the cutest? He is just getting bigger and bigger every day and boy doesn't he have quite the little personality!! He is very stubborn when it comes to naps, but he sleeps pretty well at night! He can roll over, but he hates doing it so we rarely see it. He loves holding his own hands and has a great fascination with his feet, although he still can't reach them without help. He is just like his Mommy in that he LOOOOOOOVES being outside. Every time I take him out, he is just beside himself with excitement and he randomly breaks out into giggles every few minutes! I try to take him out as often as I can. We love our little 4 month old!
My Mom's dark skin, my medium skin, Crew's light skin.
Can....not.....stay...awake....
One of our first walks...maybe even the first? I can't remember. He didn't like it very much.
Sometimes when we are eating we just want Mommy to be quiet.
This guy has been working lots of overtime to pay off those hospital bills! Poor guy barely has time to shower, but he didn't even bother with shaving for a while.
