POW and BALLS!!

As you can see we have one little boy who cannot get enough of football, baseball, basketball basically anything that has to do with a ball. He owns every single kind of ball and feels as though he can't go anywhere without these precious belongings.

After getting some U of U apparel from gma and gpa and a matching Redskins Jersey with daddy this is all he wants to wear. Before Scotty left they started a tradition of wearing their Utah Jerseys on Saturday and Redskins on Sunday. I promised Scotty we would carry this tradition on with him being gone the last month and a half. Not only did this tradition include the clothes but Barrick and Scotty would scream POW and run and give each other a chest bump. So as you can imagine Barrick never forgets this and every Saturday and Sunday he yells DADA then POW and runs with all his might to give mama a chest bump. Let me tell you it is a sight, if you can imagine it gets quite interesting with my huge belly and a very active little boy sprinting towards me screaming POW!!!! And of course I LOVE it!!!


Here are some pictures of this cute little boy in his U of U jersey.

And of course his Redskins Jersey. He is saying cheese in this picture. His hasn't quite got the idea that you smile when you say cheese.

Of course Barrick with a football. You can't see Barrick without a ball at least a foot away from him.


Since he loves balls he always wants to wear the clothes that have balls on them. Here is where the story starts- So a couple of weeks ago I thought we were finally in the clear with the transition into the big boy bed. Then for about two weeks he decided that he had better things to do then take a nap. It was a battle everyday!! I don't have toys out for him to play with during nap time so there was nothing to do yet he would never fall asleep. Obviously after a couple of days he got bored and I would hear him get into his dresser and pull out clothes looking for ball apparel. He did this for a while then one day I heard a huge crash and crying...


Here is where I sprinted up my stairs as huge as a cow, scared to see what I would find, and sure enough he had knocked the dresser over, and not only that but he was naked and POO was smeared all over his room!!! He immediately stopped crying and grabbed his ball shirt and wanted me to put it on him!! I about died!!! I didn't know how to react, I was scared because his dresser fell over, I was mad because he smeared poo all over his room, and yet wanted to laugh because all he wanted was to wear a ball shirt!! Well we solved the dresser problem and moved it in his closet which he can't open, and he was fine for a couple of days then sure enough three days later another strip and POO day!!!! Wow is he something else. So Barrick now wears footed pajamas to nap in (he can't take those off) and he is finally back to napping and all of this for a simple ball shirt!!

Zoo and more!

Last weekend Barrick and I were lucky enough to go to the zoo with Nicole, Devin and Jonas. We were very excited and had so much fun! Being home without daddy has made for some long days, so THANK YOU so much for the invite we had a great time!

Here is Barrick looking oh so cute under his umbrella. It was a rainy day but I loved it, the cooler better!

Here is Barrick with Nicole and Jonas. I think Barrick has adopted them as his second parents, all day he would not let me hold him. Poor Jonas good thing he is so laid back!

Here is Barrick with Devin or in Barrick talk "Dadon". As you can see he loves Devin, not only does he say his name, (which is a lot) but Devin has made his list of people who he loves.
I have Barrick tell me everyday all of the people he loves and Devin is now on the list.

Here we are looking at the farm animals. Barrick was throwing a little bit of a fit because Devin was holding Jonas. Heaven forbid he holds his own son. Sorry Devin!

Last, here is Barrick mooing to the cow. I just love that cute little face!!

Thank you again for basically adopting us into your family. The meals, babysitting, walks, dinners, everything has made this time go by so much faster. We really could not have done this without you!!

I had to add this picture in because it has all of Barricks favorite things all in one picture. To start, Barrick had a doctors appt. last week where he was given a bottle and a baby and was told to feed the baby. Given that he really hasn't seen any babies fed with a bottle I was surprised to see him know exactly what to do with it. Since then something sparked and his favorite game to play is taking care of his teddy. He gets the wipes and a diaper and changes Teddy's bum, and he shares his snacks and his sippy with him all day. He also discovered Scottys missionary pictures, so all day long he looks through the pictures and finds Scotty in all of them. Last the phone, because that is how he talks to his daddy. He carry's it around and play talks to Scotty all day. WOW do we miss daddy!

Just some updates:

Scotty- He is doing his inpatiant internal medicine rotation and is starting to like it after a couple of weeks. He is on call every fourth night and works everyday all day so his schedule has been a little crazy. He hasn't loved this rotation but is excited to do outpatient here in DC where he can see a lot of the specialties he is interested in like Gastroenterology, Cardiology, and a few others. He is very busy and only getting busier. Right before he left he received a third calling in church to serve in the YM presidency. Honestly I don't know how he stays sane with everything he has on his plate. Barrick and I just miss him so much and can't wait for him to come home.


Me- I am doing great getting spoiled with all the Barrick love all to myself. I am also getting bigger and bigger! I am now 23 weeks and the babies are doing amazing! It is amazing to be pregnant with two and to feel movement only on one side of your stomach. They already have there little schedules of when they are awake. Her most active time is at about six in the morning, and his is at eleven at night. I am also very busy with Dr. appt. I am going in every two weeks between my regular ob and the paranatologist. I was also just released from the YW presidency so it has been nice to go to Relief Society. In the six years we have been married I think I have only gone a total of maybe three months.


Barrick- He is as cute and active as you can imagine. His daddy is Scotty need I say more! He is growing so fast! He is now in a big boy bed and has now officially fallen asleep in his bed for about four nights in a row!! He is staring to talk and loves anything to do with a ball. His first word in the morning is ball we spend hours shooting balls in his basketball hoop, playing catch, throwing them down the stairs and playing t ball. He has also been living at the doctors office like me. He is still very skinny and because of that we have had to go to many appts. He also has a hernia. Which he is having surgery in November to get it repaired. He is healthy and happy just skinny but they have to rule everything out for his safety. We just love this little guy he makes life so fun!!