Mischief at it's best!

I always knew that 2yr olds were good at getting into mischief, but I am learning at how well they do it!

Here are a few examples!


I know this doesn't seem like much but he is learning to push his limits and I know it will only get worse over the next 10-15years!

I climbed on top of the train what else can I climb up?? - oh how about the kitchen table!  Anything good up there? 

Here he was stacking his chair on top of the chair in the living room.  I am sure he would have climbed on top of that had we let him!  Seriously what's next?

This is Bridger helping with the laundry!

STUCK! STUCK!! STUCK!!!

Bridger's new thing is to climb into our bed and pull the covers over him.  I guess this means he is ready for a big boy bed.  But I am just not ready to put him in one because I will not have any control of when he can get in and out and what he is doing!

The kid loves shoes - it is pretty funny to watch him walk around in them.

His new favorite word is MESS!  I swear he makes a mess just so he can clean it up. Thankfully he likes to clean up after himself.  (so much for it being a punishment!)

Can I take the car for a ride mom?  Pretty please?  Don't worry I won't crash it!

  I am afraid this will be my life in a blink of an eye!  Not ready for that either!

Ok if I can't take the car for a ride - how about the Motorcycle???  TRIPLE PLEASE??  Just kill me now and put me out of my misery!  How do parents survive all their kids antics?

Pudding and Girls

This is my new favorite picture of Bridger! He is so full of spunk and life! How can you not love this face? 

My other favorite picture is this one.  I have a feeling this is going to be him in a few years stealing my phone talking with all the girls!! How can you not love those big blue eyes with mile long eye lashes?  Yes he is #1 Hunk!!!



Big Boy!

I was going through the blog the other day and looking at how tiny Bridger used to be and I found this picture of him when we were leaving the hospital. 

 Here is a picture of him yesterday in the same carseat, nearly 2 years later.  WOW!  He is becoming a little hunky man with a funny sense of humor, a little defiance, and enough character to love him to pieces!

July and half of August Activities

I know it has been a while since I blogged so I figured I better get some pictures up before I forget everything that happened.

For the 4th of July we stayed home and had a quite day at home.  I got up and made Happy Birthday America Waffles.

One day we were shopping at Walmart and made a wrong turn.  When Bridger saw the bicycles man was he excited!!  We got it off the shelf for him and when we put him on the bicycle you would have thought he was in heaven!!

After we put the bicycle back and were ready to go he begged to get it down again!  He was not happy when he didn't get to bring it home with him.

We got season passes to the water park and in preparation we tried on Bridger's life jacket.  We then found this picture!

I cant believe how much he has grown!

Bridger riding on his first Carousel. Not a huge fan.

Bridger riding the mini Buchaneer ride.  This is his scared face!

While we were up at Brighton a couple weekends ago, we took Bridger fishing for the first time.  He didn't last long but enjoyed swinging the pool around! He didn't catch anything but daddy did after Bridger and I headed back to the cabin.

While at costco the other day we found these pillow pet-ish stuffed animals that had a sleeping bag inside.  Bridger was in love the second he saw them.  He couldn't decide which one he wanted, so he had to test them out right in the middle of the aisle at Costco.  He ended up with the dinosaur!

 My sister in law got married in July and she had her reception in a park and there was a fun little play ground.  Here Bridger is being a fireman just like grandpa!

 For the 24th of July we headed up to Bear Lake with Chad's family.  Bridger had a blast playing in the sand. He had sand everywhere and even thought he would try it out for a snack!

 It has been a hot summer here and so we got some Popsicles to enjoy.  Bridger enjoyed them as you can see.  After, we finished the Popsicle we had to hose off and clean up before going back in the house.  Once we got back in the house - Bridger stood at the freezer door begging for another one.  I guess he liked it, in case you couldn't tell from the picture.

 Cousin Leo came to visit.  They had fun playing together.  Here Leo climbed on while Bridger was rocking on the cow.  He held on for dear life. The cutest picture ever!

The boys loved playing outside in the water too. They are so silly and fun to watch!



 This month has been a load of fun!  We first started off getting rid of the bottle.  The first night we served his milk in a sippy cup he was not happy to say the least!  He cried and cried! Then a couple weeks later we conquered the binky.  It went smoother than the bottle I think.  The first day Chad didn't give him his binky at nap time. then while he was taking a bath, I cut the tip of his binky off and placed it where he would find it.  When he went in his room to find it - he found it and stuck it in his mouth and promptly pulled it out and gave us this look like WHAT THE HECK?  We said oh no the Binky is broken!!  We spent a half hour or so saying Binky broken as he kept trying to put it in his mouth and suck on it.  He cried an hour and a half crying that night, the second night a few whimpers, but then woke up several times between 1am - 5am.  Third night he cried 5 min and then woke up a few times in the middle of the night.  He was able to put himself back to sleep after a few minutes. Seems to be taking it fairly well.

 Sandy has a Hot Air Balloon Festival every year at the park right next to our house.  We forgot to go last year and so we really wanted to go this year to see Bridger's expressions about the balloons.  He loved seeing the balloons.  He got pretty freaked out when the fire shot into the balloon to inflate them.  When they flew away he would wave bye-bye!

 We got season passes to the Living Aquarium right by our house.  Here Bridger is seeing how he measures up to the penguins.

Learning to play leap frog.

Trying to pet the sting rays.

Bridger being a diva!  He loves mommy and daddy's sunglasses!



We went to the movies under the stars a couple times this summer too. 

Bridger checking out the Capitol Building.

 

May and June Activities

I hate when I get behind on blogging, because the longer I go the more daunting of a task it becomes.  I am biting the bullet and going to make my best attempt to catch you up on the last two months.

April 27th was my last day at Cambric, after 6 years.  My life was full of life changing events during those 6 years.  I bought a house, traveled to Samoa, meet Chad, got married, lost Hunter, had Bridger and all the stuff in between.  It was time for me to move on, six years at one job was a long time and I was ready for a change.  The tranisition to my new job was easier than most, since I had worked with the company for 6 years while working at Cambric.  My new job, is with Spring2 Technologies, a Consulting firm who sells and implements Microsoft Accounting Systems.  Cambric used Spring2's services to implement, customize and support their accounting system.  I do miss all my friends at Cambric, but luckily I still get to see them on a regular basis as I go back and do consulting work for Cambric.  It still has been difficult with the new job, learning the ropes and trying to pretend I know what I am doing to help our clients!  It is draining but I do love it. 

Okay apparently I haven't really blogged since February, because I found all these pictures I never blogged about.
Our ward had a Minute to Win it Party(back in Feb) - it was fun to try some of the crazy games. In this game we had to scoop up 6 penne noodles onto a piece of spaghetti.

In February, we took Bridger to an allergy doctor.  He was tested for Eggs(which we knew he was allergic to already), walnuts, shellfish, fish, cats and dogs. He was only allergic to eggs thankfully and we get to go back once a year until he is 5 to see if his blood levels go down.  Apparently, egg allergies in kids is outgrown by most kids by age 5.  So fingers crossed he will be one of those kids.  The dr did give us a prescription for an epi pen just in case. That was really scary to me to think I would ever need to use an epi pen on him. 

While at the dr, Bridger found a friend in the room we were waiting in. 

So stinkin' cute!  He ended up doing really well during the tests, mostly because he got a couple dumb dumb suckers to distract him!

When Mandi was out visiting - I took this picture of the boys!  So adorable and quite when they are asleep.

 When they were awake they were causing mayhem.

 Here is a picture that I love - How can you not LOVE that face?!?

My mom came out to visit in May for a quilt show, to play with Bridger and to help us recover a couch.  I basically got rid of most of my furniture in my living room.  I still haven't finished all the decorating, making pillows, and hanging pictures but I like the new look. 

For Memorial Day, we went to Bear Lake with Chad's family to the family cabin.  It was a cold wet weekend, so we didnt get to enjoy the outdoors too much.  We even woke up to snow on Sunday morning while we were there. Bridger snuggling up with his cousins.

One day when it wasn't raining we played outside and Bridger loved the Big Wheel that grammie and grandpa had there. 

The weekend after Memorial Day, Bridger and I flew to California for my cousin's wedding.  It was quite the adventure flying alone with an active 18mo old.  In preparation for the trip, I bought an umbrella stroller, and Bridger pushed doggy around the house in it, all week.

Bridger looking out the window at all the big planes.

We were on a really small plane and it was jam packed full on the way there.  Bridger fell asleep as well as the older gentleman sitting next to me.  I basically had two people sleeping in my lap!  Talk about closterphobic!!!

It was Bridger's first flight and he did really well.  On the flight home we had an empty seat next to us and Bridger got to kick back and relax!

Bridger listening to the stewardess, making sure he knows what to do incase the plane crashes.

Is this how you brace for impact?

 Nap time!

We finally have had some warmer weather in June and have visited the drive in theatre a couple of times. Bridger actually did really well both times. He snuggled up with mommy and fell asleep before the first movie even started.

Bridger LOVES being outside, either playing in the dirt, swinging in his swing, blowing bubbles, playing with the hose, kicking things around or playing at the park. He mastered the slide and loves going down again and again.

Last week was the NBA draft and we decided to go downtown to the Jazz Draft Party.  We had hoped that the Jazz would take Jimmer, but no such luck.  After the Jazz Party, we headed over to the mall where they have a little water splash park area.  Bridger was tired and recovering from an ear infection and the croupe, so he was not himself.  He did have fun until he slipped and fell and hit his head.

Bridger's first corn on the cob.

Bridger learning some new skills!

 
 Just because he is so cute.

A couple months ago Bridger learned 'no no no!' while shaking his finger.  Chad and I could not figure out where he would of learned that.  Yeah we say no to him but we don't shake our finger at him.  Then it hit me, and I knew where it came from.  Three little monkey's song.