Happy Birthday Bubba!!!

I am a little late but better late than never right?
It has been a year since this little (BIG) guy entered our lives! And what a joy he has been.
The late night feedings, the carrying of the oxygen tube up and down stairs, the spit up marks on my shirt and the countless drives to the hospital, are a dim memory now that he's a 1 year old! It has been a long journey but one that I have loved so much. I love walking to his room in the morning and listening at his door to hear his little coos. I love how as soon as I pick him up, he throws his binky back in his bed! I love his baby smell ( Yes, I am obsessed with baby lotion STILL!) I love that as soon as I walk into a room, he only has eyes for me! I love his laugh, it's an old man laugh and we all think it's hilarious! I love how he loves the other kids. They love him so much and nothing makes a mother happier than when your children are looking at eachother with that loving smile. I can't imagine our lives without this little guy and I am sad that it is going so fast. I think every parent at some time or another, can't wait for the kids to grow up and move on... I know I do... but I, most of the time, just want my little ones to stay the same. I love who they are and I wish I could bottle every stage up and pull it out when I need my fill!
I don't know what else to say except I love you Bridger, so so much!
Here's a slide show of some of our favorite pics of "Bubba!"

What a random summer!

We went down to Nephi this last week and got our family pictures taken! They were at my aunt and uncle's farm and the kids had so much fun! I don't have the family pictures yet but afterwards the kids got to feed the new baby calf with a bottle. It was so cute! Hanna was too chicken but Hunter loved it!

Bridger just loved eating the straw!

Hanna, of ocurse, found the kitty and tried to feed her milk!

And Hanna got a little thirsty...silly girl!

That little calf was so cute. They fed him his mommie's milk from a bottle.

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We went camping up in the Uintahs a couple weeks ago. We stayed at Trial Lake and it was beautiful! This is a little path the kids kept running up and down while trying to help daddy set up the tent.

Hunter and Jon like to find all the plants that are edible. This is Hunter's face after one that is not so yummy!

We have 2 pretty awesome hikers here!

They are trying to get in shape for our hikes in Yellow Stone!

This picture goes without saying! HAHA we were laughing so hard! Gotta love the tan line too!

Ope, he just saw me posting this and is now looking at me with his eye browns raised!!! ( HE just tickled me under my chin and said "That's what you get!" What a funny boy!)

Ok I think we've been hiking too much this summer! Every time Bridger sees this backpack, he starts crying. No he really is pretty good about it, he just gets a little tired of taking naps in it.

This was on a Sunday hike up little cottonwood canyon! It was the most beautiful sunset and was the pretties rain storm that night!

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Okay, this is just a random picture of the kids in the morning! I had to take a picture to what I wake up to every morning! The kids love to see peek and see if Bridger is awake in the morning and when he is, they climb in and make him laugh so hard. It is the cutest thing in the world! I feel like the luckiest mom in the world!

One day though, that crib is going to give out and I'm going to have 3 CRYING children on the floor.

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Lake Powell~!!! 2010

Hunter Jon and I went to Lake Powell a few weeks ago and I am finally posting the pics from our trip! There are a bunch more I want to get but they are on other people cameras! Mine broke the day we got there :(
We had so much fun! We missed Hanna and Bridger though. They stayed home with our neice who came and watched them at our house! They had a blast though and Hanna specifically chose to stay with Jenna!

This is Chase and Hunter's favorite thing... the diaper Jacket!

This was at some of the Anazazi ruins! They are so cool! Hunter loved this stuff!

Elyse and Shelby were crazy goofy with Hunter. He fit right in!

Jon kicked butt at wake boarding and surfing! He has the knack! When am I going to get that???

Gotta love the sunset pics! We stayed right off the Rincon (this really great place to ski) and it had the most beautiful sunsets!

Camilla, me Elyse and Shelby!

Hunter had so much fun! Maybe I'm silly for tying him to the side of the boat at night or making him live in that jacket but to come home with my safe little guy, made it all worth it!

We loved Elyse, what a funny girl!

That's right Hunter, you stay like that with the girls!

Hunter was a ninja the whole week with those flags! He was the first to hold them up though when someone fell in!

Shelby Elyse and I went on some killer hikes! It was a blast and a good workout too! p.s. I'm really out of shape compared to these soccer stars!

Ok this is my attempt to wake board! I got up great but could not get back in the wake for the life of me.

Ok

Hunter and I went on hikes every day, he loved this trip!

Hunter caught a couple fish while we were there, I'll post those pics when I get them...this one... was dead in the water!

The best of buds! I love my Shelbo!

Being there on Sunday is great because we don't ski or play on the tubes so we have a lot of family time to hike, picnic and just enjoy the beauty! Lake Powell is our fav. trip!