Africa!

So today Tyler's little brother Weston is on his way to Africa to serve an LDS mission in Uganda. We took these family pictures and such on Mother's Day which was also the day he spoke in Sacrament meeting before his departure. He will be greatly missed for the two years he is gone but we know he is where the Lord needs him at this time so we won't miss him too much! ;) (Weston is the brother standing next to me in the family one and next to Tyler in the brother picture.)

Some pictures

So I had a whole post written out, but it just got erased by a cute little brown hair blue eyed girl who is almost two and a half. Anywho... basically I just thought these pictures of the kids turned out really cute. They were both just playing. Addison gathering up her books to read (a common occurrence). Clark was just playing on the living room floor and being super smiley. He has changed so much from an always fussy infant to a bubbling happy baby. It is a wonderful transition!

Time for an update...

So here are just some random pictures and one of our photo shoots. Addison kept wanting to do "Once there was a snowman" and it wasn't working very well with the picture taking but she had fun. Clark only fell a couple of times flat on his face on our hardwood floors which of course didn't make him very happy but Tyler got a few good pictures before the kids were completely done. (Mom W.- Addison wore her dress from you guys the week before and wanted to wear a different one the day we took these pics,but her dress is darling I love the tulips! Thank you!)

Addison is becoming such a big girl. She is now using the toilet quite well although she still is known on occasion to have an accident although oddly enough not when we go places just at home. Whenever we go somewhere that is one of the first big thrills is to find a new toilet to sit on! (Her idea not mine.) She knows that if she tells me she needs to use the potty I drop everything and run to find one for her. Although I will take it over blow out diapers and diaper expense! Addison also still loves to color, paint, mold playdough, glue, cut, etc... She also loves to pack her bags for college! I think she got it from Toy Story 3. I will ask her what she is doing in her room and she will tell me. "I'm packing for college." (Her purses and bags will be overflowing with different toys she has "packed". Oh she is our silly little love bug.

Clark is also getting so big. He is sitting up on his own and rolling all over the place. He is fast too. I have had to baby proof the floor area. I have already caught him gnawing on a plant leaf and computer cord... He has two bottom teeth and I swear more are coming... I've been saying that for a month now. :) I mentioned that we have a new home. We moved in 2 weeks ago. There is hardwood floors throughout the upstairs which is beautiful but does not make a soft landing ground. Clark has learned now though to catch his head when he falls over before it hits the floor. It sure didn't take him long to figure that out after doing it several times... Once in a while the fall is quicker than he is and I run to a screaming little boy but he does pretty well. We now do have a front room rug though thanks to birthday gift cards and money. Thank you Whitworth family and Grandma Mary!!! It is a beautiful rug and I love it! I will try to post a picture soon.

Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures of our Easter fun. Some pictures were taken the weekend before Easter while others were taken in our new home. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa W. for the fun Spring/Easter clothes for the kiddos. They look so adorable in them and we really have tried to do photo shoots but one or the other isn't cooperating... I will try to post some of the ones that turned out. Addison loved hunting for eggs and Clark loves chewing on his stuffed bunny from G & G Tonks. We tried to tell Addison about Christ's resurrection and talk about an empty egg representing the tomb and sometimes it doesn't even seem like she is listening, but it was so sweet to have her say, "Come mom I want to tell you a story about Jesus." I know we aren't perfect like our Heavenly Parents but it's sure nice to know that she is listening to some of the good things we are trying to teach her!

Grandma Tonks comes for a visit

Just thought I'd better get some pictures up on the blog before anymore craziness sets in!!! My Mom came for a visit. She was only going to be here for three days and ended up staying 2 weeks because our car broke down and I ended up with 3 dentist appointments and then she had to fly out to Indiana to be with my Grandma while she recovers from a procedure. Any who it was a blast to have her come stay. I think I got out of the house more and ran more errands while she was here than I have in the past couple of months combined! Addison and Grandma made Easter sugar cookies and overall just enjoyed being together. Clark smiled and has seemed to turn over a new leaf being a generally happy little boy.

Also we are currently in the process of buying a home here in Bountiful, UT. We are all very excited. Every time we see it Addison wants to go in and run around the room that will be hers which is bright yellow and has butterflies and flowers on the walls. We should be moved in by the end of April early May.

Puppy Love

Addison sure loves her Lulu dog. They play together all day and Addison always wants Lulu to come outside and play with her. If Lulu runs away from her (or not where Addison wants to be) Addison pats her own bum and says "Come on Lulu" It's pretty cute. Lulu is a good dog to put up with everything too.

Addison now always wants to be a puppy. I have to refer to pig tails as puppy ears or a pony tail as a puppy tail in order to be able to do her hair. Although occasionally she will want a ballerina bun... When it's time for bed the past couple of weeks Addison will hand us her blanket and pretend she is a puppy dog and crawls into bed until she realizes she doesn't want to go to sleep...
We love our happy little girl!

Clark's First Solid-March 3, 2011

Everything in baby steps at this point with Clark since we don't know how his digestive system will handle anything, but Clark sure did love the rice cereal! He opened wide and I could hardly shovel it in fast enough. You would think he gets enough to eat since he has over doubled his birth weight and is now in 6-9 month clothing that fits him perfect even though he is only 5 months, but I guess he really is a growing boy. Addison enjoyed trying to help and encourage Clark while he ate. Clark did really well keeping the runny mixture in for the most part too! Now every time we eat he watches the food to see if it's coming his way. Oh we love our sweet baby boy!