14 Months Old...

Has never been so fun. Dellin turned 14 months yesterday and we can't believe how fast the time has flown by. He is such a little darling. He makes us laugh all the time. He babbles like crazy and is FINALLY walking. We finally turned him forward facing and he loves it. (The car seat does have a higher headrest than in this picture in case it looks not safe.)

Sterling Henry loved a warm bottle in the morning and drank it in this same position.
Books and more books. Dellin sits on the couch and looks at books for hours. I can't get enough of this face.

We love our little Delly Belly!

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry blossoms are in full swing out here and they are beautiful. The ones near our house are completely out so we decided to go up to this lovely neighborhood in Maryland to check them out. They hadn't completely "popped", but they were still beautiful. It was a great way to spend our Sunday afternoon.

My boys. (Notice all the trees on either side of them.)

Dellin is so tiny in this picture. He is always tiny, but especially tiny next to his dad. I love this picture.


I debated putting this picture up but decided that Dellin looked so cute that it was worth it. I love all the trees in the background. It's funny, I look in the mirror and think, "I don't look that different when I'm pregnant.'' Then I see pictures of me and the reality sets in... I am definitely pregnant. A small price to pay for these darling boys!
I love springtime here. The weather has cooled down quite a bit but we are still loving it.

8 more weeks till baby boy #3 gets here!

Mr. Brandon and Uncle Josh

Few things are as great as having family in town. We were lucky enough to have two of our brothers-in-law in town. Marilee's husband, Brandon, was in town for a work convention, and Rachel's husband, Josh, was in town with his sister, Emily. Brandon stayed at a hotel where his convention was held, and Josh and Emily stayed with us. The boys LOVED having family here.

Brandon had lots of meetings, so we only got to see him two days. For some reason Sterling Henry called uncle Brandon "Mr. Brandon" the whole first day we saw him. It was actually really funny. He did eventually warm up to him and started calling him "Uncle Brandon" towards the second day.

That Saturday we went to the Natural History Museum with Josh and Emily. And of course we spent lots of time in the water area. And because it was "Game Day" the boys were decked out in game day clothes. Go Cougs!

Here's a picture of Sterling Henry behind the jaws of one his favorite animals, the giant megalodon shark.

And Sterling got a kick out of touching these big crystals.

This huge elephant is in the lobby of the museum, and the boys have always loved it. Here we are with Josh and Emily.

On Sunday we all went to church and then to Mount Vernon. It was the most beautiful day. For some crazy reason I don't have one picture from the whole day, so you'll have to take my word for it. In fact, I don't have any pictures of us with Brandon, but I promise he was here and we spent lots of time with him. I did post this picture of him from our wedding. Apparently I don't take many pictures of Brandon, but I'm going to take more in the future.
The boys love their uncles, and we do too! Thanks for coming out our way and spending time with us.

Dellie Boy

I had to post this darling picture of Dellin. We cannot even begin to get enough of this kid. He is such a sweet little boy. He has the sweetest little spirit to him. He smiles all the day long. He has starting to get into trouble left and right but how can we get mad at this darling little face?!?

We hope that his hair stays red because it is just too cute. We LOVE our Dellie Boy!

NC WEEKEND

We took a little trip over the weekend to North Carolina and it was the PERFECT getaway. We were there for just 2 short days but they were so relaxing and fun. The day we were leaving I told Sterling Henry all about how we were going on a trip and we would get to swim in the pool. We got to the hotel late Thursday night and all he wanted to do was swim. Since it was 1am the pool was closed so we but him to bed and promised to go the next day. We FINALLY made it to the pool the next day and he was in heaven. I think he thinks that trip means pool and water... which is sort of true in my book as well.

All ready to finally go on our trip to the pool.
The pool was way too cold for my liking. We mostly hung out in the hot tub.
They had this wall separating the two and it made for the perfect seat. Not too cold and not too hot. Dellin looks so big-time here.

After swimming, we cleaned up and went to dinner. We tried a bunch of places before we finally settled on this one. The boys (and me) were starving at this point. Sterling Henry could not take it. He started eating the sour cream tubs on the table. We tried to stop him but he went nuts. So... He ate three.

Sterling Henry was a lot of help pushing the luggage caddy. He did a pretty good job right until we got to the elevator. The doors opened, a confused/slow couple got off, he ran on, and the doors shut. We couldn't find him for 15 minutes. I seriously almost lost it. There were 3 elevators, 15 floors and a million places that he could have been. He stood right by us for most of the day after that. My heart is still pounding.

We hit up some outlets and Sterling Henry sat in this truck for quite some time. All the outlets out here have a million of these things and they are a good source of entertainment, until we have to leave of course.

On the way home we stopped at the the Bass Pro Shops outside of Richmond. The boys loved every second of it.
They have a delicious restaraunt and we had the best seats in the house. My boys sat and looked at the huge fish tank right behind us for a whole hour. They didn't try to get out of their seats once. We will definitely be going back. Sorry for the lousy picture. It does not even begin to do it justice.

We love North Carolina and love living so close. Just over 4 hours away and so beautiful. The blossoms were out all over the trees and the "popcorn popping" song took on a whole new meaning. I also got to catch up with an old friend that I grew up with. I don't have any pictures with Kim but it was fun seeing her and her little girl. Perfect weekend.

BABY ORANGES

Little Man loves baby oranges (clementines). He could eat 10 a day if I let him. He has now learned to peel them on his own and does a great job. He even bites into it to get it started. Today when he finished, he raised his arms like this and yelled, "I made it!".

I am in love.

GAME DAY HAT

As I have mentioned before, Sterling Henry is seriously obsessed with his dad. He wants to do everything his dad does. His newest obsessed is that he likes to wear the same things his dad is wearing. They have matching camo hats from Bass Pro Shops that Sterling Henry usually likes to wear. Well last Saturday we went over to watch the BYU game with some friends. Sterling Henry put on his Bass Pro Shops hat only to notice that dad was wearing a BYU hat. Sterling Henry freaked out. He kept saying, "hat like dad." Dad went and got Sterling Henry one of his other BYU hats and called it the "game day hat".
Now we cannot leave the house without this hat on. He usually wears it all day in the house as well. We sure love this boy!

Don't mind the huge mess. This is what happens when you have one room that your boys can play in all day. I am amazed at how much function we get out of this room. It is our toy room, computer room, workout room, guest room, library, family room, and even our home teacher room. We might be needing more space for baby boy #3.