Let The Good Times Roll

Hello hello!

I took pictures! Yay! So here's the scoop... Our little Aaron is almost 9 months old now and he's learned his first word!!! "Dad!" It was so cute. I'd been holding him all morning and he'd scream or babble as babies do, but it was getting close to time for Dave to get up. I went in with Aaron to wake him and the second he saw Dave he said, "Dad!" He acted really excited and as we got closer he reached out to Dave arms out saying "dad! Dad!" It melted our hearts. Of all the words that I could pick for him to say first, Dad is definitely number one!

Our little man is also well on his way to crawling. He gets his little bum up in the air and pushes himself up on his hands and rocks and rocks and rocks! He'll occasionally try to push himself forward using his feet, but that usually results in a super face plant. He made it two little crawls today and fell down exasperated. Life's hard when you're little.


He's a little charmer. We were at church a couple of weeks ago and he found himself a little girlfriend just older than him. They both stood on either side of a folding chair and held hands. They even went so far as to try to share a binky. Mean mommies vetoed the swapping of spit for the next 15 or so years...


Aaron's other little girlfriend was met at church as well. This one was a touch younger but she was advanced for her age. She scooted right over to the little stud and they cooed and screamed at each other all through relief society. They also tried to swap spit. She was pretty aggressive, but fortunately they had chaperons so no exchange of saliva. Sheesh! What will I do when I'm not there to protect him from his own charm!?! He'll have women all over him! One day at a time mom . . . one day at a time . . . at least he's picking up girls at church right? :)


Oh and here's the happy couple! GREAT NEWS! Dave has been studying really hard and he's registered to take the MCAT on May 21st!!! We have to drive clear to Idaho to take it because it isn't offered here in May. It's ok though. Dave's best buddy from his mission lives in Idaho Falls and his wife had a baby, so we're going to make a vacation out of it and go visit them! I love vacations! Pray for him! He's working so hard. I know he'll do great!


Axes . . . we bought some. Actually, mine is a tomahawk and Dave's are two little silver throwing axes. Anyhow, we're building our supply of weapons to use when the Chinese invade. All through Dave's mission we wrote about being ninjas. We're pretty much there. I mean, I don't dress like one . . . that would blow my cover, but you don't want to mess with my super deadly tomahawk throwing skills . . .
We train pretty rigorously- don't want to get caught off guard.

After training Dave licks the weapons clean. He says it makes him feel like a man. . .

We make up after training though. Hooray for finding a man who'll be a ninja with me. :)

I know it's hard to believe, but I really did throw this

Dave buried this axe SO DEEP! He kept breaking off huge chunks of the board! He's super buff! What a hunk!
Ok, so he's a little goofy . . . still- totally a catch! Oh, and he wanted me to tell you! Oscar (our gray cat) thinks that he is a dog! He followed us all the way out to the clearing and watched us throw axes. He'd wait for us to throw them then pounce them and check them out to make sure those axes were good and dead. What an awesome cat! I'm not a huge fan of cats, but ours are the bomb.

Aaron says, "it's time to go to bed my goofy mommy!"


Hope all's well in everyone's lives. If not, go make some time with someone you love, to laugh and feel alive for a few minutes. Sometimes we get so caught up in what "needs to be done" that we forget all together about the things that are most important. My best friend told me yesterday, "Brooke, sometimes you need to take care of yourself so that you can take care of other people." How right she is. Let the good times roll!