I can't believe it...My baby is 3!

Little princess....

I am in love with KateLyn! She's adorable and her smile just kills me. It's like a full body smile! Even when she's not facing me I can tell by the way her body moves that she's smiling.



I got Aiden's old exersaucer out a few weeks ago to see if she could do it, Look at how big she looks!



Of coarse Aiden loved showing her how to use all the toys and she just adores it when he pays her even the slighest bit of attention. It was super cute. She uses this all the time now too and loves it!

Aiden and the tooth fairy.....

Okay, here's the story. A few weeks ago Aiden had a sleepover at my mom and dad's house, Nick picked him up after work and brought him home. No big deal. Until he was about 2 minutes from our house when Aiden started crying and saying that his lip hurt. When they got home we checked it out and everything seemed fine. A little while later, Aiden's lip had gotten really swollen. I called my mom to see if he had fallen or ran into something, anything to explain what was going on. She couldn't think of anything and his lip kept getting bigger and bigger. I decided to take him to the doctor to see for sure. The dumb guy that was there was like, "So, his lip doesn't usually look like this?" No he doesn't always look like a who! He kinda made me feel like a dummy for even bringing him in and said he probably just bumped it. The thing was he was still in some serious pain and it was not going away. The next day the swelling looked like it was going into his gums and anytime he would even nudge it his gums would bleed. It was Sunday and Nick and I were convinced that it had to be something to do with the tooth that we thought was dead before. On Monday morning, I decided to call my sis in law who works for a dentist and she told me to press on the top of his gums to see if it was abscessed. I did what she told me and this huge white puss ball came oozing out of his tooth! It was gross! I took him into the dentist about an hour later and the confirmed that it was dead and abscessed and they were going to have to pull the tooth out! I was shocked. I was not ready for them to say that they were just going to yank the thing out! I guess they just don't mess with baby teeth because it can damage their permanent teeth. After a little time, the shock went away and we set everything up for them to take care of it. We had to wait a few weeks for him to take some antibiotics. But Aug 25th was the day. That morning I took a few pics of his teeth for the last time in a few years.

I know Aiden has the most awesome sleep face ever! I had to wake him up to take him to the dentist.
I was super nervous because I'm not so good at the dentist but it went even better than I had hoped. They gave him this medicine that seriously knocked him almost all the way out. He couldn't even raise his arm but he was still awake. And I got to hold him the whole time at first. Once that medicine really kicked in though they took him in the back. He was only back there about 10 or 15 min and they came and got me and said he was done and he did super awesome! When I got him home it took quite awhile for the drugs to wear off and he was seriously flying high. It was hilarious, he was saying and doing the funniest things, Nick and i were cracking up.
Of coarse the tooth fairy paid Aiden a visit that night and he was so excited because she left him money and coins, as Aiden will tell you.

Here he is after the tooth fairy came. Showing off his bling and his new toothless grin.


I told Nick it's a good thing he's so darn cute cause he totally pulls this look off I think.

So a little more drama than I would like but everything turned out really great thank goodness.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Okay it's only going to be Nicks Birthday for a few more minutes so I'll hurry. Nick has been out of town on business since Tues. and won't be back until tomorrow so it doesn't really feel like his b-day even though it is. Just wanted to say, babe you're awesome and I love you to pieces. I hope you had a wonderful birthday even though you were far away. We miss you and can't wait until you're home and we can celebrate for real! You're the best, you are an amazing hubby and dad and you always take such great care of us. Thanks for all you do we appreciate it so much. we love you, Shayna, Aiden and Katelyn.

Lake Powell

We went to Lake Powell with The Wilson Family last Tues. and we got home really late on Sunday. They decided to get a house boat this year so we were able to go with two little kids and we had a blast. We had some interesting things happen along the way, like a mini tornado and a trip with patti to the clinic, but all in all everything was great and it was nice to spend time with family, having a good time.

Aiden helping G'pa Wilson drive the house boat.

Nick and Aiden having a little father son fishing time.

KateLyn helping Daddy drive the house boat.

This is how KateLyn spent most of the trip. She was so awesome the entire trip. We are so lucky to have such great baby!

Patti had a slight accident when she was wakeboarding. Eveyone thought she had broken her arm for sure. They took her to the clinic on Sat and they didn't have a x-ray so they just wrapped her up good and told her to go to the doctor when she got home. Luckily it turns out that her arm is not broken it's just bruised from elbow to wrist and just broke a bunch of blood vessils. We're all glad that you're okay patti!

Aiden caught this fish all by himself! Nick was fishing and he put his pole down to go do something, so aiden picked it up and started reeling it in, after a minute the line started pulling and sure enough there was a little catfish on the end! What a fisherman.

Olivia and Aiden had a good time playing with their floaties! They both also learned to swim all by themselves with their life jackets. They are getting so big.
We seriously had an amazing time, it is so beautiful there. Nick has been a million times and truely loves it, this was only my 3rd time but every time I go I can see more and more why he loves it so much. Thanks again for everything guys, can't wait for next year.

Camping and more camping...

Lately we have been hitching up the Golden Falcon and taking a few camping trips. Every time we go I realize that I like it more and more and it's such a fun thing to do together as a family.

We went up Logan Canyon one weekend just by ourselves and we were thinking we had a sweet set up.

Aiden was spotting some deer with his "spotting scope" it was super cute.

We went up to the Uintas with the Daniels one weekend, they have a lot of land up there and they let us go up with them. It was super fun, they have this little 4 wheeler that Aiden thought was amazing. The Daniels have three cute girls that are a bit older that Aiden and the oldest took turns taking Aiden and their youngest (who's a year older that Aiden) on rides. The last day the turned the governor way down so it couldn't go very fast and Aiden rode it all by himself! He was in heaven. Nick only had to really run after him one time.

This is Aiden and Carly whom he adores! He wouldn't leave her alone the entire trip!

Our camp site. It was super fun thanks for inviting us guys!

Eye dimple

I'm in love with Aiden and his adorable eye dimple....what more can I say!