august

ben turned one!!! (and finally started walking 2 months later)
his one year stats:
weight 24 lbs, 3 oz...75%
height 30.25"... 75%
head 19.1"... 93%






Jack's first day of first grade!!! so far, he's loving it!


Tate's first day of preschool... he's not loving it so much... we're still having tears every time i drop him off
and yes, i did try to get him to leave that cowboy hat at home but he wouldn't hear of it, and you have to pick your battles, right?

july

camping with the family....








24th of July at the Bees game... a yearly tradition!!!

new family pics

tate age 3...





all my siblings...


my brothers family...


Xander & Ken...


all my siblings with my mom and step dad...


jackson age 6....



everyone with my dad...



ben age 11 months...



my sister's family...


saved the best for last... ;)

and on to first grade....

Jackson with Ben and Brent's dad...


with my mom and tate...

out of the mouths of babes....

today i had to take tate to the doctor and while we were waiting for her to come in, tate, of course, was investigating the room... he got to the exam table and pulled out the stirrup, looked at it and shouted "Dis (this) AWESOME"

ya.... not so much.

milestones

we've had an eventful couple of weeks:
Ben started sitting on his own

Tate's potty trained!!! yay!!!

Jack lost his first tooth...

and my baby sister had her first baby!!!(and our first niece on the Gordon side) welcome baby paige!!

catch up

Christmas came and went....






the Christmas outfits that grandma and grandpa zumwalt bought...


brent and i went to a byu basketball game with our dear friends ben & ashlee... but more importantly we picked up a couple t-shirts at the book store for jackson!!!



yes... ashlee is glowing!!! (gotta love my crappy camera)

Ben celebrated 6 months!!! I took him to his check up and he's healthy and happy!!! (other than a slight ear infection that we had no clue about?) here are his stats:
weight:19lbs 12 oz...85%
length:27.5"...85%
head:HUGE!!! ha ha just kidding, its only in the 90%



Tate turned 3!!!! to celebrate, we took the boys bowling. and yes, the birthday boy won... (and no, we didn't "let" him, he won fair and square... he got 2 strikes in a row at the very end) good job taters!!!


tate doing his victory dance


on his bike that he got from mom & dad

so glad february is almost over... BRING ON SPRING!!!!