1 and 1/2 Birthdays!

Happy Birthday Devin! 

Today is Devin's 28th Birthday. Wow, he is so old! :) I always tease him that he is so much older than be, but truthfully it's like less than 5 months. I still like to think I am much younger. He bursts my bubble every year on my birthday. Devin is such a great husband and a great Dad. I married the most patient man alive and it's  a good thing because one needs patience when dealing with me :) I love you so much Babe! Happy Birthday!

Devin uses Jonas for a pillow sometimes and Jonas loves it!

Daddy helping Jonas open his socks he got from Charlie (the family dog) for Christmas!

I'm pretty sure we were at a Dodger spring training game in Arizona in this picture. I am SOOO going to miss spring training. They were so much fun!

We have several pictures of these two taking naps together. I can't resist!

It is also Jonas' six month Birthday today. I am more saddened by this birthday. Babies grow much too fast. I love his stage right now. I swear he learns stuff in his sleep. Every day its something new. He's hilarious too. He sometimes laughs at nothing. Must take after me :). Anyways, we are SO thankful to have him in our home. He is such a blessing and although it was a long awaited adventure, it's the best one we journeyed on so far! We love you Heaman!!

Last night I put his blanket over his toy mat, and made a tent. He LOVED it. He was laughing at the blanket above him. It was so funny! I should have thought of that a long time ago. He would go crazy when he saw me putting up the blanket again. He's so much fun! AND he found his tongue again. Here's the proof.

He looked so grown up with his tie on at church Sunday. It was pretty cute. Church really wore him out I guess!

Paid Vacation

As it turns out, working for the government has a lot of benefits. My favorite is paid holidays. Now I know that it's not uncommon, but I am thankful we get to benefit from it. Devin had a long, long weekend with MLk day off Monday, and then Tuesday he was off for the inauguration. They did a lot of security out of his building, so he wasn't even allowed in. Nice. We decided to take a road trip to Connecticut to see Devin's brother. It was a blast! I loved the drive for a lot of reasons.. Jonas was a trooper and slept a lot of the time, there were minimal needs to stop (the last time we road tripped I was pregnant-now I know where ALL the good rest areas are!), and the best part of the trip....I saw New York. I know, I know...but I am from the West Coast! Utah in fact and I grew up in a farming town. New York was like a fantasy land for me. But it is indeed real, and I saw it. And I want to go back! That said, we had such a fun weekend with Destry, Loni and their cute girls. We can't wait to go back!

See how good he was?

While we were in CT, I went to a Christmas Tree Shoppe store for the first time. It's basically a glorified dollar store with nicer things, but mostly just random stuff. I bought each of the girls and Jonas a little kit to make their very own plates. It was easy! Clean the plate off; Draw; Clean the plate again! They turned out cute. Poor Jonas has a handicapped artist for a mom :(

See??? I saw New York and it's awesome!

 We got major snow in Connecticut. I thought we were back in Utah!

We went to a cool "I`spy" museum. Here are the boys enjoying a break.

Me and two of our three nieces we visited. They are such cute girls! Brynn is way to big for her britches and Keagyn has the cutest Boston accent ever!

Rise and Shine. What a beautiful sunrise!

This is a bit random, but Jonas likes this jumer-roo thing. He just hasn't figured out the jumper-roo part yet!

Blonde??

I never remember how to post pictures in order. So I'll get over it and let my two post be backwards. I'm not lazy, I have a 5 month old trying to attack the keyboard. If his Dad sees the slobber..we are all in trouble! Happy Reading!

More Fun

Here is Jonas with G'ma Misrasi (Nicole's Mom) opening his CD player. Seriously we had to mail stuff home because this little man (and his mom and dad) were so spoiled!
My sister's have been practicing self portraits. They will kill me for posting these (:>). I think they need more practice.
Like maybe Taryn should be looking at the camera...or did she do that to make you think this was a candid shot...who knows, but they sure are SILLY!
Brooklyn wisely avoided the self portraits and did the cute smile thing. She's so cute and one good helper! AND she sings the best song about Santa using Zebras!
Devin has this habit of growing out his hair TOOOOO long. He cuts it when I threaten to leave and never return. He really didn't have time before he left for Utah, but I still had to torture him. So here's how long it was. Long enough to put Brookie's elastic in. HA! Maybe that will teach him to cut it sooner rather than later! I still love you Babe.

..Catching Up..

We had SO much fun in Utah. Spending three weeks there means we got to do lots and lots of fun things. It was more than fun to spend time with our family. We felt so blessed to be with them and make new memories with Jonas. He went three weeks without being put down for more than five minutes :). Needless to say, he is already tired of his mom and dad and wishes for more excitement! He was a good little traveler although it gives me MAJOR anxiety to fly without Devin. Here are a few pictures:

I am quite sure that Jonas is talking back to Devin. He's getting started a little early!
Here is Heaman opening his gift from Grandpa and Grandma Ure. We went to visit them at their house in Idaho for a few days. It was good to see them and their house was so nice. Devin's oldest brother and his family came up too. Jonas got to play with his cousins and meet their newest addition, Alexa. We had lots of fun!
This is how Jonas spent New Years Eve. ASLEEP! We went to G & G Pierson's for a fondue party. It was lots of fun and Jonas did very well considering the late hour and all the noise. And the fondue was sooo good!
My parents planned a fun night to Salt Lake City to go see the lights and have dinner. The whole family went and it was so much fun! They surprised us and took us to eat at The Roof. The food was pretty good, but the view of the city and Temple Square is the best part! We had fun taking pictures and teasing my sister Taryn. She tried to eat a piece of cake that was as big as she is. I will have to post that picture later. It was funny and even the waiter teased her!
We even got a few cuddles out of Jonas here and there. This is at Devin's parents house. We watched Mamma Mia. I like it and Devin tolerated it! :0