09-30-12: Thunder thighs?

I LOVE these rolls!

Love love love them!

09-29-12: Bouncer baby

Is this how bouncers work?

They bounce out the babies?

Oh yeah, there is a seat belt for this reason.

My bad :)

By the way, it didn't 'bounce' him out.

He literally wiggled his way out of it.

09-29-12: Nice boys

Every time I see these two playing so sweet (ie: Luke being soft to Adam) I have to snap photos.  It's just so sweet and tender to me!

09-28-12: Last day @ Utopia

Today is Josh's last day at Utopia.

He's super excited about it.

I laugh, because he wore a T-shirt and a hat to work today.

When I commented about it he said, "I don't care, what are they going to fire me?"

He's got a point there.

Goodbye Utopia

Thanks for the job....but we're off to much green pastures.

And great growth opportunities you never offered.

We won't really miss you.

But we were grateful the job.

:)

09-27-12: Goodbye Utopia, Hello WJB

Photo taken: 27 Sept 2012 - 2nd to last day of work
at Utopia

Josh has been quite stressed at work.  There has been a lot of stuff going on with Utopia that has been hitting the newspapers as of late.  The papers talk about how Utopia is out of money, and other negative things.  His bosses only complain that they have been misquoted, but give him no reassurance that his job is secure or that everything is good with the company.  For the last year Josh has commented on a number of occasions how poorly the company is ran, and that communication is severely lacking.  When they hired him on, he was told there would be so much growth and potential, but that has changed.  He does not see any raises, or job opportunities for him and things have slowed down immensely.  So with all this uncertainty, he has been searching for a job for quite some time.  At one time we thought for sure he would get a manager position at the new Home Depot call center in Ogden, but unfortunately that didn't work out.  He's applied at many places, but nothing has worked out.  Then his 2nd cousin, Elia Miller who is in our ward and works at WJ Bradley has been looking out for a job for him.  She found him a position last week, he had an interview on Friday and was offered the job on Tuesday!  It is a great pay raise and he can carpool with Elia.  There will be some traveling required for this job, which I'm a little jealous of :).  He's really happy and excited, and I hope this will be a great opportunity for him.

His position is the "Branch Support Representative" and I'm excited for him to find out what that entails.
He starts out this Monday.  Things went really fast, but because of our close relationship with Elia, we are confident this is a smart move for Joshua and our family.

When Josh gave his notice as Utopia, his boss even confided in him that he too was looking for a new job.  How sad is that?  That to me was another confirmation that he made the right decision to leave.

I'm really glad he's getting out of there before things get worse.  Unless Google buys Utopia out (which it doesn't look like that will be happening) things are going to go more downhill.  So sad, as it seemed like a great idea when he was first hired there.

ANYWHO, congrats Joshwa on your new job!  May this job bring you much happiness and success and that you will come home safe to me every night.  And if you do have to do some travel, I hope you can bring me along once in awhile. :)

I love you!
xoxo
J

09-26-12: Just like that

Saturday I laid Adam down on the rug in the living room as I was cleaning.  He wiggled and kicked his legs.  I looked away, and then turned around, and HE HAD ROLLED.

Just like that.

#1: Chillin' on the floor in the living room
on a lovely Saturday morning
(9-22-12)

#2: Then I just kinda roll to the side

#3: A little more further...

#4: And wahlaa! I am a tricky rolly polly now!

I would put him on his back and wait and watch.
Nothing would happen.
Then I would open the door to chat with Joshua (who was working on the shed).
Then I turned around to look at him.
and HE HAD ROLLED.

Little stinker.
Pretty sooner, he was rolling and rolling and rolling until pretty soon he was at the couch, crying because he couldn't go any further and had bonked his head.

Silly boy.

Then that next morning, I noticed he was sucking his thumb.
Just like that.
My child couldn't keep his thumb out of his mouth.
I would replace that thumb with his binky.  Over and over again.
He only uses his binky when he's going to sleep.
but just like that, he was enjoying his binky, and not needing to sleep.

THEN
Last night (more like this morning - 3:30pm) he woke me up crying, wanting a bottle. I made the bottle, grabbed a diaper and picked him up and took him to the living room.  I sat him on the floor to change his diaper.  He was devastated.  The sad sad cry and tears pursued, so I put the bottle in his mouth and he held the bottle the entire time and drank it.

Just like that.

My little boy is growing up so fast.

Wild boy getting hungry (@ work).

Now I'm happy and tricky (@ work).
(9-26-12)

09-26-12: A preschooler

Luke is really enjoying Preschool.  He goes Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 12:30pm to 3pm.

Luke is adjusting so well!  He colors, painted, plays, and interacts with the other children.  He's made a few little friends, all boys of course.  A lot of the time, I do see him on his own, especially outside, but he is still having a lot of fun.  I need to just remember that he isn't a loner.  He's 3 years old and learning to make friends.  The older kids in the class either know kids from previous years, or are just more experienced in making friends.  There is a little boy whose name is McKay.  He's a super cute kid (and super wiggly too).  He always wants to say goodbye to Luke.  That makes me smile.

There's also another Luke in the class.  He's 4 years old, and so everyone knows him.  I kinda makes it easier to remember my Luke because he's known as the "other Luke" or the "little Luke".  LOL.

I love picking him up on Mondays, because he looks so darling as he's waiting for me to get him.  Plus he looks so excited to see me and show me his projects he made.

On Wednesdays, I drop him off at Dee's (daycare) in the morning before I go to work.  Mom has been such a help to pick him up at Dee's and drop him off at preschool.  Then at 3pm she picks him up from preschool and drops him off at daycare.  Today she decided to keep him after preschool.  He kinda had a bad day at daycare.  Kamashay (his cousin) was there and they got in a fight and he bit her really hard in the back.  When he got home we took away his favorite blanket and all his dinosaur toys for the entire night.  It wasn't that big of a deal to him, until he got ready for bed and was devastated that he had to go to sleep with out his favorite blankey.  I felt bad, but reminded him that he lost his blankey for the night because he bit Shay.  I wanted him to see the seriousness of it and had to hold my guns.  The next morning (this morning) he jumped out of bed, his eyes only 1/2 way opened and asked for his favorite blankey.  Of course I gave it to him.
SO, Mom thought that she could spend some quality time with him today.  I appreciate all she does for me.  She's always willing to stop everything she's doing to help me and my family.  Love you Mom.

On Friday I volunteer, and it's been fun watching him learn and play.  He is only 3, so he is smaller than many of his classmates.  As a younger child, he would watch the others, and follow their lead.  This hasn't always been a good thing, as I noticed most of the boys do not sit still while Miss Paige (his teacher) has story time and singing time.  Instead they roll around the carpet, tackle each other, etc. etc.  It's obvious that boys are less mature than the girls, because the girls all sit very quietly and listen.  I think it is an interesting observation.  Nonetheless, as his mother (and teacher aid) I try to "encourage" him to sit and listen.  It's not easy.  And I will keep trying.  He's not the only one, there are about 5 other boys I have to "help" sit down and stay put. lol.

His teacher, Miss Paige is amazing, and kind and patient.  I'm so glad we got into her preschool!  It's been a little hectic arranging to get him there on Wednesdays, and he might be able to go to mornings in November so we shall see. I would hate to take him away from the friends he's made.  I'll have to think long and hard what we're going to do, if the opportunity arises.

I love my Luke so much.  We have both been at odds as of late, and the guilt is eating me up inside on all the things that I am doing wrong with him.  I need to quit worrying about housework and just spend time playing with him.  Poor fella, he's often left at his own devices because I am trying to catch up from the week of laundry, or house chores.  I need to commit to spend more quality time with him.  Even if it's playing cars (which isn't my most favorite thing to play...pushing cars around is such a guy thing I guess...lol).

09-26-12: NUMs!!

Ready to eat his NUM NUMS! 

09-26-12: Adam and his ball

Adam loves this ball.
It's soft and made of cotton.
Gma & Gpa Nelson gave it to him when he was born.
There is this little caterpillar thing hooked to a string on it.
I call it Mr. Worm.
I know it's a caterpillar, but that's his name.
Adam plays and chews on Mr. Worm
until he gets so mad.
I'm not sure why.
Then I have to take Mr. Worm and the ball away.
And tell both of them (Adam and Mr. Worm)
that they need a time out and need to play nice.

Playing nice and cute.

Getting mad....and fast!

Mommy took the ball & Mr. Worm away.
He's happy now, with some yummy milkies.

09-22-12: Brother car wash

This photo is to document that my brother actually does nice things for me.

09-20-13: 5 months!

I am 5 months old! 

09-19-12: 5 months!

Happy 5 months to you Adam my sweetheart!!

 We have been blessed for 5 wonderful months to have you in our family!  What a wonderful addition you are, and bring us so much happiness and joy.

For the last few weeks you LOVE to stand up.  Of course we have to hold you up, but you are gaining more strength in your legs and want to see what is going on in the world.  We finally brought out the bouncer, and although you haven't learn to bounce, you are enjoying standing up and looking around.

This last week or so you have greatly improved your hand eye coordination.  When you see something you reach out and grab it!  I am so proud of the little things we do everyday, that you are learning!!  It's amazing to watch you grown and develop.  Just like with your brother, we are enjoying every minute of it!

I am still taking you to work, and everyone is loving you being there!  You are such a good boy, and take naps, and wiggle and squeal and make me smile while I work. :)  I am so blessed to be able to take you to work this long, and hope I can take you for a little while longer.

You sleep about 6 hours at night, and wake up between 3-5 for a 4 oz snack.  Then it's pretty much every 3 hours after that.  I am grateful for the 6 hours you give me, and that you go back to sleep so well afterwards. You really are an easy baby, you are happy all of the time, and only cry when you are hungry, tired or hurt.

Your brother Luke loves you so much!  Sometimes he may love you a little "too much", but he's trying.  And you smile everytime you see him.  You absolutely love him, and enjoy being in the same room and watching him play.  When he leaves the room, you will whimper and cry until he comes back.  In the morning when you wake up crying sometimes, he will talk or sing to you and you instantly stop crying, open your eyes and smile at him.  You love him so much, and I love seeing that brotherly love you both have for each other at such a young age.

You are a big boy, and already wearing 6-9 months.  I don't know where or when the growth spurt came, but you are big.  Many comment how fat you are, but that's only cute sweet adorable baby fat, that everyone loves to see.  A happy healthy chubby baby.  My mom told me that I was a super chubby baby, and I love my food. :)  Could it be you are like your Mommy?  Or big in stature like your Daddy?  Only time will tell.  But it doesn't matter, because we love you just the way you are!

I love to call you wiggles.  You are my wiggles :)

Mommy appreciates that you are so calm and will lay contently in your crib so I can take care of Luke, or clean the house.

Your smiles melt our hearts and your little giggles are priceless.
You are such a blessing in our lives, and we thank Heavenly Father above for sending you to our family.
We look forward to many years of joy and love!
Happy 5 months Scott ADAM Summers

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

09-18-12: Luke

Dear Luke,

Today I write this letter to tell you how much I love you.  Since your little brother was born, life has changed for you.  I know it hasn't been easy to have to hurry and grow up.  Your Daddy and I do expect you to be a big boy and help us.  We probably expect more than we should.  We just know how big and smart you are, and know you can do it.  Mommy and Daddy are so happy when you are a happy helper.  But sometimes we forget that you are still a little boy, and that you need help too.  We also understand that you used to get all of our attention, and that now it has to be shared with Adam, and I know that isn't easy.  Sometimes, Adam does get more attention, because he is still little and needs so much help with everything.  I understand you look for any attention you can get, and sometimes, it comes as negative attention.  You have to act out to get Mommy and Daddy to notice you, and then the attention you get is us disciplining you.  I am sorry that I don't give you all the attention you deserve.  I see you sleeping so peacefully at night, and I want to hold you and tell you that you are still my little boy and that I love you very much.  I hope you will forgive me, I'm still new at this Mommy stuff, and having 2 little boys is harder than 1 little boy.  But I am so grateful and glad that you and your brother are in our lives.  I also realize you are just like me, and that probably makes it hard to get along sometimes, but please know that I love you more than life itself.

I love you so very very much!! And no matter much, you will always be my little Lukey.

I will try to give you more positive attention and the love you need.

Love,
Your Mommy

09-15-12 to 09-16-12: Uintahs

Michael and Becky invited our family to go camping with them up in the Uintah Mountains.

Josh has never been there, and had always wanted to go.  

I was a little apprehensive about going with a little baby, but I knew how much he wanted to go and figured that we could manage one night in the wilderness, right?  

So we went.

The Uintahs are very beautiful, but not how I remember.  I remember pine trees everywhere.

There was much more open space than I last time (many moon's ago), but maybe this was a different area.

We followed Michael and Becky in his truck/camper and Mom and Dad in their big white pick up truck. We drove the Toyota Camry, and although it was not a big deal, I thought it was funny that we probably looked out of place. lol.  To get to our campground, you had to drive on a dirt road for a few miles.

Our campground

The trailer set up

On a walk with Luke.
He had this thing called, "Chew on your sleeve" all weekend.
I don't know what was up with that, but it sure made for a
dirty Lukey and a dirty shirt :)

Exploring and looking for treasures while chewing on his shirt.
As Kamashay best put it, "Luke's treasures are junk"
They really are, but he doesn't care.
Bottle caps, rubber bands, little shiny pieces of garbage.
It keeps a 3 year old entertained.
LOL.

The Uintah's

Is that a treasure?

Treasure hunting with Shay.
I love these two.
The can be so cute together.

This is what Adam did while we explored

Mommy and Adam hanging out while everyone went
out to find some firewood.

Uncle Michael & his mighty campfire

Everyone wanted a turn in Adam's stroller.
First it was Shay

Next it was Luke's turn

Papa cooking the boy scout specials.
I don't know how long they took to cook, but when
we ate them it was dark outside.
It prolly was a good thing, so you couldn't
see what exactly you were eating
  lol

Dirty face cute kid of mine

Ready for some sleeps!
It wasn't too bad.  I only had to get up like 10 times. :)
And then there was this thing with the thermostat...
and it got really really cold so basically I didn't sleep.
Do Mommy's ever sleep on these
sort of outings tho?

Our morning breakfast. We attempted omelets in a Dutch Oven
with some of Becky's parents fresh eggs.  They were huge!
Breakfast was delish, but took forever to cook.

Climbing on fences.
Everyone follow what Papa does!

The deciduous trees are changing colors!
(Those would be the ones that aren't pine)

4-wheeling with Josh.
We got to go for like 1 1/2 hours.
It was amazing.
Very beautiful and quiet.

Luke ready to go 4-wheeling with Nana & Papa

Josh chillin'
That's the nice thing about camping.
You are disconnected from everything, and you just....
chill.

Okay, so I brought a watermelon up to eat.
And the way I cut it was scooping it out.
So we were left with an empty watermelon.
I carved it like a pumpkin. :)

Mommy, hold me!

Daddy saved the day

Mommy trying to get some photos of our
cutie patootie out in the forest....roughing it

Papa, Luke and Josh loading up the 4-wheelers.
Note Papa and Luke's twin black turtle necks.

Luke, Shay and Molly (dog) chasing the sheep.
It was hilarious to watch them run and scream.The kids, not sheep. :)

Shay told Luke that he was her boyfriend and they were going to get married.
Luke's comment to this?  "That's gross!"

I think this kid had fun, don't you?
He's a little sad to leave
He will definitely sleep good on the way home

Nana and Adam right before we left.
It was a fun and successful trip, but I will be glad to be back home.
Clean and in my warm soft bed.
Thanks Michael and Becky for invited us.
We love you!