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Don't Miss the Boat

Jeremy's parents from Salt Lake City, Utah came to visit for a week during February. One of the highlights of the trip was missing this boat at Fisherman's Village. We saw it leave and while we were at dinner at Harpoon Harry's it returned for us to see and heckle us even further.

Lex sure loved his grandparents and when we first saw them he ran into their open arms for a running hug. They read him books and gave him lots of cuddle time. I think they were pretty smitten with their grandkids but who wouldn't be?

Jer had a trip to Ft. Lauderdale so they also joined him there. The cruise ships beckoned but they were able to focus upon getting a pedicure and enjoying a French bakery. Don't worry, it was just Jer's mom that got the pedicure, not his dad. Enjoy the pics from their visit.

Austin's Blessing

We blessed Austin at church today. We were so lucky to have Jeremy's parents here, but now I see we didn't get any photos of them with the kids! D'oh! I guess we'll get more this week. They came into town on Friday night, and we spent a great day with them yesterday at Disney Hollywood Studios.

One of my favorite pictures

We took this photo last week and I just love it! What little angels!


Here are a few others from the same time:

Lex's 3rd Birthday

Lex's birthday was last week! It was a great day. The only drawback was that after he went to sleep that night he came down with strep throat. Poor kid.

For his birthday, we let him open one gift the night before. That was a mini market. We planned to save the rest of his gifts until the evening of his birthday, but Lex went birthday crazy during the day! I was reading him some birthday wishes from family members when he suddenly started saying, "Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday!" and ran over to his gifts to open them. I called Jer at work and he said to go ahead and let him at it but get it on video. So here is part of his greed!

We really enjoyed this day as much as Lex. It was the first year that he didn't cry during the "Happy Birthday" song. Austin did, though!

The video below is five minutes long, so no pressure to watch it! It shows Lex getting his first gift the night before, then part of his birthday craziness. I love when all the gifts have been opened and Lex shows remorse. Lastly, it shows Lex blowing out his candles.

Our little chunkster

I make no secret of how I feel about chunky babies -- I love them so much! So, I am thrilled that Austin is turning out to be a super chunk just like Lex was. I took Austin to his two month appointment a few weeks ago. He weighed in at 15 pounds, 11 ounces. He doesn't even get a percentile since he is off the charts! He is still a few ounces shy of Lex's two month weight of 15 pounds, 13 ounces, but Lex started out in life a whole pound heavier than Austin. I think Austin has done a great job of catching up!

Beach Trip

We also took the kids to the beach in their new wagon a few weeks ago. Here are the photos:

Lex on the Lanai

We took these photos on New Year's Day, and I thought they were cute. Lex was outside on the lanai just taking in the scenery!

Disney Photos Revisited

There were several photos I didn't post from our Disney trip a few weeks ago. We couldn't believe how many photos we messed up on when we were trying to get a nice photo for our Christmas cards! Here they are:

More Sad News

My Grandpa Hill passed away last week. Above is a photo my mom took a few years ago of Grandpa with Grandma Hill. Grandpa Hill was a great storyteller, and whenever I think of him I'll always picture him chuckling while saying, "Well, hello!"

Grandpa had the coolest birthdate -- he was born on 9-10-11. Anyway, he brought me great comfort in the days after September 11. I called him to give him a belated happy 90th birthday, and we were talking about all the events that have happened during his lifetime. For instance, he was a child during WWI. He remembered being told not to take candy from strangers since it could be poisoned. When Pearl Harbor happened, he was already an adult in his thirties with a wife and children. He was delivering milk that day when he heard. He said that back then horrible events didn't affect you as much since you weren't exposed as much as you are today. The only way to see video footage of things was to go to the movie theater. It really helped me to put things into perspective and to realize that life would go on even if things seemed really sad right then.

I will miss Grandpa Hill, but I am also happy that he is no longer in pain. He lived to be 97 years old.

New Years

We had a fantastic New Year's Eve! Crystal and TJ, who until last week lived in Virginia, came to visit us. We hadn't seen them since last Christmas. We are very happy that they are now living in Florida! So, we had Crystal, TJ, Chris, Paula, and Jackson to ring in the New Year with us. Here are some photos of us from that night. When midnight came, TJ and Lex were already asleep, so the picture of TJ is from earlier. Since TJ wasn't available, Austin subbed in as Crystal's New Year's kiss.