My Thoughts Exactly

So we were cooking dinner today and making some cookies for Family Home Evening at the same time. While I was finishing up a brocolli salad thing Mark was manning the cookie counter. And by manning the counter I mean that he was eating the brown sugar, which is a favorite past time of his. Anyway, He turns to me and says, "Mom, I don't like salad. I just like sugar." Boy have I got my work cut out for me.

Milestones

Mark is Peeing in the toilet. I know its really not a polite subject to be talking about, but I deal in bodily fluids on a daily basis so indulge me for a moment. I am very proud to report that we today had our first full day of success. Considering that we started potty training on Monday we are pretty happy. You would be amazed at the number of wet underwares a kid can create in one day. I would post a cute picture, but Mark has become a little shy about being in front of other people without being fully clothed (who isn't?).
Our little Megan also got in the spirit of reaching milestones and decided to crawl. So far she only does it when she is mad and trying to get to you so that you will pick her up or at least do something to entertain her. Who said being stubborn didn't have its fine points? We have no idea where the strong will came from- I mean we don't know anybody like that in our family (wink wink).

Late Late Late Holiday Update

We had a great Christmas. Things are just returning to normal here. We had Randi and Mike in town the last couple of weeks in December. We spent Christmas at our house and the Parrish house in Mesquite. The Brey family (minus Devon) came to our home over the New Year weekend. Busy busy busy. The kids had so much fun.

This is our wonderful gingerbread man. When I remember how to post video I'll get more of our Christmas activities posted.

It snowed two days after the first storm and we got about four inches at our house. It was enough to make a snowman.

I coached Mark in the ancient art of snow balls. He did pretty well. The kid has quite an arm.

We enjoyed the post-snowplay hot chocolate.

Megan 6 Month Pictures

Is there anything cuter? I think not!

Say What?

We had snow in Vegas. You would have thought the world was going to end. I don't think most of the people here even know what the defrost button does, judging by the way people were driving.
This is the view from our deck. I love living on the edge of everything. This is about as far away from the strip you can get in Vegas and still be in Vegas.

My Two Tooth Tale

Megan's two teeth are both finally here. The one on the right took its sweet time, but she was a champ about it. Its crazy that this girl is seven months old. Boy the time flies. She is the best little girl ever. She is starting to snuggle with me a little bit. I love it. One of the funniest things about her is that becuase she has started to sleep on her tummy she is constantly waking up with some serious "Ralph- the night hair dresser" do's. The pictures don't do it justice, but I thought I'd try.