Eastah Eggs...

One of my favorite things is how normal everyday words can be turned into new words or said with just the right accent to make your delightful little two year old sound like a gangster. "Eastah Egg" has been our favorite thing to convince Gavin to say this last week. Luckily he does not yet see through our cunning ways of showing him off to everyone who would get a kick out of it.
I had a very interesting time trying to take photos of the boys before church, in their cute clothes. Gavin kept trying to hug and kiss Henry and Henry kept tipping over off the pillow. This was as good as I could manage.

Henry looks so grown up with his handsome shirt and receding hairline. Aside from Easter we have just been hanging around working on the front lawn and landscaping and trying to get a few things going on the house. With Caleb working on his qualifiers at school for a few more weeks, it has been an interesting time trying to keep Gavin busy and distracted. Luckily the weather has been fabulous so we have spent a lot of time outside and at the playground.

Here is Gavin trying to cut in on Henry's camera time.
Taking a break from planting flowers with Mom and digging up a thorny bush with Dad.
Henry relaxing and looking cute.
We have spent some time with Nathan and Stacy's family lately, just hanging out. Here is Stacy and the girls... Libbie, Mallory and Mia... holding and admiring Henry.

Gavin having a great time with Aunt Rachel and Libbie.
I had to take some cute photos of Henry before he gets chubbier and I forget that he was ever actually this little.

Gavin on a cold day... relaxing on the body pillow that his friend Brandt gave him for his birthday.

Gavin is 2!

Gavin turned 2 last week on March 16. He was pretty excited this year for things like presents and singing Happy Birthday, which is one of his favorite songs. It was fun for us too, though we are still sitting back wondering where the last 2 years have gone. It seems like he has been with us forever, but also like he was just a tiny baby a month ago.

We had his pictures taken, also a fun time, since he now has his own opinions about how things should go. Luckily he is just cute, so here are a few of our favorites.

The classic school picture shot.

Our little man, he loves to walk around like this.
This one is very typically Gavin, when he is nervous, he pulls his shirt up and shows his belly, which he has just done for the photographer. This is Dad's favorite. A few birthday party shots. Here he is with his cousins- Mallory, Mia and Libbie. Don't they look great in Elmo hats.

Here is the Elmo cake- Big Bird is driving a tow truck and pulling Elmo. Bringing home the cake is what got Gavin the most excited to have a birthday party. He was impressed with himself for blowing out the candle as well.

Some present opening...

He got his first bike for his birthday. We over estimated on the size of the helmet, but he was pretty excited to wear it right away.

A Blessing

Henry Maxim came to church for the first time on Sunday, he got to see Caleb called to the bishopric and receive a blessing. It was pretty exciting and he did really well.

Here he is with Dad before church. They are looking very handsome together.

The two boys all dressed up for the big day at church.
A pose with Mom too.
Oh... the whole family... the boys were not exactly cooperating.
Here is Henry during his first bath, we are definetely much better parents the second time around. The bath was actually warm and cozy enough for him to fall asleep.

Here he is feeling very relaxed and clean. One of the best things about giving him a bath is his cute and crazy hair.Gavin likes to lay down next to Henry. We thought this was funny, since it looks like Henry is telling Gavin a secret.

The brothers meet...

Gavin finally came to meet Henry at the hospital. At first he was pretty scared of both the baby and Mom, but eventually he warmed up a little more, to atleast get closer to "Mom's Henry." By the end of our stay he was pretty worried about any nurse or doctor that came in to see Henry and what they would be doing to him. Though he wouldn't touch him no matter what.

Here he is trying to feed Henry his chocolate egg... that is a good sign since Gavin won't usually give up a chance at chocolate.
We were all pretty glad to come home on Wednesday. The hospital staff was great, but the food was terrible and there just wasn't a lot of room for Gavin and Dad to hang out without Gavin being tempted to push the nurse call button about a million times. Here they are pretending to sleep on the extra bed, even though one grouchy nurse had said that we shouldn't touch it... oh well. Gavin kept begging Dad to lay down on his belly and then would instruct him to snore.

As you can see... Henry was excited to come home too... His first ride in the car seat, and I don't think he opened his eyes once.

Since we have gotten home, you can see that Gavin has warmed up to the idea of his "baby bruder" a lot more. He likes to go and check on him and ask "Henry, you wake?" And he likes to hold him as you can see and even gave him a nice little kiss. So we are progressing.

As you can tell, we are all still resting quite a bit, and everyone is pretty tired, but we are having fun.

HENRY MAXIM CARDON HAS ARRIVED!

Mom getting stoked for labor at 1:00 a.m.
Dad feeling the effects of no sleep and attempting a self-portrait
HERE IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, PICTURES OF THE MAN OF THE HOUR.

Happy Valentines Day

Here are a few Valentines Day photos of our pizza making. I was really sick that day, so Gavin and Caleb had to do mostly all the work for dinner. Luckily they did a great job.

Gavin really loved adding cheese to the pizza. We could hardly get him to stop... though when he stopped adding it, he started eating it. I am not sure which was worse. Caleb's least favorite thing is rolling out the dough, but he agreed to do it and it turned out great, even after quite a bit of frustration.
What a great heart shaped pizza. Gavin has gotten to where he would rather say cheese and not smile at the camera, so it is hard to catch him in a grinning moment. He was very glad to have pink "sooda" for dinner that night. We love to hear him talk about soda since he sounds like he is from Canada.
Gavin and Mom... not sure where he learned to make that face. I think my Valentines spirit was lacking because of the horrid cold... you can even see the red nose on film... how embarassing.
Just a cute photo in the yard before church. What a grown up boy we have now.

Just Us

Just a few fun photos of what we have been doing while we anxious await the arrival of our second son.

Gavin and Daddy relaxing on the couch watching Monsters.

Stacy and her panel of sylists, who are fixing her hair to look even more beautiful.Gavin likes to wear Daddy's accessories, like ties and belts, around the house.
Just a cute smile.
Gavin loves to dance and has recently mixed his love of dancing with his love of jumping around and acting crazy.... the result, some sweet toddler breakdance moves. These are the best that I could get on camera.