My Cute Boys!

I love my cute boys!  They are all getting so big and changing so much!  Braxton is a big kid now and has lost his little boy look!  Dylan loves his brothers and wants to do anything that they are doing!  Corbin loves to play with Braxton I don't know what I am going to do when Braxton goes to school he is going to be lost with out him! 

 Dylan is 9 Months old!!  

He loves crawling now and pulling himself up to standing on everything!  

He is at a stage where he does not want to hold still and will go exploring and getting into everything!
 I have to watch him every second especially with his older Brothers toys around!

Dylan has 6 teeth already!  He has got his teeth faster then my other boys.

He is a great eater as you can tell!  He chews food well and is not really a fan of baby food but prefers our food but who can blame him! 

He can say mama but does not necessarily do it for me.

He is a big mamas boy and wants me around a lot, he still does not take a bottle but does pretty good with the sippy cup now! 

He is such a fun boy and we have loved having this cute little guy in our family! 

 Gotta love those chubby cheeks! 

 So cute wild and crazy boys!

Braxton is into legos now and he built a lot of this ship by himself.  It took him 4 hrs! I helped him with the wings a little but he did a great job and is so proud of it!  It is really cute!

Going Private

So after having this blog up for forever I am using it more now as our scrapbook. With three kids I just don't get the time to scrapbook anymore!  With all the crazy things out there I figured I should probably make it private.  So if you would like to still be able to look at our blog I would love to let you! Just leave your email address in my comments or if you want it private you can message me on facebook then I can add you email to my list.
 Thanks Amanda

Checking out Vegas Just a little!

We took the boys to Silverton Casino they put on little mermaid  shows in the aquarium and its free. They also have feeding time for the fish which the boys liked a little more then the mermaid but they thought it was pretty cool that she got to swim in there!   They also have this really neat sports store right next door and the boys loved looking at everything there.   We are learning what is fun and OK to do with our kids here and where you don't want to take your kiddos!  But it has been a lot of fun so far and we have been enjoying the new area and all the different things to do! 

Having fun in Utah!

I have to say I was so bad about taking pictures this time when we went to Utah.  I spent about 4 days with my Sister Amber who lives in Virginia.  We had a blast but I was too distracted to take any picture!  I will have to be better when we get together next time.  The kids had a blast playing with their cousins.  We even did a sleep over at my parents, the girls all painted our nails and watched movies while the boys were upstairs playing the play station.  

 When Brian got home I finally took some pictures.  We went boating up to Pineview and we had a blast!  I love boating and I have missed it!  We try to go when we go out to Utah to visit but I was pregnant last time so I did not get to do anything.  One day Kevin and I will buy a boat!  We all had a great time until the boat broke down.  We were out in a far cove and there was no one around to help tow us back in so we had to call the Sheriff dept to come give us a tow!  They were really good about it he says he has to do it all the time! But it made the trip memorable! 

The day before we left Kelsey, Abbi, Kasen and Brenda came over to visit and I remembered to take a picture before we left!  But we had a great time with family and friends we love going to Utah!  Now we are a lot closer so we will be able to make more visit and people can visit us more! 

Welcome Home Elder Baldwin!!

After we had only been in Vegas for about a week just enough time to get moved in the boys and me went to Utah to welcome home this Stalwart young man!   It has been a long two years since we have been able to see Brian!  WELCOME HOME ELDER BALDWIN!

 Dylan has been waiting his whole life to meet him!  Dylan is inspecting his missionary tag very close! 

It was pretty fun to watch Kirk and Lindy and how excited they were to have Brian home!  Some of the other family also came to welcome him home.  Some of Brian's good friends were there to welcome him home too!  Kirk thought it would be funny to have the Young Women from their ward make signs and to be there too.  

 Brian's friends and us went out to lunch after the airport.  I love watching missionaries when they just get home they never know what to do with themselves!  But it was sure fun to be able to be there! 

Something already living at our new house!

When we moved into our house we did not realize that there were already tenants there.  The were furry and really cute!  Actually on our first day moving in a neighbor on the side of us asked us if we wanted any kittens.  She told us the people who lived in our house before us left a cat and it had kittens.  We were not really to interested in having a cat so we told her no thanks.  But then 2 days later we saw mama cat in our backyard and we watched her crawl into the little hole in our rocks (picture below).  So we got a flashlight and looked and there was a mom and 5 baby kittens living in our rock wall.  The boys loved it and thought that was pretty cool.   So we started to feed the mama cat and of course we played with the kittens they were so cute how could you say no to a face like that!  But I don't think mom liked us playing with her kittens because a couple days later she took all the kittens away and they have not been back since!  So who knows were mom and the kittens are but the boys had fun with them while they were here!

Fourth of July!

For the fourth of July we went to the Summerlin Parade.  We were impressed with all they had  there!  There are a lot of big balloons and fun people!  The boys loved the Star Wars characters! I was hot and we are not quite used to that yet!  It was about 110 degrees I was surprised how long the boys lasted in the heat we actually made it though most of the parade! 

 That night we had a friend over for dinner then we walked to a park near to us so we could watch the fireworks!  Dylan was pretty good and seemed to like the fireworks! The boys enjoyed watching and eating the popcorn! 

Kevin's New Office

We have had a lot of changes go on in these last few years.  We had to come to some big decisions and decide if Kevin wanted to stay on as a partner for Mid Valley or if he wanted to do his own thing.  We decided the best thing for us would be to have Kevin be his own boss. We were unsure of where we wanted to go live but after looking around for a while and with some inspiration we decided LasVegas would be the best place for us!  When Kevin was looking at practice he found a couple different ones he really liked.  We were actually thinking about going with another office first but things did not work out.  When things don't work as we think they should we take that as there is a reason it did not work out.  In this case we were really happy the first did not work out because this was the right practice for Kevin to buy.  Dr. Van Dyke really liked Kevin and after he met him he really wanted Kevin to by his practice.  The deal kept getting better and better. So we went through with it bought the practice and moved to Las Vegas Nevada! 

 It has been pretty exciting to see Kevin buy his own dental practice!   He has been so fun to watch get things ready.  He gets really excited about things he wants to do for the practice and he does not have to answer to anyone.  We love the practice he found it is beautiful! He bought it from a doctor retiring his name is Dr. Van Dyke. 

Kevin has been working in the office for about a month now and it has been a lot of work for him.  You don't realize how many little things need to be done when you own your own business! Luckily I went and spent 10 days in Utah while he first started so he could get done what he needed to with out any distractions! He is now getting things how he wants them and it has been going good!  I am proud of Kevin for all his hard work he has done and we look forward to this new adventure! 

Leaving Oregon and Arriving in Las Vegas!

Before we left Oregon we took a last picture in front of our rental house! Goodbye Oregon!  Lindy was nice enough to fly to Oregon so she could drive with me and the kids! It is nice to have another set of hands when you have to drive 15 hours.  The drive went great and the kids handled it so well it is impressive!  We drove 7 1/2 hours the first day and 7 hours the next day!   We had to travel on Braxton's birthday so he was pretty excited to get a present  in the Hotel room!  

It was a long drive but we were happy to make it to LAS VEGAS!!  When we got here it was HOT!  I felt like we moved into a oven!  The temperature was around 115 degrees!   But it was time to start our new adventure! 

 When we were moving in the temperature was 117-119 degrees!  Not fun weather to be moving stuff out of the truck!  Luckily no one passed out and we all handled the heat well! It was nice because my parents and Kirk and Lindy all came out to help us unpack!  It was nice to have the help watch the kids so I could unpack!  It was so nice!  Thanks so much for all the help everyone! 

The boys loved playing in all the boxes as we unpacked! They made all sorts of forts to play in! It was a lot of fun for them!  But a lot of fun for all of us! 

Our Last Day in Oregon

The day before we left I wanted to get together with some of my besties from Oregon!  Jaime and Madeline met me at the Bounce house in Corvallis.  The kids had a lot of fun playing with their buddies and the moms had a great time talking away!  After all the exhausting play we had to go get some food!  So we took the whole crew to Izzy Pizza and had lunch!  Lindy lou was also way nice because she came with us too!   Jaime and Madeline are such great friends I am going to miss them  I  know anytime I wanted I could call them and say what we were going to do and they would meet me and it was awesome!   I know I could always count on them for help too!  Thanks for being AWESOME girls!  We miss you! 

Happy Fathers Day!

With all the chaos of moving Kevin kinda missed out on having a great Fathers Day!  I still tried to do some fun things for him.  I made breakfast for him and he got this awesome candy card!  I also decided it was time he got a new bag!  His old one strap was broken and the inside liner was ripping out so it was time!  He also got  a new pair of shoes! 

I just wanted to tell this Amazing man how grateful I am for him!  You are a great dad and husband!  You always helps me with everything!  The boys know who they should go to if they want someone to play with them!  You do a great job supporting our family!  You are always so willing to help anyone who needs it!  We all love you so much Kevin  I don't know what I would do with out you!

Saying Goodbye to great friends

Before we left Oregon we got together with some of our really good friends and had a picnic!   Unfortunately we are missing some people in these pictures I got busy talking and forgot to take some pictures until the end. But we had a great turn out with lots of food and great people what else good you ask for!  I think every time we move the hardest thing is to say goodbye to our good friends!  Then we have to start all over again!  But the fun thing is now we have friends all over and we will always cherish those friendships! 

 When we moved from Ohio it did not affect the kids to much they were so young still.  But this time Braxton had some really good friends and any time you talked about the move he would get emotional!  So when we were taking pictures he wanted to do picture with everyone there it was pretty cute!   He still tells me mom I miss my friends! 

Braxton's Pokemon Party

For Braxton's 7th Birthday he wanted to have a Pokemon Party!  He was so excited for it!  Since we were moving on his actual birthday we decided to do it at the end of the month.  We let him invite a lot of friends since we were going to be moving so this also worked as a goodbye party.  

 The Pickachu balloon stomp.  We had it set up in the house but never did it because the kids were having so much fun.  Dylan liked playing with them though!

 We had the party in the empty lot that was on the side of our house it was nice to have that for this very reason. 

 The kids are all lined up to go on the Squirtle Slide (Slip N Slide)!    We also had Jiggle puff balloon battle (water ballons)  and sharpedo blasters (water guns)! The kids all loved it! 

 The poke-ball hunt!  I colored ping pong balls to look like poke-balls then hid them all over the back yard! 

 Braxton's cake!  I wanted to buy one because I really am not good at cake decorating but unfortunately the store did not make them so I had to do it myself!  It turned out ok!  We also had Charzard Pizza Braxton's favorite! 

 Lugi is the Pokemon he chose for the top of the cake! 

 Opening presents!  He was spoiled and loved everything he got thanks everyone for coming! 

Braxton's favorite thing about the party was playing with all his friends!  Of course all the cool toys he got! It was great day for Braxton and his friends it was a lot of work for mom and dad but it is worth it when the kids love it! 

Dylan at 6 1/2 Months

Dylan is such a good baby!  We are so excited that he is in our family!  He is a very easy going and loves to just watch his brothers!  They make him laugh more then anyone can! His favorite thing to do is sit in his exercise saucer and watch his brothers play!  He is very observant to everything around him which is making it  a little more difficult to feed him because he wants to come off and look at everything! 

 He adapts well to different situations, for example this poor little guy does not usually get much sleep!  His naps are always cut short for what ever different reason.  But he is still a happy little guy! 

 He does not take a bottle very well so it makes it difficult to leave him anywhere which has been a challenge with me working occasionally. He will take a bottle from Kevin sometimes but he will not do it a lot so there has been times where Kev had to feed him applesauce in the middle of the night because he would not take the bottle!

 He sleeps great at night and will usually do about 10-12 hours if he only does 10 hours  I can usually feed him and then put him back to bed.  He also does really well about just laying down for a nap.  I can just lay him in the crib and he will go to sleep with only a little crying. 

 Dylan can sit up on his own now and he stands with support pretty good!  He does not love tummy time so he usually only rolls one way which is from his belly to his back.  He can roll from his back to his belly but he does not really like it so does not do it often! I don't think he will be crawling any time soon, which is just fine with me I love this stage where they can just sit and play but are still immobile it is may favorite!  They are so fun and are starting to get such a personality I don't want him to grow up!  But it is already happening so fast! 

 Dylan has those cute chubby cheeks everyone wants to pinch them.  My dad saw a Onsie that said pinch your own damn cheeks! I wish he would of bought it because I think it is hilarious!

Here are his numbers at 6 1/2 months

Height- 27.25 inches 55%

Weight- 18.76 lbs 75%

 The most common nick name for this little guy is dealers, dealy, chubs, chubber, stinker, cutie lets just say he is well loved! 

Dylan is such a sweet little guy and we love having him in our family!   He is so fun and I love watching how fast he learns things and watching him grow!  We all love you so much!

Corbin at 3 3/4 years old (almost 4)

Corbin is such a character!  I swear this kid makes me laugh pretty much every day!  He has so much personality but it can go both ways!  This kid is mostly happy and easy going he loves to joke around and mess around.  But watch out when you make him mad he has the best pouty lip I have ever seen.  He is at an age where he likes to challenge us.  But I do have to say he is easier then Braxton was at this age. 

 Corbin is such a snuggle bug which I love!  He is very sweet and loving!  He is my child that will just come and give me big hugs and tells me he loves me! He loves to be cuddled and tickled at night.  He often tries to sneak out of bed but he is doing much better about that now.  He is my little wild man he is always trying to keep up with Braxton and his friends so it has made him pretty tough and very daring!  I am shocked he has not broken anything or had to get stitches yet.  I may find out later that he suffered a little brain damage though because for a while he pretty much hit his head on something daily!  So far no problems though!

 1. What is your favorite color? RED
2. What is your favorite toy? Super Heros- Spiderman and Batman
3. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? Superhero Squad
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Chicken nuggets
6. Who is your favorite person-  Dylan and my family
7. What is your favorite game?  Monsters
8. What is your favorite snack? Popcorn (he can eat a whole bag by himself)
9. What is your favorite animal? Turtle
10. What is your favorite song? Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam
11. What is your favorite book? Superhero books
12. Who is your best friend? Eva Hoggard, Allison and Madison Whischnofske
13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Catch bugs
15. What is your favorite drink? Rootbeer
16. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Muffy (His stuffed Dog)
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Eggs
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Spam and eggs
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Astronaut 

 He loves his big brother and follows Braxton around everywhere and wants to do everything Braxton does.  Corbin has a class three under-bite so he is going to look forward to many years in braces.  Due to his under-bite there are certain letters he does not say well like F's, Ps, and Ss.  So at times he can be difficult to understand.

 Corbin is a little ladies man!  All the young teenage girls we get to come over and babysit just love him.  He likes it to and will often go give them hugs and kisses at church!  Some of them will want to carry him around and he is more then happy to let them it is pretty cute!  I think I will be in trouble with him in the future!
Corbin loves to make people laugh and if he gets you laughing he will do it over and over again.  In this picture he was making faces and dancing which was pretty hilarious.  He has some of the best facial expression and some pretty sweet dance moves!

Corbin you are such a joy to have in our family!  You light up the room when you are in it and we all love having you around!  You are such a sweet heart!  We love you!