Wednesday my brother Tyler left to the MTC where he'll be for 6 weeks before serving in Tuxtla Gutierezz Mexico. I was just thinking about him so this post is dedicated to him :)

He will be an awesome missionary. He's funny, has an easy going personality, determination (this kid went two years with out any sugar just because AND was a work out aholic),
and of course has a strong testimony of the gospel. We love and miss you T!

LATELY.....

I'VE FALLEN ASLEEP DRAMATICALLY

LEARNED TO CRAWL

Get ready....

...Get distracted by food...

....Eat the food....

....AND pose for the camera!

FALLEN ASLEEP IN DADDY'S ARMS

Funny story: We were watching a movie on the bed while Kohen was playing and climbing around us. Well apparently he was tired because he climbed over to Stuart, snuggled up in his arms just like this, and fell asleep. Remote in hand the whole time. Of course Stuart was in heaven.

BEEN A SILLY BOY

Another funny story: Stuart was rocking Kohen to bed the other night when Kohen burped, looked up at Stuart and smiled, and literally went "aaahh." I thought it was funny but it must be a boy thing because Stuart thought it was HILARIOUS.

Since we have been desperately trying to save some money up we decided to once again hold off on a gift for each other and do small things instead to show our love for Valentines Day.

We had made some cookies for our a family in our ward but I decided to surprise Stuart with some extras when he got home from work.

Valentines morning I woke up to this :)

What really meant a lot was the fact that Stuart works 12 hour shifts at night on the weekends, comes home early (5:30ish) on Monday mornings and gets maybe a couple hours of sleep before heading to school for another 7 hours. (Not to mention doesn't get much sleep on weekends to begin with) So the fact that he took some of his precious time to make this for me was so incredibly nice of him.

Because he works so hard I like to make his "lunches" for him and since I knew he had a long couple days ahead of him I packed a special treat in his lunch Sunday.
(Chocolate dipped strawberries and chocolate dipped banana with coconut)

And then there's just Kohen.....sweet as can be

The BEST "gift" of all

I'm so grateful for the loves of my life and all that they do for me. It's the small (silly) little things we all do for each other that really matter the most and make your day.

I LOVE you Stuart and Kohen!!!

Dance

I finally got to watch Step Up 3 tonight. As corny or lame as some may think the movie is I just care about the DANCING! I've always had a passion for dancing and wanted to be "a famous singer and dancer" when I grew up. I took dance a little here and there when I was younger but have been really REALLY wanting to get back into it. Of course life happens. There's always work, no money, and a billion other excuses. But (like my goal last year that didn't happen) I'm once again going to make it my goal to take a dance class this summer and have some fun!

Perfect for me

Ever since Stuart and I began dating I knew he was "the one" and would always say he was "perfect for me". So when I saw this quote in a book I'm reading it made me want to share it :)

"Soul mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are perfect for you" -Author Unknown


Other quotes I liked: (the bold are my favorites)
"Friendships are contracts of the heart"
"Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are
wrong: it is character" -Albert Einstein
"Johnny didn't make a bold but empty promise. He paid eight cows-his own cows."
-Tracy Lyn Cutler
"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different
speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing"- William James
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing"
-Benjamin Franklin
"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none"
-Benjamin Franklin
"True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an
imperfect person perfectly" -Jason Jordan

Hugs and Kisses

One of the things that always makes my day is when Kohen gives me kisses. I don't know why I still don't have a picture or video of it since he's been doing it for a few months now but whenever I ask him "Can Mommy have a kiss" he'll put his cute, chubby hands on my cheeks and pull me in for a big wet one on my cheek. [We don't kiss on the lips...I've trained him well :) ]
But what's even better is that he will do it on his own too and randomly give me hugs and kisses. It's the cutest thing and I just had to brag!

6 months

Every two months I like to take pictures of Kohen in his true perfectly plumpness and compare how many more chubs he's gotten. It was a little more difficult this time seeing as he's always on the move and was a little fussy today (teething..poor guy).

Kohen @ 6 months

Check out my cool hair :)

Enough pictures Mom

On the move

(I'm trying to take my diaper off) :(

Teething