Day at the Phoenix Zoo

Jake had to work at Phoenix Children's Hospital on Friday, so the boys and I decided to venture along for the day to go to the zoo. Jamie, Nathan and Bryce met us there and we all had such a wonderful time! It was so nice to spend the day out in the fresh air. The weather was absolutely perfect - in the 70s all day! We may have to make a November zoo trip an annual tradition. Here are some pics from the day...

The big boys did a good job holding on to the little guys!

Nathan & Bryce

Micah & Nathan by the Baboons

Caden & Micah chillin' in the double stroller

(This only lasted a few minutes...Micah walked just about the whole day.)

Jake ended up being stuck in surgery for about 10 hours...much longer than anticipated... so we did not get home until almost 11pm. The boys were such troopers. Thankfully Jamie's mother-in-law lives close by so we crashed at her house until we were able to meet up with Jake for dinner.

Mr. Model

Micah looked so handsome the other day that I asked him to pose for some pictures. They turned out so darn cute and he really got into posing (as if you can't tell).

Very GQ

Silly one

One of the good moments...

We have lots of "moments" around here. Many are good. Many not so good -- those usually involve the word "mine!". Here are some pictures from a good brotherly moment this morning...

Our talking goof-ball!

Okay, so I know I only promised three posts in my "coming soon" blog, but here is an extra one for good measure. I wanted to make note of our little talking Caden. It seems like he has really started talking so much more in the last few weeks. He says more than what is listed below, but here are some of his latest words...

• Daddy! (He has said "dada" for a long time, but recently made the very emphatic switch to "daddy".)


• Mama (FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!)


• Elmo (Which did come before "mama" but we'll pretend that's not true, okay?)


• Light


• Ariel


• Car


• Cah (short for Micah)


• Nana (As in my mom, not a banana.)


• On


• Varoom-room (While playing with cars and trucks.)


• Bye-bye


• See you!


• Mickey (which actually sounds a lot more like "hee-hee")


• Truck


• Eat (He says this A LOT! He likes his chow.)


• Cheese (when smiling for the camera)


• Cracker


• Milk

First snow of the season!

Apparently we are entering winter again here in Flagstaff. While today has warmed up quite nicely into the upper 50s, Sunday evening was a different story. Here are some pics of the first snow of the season... we got a good coating though most of it has alreay melted away.

And so it began...

...later that night...

Micah's 3rd Birthday Party

Micah had so much fun celebrating his birthday - and the party was simply icing on the cake for him. I don't think I have ever seen him smile bigger than when everyone was singing the happy birthday song to him. Nothing like being the complete center of attention! We had a great turnout and he got lots of great presents that he and Caden are both enjoying.

I snagged this pic from Kristen's blog (thanks!)... it captured his goofy smile while being sung to the best!

For as much fun as Micah had with his birthday and party he was actually acting strangely all week long. This was the first year where he was really aware of his birthday and had been counting down to it for at least two months. I think he had built the occasion up in his head as this amazingly perfect time where he could do anything he wanted. Sort of funny ;-). So, as a result, he had a few royal meltdowns when he was told "no".... "but it's MY BIRTHDAY!!!" We even had to have a chat with him about sharing his birthday cake. He wanted it all to himself. Oy-yoy!!!

As always, here are pics...

Sorry for the cut-off head... he wouldn't hold still! ;-)

Visit with Nana & Granddaddy

My parents were in town to celebrate Micah's birthday last week. Here are some pictures from their time here...

Coming Soon...

I have a bunch of blogs to post. Be looking for things to come...

1) Visit with Nana and Granddaddy
2) Micah's 3rd Birthday Party
3) The first snow of the season

Micah turns 3

Our little boy turned 3 today. So hard to believe. He was so excited about his birthday. Jake was out of town for work, so we celebrated with Nana who is visiting for the week. His party will be this coming Saturday and that will be the big celebration. He is excited for that too and I am sure I will have lots of pictures to post. Tonight we had chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles - his request - and then he had fun building Lincoln Logs with Nana.

Costumes & Trick-or-Treating

We all had so much fun getting dressed up for Halloween! Micah was Mickey Mouse, Caden was a dalmation puppy, Mommy was Minnie Mouse (which I think Micah loved!), and Daddy was "Daddy Mouse"... he wore his Mickey ears from Disneyland and a black shirt to blend in with the family. Micah loved going house to house for candy. He caught on pretty fast. By the third house he was happily holding out his pumpkin to receive the goodies.

Here are some of my favorite pics from last night...

Caden kept running toward the camera. Goof ball!



Hanging out with Mommy while Daddy and Micah were still going house to house.

Trick-or-Treating with spooky ambiance.

(Night vision camera shot.)