9 Months Old

I can't believe my little man is 9 months old already! He is such a happy boy, and now that we are back with Daddy he is back to sleeping through the night which has been wonderful. Braxten loves to crawl everywhere and try to climb all over everything. He can go UP the stairs, but hasn't figured out going DOWN so it's baby gates for us! His favorite food is yogurt and he loves trying to eat whatever we are having. He is constantly trying to eat sister's crayons, and almost always has one in each hand-despite me hiding them and putting them away he always seems to find one. Braxten is walking all over everything as long as he has a hold of something. I wish we had a walking/push toy for him to play with. He is finally getting some teeth. There are three of them trying to push their way through so in the next week he will most likely no longer have the gummy smile :-(.

Braelyn is adjusting to the move. She still won't say bye to anyone but us because she knows we will be back. She loves her closet because it is big enough to play 'house' in. I put her play kitchen and her food in there and that is where she plays. She wants to make friends, but we have only been to church the one week and this coming Sunday is Stake Conference so we won't see many kids again. She does have an adult friend named Amy. She loves her and wants to sit with her anytime we see her.

Tyler is busy with school and work. He is working in the kitchen at Old Chicago Pizza and they are taking good care of him. I am starting there on Monday and we will be working opposite shifts. I will be back to waitressing so I am excited. Other than that I have just been working on getting our apartment unpacked. When I finish getting everything set up I'll post some pictures of our new apartment and everything.

Here are some pictures of the cute little ones! Enjoy!

16th Photoshoot-I'm going to start taking a picture every month on the 16th of these two cuties

Doesn't he just melt your heart?!

Enjoying the swings at our housing playground

So Serious!

There's the smiles :)

3 Years Old and full of spice

Playing in the leaves

/9+

Squirrels-They are EVERYWHERE and EVERY TIME Braelyn sees one you are sure to know about it (a mile away you could even hear her :) haha)

8 Months and Eventful Week

So I'm running a little behind, but last week Braxten turned eight months old. He is a very inquisitive and curious little boy. He gets into everything, but I love his cute curiosity. Last week while we were at my in-laws, he got very quiet and we found him playing and eating the dirt in the house plant. His curiosity has just grown since then 😄 He loves trying to climb stairs, but he doesn't have a clue how to go down them except headfirst.He decided that baby food really isn't that bad and he enjoys eating his fruits. Vegetables are another story… Braxten weighs about 19 pounds and is about 28 inches tall. His favorite activities include crawling everywhere and chasing after his sister. He misses his daddy who's in Colorado and we're excited to see him soon. 

So onto our eventful week: On Sunday, Braxten was standing against the tub and fell and split his tongue open even though he doesn't have any teeth. He bled a lot but he didn't bite through his tongue so it wasn't anything to worry too much about-I just had to stop the bleeding. And then Thursday night Braelyn fell out of her bed in her sleep and whacked her head on her dresser. The dresser was open just enough that she when she hit it, it split her head open. I called my mom to see what I needed to do and then called my in-laws to have them come sit with Braxten while I took her to the after hours clinic. An hour and a half later we were home with two staples in her head. Then Friday night she was running a really high fever so I had to take her back into the after hours clinic to figure out why she was running a fever and the medicine wasn't bringing it down-so that was another fun event. It turned out to be a virus so we just had to let it run its course and keep the medicine in her.

Braxten can be a little tornado :) he's such a curious little boy

Being a silly little man

Braxten's tongue after he fell and split it open

Trying chocolate cake for the first time

Braelyn's head before staples

After 

She fell asleep on the kitchen chair

We went for a walk and Braelyn wanted to walk her baby too.

Braxten is 6 months!

On Wednesday Braxten hit the six month mark. My little boy is getting too big. He also had his 6 month check up.  He weighed in at 17 pounds and was 26 3/4 inches. His head was 44.5 cm around. He did so well in his doctors appointment. Dr. Pruitt even told me he wanted to take Braxten home with him because he is the perfect little guy. Braxten does have a stills murmur but it's nothing we need to worry about right now,  so we will see where we're at in three months for his next appointment. Braxten is very mobile. He rolls all over the place and scoots across the floor, mostly in circles. He is a very happy and smiley baby. He loves his big sister and is always happy when she is around. He loves sweet potatoes, oatmeal, bananas, and peaches. He can almost sit up by himself without support.

Braelyn is a very busy 3 year old. This week she has learned to cut with scissors and is learning how to identify letters. She has been spending the week at a weeklong preschool where she has done really well. Our only problem is she is too focused on the other kids to eat her lunch. It has gotten worse as the week has progressed as well. It's really frustrating. I'm going to start a be reward program so we'll see how that goes...

Here are a few pictures from the last couple months:

What is with Braelyn and the duck face??

Until next time!

Koloni

4th of July Jello

My 4th of July jello has become an essential at the Hutchison family 3rd of July South Salt Lake firework party. I decided to make it today and share the recipe with you guys. So here it goes!!

What you will need:

Large Box Lemon cook and serve jello

Large box strawberry or raspberry Jello

3 egg yolks

3/4 c. sugar

Water

Cool whip or whipping cream

Blueberries

Strawberries and/or Raspberries

Cook the Lemon pudding according to package directions (here is where you need the egg yolks, sugar, and 3 cups water)

While you are mixing that boil 2 cups water and mix in a large bowl with the strawberry or raspberry jello. Add 2 cups cold water and set aside

Continue mixing the lemon pudding. Once it boils and thickens, mix it with the raspberry/strawberry jello and pour into a 9x13 dish. Put it in the refrigerator and allow to gel for approximately 6 hours

After the jello has hardened, frost with the cool whip and decorate with the fruit. 

See! I couldn't even get a picture before people started diving in!

Father's Day Week

The week of Father's Day we did a lot if fun things. On Father's Day we couldn't go to Morgan because Tyler had to teach young men's but we went to Tyler's family's house. We had burgers and hot dogs and I made peach cupcakes for dessert. 

On Monday for make something Monday we made muffins. Braelyn had a lot of fun stirring the batter and helping pour it in the cupcake liners. 

Take a trip Tuesday found us in Tooele to visit my new nephew. My grandma doesn't drive on I-15 so she came to my house and I drove us there. Braelyn got to play with Caydence and we got to hold a new baby. Win-win! 

On Wednesday we went to play with Danika, Karli, and Sierra. Braelyn played dress up and Braxten was showing off for Sierra. She would scoot so of course he tried scooting. He was fascinated by her. She is exactly 2 months older than her but he is already much bigger than she is. I love her grin!!

On Thursday we didn't really do much. We just stuck around the house and cleaned and played. The story is same for Friday. I worked so it was pretty lackluster. 

Saturday we had the Dickson family reunion and Tyler raced his bike from Kamas to Evanston over mirror lake highway. He took 6th so that was pretty cool. It made for a really long day though.

So there you go! Sorry it was so boring...Hopefully next post is more exciting!

This Week's Fun

In my last post I talked about the fun we were going to try to do weekly. Here is just a little update on the fun things we did this week:

For make something Monday, we made crepe paper art. We weren't able to finish because Braelyn lost interest, so we are going to finish on Monday.

For take a trip Tuesday we went to the Air Force museum on Hill AF Base. Braelyn really enjoyed it and thought the airplanes were huge and fun.

For wise Wednesday Braelyn went to Grandma Matson's house and learned how to pull weeds. We also did a lot with the letter A throughout the evening. I have Braelyn enrolled in a week long summer preschool camp In July and her new backpack came! Yay for $3 amazon! She also decided to try her hand at putting on her own makeup. :)

For thankful Thursday, we made cookies for Uncle Josh and Sister Taggart because it was their birthdays. We wanted to show them we were thankful they were born and for everything they do for us. I love serving in the primary with sister Taggart, Sister Nicholas, and Sister Davis. (Josh really isn't a sibling, but we became great friends while working together at Deseret Book. Tyler and Josh enjoy spending time together and he loves my kids as if he really were their uncle.)

Uncle Josh meeting Braxten for the first time

Finally, for have fun Friday we were lucky to have daddy home! Braelyn had fun with him while I was working, and when I got home she got to fly her kite! She even made her own PB&J!

All of these things were fun for Braelyn and Braxten just tagged along for the ride. We were able to get him a doorway bouncer and so far he enjoys it which makes me happy!!

Picnic at the Park

I have been trying to come up with some ideas to make this summer more fun for the kids and me. I found this really awesome post on Pinterest and I am trying hard to live our summer by it:

Monday is Make Something Monday

Tuesday is Take a Trip Tuesday

Wednesday is Wise Wednesday

Thursday is Thankful Thursday

Friday is Have Fun Friday

On Mondays I am going to alternate between making a craft and making a treat with Braelyn. Tuesdays are going to be spent doing free or almost free activities. If you have ideas for this one let me know! Wednesdays we are going to work on our alphabet. I will do a different letter each week and do an activity associated with that letter. Thursday we are going to try to serve others and show our thanks to neighbors, friends, family, and so forth. And finally, Fridays we are most likely spending with a picnic at the park! What's more fun than that?! I'm hoping this can relieve stress as well as get us out of the house and bring Braelyn and I closer together. She is a very headstrong little girl and we tend to butt heads a bit :)

I have a few pictures from last week's picnic in the park. There is also a picture from the 5k we all ran. 

 Left to right: Amy (she took 6th I believe), Dale (4th) Marilyn, Claire, Aaron, McKinnley, Braxten, me, Tyler, Braelyn

 Cheese! Oh wait SQUIRREL!! (This is how I feel when I take pictures of this child...)

 Mmm.... PB&J Sandwiches, yogurt, grapes, and carrot sticks! (Mom! Don't forget to pack carrots!)

 Braxten loved checking out the great outdoors! He was fascinated by everything!

WEEEE! Going down the twisty slide!

Well that is it for today! We are heading to the Hill Air Force Museum after nap time! I'll be posting on that later!