Cannon Turns 1!!!

I can't believe we have already had our sweet Cannon for a year now. It seems like the time has just flown, but then I think of all that has happened in that time and I can't believe it was only a year. I'm sad that he isn't so little anymore, but am really enjoying watching him learn and grow every day. He is SUCH a sweetheart and I'm so glad he's mine.

We just happened to be up in BOISE for his birthday, which was very fun because my family was up there too. So we got to celebrate with both sides of the family, which doesn't happen very often.

Grandma and Grandpa Cosper let us decorate their backyard. The weather wasn't too bad, although it was still a little cold. We had a good time though.

The cake from Costco. It was SO delicious.

Aunt Stacy made Cannon these ADORABLE Elmo and Cookie Monster cupcakes which were a huge success among the kids. Isn't she SO talented. Good thing she was around. I've got NO talent.

The CUTE Cookie Monster cake Stacy made for Cannon to eat. Too cute.



Cannon LOVED opening presents. He was so cute.


He would clap after each one.

And was just so excited!

Then we tried to hit the race car pinata and get the candy out.

CANDY!!!

Cannon blew his birthday candle out all by himself.

I was so proud. It was the cutest thing.

YUM!!!

He had no problem getting dirty. Kylee was standing next to him and was not too happy about the whole thing. She would yell at him "Don't eat Cookie Monster Cannon" or "Cannon, you need to brush your teeth and wash your hands" and then she would run to me and tell me "Cannon making a mess mom."

He would have eaten the whole cake if I'd let him, but I cut him off so that I didn't have a sick baby. He had a great birthday thanks to all the family who came and spoiled him.

WE LOVE YOU CANNON MAN!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

A Beautiful Day...Finally!!!

I have to say that lately I had been EXTREMELY disappointed in Utah's spring weather. Mainly it has consisted of grey skies, cold winds, and even SNOW. So today when the sun was shinning, the temperature was 70, and the breeze was light and nice, I knew we had to get the heck out of the house while we could. :)

There are 2 parks within walking distance of our house. I thought that this park would be less crowded because it is older then the other one and kind of in a secluded area. However, since it is Spring Break here (and FINALLY a nice day) it was PACKED. Which is kind of overwhelming when it's just you and the 2 kids, but we had a great time. Cannon loved walking around and playing with the dirt.

It was all I could do to keep it out of his mouth. Gross buddy!

Kylee had the best time. This slide is her favorite.

I can't believe how big she is getting.

Every time she would come down she would say,

"Mom, you should try this, it's so fun."
She cracks me up.

Cannon loved the slide too and loved to watch Kylee come down it.

The twisty slide was too crowded. At least that's what Kylee told me.

Then she met a friend and followed her around for a little bit.

I really need to find her some kids her age to play with.

Other then nursery, she doesn't get to interact with other kids much.

Kylee discovered she could go up these bars by herself and it soon became a new favorite thing to do.

She would climb up, and then swing on them.

Cannon is teething...AGAIN.

Good heck he already has 8 teeth and he's not even 1 yet.

It was such a perfect day weather wise. We had a great time at the park. Best thing about playing at the park....coming home and having nap time. :)

Easter Family Night

For family night last night we had our lesson about Easter. I have to say I sometimes feel like the lessons are just words and don't ever really sink in for either of my kids and they are too young and I'm just wasting my time, but I assure you all...they are listening. The first thing I did was show the picture of Jesus showing himself to Mary and Kylee said, "that's Jesus. He loves me and he loves Cannon. Cannon, Jesus loves you." Which totally made me smile and my heart melt. Then I went on to tell her how he died for us and she got real sad and said, "he died?" So sweet. Then I told her about the resurrection and tried to explain as plainly as possible the events that happened. She seemed to really get it.

After our lesson we colored a picture of the Savior at the tomb and then sang a song. Then I remembered the Easter bags I had bought from the craft store a long time ago FOR ONLY $1 that needed to be assembled. Kylee LOVES the foam stickers and doing crafts, so I decided to add that to the end of family night. I didn't get any pictures during because when it's just you and 2 kids, you run out of hands for a camera as well. But here are some pictures of the finished products.

Kylee was very excited and did such a good job putting the pieces together.

She really wanted the bunny to be hers and was proud of her finished product.

We will use the bags as their Easter baskets Sunday morning.


Aren't they so cute. Not bad for $1.

Like Mommy

Today I was paying bills while Cannon was napping when I heard Kylee (who I thought was downstairs watching Elmo) playing in my bathroom. Fearing for the worst, I went in to see what she was doing. Here is what I found.

When I asked her what she was doing she said, "look mom, I'm pretty like you."

To which I told her she is MUCH prettier then me.

What a cute little fashionista.

Got to love the SOX hat.

Oh man I love this little girl!!!

I had to add these pictures to this post. I had just got done straightening my hair and decided to straighten Kylee's. She has this way cute natural curl that I love, but realized her hair is really long when it is straight and thought we'd give it a try.
Look how long her hair is.

I think she looks so grown up and it is beautiful, but we're going to enjoy the curls while they last. :)

Taste the Rainbow

Another lesson in parenting....it only takes less then a minute for a child to make a mess that will take you more then a minute to clean up. We have a huge bag of skittles that we use to bribe, I mean reward, Kylee with and Cannon somehow pulled them down and went to town!

Leave the room for a minute...and here's what you get.

He was a pretty happy little guy, loving the treat. Good thing he has so many teeth.

To the bath he went. Sadly there were a lot of wet, sucked on, half eaten skittles on my floor and I had a rainbow of fruit flavor all over my carpet as well.

After some heavy scrubbing with resolve, and a nice warm bath for him, you couldn't even really tell. What a stink.