Snowman in April

So it is the middle of April and Bryant and I built a snowman. It snowed 6 inches overnight so I convinced Bryant to build a snowman with me while I took a break from studying for finals. The snow was perfect, the sun was shining, it was perfect snowman building conditions. The snow was melting as we were building. In fact all the snow left on the driveway after making the base of the snowman had melted. The base of the snowman was a good 4 feet when we started.

Bryant had a lot of trouble moving the snowman base over to the tree.

Attempt 1



Attempt 2

He was soaked by the time he got it in place

This is definitely our biggest snowman yet. It was a good 6 feet by the time were done. We had to have my Uncle help us lift the middle section into place. Thank goodness he was there.

We gave it a mohawk and a great face (If I do say so my self)

Today he is nearly dead. He has been sloping over since yesterday. His head is barely holding on. He looks pretty funny

Tucker is so Funny!!

Last night Tucker put himself to bed. It was so silly. We finished eating dinner and when Tucker got down from the table he headed straight to the bathroom for his shower. It was only 5:45. Tucker does not usually take a shower until 7:15 or 7:30. I convinced to come play with me for a little while. Then around 6:30 headed back towards the bathroom rubbing his belly (telling me he was ready for a shower). I decided that he could go ahead and have his shower a little early. Tucker loves taking showers. He always sits right under the water and fills up his cups and pours them out. He is really cute to watch. Well usually we have to turn the water off and convince him it is time to get out of the shower but last night after about 7 minutes he crawled out of the shower while the water was still running!!! I could not believe it!! Then after getting his PJs on he headed straight for the fridge to get his milk before bed. He was asleep by 7. It was amazing.

Growing Tucker

Ready, Set, Catch

Tucker has been learning to throw things for a little while now so we decided to teach him to throw a ball instead of anything and everything he gets his hands on. Tucker really likes to play catch with Bryant and usually looses interest whenever I try to play with him. Its okay though because it is a lot of fun to watch the two of them throw the ball back and forth. Here is a little vidoe.

Sorry about the lighting but that is the way it is in our apartment. Most videos don't come out well at all but this one actually looked pretty good. Have a fantastic day

When all else fails...

...put Tucker in a hamper!! It might sound a little strange but it works really well. Last night Tucker was just so upset while we were trying to get dinner ready so I picked him up and stuck him in the hamper that was in the kitchen (I was trying to do some laundry). He really liked it. It kept him happy until it was time for dinner.

Tucker is learning

We finally put Tucker's twin bed on the ground. We took the mattress off of the frame and box springs so we don't have to worry about Tucker rolling off the bed. It is really nice except when I try to put him down at nap time. He has learned to get off his bed feet first (he usually dive bombs head first) and then he crawls through the closet into our bedroom and out into the front room.

A New Year

Well it is a new year. I know that a lot of people would hope that my New Year's Resolution would be to update the blog more often (Juli) but it seems like every time I pull out the computer to work on something that Tucker has to help me type. I can do anything else (including playing Nintendo Wii) and he is fine playing on his own but as soon as I start typing on the computer Tucker comes right over.

Bryant and I actually stayed up until midnight last night. We didn't intend to (especially since Tucker wakes up at 6:30 every morning no matter what) but we did. We were watching the "party" at Times Square and the ball was supposed to drop in only 30 minutes around 9:30 our time so we figured we would watch the ball drop at Times Square and call it good but for some reason the TV Station went to the news and didn't come back to the ball dropping until almost midnight our time. Needless to say we have both been very tired today. I woke up with Tucker at 6:45 (he slept in hooray) and then we woke Bryant up at 7:45 so he could feed Tucker. We read scriptures and then I went to bed. Bryant came to bed after he got Tucker down for his morning nap a little after 9. I felt much better when Tucker woke us up after his nap. What a long day today as been. Thank goodness it is almost time for Tucker to go to sleep.

Hope everyone is excited about the New Year. Oh and if you were wondering what our New Year's resolution is we still don't have one. We are just hoping to survive my last semester of school, have a baby, pass the Arizona Bar, find a job, and get Bryant into an Arizona school with in-state tuition (we hope).