Brent the Lion

So lately Brent has been saving some of his water in his cup then dumping it on the floor or table then trying to lap it up. It's been driving me crazy. We put him in timeout every time with absolutely no effect. Finally one day I was watching his Animals of the World movie with him and saw how excited he got when the lions were drinking out of a pond. So we made a compromise and Brent the lion now drinks out of a bowl on the floor and there is a lot less spilling and a little more hilarity in my life.

The finer points of spoon usage

So Brent is still way into hats

We are trying to let Brent learn how to use the spoon by himself so here are some pictures of his attempts.

Bed Head

So Brent has pretty strait hair, maybe a little wave, but after he wakes up from a nap it is a whole different story. I promise I did nothing to his hair, this is just what it looked like after nap a couple of days ago.

In other fun recentness Brent loves sitting in the sink and talking to himself as demonstrated in the following video. (note, Brent asked for the headband himself)

Winter Wonderland

Well this morning we woke up to this...

Which led to all this...

A new beginning

So it's only been 8 months since my last post. I always said I wouldn't be a very good blogger. Right now I'm enjoying the view from the front window, it looks out over the whole valley and all of the mountains are white with snow. I love mountains. Brent is down for his nap. He has grown so much and is such a little boy now, not a baby anymore, although we still call him baby once in awhile. I'm amazed at how I can still love him more everyday, he's my little buddy and constant companion. We've started learning colors and he knows at least 20 animal names now. He loves bugs ever since Steven's entymology course in the fall. Steven is student teaching and will graduate in April. We just celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary and he's been in school the whole time so it's kind of hard to believe it will actually be over soon.

Brent has started singing and this is his singing face:

And here is a video of his new love affair with his hoodie towel

Swine Flu

So Swine flu has arrived in Utah, well awhile ago actually, then it arrived at the MTC, where Steven works and then it arrived at...Steven. Yep we are a part of history. Fortunately they caught it in time to give him tamiflu so he should be better fairly soon, but he can't go back to work till Monday. Brent started running fever yesterday so the doctor just sarted him on tamiflu too, in case and he's a lot better today. Now we're just waiting to see if I get it. It's actually a fairly typical flu as flu's go. Steven feels pretty rotten but it's almost a relief to not to have to worry about getting it, especially when we got the scary email that someone in our ward on Sunday had it! (of course that was Steven) Anyway, life is always an adventure....

A Year Already

Well we just celebrated Brent's first birthday and I can't believe it's been a year already. He is such a little boy now and we get to know him more all the time, we feel so blessed to have him in our family. Here are so photos of the party, not necessarily in order.

Look at that face!

He was a little sleepy for the presents but he enjoyed them anyway
Here comes the cake, we made his with agave nectar instead of sugar, rice milk and apple sauce but he still seemed to enjoy it, maybe it was the cool whip as frosting.

Playing with Uncle James and Aunt Nicole

He was even kind enough to share

It took him about five minutes of just squishing the cake in his hands before he really went for it but then he really liked it.

The monkey cake was my first and probably last venture into decorative cake making.