photo of the day.

pool day at Peytons!

The little buddies had their first pool date.. and Suz and I got to relax and be together. It was a perfect day! Leyton loved swimming but may have loved laying out naked even better.

Love at first site. or bite.

rolly polly

Mr. Leyton is 3 1/2 months old.. crazy! He's so active and so smiley. He kicks and pumps his legs all the time! He can now grab onto things that you hold in front of him.. those link things are his fav little boy. He sucks on everything he touches. He looooves his baths and hates getting out. dang. He rolls over! It's cute and all, but in the middle of the night when he's moving around.. probably having a dream.. he rolls himself over and wakes up!

Oh! He transferred to his big boy crib! This was a sad day for mommy.. I miss the little guy being one room away (I know, gross). I made plenty of excuses...

it's lightning tonight, he needs to sleep by me.
He didn't get much sleep today, he really should stay in the room.
He might roll over and wake up, he should stay here.

But he loves his crib and it's working out just fine. :) Kinda nice to have Luke and Kristen's room back. The adult room.

Luke had a good fathers day (I think).. I wrote a poem for him and I must say, I'm kinda proud. You may think it's way amateur, but I like it. I put it on a paper with Leyton's feet and hands, using paint. Oh, that was an interesting memory for all of us. Here's the poem:

My name is Leyton and I'm brand new.
There's so many reasons why I love you.

You make me smile when you stick out your tongue.
Someday we'll wrestle, but right now I'm young.

I love to stand and move my feet.
I even roll over, that's really neat.

As soon as you hold me, your shirts full of droll.
My mommy loves you too, she thinks you're cool.

Life with you will never be bad.
I love you so much, I'm glad you're my dad.

Awwww, cute.. good job Leyton.

Until next time..

lately.

this is what we've been up to lately!

another little boy!

My wonderful friend Lindsay Binnie had a baby boy when were down in Iowa. It was sooo great to be there the weekend she had her baby! She and Jimmy didn't know if it was a boy or a girl, and I was especially excited for this surprise. Jimmy was beyond convinced that it was a boy. Not even another thought. He only brought boy clothes to the hospital and wouldn't even talk about the chance of a girl. I know he would be so good either way, but you were right Jimmy.. he's here! Adorable James, Jimmy Jr, James the 4th, or as Linds calls him, just J.

The two buddies, Leyton and Jimmy got to meet.. so fun! Again, Leyton is massive. Holy. He's about to enter kindergarden I think.

Love you Linds!

welcome home Evie Kay!

Sweet little Evelyn Kay was born on June 3rd. Our dear friends, Greg & Lizzy were so thrilled to meet their baby girl! It's so so perfect that they had a girl, and she is precious! I love that my friends are having babies!

I must admit, with 2 of my friends having babies this past weekend, I felt a teensy tiny bit of jealousy. wierd?!? you'd think I wouldn't want to step foot in a hospital after the pain of bearing Mr. Leyton.. but no way man.. I loved it. Such a thrilling thing to come into the hospital and leave with a new child. I'll do it again. Soon? No. But sometime.

We thought Leyton was small compared to cousin Landon, but he looks massive compared to sweet little 5 pound Evie.

Congrats Greg & Lizzy! She's perfect!

road trip!

Our little fam took a road trip to Iowa this past weekend! I shot a wedding of an old high school friend of mine... really nice Saturday, pictures were in downtown Des Moines, everything went great! It was fun to see some old friends and shoot a fun wedding! We stayed at Ryan and Lisa's new house (sooo nice!) and hung out with them all weekend.

On Sunday, I took some pictures of Mr. year-and-a-half Landon! He's so adorable.. such a fun, spunky little dude. Here are the highlights:

Oh, vacuums are his new thing these days (ba-cuuuum!) Such a stud.

Look at that cute dad of his. :) I love my brother, he's such a good dad to Lando. I love that we're parents together Ryan!

He laughs all the time.. I love it! It's crazy to think that Leyton will be this big someday!

We thought we'd try to get a couple of the cousins. It was crazy. They started out ok, Landon was a little confused why he had to hold a little baby up while he was sitting against the wall. He did well for a bit, then decided it was time to push him over. Way to go Landon. Here's the evidence. :)

We had fun! Here's a few more... love my boys!

(that's Julie's Gunner man)

And side note: Leyton does not like that car. What? Don't all babies like the car? Apparently not! But the trip was really good for him. He had to cry it out for a bit, realize he couldn't get out and he seems to be a lot better. He had such a sweet angel day for dad on Saturday. lucky man!