my babbling boy!

six month photos

Oh, I'm in love.

4 perfect years.

On September 23, 2006, I married my best friend. I married "that cute drummer with curly hair".. the one that was too good for me then and arguably, still too good. I am one lucky girl.

Four whole years, accomplished much! A downtown apartment, a grown-up house with a yard, a crazy dog.. bounced around Maui, Costa Rica, Italy & Greece.. invited our little boy, Leyton into our lives.

I think I can use the word perfect to describe these 4 years. Not in the sense that life has been easy, life isn't easy. We know that. But we daily give our life, each other, our son to the Lord in prayer. We have been blessed in so many incredible ways.

You, my Luker, have been such a rock to me. You are my daily spot of sunshine, the underlying joy to every part of my day. A lot of times my sanity, my stability. You are SUCH an amazing dad, an amazing husband. Thank you so much for marrying me on that rainy day 4 years ago. I love you!

Date night!! For our anniversary, we went to an awesome restaurant, Spill the Wine and then went to see Wicked in Minneapolis. It was soooo fun. And it was Leyton's first sleep over with grandma and grandpa Prosser! Both a success.

I asked which one he liked better in this picture. He answered correctly, but he did hesitate.

have I told you..?

.. that I LOVE my family?!

I am SO stinkin' blessed to have such an amazing family (don't start crying yet, Erin). I guess we have a bigger family.. 5 of us kids and now tons of extended fam :) It was so fun to grow up with so many people in the house and I loved every bit of it. Now, family looks a little different.. it keeps getting better! I have a wonderful in-law Prosser fam that I couldn't be more proud to be a part of. And on the Kirkpatrick side, I love ... everyone! But we are all spread out now and that makes me sad. If I had a say in things, we would all live together on a big camp site. No work, just play all the time. It's just wonderful.

and NOW!!.. more babies!

Ryan and Lisa have a cute little Landon boy and

number two is on the way!!

Nathan and Chrissie are expecting a baby too.. and all in MARCH!

As if I didn't have enough reason to love March already, Leyton turns 1, and 2 new babies arrive. Now that's just wonderful.

Here's only half of our family. This was last year in Colorado with only one baby (Mr. Landon). Love this picture, but now we're missing a whole bunch.

oh and happy birthday Nathan Hamilton. I love you, my brother!

trouble ahead.

Bit of rough day yesterday. By the time Luke got home, I passed the little man over and plopped on the couch only with enough energy to eat a hot dog. (Luke's cooking skills) This is the problem. Now that Mr. Leyton can pull himself up in his crib, why would he ever want to sleep? Naps are tough for this crazy boy!

Side note: Today was shot day. As I've expressed before, I don't mind shot day. I DON'T like watching him wail and cry, oh it breaks my heart. But he sleeps extra well these days and cuddles a bit more with his mommy.

He loves to pull himself up, laugh and laugh because he can do it! But then he realizes he's tired and that he can't get down and just cries. Around and around this goes. Hopefully today is a better day, this boy needs some sleep!

Also.. check out the super cute blog on my blog list. It's called "Young House Love." adorable house, adorable decorating!

6 months!

Happy half birthday to my sweet baby Leyton! (a couple days ago.. September 6th!) :)

I couldn't be more proud of you.. you amaze us everyday. I tell your dad it's like Christmas every morning I get to see you in your crib.. talking away (well, now climbing away). You are such a happy boy!

Your personality is so obvious already. You're a busy boy for sure, and so determined. When you realized you could crawl, you love to explore this whole little house. When you realized you could stand up in your crib (oh boy), you reached for the highest possible bar and want to climb right out!

You love eating food and get so happy! You know your big puppy Easton and laugh at him all the time. You LOVE when your daddy walks in the door after work.. he always gets a big laugh from you. You are ticklish and we can be pretty rough with you.. you love being thrown up in the air :)

You have your favorite toys, but are more interested when we show you new toys. You love crawling in the basement and trying to get up the stairs. You sleep through the night, but when sun starts shining at 6:30, you're up! We love taking small adventures with you, you do pretty well if we have to throw off your schedule a bit (wait, do you have a schedule?) and you take your nap in the car.

We love watching you sleep, watching you play, watching you explore. We LOVE life with you!

Mom & Dad

lately.

My little baby isn't so much of a little baby these days! He's doing big boy stuff. This is all this week too! He needs to probably take it one step at a time so I can catch my breath. Here's the list:

one. He uses his high chair at home to eat food! No more bumbo (didn't like that anyways).

two. crawling allll over the place! He crawls all over the basement area, which is carpeted. But he's kind over his toys. He'd rather crawl to my camera stuff, the desk or the stairs. He can lift himself up two stairs but still keeping his feet in the ground. Nuts.

three. Using just the stroller, no more car seat attachment thingy.

four. Using a big boy carseat in the car! No more lifting him + the heavy seat. I'm ok with that.

five..ish. Maybe sitting up in the cart at Target. I say maybe because we tried it, he was into it at first. Then just kept flinging himself back and all over the place! (yes, he flings) I got too many "she's crazy" looks from people. We'll try that again a little later.