Rise and Shout!

The BYU mania has officially ensued at our house. Leading up to today there has been much anticipation and excitement-mostly from my hubby. I don't think that very many people understand Jake and his obsessive fanaticism. BYU football season means several things at our house:
1. Watch out if they loose. We have a 24 hour fall-out period. No one should come within a 5 mile radius during this time. This I know-depression is contagious!
2. Sleeping babies WILL be woken up during the fourth quarter. Also, at least once a season my youngest will always be drawn to tears as Daddy's screams break the sound barrier.
3. College football is a week long event. Thursday games, Sports Beat Sunday and the Bronco Mendenhall hour, Monday news articles, Friday night games and of course ALL day Saturday.
4. If they win-there may be crying (and there has been-like a little girl! Not from me!).
5.Saturdays should always be kept clear from all activities that do not include College Game-Day and checking the other various games throughout the day. Needless to say, that kick-off for the BYU game each week is almost a sacred moment-almost!
6. There will always be nachos and Mountain Dew.

Alright, so I have been teasing my wonderful husband. Not that these things aren't true, but truthfully, I enjoy the memories we have of fall and football season. I have become a true BYU fan. Growing up my dad followed only NFL. But even in college I always gravitated to BYU during games. Once I went on a date with a guy to a BYU vs. Utah game. It happened to be LaVell Edwards last game. Even though the kid was a Ute fan and the game was at Utah, I cheered for BYU. I always wanted to attend BYU or Ricks (even though that is not the way things worked out). I know that if we ever move back to Utah, for the rest of our lives we will have season tickets.

So I say...
Ra, ra, ra, ra, ra
Ra, ra, ra, ra, ra
Ra, ra, ra, ra, ra,
GO COUGARS!!!!!!!!

Favorite Food

Ty's favorite food is corn on the cob. He is so funny to watch when he eats it. Some of you may remember how when Luke was a baby he would make "yummy" sounds when he ate. Ty does the same thing, but especially with corn on the cob. He will chew and chew on that until there is absolutely nothing left. I took these the other night. You can see that he has a cob in BOTH hands (his and brother's). He ate them both.

Swim Lessons

We had a great time with swim lessons this summer. Tonight is the last night, but because Ty is sick we will not be going. I never did get any pictures taken, but the boys were adorable.
Ty loved to chase after the toys in the pool and to splash, splash, splash.
Luke was really starting to get good. The last few weeks were filled with constant requests of "I do it myself!" No fear. Doing sit dives. Great at doing bobs (where they learn to hold their breath and go all the way under.) He learned to balance himself on a noodle or board and swim all by himself. It was really fun for him to have another avenue to express himself physically and assert his independence. Next month we start tumbling.

"Mama loves presents"

Luke plays this little game I like to call "I have a present for you". He goes around the house grabbing whatever he can and hides it behind his back.
Then he comes to me and says, "I have a present for you."
"Wow, a present for me...what is it!!" I reply.
Then he proceeds to give me my "present".
One day I heard him in his room searching his toy box for a suitable gift and saying "Mama loves presents."

So as you can guess this culminates into a great gift giving experience for me today.
"Mama, I have a present for you" Luke says.
"Wow a present for me...what is ....AHHH!!!!" I reply as he reveals his very large and slimy piece of POOP in his hand.

Mama loves presents!!! (heavy sarcasm)

Now mind you he IS potty trained and it has been a long time since he has had a pooping accident. Truthfully I think this is funny, now a few hours later, mess contained and eliminated. But disgusting nonetheless.

Poor sick kid!

Ty spiked a fever yesterday of 102.3. He has been cranky for about 24 hours and we just got back from the doctor. He said that Ty has ulcers at the back of his throat. This is caused by a viral infection. It presents like the flu with fever, chills, diarrhea and these sores in their mouth. He said it is a pretty miserable thing. It is called herpangina. Apparently it is in the same classification of viruses as hand, foot and mouth disease. My poor baby is miserable. I hate to see my kids sick, it breaks my heart. He is really contagious, which means no play dates for brother. I am sure this will add to my enjoyment as I try to keep Luke entertained without friends and nurse my poor baby for the next WEEK! Yup, he said it will take up to a week to get better. Do you feel sorry for us yet? Just kidding. This is what being a mom is all about, right? We will all hang in there.

"General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars..."

Luke has been so excited for the new Clone Wars movie. He has been watching the previews with great anticipation. Anyone who knows him or has ever read my blog, knows that he is OBSESSED with Star Wars. We had been telling him that we would be going, this obviously made an impression because he started praying for it in each of his prayers while he waited for the time to come.

So the day arrived-last night. We got a sitter for Ty, and Luke, Daddy and Mama went to the movie. He was SO adorable. Everything was exciting to him. He knew every creatures name and he LOVED it. Afterwards we asked him what his favorite part was...

"my favorite part was Anakin and Count Dooku fight"

"my favorite part was Clone troopers fight the battle droids...(shooting sounds)"

"my favorite part was Asoka fight the General Grievous body guards"

(sorry for any spoilers)

He was so good through the whole movie and so sweet afterwards. I think that he really enjoyed the one-on-one time with Mom and Dad. I had so much fun watching the world through his eyes for a few hours. He was completely lit up! It was a great night and I will always remember taking him.

I also decided to post a few pics here of Luke's new toy Dad bought. He wears it everyday. The best was the other day with his Spider-man socks and the Clone trooper outfit. He is ALL boy!

Milestones

Ty is WALKING! Last night Ty walked for the first time. It was like he didn't even know he was doing it. He let go of Jake's hand and walked to me. He took 4 steps and then paused and then reached for me. He never lost his balance at all. We got him to do it 3-4 more times, but of course, once we got out the cameras it was all over. He was too tired. So fun.

Tyger, rappidly approaching 1!

I forgot to post on Saturday and give updates on Ty. He turned 11 months old. I can't believe how much he is growing and growing. A lady on Sunday said to me "I don' t know what you are feeding this kid, but it is WORKING!" He really has chunked up in the last month. He is wearing is 12-18 month clothes now. I think that part of the reason he looks so chunky is because-poor kid-he got his mom's height. He is only 15% for height. Plus he has a really round head and Swensen cheeks, but still, he is a porker.

He climbs stairs and anything else he can. Boy, that kid is ALL arm strength!! He trys to climb on ANYTHING!

His new favorite trick is standing up in the middle of the room all by himself. Which once accomplished he looks around for recognition with a huge smile on his face. He also now bends over to pick up toys. He wants to do EVERYTHING standing up. Even drink his bottle standing up. He was doing it on Saturday, but by the time I got the camera out he was done. He is getting really close to walking. Today he was standing up in my bathroom, and he took one step forward and stayed steady. So adorable. He happened to be naked as a jay bird when he did it too. It somehow made it so much cuter. Fat naked babies are adorable.

He loves to wrestle with Luke and play-you guessed it- Star Wars toys. Mostly I am sure it is because he just wants to do whatever Luke is doing, and that is usually playing Star Wars.

He says Mama, Dada, and is starting to wave bye-bye and hi.

I can already sense that he is going to be a little spit-fire. He is very determined, dramatic, and a little CRAZY! ha ha. He is such a joy. I keep thinking about last summer at this time. I was so anxious to be done being pregnant, and now I can't see where the year has gone. He feels like he has always been a part of us.

My New Nephew

This is my new nephew Larry Kaleoho'omaunui Timoteo Heong Ake -- "Kaleo". He was born on July 10th in Salt Lake City. He is the son of my sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Callie and Elvin Ake. I just can't get over what a beautiful baby he is, so I had to post a picture of him here. I can't wait to get to hold him for the first time...whenever that may be.

I am coveting...for Luke of course!

Jake sent me a link to the potterybarnkids.com and showed me the new fall line which includes these vintage Star Wars sheets, and everything else you can imagine to go with them. OHHHHHHHHHH how I want to get these for Luke's room. We have been thinking that it is getting close to time to put him in a big boy bed. The toddler bed is getting a little too small. So I am hoping as we make the change I can talk Jake into scraping the MANY pennies together to get these for Luke's room. We do except donations however, JUST KIDDING! Don't you think they are awesome?