Playing outside and blowing away!

The kids have loved how nice it has been outside lately. We have made it into town a few times to play at the park this spring, and play in the back yard. It has been super windy lately though, but it sure doesn't bug my kids at all. They are in heaven being outside. I guess we were cooped up way too long all winter.

2nd Birthday Pics

Chloe turns 2 next week on the 28th. I can't believe our little princess is turning two. Since my sister Brandy is in town this week we planned a photo shoot with her. Brandy does an amazing job taking my kids pictures. She took perfect pictures of Chloe. They really capture her personality. Thanks Brandy! Check out Brandy Photography blog to see more of Chloe's pics.

Look who is 29!!!

Matthew is 29 now! Him and I are on our way out of our 20's. Well he's going faster then I am, but yes we are both closer to 30 then 20 now. Crazy!! We didn't do anything for his birthday yesterday, because he was busy. He got asked to speak at the Back Country Horsemen's club last night. They fed him dinner and he spoke for 20 minutes or so on horses. When he was originally asked to do it he didn't realize it was on his birthday. He said it went great though. We are going to celebrate with our parents tonight with dinner and cake. I am so luck to have Matthew in my life. The kids and I both are. He is such a hard worker, best husband, amazing dad, a kind and loving guy. We sure are glad you were born love. Happy Birthday!

Grandpa Monk's 80th Birthday Party

Matthew's grandpa Monk turned 80 on the 9th of March. We celebrated on the 7th as a family. Matthew's aunt Diane & Renae come from Utah and surprised grandpa. All of his kids took him out to dinner at the cowtown. Then after we all met at Sherie and Dave's house for pie, ice cream and homemade frozen yogurt. Dave and Sherie had gathered up some great videos from the 1960's with his friends cowboying. It was sure fun to watch and celebrate grandpa Monk. We sure do love him.

Ear Tubes

I am way behind, but Ian had Ear tubes put in on the 3rd of March. We took him to a ENT in Powell that comes down from Billings once a month a few weeks prior. We decided then that he needed tubes, so we scheduled surgery the very next day. It worked out great because Matthew had the 3rd off of week, so he was able to be there with me. Ian had to start fasting from midnight until after surgery. I was a little nervous for this because Ian loves his sippy cup right when he gets up in the morning. We had to leave the house at 5:30 am so we didn't get Ian out of bed until the very last minute. He did great, and never fell back asleep on the way there like we thought he would. We dropped Chloe off at Emily's first thing and then headed to Yellowstone Surgery Center. He had to check in at 8 and the surgery was a 9 am. The got us all checked in and it wasn't long until they took us back to the pre-op room. Ian was the luckiest boy that day when Mickey Mouse was on while we waited. They weighed him and decided he could just stay in his sweats and t-shirt for surgery. They didn't want the hospital gown to bug him. When the nurse finally came to get him for surgery he didn't want to ride in the cool wagon down to surgery. He grabbed the nurses hand and walked to surgery like a big boy. The doctor came out about 15 minutes later and said it went great. He said they couldn't get him to lay down on the bed when they put the mask on him, so they let him stand. Once he fell asleep someone caught him and laid him in bed. There was a little bit of fluid in his ears that day so they sucked it out and put the tubes in. I hated seeing him come out of anesthesia though. It was so sad. We picked Chloe up and headed straight to McDonald's for some lunch. Ian ate his hamburger so fast. We are so happy to finally have tubes in his ears.

 

Checking Cows

Our kids love checking cows. Ian especially loves riding in the pick up and going over all the bumps in the fields while we check the cows. Chloe likes looking for the baby cows. We sure love that we can be back close to the farm and help grandpa Asay check cows. I have so many great memories from when Matthew and I were first married checking cows, and now with my kids.

23 months old

Chloe turned 23 months old yesterday. One more month and we will have a full blown 2 year old running around here. She already thinks she is two though. She holds up 4 fingers and says 2 when you ask her how old she is. :) Chloe has decided that she likes to go potty on the little kid potty now. She goes about 3-4 times a day. I am not in a huge rush just quite yet to potty train her, but we have a start. Her feet all a sudden are growing and she went from a size 5 to size 6 shoe super fast. She seems like she is having a growth spurt lately because she eats really well. Which is not her normal self. She hardly eats anything most days. Chloe asks about a million times a day "where dada?" I always answer he's at work. Then she says "tows" (cows). She is such a smart girl and knows her dad is most likely working on a cow somewhere. She loves going to check cows and help her dad and grandpa Asay. Chloe love, love loves to color and write with pens. We have multiple little notebooks around the house that are her books as she says "my or me book" that she colors in. Chloe also loves playing with her baby dolls. We usually have one or two sitting with us at every meal. They have to eat too. Lately Chloe has been our little alarm clock every morning. She wakes up at 6:15 saying mom mom mom. First things she says is "baba", then "George" then "eat". Today was the first time since Ian went to Sunbeams that Chloe did not cry when I dropped her off at nursery. She cried when I told her it was time for nursery. Once we got there she was totally fine and wanting to blow bubbles. Chloe talks about her cousin Paige all the time. She asks where Pay at least a couple times a day. They are best friends, and it's so fun. I like to call Chloe our pack rat or bag lady. She loves saving every little paper and putting them in her multiple bags or backpacks. Those bags are full of who knows what. She has to do everything Ian does. Ian takes his backpack to school, so Chloe has to take hers when we drop him off. Once she is old enough to go to preschool she will be so ready for it. :) We love our little chatty box, drama queen, sassy little girl. She sure is fun. We love you so much Chloe girl!