The Pecks: September 2008

Saturday, September 20, 2008

We love being home with family!

Now that we're home we get to spend time with all of the people that we've missed so much this summer! We love our families so much and have been so excited to spend time with them! Here is Easton playing with Grandma and Grandpa Peck in Grandpa's new truck.

Here's awesome Aunt Jocelyn. Easton loves playing with her!

One of the highlights of our visit was taking a ride on Grandpa's new John Deere lawn mower. Can't you just see the excitement bursting out of him?

Easton and Grandma took off on the mower...

...and kept going... and going... and going...

...but don't worry, they came back! Easton loves Grandpa Dave and Grandma Kate and Aunts Whitney and Jocelyn and we're so excited to be home to spend time with them!

We're home!!!

Alright, although we've been home now for almost a month, I'm just barely putting up a post on here, but we took this picture of Easton on the plane and I thought it was so adorable that I had to put it on! He was such a good boy and played with his toys and was happy most of the time. There was an empty seat next to us so he got to sit in it and read his books! We are so happy to be home with family and friends, but we'll definitely miss our friends out in Virginia! I decided to post some pictures of Easton and his little friends that he will miss!

This is Taylee. She and Easton played together all the time and were so silly. Taylee would always pat Easton on the head like a dog and stick things in his mouth. Easton loved it and would just open his mouth and bite whatever Taylee put in it. Taylee lives just around the corner from us now and whenever Easton sees her he gets super excited and squeals his head off!

Easton also had some little friends in our ward, Kevin and Ricky. Here is Easton and Kevin in their "fort" where they had so much fun!

Here's Easton with his adorable little cousins Kayla and Mylee. He absolutely loved them and squealed every time he saw them. He is going to miss them so much and hopefully we can go out and visit everyone in Virginia soon!

Friday, September 19, 2008

Mobility here we come!

For those of you who don't know... Easton can crawl! I don't have any pics of him yet, but I am just so excited for him so I thought I would post a little message and share my excitement! He did his breaststroke across the carpet forever, and then a few days before we came home he started doing the real thing! Now he crawls all over our apartment and when we went to my parents last weekend he took off up the stairs! When I say took off, I really mean it! First he zoomed up the short stairs (about 3 steps) and then went about halfway up the long staircase, which is about a dozen stairs! I can't believe it! I have a feeling he can do a lot more than I realize though. I peeked in his door one day to check on him during a nap and found that not only was he not asleep, he somehow pulled himself up in his playpen and was walking around in it holding on to the side! The funny thing is when I'm in the room he acts like he can't do anything, but when nobody is there to get him he just does everything himself! I'm so excited for him to have this newfound freedom, but I now understand why all moms told me that I should enjoy his non-crawling time. The other day while I was in the shower he crawled right over to the tub, pulled himself up, and tried to dive over the side and jump in with me! I put him back on the floor but he would just keep charging the tub! I think we're in for a lot more adventures! ?Easton is constantly crawling into every space and shelf that he can. I'll post some pictures as soon as I get some!

Washington Monument

In the summer of 2006, Jonathan was a little pest control salesman in Virginia and we had been dating for a few months but were already madly in love. I went out to visit him and we took this picture in front of the Washington Monument. At the time, we would have never guessed what the future held.

Almost exactly 2 years later, here we were again, but in such a different phase of life!

Now we are so much happier than we could have ever imagined and can't believe how blessed our little family is! I'm so grateful for Jonathan and Easton and the happiness they bring to my life! I really can't imagine life without them!

I got a tag!

So, I have never been tagged before and even though this is probably a really immature thing to be excited about, I am!

3 Favorite Last Purchases....
1. New Jammies for Easton
2. A whole lotta food storage from Macey's caselot sale
3. Tashina's baby shower present! Holy cow shopping for little girls clothes is so fun!

3 Favorite Movies...
1. Singing in the Rain
2. Kicking and Screaming
3. August Rush

3 Things I Haven't Done Yet...
1. Been on a cruise
2. Been stung by a bee
3. Left the United States

3 Things I Cannot Live Without...
1. My Family
2. Dessert
3. A Treadmill -- so I can have as much dessert as I want!

3 Favorite Dishes...
1. Avocado Turkey Burgers
2. Chicken with Zucchini and Tomatoes
3. Anything my lover fixes for me

3 Favorite TV Shows...
1. SportsCenter (that's for Jonathan)
2. Shows about sharks and squids and other creatures in the sea
3. Racheal Ray

3 Last Places I Traveled...
1. Lake Powell
2. Coalville
3. Home from Virginia!

3 Favorite Desserts...
1. Cheesecake
2. Brownie Sundaes
3. Oreos, etc. I'm not gonna lie, this list could go on forever! It basically includes everything sweet!

3 Things I Would Buy if Money Weren't an Issue...
1. All the cute clothes I want for my kids!
2. Every ingredient in the world so I could make any recipe
3. A really really big truck

3 Wishes...
1. That me and Jonathan live for a long time and die together at the same time
2. That all of our kids will be happy and we'll be a close family forever
3. World Peace...seriously

3 People I Tag...
1. Bobi Sue
2. Brindy
3. Jacque

My Silly Boys

Easton LOVES nursery! I told him we were going somewhere fun today and he said, "To nursery??" and got all excited.
Easton pays really close attention to what we say. He calls me "babe" and Jonathan "sweetie." Often he'll say, "Whatchya doin babe?" or "Is sweetie at work?"
Easton woke up from his nap and went straight up to Caden and patted his head and said, "Hey, cool haircut baby."
Easton calls everything silly. When we're running if a bush whacks him in the face he says, "Oh, silly bush!"
Easton pulled a rock out of his shoe and said, "Hey rock! Whatchya doin?"
Easton started whimpering to me and said, "Mom I'm crying" and when I asked why he said, "because your love your love your love is my fun!" and danced away.
While driving, Easton will look out the window and say to himself, "Watch the trees. watch the mountains, watch the cars" and sometimes just start naming things like, "watch Dora, watch the temple, watch lake powell, watch the swimming cool."
At breakfast, Easton asked me to blow him a kiss and when I did he slapped his cheek and said, "Oh, right in the face!"
Caden loves to sing and dance! It starts with the head bob then moves to an entire torso bob and then he gets the "Uuhhh uuuhh" singing going! So cute!
We were swimming and Easton came up and poked my thigh and said, "Squishy leggies!"
I was getting ready and Easton came in and asked me if he could wear a white flower in his hair.
Me: Easton, if you go in the toilet you can have Kachow(Lightning McQueen) underwear. Easton: Mmmm.... Kachow diapers?
Jonathan said he was going to take a shower and Easton said, "all by hisself!" because he hates showers and didn't want to take one with him.
After I get done running on the treadmill Easton cheers "Yay mama" and claps for me. Lately he hops on and says "Didi's turn" and runs in place.
Easton calls himself "Didi." We have no idea why.
Caden pooped in the tub and Easton said "baby no poops bubble bath cucka!"
I asked Easton who his best friend was and he brought me his stuffed Syd the Sloth from "Ice Age" and now he takes his "bres fren" everywhere.
Whenever someone sneezes Easton says, "Bess you!" It is soooo cute!
I said the prayer in Relief Society so about ten minutes into the lesson, Easton walked up to the front of the room, folded his arms, and said a prayer then smiled and came and sat back down by me.
I was singing "I Am A Child of God" and when I sang "...find the way" Easton must have misheard me and sang "no way" with me for the rest of the song.
If you blow on Caden's tummy he giggles!
We were teaching Caden to roll over and Easton pushed Jonathan over and then clapped and cheered, "Yay Dada!"
Cadens favorite game is when you blow raspberries at him so he constantly sticks his tongue at us till we do it back and then he smiles and gets all excited.
So last night we went to Applebees and it was karaoke night and Easton was going crazy dancing to the music! It was hilarious! The manager even came and started dancing with him! What a funny kid.
During their bath, Easton threw a ball at Caden and hit him right in the middle of the head, not trying to be mean, just funny. I waited to see what Caden would do, and he just looked at Easton for a second and then got a huge grin on his face! Yay, another kid that loves being hit in the head!
I gave Caden and Easton a bath together last night and I have never seen Caden so happy! He LOVES Easton and just kept smiling and cooing and gurgling at him!
So, a few nights later we were trying to leave for our ward Christmas party and Easton tried to walk right out the door with the bucket on his head. Then he had a fit cuz we wouldn't let him wear it. Next time I'll just let him.
So last night Jonathan and I were doing the dishes and we heard a crash in the living room. We found Easton walking around with a bucket on his head! He kept running into things and tripping, but for some reason thought it was fun!
Easton likes to get on his hands and knees and then says "bebe" and wants us to put the baby on his back so he can be a horse.
Now that Easton understands the concept of "baby" anything small can be a "baby." For example, Grandma called little cars "baby cars" and now all of the sudden we have baby flowers (leaves), baby snow ( ice), baby vroom vrooms (little cars) and baby basketballs (little ones). Of course, with Easton's limited vocabulary these come out "be-wowa," "be-no," "be-vroom," and my favorite (which is a tongue-twister for him), "be-ba-be-be-ball-ba-be-ba...be-be-b-ball!"