Happy Fall!!

The past couple weeks have flown by. Josh is growing so fast and each day we see new changes. He LOVES talking now, he'll sit and carry on a "conversation" for quite a while. He's a little camera shy though, whenever I get the camcorder out he gets all quiet. I'll need to figure out a way to trick him so I can actually catch his cute jibberish on film. He sure misses his Daddy! Whenever he hears Ty's voice on the phone he gets a BIG smile, its the cutest thing. I think he can recognize his voice and is happy to hear from him. Tyler moved into our new Japanese apartment yesterday, the pictures look nice and I'm sure he'll get it all fixed up nice by time we get there.

We were so happy to meet our newest family member, Josh's cousin Graham was born on Tuesday ( 6 lbs 13 oz, 19 in long). He is the cutest little guy. It's hard to remember Josh ever being that small. We're glad everything went well for Brittney & Jake. Anyway, below are just a few random pictures. Enjoy!

Welcome Graham!!

Jake, Bridger, Brittney and Graham
MacKenzie, Ivy, and Josh
Charlie
Grandpa and Joshy

Tyler, Kathy, Josh and Grandma

Loves sleeping with his arms free!

Charlie loves giving Josh kisses!

Fun collage of his fall pictures (he's a skeleton for Halloween!)

Video's of Joshy

Below are a couple videos of little Josh. I tried emailing them to Tyler, but they were way too big so I thought I would just post them on here instead. Enjoy!

Sionara, Sweetie!

Today has been a pretty tough day. Josh and I had to drop Tyler off at the airport for his trip to Japan. Originally we had planned to go with him, but unfortunately we have to wait for Josh's adoption to be finalized before we can get his passport. So, Tyler is heading over to get back to work and get everything set up for us. To help make things easier for him I let him take my Kindle, mini DVD player and brand new camera. I just realized that I forgot to download our most recent pictures so I'll have to have Tyler do a post when he lands with some recent family pictures. It's going to be a tough few months, but we're so lucky to have such great family nearby to help make the seperation a little easier. We're sure going to miss Daddy and are counting down the days until we're all together again.

Park City, Swiss Days and Family Fun!

We've had a lot of fun the past couple weeks. We've been able to spend a lot of time with our families and gone on a few mini field trips. This past week we went with Ty's family to Park City, we also went to a super fun fair called Swiss Days in Heber City, and just yesterday we were able to attend the blessing of our new little niece Siena. It was so nice to be in town for that special occasion. Below are some fun pictures from the past couple weeks. Enjoy!

Ty and I at our cousin Parker's football game (they won!!)

Josh loves going to sporting events, almost as much as he loves escaping his swaddles!
Great Grandma Donna and Joshy!
Josh and I at Swiss Days! It was so much fun to do a little shopping and enjoy the great food!

On the drive to Swiss Days, Josh LOVES his Dino.

Park City: Brittney, Me, Barry and Grandpa Jim.

Me and Joshy in Park City.

Smile!

Me and Ty in Park City.

Me, Britt, Laurel, Jim and Barry

Me and Britt.

Britt and Bridger

Grandma Laurel and Joshy.

Breakfast!

Breakfast on Main Street, so yummy!

Josh and his favorite toy, Dino.

Josh at Grandma Connie's.

Josh and Grandma Connie.

Grandpa Jim, Grandma Laurel and Joshy.

Me and Josh.

Baby Siena's Blessing! Isn't she a doll! Josh Daddy and Siena. Mommy and Siena. The whole family. Rob, Natalie, Siena and Mom & Pop

Somone needs a haircut!

Baby Shower

Last Monday we were given a fun baby shower. Since Ty will be leaving in a couple weeks we had him come along. He was a little apprehensive about going to a baby shower, but ended up having a lot of fun (I think all the great food may have helped!). Below are just a few pictures from the event. Thanks so much for everyone who helped put on the shower and were so generous in their gifts! My goal is to get all the many thank you cards written this week!

A beautifil quilt made by Josh's Great-Grandma Donna!

We're HUGE Star Wars fans, I think this was Ty's favorite present!
Another beautiful quilt made by Grandma Laurel with help from the nieces.

Some of the guests (we have a great, supportive family!)

Some of my family: Natalie, Mom, Brooklynn and Nicole.

My niece Eliza and cousin Cammi.

Josh and Papa.

Our cute family!

Probably the first baby shower with a military theme, so cute!

Ty's family: Corine, Eliza, Ivy and BJ

My aunt Garda, and cousins Gina and Jill.

Me, Mom and Joshy

Me and my nieces Makenzie and Eliza.

Cute party favors, and a super cute quilt that everyone helped tie.

Another big thanks for the great shower. We had so much fun and got some much needed baby supplies! Its so great to be home in Utah where everyone can meet Josh and help celebrate him being in our family.