Nixon is 2!!

Nixon is still teeny tiny. I guess he got my genes on that one. Hopefully he'll have some sort of growth spurt in his life! Today, at his 2 year check-up he weighed 22 lb. 4 oz. (less than 5%), he was 33" long (20%), and his head circumference was 18.5" (10%). He is growing, but not very quickly!

We had two celebrations this year for Nixon starting on Sunday, his birthday, with a family party opening presents and having cupcakes and icecream. We have such a great family on both sides, and we thank everyone for coming! Nixon had so much fun. (I got spoiled too, since my birthday was just the Monday before, but this party was for Nixon.)

A Keddington tradition is to hang balloons for how old you are. This may have been Nixon's favorite present.

Here he is opening presents. Yes, Jace is picking his nose. Its the only "present opening" picture I got, so too bad. He also loved this huge Nemo balloon from Aunt Brenda.

Here is my attempt at an alligator. Nixon kept saying "My agater! My fav-wit!" It was really cute. I also made some lemon blueberry cupcakes for the adults. They were really yummy.

Then Monday, right before we left the house to pick Jace up from preschool Nixon was running to me, tripped a little to close to the wall, and SLAM! I promise I took these pictures after I had hugged him, and comforted him, and he was all better. He started crying again though when I asked him to look at the camera. I swear I didn't hear the slam and immediately think "Photo-Op!" It was awful, and now its yellow and green and blue. Lovely.

Then, Monday night we invited Nixon's cousins (that don't live in St. George) to come play at Kangaroo Zoo. There is one right by our house, and the kids had lots of fun. They had pizza, and drinks, and ran and jumped, and played. Lets just say the boys slept well that night! They slept from like 10:00 to 9:45! Not that they aren't always good sleepers, but they usually wake up around 8:30.

We are so grateful to have this happy little boy, oh, sorry Jace, BIG BOY in our lives. Jace says that now that Nixon is 2, he is a big boy. He is so easy-going, and melts our hearts when he says, "I you you, mommy (or daddy, or whomever he loves. You you means love you!) He has really become quite the talker, and can and does say everything. His favorite movie right now is Butt Year (Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story II), and he wants to watch it constantly. He loves to have stories read to him, and he loves his big brother and wants to do everything Jace does. Much to Jace's chagrin! Happy Birthday Nixon, we you you!

Sometimes I Wonder...

...what kind of night Nixon had, to wake up with hair like this. Oh, and don't you just love his "smile" face?

Sunday Afternoons at the Keddington House

9:00 church is the best thing ever. Last year we had 1:00, and it was such a nightmare. It was right during nap time, and the boys were always such a joy to try to keep happy during sacrament meeting. Anyway, since we started the 9:00 - 12:00, this is what you can expect at our house around 1:00 or 2:00. (I had just woken from my own nap upstairs)

Updated Blog....Finally!

Since I haven't updated my blog since January 1st, there are a few new blog posts below. I hate when I get behind, and have to do it all at once, but that's what you get for now. We have a lot going on in our lives right now keeping us very busy.
We celebrated our nephew Beckett's 2nd birthday on Friday at Chuck E Cheese. It was crazy busy, and really fun.
Saturday, my sister Julia and I went to lunch together for our annual birthday pedicures and lunch date. Our birthdays are only 11 days apart, so we find a day in between (well, usually in between) and chat for hours. We do this about once a month anyway, but its fun to say its for our birthdays.
Brock's grandpa, Robert Bills, passed away on Thursday (Feb. 18th), so after lunch on Saturday we went to the family viewing. It was sweet. We have another one tonight, and then tomorrow (my birthday) will be the funeral. Brock and I are going to sing "I Heard Him Come" and we are just praying that we can get through it. I told him, I am pregnant, and if he starts crying, I will too. I hope its not just the piano playing with the two of us crying at the pulpit! I will have to be sure not to make eye contact with anyone in the audience.
After the viewing last night, Brock and I went out for our Valentine's/my birthday dinner. We made the drive in the snow up to Park City to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Its our favorite, and we had gotten a gift card, so we headed up. It is always nice to have a romantic date, where we can just focus on each other.
Next Sunday (Feb. 28th) is Nixon's 2nd birthday, and we still are not quite sure how we're going to celebrate that, but hopefully soon after, I will post about it.
On top of all of this craziness, I am 32 weeks pregnant. 8 weeks to go, (possibly 7, if I get induced early!) and I have a low-lying placenta. They are worried about placenta previa (sp?), which if it ends up that that is what I have, I will have to have a c-section. They have put me on a very light bed rest, meaning no sex and no exercise. Um fine, take away the only good things in my life right now! Well, my doctor said to "try to avoid" them. Its really hard to avoid those things at my house, so we'll see how this goes. I'm kidding. Sorry mom and dad! I just thought it was funny that she said try to avoid them, instead of just coming out and saying it. I will have another ultrasound at around 36 weeks to see if its moved. I really don't want to have a c-section though. I have been praying that the placenta will move out of the way, and I can have this baby naturally. I know that everything will be fine if I end up having to have one, but there is just something very special and bonding about going through the experience of sweating, and breathing, and waiting, and watching, and pushing these babies out of us. No matter how grueling it may seem at the time. That may seem weird to anyone who hasn't gone through it, but I really look forward to it, and hope I get to do it with my little girl.

Anyway, that is what's up right now. Hopefully I won't be so lazy with the updating!

Cabin Time!

We went to Brock's grandparent's cabin for President's Day weekend, and had a lot of fun. It was cold, and snowy, and perfect for our winter visit.

The boys got to be pulled behind the snowmobiles in sleds. "The boys" are the three grandkids on Brock's side. Jace, Nixon, and Beckett. And the strange mark on Jace's forehead is a sweet tattoo that he got for Valentine's Day at school.

We all got our fill of sledding.

We went down to the frozen river, and even though I won't ever ski on it (there are too many unfrozen spots that freak me out), we did take a few pictures next to one of the mentioned unfrozen spots. See that hole behind us? Yeah, freaky.

Jace got to try skiing. He thought it was fun, but we don't have any equipment that is his size, so the skiis and poles are a little big!

The boys had so much fun just playing in the snow.

And eating the snow.

We also had a lot of fun inside. We did puzzles, ate yummy food, watched movies, and read. We all had some pretty awesome outfits on once all the layers came off.