The Zoo

We are members, of the Zoo, that is. We have an annual pass to the Zoo this year and I'm more excited than ever to use it. We went for our second time on Saturday. It was busy and there were lines to get in, but the lady saw we had annual passes and we got to go to the front of the line and get right in. We also got a discount on the Carousel so Judson and Darren went for a ride and loved it.

Judson wasn't sure about this Gorrila. He was scared of him, so we too a quick picture and went on our way.

I love, love, love this picture. Judson has discovered his pockets. I have seen him put his hand in his pockets a few times and I'm so happy I got a picture of it. So cute!!!

The Giraffe. We have a special bond with giraffes for some reason. What does a Giraffe say? A lion says "roar", a monkey has specific actions and noises, and elephant has a specific sound, but what does a giraffe say? Well, since Judson has a toy and a finger puppet that is a giraffe we have always taught him that a giraffe says, "me, me, me, I'm a giraffe", in a very uppity, snooty sort of way. Well, Judson has caught on. He now says when prompted, "me, me I raff"! It's so cute. I love misleading my child down the path of the unknown. It's a good guess, though, right. If nothing else Judson is so cute saying it, so the slight fib can be overlooked.

Judson didn't really want anything to do with this Gorilla. But I had to take the picture. The second photo is back from February. Has he grown?

Lasagna, haircut and park

Messy, messy Judson. This is his biggest mess yet. He had lasagna and grapes at G&G Farr's. He loved it. Maybe a little too much. He was also sporting his "cheese" face that he now does for photos and just smiling in general.

His hair was getting so long. I had toyed with the idea of letting it grow, but it was too much work for me. So we chopped it. He looks so cute and too grown up with the short hair. I love it so much better, though. Also, the picture with Judson and Darren was part of my wonderful Mother's Day gift. They framed the picture with a note Judson had colored on for me to take to work. I love the gift, but I love these boys so much!!!

The park is our favorite place to be!! Judson loves the slides, the stairs the climbing the bridges and just the ability to play non-stop. We go to the park a lot and when a cousin can join us it's just fun times two. We went to West Jordan park with Trajen a few weeks ago. It was so much fun. They have a cool area in the park that is a western town theme, maybe. It has an are for toddlers so that was great for the boys.

Ginger's Visit

Easter. I can't believe I didn't post about Easter!! That's just CRAZY! We had an egg hunt at my parent's house. Judson didn't really know what was going on, but he loved the candy and, as always, he loves his cousins.

While Ginger was here we went bowling with Christopher and Sadie. Judson loves all of the bowling balls. He likes to be in the action all the time. It's hard to get him to sit still, but he stays close and that's nice. It was fun to go bowling. The last picture I just had to add because Judson looks so weird. Drugged-like almost...

Picture Adventure

Wow!!! I just plugged in my camera and noticed that I haven't posted a picture for a couple of months. I've taken pictures though, so get set for an overload!!!

One event at a time, though.

Judson was invited to his cousin Caleb's birthday party. It was at Backyard Adventures in Draper. It was such a fun place. They had a bunch of their outdoor playset's all set up for the kids to play on and there was a huge bouncy house set up. Judson loved the slides and the bouncy house so much. He also loved the swing chair and at one point forced an adult off of it just by looking cute! I feel bad that I didn't get a picture of Caleb. Sami helped Judson out on the slides most of the time, so she got her picture taken.Happy Birthday Caleb!

It's Finally Ours

I promise to stop talking solely about our house soon. I also promise I'll post some pictures of Judson soon. But yesterday we closed on our house. We have to wait until tomorrow to get the keys, but I'm so excited. A place of our very own. It's been 9-months in the making. I was planning on just 3-6 months. I guess I'm not really in charge of the plan. Everything, in the end, worked out better than I could have ever imagined. We are so excited for our new home. Thank you to mom and dad Stokes for letting us invade your space for the last 9 months. It's been fun, but now it's finally time to move on. Speaking of moving... if anyone wants to help us we'll be starting Saturday at 9am. :)

One Week

We are officially on the one week countdown to close. I have been super nervous and not really getting my hopes up, but now that everything is finally in order I'm getting my hopes up. This time next week we will own our first house. Yeah!!!

We went to our new ward last week and it was great! I'm excited to get to know all the wonderful people there. They were all very friendly and super excited that we were moving in. Nursery was fun, too. Judson didn't want anything to do with it, so I dragged him through the door and I got to spend the next 2 hours sitting in a corner watching the kids play. Judson has a lot of fun with the other kids, he just has to keep looking over at me every minute or so to make sure I'm still there. And heaven forbid I get up to walk over to the garbage to throw something away. This caused an instant Judson melt down. He was fine once he saw I went right back to my chair. I think nursery may be the first calling in my future new ward. I might as well. I'll probably be in there every week anyway. But it was great.

Everything is now going smoothly. (knock on wood). I can't wait to get into my house and start putting everything away. I'm happy to being one week away from having my stuff out of storage. I've missed my stuff. Interestingly enough what I've missed most are my filing cabinets. Who knew I loved paper organization?

Two Weeks

We close two weeks from today!! Yeah!! Today there is an appraisal and inspection on our new house. I'm excited and nervous for these things to happen. I really hope everything works out. The work is finally getting finished on the remodel. It's really looking so great!! We are going to our ward this Sunday. It starts at 9 which is ok by me. The AM hours are when Judson is in the best mood. I really hope everything goes well. I really hope he has some super fun people in Nursery that will make him want to stay. I have lots of hopes, but most of all I just hope everything goes as planned and in two weeks we will own our very first house!!!

I'm not ashamed

I absolutely loved this movie. I think Darren really liked it too. (Thanks for going with me, Darren. I know you'd rather see Wolverine!!)

17 Again was so funny. Zac Efron did a great job, but the whole movie was just well written. I was laughing the whole time. I am definately a funny movie gal. I will definately own this movie someday and that is the highest honor a movie can get in my book. If you have a couple of bucks and want to see a great, funny movie, go see 17 again.