The 16-month-old munchkin

We of course are having a total blast with Talmage, he is hilarious and such a boy! Loves carrying around his football, throwing everything he can find down the stairs (including ry's laptop...don't worry I caught it), and putting everything in the bathroom in the toilet (I will no longer leave my sports bras on the floor). He definitely keeps me on my toes, I consider watching him a workout! He is quite the social one, says "hi" and "bye-bye" to everyone we see. Sure love the little guy, here are some recent pics....

I live in Kansas. Wait, what?

So, since we were in Cali for such a long period of 3 months we figured it was time to move. JK, jk. Sales weren't going so great with all the foreclosures so we took our team to Kansas City, Kansas. Yep. We will be living in the sweet little city of Overland Park for the rest of the summer. I surprisingly love it here! It is really nice, not all cornfields by any means and people are really. The sales are going AMAZING so I am back on the doors everyday now and loving it. This is what we love most about our jobs is being able to see all different parts of the country. When else would we have the change to live in D.C., Jersey, Minneapolis, Los Angelos, San Diego, and now Kansas? ...okay that doesn't have the same ring but i swear it's really cool here:) Hopefully we don't get caught in any tornados....

Surprise Visitors!

So my parents and Ali surprised us on our doorstep and came to visit us in Cali for a few days, it was so much fun. We went to the beach, Disneyland, and played! Thanks guys, we love you

Talmage Update

Talmage is 15 months now and I just wrote down all the words he says and it is around 75. I won't list them all but some of my favorites: cracker, no-way, dude, button, waffle, oatmeal, cooking, pillow, blanket, spoon, water, smoothie, outside, moon, high chair, trees, please, plants, wow etc. etc. I will just be talking and he will say words i said so now i have to be a little more careful about what I say! He also is becoming more helpful, after I change his diaper he goes and puts it in the trash! Also Mckenzie (his aunt/babysitter) taught him to sign "love you" and blow kisses, which is quite endearing. He still signs lots of stuff too but I haven't been teaching him new signs because he is finding the words now. He is becoming a little sneaky though, every time i go to put him in his room to go to sleep for the night he asks for 1st- food 2nd- milk 3rd-snack, even though he just had all three. I can't believe he already understands the concept of stalling bedtime! It blows me away. How do kids know this stuff!? Oh, and he HATES getting his teeth brushed...if anyone has any tips i could really use some help! I have so much fun with him and am excited every day to see what he does next. P.S. we can no longer go to restaurants, church, or any sort of gathering where your child needs to sit still and not mess with everything...I will be happy when we can do that again

Carrie's doing a Marathon! (I hope)

So since I'm fully recovered from the birth of my 9 lb 12 oz baby :)  I am finely going to do a marathon!  I have always wanted to do one and I have been having a blast just doing the training.  I seriously love it and get so excited to do my runs!  I am doing the San Diego Half Marathon on August 16th and the Seattle Marathon on November 29th.  I am training with a couple friends so if any of you out there are runners we would love for you to join us!  Hopefully it all goes well and I can actually do it! I will try to update on how it's going... 

The Theme Parks of So-Cal

Sea World, California Adventure, and Disneyland! 


So for Father's Day I took Ry to Disneyland. Talmage had a fever from getting an immunization a couple days before so he was extra mellow (which is why we couldn't get any smiles) but he was still really good and we think he still had fun, Ry and I definitely did!

www.jesseerasmus.com

Our friend Jesse took some awesome pictures of Talmage and I would highly recommend him! He has a really cool style. Thanks Jesse, we love them! 

Carlsbad!

Since we are only about 40 minutes from Carlsbad we decided to take a visit.  We weren't planning on getting into the water until Talmage made a full sprint for it!  He started out fully clothed and by the end was down to a diaper! I guess we know for next time to bring his swimsuit!

California Fun

San Diego Pier- Hollie and I took the boys and afterwords went to Horton Plaza, it was awesome! 
As soon as the stroller straps were off, so were they.....





Mother's Day! We went to this nice restaurant at a local resort and I got a day at the spa! I'm so spoiled! Thanks Ryguy

Splash Park

 

Things you don't think can be sat in.... Talmage always finds a way!

Update

So Talmage is now my little mimicker!  He is talking up a storm.  Probably says around 30 words now, but tries to say pretty much anything we say, it's pretty cute.   We are loving California and hope you are all doing well!

14 Months!

Our little boy is just so much fun to be with, but definately wants to be independent.  He no longer wants to be in the stroller, he wants to PUSH the stroller, and he can get his arms out of the car seat straps so he is keeping us on our toes!

Family Time!

"Talmage please don't eat the rock"
This is what trying to get cousins together for a picture looks like....

Talmage loves his Aunt Ali!

Moving Time!

So, we are selling in Temecula, California this summer and since Ry is going to Law School this fall we put our house on the market and packed up our house.  I can't believe we're not going back to Utah!  It's weird but I'm soo0 excited to be done with the snow! And as you can see, Talmage was a big help. Not.