Happy Birthday Tyler!

Since Thayne has joined our family, Tyler has talked about: 1) Finding a rocking chair that will somehow fit in our house and 2) How he wishes he could feed Thayne. I looked at many a store and KSL ads to find a chair that would work for our house and our budget. I found an IKEA chair that looked like it would work and sneakily brought Tyler to the store for a "date night." Believe it or not, we really do like date nights to IKEA. We both liked the chair and found out it was on clearance that day and that day only, so... I broke down and told Tyler about his surprise gift, because try as I might, I could not think of a way to sneak the chair into the car without Tyler knowing. So, the chair came a little early, but was still well received. During the night before his birthday, I made sure to pump so that Ty could feed Thayne before he went to work and it made Tyler VERY happy :) Thayne was slightly confused at first, but didn't mind so much as long as he was still getting food.

We had lunch/dinner at our new favorite restaurant, The Four Seasons just off Center St on University, and had a yummy desert of Belgian Waffles at the Awful Waffle.

Happy Birthday Ty! 

Joy

    Thayne and I spent the morning running errands all around Provo and Orem and finished our outing by meeting Tyler for lunch. When we got home, many explosive noises let me know that Thayne was in need of a diaper change. While disposing of the old, I let Thayne play with the new diaper. He promptly put it on his head and had the biggest smile on his face. His fun ended as I strapped the diaper where it belonged, but moments later Thayne let out some big toots and started laughing. He is definitely a boy.
    Then we came to the living room and the torture began with Tummy Time while I did some laundry. He's getting smart. He knows how to get out of the dreaded Tummy Time. He rolls onto his back. We played with toys for a bit and had some good laughs as I pretended to devour his neck and he responded in kind by gumming my cheek. I left him with his toys as I finished a few projects. His occasional whimpers and moans kept me vaguely aware that he was getting cranky. Projects done, I started looking at blogs and really enjoyed this post by my aunt Jane. Then I looked over to where my once cranky baby lay and instead saw this:

It just made me happy. 

Spokane in August!

We were so excited to take Thayne on his first trip to Spokane. GG came with us and Thayne loved having her in the backseat with him. We decided to break the trip up a little and stopped at Uncle Clyde's over night. It was so nice to spend time with his family.  It's really nice to see both sets of Grandparents in one trip. This time we started out at the Miller's for a Miller Family Reunion

Huckleberry Picking

 Picnics

I love that he posed for this

And this was posed as well

Camping on Priest Lake

This was our campsite. It was wonderful to fall asleep listening to the waves

Soon after setting up camp we all changed and headed to the water. I got Thayne in his little swim shorts and waded out to my waist. Next thing I know, I look down and little Thayne was completely zonked out. I guess that's what happens when you put your baby to sleep with sounds of the ocean.

Hiking to the natural waterslides

Pictures never do this waterfall justice

Anna going down the slides

Trying to take pictures

Sisters!

Thayne's Blessing

Watching the Kids Play

Then we headed over to the Southwick's and thoroughly enjoyed spending time with Grandma and Grandpa, GG, Auntie Siri, Uncle Chris and Yukio

Dropping in to see Anna at work before heading back to Utah

After spending the whole day in the car with only 2 hours to go, Thayne was still a happy little guy

He's Blessed!

On August 21, 2011, Thayne was finally blessed. He was considerably larger than the typical Blessing Baby, but it was well worth it to wait until we could drive to Spokane and have both sets of grandparents present.

All the men in the blessing circle

Grandma and Grandpa Miller

GG, Grandpa Scott and Grandma Jana

A really cute picture of Thayne

Four Generations

Another really cute picture of Thayne