I thought I'd better get another post in before Thanksgiving! It was a busy couple of weeks getting all ready for Ira and me to fly down to the ranch, and of course the morning we are to leave Ira wakes up SICK! well i was worried the whole day, but he did fine. i got a few things for his cold before we left and he is feeling so much better already. We flew out of Portland last Thursday night, my boss Gary picked us up in Vegas and took us to St George. We had the priviledge of spending the night at Solinda and Camdens house, where we used to live. Camden was asleep by the time we got in and we stayed up late talking with Solinda, it was so nice to catch up. The next morning Ira woke up crying and not feeling well still, and I could hear Camden in the hallway asking Matt "hey whats that? Is that Stina??" So we got up and went out to see him. He is growing up fast! SOO handsome, we only had a minute with him, so i wasnt able to get a picture. It was great to see that family again!

We spent Friday with Gary at the office and then went to lunch with the rest of our sales reps. I gave Ira some of my guacamole before i tasted it.. he was VERY unhappy with me after that.. it was SUPER spicy! I felt horrible. WE went home with Paula and Rob to New Harmony.. While we were there Ira got a bloddy nose. he had a terrible horrible no good very bad day. I gave him a bath and he slept very well! The next morning I found that Ira is growing his back molers. i had no idea, and that explained a very slobbery and slightly grumpy baby! We met Kristi and Dalley up in Cedar City and did some shopping before finally heading to the ranch!

Ira is happy to be in one place for a few days!! He was feeling MUCH better by Monday. and starting to be more friendly with Grandma and Grandpa. He even went on the ATV with Grandpa yesterday.

He also likes playing with his cousin, Dalley, who is 9 months older than Ira and they are starting to really get along with each other. It is fun to watch them play together and be boys. I have taken them out on the ranch a couple times for a walk with the camera. Ira is learning about cows and horses and all sorts of fun things. The first day Ira stayed in the stroller because he still was feeling bad, but today he was happy to be out on an adventure. It is a little cold and windy here, but beautiful! These boys are so fun to take pictures of!

Kristi and I have been giving the kitchen and laundry room a makeover. we painted a wall red yesterday and doing the laundry room a complementary green today. Its kinda fun to have a project, and it really looks fun! We can only get so much done with these two boys running around, but we are managing it!


Ira misses his dad a lot. He likes to listen on the phone when Shawn calls and then just jabbers at him for a minute or so. super cute!! We both can't wait to see him on Thanksgiving and to have him here with us!








The boys watching cows.


I thought this was a great picture of Dalley! We were exploring on the ranch and he is such a good kid he lets me pose him and he smiles or doesnt and looks at me when I tell him. he is a REALLY great little boy!