The Terrible Twos!!!!

So I am glad to see that our 2 year old is not the only one doing out of his nature naughty things. A couple of weeks ago on a thursday I was in our family room when I hadn't seen my 2 year old for awhile. I went into the kitchen and he had colored on the cabinets with crayon. That was bad enough, but I have this spray bottle with red kool-aid in it for primary that I spray in the kids mouth. Well that made it all over the cabinets as well. It was half full and he emptied it out. I was mad but I was really trying to keep my cool. So we cleaned it up and I told him to go in his room and play. Well about 30 minutes later I heard something in the kitchen and he was back at it again. This time he got into the office which doesn't have a door handle, and the only way to get in is with a stick like object, we always use a orange peeler. Any who he found the markers and was coloring all over the refigerator. It wouldn't have been as bad but he was licking his hands and smearing it all over the fridge. This time I lost it and some choice words that I later repented for came out. I was ready to sell him! So I thought I would feed him lunch and then I could put him down for his nap. I made him a sandwich and gave him some cheez it crackers. I should have known better, but I left him in there so I could feed the baby. Well I went back after about 15 minutes and he dumped half of a box of crackers on the floor and stomped them into tiny pieces while tearing things off the fridge. I absolutely lost all sanity at that point. All I could do was put him to bed and hope that he didn't wake up until his dad came home. That was the end of that day. I really thought I could give him away. I didn't even tell Cort because I didn't think he would believe me. The next day after work Cort and I were talking and we heard something in the kitchen. When we walked in there I saw baking soda all over the floor and right in front of the fridge was my lovely 2 year old standing in a mix of soda and crushed eggs(at least 1/2 a dozen). I couldn't even say anything I made his dad take care of it. This is a picture of Gavin after we sat him in time out and couldn't say anything else to him. But like Cort and I always say " It's a good thing he is so cute"

Here are some cute pictures of the boys. Noah is getting so big and starting to sit and crawl. He has four teeth coming in. His two bottom and the two next to his front. He is so busy and becoming such a little boy.

I've Been Tagged!

Never done this before, but here it goes....

What is his name? Cort

How long did you date? 3 1/2 months. Yes very short, but when you know you know.

How old is he? 31

How old are you? 25

Who eats more sweets? He would definitely say me. But he could eat a gallon of ice cream a week!

Who said I love you first? I did

Who is taller? Cort he is 6' 1'', I am 5' 6''

Who can sing better? Me, but he does have a better voice than he gives himself credit for.

Who is smarter? Cort he finished college, but we have different things we know more about.

Who does the laundry? 80/20 - Emily/Cort - He thinks I am a freak with my sorting system

Who does the dishes? 50/50 YES LADIES! I have a VERY WONDERFUL HUSBAND!!!

His guilty pleasure? Like I said above he could eat Ice cream for all three meals.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Cort

Who mows the lawn? Cort - I actually have only mowed a lawn once or twice in my whole life

Who cooks dinner? It is a toss up, I am terrible about making dinner. So most days it is a joint effort

Who is more stubborn? me - it is usually my way or the highway. (I am really not that mean!)Who kissed who first? me - or it never would have happened

Who asked who out first? He did, but I couldn't make it I was out with someone else. That is what he gets for asking me last minute

Who proposed? He did at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Fransisco. One of my favorite cities!!Who has more siblings? I have 8, he has 4

Who wears the pants? We kind of live in a 3 legged race household....

What is your favorite thing about him? He is wonderful! I couldn't have asked for anyone better. He would do and give me anything I needed. He loves his boys and they can't get enough of him!

Ok Elaine, Hillary, Emily, and Julie..... tag you are it!

Photographer

I wanted to make sure I didn't forget to mention the photographer that took the family pictures we have on our blog page. It is one of my best friends Eliane Ward. Her company is called In Focus : Portraits by Elaine and her website is www.elainewardphotography.com

 She does an awesome job and I can't wait to have her do more for us. Give her a call!

The Peterson's are alive!!

Well it is a new month and I told Cort he has been fired from updating our blog. He has been a little slow when it comes to keeping it updated. So I guess now we will see if I end up eating my words. I enlisted my brother in-law and sister in-law to help me jazz up our blog since they are computer gurus.(Love ya Chris and Tammy!!)
If we can figure everything out and they can educate me about the computer we just might have a pretty neat blog. I have no desire to scrapbook so this is my way of scrapbooking with the click of the mouse.

Besides all this computer stuff my family has been pretty busy. Cort is getting busier with work and is going to be taking some tests next week that if he passes we can all breathe a little bit easier. We really wanted to take the boys to McCall this weekend for the winter carnival, but we have had more snow in the valley this year than we have had for a longtime and I didn't want to risk our lives on the roads. Instead we took them out one night this week while it was snowing and Cort pulled them around in their sled.

Our Boys are getting so big I can't believe in just two months how much bigger they are. Gavin talks all the time I never get a word in edgewise. He got a Diego bike for christmas and rode it all over the house. He made his own track even. I am completely amazed to see a two year old riding this little bike. I finally let him ride it to my parents a couple of weeks ago and my dad couldn't beleive it! He looks like he is about five. The only draw back is the bike stays in the garage now that it has been outside and since we have had snow on the ground for most of that time he hasn't been able to ride except in the garage occasionally.

Noah is getting so big! He loves to sit up and talk to all of us. He has the cutest smile and likes to flash it when he can. I couldn't have asked for a better baby. He just turned six months on the 24th I can't belive it. He weighs 16lbs. 8oz. and is 27in. He is really starting to fill out. Cort and I always say if we ever have a little girl she will probably be a big chunk like I was, because our boys definitely take after their dad with hardly anything on their bones for the first six months.
This is basically what we have been up to for the last month and a half.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas time is almost here! Things in the Peterson home have been busy. Emily has been busy making, sewing and preparing many gifts for this season. Gavin has been busy trying to unwrap anything that might possibly be a gift for him. I have been busy with work and church responsibilities and little Noah has just been observing and taking it all in. The house is all decorated inside and out. The inside looks like a Christmas wonderland thanks to Emily and the outside lights look great as well. (I have turned into my dad, I am a Christmas light fanatic!) I will never forget when my dad brought me Christmas lights to my apartment in Provo to make sure that I had lights decorating the outside of the apartment. There are a couple of houses in our neighborhood that have a lot of lights so I had to at least try to compete.

At this time of year there are so many things to be thankful for. Most especially, the birth of The Savior, his life and atonement. Also the blessing of family. We are real lucky to have both sides of our family close by and enjoy the opportunities to get together with them often. Things are going well and we are all anticipating Santa's arrival on December 25!

More Fall Photos

Happy Thanksgiving!

I know that it still has taken me a while to update this blog, but I will get better. I have been thinking a lot about the many things that I am thankful for. I really enjoy this time of year with the leaves changing and the opportunity to focus on what is important in life. First of all I am thankful for a wonderful wife who is the best thing that ever happened to me! We will be married four years in December and it has been an incredible journey! I am also thankful for my two sons. Gavin is 2 now and is like a sponge, observing and taking in everything that he can each day. He reminds me all of the time of the excitement of life and learning. I am also very thankful to have another son this year! Noah is almost 4 months old and is growing a lot. It is great to have a baby in our house again and it is especially fun to watch the two of them interact!
I am also thankful for all of our family and friends. It is great to live near our families so that we see them often. Our friends have been an important thing in our lives and two weeks ago we went and visited a few of them. We had the opportunity to visit Emily's brother Andrew and her sister Amanda in Rexburg. We stayed with Reece and Emiliy who are some friends of ours in Idaho Falls. My wife Emily grew up with Emily and have been friends for their entire lives. We then traveled down to Salt Lake visited my Great Aunt Addie, she just turned 89. We alsways enjoy seeing her. We stayed with T roy and Jen. T roy was a roommate of mine at Ricks. They have a son Cache who is just a little bit older than Gavin and one on the way. After that we went to Logan and stayed with Josh and Shanna and there two girls. I have known Josh my whole life and we were roommates at Ricks as well. We attended the Boise State vs. Utah State game. It was great! We had both Gavin and Noah with us and they we were all dressed head to toe in Bronco Gear! It was a great trip and we had a great time seeing all of those friends that we did.
I am also thankful for our health and for the job that I am able to work at. I am learning things each day and really enjoying it.
We hope that everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Sorry, it has been a while

I have to apologize, my laptop died for a while but has now come back to life! I had to have a new hard drive installed. That is my excuse, besides being lazy for why I have not updated our blog or added any new happenings with our family.
Since our last post our family has been doing great! Gavin turned two on September 15 and we had a huge party for him as well as his Uncle Doug and Cousin Wesley. It was a Mickey Mouse themed party. It went really well, we probably had about 20 kids at the party. After it was over Emily and I were ready to check ourselves in somewhere.
Gavin attended his first BSU Bronco game with Grandpa Peterson and myself. We had a lot of fun and Gavin was really excited to see the Bronco mascot as well as the Horse that runs around the stadium.
Noah is doing great! He is sleeping through the night which is great for mom and dad! He is almost three months old now and is really growing a lot. We are really blessed to have him in our home. Gavin is a great help with Noah and always wants to be included with everything we do with Noah.
We had pictures of the boys taken a week ago and that was a challenge. We ended up going to Kiddie Kandids twice because the first time Gavin did not want to do anything. The pictures ended up great!
Emily is busy with many sewing, art and quilting projects. She is busy finishing things for fall and Halloween as well as getting Christmas projects started already. Hard to believe that the Holidays are not to far off.
That is the update. I hope that all of you are doing well and I promise to update this more often.

Fun at the Cabin