Dallin's little sister has been called to serve in the Piura, Peru mission- so last weekend we headed down to St. George so that we could go to her farewell and say goodbye.
Ellie and Calvin are only 1 month apart, so we had a little joint birthday party for them on Saturday. Cal loves being sung to and got really spoiled with presents. He is into 'Toy Story' right now and completely obsessed over the Buzz and Woody dolls that Dal's parents bought for him. It was pretty cute. Cal really loves Kaden and Ellie and it is fun to watch them together now that he is {kind of} old enough to play with them.
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| Perfect photo of the birthday kids |
Since Mae was supposed to be born the week after the farewell, my parents were planning on coming and then taking Cal back with them so that he could stay with them during our hospital stay. She had a flight to fly back with him a few days later to bring him back to us and meet our brand new baby. Well... didn't work out quite as we planned, but my parents insisted on taking Cal anyway. They drove down to meet us in St. George and we met them at their hotel so that they could meet Mae for the first time! She screamed the whole time! Just kidding- she literally never cries. She was a little angel baby like she always is and Cal had the time of his life wrestling with my dad and jumping on the hotel beds.
Lauren did so great on her farewell talk! I was proud of her, but we are so bummed she is leaving. She has become really close to Cal the past few months since we have been spending so much time there, especially since she just came and took care of him for 3 days while we had Mae. Their goodbye was quite heart wrenching, but we are excited for the people of Peru.
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| Lauren made this for Dal and gave it to him before she left |
We were sad to say goodbye to Cal again, but he loved staying with my parents. He keeps saying, "yaya house" over and over since he has been home. Good thing we are going this weekend for a good friend's wedding.
After Cal left, Dal and I spent 1 more day in St. George to spend a little more time with Lauren. We were really happy to be able to go to her getting set apart. It was cool to watch how much less nervous she was once she officially became a missionary. We were pretty sad to say goodbye to her, especially since Mae will almost be Cal's age by the time she gets back! The rest of the time that Cal was gone Dallin and I were mostly kind of lazy and just stared at Mae all day. We did celebrate our anniversary with dinner and a movie one night and it was lovely.
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| The premie outfit Lisa bought for her |
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| Best ever way to go to a movie |
My mom braved the flight with Calvin! Flying with a barely 2 year old is no joke. It was fun to have her here for a couple of days and see Mae and our upgraded house.
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| Drenched at the splashpad after lunch... in his clothes |
Life with 2 kids continues to be pretty nonstressful since Dallin is still off of work! Only 1 more week though... we have reeeeeally liked having him around.
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| Ready for the Utah game |
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| First walk with both of them |
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| He's getting pretty dang good at block building |
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| Dinner made by Devee puts Martha Stewart to shame |
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| Love bug |
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