Shout Out to the Little{est} Brother!

I just have to give a shout out to baby Tyce. This guy already puts up with so much and is still the best baby around! The transition has been great....in fact, thank you to everyone who braced us with the "three is the worst transition" talk, because it's always nice to have it turn out better than you imagined! :)

Here are some cute pics from the first three weeks:

not the best quality, but I caught one of his sleeping smiles! Notice his one dimple on his left cheek:

Cade was so cute laying by Tyce during a nap time and giving him lovies until he conked out himself!

We love this awesome little dude!!!

Tyce's first "REAL" bath!

He loved it! Warm, calm, and he got a head rub.

His cord fell of 2 days before, then he got circumcised the day before this picture.

Salmon Fishing on the Kenai

Jon got invited to go king salmon fishing with a client up in Alaska on the Kenai River. It is light all night at this time of year, so they fished until 1 am, (below is the first catch, just a regular)

then slept a bit, woke up at 3am and Jon nailed this 40lb king at 5 am!!

He said it was tough to reel it in! Salmon feast, here we come!!

Sweet Cade

A segment of Cade's prayer tonight:

"...bless {we're grateful for} that we can have Tyce in our family. Bless him to be healthy and strong, that he can grow up and get married in the temple like me and Jay...."

Also, the other day he was trying to open Tyce's hand and pull his little arm towards him and couldn't budge it. He said, "Mom, we prayed for him to be strong and he IS strong!"

What an awesome kid.

Bundle of Joy

Tyce was wide awake, Jay was sleeping, Cade was at the store with Papa and Nana and the lighting was great.... so we seized the moment and did a little photoshoot.

I am so in love with this little man.

Tyce @ 3 days old:

Tyce's 1st Sponge Bath

This little guy didn't like it. It was cold, I made him lift his arms to clean those little pits, and he still just wanted to be in a little, swaddled ball.

So cute. ;)

Let Freedom Ring!

For the 4th, Jon and the boys went with Papa and Nana Gatten to the parade in downtown cda while Tyce and Mommy took a nap. :)

We spent the rest of the day hanging out at Grandpa and Grammie's dock on Hayden Lake and eating yummy barbecue. We even made it for the 10 o' clock fireworks!

We're so grateful for our little family, being able to worship as we may, for all those who are fighting for our country, and for the many, many, other freedoms we enjoy.