December

 To Start off December I finished my stocking hanger for my living room!  I love it.

I put up my decorations the first day of December.  We put the tree up above the couch again and 

it only fell on Talon twice!!! 

Andrew, Tyler's little brother, came home from his mission on the 12th.  It's

great to have him back.  It was the first time he has ever seen Talon.  And I looked exactly the same as when he left- pregnant.

 The whole family was there to greet home at  the airport!

Talon wasn't too concerned about seeing his uncle, he just liked the Christmas tree and Planes.

Talon got to see Santa!! He started out just fine but slowly started to cry until santa gave him candy.

 We made a lot of cookies and Christmas goodies all month, Talon took full advantage.

 Talon getting ready to go help his Dad hang Christmas lights on the house.

Talon is sporting a new style, undone pajamas and a t-shirt. 

I brought Talon's old car seat in because I needed to use it.  Talon loved it and would crawl in it and pull the garbage bag over him and say "blanket,  night night," and lay there like he was sleeping.

My boys going into hibernation.

Talon's new favorite place to play in the house is the front window.  I think it helps him feel like he is outside.

Wheeler Baby #2

Yes baby number 2 is coming March 27th, 2013!!!  

The gender of this one is going to be a surprise so your just going to have to wait to get that question answered.

 Here I am at 20 weeks, I am pretty sure I am twice as big with this one than with the first.  And as you can tell taking belly photos is a little awkward for me, I feel like a dork and I never know how to make myself look good.

 

 Talon really has no idea what is going on, maybe he will once I get huge.

 This pregnancy has been an easy one for sure, I was only sick for August and super tired sleeping all the time for 2 months, I just hope the baby is just as easy.

Happy Halloween

Can you guess who Talon was for Halloween?

BAMM BAMM!!

 We had to bribe him with candy to get it on, he really didn't like his shoulder strap.

But he ended up really liking his Bamm Bamm Stick and used it on Tyler.

This was at the Ward Party, for some reason Talon really liked this spot and would freak out whenever we would try and move him.

Grandma Poole came up and went to the fire station and trick or treating with us.  He was so silly, he would talk and talk til he got the door opened than freeze, slowly take a piece of candy and wouldn't say anything until the door shut.  He was so good at saying "trick-or-treat" too!

He even got to hit a pinata which he wasn't too thrilled about.

Learning To Pray

Talon has started learning to pray the last couple of weeks.  It is so precious to watch him fold his arms and babble his sweet prayer.  The other day at breakfast he would stop and eat every few minutes to pray, his food I am sure tasted amazing because it was prayed over so many times.

Talon's Time Out

Just kidding, but I think Talon wishes it was.  

He figured  out how to climb the ladder up to the second level and spent close to an hour going up and down and through the door and peeping out the window.  I spent forever trying to convince him to come to the opening in the roof to get him out.   He was pretty happy and content pretending to be a chicken.

 This is another favorite place to play for Talon.  We put the chickens grain in this bucket. Talon loves to sit in it because he fits just right then he throws all the grain out which he thinks is pretty hilarious.

Wade Lake

After Jaren's wedding we headed up to Wade Lake for our annual camping trip with my family.  It was a long drive but took a break and stayed the night at my parents because of bad weather.  The next day was beautiful when we arrived at the lake.  My parents, the Adamsons and my Grandma and Grandpa Poole were all there.  It was worth the drive especially for Talon who loved the canoe!

One time Grandpa Poole took him out in the canoe and every time he would come to shore and Talon would realize they weren't floating he'd freak out and start whining and crying until he saw water underneath him and knew they were floating, it was great entertainment.

Here is Mckenna, Ally and Megan after Tyler and I swamped their canoe.  They were clueless when we came up right along side them and tipped them.  After swamping them Tyler was determined to get me in the water which he eventually did after chasing these three all over the lake, 2 ended up jumping out and Macky jumped to our canoe, Tyler jumped into theirs and swamped ours.  Haha, tricky tricky.

 The next day after the third time swamping their canoe.  You'd think they'd learn.

 Tyler and I also saw a Bald Eagle on our morning canoe ride to the cove.  I saw something swimming to shore and thought it was an otter but it was an Eagle!!!   I had no idea Eagles could swim, this one could and it brought in a huge sucker fish.  

Talon playing in the cold lake water before we left for home.  

He makes everything so much more fun and interesting.  

We love him soo much!

Weddings

We had two weddings in the last month.  Lindsey got married August 11th, to Emilio Rodriguez.  

It was a beautiful hot day for a wedding.

Jack didn't know what to think, he kept his hands in his pockets the whole time and kept this same look.

 All five grandkids playing around.

 Grandpa with the two grandkids.

 Trying to get a picture.

 Talon must have gotten embarrassed about something he saw!

 The happy couple headed out on the honeymoon.

The second wedding was Tyler's younger brother, Jaren.  He married Carrie Campbell, another girl from Pocatello has joined the family!  

Talon was sick of weddings! He was not loving seeing the Temple.

Weddings are so much torture!