Our Sweet Boys

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Scott in 4 months!!

Scott is doing so good!! He is 4 months and just huge and healthy and smiley!

He loves to smile and laugh! He loves his Mommy Daddy and Marshall!

He loves to play with toys!

He rolled over from his back to his stomach on the 5th. (He's been able to roll from his stomach to back for a long time.. it's not as hard)

At his 4 month appointment these were his numbers:

Weight: 15.7 lbs (58 %tile)

Height: 26 (86 %tile)

Head circumf.: 16.7 (76 %tile)

So even though he looks huge.. he is actually pretty average for weight and just pretty tall! He is probably going to be a big kid.. football player maybe!

I had to take a picture of this and luckily he didn't wake up from the flash! He keeps pulling out his pacifier so I gave him his sock monkey to hold! So cute!

Lets compare! Brady vs. Scott.. what do you think?

He definitely has his cheeks, chin, mouth and nose. Brady's ears stick our a little more and eyes are a little different. But you can definitely see it! You can see some Marshall in him too!

And no that's not Tyson it's Gary haha!!

Marshall and Daddy

Lego Ears!

Marshall helping Daddy put together his step stool

Brady has downloaded all these fun apps for Marshall on his phone. So Marshall knows when Daddy gets home he gets to play on it!

Marshall and Friends!

This is Marshall's friend Abby! Isn't she cute! They held hands the whole way from Abby's upstairs apartment down to ours on the first floor. She hugged him randomly a couple times. Then she kissed him during "Frosty the Snowman"! Ahh! Young Love!

Here they are again!

Marshall with another girlfriend! This is sweetheart Ali! Marshall is stealing her snacks..

I made this fishing pole and fish for Marshall last year for Christmas but he is just finally getting it a year later. He wanted to wear the hat and get into the box like it was a boat! It was so funny. He has so much fun with them!

Marshall is Potty Training! Well he is pretty good now. He wanted me to take a picture of him getting a treat for going poo poo!

Marshall has been so funny. Here are a few funny things he's done or said:

When Marshall was going to the bathroom the other day he said.. "Marshall have poo poo in leg.." as he was pushing on his leg to try to get it out.

He was playing with my craft stuff and said.. "Mama's toys? Mama have cute toys!"

In California he was in Grandma Brasher's bathroom washing his hands, looks around really taking it in and says.."Cute Bathroom!"

At dinner Marshall drank his juice really fast and I said, "Wow Marshall you chugged that" and he said "No Mama I just drinked it."

In the car Brady asked Marshall, "Whats your dinosaurs name?" and after a second he said slowing "Jesus... Christ."

Marshall woke up from his nap the other day and said "I like Cindy" (from the Brady Bunch) and then told us all about his dream with Cindy! It was pretty awesome! Today he had a dream about eating bugs..

Earlier this month Marshall said the prayer all by himself for the first time. He was doing really good. He said thank you for Mama and Scott and Grandpa and Grandma and Tyson and Jessica (sometimes he adds Mindi, Don and Corinne).. and then he points to Brady and says "and you". It was so funny! He says the funniest prayers!

Marshall the Mighty Duck

So the other day I got mad at Marshall for something or told him to do something and he starting quacking at me.. really random. I instantly thought of this clip:

(Start at the 1 hour and 1 minute mark and go til the end of the scene)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czdOpucyuVQ

Hilarious!

Marshall the Comedian!

Marshall is at this age where he just says the funniest things! Oh my goodness I wish we remembered all of them. He is starting to copy us which is kind of bad but so funny. Like he told Scott to look at this toy and he said, "Scott look at this.. look at this now.. 1.. 2.. 3!" I had to run out of the room laughing!

He is so bossy which again is not good but is just hilarious! He'll tell us to do something "right now!!"

Marshall has a new favorite show: The Brady Bunch! He watches Curious George when I cook dinner and The Brady Bunch is always after so he watches that too. You have to realize that Marshall LOVES Curious George and LOVES helping me cook. So one day he wanted to help me cook and Not watch George. Then as soon as he heard the theme song for Brady Bunch, he wanted to get off the counter and ran to the couch. He sat there through the whole show, which he never does.. sits through an entire show! So funny. I don't know what it is about that show but he sure loves it. He even knows who Peter is!

Marshall got a Superman action figure for Christmas but has no idea who he is or what he can do. But the other day, Brady told him to go to Time Out and he says sternly "No! I'm Superman!"

It's so naughty but so funny! We laugh every time he says that. I'm not sure where he got that from but it must've been from his cousins ha ha!

We just love this kid!

Christmas in California!

California was so fun! It was so great to be around family and friends. We were there for so long but it was a good time. We did so much! It was a crazy busy trip!

We always end up doing something weird at the Bowden house! Brady is trying to get the wax out of his ear with a candle!

Here is a group from mutual doing a service for us. They are reading a story to the kids. They were so excited! The kids were upset when they left. It was pretty cute!

Betty and Marshall

Betty, Marshall and Jake!

These are the boys wrestling! It is so funny to watch. Watch Jake. He's the one without a shirt. They had so much fun together! Marshall was just loving it!

Happy New Year!

After the triathlon we had a huge bonfire on the Brasher's property. It was fun to eat and chat with all the families! Then we played Just Dance on the Wii which was super fun! I took a video of Marshall that is hilarious but it isn't working to put it on here. So hopefully I can figure it out and get it up soon!

The Annual Polar Bear Triathlon

Conner, Matt, Taylor, Tyson, Tom, Brady, Austin

SWIM..

Look how red he got from the freezing pond water

BIKE..

RUN...

You can barely see Brady. He is on the left, just behind the tall grass on the edge of the pond. Isn't this a beautiful backyard!

Marshall ate mandarins and played with the chickens, turkeys

and goats while we waited for the boys to finish.

Three brothers coming in close together.

Conner, Austin and Brady.

How cute! Austin and Brady finish together!

Fishing on the pond at the Brashers

Matt, Hayden, Jake, Marshall and Brady

Like father like son... look at the way they are standing..

Marshall first catch.. ever!

Betty, Jake and Marshall

The Twins!

If they were both smiling they would look even more a like. Everyone gets them mixed up. At the wedding Grandpa Brasher kept calling "Jakey, Jakey, Jakey".. then he finally realized it was Marshall!! Its so funny!

Scott enjoying the outside! He doesn't get to see much of that in Utah cause it's so cold.

Santa Cruz in December!!

YES it was so beautiful outside, in DECEMBER, that we ate outside!!

I LOVE California!

Lee (Brady's brother) and Leann live just outside of Santa Cruz so we took a day trip out to visit. We went out on the wharf and saw the sea lions or whatever these are! The boys enjoyed them!

When it got dark we went to the beach and had a bonfire and roasted marshmallows. The flash makes it so you can see everyone but it was really dark! The sunset was beautiful though! I miss those lower pink sunsets living in Utah!

We had a really good time!

Sacramento Train Museum

We did a lot of fun things like go to the Zoo and the Train Museum.

Marshall had a really good time! He loved to be able to go inside the trains!

By the time we were done, the kids were done! It was nap time!

CHRISTMAS!!

This is "Katie's Workshop"! Just a few of the projects from Christmas!

This is a skirt I made Corinne. The color is actually more rosy! I made a smaller one for Kaitlin and plan to make a bigger one for myself!!

Christmas Eve we had Mexican and made Gingerbread housed at the Bowden House!

Here are the boys in their PJ's they get to open on Christmas Eve! Thanks Grandma's!

This is what Marshall woke up to on Christmas Morning! Santa brought him a train! He played with that thing every single day in California!

We woke up to a great surprise on Christmas Morning.. ANTS!! Ants covered the whole front room and kitchen. They were all over the presents. It was horrible. I guess that is what happens when you live in the country! So annoying! Anyway.. after an hour of trying to clean them up we finally opened presents. Luckily Marshall was very excited and occupied with his train!

It was fun to have Grandma & Grandpa Bowden and Sherrie there too!

Jen being silly! I think thats were Brady gets it!

Scott with all his presents from Grandma's! He's half asleep!

Brady had Conner for Christmas and made him a giant KitKat bar!! Yes it is chocolate and vanilla wafers! It was even shaped like a kitkat bar! It was pretty cool!

Brady's other amazing present that he gave was for his Dad! He made a seat out of wood and a saddle and a display of all Gary's cowboy stuff. There's a bunch of little things on the display that you can't really see like spurs and other things that I don't really know what they are ha ha!

On the opposite wall are old pictures of him and his kids with horses! He got emotional with this one and had a hard time telling the stories of the pictures. Brady did a great job!

I made the boys matching ties to wear to church since Christmas was on Sunday!