Vacation - Part 4 - White Sands

Yes, I know Part 3 has been skipped. We will return to that later, I promise. So, after we left Utah we flew to El Paso to stay with my parents. They have recently moved into a new home and we were their first visitors! Their new house is amazing and we loved it. My Dad, Gordon (my brother) and Jessica (his wife) and Ken all took a day off and we drove all over New Mexico. Our first stop was White Sands. It was gorgeous there and after getting over his initial discomfort of walking in sand, Abraham had a wonderful time sledding.

He wouldn't take off his shoes, but by the time we left, he was "digging" in the sand every few steps.

Ken and my Dad were the most adventurous sledders, by far.

Tyler didn't get to play in the sand, but he had fun hanging out.

Who was having more fun, Kim or Abe?

My crazy parents.

Abraham and his Grandpa ... peas in a pod.

I LOVED this silhouette shot of us. Such beautiful scenery.

Vacation - Part 2 - Hogle Zoo!

While in Utah, Grandma and Grandpa Carlile took us to the Hogle Zoo. Aunt Kristy came along with Casey and Clayton. We had a great time and loved seeing all the animals.

This is how we spent most of our day, walking and pushing strollers.

After seeing all the exhibits, we played on the playground.

Waiting in line for the carousel.

More playground time with Clayton and Grandma.

Ty made good use of the time he spent out of the stroller.

We caught this sweet fight between these two bears. It was amazing to watch how brutal they were to each other, but it didn't seem as though either one got hurt.

I love this look. We were watching a couple of monkeys who were making screeching sounds that could be interpreted by a 2 year old as fire truck sirens. Let's just say, Abe was quite confused by it all.

My little monkey.

This is not the animal we rode on the carousel. We rode the praying mantis whose tail end you can see in the right hand side of the picture, unfortunately it wasn't conducive to pictures, so we snapped this shot after the ride was over.

Vacation - Part One - Wyoming!

We left for our family vacation last Thursday. I'm dividing our trip into several posts to make the reading easier. The flight was better than I'd anticipated, thanks mostly to the portable DVD player that we bought for Abraham. We hit Utah around midnight on Friday morning and headed out that afternoon for Wyoming. We had a great time at the Meeks cabins.

Our first picture with all four of us! A good lookin' family if I say so myself!

Playing with cars, of course. Abraham and his cousin Clayton. They are only a couple of months apart in age.

I love this happy face. This was after playing with his cousins on the slides. He was laughing so hard and having the best time. There weren't any "baby" swings, so Abe learned to use the big boys swings. He was quite hesitant at first, but I'm afraid now he'll never want the baby swings again.


Grandma and Grandpa took Abe on a hike to the totem pole. They said he loved every second of it!

Cooper and Abraham.

The Grandmas and their babies. Even though Max is 5 months older than Tyler, they look almost the same size!!!

Tyler spent a good amount of time in the Snuggly. Fortunately for us, he loves it in there!

We had a great time ... stay tuned for more!

Tyler's 3 Months!!

How time flies! I can't believe our little guy is 3 months old already. He is such a good and happy baby and is smiling all the time. This past week he has started really sleeping well, and has slept through the night 2 days running! We're so excited to watch his sweet personality develop. His brother still loves him (a little too much at times!) and that is a blessing. Happy 3 Months Tyler!

Why Buy the Toys ...

when the box is more fun??

We got a package today and Abe spent an hour and a half playing with the popcorn pieces and the box. He had so much fun. I caught some of his amazing talking skills in the video. He just talks and talks all day long!

Of course, it wouldn't truly be playtime at the Carlile house unless at least 10 matchbox cars were involved.

Fluke?

Tyler went to bed last night at 8:00 PM. He slept soundly until 5:00 AM. A fluke? Probably ... but I'll take all the flukes I can get!

Because they are SO darn Cute.

Here are some random pictures we've taken recently. I couldn't help but post them because they are just so darn cute.

I told you the kid likes his cars.

I love these guys.