Photos from July!

Provo 4th of July parade!

We went to a BBQ at my parents house on the 4th and my Mom set up a slip and slide for Scott...

Graham was so amazed watching Scott play on it!

Scott took a lot of selfies while we were making dinner...

First time in the bumbo!

Hanging out on our front porch

I love these hooligans!

Scott and Nate went on a camping trip to the Sequoias with Grandpa Collins. Graham and I had a few quiet days together at home.

Hanging out on Mommy's bed!

Our friends Maren, Easton and Jude came to visit from San Diego! This is what bedtime with 4 boys looks like.

Meeting up with more San Diego friends while Maren was in town!

Snow cones! We've been on a snow cone kick this summer. I found a place that makes snow cones with real fruit syrups which makes me love them even more!

Oh hey little G!

Scott painting. The kitchen was covered in "masterpieces" and finger paint within 20 minutes ;)

Scott being my kitchen helper! If I have one goal in life it's to raise caring, non-smelly boys who know their way around the kitchen. 

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 Bros for life!

Little toes!

Eating homemade popsicles after church!

I just want to mug him all day!

Graham and I must think watching Scott play at the splash pad is a good time to take a selfie. All three of these photos are from just that.

I especially love Graham's face in this one ;)

Graham - 3 Months!

soft.... I'd like to grab that...

The sideways, uncoordinated baby reach...

Got it!

Brothers

Some photos from when Graham was 3 weeks old. Scott asked to hold him and these were totally unprompted. Such cuties! I love their budding friendship! 

Photos from June!

Just some Graham hanging out/I couldn't resist his cuteness pictures...

Hanging with my peeps!

After Graham's morning feeding I sometimes bring him into our bed and lay back down until Scott wakes up. It is hands down his favorite place to sleep!

Then Scott comes and wakes us up... Scott LOVES Graham! He talks to him in a funny high-pitched voice like adults do. Graham likewise is fascinated by Scott. Whenever I think Scott might be being a little too "enthusiastic" talking to or playing with Graham - Graham is always loving it! He thinks Scott is the coolest!

Photo by Scott (plus 54 others just like it on my phone...)

Happy Birthday to Nate!!

 I think we have a photo like this of Nate and Scott blowing out candles for all of Nate's birthdays since Scott was born!

We got Scott's preschool class photos back. They are hilarious to me!

Strawberry lemonade at the Salt Lake farmer's market!

Little cutie!

Grandma Collins came to visit and we had so much fun! 

Eyeing the good stuff ;)

Scott is obsessed/beyond interested with all things electrical and mechanical (ex. garage doors, electricity, how the car works, etc.) A grocer at Macey's (a grocery store) let him press the button for the conveyor belt. I'm pretty sure it was one of the best moments of his life. And I'm pretty sure he'll ask to do it every single time we go to the store from now on. 

Bald heads, gummy smiles, AH! They are just the best!

Graham has recently started grabbing toys. When Scott noticed this he was MORE than willing to help Graham get some toys to play with. (#youngersiblingproblems) 

Graham's Newborn Pictures

These newborn shots are out of order! But now that I finally have a computer and internet set up in our new house (and have caught up slightly on sleep from moving with a new baby!) I've been catching up on editing pictures. I'm mostly organizing them in blog posts for my own purposes. I like to make a Shutterfly book about our year at the end of the year and keeping up on photo editing makes it SO much easier in December. I also did a baby book for Scott where I took a picture of him with a stuffed elephant every month. I'm doing the same thing with Graham but with a stuffed lion. I keep a private google document where I write about all the monthly milestones and thoughts about Graham. I've kept one about Scott for a few years and decided this works much better for me than putting everything out there on the internet. But sharing pictures sure is great!

I actually wasn't planning on getting a shot of the boys together. But Scott laid down next to him while I was taking pictures and it was too cute!