First trip to the Dentist!

Well Gage had his first visit to the dentist and he did great! He got a cleaning and x-rays and a cool electric toothbrush that is his new favorite toy. The doctor said that he likes to see kids when they get their first tooth just to get them used to the dentist office. It was funny cause he said that just as another couple was leaving with a sobbing 3 year old in tow and he gestured to them as an example. I was so proud of Gage cause he managed to sit through and exam and even let the gal do floride stuff on his teeth. The other pictures are the flowers Cody got for me, which I love and are filling my house with such a sweet smell. He also got me a DU Law sweatshirt and I feel so cool wearing it! Cody is such a considerate husband and always makes such a effort to make me feel special. Thanks for a great Valentines Day Sweetheart!

The last picture was from last week when we were hitting negative teens and Gage and I ventured out for a walk. Gage liked licking his chin and then feeling the spit freeze. What a funny guy huh? Not crying or anything- just curious about what was happening around him.

So, we finally got the mirror up! It weighs about 63 pounds so it was kinda hard to hang. We picked the glass up on craigslist for free and cut, framed, and stained it. It was quite the project and Annie and I learned quite a bit doing it. We LOVE craigslist! We even picked up a small rocking horse for Gage the other day for free as well. He has been a handful lately and pretty much goes wherever he wants. He is constantly crawling up on the fireplace, but doesn't know how to get back down, so he sits up there and yells until we get him, at which point he crawls right back up. . . We even have to keep the doggy door closed all the time or he goes right outside.

A lot of times we will hear him laughing and laughing just to find him chasing the dog around playing with her. We brought him to the dog park the other day and whenever a dog would even get close to him he'd start to laugh and try to play with them. It will be a wonderful thing for him to have a friend to grow up with and we are so thankful we were able to get Tipsy. Well, I promised Annie I would get this done before she got back from her relief society meeting, so I better wrap up. Love you all!

Home improvements

So here are some fun projects that I've been up to in the house. Gage's room has taken several segments to complete and even then I'd love to have pasture fencing go around the room. Maybe during the summer when the garage isn't so cold to work in! The bathroom that I re-did is our masters and now has a beautiful row boat picture in place of our wedding one. In a couple of the pictures Gage is helping his Dad build a frame for a giant 3' by 6' mirror we had cut and it turned out great. Seriously professional looking and I'd bet you'd have to pay hundreds in store to get it's equal. Our grand total cost in the end was only $80 with a lot of the stain and lumber left over so we can use it again! We wanted to put it in our bedroom but it turned out to be too big for the space so we put it in the front entryway and it looks beautiful. I'll snap a pic and get it on as soon as possible. I'm also going to try and include a video of Gage riding his bouncy horse in his room. He was a little unsure about it at first but now he's really starting to warm up to it.

Gage has decided that walking is over-rated and has decided that crawling is just that much better. He walks just fine and takes sets of steps all the time but he's just too lazy to move to it preminatly. He doesn't even fall when he walks. He just maintans perfect balance and sits where ever he's at. Not that I'm complaining. I've heard they get near impossible to watch once they really start running around. I'm just glad that I haven't had to get up with him in the night for the last month so I'm thinking we really are beyond the 3am wake ups. My new fav is that he's starting to throw himself to the ground when he gets upset and I think it's so hilarious. Just face down, kicking feet and then he'll look up at me with such dismay that I can't help laughing. If anything can be said of him, he's got a great boo face.

Temperatures here have been near fatal with several days not breaking zero degrees so I can't wait till the summer comes. Luckly it's been a way better winter than I've had the last few years in Rexburg so I'm not complaining much but I would like to be able to wear less layers when I'm out and about. On another note Cody interviewed for a JAG internship, which is the Army's legal program. There are only 25 positions available in the whole Army so odds are against him. But it did get us thinking about the Jag program and all the great benefits they could offer. Such as retirement by 45, his 8 previous years of service would count towards retirement and he would be in an environment that he's familiar with, student loan payback, and job security. He would also become an officer which would be cool. So who knows, maybe in 3 years we'll be heading out to who knows where in the manditory 4 years abroad. Sounds like fun huh?