JT has been doing this lately: But, Mom!
And he says it in that whiny voice that is so annoying!

Here's another conversation that we had this morning...notice this is the 3rd thing I've written down today :)

JT: Mom, if you don't play a game with me I won't give you the rest of my banana. (If I could record how he said it, I would because it's such a salesman's voice :))

JT: Here's a song for you, Mom. "5 little gingerbreads sitting in the road. You aren't going to eat me; no, no, no. Crunch, Munch, Uh oh..." Quiet down, train! You're too loud. Mom, the train is making too much noise!

JT: Mom, will you help me put on my clothes? I can't see anything.

(He comes up to me and his arms are through his shirt but his head won't go through the hole in the shirt. I'm pretty sure he wasn't joking around, either. What a goof!)

More funny conversation

JT: Mom, put your hand right here. [on his throat] Feel that? [swallows his food he's eating] It goes down, down, down to my tummy. Then down to my leg and my toe!

Heart failure

I totally felt like my heart was going to stop when I went into JT's room to check on him while he was napping and he wasn't in his bed. I had to pull out my camera when I figured out where he was!

Christmas Day

I didn't take a lot of pictures this year, I guess. Next year I'll probably take to many :) Thank for all the gifts, Grandma and Grandpa Jolley, Great-Grandpa Jolley, and Nana and Grandpa Rose!

Thanks, Miss Melanie for this great book!

Christmas Party

William's work had a Christmas party for the families. It was fun :) JT did such a good job seeing Santa. It's funny how much kids change within the year. Last year he was crying at being placed on Santa's lap!

JT playing the Grinch (or the Grunch as JT says it)

As soon as he sat down, JT folded his arms decisively...like he needed to be reverent in order to see Santa. (BTW...nice Santa, huh? The real deal, I figure!)

Opening the gift from Santa. All the kids who came to the party received a gift right then.

Ahhh, only after looking at this picture did I understand what he kept calling these trucks. I would always hear "twist wisters." But I guess they're called "tread shifters."

Another funny conversation

JT: I love you back to the moon and then back again!

(I'm trying to be better about writing down the things he says and I know this is a great place to do it, so I'm sure there will be lots more to come!)

Funny conversation

JT -- How old are you?
Mom -- 33
JT -- Hold out your hand and I will give you 33 of them (drops of hand sanitizer)

Gilbert Temple

The groundbreaking for the Gilbert Temple was a week ago but we are really excited about the Temple being built here. To show you how close it is, here is a Google map showing you how we would get to the temple from our house. (I guess you have to understand that we live in the middle of nowhere so a temple only 45 min away is really cool!)


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Also, here are some pictures of JT and Will at the groundbreaking ceremony. There were tons of people! As you can tell from the pics, JT didn't make it through the whole thing. They ended up leaving early rather than having him take a nap in the dirt :)

The pledge of Allegiance

Thanks Melanie for teaching my son the Pledge of Allegiance!

Our Little Monkey

Here's JT showing how he gets all the stuff I try to place out of his reach. He really has turned into a little monkey!

Carving Pumpkins

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! (Yes, it is I, Tracey...actually posting on my blog. Try not to be too shocked!)

At the ward trunk-or-treat party: Luigi, Mario, and some random D-Back fan

Our masterpieces: My "mommy" pumpkin, JT's scary spider, and Will's pumpkin titled "It's me, Mario!"

My cute little Mario ("No mom, it's JT! I'm just pretending to be Mario.")
Put the costume together myself...bought the overalls and turtleneck at Goodwill (size 18 mos--yeah, my son is almost 4 yrs old.) Made the hat and mustache. I thought it was really cute!