Baby Proofing

We FINALLY got our house all baby proofed. We've got the outlets covered, the cubords locked, and the kiddy gate blocking the stairs to the basement. He never ever has even realized we have stairs going up to the bonus area, so I thought I'd only need one gate until he started being curious about the other set of stairs. BUT OF COURSE he is such a smarty pants that the day I put the one gate up he all of the sudden knows how to cruise up those stairs! Guess we'll be making another trip to BABIES-R-US!

He's so proud of himself!

Feeding the Ducky Ducks!

Daddy and Dane running away from the scary ducks.

Last Sunday we went to the parkway to feed the ducks. We had no Idea there were going to be SOOOOO many hungry little ducks. We ended up being surrounded and we had to kinda kick them away. It freaked me out, but Ben and Dane thought it was funny. I loved watching Danes face the whole time, he gets so serious and observant. He stares with his mouth open...we all know which parent he inherited that from:) I'll be able to sympathized when gets made fun of, poor little dude. Anyways, we had such a fun time!

Ashleighs Bridal Shower

Ashleigh and Uncle Rob (her Dad)

For some reason all the pictures from the bridal shower of Ash turned out super blurry, but I found this one. We had a bridal shower for Bens cousin Ashleigh this past Saturday at my house, and we had such a good time. We're all so excited for Ash! She is such an incredible person, she is sweet, talented, smart, spiritual, beautiful inside and out....and still manages to be one of the most humble people I know. We did a video interview of Dave so everyone could get to know him, it was so freaking cute, he is a great guy. They get married Sept. 26th, so not too much longer!! Well, it was so good to get together with Bens extended family. Aunt Gloria (Ashleighs Mom) really knows how to have a great time:) I wish I had more pictures of the shower that turned out better! I'll track some down.

Ashleigh & her soon to be Hubby Dave

Heidi Banford, Joelle Banford, Holli Banford

Here are just the sister-in-laws at Ashleighs shower (the only not blurry picture of the day). We all feel very lucky because all 3 of the Banford brothers are such sweet and loving husbands...and we all know it because of their sweet and loving parents! We all adore our Mother-in-law, I know that is a rare thing to be able to say;) Anyways, we had such a fun day!

Congrats Jess and Nate!!

Last weekend my sweet friend Jess got married! We had such a good time in St. George for the Wedding weekend. Nate and Jess are going to make each other so happy. Love you guys!

9 Months!!!!!

I can't believe our baby boy is 9 Months old!! My life long friend (I consider her an older sister actually) Tasha took these darling pictures of Dane. Thank you so much Tasha....We love you and we're sad you're moving to California!

Naughty!

My NAUGHTY Banford Boys!

Dane has the cutest little grin when he knows he's caught doing something naughty!

I love him so much!
He did this for about an hour
Pick them up...

Throw them down...

Such a handsom mischief maker !

Daddy was in charge of cleaning him up after this next

extremely NAUGHTY father/ son ordeal.

Oh no...Daddy made me do it!

So we were driving and Dane was being kind of fussy, and then when we were home I realized he had been oftly quiet the last little bit of our ride. Well....DADDY GAVE HIM A RED VINE!!!! He looked like the Joker:) He was so happy about it!

Bens New Location!

I've been meaning to tell everyone that we finally made the switch, Ben is working at Ardell Brown now! We decided to cut out that nasty commute and officially become Salt Lake county residence. Davis county has been awesome this past 3yrs for me and about 20yrs for Ben, (actually anyone who knows me knows I hated living all the way up there:). It has been a great move for us! So if you are looking for something comfy to camp in just ask for Ben:)

Swimming at Grandma Jo's

This is my FAVORITE!!! He is so freaking funny!
Mamma and Daners

Aunt Errin let dane go Skinny Dipping until I finally got his swim suit! I forgot it! Don't worry though, No poop in the pool, it was only for a few minutes.

Last week we went swimming at my Grandmas. Dane absolutely LOVES swimming! My cousins take such good care of him. He splashed them all in the face:)

4th of July in East Canyon, and a BBQ with the Petersons

First time seeing fireworks! Dane loved it!!

Dane loves East Canyon!! It was his first time in our favorite camping spot!

Dane and Grampa Heward snoozing in the trailer, it was such a good nap time! He loves his Grampa!

Dane loves playing with his Uncle Ryan.

Dane was copying all the big boy stuff Lincoln was doing. He's a quick learner and was climbing up on everything then he'd look around to make sure everyone was watching. He's so funny. I love his little mischievous smile.

Dane and Lincoln weren't sure about each other for the first couple of minutes. But they got friendly fast!

Getting ready for the BBQ. He was crawling away from me so fast cause he didn't want his shirt on....he knows he was being a little stinker!!

3 year anniversary surprise!

On Friday night Ben had just gotten home from work and said there is a bunch of weird stuff on our porch....this is what I found:) Our anniversary was this weekend and he surprised me with a trip to California. He had everything all set up, flights, hotels, Errin and Brandon were already planning on watching Dane. I really was sooo surprised, I mean he's thoughtful in the way that he is super loving, attentive, caring, helpful, and affectionate....but never EVER has he done a "real" surprise get away type thoughtful thing. I was the happiest girl in the whole world!!! Here are a few of our pictures from are weekend!

In Hollywood there was a movie scene in the middle of the road, it was crazy....and spider man took the picture for us:)

Our hotel had these really cool chairs, but they were really uncomfortable!

UMMM, YA, Ben insisted on wearing this hidious, ridiculous fanny pack to disney land...but he loved that he wasn't going to lose anything, it was pretty funny:)

It was such a fun get away. We ate SOOO much food, and I wish so badly that I got a picture of Ben eating the giant turkey leg in California Adventure. It was so sick, but he LOVED it. We love trying new restraunts...and especially new desserts. But we were ready to come home cause we missed Dane sooooooooo much. He had fun with Errin and Brandon, they took him to church, swimming, and out to eat a few times. They love him so much, we're so lucky he has such good aunts and uncles to take care of him. Although, he is such a wild man, I think he wore them out:)