Hyrum's Birthday, Homecoming Parade, and the Park

So Hyrum is now a one year old! I never blogged about his birthday, so I will do that, but first I will give you an update on him!

He can now walk. He isn't that great but he tries really hard and is improving every day. He lets go of everything and heads toward his next point of interest, whether he makes it or not is a different story. He is also SUPER stubborn and has his mind made up about everything. He is DEFINITELY a daddy's boy. In the evenings he sits at the door and waits for Brad to get home from work. He has also changed in his physical appearance. He looks like a toddler. I can't believe where this year has gone. Hyrum is an amazing blessing to both Brad and I. He has strengthened our marriage and helped us gain a different understanding of Heavenly Father's plan for us. Days aren't without their struggles and some days are extremely challenging but I feel so blessed to have his wonderful spirit in our family. He is an amazing little boy!


Here are his 12 month stats:
Head- 95% (I can't remember the exact measurement, lets just say it is BIG)
Length- 90% = 29.5 inches
Weight- 40% =22.5 lbs

All I have to say is, he is just like Brad!

So being the first child, Hyrum is super Spoiled! He had THREE birthday parties: Texas,  the Skidmores, and Mom and Dad. I hadn't originally planned on giving him a cake with just Brad and I on his birthday but my Doctor told me I had to at least light a candle, so a third party he got!
Here are some fun pictures!

 Texas Party

 Nannie was able to come to Hyrum's party! We were able to get a 4 generations picture!

He LOVES her!

 We had SO much fun in Texas!

(all credit for the pictures goes to my amazing sister! she is so talented!)

Skidmore party!

 He loves riding around on his giraffe!

Dad and Mom Party!

He really wanted to fire and the cars!

All in all I think Hyrum had a Fabulous Birthday!!

One thing I LOVE about living in a small town is for one event the ENTIRE town shuts down. Ex. the Homecoming Parade! So what do you do when the entire town shuts down? You head up with the rest of the town to enjoy the festivities!

 Can you find Wes and his blue hair?

We had fun!

So after the homecoming parade, we headed to the park to play with Hyrum while waiting around for the football game to start. HE LOVED THE PARK!

 I LOVE him!

 His hair was standing straight up! You can see it a little in this pictures, but it was so cute!

 Isn't he the cutest thing ever?

He was exploring EVERYTHING! By the end, he was walking up the stairs standing, all by himself!

Well this is what has been happening around here. We love you all!

MAJOR update!!!

*Warning* This will be a long post but I hope you enjoy!

So it has been WAY to long since I have updated the blog, so I will start at the end of July.

The last week of July, we went to Moab, UT for family vacation (just Brad, me, and Hyrum). We had a blast but it was HOT! We were able to see Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park, Little Wild Horse Canyon, Goblin Valley State Park, and Dead Horse Point. Dead Horse Point was our favorite so I will start Pictures there.

The View was SO Amazing!

Canyonlands!

It is like a mini Grand Canyon! 

Little Wild Horse Canyon

We had to climb over this rock to get to the trail. It was Huge. (the picture doesn't do it justice)

Hyrum Loved touching the walls

We had so much fun in here. One of my favorites!

Goblin Valley

Brad was like a kid in here. He loved running from rock to rock!

It was too hot for me. I preferred to just sit there.

Arches

Double Arch

Windows Arches

We hiked the 5 mile hike to see Delicate Arch. We started our hike at noon and it was over a hundred degrees. I thought i was going to die because you couldn't see the arch the whole hike, so you didn't know how much you had left. I have to admit, it was totally worth it.

 This is us under the HUGE arch!

Hyrum fell asleep on the hike down. We wore him out!

We also went to a local Dinosaur museum. Hyrum thought it was cool!

All in all, we had a blast but were ready to get back to normal life.

After returning back to NM, Hyrum and I headed out to Texas for a visit. It was a blast! After we got back to NM we headed to Colorado Springs for Brad to run the Pikes Peak Ascent.

Before the race

Finish Line

You can see that it was quite intense. Unfortunatley, I didn't get any of Brad after he finished. It was really hard with Hyrum and Brad was exhausted so he didn't really want to pose.

He did great and loved the race, but thinks it is the hardest race he has ever run!

We went back to Texas 2 weekends ago to celebrate Hyrum's birthday and spend some time with my family. We had a blast. I will post pictures from this on his actually birthday, Wednesday!

Other news, We found out that we are going to have another little boy! He is due January 30th. We are so excited for this new adventure. Brad just accepted a full time staff position at Los Alamos National Lab and is way excited. He starts September 27th. So we are here to stay in Los Alamos.

I think my blogging time is up or at least that is what Hyrum is telling me, but stay tuned for more on Wednesday!

Hope you are all doing well!

Jet