13 Months!

Akoy turned 13 months a week or so ago. I know I say this every month, but he is growing up so much. He is now walking! He's been taking steps for a long time, but never progressed. In the last week, everyday he has doubled what he could do the previous day. He now walks all around the house and falling occasionally. Sometimes he will forget to get back up and just crawl.

He loves to watch the movie I made him. He will always laugh at the part with the water bottle being thrown. With out fail. It's hilarious. I will give him my phone and he just watches it. I know when he gets to that part because he always laughs. I love his laugh. He laughs quite often.

He loves when his daddy comes home from school. Bryson gets to see him about an hour each day. They love wresting on the bed with each other. Consequently, he has become quite the momma's boy.

Akoy loves peek a boo. I often see him on the monitor playing it with his blankets in bed.

Still a milk baby. He goes through 2 gallons of milk each week. I'm not looking forward to taking the bottle away. Will munch on things when he wants, not when I try and feed him.

Still loves Yo Gabba Gabba. Favorite show. He's starting to like other shows. The other day I left him on the floor in front of the tv while I took a shower. I came out and he had climbed up on the couch and was just sitting there watching his show. Looked so stinkin' cute!

Still has 5 teeth. I haven't had his 12 month apt yet, (trying to figure insurance and doctors out) but I went to a different apt and they had measuring stuff. I asked, and they measured him for me. 28 lbs 30 inches.

Sleeps at 8:30-7. Two naps that last two hours.

It's been so much fun staying home with this little guy everyday. I love it!

Check out the pictures that reflect his personality!

13 Months!

(somehow I got my flash broke for a bit) Still cute though.

Loves his keys

Playing on Buzz Light Year

I had a picture just like this

He puts everything around his neck
Loves Necklaces

Watching his movie

Playing at the Children's Museum

Playing at the beach (or somewhat) :)

All ready for church

Remember me saying this, here it is! Content as can be.

I love this for some reason

Loves this book, thanks Margot!

Hanging out on the table

A couple videos of Akoy walking!

One last Hurrah!

We decided to have one last BBQ before our pool closed. (In Aug, I just lost my camera the next day) It was a little on the chilly side :) We still ended up having fun though. The guys were the only brave ones to jump in the pool. You can see for yourself how much they enjoyed it. It was fun to just sit back and enjoy ourselves with some friends. Don't you just love Bryson's white body? Love the farmers tan!
This picture makes me miss Akoy's hair. Maybe I'll grow it out.

This has been a few weeks ago, Torrie it feels like forever since you left. Time to come back. :)

Omaha Zoo

A couple weeks ago, we decided to finally make the trip up to the Zoo in Omaha. Supposedly it's a pretty big zoo. They had a lot of different exhibits. Akoy liked it, although I think he will like it more when he grows a bit. We met a couple of friends and enjoyed their company. Poor Cassidy was wifeless for a couple weeks, so we took him in under our wing. ;)

My favorite part of the zoo were the baby gorillas. It was so cute to see them interact with their parents and their environment. I could have sat there all day. We didn't stay long because UNL and BYU each had games that night.

Next favorite, was the Polar Bear. He was swimming around, doing flips and eating celery. So interactive and entertaining!



We gave Akoy a sucker and 10 min later he was out cold. So tired!

Fun day!

Akoy's 1st Year Movie

I got the idea to make a 1 year video for Akoy from my sister in law. She had one for her little girls b-day and I loved it. I set out to accomplish this movie for Akoy. After many many hours, I finally finished it. I am so happy how it turned out. I made a DVD for him with a few different chapters. The first video below is only one of the chapters. Another chapter was Akoy being Akoy. All the silly little quirks he has. There were some other chapters to just remember memories and first baths and things like that, but don't fret, I won't bore you with those! Enjoy!

Akoy's First Year


P.S. Akoy loves watching these! He loves watching himself and then will mimic whatever he is doing on the TV! So stinkin cute!

Akoy being Akoy!

Welcome Home Elder Gregory!

This past weekend, Bryson's brother Bradley came home from his mission. He was serving in the Neuquen, Argentina mission. We were so excited to see him. He met Akoy for the first time. We were excited that we were able to fly in for the weekend. We couldn't stay long because of Bryson's school schedule. He had a great homecoming and we are so happy he is home!

First flight- He loved the water bottles!


Playing with toys


Welcome home!


The man of the hour!


Bradley and our family


Cornhusker fan!!




Toy cars


Looking out the window on the flight home


Cute little boy! (my brothers girlfriend makes the cutest dresses!!)





Welcome home Bradley!

*There are more pictures on facebook if you are interested!

Utah Birthday Party!

We had the opportunity to go to Utah for a quick 48 hour trip. Of course we had to squeeze in a birthday party in for our family and friends! Things will a little scrambled as we had to pick up Bryson's brother from the airport and had a few other family functions. Every thing came together well and we enjoyed having some family time!

After seeing Toy Story 3, I decided I wanted to have a themed birthday party. I went and bought everything a couple months ago. I left it all at my parents to make it easier when we came back to Utah.

Since this was technically our second round at a b-day party, Akoy seemed to know a little more what to do. He kinda went for his cake this time. Maybe next time I will actually devour it! Akoy got spoiled with lots of new toys. We had to take a couple extra suitcases to get his toys back!



A little story about this sucker. As we were opening his b-day presents, Akoy was eying my sisters sucker. He had no interest in his toys, but he wanted this sucker. Finally, Brittany gave in and gave up her delicious sucker. Akoy was so happy. He just kept smiling at her. Thanks Brittany for his favorite present! (which so happened to be out of the treat bag we gave her) ;)
Happy Birthday again!! :)

*There are more pictures on facebook if you are interested!

I just couldn't resist!

I admit, I'm not the best person at not spending money. I need to change, but I've been pretty good since moving away and not actually having my own job. It's a lot harder to justify buying something when I didn't earn the money. However, there is a store here that is good but bad. :) Once upon a Child is what it is called. You can sell or buy kids stuff. I have never shopped at this kind of store, so when my friend told me about this I was so excited. I could still get Akoy cute stuff but cheaper. This store has a ton of clothes and toys. This is the good part. The bad part is that I try to justify buying more because it's cheaper. :) Anyways, I went there with a friend today and found this jumpsuit for Akoy. It was so freakin' cute. I couldn't resist. I know I should have and my husband won't be the happiest with me tonight, but after looking at this face and cute boy- who could say no?! Enjoy the plethora of pictures!





He knows exactly where to push to make his movie start again!