My Tree!!

Yesterday our super helpful neighbor, Brother Toyn, brought us a truck load of compost for the backyard. As he was backing the truck up in the backyard so we could shovel the compost out, he backed over one of the trees we planted two years ago. It bent clear over to the ground! The good news is that it rebounded to almost up-right again. There is quite a scrape on the bark but we think that if we stake it the tree will recover since it's still quite a sapling- only about 2 inches thick. He felt so bad about running over the tree. He helped us fix a few problems with our sprinklers while he was here.
But, the most exciting part about yesterday is that the electricians came! We have working lights and powered outlets in the basement now! No more using an extension cord plugged into the only working outlet. Little John slept in his real crib (not the port-a-crib) in his own room last night. He was so excited by all the changes he took forever to get to sleep. He had a three hour nap in his new bedroom today so I think he's settled in.

Choo-choo!

The cabinet installers were here today to put in the fabulous shelves around the fireplace. They were using some air compressor powered tools and the baby was scared by the noise. Carolyn and John took him downstairs to play in their bedroom now that they have the rug all set up and he can play on the floor. I had found the train box in the garage. John, Sarah, and Carolyn all had a great time trying to build a working train track while Little John kept taking it apart to chew on the pieces. It was really fun!

Peach Days Contest

Every year Brigham City dose a beautiful baby photo contest for Peach Days. We took pictures of Little John to enter into the contest. He was so cute in all of them that we couldn't decide which one to enter so we asked a bunch of random people which one they liked better and that's the one we entered. Everyone we asked was totally "oohhing" and "aahhing" because he was just so cute! Later we learned that we were supposed to enter a "head shot" photo of him smiling and they would have the winner take another picture with the peaches. Oh well. We had a lot of fun taking the pictures and showing them around.