Buddy is home and the world is right again...

My brother-in-law Daniel left his mission in Charlotte NC on January 23rd. We were all ready meet him at Ontario Airport that night but his flight from Salt Lake was canceled so we had to pick him up Saturday morning at John Wayne in Irvine.

Here we are, making our way into the airport. We got there with 5 minutes to spare. :)

Daniel and Nancy! We were all just SO happy!

Daniel and Rachie!

We have a picture just like this one of Daniel and Joey at the airport when he left. We didn't know if Aaron would even remember him, but he did. He even made him crafts and picked a toy to give him. He adores him and he still won't leave his side! :)

Naomi had these shirts made for the boys. We stayed up late Thursday night making this sign. The boys colored the letters and they chose what pictures to put on. Aaron insisted that there be a gingerbread man with balls on it! :)

David's parents took us all out to El Torito right after Daniel got released. David and Daniel are doing "something" in this picture.

The Jacobs and Team Y were there of course. Steven just got home from his mission in August.

Here is Daniel with his girls! :)

This is me being a "torito"

Here's Steven leaning in for a kiss. Daniel's first bit of action caught on film! ;)

We met the Wheeler clan at Disneyland yesterday and the boys had a blast!

Here they are getting ready to go on Midway Mania

Daniel took Aaron for his first ride on Space Mountain. He is just under 40in so we put him in snow boots to add a little height. It did the trick and he got to ride all three Mountains last night. We even got to ride Splash Mountain twice.

We are so proud of Daniel. My boys adore him and it means so much that they have so many awesome role models in their lives. They are already talking about serving missions themselves.

Joey's Tooth

Joey lost his first tooth last week. We tried to let it work itself out but it started dangling and flapping when he talked, so we tried everyday for three days to pull it out. He didn't like it much but he was very brave. One night, I told him I was going to dry it off and when I did, it popped right out. He said "Ok Mom, no more tries tonight." He was so happy when I opened my hand and he saw his tooth inside. The one right next to the gap is almost ready to come out and he says that he'll let us pull it when it's time. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Grandma Ruth for teaching me proper tooth extracting methods. :)

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Cy's First Haircut

Cy is the first one of my babies to have a nice full head of long beautiful hair. Joey was totally bald and when he got his first haircut it was really just a formality. Aaron had little wings just above his ears, and I begrudgingly allowed those to get trimmed when he was about a year old. I wanted to let Cy's hair grow out a while longer but it is just unmanageable. The back is always frizzy and nappy from the car seat so I finally broke down. I don't take the boys to the salon because, in my experience, they wiggle just as much for a stylist as they do for Daddy, and a crooked haircut from Daddy is free. :)

I think you'll agree that it was time. It's getting a little unruly, no?

He didn't cry but I wouldn't say he loved it either. LOL

Here's the finished product.

He looks like a little man, doesn't he?