Baby Ellie has arrived!

We are so excited to have another little niece.  Now I have a niece on each side and it is so much fun!  Erin had to wait until she was 41 weeks pregnant to get induced so she got induced on the 18th and 7:30. She did most of it without an epidural until close to the end.  It took forever to push her out so I'm sure she was glad to have it!  Erin at the last minute decided to let my mom and I in when she had her.  It was seriously so cool!  Didn't freak me out at all!  Ellie came out so cute and sweet, right when she came out and they put her in the spotlight she put both of her hands over her eyes.  It was so funny!  She weighed 8 pounds and 1 ounce, 21 inches long, and born at 11:24 p.m.  She is seriously the cutest baby!  We are not sure who she looks like, but for sure looks like a little girl!  I am addicted to her! I have seen her everyday so far!  Tage and Cohen met her today and Tage held her and Cohen looked at her and kept saying, "Hi baby Ellie!"  We are so excited our families are getting bigger!

Trip to the Zoo

Last tuesday we decided to go to the zoo.  We usually go with friends, but we just went all by ourself.  We had so much fun.  It was nice just following Tage around where ever he wanted to go.  Cohen loved the birds that were flying around, glad we went to the zoo to see birds haha.  Tage loved the elephants and the monkeys/gorillas.  It was the perfect temperature outside, and the zoo was packed!  We went on the carousel and the train.  They both loved going on those.  Cohen really liked the train and kept asking to go on it again the whole time.  Notice how Cohen isn't really looking in one picture, there was too much excitement and so much to look at, at the zoo.  We had a really good time and the boys were both really good! I love my boys!

Cohen's 2 year old appointment:)

Mr. Cohen Bret Allen 2 year old stats:

32.2 lbs.- 89th percentile 

36 inches tall- 89th percentile 

This little man is not so little anymore.  He really hasn't been since he was like 6 weeks old.  He is just getting bigger and bigger by the day! We love this little 2 year old so much, even though he makes us crazy he is such a sweet heart.  He was so funny at the Dr.  He kept telling the dr. he wanted him to bring him back to life.  He is so funny.  Such a little talker too.  He is doing great and is a big boy now!

Easter

Easter 2012

We had such a fun Easter this year.  We went to St. George on friday night and had such a good drive down, Cohen is finally starting to be good in the car!  We got to St. George around 9 and let the boys get in the hot tub and then went to bed.  Saturday morning Tage got to go golfing with the big boys for the first time.  I think he had fun, but TJ said he kept asking if they were almost done.  I don't think he realized golf was so long:)  While they were golfing Cindy, Cohen and I went shopping for a little while.  Then we met the boys for lunch and then headed out to get pedicures!  Todd and Christine got there later that day, we always love them to come and bring our favorite little Jossie!  We went to dinner and then headed to Fiesta Fun.  I wanted Cohen to go on the go-carts with Tj, but he ended up being way to small to go so he got to go on some other little cars and loved it.  Tage went on the go carts and did the bumper boats with uncle Tay.  It was actually a really fun night!  On Easter the kids got up early and got their Easter baskets from the easter bunny and then they had a huge easter egg hunt and each got a million easter eggs.  We had such a fun easter, lots of sun and pool time and fun times with our Allen fam.  We always have such a good time in St. George.  If only I could figure out a way to live there!!!

 Easter morning, getting ready to go outside on their Easter egg hunt!

 Tage and Cohen in their new ties.  They looked so cute, if only I could get a good picture of little Cohen!

 On the hunt!

 At Fiesta Fun!  It was as fun as it sounds!:)

 Allen ladies. Tage had a blast on the bumper boats with Tay and had tons of fun on the go carts!

Tage and Dad golfing. Tage is soooo cute with his little tiny golf clubs.

My little Co Bear.

Cohen turns 2 on monday and I cannot believe how fast it has gone by.  He is such a little sweet heart.  He is seriously the funniest little 2 year old around.  He talks constantly!  He loves his daddy.  He loves Cafe Rio, all things candy, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  He has such a good memory.  If we are in a parking lot and Cohen sees a black car that looks like TJ's he is always looking for daddy.  He loves basketball.  Well, balls in general.  He loves to get everything he wants, and have HUGE  temper tantrums if he doesn't get what he wants.  He loves his 2 blankets, we usually have to carry them around everywhere and he calls them his babies.  He loves the Justin Bieber song BABY.  We have to listen to it on my phone pretty much every time we are in the car.  He loves the spongebob opening song, but doesn't watch 5 minutes of TV.  He runs around like a little crazy man all day.  He says thank you constantly.  He knows how to un baby proof almost anything, except the white door knob handles!! Which now keep him where he supposed to be.  Every time we go to leave somewhere he asks us if he can drive.  Like for real, he wants to drive and is very offended we don't let him drive.  He is such a little social boy.  Every time we were out he says HI to every person that we see.  He goes up to strangers and makes sure they know he is there.  He loves going to the park, although he won't really go down slides and doesn't want to swing.  He just loves to run around and go up and down the stairs.  He is obsessed with taking showers.  He would take 5 showers a day if we would let him.  He dances to any beat he hears.  I was in the beauty supply a couple weeks ago and a song came on he loves to dance to and he stood up in the shopping cart and danced like crazy for the whole song.  All the girls know him by name at the beauty supply I go to because he always talks to them.  He says his name is Tennis.  For some reason Cohen sounds like Tennis to him.  He knows everyone's names, but his own.  He calls pop Tattoo.  No idea where that came from either.  He is very loving and always telling TJ, Tage, Brindy, and I that he loves us.  He NEVER wears shoes.  I put them on, he takes them off.  Somedays I give up and let him go barefoot all day.  He is very picky about what he wears.  He loves basketball shorts.  He calls them his balls and is very upset if I make him take them off.  He won't go to nursery by himself so Tj or I have to go every single week.  He loves his babysitter Becky, and talks about Emmet, her son that is just a few months older then him, all the time. He loves his aunts and uncles.  He will randomly just say one day, "Todd so funny mommy." His favorite babysitter is probably Aunt Syd.  But mostly he loves his Grandma( who he calls mom-mom), his Papa, his Mimi, and his Poppy.  He always tells me when he thinks he is going somewhere, "Be back now Mommy" which I'm sure means, be back later haha. We sure love this little guy.  He is so sweet, wild, crazy, and cute and we wouldn't change him for anything!

Good days.

March 2012

Sept. 2010

Today I had a color cancel so I went and picked up the boys and brought them to the park.  They love the park and the good weather.  They played and played and had so much fun.  Cohen is little Mr. friendly and goes up to every person to say hi and make sure they know he is there.  Tage has gotten really good at all the bars and everything at the park.  I took some new pictures of them at the park and then remembered I had these other pictures that look the same, except how much they have changed.  These other pictures were in the fall of 2010.  Cohen looks huge compared to Tage when he is like 6 months old.  He still looks huge compared to Tage now in the new picture!  They are so cute and we are so happy the weather has been so good to we could go to the park and enjoy the sun!!

Mar. 2012

Sept. 2010

Mar. 2012

Mar. 2012

What we have been up too...

I just wanted to post a few things we have been up to the last couple of months! Nothing too exciting, just getting ready for summer and having fun going to St. George!:)

Cohen got his first black eye.  Haha.  He had a huge black eye from falling for like the last week and everywhere we went people asked him how he got it.  He is a rough and tough little man.

 We took Jessica to get her ears pierced! Yay Jess!!! Only took her almost 19 years.  

 Tonight was my dad's birthday.  We took him to Tepanyaki for dinner tonight and had a lot lof fun.  My dad is the BEST.  He is the hardest worker I have ever known and will do anything to help out anyone.  He has always been over to help us with things at our house, to mow or lawn, or to play with the kids.  He is the best dad and pappa anyone could ask for.

 Dana and Nic got engaged!!!  They got engaged on friday and are getting married August 3 in the Bountiful Temple.  We are excited for them!

 Tage got his first set of real golf clubs and is so excited to start golf lessons in May and and go golfing with the big boys in St. George.