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The following post has some editing errors....I cannot figure out how to fix them. So if you cannot read some of the printing or notice that some lettering is different than the other, sorry and you're right. Hope you still enjoy!

February, where have you gone?

In a blur of birthdays, holidays, diapers, laundry, housework and all the other stuff. What a busy month it has been--but don't I always say that? Guess this just isn't the time of life for it be not busy.

The month started off with Teagan's blessing. My brother Aaron and his family (which includes 4 little boys!) and our dear friends Bob and Amy, and their daughter Missy, from Idaho Falls, all came to be with us on this wonderful day. It was a beautiful blessing. Unfortunately, as usual, things went crazy after sacrament and we got no pictures taken. I barely was able to get a few of Teagan right before I had to change his clothes because he messed through them. Things like that always seem to happen.

Aaron and family stayed late that evening so we could have a fun Super Bowl party together. I'm definitely loving the chance to spend time with my family and play lots of games, games, games!

We had two birthdays this month. Hyrum turned the big 2! He woke to balloons on his chair and pancakes for breakfast. He loves pancakes and I tried to be creative and make some look like twos--he wouldn't touch the shapes and only would eat the round ones. Funny kid! I had to go to the doctor for my 6 week, so they played with the neighbor boys in the morning, and the rest of the day was pretty normal. He didn't really get that it was his birthday. Every time someone would say, "Is it your birthday?" or "Happy Birthday!" he would scowl at them and say, "No birfday". It was funny. Then for dinner we put out the party stuff and had Hyrum's favorite...spaghetti. Next came cake and presents--which I must say get harder and harder with each additional little boy...they already have everything from their brothers! But we figured out a few things. I think he enjoyed it! This video is long, but cute--at least we think so.

My birthday was the next day, but as our life normally goes, Wayne had to work late so it was skipped. We did a small thing Saturday, but it was a bit last minute and so there are no pictures.

Valentine's day came next. We made some Valentine candies to get ready. Since it fell on a Monday night, we did a quick lesson about how we can show love for each other and most especially our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ by reading John 14:15. Then Wayne and I had made each boy a Valentine with a special message on it and had hidden them around the living room. When they found them it had their refreshment/treat on it. It was a fun activity.

The end of the month came the blur of just stuff, stuff, stuff. Hyrum decided that he will gladly take on the role of a terrible two and has set to work making messes or chaos wherever he can. Stealing pudding cups and eating them on the couch upstairs. Not only did I have to change his clothes, but mine and Teagan's as well. How he managed getting chocolate on everyone I really don't know. Waking up in the morning and somehow getting out of his pajamas without unzipping them. He's in a nude phase. He often comes walking downstairs with no pants on and even no diaper. And most often, he throws his food everywhere. This happens all the time, but I took this picture because this happened within about 5 minutes of me handing it to him, turning and going into the kitchen for my lunch, and coming back to find yogurt EVERYWHERE! Such fun!

All the while Teagan has been growing like crazy. We had his two month appointment this week and he now weighs 13lbs 10oz.--90%. Check out the guns

He smiles and coos and seems to prefer Mommy over Daddy which is different from the last two. He now gets to sit in the Bumbo and loves to watch his brothers. So far he has survived being shaken violently by Brenner (who said, "but he's smiling Mommy"), being given CPR compressions by Hyrum (it was done in fun, but I don't know what the kid was thinking), and being jumped on by Parker (Parker didn't see him on the couch and thankfully only hit Teagan's legs and grazed his head). He's practicing his Kung Fu.

I've tried to be diligent and not miss taking pictures of Teagan just because things are busy, but I then realized I had no pictures of the other boys. So I gathered them around and got a shot.
Brenner the guber.