The Goal....

So the goal now that reality has set in, is two posts a month. You know if you see more than that from me that I've become iron woman. Probably lifting weights or something. Things are swell, but incredibly chaotic in the Vala house. Thank goodness for spring babies, because being totally cooped up at this point would be driving me insane! Dave has started his master's degree at the U, Isaac is officially home with me and Sam every day, and Sam is still addicted to being held. He is a baby who wishes I would wear him - permanently. I guess I do, mostly. Isaac asks to hold him a lot, and is very gentle and excited to do so. Yesterday while holding him and caressing his face Isaac said "hey little guy, I'm not ever gonna let anything happen to you.". My heart just about melted. I hope he stays this fond of his little bro, and that Sam will reciprocate the feelings. Aw, brothers :) Sam turned 1 month old on June 9th. He continues to be an incredibly sweet, cute baby. Some of his favorite things, besides just being held of course are: ~watching his goofball brother listening to the sound of his mom and dad
~ staring at light coming through the windows, and shadows made by the light, especially if they move. ~trying to find his thumb, which he successfully does a few times daily, but he can't figure out how to keep it in more than about thirty seconds at a tome, which makes him a tad bit angry.
~showers! he loves to take a shower with mom or dad. He coos, smiles, relaxes, and falls asleep all in about 3-4 minutes in the shower. It's incredibly cute!
~sleeping!  still such a stark contrast to Isaac's sleeping schedule.  Sam is still sleeping around 18 hours daily...Isaac at a month?  maybe 13.

The rest of  this post will just need to be told with captions...
Isaac had his first "summer haircut" today. My dad brought over the clippers and gave him a nice haircut. Isaac had mixed feelings during the haircut, wanting to stop halfway through, but we bribed him with an m and m :)

Mister Man.

Lots of this happening daily.  Look how huge Sam looks, too.

Goof

Tired dad and sleepy babe who loves sleeping on his dad.

He's been playing Monkey Math School Sunshine.  If you have a 3+ year old, it's worth the 99 cents!

Love those tiny toes that he lined up.

Annual tradition - Pride Parade 2012.  Sam's first.  Isaac's been going since he was born, too.

Dave and Isaac at the parade. 

Our fam at the parade.  A fun tradition, supporting human rights. 

The cute Sellers fam - check out Q's festive rainbows.   Love this little fam! 

Julie and Tim - so happy to spend time with these spectacular friends :)  Plus, they kept Isaac on shoulders and made she he scored some great prizes during the parade. 

And the Wonderful Little fam, with festive Alice, their new addition.  She is only about 6 weeks older than Sam - can't wait 'til they can play!

Don't have pictures of the other friends at the parade, but we enjoyed time with Patti, Ali, McKay, Sierra and her fam.  It was a fun year at the parade!  HOORAY!

More goofiness.

And finally, one of my favorite pictures of Dave and I, atop Angel's Landing in Zion.  We had our 8th wedding anniversary on June 12th.  June also marked 12 years together!  We met in June of 2000.  Cheers to 12 wonderful years with this man whom I love and adore.  I am a lucky girl and am so thankful for this guy!