Happy birthday Wells 💚

Wells has been turning into a person right before our eyes and we love who he’s becoming.

Wells is obsessed with music. He will ask Alexa for songs approximately 10000 times a day, and the crazy thing is that he knows the words and will sing along. He loves playing his drums, playing piano, dancing around to music, and will constantly ask us the name of songs in the car. He has sat through entire dance recitals and performances, utterly mesmerized. His love for music mirrors his dad’s and it makes me so happy.

Wells loves Pokemon, TMNT, spidey, Miraculous, pretty much anything with good guys and bad guys and fighting it out. He loves imagination games but often requests that “no we are all friends” instead of fighting. But in the next breath he will tell us “this is a punchy” and threatens to get us. It’s a constant back and forth here!

Wells is so so smart and loves learning. He will request to do a workbook or our little preschool lessons every day. He picks up things so quick and knows most of his letters, all the sounds, can count so well, and loves tracing letters and doing mazes. He is so impatient to at preschool and asks often when he can do to real school which he has dubbed “spiderman school.” He will sit and look at books for hours and always stops me when I read to say “mom I love how…” and then will proceed to make an observation about the story. It kills me!

Wells wants to be just like Graham and follows his lead on many things, but Wells also has an independence and fearlessness that makes Graham follow his lead too. We love their dynamic so much.

This year Wells has done gymnastics and has loved it, and spends so much time in the yard playing! He loves to throw and catch, run, kick, and swing golf clubs or baseball bats.

Wells is our wild card. He is so curious, unafraid, stubborn, and marches to his own drum. It’s a lethal combo that makes him insanely fun. He has one volume – loud – and can be heard saying “I don’t care about it” and “I have a great idea” followed by him convincing you to do something he wants.

Wells is sweet, empathetic, brave, and fun. We love him so much.

HBD sweet boy 💚

Graham KILLED it at baseball this year! We are so proud of all he did and how much he learned and grew. He did great at hitting the ball, running the bases, and throwing!

We are already having the best summer with pool days with friends, time at the museum, and a trip to Saint George! The boys loved playing with Beth and Gavin and going to the beach.

Clarke is already 2 months old!

He is a good sleeper most of the time.
He gives us giant, open mouth smiles especially when he sees his brothers.
He’s finding his voice and loves to coo at us when we sing or chat.
He’s a true third child and is very chill, but when he needs something he will not be shy to let us know.
He is so strong and tries to hold his head up all the time to look around.
He’s obsessed with the ceiling fan and we call it his master because he will do whatever he can to be looking at it.
He has captured the hearts of everyone around him and we couldn’t be more obsessed.

I’m having trouble understanding how time has moved so quickly. Clarkson is already a month old and I don’t know how to cope.

Clarke is our little bestie, he’s so good and loves to come along for all our crazy adventures. He sleeps so much and is a quintessential third kid!

He is finding his voice and isn’t afraid to tell us if he doesn’t like something or needs something.

Clarke shocked us all by never dropping from his birth weight and gaining 7 oz at his 2 week appointment!

I know people say newborns don’t mean to smile, but we swear Clarke has had smiles and even little giggles for us already. He is so sweet and fun, and we love him to pieces.

Here’s to slowing down time for next month.

S I X

Graham has grown so much this year and watching him learn has been the best thing.

Graham loves all things Pokemon, TMNT, Disney, superhero, and Harry Potter. He has such a wonderful imagination and is always making up games with his brother and friends. He loves playing with action figures and stuffed animals more than just about anything, and wants to keep every little toy and trinket to make up a game with.

Graham is so sweet and kind hearted. He is the sweetest big brother who always wants to help his little brothers, and he cares about them so much. He loves his friends hard, and loves any time as a family to chat and cuddle up.

This year we have watched Graham come out of his shell, be open and excited for new experiences and lean into being brave. He has taken on so many new things like school, piano, baseball, basketball, gymnastics, making new friends, being brave to do things on his own, going new places and meeting new people. He has grown so much and we are insanely proud of him.

Graham is so smart, he loves reading and writing and math, and his imagination shines as he learns. He asks great questions, and includes drawings with all of his school work—he’s a great artist! I never want to forget how he tests out colors on the page to make sure they look right before he puts them on the picture.

Graham’s sassy side has started to come out which we honestly love. He’s not afraid to explain his side, set boundaries, or tell us when he thinks we are wrong. I’m sure that will get more pronounced as he gets older!

Graham loves music and the boys play songs all day long, doing dance parties or making up games to go with their soundtrack. Graham also loves shopping, always wanting to buy new clothes (especially socks)—there is so much of his dad in him.

He can often be heard saying “let’s go baby!” And “come on bro” or “dude are you kidding me”

He’s six going on sixteen in a lot of ways, but he still wants to be a kid, insisting he doesn’t want to grow up or have a job or get married, which is fine by me.

Graham is our best buddy, an amazing helper, and the coolest, nicest kid I know. We are so insanely lucky to have him in our family!

We enjoyed the temple open house, a Austen tea party for Olivia’s birthday, the Tulip Festival, and so much time with Clarke. We love him so much!