May...

May is usually a very busy month in the Nelson household. In years past, I have a hectic last month of school with grades, end of year program, parties, field trips, and not to mention, testing! For the most part, I didn't have a whole lot to worry about up at the school thanks to the great people I work with and an awesome substitute. I was able to enjoy being a full-time mom during my maternity leave. The weather wasn't as cooperative as I would have liked. I wasn't able to take the boys to as many games as I had planned. I spent a lot of time indoors entertaining an energetic two year old. We did, however, attend all the state baseball games and had a fabulous time. Cohen loved every minute of watching Papa Shoe coach; he even would go dugout and yell at his grandpa until he acknowledge his presence at the game. We were excited to watch the Spanish Fork Dons come back from the losers bracket to win the 4A State Baseball Championship for the 3rd year in a row! It was awesome to see the boys play so well. I was also thrilled to see our Lady Dons win another State Softball Title! I was sad I wasn't able to attend their games as well since they were playing usually at the same time at different complexes.

May also brought some exciting news for me, not so much for Tyler or our budget. I was surprised to open up a Gap coupon to find I won (well technically Tyler's name was on it) the Royal Treatment from Gap which is employee discount for a year!!! I think I got a little too ecstatic in the car and was screaming just a little bit because before I knew it, Cohen was yelling right along with me even though he had no idea why! It is funny because I entered every day and even made Tyler's cousin go into Gap to enter with me. He ended up finding out he won the next day and promised to let us use it since we didn't win. I don't know why I didn't get the email saying we won, but this was much more exciting to find out this way.

On the downside to my luck, I went into the crawl space to find 7 inches of water and tipped over containers. Our Christmas trees (yes, I said 2 trees), 15-20 Christmas books, maternity clothes, and some other things were submerged under the water and ruined. I have spent the last 2 days washing and rewashing my clothes to see if I can salvage them. Hopefully the rain slows down in June and we don't have anything else ruined.

Cohen spent most of the month of May doing what he does best: baseball. He watched numerous Varsity and Freshman games with his Grandma Pat. She was great to pick Cohen up to take him to a game when it was too cold to take Tal out. I can't even count the times Cohen woke up from a nap and said, "Ball game, Mom!" He knew most games were played right after nap time and was always ready to go. There are three things Co loves after baseball: Mack trucks, fire trucks, and Papa's bus. Well, after the boys won, he was able to get on "Papa's bus" for a minute which made his day. Along with that, Cohen got the baseball royal treatment and was able to join the team on the fire trucks for a victory lab down main street. Now he wants to ride in a Mack truck, but I don't think that one is going to happen any time soon. Cohen has also turned into the sweetest big brother. He doesn't like to leave Talon too often, other than a baseball game of course! Today he came up to me while I was getting Talon ready for bed and said, "Great job, Tal!" Apparently being a happy, smiley baby deserves a hi-five and some positive praise from the big brother. Oh boy, Cohen is at such a fun age! He is a non-stop talker and I love listening to all the funny comments he is learning to say. His latest sayings include: "Mom, help me", "You get it", and "Mom, Mom....Heather!"

Talon is growing up and getting bigger every day! I forgot how fast these little ones grow. Each day I find something new he has grown out of including the Skinny Mini jeans his uncle Brock gave him. At one point, we thought these cute jeans would fit him in the fall. However, our little guy isn't so little and Skinny Mini jeans aren't for him (at least not now)! Talon's newest accomplishment is smiling and I love every second of it. It is the sweetest thing when I see him smiling at me. He is also discovering his tongue and is experimenting with sounds. He can't do a lot yet, but he is doing it more and more each day. Talon is such a great addition to our family. Two children have definitely been more challenging, but I am slowly figuring out how to do our regular routine with these two little boys.