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Hunter and mom. This kid loves taking pics of himself

Hunter and dad putting together a puzzle

Hunter in his doggy jammies.

This kid is getting so big! I can't believe how much he's grown lately. He surprises me every day. He can count to 20, say his ABC's, and tell you his animal sounds. (of course he just repeats what I tell him but it's still pretty good) He says the pray at dinner every night. He's very good at it too. He know the Dear Heavenly part and Christ, Amen part. He can tell you what he wants and loves to tell his dad that dinner is ready. He knows how to call his grandma & grandpa's on my phone. Usually without any help. The other day he kept calling Josh's mom and he'd talk for a few min and then say bye-bye love you and hang up. He usually always remember his bye-bye and love you's. He's quite particular in who does certain things for him. Lately mom isn't allowed to get him his cup only dada. Sometimes I'm allowed to change his diaper and sometimes I'm not and dad is. Just depends on his mood. He's getting ready for McKenna to come. I'm not sure how excited he will really be when she gets here but in the mean time he knows where her room is and her bed and certain things that are for her.

We sure love having this kid in our family and certainly wouldn't trade him for anything. He's such a joy to be around.

Christmas 2010

Hunter & my dad

Never sure why we buy presents

Helping dad open presents

We were able to go home for Christmas this year. Which is always fun. We were able to be with my sister and her boyfriend and his son and my parents and then we got to spend time with Josh's family. I have many more pics from Christmas but due to some family asking not to post pics of them I will have to just tell you how much fun we had. Of course Hunter was spoiled. Santa brought him his train set and he loves it! He got a lot of stuff between us, my sister, my parents, Josh's parents, and aunts & uncles. Josh and I kept things simple for each other. We didn't do much for each other. I got him his NY Yankee hat and that's it. I honestly don't remember what he got me but he did get me something. (my bad) We love being able to be with family and celebrate the Saviors birth. (sorry for the bold underlined text, my comp is being weird)

Graduation

Josh & his sister, Krystal

Josh & his parents

Josh, me, and Hunter

Just after getting his diploma holder. (cuz they don't actually give you a real diploma until all grades have been posted and are final)

Josh at graduation. We were pretty close to his seat. We were in the 2nd or 3rd row. Not too bad.

I know these pics are way way over due and backwards but oh well. I am so proud of Josh for graduating. He graduated Magna Cum Lade (not sure if that's how you spell it) which means his GPA was at a certain grade level. (which means your smart basically). He is officially a Boise State University Alumni. He has his bachelors in Accounting, and now we are just waiting to find a job in a related field. Way to go honey! We love you!

I have the best son ever!!!!

Friday, Josh and I were on our way to the dreaded Walmart. We were just talking and Hunter was in his car seat just chillin, lookin out the window. Josh and I stopped talking and then Hunter looked at me and said, "Momma's pretty" It just made my whole day! Especially since we weren't talking about anything remotely close to it, so he came up with it all on his very own. He's so stinkin cute! (most of the time)

We have officially come up with a name. Ever since we found out we were pregnant we could only think of girl names. We tried to think of boy names but we never found anything we liked well enough to say that's what we would name our child. We each had our girl names picked out but neither one of us liked the other ones name well enough to give in to naming our child that. Then one day at work, Lynette, said she had thought of a name for us in the middle of the night. When she told me I loved it from the begining and called Josh to see what he thought and he loved it too. So we have stuck with it and now we can't change it cuz Hunter has it down pat.
It's going to be:

McKenna Grace Alvey

Grace was my grandma's name who I have never met (only in heaven) (my mom's mom) and I love the name Grace but Josh wasn't fond of it ever for a first name so we settled on a middle name.

Things are still going well with this pregnancy. I have only gained 4 pounds (which is fine with me). I am due June 2 and we are so excited for this little gal to get here.

Hunter Funnies

I know it's been ages since I updated but life is crazy. Here's a few Hunter funnies for you to laugh at.

*Sunday we were sitting in Sacrament meeting and it was time to bless the bread and water. So we told Hunter to sit down and fold his arms so we could bless the bread and water. He sat down on the bench, folded his arms and said, "Dear Heavenly" then Josh and I busted up laughing and he stopped and wanted to know what we were laughing at. It was so stinkin funny and cute! We are so glad that he is learning a few things in life that are important. Unlike the penny ordeal. Story to come...

*Yesterday (2/15), Hunter was on the couch watching his Bye-Bye (DirecTv has a program called Baby 1st tv and they have this band on it that is called Shushy-bye and so he calls it bye-bye) and Josh and I were in our room watching a movie. He had his monies with him (he loves coins and being able to have money in his hand). All of a sudden Josh and I hear him choking so we run out there and low and behold he swallowed his money. We aren't sure wheather it was a dime or a penny but we know it was one of them. Then he was so sad because his money was all gone. We will just keep checking the diaper and wait for the results. :)

*Hunter has been very into watching movies lately. Namely 3 of them. Elmo, Thomas the Train, and Cars. They get very old to mom and dad but he loves them so whatever. Anyways, he was in our room watching one of his movies and I was in the kitchen fixing dinner and from my room I hear, "Dinner ready?" He was asking me if dinner was ready like his dad does sometimes. Keep in mind he is almost 2 1/2. Then the other day he was in the living room and he was coloring on his art easel and he stops and asks "dinner ready?"

*Speaking of his art easel (he got it for Christmas) he was coloring on it the other day and yet again it was while Josh and I were fixing dinner. He wanted to help and all of a sudden I see something on his face. Took a closer look...yes, he colored his ears! Not only did he color them but the insides of them too. He was so proud of himself!

*Hunter has a bear that my brother gave to him when he was first born. He loves his bear and about a week ago he took it to bed with him and then when he woke up the bear went everywhere with him! The bear ate breakfast (Hunter shared his toast), got dressed with Hunter, went potty in the big boy toilet, went bye-bye with him. You name it the bear did it.

*Hunter also has a kitty/bear thing that Krystal got him when she went to Italy. We were sitting in church and he took his kitty and layed it on my lap and covered it with his blanket and then was rubbing it's belly. I asked him if he was practicing for when the baby gets here and he said yes. I told him he was going to be a good big brother.

*Hunter and I always get our coats out of the closet together in the mornings to leave. I always make him zip up his coat and since my belly has gotten bigger I haven't been able to zip my coat up. Hunter gets so mad because I make him do his coat up but I can't. He tells me, "zip it momma" and I say I can't Hunter. He asks why and I tell him because McKenna is in the way and it will squish her. Then he says, Kenna in the way! and is so mad because she is in the way of zipping up my coat.

Well that's a few Hunter funnies for your entertainment. Enjoy!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!