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Some of my favorite things are....
elephants
strawberries
squirrels
and...
Kadon
He is the best. There isn't much more to say

poor baby :(

Max woke up this morning with a rash covering his entire body.

*frowny face*


Still no telling what is causing the rash. Could be the amoxicilin. Could be a virus. Could be an allergic reaction.

Only thing we know for sure: it's breaking our hearts.
(and even though we've been too the doctor, it is still freaking us out a little bit.)

Bless his poor little heart.


Please note, however, that he remains the most angelic baby.

And yet, she still has more pictures...

My cousin Jandee took this picture of girl and I last fall. I only just saw it a week ago.
(Some members of my family are cd hoarders)
My life felt more complete after I saw it. That's how much I love it.

Dexter thinks Max is the best new person in the family. Sometimes I think it's cool because I have the best new vacuum cleaner/mop on the market. And then I remember I hate it because Dexter's thrown up 6 times in the last week. Plus, did anyone else see that fat dog car commercial during the superbowl? Brandon leaned over and said to me "I wonder if this is how Dexter feels?" Might just be. That's probably why he's going all bulimic as of late.

Hey, I know those two people. They love each other LOTS!

Because it wouldn't be a photo shoot without Landon.


Life is so much happier with these two men in it.

I just can't get over his face in this one. Best face ever!

You know how some days just go like that?

Landon loving Landon. (And who wouldn't, honestly?)

Kami brought home this bushy mustache from school one day.

Hit of the party!

Haircut Day

Once upon a month called January I took pictures on haircut day.

huzzah!

Isn't he beautiful?


Cooper hates haircut day. He has such sensitive skin he breaks out into a horrible rash the second his hair touches him. I've learned to be very quick with him. Except on this day... when the clippers broke mid cut. And his mother kept stopping ever minute or so for photographic proof of his existence. He powered through it though. Little trooper.

When I took this picture I thought "Man this kid reminds me of someone." ... it's Kadon, my brother. This is his go-to face. You know how Zoolander has blue steel? Kadon has this look. Whatever this look is. I always love to see a nod to my side of the family.

This face is all Landon though. It's called "mischief".

Gosh I love his face.

When Cooper was little I used to get "He looks just like his dad!" all the time. The last year or so I've gotten "Wow, he is the spitting image of his dad!" When I say "Oh yeah, Cooper does look a lot Brandon" I always find out that the person meant Landon.
It confuses me.
I've never seen it. Landon has always looked just like Landon to me. And then I stumbled on this picture.
WOW! Do you see that? It's like Brandon fathered a mini-me.

Moments

This morning, before leaving in the wee hours for bishopric meeting, Brandon placed a hungry baby in my arms. And for the tiniest moment the two of us lay in bed, Max and I, with his little body snuggled up tight. His toes were in my stomach and his wispy blond locks were tickling my nose. And he was snoring, little adorable baby snores that remind you they're alive.

And do you know what, life doesn't get much more perfect than that.



There is this feeling sometimes where I feel like I need to hold on so tightly to someone so that I can absorb them deep into my gut.
Like if I squeeze them tight enough I can keep them forever. And the more I think about it the tighter I squeeze. And a hug doesn't seem strong enough to hold them. And I don't want to breathe for fear they might disappear, yet I'm taking deep breathes just trying to suck them in.

I get that way sometimes.

That's what love is you know. It's wanting to keep that person with you for always. Wanting to hold them for always, to hear them for always, to see them for always.

I am so grateful for my testimony of for always.

That I get Brandon for always.
And Kameryn, for always.
And Cooper, for always.
And Landon, for always.
And Max, for always.

That for always they will be mine. Because I don't think I could bare only having them for a little bit.

Bowens: Now You See 'Em. Now You Don't.

Hey look!
Even though my lack of blog posts would speak otherwise, it would seem we are still alive.

...and still crazy.
Which is the best way.

Boy, oh boy!

Brandon made it a point to make the most luscious faces for all my pictures. In fact, I believe I caught him mid "lush".

Yep... still working on it.

No worries, Max was showing him how it's really done.

Cooper and a "teeth smile"

Me and my girl.
(who gets prettier everyday. If it's even possible!)


See? Even ridiculously good looking people take horrid pictures on a regular basis.

Makes me giggle every time.

Man he's cute!

Payback: noogie style!

"My bum is on your face! My bum is on your face!"

Yep.
That kind of stuff happens all the time at our house.

Kami loves to have her picture taken with Max.
Max... well he doesn't seem to have an opinion.

My child who I think looks the most like me
(Ironically, everyone else thinks he looks most like his father)

Landon's "Blue Steel".

And...Landon.

We'll leave you with that one.