Our Little Helper

Pratt has learned how to help us with all sorts of things...

Here he is organizing our lids.



He loves unloading the dishwasher.



And his new favorite, helping with the laundry.

Can you stand on a belt?

Pratt can. He stands on my belt all the time, I'll prove it.

I started out here holding him facing up over my shoulder, but he immediately stands on my belt and twists around sideways.

Look Mom, one foot!

Ta-Da!
Simple yet hilarious, he does it like clockwork.

Of course an elaborate trick like that wears him out.

Our Favorite Little Boy

Personal news: I finally got my business license! After all the step by step things it took to get to this point, I'm now a 100% legit health care provider in the state of Nevada. While I could put a picture of the license up, that would be boring, so here are some more of our favorite little guy!

Nope, that's not a huge booger dripping down his lip...that's the rice cereal that never got eaten. Acts like he wants food, but I don't know if he's actually gotten any down yet.

Pratt loves playing on the counter...the danger...the excitement...I guess we shouldn't let him get used to it.

Sitting inside a box...yep, best thing since Christmas.

Yanking up on Daddy's nose when he should be giving me a head scratch.

That's more like it.

Hope things are well for you all!

Pratt's Utah Trip

Yep, Pratt and Mommy went to Utah from the 12th to the 17th, leaving Daddy all alone (that would be me). I was relegated to evenings filled with no-brainer guy movies and the Wii.

Fortunately they came back with some great pictures

Pratt doing his thing...just kind of sitting there looking cute

Helping Mommy unload the dishes

Early B-day dinner for Mommy at Zupas. Yes, I love the place as much as her, and no, I wasn't there. Non paid shout out to Zupas, if you haven't been there yet GO. It's awesome.

He's lovin' that inflatable B-day cake. Remember when I got the cake? He was sleeping.

The 4 Generation Picture: Great Grandma Hardy, Grandpa Hardy, Mommy, and Pratt!

4 Generation again, including Uncle Nathan and Cousin Elijah

The Glorious 2nd Amendment

While in Utah last fall, I wanted to take Janae shooting since she had never been. We lucked out & the sporting goods store in Vernal had an event at the shooting range where several different vendors had their whole line up of firearms to use. You would buy tickets, turn them in at the tables, and whichever gun you wanted to shoot determined how many rounds you'd get. Can you spell FUN?!

Here's a little clip of Janae nailing the target with a handgun. Before this day she hadn't even shot a BB gun, but there she shot 3 pistols (.22, .380, and 9mm) and a 20 gauge shotgun.

Now that Janae had been shooting there weren't any excuses left. We purchased our very first firearm, under the tutalage of Grandpa Brady. It's a Smith & Wesson 9mm M&P compact, and to make it really fun it has a Crimson Trace laser sight on it.



Janae and Pratt were visiting family in Utah most of this week, so that left me with some time to take it shooting for the very first time. Although I'm the last guy in our family to get into guns, I can honestly say it will be a great hobby!

Pratt's 1st Sunday in a Shirt & Tie

We're sporting the new "My Pal & Me" ties Grandma gave us for Christmas! This kid is totally GQ!

Christmas Fun

Pratt's favorite part of Christmas was all of this beautiful wrapping paper.

Pratt opening his first present (a CD from us) on Christmas morning at Grandma and Grandpa Bradys'. He loves all the new toys and books he got.

Christmas Morning in Vernal. We had a blast hanging out with Scott's family watching movies, playing games, and adoring Pratt.

Our little Santa Claus on Christmas.


Here we are at my parents' house enjoying our 2nd Christmas of the year. We had a lot fun with my family relaxing, watching movies, playing Rummikub, and making Pratt laugh.

Here is Pratt enjoying his first Christmas stocking from Grandma and Grandpa Hardy. We can't get enough of this little guy and his fun personality.