The Stewy Zoo

Lake Powell 2010

2010-07-21T14:02:00.001-07:00

I didn't think Powell would be fun cuz i'd be chasing a 15 month old dare devil around the whole time, but we actually had a blast. Mack and i only went for 2 days but Hunter got to go for the whole week. Ty stayed home to man the fort. I was so impressed that Mack could doggy paddle. I had floaties on him (they were pink cuz we borrowed them from Scarlett) and he loved swimming and was really good- only swallowed maybe a gallon of lake water. Hunter cliff jumped, did front flips off the boat, and built sand castles with Nazi flags all over them... we told him that those were not quite appropriate and so he changed them to German ones :) We missed Ty a whole lot, but we were glad to be able to go. Thanks Mimi and Papa!

Baby Boy #2 on his way!!

2010-04-08T12:34:00.000-07:00

We're having another boy!! I was kinda hoping for another boy cuz i'm loving how easy Hunter and Mack have been. I don't have to change the nursery, i don't have to go shopping for cute little dresses and ruffled bloomers and headbands and all that frilly stuff. Boys are just easy, dirty, messy, easy :) Tyler has his heart set on naming him Dash... which i'm not too keen of but i'll at least say i'm giving it thought. We found out at 14 weeks so we can't be 100% sure, but the ultrasound pictures made it pretty clear that it's a him so we're going with that for now. I'm so excited to be pregnant again. I know it comes with the not so fun parts, but i really love the excitement it brings and the belly. Call me weird, but i love it! So funny that my parents went from having all girls to having 5 grandsons all under 18 months old! My sister is having twin boys so we have a full Basketball team!! Go Rapp-ewarts!!

Bubbles

2010-03-31T21:49:00.000-07:00

2010-03-31T21:32:00.000-07:00

Mack has been the most cuddly little boy lately. I know this is just a phase that he's going through, but i hope it lasts forever! Anything soft he goes right up to and rests his head on it. My favorite was when we were at a birthday party and the little girl opened up a gift that had a soft blanket inside. Mack walked right over as she was showing everyone and laid down right in the middle of it. So cute!! If i'm sitting on the couch, he'll walk over and rest his head on my knee, or when you first pick him up he'll lay his head down on your shoulder. We even found him laying on the tile floor with his head on a soft toy that was laying there. I just can't put it into words how adorable it is! Pictures just don't do it justice.

Our Newest Addition

2010-03-31T21:25:00.001-07:00

Yes, another bullmastiff puppy! We love this breed and sadly we had to give Daisy back to the breeder, but this is one of her pups. We named him Moto and he is the best puppy i've ever had. Still working on some of the training, but he has been wonderful around the tortoises and the baby. Him and Bella are so fun to watch wrestle cuz her head alone is bigger than he is. I just hope we have our land before he gets full grown or it's going to get a little crowded around here ;)

Mack's Favorite Things

2010-01-26T01:03:00.000-08:00

These are just a few things on Mack's Favorite list... my favorite is the "looking at you upside down" thing. I have no idea where he got this from, but he loves it! He loves to climb into places that he can't get out of. He'll chew on anything, especially if it's something that he's not supposed to. I just love that whatever he thinks of doing, he smiles like it's the newest best thing.

Mack at 6 Months Old

2010-01-26T00:48:00.000-08:00

We thought this was hilarious... he did it much faster before we got the camera out, so he was a little worn out for this take... still funny.

Growing up!

2010-01-18T21:44:00.000-08:00

Mack is growing up way too fast! He has been non-stop from day one. He likes to climb into and onto everything, chew on anything, and will open and close doors all day long. His favorite is the fridge, and of course he's not allowed to play with it, so whenever it opens he crawls as fast as his little body will go and try to get in before it closes. It's so funny how they know what they aren't allowed to do, but will try anything to be able to do it :)

Yummm...

2009-09-15T10:23:00.000-07:00

I love feeding Mack... it's quite a challenge and yet very entertaining. At first he was great, didn't spit it out, didn't bite the spoon, didn't blow bubbles with it, didn't try and slap it out of my hand... but i guess he was getting bored with this. Now it's all of the above and still, he pleasantly surprises me with something new... maybe today it will be kicking the jar out of my hands, sneezing with a mouthful, or shutting his mouth so that i can't get the spoon in (this one seems to make him laugh the most).

He's Making a Run For It...

2009-09-15T10:15:00.000-07:00

Mack is crawling! One day he was just rolling over... the next up on his knees bobbing back and forth... and the next he was full on crawling! I can't believe how fast he learned. I love leaving him in one spot and coming back only to find that he's half way to the front door.

Larkin Family Reunion 2009

2009-08-21T20:49:00.000-07:00

We got to go up to Duck Creek for our annual Reunion. I have been going up there since i was a little kid and i am so happy to be able to take MY little kids now! Even though every child up there is caked with mud and dirt, you can't help but love being there. Though i will never again go camping with a baby and an unheated tent, i still loved it! For some reason my little son Hunter always has to be the only kid to fall into the lake... good thing i planned for this and brought 2 pairs of shoes and extra clothes :)

THE CAMPOUT IN THE TREEHOUSE!

2009-06-14T18:17:00.001-07:00

Hunty and Ty had a sleepover in the treehouse last night... He was so excited, Ty didn't think he was ever going to fall asleep... but at 7 the next morning i found them still out there snoring away :)

MACK & HUNTY

2009-06-06T17:01:00.000-07:00

Teddy Stewart got this outfit for Mack at the baby shower and it finally fits him... well not the hat so much, but we thought we'd try it anyways.

Mack's 1st Ice Cream Sunday

2009-06-06T16:58:00.000-07:00

Summertime

2009-06-06T16:54:00.000-07:00

So there's only so much fun you can have playing "dress ups" with a son...

THE ONE WITH MACK STEWY

2009-03-26T14:41:00.000-07:00

I had my baby!!! Mack was born on March 22 at 3:31pm. He weighed 7lbs 9oz and was 21" long. I started having contractions at midnight, held out as long as i could, but finally drug Tyler to the hospital at 5:30am. I was one of 6 girls that went in that night and the only one that got to stay, thank goodness (the others were false alarms). My doctor was out of town so i had to wait for Dr. Martin to get out of an emergency c-section... that 10 minutes was the longest of my life. But as soon as he arrived it was 5 pushes and Mack was born! It was an amazing experience- I feel that way now of course but during labor i swore we were adopting the rest of our kids :) I LOVE being a mom- even with all the late nights and not knowing at all what i'm doing, i LOVE it!

THE ONE WITH THE PHOTO SHOOT

2009-03-06T20:50:00.001-08:00

So for our baby shower invites we wanted to get a good picture of J

and I being all pregnant... what we thought would be an easy task sure is not when you're fat, uncoordinated, and have chopped all your pretty hair off... luckily out of 50 shots we got one that worked. I'm so ready to be normal again!

THE ONE WITH THE ARGO

2009-03-06T20:44:00.001-08:00

We went down to LA this weekend to get baby material and we stayed on our boat in Newport- The Argo. We've been going to the boat our entire lives, but this is the first time we took it out sailing thanks to our Uncle Greg. So much fun and on a perfect day. Our only job was to put on the steering wheel and fortunately after a few frustrating minutes we managed to make it work...

THE ONE IN PARK CITY

2009-01-06T15:04:00.001-08:00

We went up to Park City to hang out with Ty's family for a couple days. Hunty got to play with his cousins and the rest of us spent the time playing "Smart Ass" trying to beat Dale... finally we just made a rule that he had to lap us 3 times on the board to make it a win. It's a trivia game and of course most of the questions were from 1952 or so. Fun game, but when all you've done is beauty school, it's kinda challenging :)

THE ONE WITH THE NEW ADDITIONS

2009-01-06T14:23:00.000-08:00

Bluebeast Reptile has had some exciting new additions!!! We now have the Pancake Tortoise and the Indian Star. The pancakes are so cute! They are super flat and then have these little legs and head that stick out. The stars have the coolest design to them. Also as you can see from the bottom pics that our Russians have been working hard to give us a good year this spring. A HUGE breakthru to see this kind of activity going on! Tyler and i both got excited when we saw this... i know, sounds kinda kreepy, but it's a big deal around here :)

THE ONE WITH THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE

2009-01-06T14:12:00.000-08:00

Here is our little gingerbread house. When i was growing up we had an aunt that had us come over and make the real deal completely from scratch... this was just a box ready for assembly which was pretty nice... my cooking skills aren't quite ready for the real thing.

THE ONE WITH THE LITTLE WEENIE

2008-11-05T20:19:00.000-08:00

I had my 20 week ultrasound yesterday and it took the nurse less than 5 seconds to figure out IT'S A BOY!! It was the neatest thing ever to see this little baby moving all over. I haven't been able to feel him in my tummy yet so to know that he's alive and kicking is so exciting! He kept putting his little hand in front of every picture, so cute! The last picture on here is the 3D one... i can tell that it's his little face with his button nose and he's yawning, i hope you can all figure out what it is too! He has his two arms up around his face. Oh i just love him already!!! Hunter and his daddy were there with me and he was super excited that it's a boy. He asked if he could teach him how to ride a bike one day :) I hope he's as tall and good looking as his dad... but weighs only 6 pounds at birth... the doc says he's a big baby... yikes.

THE ONE WITH HUNTER'S 1ST DAY OF SCHOOL

2008-11-02T09:30:00.000-08:00

These are pics from Hunter's first day of kindergarden! I lost my camera and my wonderful hubby just found it so they're a little late, but he was so cute that i'll just add it now... He woke up as happy as can be, ate a big healthy bowl of Cookie Crisp for breakfast, met his teacher and a bunch of cute kids at school, and didn't want to leave when we went to pick him up. He said that he made 3 friends his first day and that he loves school. Way to go Hunty!

THE ONE WITH THE MASSACRE DE STEWARTS

2008-10-28T11:47:00.000-07:00

We've been up paintballin somewhere in Nevada ( i have no idea where) in this old abandoned town. It's the perfect place for it cuz it has old shacks all over, hills, and really good hiding places. There were about 12 of us that went up. I love getting done and comparing battle wounds... i didn't have any good ones this round, but the enemies sure did, ha.

THE ONE WITH THE LARKIN REUNION

2008-10-08T20:25:00.000-07:00

We had our anual Larkin Reunion this year and i was so excited to actually have a "family of my own" there. I love our fam! There are a ton of kids running around getting as dirty as possible, campfires, dirtbike rides, paintball massacres, and just plain fun. We'll see how fun it is next year when we have to take care of a lil baby in the middle of the woods... bring it on!

THE ONE WITH THE PIZZAS

2008-10-07T13:09:00.000-07:00

We had a lil friend of Hunty's over this week and i thought it'd be fun to make homemade pizzas! I have never cooked them before, this was a complete trial run, but they ended up being really yummy! And it's a good thing cuz we had my sister Jocelyn and her hubby Ryanna over for dinner with no back up plan. I do have to give a shout out to the men for making the best looking pizzas... J and i need a little help but they were still tasty.

THE ONE WITH THE ZOO

2008-09-25T14:25:00.000-07:00

We seriously have a zoo over at our house! One of the things about Ty that i fell in love with right away was his crazy "hobby". He breeds whatever he can get his hands on. I've never been so amused at someones house till i started dating him. Before we were married he had over 300 chameleons, 2 snakes, roaches & crickets galore, and tortoises. Since we've been together we've brought in 2 huge dogs, 7 sugar gliders, a million frogs, a kitty, and we're up to around 100 tortoises. Neighbors bring their kids over just to hang out cuz there's so much going on. I absolutely love it! Tyler is able to take really good care of all of his animals now, but let's see how well he does when we bring our own little monsters to the fam...

THE ONE WITH OUR HONEYMOON

2008-09-25T13:00:00.000-07:00

We went on a 7 day cruise to the South Caribbean! It was the perfect honeymoon. We were waited on 24/7, got room service at 2am, and they had unlimited cheesecake! What else could you ask for? I even entered a volleyball contest and took 2nd place! Yeah, i could certainly do that again sometime soon. Thanks Mom & Dad Stewart!

THE ONE WITH OUR WEDDING

2008-09-24T17:50:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few wedding pics! We got hitched in April, here in Vegas. It was wonderful! All that planning was VERY worth it, although Ty still thinks we should've had a BBQ in the backyard :) It went by super fast, so if i could do it all over again i would've planned another 4 hours just to enjoy it. Hello Mrs. Sarah Stewart!