How well do you know your spouse??

Funny story!
So JJ kissed me and turned to get ready for work. John David was sitting in his swing and JJ turned and said "that is the only woman that you will be kissing until you are 16"
Joane said"Whatever he is going to be just like you and start kissing at 12 or was it 8 or.... when did you have your first kiss?"
JJ said" I was 12 but my first girlfriend was when I was in 8th Grade and she played the flute, but I like them saxophone players"
Joane is laughing like ok whatever.... JJ ask" that is what you played right?"
Joane said" No not even close"
JJ said" Clarinet? tuba? Trombone, trumpet?"
Joane "Not even in the same family"
JJ " Percussion? Brass? Winds? ...
Joane is laughing now.... and say Stings.....
JJ says " Viola... THE BASS....."
JJ says "I like those bass players...."

HAHA

Empathy, Selfishness, and Love

So those of you that visit my blog often, know that I am not a writer. but tonight, for some reason I feel like I need to write. My heart is very full. I am so thankful for everything that I have and have been blessed with. My son is such a huge blessing in my life and I Love him so much each day. I started a book tonight that is called "Dancing in the light" If any of you have read it will know why my heart is so full. I am only on chapter 6 and I have cried at least once in every chapter. It starts out with a man coming home from the hospital where his wife just had a baby girl. Everything is perfect but he has this feeling that it is not going to last. well two weeks later his wife dies. I personally have not had to deal with death on a very close level (besides my great grandma and she was almost 100 and time to go) I am so grateful for that. I am not sure how well I will deal with it when the time comes. I am grateful for the knowledge that we have of the after life and what will happen to each of us. I am so grateful for the knowledge that we will and can be together forever no matter what happens in this life. I am so thankful for my marriage in the temple, and for the temple so close to us.

My selfishness is regarding my son. My son is 4 months old this month, and it seems to me that quite a few people are asking if I have started him on rice cereal yet. (I am sure it has only been a few though but with all the mailings I have got on it lately it feels like alot) Just tonight I have really started to feel selfish in not doing so but I am going to stay selfish for awhile. I have really enjoyed breast feeding and do not want that connection to end. I told JJ about it and he asked jokingly if I was going to breast feed until he was three. Obviously I am not going to but I just feel like he is growing up so fast and I want to stop it. It is funny I did not think that I would ever Not want to stop breast feeding, I thought it would be a pleasure to stop. I believe that as long as I am breastfeeding I am the only one that can take care of my son. (this is where I sound really selfish.)I think JJ wants to feed him but I am not ready to let go of that responsibility yet. I am sorry honey but you will have to wait for another month or two.

My heart goes out to all of those who are trying to have kids. I understand that we all have different trials in our lives and I want you all to know that I love and support you and want you to be able to cry on my shoulder if needed. I know that God has a plan for each of his children and some of you might have children just not in the way you expect them. (I am not really sure why I wrote this I have erased it like three times but it keeps coming up so I guess it is supposed to be here.) If I ever offend or step over my bound please let me know. if I don't know about it I can not fix it.

Well I feel alot better now that I have written this all down I can probably go to sleep.

Our Utah trip through Pictures...

Ok so I have a tone of Pictures from Utah but I think these are the most important.
Grandpa







The Mountains What I miss the most while in AL(Besides my family!)




Grandma

Best Friends

Grandparents!!

I thought this was funny!

My Pride in Fatherhood

I may be a day late and a dollar short on posting this, but I am the richest man alive when it comes to the blessing of being a father; and having a father who has taught me so much about what a father should be. I first want to start out by saying I love my beautiful wife and my most handsom son. They are my pride and joy and I love seeing them laugh, play, and giggle. For those that truely know me, I have thick skin(tall wall) and rarely show my emotions. But my wife has seen first hand the "small and simple things" break down my mighty fortress and put me in tears. Truely John-David Tucker is my small and simple little joy that melts my heart everytime he looks at me and smiles.

LAKE POWELL

Lake Powell is so GREAT!! I love how the pictures turn out with all the different colors!

The first day we got there it was pretty stormy and windy. This is a picture of the clouds rolling by.
This is where we always camp. This is an island in the middle of the lake that used to shelter us from some of the wind, but this year the water was so high that it was alot further away so it didn't really help out alot. They say the water is raising a foot each day. I am not sure it was a foot but it did raise alot while we were there. It was crazy!!!
The Fishing was the best we have ever had down there. I am the proud owner of the First Fish of the Trip!! I was seriously sooo excited. (Below is the traditional pose for when you catch a fish... kissy kissy)
The small fish are catfish, then the really shinny one is a striper, and then there is a large mouth bass. Everyone on the trip caught a fish except one person and they only fished for an hour the whole trip.




The water was pretty cool so John David only got his feet wet.
John David had so much fun with all of our cousins! They made him laugh so hard! it was very cute!

This is John Davids life jacket. It is the smallest size they make.

John David Loves his Uncle! He smiles every time he is around. It is so cute. John David would be asleep and Gordon would check on him and if the blanket was at all on his face Gordon would come tell me and move it off. It is very sweet!!

We went for a walk and John David fell asleep in his carrier. So when we came back I laid him down in it. He slept in it for about an hour.
John David is such a happy boy! My dad has said like three times he was worried about taking a baby this small to lake Powell but he was very surprised that he did so well! This is him in the car on the ride home. He love this little from that sister blowers gave him! It is just the right size for him to hold and suck on his face..

JOHN DAVID also rolled over twice on the boat with no help. it was very exciting.