January 29, 2013

It is hard to capture my son's style. As he is only 3 years old people assume that we are the ones who pick out his clothes... well that is not necessarily the case. I remember back when I was pregnant with my son and how my husband and I had grand notions of how we were going to raise him. Of course, those flew out the window as soon as we actually began the parenting. My husband insisted that Jonah would not wear anything with characters or pictures on it. As you can imagine for any kid, that proved to be difficult. Trying to chose clothes for our son has been nearly impossible. You see, our son is very stubborn. He likes what he likes and he wants it his way. Especially when it comes to what he wears! Not only what he wears, but how he is going to wear it all by himself:

My daughter, on the other hand, is a go with the flow kinda gal! She doesn't care what she is wear, or not wearing! She can be without a sock and be just as happy as a clam. Jonah wouldn't be able to handle it. Speaking of missing sock... check out this video we captured of Caroline crawling for one of the first times ever! We captured this moment using our new Windows 8X phone by HTC! I absolutely love that you can get video quality like that from a phone. It makes capturing lives moments so much easier! What is your family's clothing style? Will your kids wear what you want them too?

A huge thank you to Windows 8X by HTC for providing a phone for us. Opinions are based on my own experiences and are 100% mine. #Troop8X #HTC8

September 3, 2013

I took a week off from the blog (I hope you didn't miss me too much) to hang out with my family. We all needed the break as we are still getting used to being back to school. We had a great time playing outside on the swings and playing inside with our new cars play set. How did you spend your holiday week?

July 23, 2013

I am not sure if I mentioned that our new house's neighborhood has a pool. We have been spending a lot of time there this summer. Here are a few pics!

To Jonah on his Second Birthday!

I can not believe that it has been two years since you were born.  I walked into that hospital with so much anticipation, wanting nothing more than to be a mom.  What I got was the most beautiful, kind, sweet boy full of life who has made me much more than just a mom.  Being your mom has made me a more loving, compassionate human being and I can not thank you enough!
This year you have developed a carefree personality.  You have learned to walk, talk, and throw an amazing tantrum.  You love playing "Night, Night Ball" with daddy.  You can not live without balls, trucks, choo choo's, bubble baths and Mickey Mouse.You love playing with your cousins and you love your puppy, Eli!
Your favorite thing to do is to play with balls.  You haven't met a ball you haven't liked.  You and daddy have so much fun together playing with your football.
You love your daddy!  He can make you laugh so much you have a hard time catching your breath.
Your smile can light up a room.  Your carefree personality amazes me, I wish that I had even a pinch of that.
Every day you learn more and more words.  Sometimes you can get frustrated because we don't understand what you are trying to tell us, but you are building your vocabulary every day!  We can't tell if you are right or left-handed yet.  You like to color and eat with your left hand, but then just when we think your a lefty you will switch it up on us.  You love to watch Mickey Mouse and Jake and if we let you, you could sit and watch your shows for hours!
You have been a picky eater in your short life.  You only eat certain foods, but luckily the list is getting longer every month.  Your favorites are chicken fingers, spaghetti o's, applesauce and pizza.  You love your Elmo juice, but you drink a lot of milk!  You also will eat peas only if we call them "little green balls."
You love your family with all your little heart.  You love playing basketball with Pop Pop, coloring with Grandma M, playing with your cousins Louis, and Grace and visiting your family in Idaho.  We love to Skype with Grandma and Grandpa, and you love visiting them in Boise.  You and your dad love to dance to Rock Roll as you look for balloons when you drive home from daycare.  We love to cook together and we have a special Mommy and Me night once a week when daddy is at work.  We love to rock together at night and you love it when I sing the Winnie the Pooh song to you!
Happy Birthday little man.  I am so excited to see how much you grow this next year as you get ready for preschool.  I can't imagine a more amazing life than the one you have given me.  I love you!

Jonah's First YouTube Video

Here is Jonah's YouTube Debut.

Jonah's First Birthday Party

Last weekend we celebrated Jonah's first birthday with a monkey themed party with close family members. Jonah's grandparents flew in from Idaho just like they did a year ago to spend some quality time with him. Here are a few pictures from the big day.
Jonah and his "Camera Face".  It is adorable how he gets a big grin on his face when you are taking his picture. 

Jonah didn't eat any of his cake. He didn't like the frosting on his fingers and wouldn't even taste it. Maybe next year.

Here is Jonah's "cake." I actually made 2 different kinds of cupcakes instead of a traditional cake.

This is the first kind of cupcake I made. It is a peanut butter cupcake with chocolate frosting decorated like monkeys. The other kind were banana cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting with birthday picks in them.

Here is Jonah in his adorable birthday shirt we got from Stitcheroos. He had so much fun crawling in and out of the screen door. Luckily the rain held off and we were able to enjoy being outside.

Here is Jonah and his cousin, Louis,  sitting in the wagon.

All the cousins couldn't resist taking a ride in the wagon up and down the street being pulled by PopPop.

Taking a break with Grammy and Gramps on the couch. It was a long, exciting, and perfect day!

A Year Ago Today!

My little man was born!

I can’t believe you turn a year old today.  People have always told me that they grow up fast, but I had no idea what they truly meant until I became your mom.  I wanted a child for a long, long time.  There was a point in my life that I wasn’t sure if I would be able to have kids, but I am so happy that I was able to.

Your arrival was scheduled.  We had an appointment for my cesarean section and we made it to that date.  Of course everything doesn’t always go according to plan and they had to take you a little early because your little heart rate plummeted about an hour before my scheduled surgery.  We were nervous, but I can’t explain the feeling that went through me when I heard your little cry for the very first time.  Daddy made sure you were okay and then brought you over to me so I could give you my first kiss. I haven’t been that happy in my entire life.

You have been relatively healthy this year.  We have had a rough road with your eczema and allergies, but every day your skin is looking a little better.  You have a strawberry hemangioma on your forehead that I don’t even notice anymore and should disappear before you even are able to ask what it is.  You are perfect!

From what I understand about babies, you have been an easy one.  You are happy.  Your favorite thing to do right now is to take off crawling across the floor and look back at us chasing you and laugh.  You love the camera and smile most of the time when I take your picture.  Your a little daredevil that is going to give your mom a stroke one of these days if it continues. You love sweet potatoes.

Your best friend has been your puppy Eli.  You two love each other so much.  I am amazed at how much patience Eli has with you when you poke him in the eyes all the time.  I can tell you from experience that Eli doesn’t have that kind of patience with everyone, just his little brother.

I love you more than words can possible say, and I hope one day you have a child of your own so that you can truly understand how much you mean to me.  Happy Birthday, Mommy and daddy love you!