A few pictures from January

February 1 . . . already!?!

Where has this month gone!?!  Oh my goodness!  I can't believe that the last post I wrote was about when I took Brandon to see Frozen, and that was our last day of Christmas break!  I can't believe it's already February, and that January just flew by!

Brandon got sick, A LOT, during the month of January.  The week before Martin Luther King Jr weekend Brandon came home sick from school.  They called me before my school day was over, and I went to pick him up.  He had a fever of 102!!  I took him to the doctor that afternoon and we found out he had an ear infection!!!  AHHH!!  My poor baby!!

My mom took both kids home with her on Wednesday so that way my dad could help her with the kids.  As soon as my mom left with the kids I got sick!!  I woke up Friday morning not feeling well at all!!  Saturday morning when I woke up for us to go up to my parent's house I couldn't talk.  I didn't have a voice all weekend, and all long weekend at that!!  My voice finally came back Monday afternoon!  It was so hard to talk with Brandon that weekend, but he took it in strides!

Brandon was able to go back to school all week the next week, and I was feeling better too.  It was so nice to finally feeling good, and having him feeling well.  It was too bad that it didn't last too long though!  This past week Brandon came from school on Tuesday and he wasn't feeling well again!!  He wanted to stay in my lap all night Tuesday night.  He sat on my lap to eat what little dinner he did, and then right after shower time he was back in my lap to watch toons.

My mom was here this past week so she kept him home for the rest of the week.  He started to feel better near the end of the week, but he still has his awful cough!  I'm hoping it goes away soon becuase it keeps him up at night.  He tosses and turns at night and wakes up a sweaty mess too.  I feel so bad for him, and hope that he starts to feel 100% again real soon!

This weekend we have been blessed to spend some special time with Tyler's sister Megan, and her family.  They flew in Thursday night, and were able to come over to the house and see the kids and Tyler.  I was out at a play seeing a student preform in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!!  It was such a cute play, and I was excited to be there to support her!

Yesterday afternoon and today we were able to go over to Tyler's parents house to hang out with family all day.  We had a great day watching the girls play together, or side by side I should say!  Brandon had a great day being able to run around outside and play with Papa too!

We are excited to go back and spend tomorrow morning with Tyler's family again and hopefully get some great family pictures!

Frozen

All Christmas break I had been debating whether or not I should take B to the movies to see Frozen.

This morning I got out of the shower and decided if I didn't go today we'd never know, so I hurried and got ready! (I got out of the shower at 8:45, and the movie started at 9:20!)

I went downstairs with B's clothes in hand and gave him my phone to watch the preview. He was laughing and really watching!! That decided it for me, we'd give this thing a go!!

When we got to the theater I was even more excited to find out that B was FREE!! Kids under three are free at Harkins! I love it! That means between Tyler and I we'll take B to see all the cute kids movies that come out until B's birthday!!

When we got there the previews had already started so we quickly took a seat on the end in the second row.

B was so excited to be watching toons on the BIG TV!! We saw a preview for a cute Lego movie with Batman, so that may be a daddy and B date!

If you haven't seen Frozen yet I would recommend going!! B and I both loved it!!

Christmas presents - Pinterest style!

For Christmas this year Brandon, Natalie and I made presents for the grandmas and great grandmas!  We made reindeer, Christmas trees, and Mistletoes!

I love Pinterest for these ideas and can't wait to see what next year's presents will look like!  Next year I will make more Mistletoes though, as that one was my favorite and the one that will be hanging in our house next year!

A blank slate

It tickled a little!  :)

Preparing for Christmas

A photo journey of us getting ready for Christmas!!

He did this himself!!  :) 

Helping daddy decorate

TWINS!!

Our little snowman!

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Baby girl loves bath time!

He loves the rides at Grandma and Grandpa's mall!

Nat wanted to open presents early!

Thanksgiving

I'm playing a little catch up, I apologize!  My goal for 2014 is to be a lot better about blogging now that I am back to work full time!  I will get to those later though!

For Thanksgiving break this year Tyler stayed home.  Christ didn't go to Palm Springs for teacher's conference, so just I went and the kids went to my parent's house for the few days I was out of town.  

Bubba checking in on his sissy!

My beautiful baby girl!

While I was in Palm Springs I was so excited to be able to spend some time with Chelsea!  I miss her so much, and it was great to see her!  We even were able to go and see the Catching Fire!  Chelsea and I had been planning this since we found out that she was going to move to Vegas!  We dragged some friends along with us too!

Chelsea, Ellen, Ashley, Lotus and I at our Catching Fire

My BFF Chelsea

The kids had a great time at my parent's house, and when I got home from Palm Springs we headed up to my parent's house to spend time with them before Thanksgiving.  My parents hosted Thanksgiving this year since my dad had to work the entire week!  It was crazy!  He has been working at K-Mart so he has been putting in a lot of hours over the holidays.

Brandon and Natalie have been spending so much time together it is cute to see them laugh, and have fun together!  Brandon loves his sissy, and he loves to give her kisses!

Natalie made quite a cute turkey too, if I do say so myself!

We love our bow from Aunt Ashley!

While we were at my parent's house Bubba was able to play outside a lot!  He enjoyed walking up and down my parent's block, pushing his stroller, and riding on his car that my grandma gave him for his birthday!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas was so much fun this year!  Brandon was so excited to celebrate this year, it made Christmas that much more exciting for us as a family.  We took Brandon and Natalie to visit Santa on Monday at the Prescott mall.  That was quite an experience!  Brandon didn't want to wait in line of course, so daddy and grandma entertained Brandon will Natalie and I waited in line.  Natalie didn't have a problem waiting in line, and even loved having her picture taken with Santa.  She kept looking up at him, trying to get a good look at the game!  She didn't even cry until I went to take her away from Santa.  Then she got upset, and wanted me to put her back on his lap!

On Christmas Eve we talked with Brandon about how he had to go to bed so that way he could get lots of sleep because Santa was going to be coming that night to bring us presents!  He was so excited because all he asked Santa for was a new puzzle!  He couldn't wait, which kept him up past bed time, but that was okay!

Christmas morning Natalie and Brandon were both up around 5, 5:15, but we made them stay in bed until 6!  Finally at 6:00 Natalie wouldn't stay in bed any longer, so we went and got Brandon up.  Much to my surprise grandma was in bed with Brandon when we went in to get him.  (I didn't know at the time that he had been up since 5, and that was the only way grandma could keep him in bed!)

Brandon loved presents!  He loved them so much he helped everyone open their presents!  He got tired of opening his own presents, but as soon as it was time to open someone else's presents he was right there ready to help!

We were very blessed this year and Brandon received many clothes, books and puzzles!  Natalie got some new cups, shoes, and toys from Disneyland!  Tyler got his new video game and some movies.  I got a new computer!  I am so excited for my new laptop, and am so thankful to my parents for always providing so much for us!

We are doing Christmas with Tyler's parents on Saturday, so that will be exciting for Brandon as well!  We can't wait to see his excitement with what they get him!!  I know when we get home it will be time to go through some old toys though and find ones that we can start to give away!

We had a great Christmas up in Prescott, and were blessed to spend the day with my parents, Tyler's parents, and my Grandma Ellen and Mills.

Merry Christmas everyone!  I pray that you all had a blessed Christmas too!!