Goodbye 2014

Now we say goodbye to 2015. Here's how we ended this year. The boys visited with Santa. Danger asked him for a scooter (apparently he was on the Nice List cuz he got one!) And it was the Colonel's first time seeing the Man in Red. No tears, just chilling. Maybe it was cuz his strong, brave big brother was there. 

I *love* to see my boys together. I love the smiles, I love seeing how much they love one another. I see how much Shark loves being a dad and how much the boys love him and each other. 

We went to Santa's Village to look at the lights. Danger LOVED it. I swear, he ran around in circles, around the trees for about 15 minutes. 

I get to wrestle with these boys all day. Some days it's good, some days it's bad. But I generally enjoy it. :) I like being their momma. These silly boys are so cute and fun. 

We took the train down to the airport to catch our flight to WI. It was stressful but it was such a relief to not pay for parking. 

My cuties on the plane. They loved watching the workers outside the plane, loading our luggage, the plane being towed to the runway. They loved it. 

Shark, Danger and my old man out looking for a practice arrow. Danger LOVED hanging out with grandpa and dad. 

Danger doodled on the white board. This is a picture of him. 

Colonel looking hopeful at the snow outside. It was a white Christmas. 

And what's a trip to WI with a hospital visit for Mom? Just my heart freaking out again. It lasted about a day and then was gone. 

Aunt G getting cuddles from Danger. 

Colonel just chilling at brunch. 

Saying goodbye to grandma at the airport. 

Family photo 2014!

Making pizza for our New Year's. We held ours on Tuesday because dad had to work on the 31st. We went all out with fondue, pizza, sparkle juice and games. 

It's been a wonderful 2014. Colonel joined our family, Danger started preschool, and is now potty trained. It has been awesome and amazing. 

I am so excited for 2015! Bring it on. 

Hello goodbye

Hello there. I've had a revelation : if I spent the time writing on my blog instead of on Facebook, I'd have a post a day, Heck, I'd have a post an hour!

The boys have been way cute lately. 

Danger loves digging is his pile of dirt/sand/clay and mom has had to implement a ruling is inside toys and outside toys. 

The Colonel turned 6 months and absolutely loves food. He likes pickles, and I even had the camera ready for the initial "sour pucker" but he didn't even flinch, just dove right in. Momma's boy!

Some days I'm.greeted with this. 

But then it immediately melts into this. :)

We're potty training still, so most days Danger is just rocking the undies. If he wants to go outside he needs shoes (we've lost soo many socks) and he can put his boots on by himself so it's really a win-win. Those are his muscles he's showing you, by the way. 

Shark was in charge while I had an appointment and I walked in the door to find this trapped smiley thing. 

We had our first duo bath. Lots of splashing, smiles, and peeing in the tub. (That is NOT why the water is green!)

Donut day!

So many donuts!

Everytime we drive by the Ogden Temple, Danger says, "look mom, it's my favorite temple!"

So even tho things have been crazy, I've been trying some new things out. Cuz you know, the best time to try something new is when you're life is chaos. The boys and I have been listening to hymns everyday. It's been pretty calm around the house lately, well, compared to normal. 

That being said, Danger had a meltdown today and the only thing that would calm him was me singing "Everything is awesome." Go Lego song. It worked. And to add more smile to my day, I made "Where are my pants?" My notification sound. Cuz me and Danger have the sense of humor of a 3 year old boy. We giggle uncontrollably. Every. Time. 

Smile. Everything is awesome. 

This week according to my phone...

This week has been crazy. I feel like it has been nonstop going moving and doing.

We all got The Cold. The boys, including Shark, and then a week later momma got it. 

Our neighbor girls like to come over and play. I made a blanket fort for them and packed a little picnic snack. 

The little silly boy loves to chew on his binky backwards. He's such a little goof. He has been working on his hand coordination, it's been fun. 

We went to The Adventure Park and Danger loved it. It was such a cool park. 

We went up to the mountain to look at the stars. Danger looked up at them and said in awe, "Look, so beautiful!"

Momma gave Colonel some rice cereal. He loved it. And then went on to save the world. Both boys have looked soooo serious when they play with this!

Danger was good when we went searching for white handkerchiefs so momma rewarded him with some arcades rides. 

I had to do some crafting in my craft room so I laid Colonel down on the guest bed. I came back to find him asleep like this. This is often how I find Shark when I take him shopping with me. :)

Alright, I figured after 27 years, 2 open heart surgeries, a pacemaker and multiple atrial flutter episodes I should probably have a medical alert bracelet. So I searched the multiple websites of bracelets and necklaces and finally settled on this one. It was the cutest one I could find that would match everything I wear AND was pretty cheap. I put my heart diagnosis and pacemaker info on the back. There are so many types of CHD, I feel better knowing everyone will be able to know my specific defect, in case of emergency. 

I played volleyball with some people at church. The pictures of my hand NEVER did the bruise justice. Seriously. It looked so much worse thanks this. It hurt but playing was so good. 

We've been running so many errands lately that the boys often fall asleep in the car. 

My little one has been discovering his hands and just this week he has discovered his lips. We were walking thru Joann's and I caught him doing this. Such a silly cute thing.