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| Summer 2011 - 6 months pregnant |
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| Spring 2013 - Liam 1 1/2 yrs old |
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| Now - Liam 3 1/2 yrs old, Mason 1 yrs old |
A few more photos from our hike Thursday.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Blodgett Canyon Hike
Last Thursday we did a family hike up Blodgett Canyon. This is a pretty special place for us! Not only because it is close to home but it is a hike we do at least once a year and have gone during pretty big milestones. We have a special rock we take a family photo on each time we go so we have a photo when I was pregnant with Liam, when Liam was a toddler, and now with both Liam and Mason.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Mason's Mickey Mouse 1st Birthday
A few weeks ago we celebrated Mason's first birthday! A Mickey Mouse themed birthday party was only fitting because whenever Liam watches Mickey Mouse Mason's face lights up. I had a lot of fun planning his birthday and thanks to Pinterest I found a lot of great ideas. I had the most fun making his cakes but the napkin rings and Mickey Mouse centerpiece turned out great thanks to a some help from my mom. (Because there was no way I would've been able to cut out all those hands in time for the party)
Just a few stats about the birthday boy.
- He weighs just a little over 20 lbs and is a healthy little boy though he just had a pretty nasty ear infection that spread to his eye causing his eye to swell up. He had to be on oral antibiotics and eye drops for 10 days and the eye drops we had to try two different kinds before they worked. This is his second ear infection but the first time it spread to his eye.
- He is now on whole milk and basically eats anything we eat. He's a pretty good eater! His favorite foods include baked beans, graham crackers, and sliced lunch meat either ham or turkey.
- He's a great sleeper and sleeps through the night most nights. The only time he wakes up is if he's cold after uncovering himself or sick.
- He's not walking on his own yet but he's definitely on the move and can crawl pretty fast. He can also pull himself up on furniture and walk around some that way. He also uses the walker to walk but gets frustrated when the walker gets stuck or when he's reached a dead end. He'll throw himself on the ground and throw a fit but only for a couple seconds. It is seriously the funniest, cutest thing I've ever seen and I always have to bite my tongue and try not to laugh.
I had a lot of fun making these cakes. I made round white cakes but actually tried a few recipes before going with the one I used. I tried a vanilla dream cake but wasn't a big fan so then I tried a recipe called the perfect white cake and loved it. These cakes were really fun to decorate and didn't take to long to do. I'm getting better at working with fondant and am learning new tricks each time I decorate a cake. This time I bought pre-dyed black and red fondant which was a big help and was one less step for me to do. Once I'm done with a cake I love seeing my kids reactions. Mason didn't really know what was going on but Liam sure was impressed. He's already planning his birthday and what kind of cake he wants which I think right now is a Captain America cake.
Even after a bath the red frosting did not come out and left his hands and hair pink. It took a few baths before there was finally no pink. Oops! I guess that's what happens when a full bottle of red food coloring is used in the frosting.
Happy first birthday Mason! We love you to the moon and back and are thankful every day you are in our lives. You bring us so much joy!
Just a few stats about the birthday boy.
- He weighs just a little over 20 lbs and is a healthy little boy though he just had a pretty nasty ear infection that spread to his eye causing his eye to swell up. He had to be on oral antibiotics and eye drops for 10 days and the eye drops we had to try two different kinds before they worked. This is his second ear infection but the first time it spread to his eye.
- He is now on whole milk and basically eats anything we eat. He's a pretty good eater! His favorite foods include baked beans, graham crackers, and sliced lunch meat either ham or turkey.
- He's a great sleeper and sleeps through the night most nights. The only time he wakes up is if he's cold after uncovering himself or sick.
- He's not walking on his own yet but he's definitely on the move and can crawl pretty fast. He can also pull himself up on furniture and walk around some that way. He also uses the walker to walk but gets frustrated when the walker gets stuck or when he's reached a dead end. He'll throw himself on the ground and throw a fit but only for a couple seconds. It is seriously the funniest, cutest thing I've ever seen and I always have to bite my tongue and try not to laugh.
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| Mousekatools! |
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| My little helper! |
I had a lot of fun making these cakes. I made round white cakes but actually tried a few recipes before going with the one I used. I tried a vanilla dream cake but wasn't a big fan so then I tried a recipe called the perfect white cake and loved it. These cakes were really fun to decorate and didn't take to long to do. I'm getting better at working with fondant and am learning new tricks each time I decorate a cake. This time I bought pre-dyed black and red fondant which was a big help and was one less step for me to do. Once I'm done with a cake I love seeing my kids reactions. Mason didn't really know what was going on but Liam sure was impressed. He's already planning his birthday and what kind of cake he wants which I think right now is a Captain America cake.
Even after a bath the red frosting did not come out and left his hands and hair pink. It took a few baths before there was finally no pink. Oops! I guess that's what happens when a full bottle of red food coloring is used in the frosting.
Happy first birthday Mason! We love you to the moon and back and are thankful every day you are in our lives. You bring us so much joy!
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Easter 2015
Easter is one of my favorite holidays from the coloring of the eggs to a big Easter egg hunt to just spending time with family. As a kid it was something I always looked forward to and I still look forward to it. And now that I have kids of my own and can share these traditions with them it makes it even more fun.
This year we did something new, we went to Grandma Terry's work Easter egg hunt. There was a lot of people there and it was a little chaotic but the kids had fun. Though I was completely wrong about Liam thinking he'd be fine on his own. I had Mason and was going to help him find eggs and kept telling Liam, "just run out there when they say go and grab as many as you can". That backfired big time, when they said go and everyone swarmed in Liam freaked out and froze. Luckily Grandpa Dave wasn't to far away and jumped in to help him out. But both Liam and Mason had a lot of fun and got some goodies!
Next up was coloring Easter eggs and getting ready for the Easter Bunny's arrival. Our neighbors, Dave and Stephanie, came over to watch some March Madness games. They had no idea they'd be helping us color eggs too! I think Liam colored one or two and then we colored the rest.
This year we did something new, we went to Grandma Terry's work Easter egg hunt. There was a lot of people there and it was a little chaotic but the kids had fun. Though I was completely wrong about Liam thinking he'd be fine on his own. I had Mason and was going to help him find eggs and kept telling Liam, "just run out there when they say go and grab as many as you can". That backfired big time, when they said go and everyone swarmed in Liam freaked out and froze. Luckily Grandpa Dave wasn't to far away and jumped in to help him out. But both Liam and Mason had a lot of fun and got some goodies!
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| Checking out the fire truck before the egg hunt |
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| Before the chaos! |
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| This is what organized chaos looks like! |
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| Checking out their goodies! |
Next up was coloring Easter eggs and getting ready for the Easter Bunny's arrival. Our neighbors, Dave and Stephanie, came over to watch some March Madness games. They had no idea they'd be helping us color eggs too! I think Liam colored one or two and then we colored the rest.
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| Silly boy! |
On Easter, we went down to the ranch and had a great time with Grandma Terry and Grandpa Dave, Uncle Keith, Aunt Cari, and cousins Ridge and Sage. Jenneca, Jesse, and Justin also joined in on the fun. The kids were getting antsy by the time everyone arrived so we put a movie in to keep the kiddos distracted long enough to let the Easter Bunny do his magic outside aka let a few of the adults sneak outside so we could hide the baskets and eggs. This is the part I absolutely love because when we were kids this is what our parents did to us and they were the ones who'd sneak outside. Now they stay in with their grand kids while we go outside. Once everything was hidden we snuck back inside and told the kids we better check outside and see if the Easter Bunny had arrived. Then it's chaos as everyone grabs a basket and races outside to find all the goodies.
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| Cousins! |
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| Mason getting some time in with Uncle Keith |
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| Not sure about this whole hunting for eggs thing |
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| Cuddle time with Grandma |
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| Checking out their loot! |
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| The Easter Bunny got Liam swords and lets just say he didn't put them down the rest of the day |
Friday, May 22, 2015
Where's the Elk? - Take 2
We start them young in this family! Mason's turn learning "where's the elk"? We did the same thing with Liam when he was this little - Where's the Elk?
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