Take a Look-see

Can you tell what the focal point of this photo is meant to be? 

a) his pacifier he's getting too old for

b) his pants that look like capris

c) his awesome houndstooth tennis shoes

d) the blue blanket he is attached to at all times

If you guessed C...Ding, Ding, Ding!! Obviously it's his shoes. I mean come on, check out those kicks. I wish they had some in my size. We found them at Old Navy a few months ago and they were mistakenly marked down to $4.99 even though the rest of them were still full price at $16.99. I'll take it! I've been waiting ever so patiently for his feet to grow big enough to wear them. 

Today was the day.

 Too bad the shoe wearer was less than thrilled to be sporting such fashion. 

December Happenings

I need to do a serious recap of what's been going on this month for us before the month is over! 

Somewhere near the beginning of it Grandma Faye, cousin Christine, my sister in law Melissa and I all got together and made some delectable Christmas candies. Namely fudge, Oreo balls, divinity, peanut brittle and toffee. All tasty, but the toffee won the best candy of 2010 award seeing as it was the first to go missing. 

Somewhere near the middle of the month Uncle Steve and Aunt Rosie came in to town from Arizona. We all invaded Greg and Melissa's place one night and exchanged gifts and had fun chatting until almost 11 at night. (that's late in my book).

Then last Friday we went to a Christmas concert at Grace Community Church where Greg and Melissa both play in the orchestra. 

We met Nana Carol for dinner before the concert and Sawyer had fun with his newest infatuation: cell phones and anything that resembles one (ie: remote controls, cameras, anything that is rectangular)

Family photo of all of us after the concert. 

We've also had fun running this month around in Christmas attire and getting into the Christmas spirit.

Of course with all the candies, cookies, cakes, and other treats we've been devouring we've been sure to keep our weight in check. 

(Sawyer's other infatuation at the moment: the scale.) 

And amidst all the festivities we've of course been packing. Sort of. I put things in bins and boxes and a certain small someone helps by taking those things back out of the bins and/or putting himself into them. What a helpful guy. 

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Look Ma, no hands!

Not a Good First Introduction

BEFORE

AFTER

Apparently mom takes the "scary" out of Santa. 

If a Picture Paints a Thousand Words

I was just perusing all the photos we have on our computer. Of course a lot of them Matt has taken off and put onto a hard drive, but I still thought the numbers were funny. Currently we have only 2 photos from 2008. 789 from 2009. And a whopping 2,917 for 2010. I'm guessing a good 2,000 of those are most likely of Sawyer alone. Let's just hope we take as many when #2 comes around (in a good 4 to 5 years in case anyone was wondering). I came across this pic of my men sleeping that made me smile.  As I'm typing this, I just heard Sawyer on the monitor let out a few toots while fast asleep in his crib.

I love boys.   

Pass the Cough Syrup Please

This pretty much sums up what has been going around our house of late.  I've been sick with a cold ever since I got back from our trip to Idaho, compliments of the germ infested plane ride I'm sure.  And it's lingered and lingered and hasn't got the hint yet that I'd like it to pack up and leave. Instead Sawyer decided to take part in the runny nose, coughing, congested party and now Matt has joined the ranks too.  I'm crossing my fingers that all the people we have willingly come into contact with in the past week don't get it now as well. (If you suddenly get a sore throat, please don't hate me!)  Our time here is dwindling away and there are so many friends and family with whom we want to see so this annoying virus is really putting a damper on things. Finally after another restful  restless night I decided to take S and I to urgent care this morning to get things sorted out.  The doctor sent us packing with a list of antibiotics to get filled at the pharmacy. Turns out I have my very first sinus infection and poor little soyboy has his first ear infection. Yeah for firsts. Hopefully these delightful cherry flavored antibiotics will serve our infections with an eviction notice. I'm ready to feel like my normal self again because we've got LOTS of people to see, and things to do in the next 13 days!

Wanna Go On A Date?

One night while we were in Boise, Matt and I decided to go on a date. We decided to head out after Sawyer was in bed since he hadn't been his usual perky self for a fews days and had been pretty clingy. He had actually thrown up for the first time ever (Eew. And being consistent with what we had agreed upon prior to getting married and having kids, Matt had the honorary job of cleaning it up.) We assumed his tummy issue must have been from gorging himself with a variety of food at Thanksgiving dinner. Then my mom started to not feel well the next day, followed by my dad having an upset stomach later that night. But we felt fine and after Sawyer was in bed we headed out to go see the gardens by the old penitentiary that were all lit up for Christmas. 

We drank some hot cocoa while we walked around looking at all the lights.

Checked out the kids garden area and made a mental note to take Sawyer back there in the spring.

Took some photos of just the two of us since most of our iPhoto library consists of mainly solo Sawyer shots.

Tried to keep warm by stopping at each and every fire pit and toasting our toes and fingers over the flames.

 And afterwards we grabbed a bite to eat at a restaurant downtown where we shared a burger and fries because for some strange reason we weren't very hungry. I'm sure you can guess where this is going...

A few hours after our wonderful date we tossed and turned in our bed with stomach pains. Turns out our little bug Sawyer had brought home a bug that he so generously shared with the rest of us. And I thought he wasn't good at sharing! The next morning I had two appointments set up at universities in the area to look at their nursing programs. At 2 a.m. in the throes of flu-induced nausea we both thought there was no way we were going to be able to make those appointments. But by 8 a.m., knowing we couldn't miss them, we put on a fake happy face, decided we had to pretend like we felt good because honestly I wouldn't want someone coming to have a meeting with me if they had the flu (but to be fair we did NOT shake any one's hand) grabbed some 7-up to sip for breakfast, and made it to both planned appointments.  Thankfully Matt started to feel slightly better by the time he had to get on a flight later that day to head back to California. I felt back to normal until the next day when last, but not least, my brother Bryson got the dreaded bug and then by some craziness I got sick again! I didn't think it was possible to get the same sickness twice, but my body must have thought the first round was so much fun why not go for round two?  As awful as it was to be sick, I was grateful my mom was around to take care of me. No matter how old you get, it's still comforting to know your mom will make a Sprite and crackers run for you when you need it.

Ultimately it was a good date and a good trip despite the Influenza virus plaguing the whole family.  It will just turn into one of those "Remember that one time we all got sick because of Sawyer?" memories that we can tease him about when he's older.

Thanksgiving Recap

I've been on somewhat of a blogging hiatus as my semester classes were wrapping up while also getting over being sick. We spent our Thanksgiving in Boise, Idaho with my family. The soyboy and I left a lot earlier than Matt and then he joined us Thanksgiving day. I always seem to forgot the hassle of flying with a toddler until I find myself in the midst of carrying luggage, diaper bag over my shoulder, backpack on my back, stroller in tow, and juggling Sawyer from hip to hip and then I ask myself what in the world was I thinking to want to do this again? But it's all worth it once we get there. The nice thing was on the way back I just had Sawyer and one carry on since we left the majority of all our thing behind at my parents house so we wouldn't have to pack them up in the Uhaul at the end of this month. 

Idaho weather was a whole lot chillier then we had anticipated! We were able to put all our coats and other winter accessories to good use! I kept telling Matt that it never snows in the Boise valley very often, at least not enough where you have to drive in a ton of it.

  

Guess I should have knocked on wood when I said that because the whole time we there it snowed and it snowed and it snowed! It was a winter wonderland within a few days and Sawyer was  mesmerized by all the sparkling snow outside. 

Thanksgiving day we spent at my Aunt Linda and Uncle John's house. Some of us took naps, while others put together puzzles, 

  

Some of us played the piano,

and strummed guitars, 

while the rest of us sang our favorite songs (Carpenters, John Denver, etc) out of key (I'm referring mainly to me)

Most of us stuffed our little faces with delicious food,  

 and only one of us tried to stuff the faces of others with their delicious food. 

It was a great Thanksgiving meal shared with family who are friends and we enjoyed every second of it, even the part where we played Apples to Apples after dinner (my least favorite game in the whole wide world). 

Thanks Linda and John for hosting the meal at your house, cooking the turkey, and even doing the dishes afterwards! Now that's what I call service! 

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