JANUARY phone pics

January 1

The thing Landon wanted to do most during winter break was see snow. He was begging us to go to Mt Lemon to play in the snow. His wish came true when we woke up to snow on the ground New Years day. They boys only played in the snow for about 15 minutes before they were too cold. The snow was beautiful! However, I'm glad it was gone before they day was over....one of the many reasons I love living in Tucson is the fact that we don't get snow.

January 2

Dan wanted to take the boys to see Big Hero 6. I didn't want to miss out on the fun and convinced him and myself that Ethan wouldn't be a problem. I was wrong! There was too much excitement for him to relax and nurse himself to sleep, so I ended up in the hallway for the last 20 minutes of the movie. It was a fun family outing!








January 5

When Landon and Cade were little they LOVED their Coozy Coupes. They would race them around and around the house. Once they got a little to big and destructive we moved the cars outside. This was Ethan's first time in the car. He LOVED it just as much as his big brothers. We have since moved the car back inside.




January 8

After a couple rough sleepless nights of teething I bought Ethan a Baltic Amber teething necklace. This was right after I first put it on him. It has made a HUGE difference. He call him our little hipster/ surfer dude baby.

January 12

In order to get a parking parking spot to pick Landon up from school we have to arrive 40 minutes early. This it w hat our wait time looks like....Cade on the iPad and Ethan exploring the car.

The boys love playing in Daddy's truck. I believe this was Ethan's first time joining his brothers. The sure are cute!! 

January 13

When I picked Cade up from school I realized we matched. We had to document the occasion.




January 14

I put Ethan in one of the little recliners and he thought he was so cool. It was too cute!

January 16

For date night we went to see the Ice Cats with the Atkinsons and Goodmans.




January 20

Ethan makes a big mess while eating. Sometimes after dinner I put him on the ground so he can enjoy a second course.




January 22

Dan took Ethan to work while I got my hair done. This is him sitting in his Papa Hoefferles chair.




January 24

Dan's Grandma Simmons died in January. His sister Chanelle came down from Utah for the funeral. Getting 10 little ones to sit still and look at the camera was tough.

Top: Ethan (9 months), Tyler (8), Aubrin (8), Amy (11), Juliet (5 months) 

Bottom: Elsie (5), Landon (5), Cade (3), Bridger (14), Austin (4)

January 27

While nursing Ethan, Cade got in bed with us to snuggle. I was so amazed that both boys fell asleep, I had to document it. It was so wonderful snuggling them and listening to their deep sleeping breath.

We went to Landons school for a "Night at the Museum" where they had some of their art work on display. 

January 29

I couldn't believe that it happened again! I loved theses moments!!  

Looking back I see that I sure loved Ethan in blue stripes. :)

It's been a while.....

A year and 2 months to be exact and apparently not much has changed. Love this little mess maker!!

"Wash Hands"

Today while sorting laundry Landon came to me saying "wash hands". His hands were COVERED in peanut butter. When one set of hands are dirty there is usually a second set of dirty hands to be found. I found Cade sitting in the living room with the tub of peanut butter between his legs. He looked and me and said "uh ohh".

Grumps and Snuggles

I feel like we have spent the majority of 2012 being sick. We have had 2 colds, 2 fevers, and a stomach bug. I'll blame it on our indecisive weather. ;) As I mentioned in the previous post Cade woke up from his nap with a fever the day of his birthday party. As the party was ending Landon came down with a fever as well. We spent that night and all day Sunday snuggling our grumpy feverish boys. It sure has been nice loving on them, but I can't wait to be healthy again. Like really really lots of water, fruits, veggies and exercise healthy.

Cade's 1st Birthday Party!!

I can't believe my baby Cade is going to be ONE in just a couple days. We celebrated his birthday with some family and friends on Saturday.

The song "You Are My Sunshine" is a very special song to me. My Grandpa Tidwell used to sing it to us as kids and because of that my mom sang it at his funeral. Because of his red hair I sing this song to Cade every day, several times a day, and have ever since he was born. A few months ago I decided I wanted to throw a sunshine themed party. I've always wanted to throw a party with a theme and cute decorations and had so much fun putting it all together. I made this picture on photoshop and used it as the cover of the invitation. The day of his party also happened to be St Patrick's day so I threw some green clovers into the sunshine mix.

As guest were arriving Cade woke up from his nap with a fever. Poor little guy wasn't quite feeling himself. After some sugar from his cake and a bath in the kitchen sink he finally started to have a good time. We sure love our little sunshine and can't believe he is already ONE.

BROTHERS!!

The FUN has begun! Every time I turn around today these boys are playing and getting into something TOGETHER. I love being their MOMMY!!

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?

CADE stole the cookie from the cookie jar!

"Who ME?"

Yes you!

"Couldn't be!"

Then who?