New Tradition and Wyatt's Birthday Party

I decided to start a new tradition this year, making a Christmas chain. It's a chain of small gifts counting down to Christmas, everyday Wyatt gets to open a present as we get closer and closer to Christmas day.  Now we just have lots of new bath toys, books, and small matchbox cars being played with everyday.

He loves this and every morning runs to the chain.  A couple of times he has tricked Kevin and I and both of us separately have let him open two presents in one day, little stinker.

Oh I think it might be a book.

Daddy helping Wyatt open Nana and Papa's gift on his birthday.  Thanks for the nice warm clothes!

He jumped on the clothes and rolled around.

His birthday was on Friday so we decided to celebrate with a party on Saturday afternoon.  I think Kevin and I thought we were superheros or something, we had just moved in the weekend before and trying to get ready for a party full of kids with crap everywhere was crazy.  Here we are Saturday morning decorating the train cake.  Wyatt mostly just licked the frosting from the tubs.

Time to play with all the toys.

Some friends hanging out in the backyard until it got too cold.

Blowing out the candles.  In the past few weeks Wyatt has gotten pretty good, although he did need some help.

Wyatt's first and only bite of cake for the day.  He does not eat!  What kind of kid do you have to force to eat cake.  No eating for him when there is too many toys and people to see.

Later we went outside for some bubble time, always a big hit.

Thanks to some friends from Kevin's work Wyatt got a new work truck.

So many presents, so little time.

The next morning he immediately woke up and grabbed his balloons.  He wouldn't let them go all morning.

Papa gets back from Dallas on Sunday and comes over for one last celebration.

New House

Here are a few pictures of our new place.  We love it, mostly all the space, it's so nice to have more than one bathroom, especially since Wyatt is starting some training.  The move was really the most exhausting week of my life, but with the help of my parents we got it done and I'm happy we're in a place we can grow as my belly gets bigger and bigger every day.

My favorite place.  Oh how I love a nice tub.

My other favorite place, the backyard is heaven.

Looking For Christmas

I came across this video needing some spiritual uplifting this morning. I think it did the trick. Wise Men Still Seek Him.

Thanksgiving Travels

We travelled to St. George to visit with family over the Thanksgiving week.  Wyatt and I flew into St. George on Monday and Kevin joined us Tuesday night.

We got up and went to Zions Wednesday morning, it was a little chilly at first, but beautiful.  We did one of the few hikes you can do with a stroller, Emerald Pools.

There was some water and A LOT of mud!

After the hike Wyatt ran around the lawn outside the lodge.

Get the wiggles out before the drive back to Nana's.

The girls getting ready to start cooking on turkey day.

We played at the park a few times.

That poor dinosaur.

Wyatt was able to play a lot with his cousin Noah...

and Cooper.

Before we left on Saturday we all went to the jump house, Jumping Jacks.  We're glad we got to see Abby and Brody before we left, but I couldn't get any pictures of them because they were running around too fast!

Peek-a-boo Cooper.

Noah, Kim, Jenny, and Eric all decided to go down a slide at once, man they were moving fast.

Last slide before we take off.  Doesn't Wyatt look exhausted?  I'm sure Kevin was too, poor guy had to climb around all morning with him.  Come to find out, he had a broken bone the whole time (don't ask, Halloween injury).  He went to the doctor the Monday after we got back and came home with a cast.

We were lucky enough to have plenty of time with family and beautiful weather Thanksgiving week.

Happy Thanksgiving

Grateful...I certainly am, as I sit here stuffed to the gills. I have so much to be thankful for, all of my wonderful family and friends, our new home we are about to move in, health, and definitely happiness. This year I am especially thankful for babies, I am so in love with my little Wyatt and now can't wait to meet the new little guy. It was a tough road this year with the baby, but now we can celebrate because he is coming...kicking the whole way. I thank God for all his blessings and giving Kevin and I the chance to raise these little ones. Happy Thanksgiving.

Risky Business

Caught Wyatt doing a little Risky Business after church last week.  Lately he is all about no pants.

Halloween and Disney Earlier This Week

We went to Seaport Village on the Saturday before Halloween for some trick or treating.  Here we are

Mickey and Spider-Head.

Kevin took Wyatt on the never ending carousal ride.  Seriously the ride went on forever, poor little Mickey wanted off 5 minutes into it.  I was getting dizzy just watching them!

Our walk back to the car after trick or treating, he loved the suckers.

On Monday, Kevin's work had a Halloween party.  His group dressed up as club goers from the Jersey Shore.  I think the spray tan Kevin used is still staining our sheets...so gross.

Wyatt loved trick or treating at all the offices and seeing Daddy dressed up.

They turned their area into a club and even had a party bus made from some cubicles.

This week we had a little mini vacation to Disneyland.  Wyatt and I went up on Tuesday after his nap and Kevin came up after work.  We stayed the night and all got up for some more fun on the next day.

Luckily for us the park was empty.  Although Wyatt didn't actually want to ride the tea cups, he did want to play in one.

Having fun checking out all the Christmas decorations.

Wyatt and Daddy waiting for the park to open.

Riding in the monster taxi outside of Monsters Inc.

He really loved Disney Junior Live On Stage, with all his favorite characters performing.

Hanging out in Bug's Land, another favorite.

Going Cold Turkey

For about the past month Wyatt has been REALLY attached to his pacifier. I decided to snip the ends of some of his pacifiers so he wouldn't find it satisfying to suck anymore. That worked for a few days except I made the mistake of keeping a couple of "good" ones for nap and bedtime. Of course he knew these were around and insisted on them all the time, it was getting hard to hide them. And since I decided to try this little maneuver, once he found a functional one, he would absolutely not let it go, so much so that he developed a sore on his lips. Both Kevin and I thought it was getting out of hand. Yesterday we went cold turkey. After consulting with Kim and of course the Internet, yesterday, I dunked each pacifier in hot sauce and set them out. Immediately upon putting one in his mouth he said "yucky" and wanted to throw it in the trash. This went on through all the pacifiers and he threw them all out. I showed him I was taking out the trash and the "yuckys" were gone. Yesterday was a really rough day especially at nap time and bedtime, I had to keep reminding him he threw them away. Today has been a bit easier so far, my hope is by the end of the week, our house will be pacifier free!

Happiness

I was reading some random quotes, when I came across this one and fell in love.  I hope I'm able to teach my kids this.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

- John Lennon

A Bella Mishap and Pumpkin Time

We noticed about a week and a half ago that Bella had an infected paw.  We took her into the vet and it turns out she had a foxtail stuck up in her toenail.  Luckily they didn't need to surgically remove it, they just used some tweezers, but because she had gotten an infection, it looked pretty gross.  So here she is, looking sad in her cone, that she has to wear for a week so she doesn't lick it.  Poor Bella Bean.

Wyatt loved carving the pumpkin, especially playing with all the "guts"...He is such a boy!

He's looking up at the ceiling in this photo because he flipped some seeds up there.

 So proud of the finally product.  Notice the awesome Thomas the Train stickers on Jack the Pumpkin.

My favorite part of carving a pumpkin, baked salty seeds.