We Are a Happy Family

Mr. Monkey Man's Adventures

If you've read my other blog you know that I've been a litte self focused lately. 

HOWEVER...

That does NOT mean I haven't neglected my children or opted out of any photo taking opportunities, I just haven't posted anything for a little while...

SHAMEFUL...

So, by popular request (Angela!) here's Mr. Monkey Man himself...

Whenever he's in his bouncy seat, he holds on for dear life.  I'm guessing it has something to do with 2 large dogs and a 2-year-old sister that coming running around at any given moment.

Autumn was not a finger/thumb sucker, but I have one here. 

This obviously isn't Josh, but this is what he did!  (Ok, in all fairness, our fault.  We kind of forgot to change him pretty much all day...)

He has recently discovered himself and gets a kick out of looking at himself in the mirror.

He's also mesmerized by his hands.

"Sup people?"

This is what I look at while I'm exercising.

He was sick and we wanted him to stay warm and elevated.

It's exhausting trying to hold your head up.

Gave him a book just in case he got bored.

Posing on his own for this shot.

"What was that, who's there?"

I love this little man!



Worst Winter....EVER!!!

I'm sorry but this has, hands down, been the most depressing and pathetic winter EVER!  I don't even know what I'll do if Autumn wakes up one more morning and runs to the window to see if it's snowed.  It's the saddest thing when she turns around, frown in place and says, "No snow today."  We haven't even gotten a good frost lately which used to be enough to give her a little excitement, "Look Mom, baby snow!"  I made sure and bought her a used play in the snow coat.  I got her snow pants and she has boots and hats and gloves...we just need some snow.  We were outside today playing in sweatshirts.  I normally wouldn't complain, but it's every morning she checks for snow and it's wearing me down!  I wish I could make it snow, just once for her.  I wish we could take her sledding and build a snowman and throw snow at each other, just once.  I love mild weather and we can go right back to this, but come on, can't it snow just once for my little monkey?  Just once...please?

Pleasant Surprises

I was feeling very nostalgic last week and found myself looking through the cards Brian and I received for our wedding.  I thought to myself how lucky I am that we had so many people come and give us support.  We felt very loved.  I got a big laugh out of the fact that we received 6 cards with the exact same design on it...must have been a special on those!  I just had to chuckle.

The best part came, though, when I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be funny if I read through these and found a gift card or some money we had missed?"  Guess what?  Not 2 cards later and out falls a $20 gift card to Target.  I laughed so hard I cried.

So, now instead of using that to establish a newlywed home, I thank the generous gift giver for buying us a box of diapers for our dear second child!

Getting the short end of the deal

We are in the middle of potty-training, albeit lazily...  We haven't been pushing Autumn too much and I keep thinking maybe I should just push and maybe get past this stage fast, but needless to say, I still am not pushing.  Anyway, I came to realize the other day that the mom gets the short end of the deal when it comes to the toilet seat.  We have one of those fancy toilet seats with a mini toilet seat connected for Autumn.  The mini toilet seat can move up and down and is held up by a magnet to the toilet lid when not down for use...I know, very in depth description of a toilet...just what you wanted to read.  But anyway, The other day I go in to use the facilites (see my other blog for the reason) and I opened the lid and had to put the mini seat up.  A little while later, I returned and had to put the seat down from Brian using it.  How did it happen that I just can't win!?!  Up, down, but never where I need it when I need it...

A New Year, A Sort of New Me

I've been wanting to write a food blog for a while now and I figured, now's the time...why not, right?  So if you're interested you can find it here.  I'm also starting a new health/weight loss challenge and if my journey down that road is of interest, you can find it here.  I will still be posting things about the family to this blog, so come back anytime!

Happy New Year everyone!  (I very much realize that it's now 11 days into the year...I just move a little slow!)

Newborn Photos

We had the chance to do Josh's newborn photos when he was one week old. Thank you Shawn and Alicia Bunderson for doing them! You guys rock!