Firetrucks and Forts

Holladay had an open house so that the public could tour the new firestation and since Liam likes all things fire related we decided to go and boy are we glad!  It was so much fun and Liam was in firemen heaven!  We finished the night at firehouse subs!

Liam also loves forts right now so Josh, being the awesome dad he is, set up the tent in our living room one night for Liam to hangout in.  We didn't let him sleep in it, for fear there wouldn't be any sleep, but he had so much fun playing in it.  We are always making forts under the table too!

One day Liam Set up his table and chairs and said "mom can colt come sit with me?"  So I held up Colt on a chair and it looked so funny I had to snap a couple pictures.

Valentines Day

Valentines Day with kids...

The night before we went to spaghetti factory, with the kids.  It was as fun as going to a restaurant with kids could be.  Growing up my mom always did heart shaped breakfast, then packed us a special Valentines heart shaped lunch, AND made a nice fancy dinner and decorated the table and had little gifts and chocolates for us and we would dress up nice for dinner.  It was seriously one of my favorite days because of how much work my mom put into it.  So this year I wanted to channel my inner JB and try to make it special for my kids.  Since breakfast and lunch is pure chaos around here I decided to focus on dinner.  I went to target (with both kids) and bought little gifts and candy and decorations (chaos).  I made a roast with carrots and potatoes, homemade rolls, and salad.  I set the table as cute as I could while wrestling two kids and cleaned the house and did my hair and makeup.  Huge accomplishments for the three of us.  Josh got home and I said dinner is in a half hour so go shower and get ready!  He came upstairs in sweats and a t shirt...not what I had imagined but oh well.  I was finishing dinner while Liam sat at my decorated table pulling at the ribbons and trying to eat the rolls asking ever five seconds "whats dat?"  Finally I put Colt down on his play matt, we said a prayer, and started dishing up.  Liam took off and decided he wasn't hungry anymore.  After dinner I gave a little gift to Liam from Josh and I (pirate Jake socks, a new shirt, and a coloring book with crayons.)  Then gave Josh a bag full of goodies and a red box to watch.  Doing the dishes was the cherry on top of the most exhausting day ever.  We ate ice cream, and put the boys in bed by seven.  Josh and I watched "now you see me" and went to bed at nine.  Moral of this crazy story is HOW IN THE HECK DID YOU DO IT FOR 20 YEARS MOM????!!!????  I don't know how she pulled it off year after year, and I definitely have a new appreciation for all of her hard work.

Here is the picture I managed to snap

 

On another less stressful note here are the pictures and one of the Valentines we sent to Elder Brown

Colt 4 months

Colt is already four months!  Time really does fly much faster with the second.  I find myself so emotional when I'm packing up the clothes that he has grown out of.  Clothes that both he and Liam wore and who knows if they will be worn again!  Colt is a bit of.....a tank!  He is so long and chubby!  Liam has always been on the smaller side so having a big baby is SO weird.  But he is all smiles lately, thank goodness.  Except for the occasional fit he is a pretty happy kid!  I'm still not eating dairy, if I eat a small amount of yogurt then hell breaks loose.  Colt is a total mamas boy, something else I'm not used to.  When I'm gone he fusses, when I'm in the room he is either fixated on me or throwing a tantrum that I'm not holding him.  It is so sweet and so challenging.  He is so cuddly, Liam never was a cuddler, and I am soaking up his cuddles as much as possible.  Colt loves holding someones hand and usually if you'll let him hold onto your hand or fingers you are his new best friend.  And if he isn't holding someones hand he usually has his put together or in his mouth!  While Liam and I were bathing Colt he wash sucking on his hand and Liam gently took his hand out and said "don't bite your hand buddy."  Colt still loves to be swaddled and is a pretty good sleeper only waking up once sometimes twice a night.  He is so close to rolling but I'm not quite encouraging it yet.  He hates tummy time, HATES it.  He laughs when I yawn and sneeze.  When Liam talks to him he stares at him very intently but usually never smiles at Liam, it's funny to me.  Colt loves playing patty cake and peek a boo and is starting to like his play matt more!

We love our chubby little Colt baby!

Hey there Lila...

Avery and Matt welcomed sweet baby Lila January 13th!

She is the most beautiful little baby girl and I can't wait to meet her and kiss those little cheeks!

We love you  Lila girl!

Liam Guy

Oh my goodness.  This kid.  He has us in stitches 100% of the time!  Here are some of my favorites lately...

(with hands on his hips) "Mom, I'm starving.  I need food and a diet coke RIGHT NOW!"

After putting him to bed he likes to stall.  One night he said "mom wait!  I forgot to tell you I love you!"

then last night he said "mom sing child of god with me"

He likes to say goodbye to everything before bed (kills time) "goodnight toys, goodnight pictures, goodnight hendrix, goodnight walls, goodnight door."

One night I got into his crib with him to read books, when I got out he said "mom you are really big" made me smile.

He likes to pick up his fake phone and call people (namely his frenemy cousin Izzy)

"Hi izz, you don't hit me OK?" then "Hi, izz you are my best friend"

"Hi Grandma Papa zzzzaa zzzaa zzzaa  OK bye"

"Hi fire sam, my mom, a fire, OK, bye"

When he drops something he says "whoopsie daisy"

and he likes to say "holy cow" for everything.

He is having troubles figuring out which order words go so instead of "scoot me back" he says "scoot back me" or "put me down" is "put a down me"

He is also having a hard time saying m.  So he says hanner and Chaners.

He loves singing happy birthday to everyone

Last week there was a huge fire on the news and Liam being fireman and truck obsessed said "whoa fires are SO COOL"  I corrected him and said no fires are dangerous.  So when we introduced him to someone a few days later he said "Hi fires are dangerous"

Then one morning I said it was time for breakfast and Liam said "mom breakfast is dangerous"

Josh had a high school friend come and visit and Liam had so much fun playing with him.  When Liam woke up the next morning he said "mom where is Josh's friend?"

When I drop Liam off at my parents house to go to work I say OK bye and Liam says "Bye Chels"

When i put his seat belt on he says "seat belts so we can be silly? nooo.  Seat belts so we can be crazy? nooo.  Seat belts so we can be funny?  noo.  Seat belts so we can be safe!"

Liam has this funny thing he does called "tippy toe jump" and we do it every night before bed.  He holds my hand, tippy toes to the stairs then jumps to the next stair then tippy toes and jumps every single stair.

His favorite book right now is where the wild things are and we read it at least 4 times a day, i have it memorized.  Liam likes when i pause at certain spots so he can say "be still" and "waved goodbye" and "it was still hot"

I'm sure I will have more to add for another day, but for right now we are just loving the fun stage Liam is in!!