Life Lately

According to my iPhone

bowties to church

licking the beaters & the master of giving me his annoyed face

late night cuddles with dad & his preferred way to watch movies

playing with moms hair & my ideal FHE treat (white trash doughnuts and diet drp)

playing with dad

fat lip trophy from a day of exploring

Ty's Birthday (recap)

Theres something so magical about Christmas-time and I'm so glad that we get to mix the magic of Christmas with the magic of the birth of a child.  I love the significance of having a child born right before the world celebrates the birth of our Savior.

Dear sweet Ty,
I can't believe we were lucky enough to be blessed to have you a part of our lives for eternity.  Thank you for showing us what it means to love selflessly. I cant wait to watch you grow and continue to see who you will become.  We love you!    

Celebrating Ty's birthday was more than a little bittersweet for me.  It is hard to believe that it has already been a year since Ty was born.  What a wonderful year it has been! Although I miss the fact that he is growing and not so much my little baby anymore, I love this new stage of his personality.

We celebrated with my immediate family and my grandparents.  It was small and simple and full of love, everything a birthday should be!  My mom asked a girl in our home ward to make Ty's cake.  It literally was fabulous! Everything on the cake was completely edible. It was so funny to watch Ty shove the cake in his mouth.  

In the great battle to get T to wear his Mickey Mouse ears....

I won 

How to eat a random piece of food placed in front of you 

Step 1: slowly touch food

Step 2: eat small piece of food

Step 3: shove as much of said food in face

Till you look like this ^^

Final result.... chocolate high

Then it was time for presents! Thank you to all our sweet family members who gave him a birthday gift! 

Happy Birthday T! 

Disneyland

Knowing how obsessed T is with Mickey Mouse we decided that it would be so fun to take him for his birthday when we were in California.  So we picked the day the world was supposed to end, because if the world is ending I might as well be at the "Happiest Place on Earth" with the people I love most, celebrating the best thing in the world for me.

Jake flew into John Wayne airport Thursday night and we stayed about a block away from Disneyland.  We got there right when it opened at 8, and hit all the little kiddie rides that we thought my sisters might not want to do.  Then most importantly we visited Mickey Mouse.  T's reaction when we walked into his house and saw him was priceless.  After a few seconds of shock he had the biggest smile I have ever seen.  We were luckily the last people to take a picture with Mickey so he took us on a tour of his house and showed Ty all the little things inside.

Then we found ourselves a nice little park bench, called the airport to see if Jake's bags finally made it, and ate while we waited for my sisters to arrive.  Once they did we ate again (typically how I spend my breaks) and did all the rides.  We had an amazing day! I loved every second of it, and cannot wait to go back again soon! There is nothing better than watching Ty's face, completely amazed as the rides sing and dance at him.

*Warning there are a ton of pictures! When you have a child you document everything!* 

Yes I am forcing him to wear the hat for a picture 

 

Love them all!