Grandma's Birthday!

Grandma shared her birthday with us this year!  Of course there's no shortage of work around here, so it was a working birthday. :)

I didn't get a picture of the actual cake we got her, but I did use our brand new feltboard to 'build a birthday cake for Grandma.'

Thank you for all of your help, grandma and we hope you had as much fun for your birthday as we did!

Hey Babies lets go to Vegas!

We went to Grandma's House for Superbowl weekend and had so much fun!

Traffic was horrible, but I have to say, our little guys are fantastic in the car.  They both did amazing.   We are so lucky!

We took some rockets out to launch.  I thought Colin would love it, but he was underwhelmed.  Daddy did get some pretty cool pictures!

And of course there was football.

 I much preferred watching the boys to the game.  What a good big brother!

Grandma and Colin also spent some of the game decorating cookies!

We had so much fun, thank you Grandma and Grandpa for a fun trip!

Our First Trip to Disneyland!!

I have been counting down to our first Disneyland trip with the boys since before they were born.  And yesterday it finally happened!

For Christmas, I asked for season passes to Disneyland, and I can't wait for all of the memories we'll make there this year!

Our ride, ready to roll!

 

We were so excited to share this first trip with Grandma and Auntie Cheryl who made the trip all the way from Texas to be with us!

Both boys were so much fun!  Alex is at a very fun and interactive age and despite his need to be on the move all of the time, did great in arms and the stroller all day.

The boys did get a little overwhelmed.  Next time we'll probably keep our trip a bit shorter, but this time we were there from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm!  Considering there were limited naps, I was very impressed with the kids.

We rode, Pirates, the Steamboat, Snow White, The Merry go Round, the Train around the kingdom.  We also saw the Frozen parade float twice.

Colin's favorite thing at Disneyland when asked varies, but if I had to guess based on overall talking time, it would be 'Instrument Man.' There was a brass band in New Oreleans and one of the musicians gave him beads.  He loves music anyway, so that stole the show!

Prime parade viewing seats

Mickey playing the drums was also a huge hit!

Disneyland wore the boys out!

Special Time with Grandma

Sometimes it feels a bit lonely living so far from our families. While they are always only a phone call away, grandma can't just drop in when the peas hit the ground and Aunties can't be impromptu baby sitters.

We are lucky you have a beautiful community of local friends and even luckier to have families who choose to make the distance smaller with frequenty calls, trips and help.

The last few weeks we have been so lucky to our have Grandma in town to help celebrate the holidays. Grandma's visits are extra special to our whole family. The boys thrive on the extra attention, love and time that only a grandma can bring. Daddy especially thrives on the extra sleep that he gets and mommy especially on the extra help from someone who understands my household well enough to help without needing to be asked or directed.

Thank you so much to Grandma for being willing to make the drive and being a constant source of support, help and love. We aren't sure how we are going to manage without you but we will see you soon!!