adios, February

for the shortest month of the year, February did not fly by for me. Every day seem so long and never ending. These early morning wake up mixed with a husband who is gone or working late make for very long days.

 

Example above. He sure is squishy and cute when he is tired. But 6am? yowza boyfriend.

The begining of the month (I think...it seems like forever ago...) my mom and I flew to Sacramento for a family funeral. It was obviously last minute, but I especially wanted to go and see my family. We stayed with my grandparents and we learned my Grandpa Bill's memory is going. He was praying and forgot Everetts name, looked up at me in the middle of the prayer and said, "whats his name again?". That broke my heart to pieces since he has seen Everett so many times, most recently in October. Losing him is something I fear constantly so I am always glad to see him and hug him, in case it is the last.

 

We had a great few days there. I have a lot more photos just feeling lazy now. Everett did awesome on the plane too...helped my mom was there with me!

Chris went on a 4 day ski trip to Colorado last week. It also happened to be when Everett was sick, cutting two molars, and also got a double ear infection (first one since tubes a year ago). My mom who I would usually be with while Chris was gone was back in California with her family. Heavens I was bored.

How they hang when reunited.

Oh, we also got a new dining table! I am on the hunt for an awesome bench!

21 Months

(he got this balloon for Valentines Day and insisted it be in the photo! He is also sick in this picture. Runny nose/cough thing)

Everett turned 21 months on 2/11/13! This age- by far- has been the most fun. He is silly, sweet, chatty and just a joy.

He got his first haircut, but just to trim up around the ears and neck. His hair is something that he is complimented on daily! It is a curly fluffy awesome 'mess' on the top of his head with two curls around his ears. It is still red sometimes in the sun.

I think this age is definitely the age where me, as a parent, can get away with thinking he will forget about I promise I made or a habit I started yesterday. Like if I tell him we are going to the park, he will get his shoes and hat and beg for the park until we are there. One time I let him eat breakfast at the kitchen table and now the high chair is put away. He knows going to the nursery at church means I will be gone for two hours. Sometimes he hollers "bye!" but other times he cries. He knows a camera or a phone means "cheese!". He knows going to see Grammy means "car, fishies" (driving to her school and theres a fish tank there).
He is very active. I was told he is a busy bee and doesn't stop moving. This is very true. It is hard for him to sit and play alone for a while, he is always onto the next thing. Except his love for Yo Gabba Gabba (seriously thats all that I hear in my head now), he is too busy to sit for much. We go to story time once a week and it is kinda a nightmare for me. He has no interest in sitting still for me, all he can talk about are the bubbles that happen at the end!
 He has never met a stranger. That is something my mother in law has always said about my husband, and it couldn't be more true for Everett. At the library he will go up an talk to other moms, even play peek-a-boo with them. At the play place at the mall he walked up and started a conversation with an old lady! Just chatting away, mostly not understandable, but hey.  I love how bold he is. I can see the strength in his boldness and the weakness. He is outgoing and brave, but on the same token he can be defiant and stubborn. He is in time out probably once a day, and he takes it really seriously. If I even MENTION time out, he runs there (a corner in the living room) and puts his face against the wall until we get him out. I am starting to think he does this not because I have him well disciplined in time out, but because he knows its a punishment and REFUSES to let us see him hate it. I know that sounds crazy for me to think about an almost two year old, but he is THAT defiant (when it comes to discipline). He wants the control and power. He is a tough little nut.
He is really into babies, ha. Somehow he can tell who is younger than him and they are automatically "baby!" to him. He also has a glow worm that he carries around and calls baby. He also sleeps with a stuffed Elmo (malmo!), a moose (moooooo!), and a teddy bear (barrrr!). When I get him out of his crib he asks for each of them to also get out.
He is really starting to blossom into a gentle, sweet spirit. He loves to help me unload the dishwasher by taking one piece at a time, handing it to me and saying "thank you! you welcome!". It takes forever to unload the dishwasher now but it is some of the sweetest moments we share. He also likes me to hand him the clothes out of the washer (one by one) so he can put them in the dryer (one by one).

I don't want to forget:

• how you say "sorry", it comes out "SAUCEY!" and you say it with such enthusiasm too.
• your chubby hands holding my cheeks so you can kiss me
• how you sit next to me on the couch, laying your head on my arm
• how you say "JUUUUICE!"
• how you discovered picking your nose. haha.
• you've had a runny nose this week, and when you sneeze some snot out you panic, look and me, grab my arm and wipe your nose on it.
• not something I love that you do, but you stuff your mouth with food and then let it all spill out. Nomi (my mom) thinks you are trying to be like Cookie Monster.
• you are never mad when you wake up. You always greet me with a "BOO!" when I walk into your room.

kids got character.

We have had some cold weather but my boy loves to be outside. I love this pictures because I see so much in them:
The mismatched pajamas that daddy put him in the night before
The hat that Everett insists on wearing anytime he goes outside.
His poor little ears folded over from putting said hat on himself.
His mouth covered in donuts because daddy bought us some!
How he says "ba" for water no matter how many times I correct him.

Happy Valentines Day!

Everett is quite the love bug! Here he is with his best friend Ava. They are quite fond of each other ;)

 

Have a sweet day!

Ski Trip

I never blogged about this, so I thought I should!

Went up to Flagstaff with a couple of my friends. It was a quick ski trip. I have to say, I am a pretty good skier, but it absolutely terrifies me. I didn't fall except getting off the lift once, but going down the mountain I have to go SO SLOW because I am freaked out. Yet I look back on it and think, oh I could go again! ha.
Chris is a great skier. He must have a ton of awesome childhood memories on the slopes because every time he goes he can't wait to bring Everett, and he gets very sentimental about our little family. Its adorable!
We went MLK day weekend, which was very busy. Toward the end of the day we waited to get on the lift for over an hour. The ski class was constantly cutting in front (which they should), and at one point the instructor had 3 girls who needed to go up the lift and asked if anyone would accompany them. Chris and I volunteered to take these sweet 8 year olds on the lift for the first time. We were also desperate to get out of that line!
We were up there overnight and my mom kept Everett. I still have a hard time leaving him, not because of missing him or he will miss me, but because I feel guilty. I have guilt over making him someone elses responsibility. Not sure if thats normal but I think  I am getting better.