Christmas Pics

I had my boys pictures taken for Christmas this year. They turned out so cute! It also helps that my boys are the cutest in the whole world.:) My sister in law Jodi took them and you should totally book a session with her becasue she is so awesome. www.ayummylife.com

A Snowy Day

Trick or Treating

Alpine Loop

Here are some pics I took yesterday up the Alpine Loop. I have never been there during the fall and I have to say it was so beautiful. If you get a chance go before all the colors fade.

He's 3!

Over the weekend we celebrated Mason's 3rd birthday. It was a lot of fun. We had a big party with cousins complete with a pinata, the bouncy slide, dinosaur cupcakes, balloons, it was a dinosaur extravaganza! All of Mason's wildest dreams came true when he got a dinosaur as big as Dillon. He hasn't stopped carrying it around. Thanks everyone for all the nice gifts and for helping make it a great day for Mason! He is still singing happy birthday to himself!

Here are some things that Mason loves right now:
Dinosaurs(particularly the "mean" dinosaurs)
Race Cars ( he can point out Porsches, Ferrari's & Lamborghini's & he says his favorite is a Mustang much to Cameron's dismay)
Going extreme speeds on his tricycle (yikes!)
Wrestling
Dinosaur Train
Lightning McQueen
Backyardigans
Cousin Jack
Baby Brother Dillon

He is the sweetest kid and we love him more than anything. I can't believe that he is 3! We love you Mason!!!

THE WRONG LIMB

So, my little Dillon had a little fall last week out of his high chair. Once I made sure that there was no serious head injury and he had stopped crying, I though that everything was hunky dory. I put him on the floor and usually he is off as fast as can be crawling and getting into everything. This time, he just sat there and looked at me. He started to get into the crawling position when he started crying and just sat back down. Huh? I tryed everything to get him to crawl to me, he wouldn't. He finally decided he could scoot on his bum and get around okay without using his legs, ( or so I thought). I immediately thought there was something wrong with his leg. I call the Dr. and he tells me I have to take him to Primary Children's to get x-rays. So, my Mom and I hop in the car and drive up to the hospital. 5 HOURS & 2 leg x-rays later we FINALLY get out of there. They did not find anything wrong, so I was just supposed to watch him to make sure it starts to get better. A couple of days pass and still no crawling. He will walk while holding my hand and move his legs around fine, it's only the crawling that is bothering him. I started growing a little suspicious that maybe it wasn't his leg afterall. I finally came to the conclusion that it was his wrist that was bothering him. Stupid me. I felt so bad that I hadn't caught it before then and had wasted all that time getting x-rays on his legs. So, we found out last night that he does have a small fracture in his wrist and has to be in a cast for 3 weeks. Poor little baby. I feel so bad for him! He is just in a little splint right now, and is doing really well with it. I will post pictures soon when he gets his actual cast on!

SILVER LAKE ON A SUNDAY

A LITTLE RANT

SO I HAVE BEEN THINKING LATELY ABOUT SOME STUFF. IT SEEMS I HAVE BEEN BOMBARDED LATELY WITH WOMEN THAT ARE "CRAFTY". I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING NOR DO I WISH I COULD. I DO NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR SEWING, STAMPING, SCRAPBOOKING, PAPER CRAFTING & ANYTHING ELSE THAT INVOLVES A NEEDLE & THREAD, RIBBONS, GLUE, VINYL LETTERING ETC. I THINK IT'S GREAT IF YOU LOVE TO DO THAT KIND OF THING, JUST DON'T MAKE THE REST OF US FEEL DUMB IF WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE CURTAINS OUT OF AN OLD PAIR OF PANTS. I JUST CAN'T SEE IT AND I DON'T THINK I EVER WILL. I HAVE TO ADMIT WHEN I FIRST HAD MASON AND WAS NO LONGER WORKING, I THOUGHT I WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO START DOING THINGS LIKE THAT. CAMERON WOULD JUST LAUGH AT ME AND SAY "HONEY, IT'S JUST NOT YOU". HE IS RIGHT, IT'S NOT ME. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A CRAPPY MOM BECAUSE I CAN'T MAKE MY KIDS CLOTHES, OR COME UP WITH "FUN" CRAFTS FOR THEM TO DO DURING THE DAY. MY IDEA OF KIDS CRAFTS IS A COLORING BOOK AND CRAYONS. SO FOR ALL OF YOU MOM'S LIKE ME OUT THERE,(I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE RIGHT?) DON'T FEEL SO BAD ABOUT YOURSELVES. OKAY, I'M DONE.

Mason, Jessi & Dinos

Mason has this little friend that lives next door. Her name is Jessi and they have a lot of fun together. She is a little older but it doesn't seem to matter to them! She will even play dinosaurs with him. So cute.

Fireworks

Apparently Mason and Jack thought the fireworks were too loud but always clapped when they were done. They are seriously the cutest little buddies in the world.

disneyland

we went to disneyland for 5 days last week. we had a blast. i thought my legs and feet were seriously going to fall off. we figured we walked a full marathon in 5 days. we stayed at the disneyland hotel which was really nice. mason had so fun. he was star struck at the sight of lightning mcqueen, to be honest I was a little star struck. i never want to see the electrical parade again and those dancing monkey men. all in all it was a great time and i missed dillon like crazy. so grateful that my mom watched him while we went. i didn't take a lot of pictures but here are a few.

mason and jack taking a breather in the bushes


pixar parade


mason and i on dumbo


view from hotel room

always an adventure

If you know my little Mason you know he is pretty fearless and is not afraid of much. It proved to be very evident today when I took the kids to the pool at the gym. All was going well and Mason was having a blast and getting the hang of his life jacket. We got out for some lunch, when all of a sudden after only looking away for seconds, Mason went missing. My sisters and I searched for the longest 6-7 minutes of my life. I thought for sure he was at the bottom of the pool. I was hysterical and had the most awful images in my head. After what seemed like a lifetime a lifeguard comes walking over with Mason soaking wet and crying and asks me if this is the little boy I am looking for. Where was he you ask? Ummm, he decided to go down the huge 2 story waterslide all by himself with no life jacket. Keep in mind that you have to climb about 20 steps to get up to the waterslide, and that still wasn't intimidating enough for him. I was kind of upset at the lifeguard at the top of the slide that let him go down. Thank goodness for that lifeguard that caught him at the bottom, he would have gone under for sure! If it's true what they say about your 2 year old having the same personality when they are 16 I am in for real trouble.

happy birthday

My little Dillon turned 1 on the 16th. I can't believe how much he has grown over the past year. It's hard to belive that he was so sick just a year ago! What a difference a year makes. I am pretty sure that he is the sweetest & cutest boy in the whole world. We love him so much and could not imagine our life without him. We threw a little party for him at the park and had family come and celebrate. We had cupcakes and ice cream and he totally went to town on his cupcake! Thanks Jodi (a yummy life photography) for taking such great pictures!

This is Dillon a year ago at Primary Children's Hospital