Disneyland 2013

i've been wanting to go to disneyland for about the past 10 years and arron would never take me!! RUDE! 

he is not a lover of disneyland, or should i rephrase, he WASNT a lover of disneyland. 

however, take your kids to disneyland and not to sound completely cliché but it is amazingly more magical, and although he wont be sporting his mickey shirt on casual fridays or running out and purchasing a mickey mouse watch, he did catch the spirit of the happiest place on earth, 

and i believe he is secretly planning and making spread sheets for our next disney getaway in his CPA brain.

Ooooooh YES WE DID!!

we were "those" people with the matching shirts.

its really the only way to fit in. 

 and all the cool people are doing it. 

and if we ever go during the winter months we will buy some matching hanes sweat suits and matching disney iron ons and get us some fanny packs and you will wish you were us!

although i finally made it to disneyland after years of begging i was also 5 months pregnant so i couldn't 

 ride any of the good rides. {seriously, the disney gods are against me}

HOWEVER!!! just seeing cars land made it all ok. 

That place is AMAZING!!  you seriously feel like you are in the movie.

and it blew little Lightning McQueen lovers minds!!

this disney trip had been in the works for a year, we started planning it one night with our good friends the Jones family, and it was awesome to finally make the 12 hour trek with Gabes best friend and some of our favorite people. 

nana nancy and papa tim came to share in the magic for a couple of days.

which was code for "come and watch the kids while the adults play for a couple hours"

did that happen, no! but it was nice to have some extra eyes to keep track of 2 very excited little boys.

so there is a slight chance that we took gabe about 6-12 months too early.

 He loved meeting all of the characters, 

he did NOT love the rides.

he liked most of the kid rides once he got on them but the anticipation caused the poor kid some major anxiety accompanied by some tears and deep breaths. 

his favorite ride was toy story mania.

his least favorite ride...well i'll let the picture below do the talking. 

{i think its the BEST picture from the entire trip, that face is PRICELESS}

everyone should be able to dress up as their favorite super hero for a day, but something magical happens in DISNEYLAND when you put on those wings or brandish a wooden sword aka stick.

you BECOME them, and you get more attention and smiles and you might as well get an agent and manager because you are the star of the show.

at least thats what these two thought as they slipped into last years halloween costumes that were now 2 inches too short and took to the streets of disneyland.

peter pan found tinker bell and gabe found his stunt double and was kind enough to pose for a picture with him. 

Random people pointed, snapped pictures and oohed and awed at the 2 handsome little celebs.

one lady even asked gabe if he was going to be buzz light year when he grew up,

to which he replied "no, an accountant" .... hahaha

dont worry, there is still time to change his mind!

we had so much fun and cant wait to go back, maybe mac will be lucky and get to experience disneyland next time instead of being strapped into a stroller or to dad or asleep.

he was a little champ and i'm sure it was because he could feel the magic...right?

we love you Disneyland...to infinity and beyond!

until next time!

sad attempt

sad sorry attempt to catch up in one big post. i just wanted to get these pictures on the blog because i love them and one day when i get super motivated and get this blog printed, pressed and published into a book, i didn't want these to be left out. 

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i remember raking leaves into a big ol pile and flinging myself into the middle like i was about to land on a soft fluffy cloud..... if you get the urge to do it now, as an adult, don't do it, it aint soft and you would get the same effect if you just threw yourself on the ground. leaves do not break your fall my friend. 

yet my dad who raked the big pile of leaves for me in my day has now continued the tradition with gabe, and gabe loved it just as much as i remember loving it. 

and i'm sure thinks the leaf pile is a soft place to land. 

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Happy New Year!

2013

Gabe partied a little too hard this year. 

we may need to consider reeling him in a little earlier next year. 

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 Heaven knows its been cold this winter

but alas, we live in Utah after all and so what do you do...

you bundle up and go play outside!

and if the deep freeze just doesn't seem to be letting up...

 pretend its spring. 

keep warm!

The Lost Fortnight.

i worked at the hospital for a long time and i never had a patient that was admitted for exhaustion. 

So i never understood what was going on when you'd here of celebrities being hospitalized for extreme exhaustion?!

well i never understood until now. 

and i realized something. Its not so much being tired (for me at least)

its the feeling of being 100%  used up. like you have 0 left to give 

and still people want more. 

so really the only way to really truly have everyone leave you alone

is to admit yourself into the hospital, its GENIUS.

nobody is gonna ask you to do crap if you're laid up in the hospital.  

thats when people bring you treats and look at you all concerned and say

"no dont get up" "its ok just sleep" "do you need anything"

and food magically shows up for YOU when its meal time.  

hello... there should be a diagnosis called MOMATOSIS, and if you have it, you immediately get sent for a 3 day respite stay.

"DOC, I HAVE IT!"

these past two weeks have been a big fat blur of pee, potty time, undies, snot, antibiotics, inhalers, doctor visits, breathing treatments, tears, cuddles, kisses, blessings, motrin, tylenol

and ENDLESS laundry. 

Thats right people we are down to one kid in diapers around these parts, 

and it is FAN-fricken-TASTIC

I'll admit, i was super worried about potty training this monster. Nothing is ever "easy" with him.

but it was time and although i tried and tried to put it off

i caved under peer pressure and we got er' done.

after the first 3 hours i was about to concede defeat as he ran around the house peeing everywhere, and i do mean EVERYWHERE. but we found our groove. and only had 3 accidents the rest of the day. 

day 2 and 3 were much better only 1 accident each day and dry during nap time. 

Day 4 he had about 20 accidents and i couldn't figure out what was going on.

and then this happened! fever of 104. he was one sick boy. 

so i'm gonna give him a big ol' pass on day 4.

cuz since then he's been accident free. 

 So after 3 hours at the doctors office and a diagnosis of

 "i dont know" 

we were sent home with an inhaler and antibiotics.

and the task of keeping big brother away from little brother.. ya right!

 Sleep... soup... nothing seemed to help. dad even bundled up for a late night walk to see if the cold air would help with his breathing.

but we were back at the doctors for suctioning and breathing treatments 

and finally an answer.

flu A, RSV, bronchiolitis and secondary pneumonia.

blah blah blah

so he got a steroid shot

we started breathing treatments at home

 and i feel like i'm constantly at work.

 when he started feeling better and all he wanted was to make cookies, how could i say no to this face. he looks so sick and defeated it was breaking my heart. 

and then this little smily innocent face got his turn!

seriously how do you avoid it, i was a freak about washing my hands, trying to keep them away from each other, its a fetching lost cause is what it is. 

you may as well just have them share a sucker and get on with it. 

 so back to the doctor,

But Mac got the added bonus of an ear infection.

winner....ding, ding, ding.

so we've done a lot of sitting around on house arrest, trying to milk these two little lovers back to full strength. 

 

and then i realize at times like this, i take way too much for granted.

my health, healthy babies and the fact that we have doctors available to help our precious cargo when we are at a loss. medicine to make them feel better.

and a husband that honors his priesthood so he can give blessings of healing and comfort. 

So i guess i'll try to hold off on my pitty party and my hospital admission for a couple more days and see if i can get a grip and be grateful that things are finally looking up around here.