"Oh what a beautiful morning..."

"Oh, what a beautiful day,

I've got a wonderful feeling,

Everything's going my way."

It may be cloudy and overcast outside but this morning I feel like singing! For some reason the world looks so much more beautiful when I've gotten a good night's sleep. That's right - I went to sleep last night and didn't wake up at all until 8am this morning. My wish finally came true! We moved Tyler out of our bedroom two nights ago and now he's sleeping through the night (or at least through one night), but already it is so much better!!

Today is going to be a great day... I can just feel it. :)

Utah Trip - February 2009

I recently had the wonderful opportunity to go to Utah and visit my SIL Karin, her husband, Chris, and their adorable son, Arthur. I only took Tyler with me and left Natalie and Nathan at home with Dan. Let me tell you... the week I spent in Utah was AWESOME!!!!

We walked around Temple Square one evening. I had never seen the temple at night - it was so beautiful all lit up against the evening sky.

Tyler got some quality cousin-time with Arthur. It was so fun watching the boys play together, especially since they're only one week apart in age! Although I fear Arthur was a bit overwhelmed by Tyler - in size and demeanor (what can I say? Tyler is used to having older siblings) but I think they became good friends once they got used to each other.

As for us moms, we lived it up! We ate so much good food, relaxed, took walks, took naps, went shopping, talked and talked, and ate some more!! It felt a little weird for me to only have one child to care for while I was there, but I took advantage of it - I tried to relax and just enjoy some one-on-one time with Tyler. I feel like we became a lot closer on our trip (which I didn't think was possible since we're already very attached!)

Everyday we walked to some nearby shops and got...gelato!! (YUM)

Of course I had to get my Winger's fix

I got to spend some time with Dan's brother, Matt as well as his grandparents, David & Betty. It was so good seeing everyone, we really enjoyed it.

While there, Tyler got his first haircut! I'm so happy that Grandma Betty was willing to give Tyler his first ever haircut - while he may never remember it, I will. :)

Words cannot describe how thankful I am that I got to spend some quality time out in Utah with our family. I am so glad that Tyler and I were able to go, and I want to thank all my family/friends who helped with Natalie & Nathan while I was gone. And a huge THANK YOU to Karin & Chris for letting me come stay with them and for making the time we had there so enjoyable. You guys are the BEST!!!

What we've been up to...

For the past month we have been passing a cold around at our house. Tyler and Nathan kept passing it back and forth and then they decided to be generous and pass it on to me. I woke up Valentine's Day with a BAD cold. Which I then kindly passed on to Dan. And somewhere in all of that Natalie got the cold as well. That is why I haven't been blogging lately.


So here's a few of the things we have been doing when we haven't been down sick...

Looking out the window

One day Natalie and Nathan decided it would be fun to look out the back window and watch the construction workers building houses behind us. They were fascinated by it! (I don't typically keep our kitchen table in the living room except on Thursdays when I move it out of the kitchen for ballet class)

Nathan playing tee-ball Whenever the weather is nice Nathan insists on being outside and playing tee-ball. He is such a boy! And yes, we already have him signed up to play tee-ball this Spring.

Making "spit mohawks" One afternoon I discovered Tyler had a mohawk - cool dude! Natalie was quite pleased with how it turned out. I asked her how she got his hair to stick up so well - she used spit!!

Dancing! Natalie loves to sing and dance - she is such a happy girl and so much fun to have around!

Playing with dolls Can you see what's funny about the dolls they are playing with? Silly kids!

Cruising Tyler pulls up on everything now and cruises along (walking while holding on to something).

Dressing up

Putting away laundry This is what I get when I ask Dan to help me hang up our clothes. Those are his pants hanging on our closet door! He thinks if he does it badly enough I won't ask him to help again. You aren't as funny as you think Dan!!

Playing "school" The kids had some friends over and decided to play "school" in our pantry. They had a list of rules, snack, and a lesson. It was so cute!

Eating cookies!

Because after all of that, eating cookies is really all I want to do. And let's face it - it's the funnest thing to do!

Our Little Longhorn

Tyler recently had his 9 month check-up at the Doctor's office. Here's the stats: Weight=24lbs. Height=30in. Is anyone really surprised that Tyler is in the 97th percentile? yeah, we aren't either. It's still so funny to me that Tyler is wearing the clothes/shoes that Nathan wore when he was already walking, over a year old. He's definitely my big boy :)