California Sunshine

Mom and her Boys left Dad home and headed to Southern Cali for some much-needed SUNSHINE. We truly lucked out with 75 degree weather, perfect for hangin' on the beach. The boys were great little travelers (thankfully seeing I was a single parent). Christian loved playing with his favorite cousins and cruisin' on their jeeps, scooters and skateboards (hence the scraped knee post below). Mom soaked in the warm air and shopping and got to visit her dear friend Jess for a fabulous room service and Bachelor date night. Thanks to Nat & Andrew for the fun trip!

Poor Scraped Knees

OUCH!

This is what happens when kido wears shorts for the first time of the season (not that it's anywhere near shorts season, I wish) Christian is a little clumsy when he runs but nothing that Spider Man bandaids can't cure..."Look mom, my owees are all better now!"

Showing Off

Check out my first teeth.

The "Choke Hold"

Mason's favorite passtime - Standing - you have to force this boy's body to bend and actually sit!

2 Little Minis - Matching Girlfriend Irelynn

Note to Self

Don't turn on windshield wipers with 6 inches of heavy, wet snow on the windshield! I was too lazy and didn't want to get wet by scraping the snow off first, so I turned on the wipers to see if they could clear it for me. My good idea FAILED (although it's been successful many times in the past). Apparently I broke them or blew a fuse or something (yes it was mostly my fault) and we were stuck driving to Sunday dinner in a blizzard with NO WIPERS forcing us to pull over every 10 seconds to clear the windshield by hand (with my husband rolling his eyes at me the entire time like I'm an idiot). Not to mention almost getting stuck several times because we have yet to buy that SUV we keep talking about. I'm so over the snow!

Great Movie

Marley & Me. You have to see it, especially if you're a dog-lover or parent or just need a good laugh or cry for that matter. It completely fit my life as I know it lately. Maybe it was so great because I haven't been to a movie FOREVER or because it was a much-needed girl's night with a dear friend (not to mention the fabulous sushi we had beforehand) but I highly recommend it. I'm hoping to catch it again if anyone needs a date to join them. Enjoy!

6 Months and SOOO BIG

Check out Mr. Flirt performing his latest tricks...he gets on all fours and rocks, then takes off scooting backwards 'til he gets stuck under the couch, then wails in frustration. He's so determined to go places and catch up to his big brother. He weighs 17 pounds and is 27 inches long now...hard to believe he's already 6 months old!

Love the naked dimple bum and rolls...
the hat is compliments of Christian, "you wear it like this Mason."

Christian sees Mason getting attention and has to

copy, "look Mom, I'm stuck too."

Holidays Ain't Over Yet

Christian sobbed when we took down the tree..."I want my tree to stay in my house!" and he's still singing Frosty and Rudolph "like a lightbulb" daily, so why not post a few more fun holiay pics, seeing we had four Christmases and all, not to mention the multiple birthday celebrations.

More cute PJ poses, compliments of Grandma Linda. Christian poses just like I used to at his age, head turned to the side..."cheeeeese..."
Mason scoots backwards until he gets STUCK!

Mom's Birthday dinner - Mason trying to "eat" his big brother, one of his favorite activites.

Jess, this one's for you - yummy Macaroni Grill bread, now that's what I'm talking about. Christian had it figured out, "I want the BIG ONE."

Bye Bye Binkies - Hooray!

It's night 2 without a binky for our Big Boy Christian and mom is cheering! All this time I thought it would be such an ordeal to forgo his favorite bedtime friend and then last night I just put him to bed without one and he didn't even ask for it. Mission accomplished.

He really is growing up fast and it makes me a little sad. He didn't nap today either, please don't let that end just yet! It's funny that Mason won't even take a binky and Christian is finally over his at age 2 and 1/2. The recent transition to his "Big Boy" bunkbed has probably helped but now he requests mom or dad to lay with him. Any ideas on breaking this new habit??
Christian lounging with his Best Buddy Jace in Maui last year. Farewell to the sweet binky face, now onto potty training 101...wish us luck!

Happy New Year!!

"Here Mason, now blow this!" Nothing like sharing our germs with little brother...hey, at least he's sharing.

It's the 9 nine-year anniversary since Troy and I first hungout. The romance all began New Year's Eve 2000 and look where we are today. Happy Anniversary Honey, it's been a great ride so far!

Wishing you all a healthy and happy 2009!

Christmas Eve & Morning

It's hard to believe another Christmas has come and gone...it's always never-ending fun with our Four Families. Christian loved all the presents and parties and Mason loved eating all his presents!

Santa Mason and the Big Guy Himself

Annual Matching PJ Pose, Christmas Morning with Breklyn's Family

Yummy Wrapping Paper!

Twas the Night before Christmas and Daddy & Mason were fast asleep.

More Christmas Fun

I talked my hubby into continuing our tradition of sleeping over at my mom's on Christmas Eve (her birthday) in Park City. Don't you just love our matching green (Christian's fave color) jammies?? So stylish!

Santa brought Christian "bad guys and robots" - exactly what he asked for!

"Peek-a-boo, I see you Mom!"

More Tasty Presents!

Attempting to build a Gingerbread Train...it tasted much better than it looked.

My Snow Bunnies

"Don't cha wanna throw a snowball at me Dad?"

'Tis the Season!

It's been a crazy couple of weeks with work (finally finished my huge project-yay!), sick kidos (so exhuasting) and juggling Christmas parties. Call me Scrooge but I hadn't even thought about Christmas until just this week. I really do love the holidays but it's such a busy time of year that it's hard to find time to enjoy the season and just soak it all in.

Note to Self: next year when Christmas music is playing and store decorations are out the day after Halloween - Don't be bugged - instead EMBRACE it as December flies by much too fast!

Now that we've finally Trimmed the Tree (and the whole house), the goal is to slow down and embrace it! Hope you can all find time to do the same! Here are some festive pics of late.

We hit the Festival of Trees with my sister Paige, which always gets me in the Christmas spirit -such beautiful trees and amazing stories. I especially loved checking out a few of my friend's trees. Fabulous work - recognize these trees (Christa, Sarah)??

Who is this weird guy holding me?? Save me mom!

Just wait until next year when you'll be screaming!

Santa: What do you want for Christmas? Christian: "Umm...(looks down at present)...THAT!" (as he flies off his lap). He knows the drill, cooperate for the picture and Santa gives you presents. Smart boy!

Storytime with Mrs. Clause at our church Christmas Brunch. Christian was looking a little hammered with candycane all over his face (yes, that was his breakfast). Love the matching PJs! Happy Baby!

St. George Trip

Christian loved his trip so much - everywhere we went he'd say, "Is this my trip? I like my trip!" He sobbed when it was time to leave HIS St. George house. The boys were such troopers as we dragged them to Vegas for one night. We got a steal on a room and couldn't resist the urge to visit our old stomping grounds, although the activities are much different with kidos. We bowled, swam, ate a lot and shopped. We found an awesome outdoor store that was more like a theme park with massive fish tanks, play shooting ranges and a Harley Santa.

Christian didn't want to get too close to Harley Santa. "How 'bout you come with me mom?"

Who needs turkey when you can have crab legs for Thanksgiving dinner? So yummy!! We even got Christian to try some, although he thought the lemon wedge was much tastier.

Weekend of "Uns"

Happy Early Un-Thanksgiving Celebration at the Morgan's

If the Pilgrim and Indian hats aren't enough to get you geared up for the big Thanksgiving Feast, then I don't know what is! Grandma Jody went all out, as she always does for the holidays,

she never fails to impress us!

Such Darling Indian Boys...
Cousin FunI know, the pilgrim hat is oh so flattering on me, ok not really.

This Thanksgiving, I am so grateful for: All our Family who Love and Support us...Good Friends who are Good Examples...Great Health...Being a Mother to 2 Beautiful, Funny, Healthy Boys who Teach Me so Much and Entertain me Daily...My Sweet Hubby who is my Best Friend...God and all the Privileges and Opportunities He Blesses us with.

Life is a great journey and I hope to express my gratitude more often for all that I have. Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend filled with friends, family and good eats!
Love, Breklyn