A Special Occasion

Today my baby turned 1. I am kind of sad. It just went by so fast. Faster than it did with Weston. All of a sudden Davin looks like a little boy and not so much like a baby. My life has been so blessed by having Davin be a part of it. He has changed my perspective on motherhood, in a mostly good way. He is sweet and loving. He has a killer laugh and is such a little peanut. He is a wiggle worm, but a cute one.

He had his one year well visit at the doctor's office this morning. Mean mommy made him get 3 shots on his big day. He won't remember though. This is his cute smile pre-shots.
In case anyone is interested his stats are:
Height: 28 1/4 inches; 10%
Weight: 17 lbs. 8 oz.; negative % (they didn't tell me how negative, but lets just say he hadn't gained an ounce since his 9 month visit . . . blah)
Head: holding strong in the 50%

He was an angel for the visit and only cried for about 3 minutes after his shots. We were all excited to leave and go to the airport to pick up Grandma Denny! She is in town during her spring break until Friday. We spent the rest of the day playing and cooking.

Davin was actually fairly skilled at present opening, but didn't have much of a chance to show off his talents because Weston was quite anxious to help.
One of his gifts from us was "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." We had to read it right then. Both the boys love it.
Davin was really pretty excited about his new toys and books. He got that Mickey Mouse lovey, a shape sorting, spinning hippo toy (that Weston picked out), and that other fun train book. He also got lots of clothes, but he wasn't nearly as stoked about those, but Mommy was!
We sang Happy Birthday and Davin eyed the candle warily. He eventually reached out to try and touch it.
Weston ended up assisted with the birthday wish blowing out of the candle.
Happy Birthday my little one!!!

Go Cougs!

It has been a busy week. I stayed home for much of it, but it was still somehow busy. The highlight of my week was when my new vacuum arrived on Thursday afternoon. I was desperate to try it out, so I turned on a movie for the kids and assembled it myself. Go me! Then I enlisted Weston's "help" to tidy the house and spent the next 20 minutes savoring the sounds of little crumb particles being sucked up by a powerful beast. Needless to say I LOVE my new toy. :) It is much quieter, much more powerful, significantly heavier, and way more awesome than my old vacuum. In case you are interested it is the Eureka Boss Smartvac. Seriously my carpets looked A-mazing after the maiden voyage of this bad boy.
On Friday the boys and I went to Target where I ONLY bought 2 birthday toys for Davin. I was very proud of myself for making it out of the store without spending money on anything else. Again, go me. Yesterday afternoon we went and picked up Ian at work and drove down to Provo for a fun night out at the BYU. I dressed both the kids in their BYU outfits and had to take a picture before their hair got all messed up and their outfits peed on. My cute future Cougs.
We dropped of Davin at my Aunt Pam's house for the evening, but took Weston along for the night. He was very patient as we dropped off our wedding rings to be cleaned at the jeweler where we bought them. Then we had dinner at our favorite place, Burger Supreme. Yummy stuff.
After going back to the jewelers to pick up our rings we went to the Marriott Center to watch the women's gymnastic meet against Utah. Weston had no idea what gymnastics even was, but I explained it was girls doing flips. He was suitably impressed, I think. One of our main goals in taking Weston to the gymnastics meet was to get some up close and personal time with Cosmo (since gymnastics is a significantly less crowded event than the sold out basketball game we took Weston to last time). Cosmo mostly hung around low in the stands, so Ian took Weston down to see him. It was by far the best part of Weston's week. He told me all about how he gave Cosmo a double high five and said HI and that Dad took a picture. I watched the whole thing from our higher up spot in the stands. Weston loved it.
Weston's stamina kind of ran out at that point, so we only lasted another 15 minutes or so after seeing Cosmo, but that's ok. We saw most of the meet.
I had told Weston that we would probably go get a fun treat after the meet, so that gave him his second wind. We went to the Creamery, but after taking one glance at the line that wound and then went out the door we decided to see if one of our other treat haunts was still in business. Success! Smart Cookie was still there and still as delicious as ever. Bonus they now sold multiple flavors of ice cream, so Weston got his green (mint chip) ice cream cone and Ian and I got their fabulous ice cream cookie sandwich. It really was lots of fun to be out and about with just Weston. He was in need of some parental attention after a few days of me holding Dav all day long. We went back to Aunt Pam's to pick up Davin and ended up visiting for a little bit while Weston played with toys. What a trooper . . . Weston lasted until 10pm! It was kind of a late night, but we had a blast. Can't wait for our jaunt to Provo next month for a baseball game!

Scary Stuff

Yesterday was a weird day. Davin was still pretty lethargic and sick, so we stayed home all day. In the morning Ian IMed me that something was going on at work and he thought that there were going to be layoffs. I immediately started panicking. Luckily Ian still has a job, but at his small company 8 people were laid off, including some of our close friends. It breaks my heart. I am praying that things will work out for everyone.

That jolt of panic yesterday also had a different effect on me . . . instant humility and gratitude. You all know I've been kind of living in my own little pity party world these last few weeks. The possibility of losing our job, and not being at all prepared for that scenario, brought my life back into a sharp focus on the most important things in it.

I am hoping that I can get my act together and remember the importance of trying to be more self sufficient and start thinking past the next paycheck. I also am thankful that I am now seeing life in a broader sense than my little mommy world. My life is blessed.

In case you were wondering, Davin slept LOTS better last night and was only up once. He woke up this morning happy and fever free. He's not 100% yet, still coughing and congested, but clearly feeling much better. We even ventured to story time at the library this morning. Weston was pretty desperate to get out of the house.

Finally, CONGRATS to my sister in law, Aly! She got engaged last night! So exciting. We are looking forward to being there for her special day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Another year has come and gone. I am now 26. I have very little to say about this birthday except that I must remember next year to NOT get excited about my birthday. It wasn't the worst day, but it wasn't great either, and to be honest I was hoping for great. Obviously having high expectations never ends well.

Yesterday I took Davin to get a big boy haircut. His hair was just getting too long and scraggly for me. He was pretty good for the haircut. He cried for the last few minutes and we both ended up with hair all over us. I think he looks adorable. This is the last smile I can remember on his face though.
Today he looked like this. All day. He was SO not feeling good. He ran a temperature even with Tylenol. He took minuscule naps and just generally fussed all day. I did reap the snuggling benefits of having a sick baby, but that also meant I really couldn't do anything. He seriously was laying like this dozing off every few minutes for about half an hour this afternoon. I really just feel so bad for him.
When I opened my birthday presents tonight Weston was desperate to "help" (do it for me). I asked him to bring me my last present, the big one and instead he just started ripping into it. Stinker. Oh well. Davin was momentarily distracted from sickie sadness by ripping wrapping paper too.
We were all in green at one point in the day. Weston randomly changed his shirt. Anyway, if anyone needs a sugar fix I have almost an entire chocolate peanut butter cake, a quarter of a lemon vanilla cake, and a wedding style cupcake sitting on my stove. Come on over for the party! If you're wondering why this post is being written at 11:30pm, that would be because I "treated" myself to a nap. I'm such an idiot. Now I can't sleep. Not to mention Ian is snoring loudly in our bedroom and Davin is not peacefully sleeping either. I think I will go try to lull myself to sleep with some reading or word puzzles. Tomorrow will be just another day.

Partyin' it Up!

Last night we went out with friends for my 26th birthday (which is not actually until St. Patrick's Day). It was such a blast. We started the night with dinner at Cafe Rio, then headed to the bowling alley. There was about an hour wait for a lane, so we filled the time wasting money on arcade games. I played skeeball. :) It makes me happy.

Ian and Justin played a couple intense games of air hockey. Ian was the champ.
Justin and Tara's hoop rivalry. Justin won, but only by 2 baskets. Go Tara!
I was kind of naughty and got a tattoo for my birthday! Hot stuff at 26. ;)
(It was actually purchased for me with our combined arcade game tickets, and, no mother, I didn't wear it to church today)
Let the bowling begin! We all did pretty well. This was my victory dance after a strike. The guys all finished within 6 points of each other (110, 113, 116). The girls had more of a spread. We all had a good time.
Me and my honey (oh and creeper face Justin).
My completely awesome girlfriends. I am so lucky these girls like me.
After our first game of bowling, Tara and Justin headed out to go pick up their kids, but Wynn and Dawnie stayed and bowled another game with us. We all actually improved our scores. There's something I just love about bowling. I am so glad that we got to have such a fun night. Thanks y'all!

Mommying

Last night we dropped off my car at the shop to be re-fixed. So today we were housebound. I even forgot to get the stroller out of the trunk, so we have been inside all day. I call today mommying. I didn't shower until 10am (but I did shower!), I did laundry and dishes, fed the kids, tried to tidy (but to no avail), and got dinner started in the crock pot.

I also sat and watercolored with Weston. I especially liked his painting on black paper. It looked really cool. Perhaps he has inherited Daddy's design eye.
We also baked cookies while Davin watched from the high chair, contentedly munching Saltines. He definitely prefers cookies though.
Finally, I sat on the floor and played rolly ball with this bundle of cuteness. He has decided that his new nap time is smack dab in the middle of the day (at least he takes a nap).
Tonight we will all go together and pick up my car and then go to the fitness center pool for some family splashing. Tomorrow's outing . . . Davin's haircut.

Accentuate the Positive

First of all, Thank You, Thank You! for all your re-affirming, supportive comments. I, of course, am feeling better today. Ian bringing these home for me yesterday helped. :)
I then promptly left the kids in his charge and went to Young Womens. None of our girls showed up, so the 3 leaders just had a girls' night and went to the Draper temple open house sans responsibility. It was really beautiful and fun to see the temple. We toured and talked and talked some more. It was definitely what I needed last night. I came home to a nice quiet, tidy house, snuggled with Ian and watched the new Big Bang Theory. I slept well. Weston didn't wake me up, and after feeding Davin at 4am I got to sleep until 7:45!

Today has been much better too. Not overly productive, but enough. We didn't do much because I wanted Davin to get a good nap. He didn't go down until 12ish, but then slept until 2:30pm. Our afternoon outing was a trip to the library and a stop at the dollar store. I got some fun Easter decorations and a couple Easter basket stuffers while Weston wasn't looking. The boys came home with mylar balloons (their favorite).

Ian will be home for dinner tonight and none of us need to go anywhere. I am looking forward to a nice evening together. I am so glad to know that all us moms struggle sometimes (not just me!) and I feel lucky to have so much wonderful support. I am going to just take things one day at a time and try to remember why I am here.