February

Wow February was a blur.  We were either sick or in Utah having the best time.  This post the about the weeks before Utah, yuck.
It all started two weeks before we were supposed to be in Utah.  Devin woke up in the middle of the night and was throwing up from 11-4a.m.  I was so tired the next day and so was he.  At one point in the night he said, "Is it dawn yet? I want it to be dawn so I will stop throwing up."  It was so sad an pathetic.  By the next day he was better, then Graham got the runs a few days later.  And a few days after that Shawn got sick then me and Devin again.  Finally two days before we are supposed to leave I think we are all better then Shawn starts being sick again and Graham throws up Thursday night.  That's when I start to cry.  We had been sick for almost two straight weeks and I just wanted everyone to be better so we could go visit family.  Luckily Graham felt better on Friday and we were able to make our flight on Saturday.  All I can say is I'm glad February is over!  On a much happier note Caroline and George didn't get sick and George even started eating solid food.  Yea George, and the stinky diapers begin!

George trying some real food.  He quite enjoys it.

This picture was taken the Sunday after Shawn and I were both sick.  The kids were so good that day and took very good care of themselves. 

Catch Up

I'm not quite sure I will ever be the same blogger I used to be.  I wrote ALL THE TIME.  Now with kids all over the place its hard to find time to write everything down, but I really hope I remember to keep doing this because it really is fun to look at what we have done in the past several years.
So most of January was spent not doing much it was a really boring month we just tried to stay warm!  I"m so sick of cold weather!  It's 45 degrees right now and sunny and this feels "warm" to me.  That's just not right.  I miss the sun!  Anyways,  January the only noteworthy thing was the opening of our new library.  It is amazing.  I remember when we first moved here I was so disappointed in the library, it was so tiny and story time seemed more like a fire hazard than anything else.  So its really nice to have a proper community library.

Devin picking out some new books.  I have never seen him so excited to get some new books.

Ok so this is one of the great things about the new library.  It has this awesome place where kids can build with what look like giant foam tinker toys.  Love it.

Then one day the boys and I made a little chocolate cake just the three of us.  Note to self baking with children usually just ends up being breaking up arguments over who gets to stir and put in ingredients.  It was a little exhausting, but fun, and yummy.

Graham enjoying some batter.

Oh and at one point that month Shawn and I went to Ryman Auditorium in downtown.  Its a very famous concert venue and we were so excited to go.  We were so disappointed!  The show was really for the radio so there were commercials for Dollar General and Cracker Barrel.  And then really old performers that my grandparents would recognize but not me.  We left during intermission and got drinks at Sonic on the way home.  Personally I think we made a wise decision.  So FYI don't bother going to the Opry at the Ryman, wait for real performers to do a concert there.

4 Months

I'm pretty behind with blogging as usual.  But no one blogs anymore so I guess as long as I eventually get it down I figure I'm doing ok.  I know George was 4 months in December but due to the massive flu outbreak that we had here in Nashville the doctors office actually called and recommend I change his well child check up to later in January.  Not wanting to get sick I took their advice and switched it to two weeks ago.  Nothing huge to write about other than he is a giant fat baby.  He was in the 90th percentile for weight and 30th for height.  I remember Devin being about the same size though.  He can sit up by himself really well now and loves to watch his older siblings play, and loves it when they give him attention.  This is one of my favorite stages, they can't move but he can still reach toys to play with.  Its pretty great.  We love our chubby little guy!

Mini Graham?

Almost every time someone sees George out and about with us this is what I hear, "It's mini Graham!"  I think George has his own look a little bit, but I thought I would throw some pictures together to see how much they actually do look alike.

So maybe they do look a whole lot alike.  I had some more pictures of George but after having this blog for 8 years I still can't figure out how to put my most recent downloaded pictures up.  

New Years Eve

By New Years Eve we were finally feeling almost all the way better and I really wanted to have fun.  So I decided we would make some yummy food and stay up for a movie marathon.  The kids were very excited which made everything worth it.  We watched one show all together as a family then ate some dinner, did some fireworks, and then the kids watched shows upstairs while Shawn and I watched our show downstairs.  The kids had so much fun and said they can't wait for next  New Year's Eve.  Hearing that made me so happy and I was glad we could have some fun even if it wasn't much.  I love our little family!  

Caroline with her sparkler.

Graham with his.

And them altogether watching the snakes grow. 

George even joined in on the fun.

And then entertained us by getting his big thighs stuck in the bumbo.  

10 Year Anniversary: the reality

I remember when Shawn started medical school and I kept telling myself by our ten year anniversary we will be done with all this medical training nonsense and have a great anniversary.  Oh how little I knew then.  That was just a dream.  What really happened on our ten year anniversary was this.  We went to church, renewed our temple recommends, ate some cheesecake, Shawn fell sleep at like 9, and I stayed up and cleaned the bathrooms.  Totally the same as I had dreamed right?  This is just our reality right now, nothing exciting but hey its ours and I love it, now matter how boring.  That being said I am very excited to celebrate properly one year! Love you Shawn!

Me and Devin stayed up and read the books he got for Christmas so it wasn't all bad.