Oh boy, oh boy!

Photos: 2014. Week 34. August 17-23

Aug 17

Boxes are the best!  I'm always glad when we get a big box in the mail, so fun for the little dudes.

 

Yes, for dinner Sunday evening I made myself some Trader Joe's chocolate croissants.  Very healthy, let me tell ya!  If you haven't tried these, go get some.  And if you have, you know what I'm talking about.

 

Aug 18

Happy first day of school!  The boys are in a Pre-K class this year and it's in the afternoon.  The afternoon schedule will take some getting used to, but we're excited for school to start (same school, same teachers).

 

Oh, and this year I got the boys these nifty drink/snack cups for preschool.  They both really want a lunch box, but I'm not ready to buy them full on lunch boxes yet (especially when they don't really "need" one).

 

Later Monday evening we got to facetime with Becka and Lincoln and Ender.  The boys just LOVE their cousin Lincoln. (They always ask when he's going to come visit again).  We need to do this more often, Becka!

 

Aug 19

Lunch time.  It's been weird feeding the boys 2 meals before school.  And yes, they've been intheir pj's or naked til right before school starts so far...  Need to get a real routine that's going to work for us, this afternoon thing is throwing me!  (oh and Tuesday was picture day, so that's one of the reasons I didn't dress them til right before school...  Don't want to mess up picture day outfits...).

 

Crazy storm clouds.  I can't think of the last day we didn't get at least a few drops of rain...  Not that that's a bad thing or anything...

 

Aug 20

Donut Saturday, but on a Wednesday!  FUN!

 

What's up with the never ending road construction in this town?  They keep tearing up perfectly good roads, I don't get it.

 

Aug 21

This kid is just like his Grandpa Bob, loves his peaches!  And he always has to make sure I'm going to include cream and sugar, "please I want some peaches.  With cream and sugar!".  Jonas has actually become a recent fan of peaches and cream as well, this makes me SO happy (he has been refusing fruit for most his life!).

 

Aug 22

This year, I decided to try for a beginning of the year handwriting sample.  Not too bad.  I helped Jonas just a bit, but Elliott did that all by himself!

Aug 23

Saturday Lisa and Camille came over to play.  Camille was really into the cars this time, I think Lisa's going to have to buy her some.  I love how good the boys are with her, so sweet.

Photos: 2014. Week 33. August 10-16.

Aug 10

Mom bought us some pretty flowers to enjoy while she was in town.  Thanks mom!!!

 

Aug 11

We finished making the boys super capes.  Batman & Superman.  The boys LOVED them!  Yay!  Thanks again, mom, for helping out with a project (she sewed the capes and I made the super symbols).

 

Aug 12

Pre-K is about to start, and this year the teachers requested full length and close up photos of each student.

 

We've got to soak up all this green and nice weather before it's all gone...  I'm not ready for Fall!!!

 

We don't play in the front of our house much, we live on the main thru-road in our neighborhood and its a bit scary sometimes, but Tuesday mom and I watched the boys roll up and down the driveway for a while.

 

Then, we did a little back-to-school shopping at the mall.  Yeah, the boys really don't care much for the mall.  But I got this cute selfie with all of us waiting for the elevator.

 

The moon was awesome Tuesday night and I had to take a photo of it.

 

Aug 13

Wednesday was Pre-K orientation at the boys school.  Mostly the same as last year; more forms to fill out, 1 new therapist and a new start time to get used to.

 

Shennaniganizing at school again already...

 

Aug 14

Ugh, we had to go back to the mall on Thursday, I really should have made the boys get their feet measured and try on their shoes before we bought them...  It was miserable, but we got the sizes figured out.  They liked playing in the little play area at Nordstrom, but when it's time to go, ugh, what a scene.

 

Aug 15

Mommy got some back to school shoes too!  SO cute!!!

 

Aug 16

Saturday was lazy and we stayed in our jammies all day.  For just a little while in the afternoon I took a little break from the boys and just laid in bed eating TJ's kettle corn (seriously, that stuff is like crack!).

 

But, when I came back downstairs I noticed another self-coloring incident.  Oh well.

Photos: 2014. Week 32. August 3-9

Aug 3

I've probably said it a thousand times already, but I'll say it again, I LOVE haveing a fully fenced in backyard!  Love it!  And I love what's contained in our backyard.  Our yard is rather big for our neighborhood and I'm thankful for that everyday!

 

Aug 4

Me and Jonas being silly.  Love that little lip curl, what a character!

 

Aug 5

I'm teaching Elliott how to rub my back.  He's learning pretty well.  Happy :)  Thanks buddy!

 

Aug 6

Yes, Matt just cut a huge hole in my dad's Porsche...  Dad's car is in the Slipshod Resto's workshop for weight reduction, a roll cage and club racing prep.

 

Later on Wednesday we took a little family trip to Ikea (to get new lamps and pillows).  It was dumping rain right after we made our purchase, so we decided to stay for dinner.  And while we dined we had the pleasure of viewing this awesome rainbow.

 

Aug 7

Thursday was bloodwork day for Jonas (he goes once a month).  He's my hero, he says "ouch" but doesn't cry or tear up anymore.

 

We had a little afternoon hail storm, not too big.

 

 

 

And finally, Grandma Lynn made it!!!  She got stuck in some crazy Denver rush hour traffic right before arriving.  We're glad she made it safely!

 

Aug 8

So fun!  Friday night we had a neighborhood end-of-summer block party.  I'm not sure who had the hook up, but we had two firetrucks at the party and rides for the kiddos (on the vintage truck)!  The boys were in heaven!  Too bad Matt missed it.

 

Aug 9

Grandma Lynn promised to help make the boys super capes while she was visiting (they'd been asking for a while now).  Saturday we went to Joann's to get all the neccessities and we began making them in the evening.

Photos: 2014. Week 16. April 13-19

Apr 13

Kristin also sent this Lego Batman set to the boys (late Christmas presents).  Daddy put the Batcave together and Elliott couldn't get enough of the Lego Batman guy (notice his shirt has the matching Batman character/outfit...).  Thanks Aunt Kristin!

 

Apr 14

Ugh!  The snow is ruining all the beautiful blossoms!  Sad!

 

Um, yeah, not sure how THIS got in our garage and stole my parking spot...

 

Matt says he's "borrowing" it.  Hmm...  We decided to have our mechanic check it out.

 

Jonas' current bedtime meds.  We use the "adult" pills and crush them up and mix them with a little water and crystal light.  I know it's still yucky tasting, but he's so good at taking them without much of a fight.

 

Apr 15

A little snow still on the ground didn't scare us away from a fun park date with the boys friend Will.  The boys call this park the "school park" (it's pretty close to their school, I bet you didn't guess that :).

 

Later Tuesday evening Alysha and I took the boys up the trail near our house for some photos in their new Easter outfits.  I'm such a sucker for argyle on little boys, LOVE!

 

It's not Monday's lunar eclipse, but the moon was pretty awesome Tuesday night too!

 

Apr 16

VW family selfie.

 

Apr 17

A flood of memories...

 

The boys never get enough of swinging on the "baby swing" with daddy.  They are kinda big for this swing, but they love it!

 

We need to get our other mechanic to take a look at the bug (that's still sitting in my parking spot...).

 

Apr 18

At the urging of my brother in law, I bought the boys this bubble machine (on sale at Target).  SO glad I did!  Worth every penny of the $10 spent.  Bubbles + Kids = magic!

 

Friday evening Jonas and Elliott helped Matt wash his car.  This photo was taken a split second before Jonas turned the hose on me!  Little stinker!

 

Apr 19

Saturday was the boys school friend, Colby's, birthday party.  They had really been looking forward to this party at Monkey Bizness.  Sadly, Jonas had a rough morning and stayed home with daddy.

 

This was the first year the boys dyed Easter eggs.  To make it fun and easy, we used Kool-aid to dye our eggs.  Elliott liked how it smelled “like juice”.

Photos: 2014. Week 15. April 6-12

Apr 6

Happy Conference Sunday.  What's General Conference without cinnamon rolls???  Alysha joined us and brought over lots of fruit to go with our yummy, gooey cinnamon rolls.

 

Apr 7

Monday I was a bit down and decided to go out for a drive and "look for Spring".  So ready for warmer weather!

 

Apr 8

Our new tenants in our NC house didn't want the washer and dryer.  Thank goodness for the "Furniture Row Express" that goes to and from NC probably twice a week.  We were able to get our old set to CO for free!  Time to say good bye to this set (purchased from Craigslist when we moved into this house, this house was the only rental we looked at that didn't come with a washer and dryer...).

 

Matt borrowed the work truck and brought the new/old ones home from the shop.  The boys LOVED playing in the truck while mommy and daddy unloaded and moved the washers and dryers around.

 

After returning the truck and picking up Matt's car we made a stop at Children's Hospital (I needed a quick training on a new medication...).  The stairs at the hospital are dizzying, but always a good choice :)

 

Apr 9

Spring is in the air, and that means baseball!  Last summer the boys had fun playing with Truman & Bodie's T-ball stuff, so this year I got the boys a bat and some wiffle balls to play with.  Maybe T-ball next year...

 

Apr 10

Smoothie time!  Frozen berries, spinach, banana, kifer.

 

Look!  More Spring!!!  LOVE IT!

 

Apr 11

It's kinda fun when holidays get drawn out...  Aunt Kristing just sent the boys some Christmas presents!  FUN!  Jonas & Elliott totally dig the Angry Birds GO pirate ship, mommy is just already sick of putting it together.  

 

Apr 12

I'm getting more keto-adventurous.  Saturday I came up with these cute chocolate chip cheesecake cookies for Jonas.  Cream cheese has been really good to work with on the keto diet, just by itself it's a 3.3:1 fat to carb/protein ratio (Jonas' meals are 4:1 ratio).

 

Seeing more Spring aaround the neighborhood.  Yay!

 

Photos: 2014. Week 14. March 30 - April 5

Mar 30

Wow, blustery much Wyoming?  The wind was absolutely terrible driving home Sunday.  We made it home though, safe and sound.

 

Mar 31

Happy 35th birthday to Matt!  We celebrated with Nanny's pound cake and the boys had fun blowing out the candles several times.  Love you honey!

 

Apr 1

I took Jonas is for a keto follow up appointment at Children's.  A calorie change, but pretty much sticking to the diet for now.  He was also schedule for a lumbar puncture right after the keto appointment.  For little guys they sedate them for the LP.  4-year-olds can be pretty wiggly.  I now have the strange urge to watch "This is Spinal Tap" again...  It's been a while.  Here's a pic of Jonas as he's waking up.

 

And, it's pretty darn hard to keep a 4-year-old down for long.  He requested to play at the "Donald slide" on the way home.  He can't eat at McDonald's anymore, but he can still play there...

 

Apr 2

Riding in the "racecare" at the grocery store was what the boys wanted for their prize for being good during their hair cuts.  Easy enough!  I had already gone grocery shopping earlier, but I was happy to push them up and down the isles for a few minutes.

 

Apr 3

Snow!!!  Grrr!  I'm ready for WARM!  Oh well.

 

Wednesday was Matt's day off and he claimed that he'd never built a snowman before.  He and Elliott played in the snow and built this snowman they named Woody.  Jonas wasn't really in the mood to play in the snow, but he kept checking on the progress...

 

While all that was happening I spent the afternoon in the kitchen coming up with these keto pancakes for Jonas!  Yay!  These are made from cream cheese, macadamia nuts (crushed), butter, baking soda, vanilla and a little sweetener.

 

Apr 4

Prepping some healthy snacks.  Hoping to help myself make better food choices.

 

Kids make the dishwasher more colorful...

 

Apr 5

A little General Confrence to perk up the day.  I actually got to watch the majority of the morning session (can't say the same about the afternoon session, oh well).

Photos: 2014. Week 13. March 23-29

Mar 23

Sunday bike ride with cousins!  I brought Jonas & Elliott's stider bikes because I knew Truman & Bodie had them.  The boys had tons of fun riding in front of Grandma's house.

 

Mar 24

All put together.  When we left their house in December things were still pretty crazy after the move.  Several months later everything (almost...) at my mom and Dad's house is put together and lovely.  I like the new house!

 

Mar 25

Elliott (and Jonas, but really, mostly Elliott) LOVED watching the tractors putting in mom and dad's backyard landscaping.  Lots of big rocks, "Wall-E" tractors and diggers, every 4-year-old boy's dream!

 

Mar 26

Loving all the time with cousins.  Jonas & Elliott are showing Truman their favorite ipod games.

 

Mar 27

We spent Thursday with Kim and her kiddos and the boys learned about Mario Kart.  They LOVED it!

 

While there, my camera tried to commit suicide.  It jumped right off the kitchen table falling to the wood floor.  The camera was ok, but the 24-27mm lens was not.  Sad.  Hoping Canon can fix it for a small (ish) fee.

 

Lovely sunset on our drive back up to Midway.

 

Mar 28

Brad, Amber and Evelyn are living with my parents for a few months.  Which meant LOTS of great snuggle time with this beauty!  I mean really, isn't she the most beautiful baby???

 

More cousins!  Lincoln and Ender came up for a visit too!  The boys enjoyed sharing the king size bed.  Cute snoozers.

 

Mar 29

The car racing game at the clubhouse was the favorite activity of the week.  Grandpa Bob took them to play it quite a few times.

Uncle Brad was also a favorite!  He's definitely got "fun-uncle" status.  Saturday afternoon he played catch with the 3 Batmen (they all had the same shirt and loved matching!).  They played catch a while, but the fun definitely turned up a notch when Brad started nailing them with the balls dodge ball-style.  Hugest laughs ever!

Photos: 2014. Week 12. March 16-22

Mar 16

Sunday was just one of those days...

 

Jonas begged ALL DAY for mac & cheese.  I made him some for dinner and this was the reaction I got...

 

Mar 17

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Kiss me!  I'm Irish!  Cuties!

 

For dinner I made corned beef and cabbage.  I'd never made this before...  It turned out pretty good.  I also made Irish soda bread (pretty much a gigantic biscuit).  Alysha and Shawn joined us as well.

 

Mar 18

Me & Brad.  Brad was in town for dinner and he was able to squeeze in a little visit.  Thanks for taking us out to dinner.

 

Mar 19

Preschool line-up.

 

Beautiful sunset Wednesday evening!  It was a pretty rough day, glad for a lovely end.

 

Mar 20

SO ready to see the blossoms pop out!  I'm ready, Spring!  Bring it on!

 

Mar 21

Nice weather driving through Wyoming.  Boring drive, but thankful for the sunshine and easy driving.

 

Mar 22

Go Cougars!  Uncle Chris was kind enough to get us courtside tickets for Saturday's volleyball match (thanks coach!).  The boys had never been, and they LOVED it!

Photos: 2014. Week 11. March 9-15

Mar 9

An amazing 70 degrees called for a Sunday bike ride around the neighborhood.

We met up with Alysha & Lucy for our ride/walk.  Jonas and Elliott absolutely LOVE Alysha & Lucy.

 

Elliott was big on speed and always way ahead, while Jonas was not having much fun and we kind of had to drag him along.  I guess he just wasn't feeling a bike ride that day.

 

Oh, the weather!  What an amazingly wonderful afternoon!  Bring it on Spring, bring it!  I'm ready for warmer weather for sure!

 

Mar 10

Current sentiments on the fridge...

 

Mar 11

Elliott has been completely obsessed with his bike helmet lately, obsessed!  He'll wear it all day and even to bed.  He is learning how to buckle it him self and has the most amazing "helmet hair" whenever he does take it off.  

 

Mar 12

I'm not a big video game person, but when Daddy's around the boys can play a little.  Elliott loves Lego Batman, but Jonas' favorite is NASCAR!  The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, eh?

 

Mar 13

SO MANY TOYS!  Our play room needs a Spring cleaning!  We have too many wheeled-toys and race tracks!  These boys are suckers for any toy with wheels (trains, cars, trucks...  you name it!).

 

Jonas' keto pizza, pepperoni with a few shreds of mozzerella cheese.  Along with this Jonas' meal includes an applesauce-coconut oil mixture and a swig of heavy cream.

 

Mar 14

Blue skies on Friday called for a carwash and vacuum job for my car!

 

Later, Alysha came over and made us a super yummy dinner (jalepeno chicken sausage and veggies on top of basil garlic pasta).  After dinner we made these delishous peanut butter cookies and watched a movie.

 

Mar 15

Me & Lisa!  Lisa came down to go shopping with us sans-baby!

 

The boys did quite amazing on our little shopping trip (thanks to iPods, headlamps and finger lights- distractions are the best!).

 

Selfies with my boys!  Love these two!

Photos: 2014. Week 10. March 2-8

Mar 2

The view from my office Sunday morning.

 

Sunday silly faces.

 

Mar 3

The good thing about Spring in Colorado is the snow melts really quickly...  Monday was lovely weather!

Mommy's ready for grilling season too, Jonas!

 

Elliott has been loving his strider bike!

 

Beautiful evening!

 

Mar 4

Lots of little tiny containers (for prepping and storing Jonas' keto meals).  Thank you Container Store!

 

Mar 5

For some reason or other, Matt came home with Martin's fire suit this week (it was a clean, unused one...).  The boys thought it was SO cool!

 

Enjoying Daddy's day off!

 

Lots of little tiny containers turn into lots of little tiny dished...

 

Mar 6

They traced thier bodies on the sidewalk at school on Thursday.  They were supposed to trace their shadows, but it was a gray, cloudy kind of day.

 

Mar 7

Jonas was interested in helping me make is mac & cheese.  What a great helper, stirring the sauce.

 

"Ta-da"!  (Jonas loves saying that lately...).  His finished mac & cheese.  The cheese sauce is fairly normal, although heavy on the cream and light on the cheddar, but the noodles are a bit different.  We use a product called Miracle Noodles, which basically have no nutritional value.  They have a slight amount of protein and carbs that have to be calculated for, but it's a decent size serving and his current favorite meal.

 

Woohoo!  Happy mail!  I received a huge box full of Project Life goodies Friday afternoon!  Thanks Becky & Kari!  Many of you know, but I'm part of the Project Life creative team this year and it's been so much fun sharing Project Life inspiration with you all!  I've got a lot more ideas cooking now that all these fantastic products showed up!

 

Mar 8

More Spring snow!  It snowed over night and it was the perfect snowman-making kind of snow!

This is George, our snowman.  He has a carrot mouth, a celery nose and rocks for eyes.

 

 

It's fun to play in the snow while the sun is shining!  Silly boys...

 

Photos: 2014. Week 9. February 23 - March 1

Feb 23

Ultimate concentration.  These boys sure love their iPods.  (Yes, this was during church...)

 

Feb 24

See my "Day in the Life" post.

 

Feb 25

Jonas (at the hospital) playing with the new Lego set from Grandma Lynn.

 

Feb 26

Preparing keto meals.

 

My new nephew, Pete Gregory, was born on Wednesday.  Everyone is telling me he looks like Jonas.  Can't wait to meet him!

 

Feb 27

Sunrise from our West-facing, really dirty hospital room window.

 

While Jonas and I were haning out at the hospital, Matt got someone to come change out my cracked windshield.  THANK YOU!

 

Feb 28

Jonas' keto breakfast: cream, hotdog, applesauce with butter.  Everything all measured to the precise gram (hopefully he'll soon start to like bacon or sausage or something more breakfast-y, or eggs, he should start to like eggs again...).

 

Our room had the best view for watching the helicoptors land and take off.  It was actually quite sad how often that happened.

 

It was kind of ify, but they let us go home Friday afternoon.  (There were still some issues going on in his blood work, but we all decided that home would be a better place for him.)

 

Yay!  Reunited with Elliott!  Jonas and I sure missed him!!!

 

Mar 1

As promised (over and over and over again during the hospital stay) Jonas got to go bowling!  The boys had a blast, and got some pretty great scores!  Haha!

Day in the life | February 24, 2014

I must say, that life is a bit different from the last time I did "a day in the life"...  Here's my post from April 30, 2013.  This time around I used only my iPhone and it features only me and Jonas at the Children's Hospital.

6:27 am

The beginning.

 

7:31 am

A little too familiar...

 

7:58 am

No more liquid meds.  All pills, poor 4-year-old boy.

 

8:10 am

Guardian.

 

8:17 am

Our view this time around (through a really dirty window).

 

9:38 am

IV time.  He's so good at this.  No tears.

 

10:19 am

Asleep while we wait.

 

11:01 am

Not confined to our room this go round, so we got to check out the playroom.

 

11:28 am

Keto training for me.  Prepping Jonas' meals for tomorrow.  (Heavy cream, cheese, hotdogs, butter, applesauce, peanut butter, olive oil).

 

12:14 pm

Jonas is done fasting, but he doesn't get food yet.  Today he only gets this KetoCal drink.

 

12:25 pm

Hanging out, trying to get the boy to drink the KetoCal.

 

2:14 pm

This is how well the KetoCal is going down.

 

3:14 pm

Yes, I always bring bribes, I mean treats for the nurses.  Gotta make sure we are the favorite patients.

 

5:08 pm

Mommy food.  I ate this salad in record time!

 

5:48 pm

New reading material.

 

8:55 pm

Snuggles.

 

9:25 pm

Bettime routine with the hospital sink (I really do hate pedistal sinks...).

 

10:13 pm

My digs.  Yes, I brought my own blankets. Nite, nite.

Photos: 2014. Week 8. February 16-22

Feb 16

The weather on Sunday was awesome and we HAD to spend some time out there in the sunshine!  Slides and swings oh my!

 

Feb 17

Monday started off beautiful with this lovely photos of my nice CLEAN & ORGANIZED bedroom, showcasing all of our hard work over the past weekend.

Then, everything turned south.  Jonas had seizures all throughout the day and the rescue meds weren't helping.  It was awful!  Probably the worst day ever, no kidding here...

I did get this message from my Dove chocolate later in the evening and it made me laugh out loud.  At the end of the day both my kids were still alive and I was hanging in there, barely though.  But yes, sometimes it's ok to do nothing!

 

Feb 18

Fewer seizures than Monday and new instructions from the doctor, we actually put clothes on and ventured out of the house on Tuesday.

 

Mom and I took the boys to the Colorado Garden & Home show at the Denver Convention Center.  The boys did relatively well and it was fun to see all these lovely spring flowers (even if it was just inside in a temporaary garden...).  Spring fever has hit me hard!

 

Feb 19

Wow!  Hair cut day!  I needed a change...  I felt like my hair was pretty blah lately.  So, bangs it is!

 

Feb 20

"Everything is awesome!!!"...  Thursday, mom and I took the boys to see the Lego Movie, and it was awesome!  Great movie, I highly recomemnd it!  And, yes, we paid ridiculously high prices for our beverages, but loved every sip.  Ha!

 

Once home, the boys were both super excited to dive into our Lego stash and build stuff!  I LOVE it!

 

Feb 21

Shower time!  (Baths have now been banned and I'll just leave it at that).  They boys are always very concerned that I get the water temp just right before they get in.  "Make it hot Mommy, not cold!".

 

Feb 22

Grandma Lynn is so awesome and got the boys these cool Lego Spiderman cars.  They had fun with them ALL day! 

Photos: 2014. Week 7. February 8-15

Feb 9  

Channeling Elvis for breakfast.

 

Elliott getting cozy in the cloud blanket after a Sunday morning bath.

 

His & hers...

 

Feb 10

Adventures in low carb food: almond flour-flax meal cheddar crackers.  Not too shabby.

 

Vomiting and a really long seizure brought Jonas in to the ER Monday evening.  Not fun for anybody.  It was our first ER experience at the new CHC South Campus.  Much less busy than the main campus ER...  Jonas got fluids and zofran and it turned out to be our shorted ER experience ever, about 3 1/2 hours!

 

Feb 11

Miss Camille Olivia was born on Monday and I got to go meet her Tuesday (huge thanks to Danelle for watching my monkeys!).  She was born 3 weeks early and weighed a teeny tiny 4 lbs 15 oz.  Many congratulations to Lisa & Dave!

 

Later, Alysha stayed with the boys so Matt and I could go on an early Valentine's Day date.  (Have I mentioned that I seriously have the best friends and neighbors ever???).  We dined a Larkburger and then looked at new cars (yeah, dreaming a bit...  but I'm SO over my current ride).

 

Feb 12

Matt gave me tix to see Alton Brown for V-day, and this is what I gave him...

How cool is this?!?!!  Matt loved it (and so did the boys).  Legos are always a good gift choice.

 

Slacker mom had daddy do the boys school Valentines this year...  Thanks Matt!

 

A little afternoon date with my boys at Ikea.  Elliott insisted on getting an ice cream cone and I'm actually surprised how well he ate it (and THAT he ate it...).  Jonas had a lick or two, but wasn't super impressed with it.

 

Woohoo!  Picking up mom at the airport Wednesday night.

 

Feb 13

Because we LOVE hospitals SO much, Thursday we were back at Children's...  It's ok, it was a planned visit.  We were meeting with the neuro dieticians for the first time.  Lots of food for thought (yes, the pun was intended).  Big decisions need to be made.

 

Feb 14

Happy Valentine's Day!

Grandma Lynn brought these fun window stickers.

 

And Gigi & Papa sent these awesome Buzz Lightyear action figures!  We made the boys helmets out of the boxes and they wore them ALL day! 

 

Feb 15

Happy Trader Joe's opening weekend!  Yay!!!  So excited to be close to a TJ's again.  Where's my kettle corn?

 

The line was crazy long and it was a bit tough going opening weekend with the boys, but we made it home with a couple bags full of yumminess!

Photos: 2014. Week 6. February 2-8

Feb 2

Superbowl Sunday.

Wow.  That was one depressing game.  Ouch!  Just look at the boys faces.  Oh well, we can try again next season.

 

Feb 3

What a perfectly gorgeous day to play outside in the snow!

I love that Jonas and Elliott helped eachother zip up their snow pants.

 

And loving my new snow boots (thanks Tara!).

 

Elliott Jumping right in!

 

Pretty impressive snow angel by Elliott.

 

This time it was Jonas that was intrigued with eating the snow.

 

Swinging in the snow.

 

Loved these little icicles in our blue spruce.

 

After-snow snuggle naps.  Me & Elliott.

 

Feb 4

ALTON BROWN DAY!

Matt had surprised my with tickets to see Alton Brown's Edible Inevitable Tour.  It was AH.MAZE.ING!  Seriously, I laughed the entire 2 1/2 hours!  AB is such a great entertainer.  My friend Alysha came with me and she said her cheeks hurt from grinning the whole time.  See this show if you can!!

 

Feb 5

Wednesday the boys made guitars at school.  And Elliott pretty much thought it was the coolest thing ever.  He "played" it all day long!

 

Feb 6

Thursday was my friend Alison's 40th birthday, so I went all out and made her this fancy-pants cake.  Chocolate cake with chocolate cream filling and Swiss meringue buttercream frosting.  She said it was the best cake she'd ever had in her life.

 

Later, Jonas had an appointment with Dr. Lopez at the neuro clinic.  He was the last appointment of the day, and they were a bit behind, so we waited and waited, but Jonas did really good during the appointment and I got to see the images of Jonas' brain from his recent scans.  And as we were leaving Jonas told me that "Dr. Lopez is fun!", so I'm glad he had a good atitude about it.

 

Feb 7

New kicks for Jonas.  Same style, next size up.

 

Feb 8

Dinner with friends (Lisa & Dave) at Hacienda Colorado (best chile rellenos ever!).  Lisa and Dave are about to become parents and wanted to go out one last time without bebe.  After the meal we all shared this Loco Sundae, it was huge!