rain, snow GO AWAY! No Seriously BE GONE!!!

...i haven't felt spring fever like this in Y.E.A.R.S.  This was a second winter home after four years of living Southern Cali {where there is no needs for spring fever}.... last year being our first year back, I craved winter because I had not had a white christmas in forever! It was so exciting to see the seasons change again and I honestly thoroughly enjoyed everyday of winter last year.  That is not the case this year. I forgot what it felt like to be cold and in your house for five solid months.  i. am. dying.  I crave fresh air. I ach to be free of our dumb toy room down stairs. It's been such a tease these last few weeks. We'll get a good day and me and the boys race outside and play hard and then we'll wake up to snow the next day :(  I'll totally admit it, i cried when I woke up to snow last week. Yes, I cried.  White Christmas? Aw, yes so pretty! White & cold everyday into forever! NEGATIVE! It's started to affect my mood as well as the boys. We are all going crazy playing in the play room down stairs every-day!!!

....So to spice things up me and the boys headed over to walmart and bought a play-doh set and some ice cream! 

Needless to say we've had a FUN rainy afternoon...

{totally should have bought this play-doh set like 3 months ago:} 

All we needed was a little color:)

accomplishing new things {hopefully}

i am NOT a runner. i never have been. my high school sweetheart was a big time runner so i watched many, many track meets and even attempted to run with him for fun... but lets face it... it wasn't any fun;) kind of like how I told my husband i enjoyed watching football when we were dating, when well i don't at all... Yes, i was that girl! Don't worry he forgave me when the truth came out after we were married:) Anyways, I am attempting to run. I'm three weeks in and after a brutal first week where I was sure my body wasn't capable of actually running, I've made some progress and can go further each time. This last week I may even look halfway normal while running and not dying as I try to make it to the point I set in my mind down the street! I'm learning even more now that I was not built a runner, my hubby on the other hand is. He started running the same time I did and he hadn't run in over a year and he was able to do 3 miles his first run.... Ugh! I admired him yes, but lets face it, it totally discouraged me! I secretly wanted him to pull a muscle so he'd have to slow down, haha. No, all kidding aside, I think it's awsome and it pushes me so that someday when I'm comfortable I can run along side him! That's what the point is, we want to run a race together! So even though I'm not a runner I've learned {so I've been told} I can train my body to be. Seth has run a few races and I love watching him and have always wanted that experience for myself. I've always been too nervous to train or even try because I know I'm not a natural. I grew up playing sports which I loved, mainly soccer which my husband will argue is basically running, which is true but it had a point and was a sport I loved! So this summer is all about accomplishing new things... my first one running! I want to slap a number on my back and see if I can do it! Hubby & I have been good about trading off but since he goes to school some days til late I got this new nifty thing so the boys can go running with me:) They love it & so do I:)

In other news AIDEN is doing awsome! He passed his six week recovery mark a few weeks ago which was such a HUGE relief. I think I mentioned this but during his recovery he had major diarrhea which lasted a month and a half. He had gotten a bacteria infection which we treated with meds that he turned out to be allergic too... Poor kid! He had a rough two months but seems to be leveling out now! Finally! None of that has slowed him down his pulling himself up on everything and is very close to walking. I can't BELIEVE we're a month away from him turning ONE! So, so, so Crazy! I know no parent is like "finally their ONE" but wow this really went by so fast for me. He loves to jabber, he totally thinks he can talk! He's a great eater and tries so hard to keep up with Mason! His little teeth make him look so grown up and give him the cutest beaver smile! He's such a trooper and I couldn't love him more!

Mason is just growing by the day! Sometimes I just stop and look at him and am blown away with how much he looks like a little boy and not a toddler or baby anymore! He has his mama's temper and he's daddy's heart! ....great get the bad from me! oh well:) He definitely knows how to test me but he can also be the sweetest, most funny kid ever! He cracks me up daily! He's learning more everyday how to play with brother instead of pick on him. He's more independent and is really soaking in puzzles and reading. He LOVES to be outside and feels a lot like me in that this winter is lasting far too long and stood at the door for 15 mins solid the other day as in down poured pleading to go outside: "oud-side, mmmease mom, oud-side" (outside, please mom, outside)... If you give him a high five, knuckles or anything for that matter everyone in the room has to give him one and he'll let you know by saying "daddy's turn, baby turn, mama turn, etc" So cute, but no so much when we're in a hurry or trying to get dinner going:) haha. He’s sneaky and loves to get into what he's not supposed to and hide, like today I found him downing his tooth paste in the corner. Ew! Good thing it was the baby kind! He finds new ways to test me and new ways for me to see the world... as with his brother I couldn't love him more!!!

{it was a SuperHero kind of a day}

Grandma Cookie sent the boys these cute [superhero} shirts and mason just thought they were the coolest things...

I love these boys! 

Saving the world is hard work.... Aiden wasn't so much into it;)

 

 This face kills me... Mason does this when he doesn't think you can see him. It's so funny!

i've definitely worn out my boys "SMILE"...

this is what I got when I said "boys, smile... say cheese!"

these kids crack me up

Happy Birthday Twins

Today is HIS:

 & Her

BIRTHDAY!!!

Meet my big brother and older sister Cassie...

Sharing the same BIG DAY, they are obviously twins.. however I did manage to forget that all the time growing up and even now days sometimes. They are very different and with it being a boy and a girl twin set they were always just separate to me.  With that being said they've always had a {twin} connection. My whole family is close but I loved the way these two could connect.  I adore them both. With my mom being a single mom since I was 6 months old my Brother become the lone solider in a family of GIRLS:)  He was the man of the house and of my life for many years. He used to take me to movies every Sunday (i know, i know), just him & I. It was our time and I LOVED it!  He has always, always been there for me when I called, even after I was married he shelled out $200 last minute to fly me home cause I was homesick... Cass, well I've always admired her and wanted to be her. I must say she didn't really want anything to do with me growing up (...maybe it's cause I was stealing her clothes everyday:) but once I got to college she became one of my best friends and has been ever since. She understands me unlike anyone else. She loves my kids like I do and has been there for me in some of my hards times.  I love you both and I hope you enjoy your days:)

Don't be fooled by her size... even though she is clearly the smaller twin, they have spent their life like this....



HER picking on HIM