Happenings in February 2011

Happy 31st Birthday to my wonderful husband and great dad, Will on February 6th! We had a dinner and cake and ice cream with friends and family to celebrate.

Valentines Day came and went. Will brought me this beautiful Tulip bouquet and we had a nice quiet dinner at home.

On the the 18th I had another doctors appointment. I have Will come to the second doctors appointment so the doctor will do another ultrasound. He likes to show Dad the baby. Here's the baby at 13 weeks. We still had 6 weeks before we would find out what it was. The date would be set at my next appointment in March.

We also went to the RV show just to get out of the house. There is a lot to see! But this was Colton's favorite part of it all.


His funny quote for the month. He had learned to say apples so every piece of fruit was an apple but with this fruit it was also a ball so these were called apple balls (grapes). He makes me laugh!

Happenings in January 2011

Not too much happened this month. One lovely surprise that we did get was on New Years Day. I had not been feeling well for several days/weeks and was really tired so I took Will to the store for something completely different that I can't even remember but happened to go by the pharmacy and hey they have pregnancy tests we should pick one up. Well, with two pink lines that can only mean one thing... Yep, we found out we were pregnant on New Years Day! Wahoo! What a fun way to start out a year. It also explained my earlier December ER visit as that was likely what was causing my problems but didn't show up yet on any of the tests. A few days later we went to a party for the National Championship game in which Oregon was playing. They didn't win but it was nice to get together with friends as that just doesn't happen often enough. Colton had moved to a big boy bed and I think he was enjoying it even if I wasn't with him getting himself out of bed in the middle of the night. Thankfully that didn't last too long.

I had my first OB visit on January 19th. It's great to have a doctor that does an ultrasound on the first visit. That way you can see the little peanut and hear their heart!


Now I just had weeks of morning sickness and migraines ahead of me! Yeah!

Christmas 2010

Christmas 2010 was spent celebrating with the Cotners. We of course visited Temple square to see the lights. We went with the Benson's and Will's Parents. It was cold but beautiful.

Colton and Masha

Will's parents were here and were able to spend Christmas morning with us. We read the story of Christ's birth from the Bible before opening presents to help us remember what Christmas is all about. After, we opened presents. Christmas becomes a lot more fun when you have a kid. They get so excited about things. I got a surprise gift after all the presents were open. A Kindle. It's great and I love it! We all had a good time opening presents with Colton's help on just about all of them and then just enjoyed watching Colton play with his. We got him a dump truck and a set of megablocks, some books and he got some hot wheels. He thought it was great to dump his megablocks out of his truck then build towers and knock them over.



Opening his dump truck


Trying to open the magablocks. Holding it upside down didn't work so well!

Thanksgiving at Disneyland

Thanksgiving was great this year! We were able to spend it with my whole family, all 28 of us, at the happiest place on earth... DISNEYLAND! The trip down there was an adventure but what's a vacation with out some of that. My mom and dad drove down with us in our car. We were going to spend in the night in Mesquite and then drive the rest of the way on Monday. In Beaver Canyon it began to snow and then... two semi's were in an accident. 4 HOURS later we were finally moving again, so a trip that should have taken 5 hours took about 10. At least we had plenty of gas so the cars could stay warm and then of course we had movies and food to eat. We arrived safely to Disneyland on Monday afternoon. Our tickets weren't good until Tuesday so we rested and got ready for the next day. The weather was nice, a little chilly the first two days but not bad. The park was crazy busy so the lines were long but we had good company. We road the Jungle Cruise, which Colton was not sure of, then Small World which was done up for the Holidays, so cute! We wondered the park and got fast passes to different things at different times so we could trade off kids. I think Colton was is shock most of the first two days just because there was so much going on! It was funny to watch! Thanksgiving Day thankfully was not as busy and it was warmer than the previous days. I think I road California Screamin 4 times that day. What a fun roller coaster. P.S. it works great when you work the fast passes and parent passes together for anyone going with kids... We had dinner at the Hotel catered by Albertsons. It was really a good meal followed with some more playing at Disneyland. We were able to get a full family photo, which I don't have a copy of yet but if you want to see it visit my mom and dad's blog. We are a good looking family. This is one of the best vacations I have had and I was so grateful to be able to spend it with all of my family! I love them all so very much! Here are a few pictures to enjoy. There are a lot of them so keep scrolling :)

A great picture of my mom and dad on Small World

Colton was not so sure about this Bug' Life ride!






Colton loved the Pixar parade especially the Toy Story Part

Halloween 2010

I decided this year our costumes were going to have a theme.... So I had to start brain storming. Well I came up with the idea of having Colton be a hot dog and mommy and daddy would be ketchup and mustard. My boss helped me make the hot dog costume with help from my mom in the finishing touches. I then had to get to work on Will's and my costume. This is how they turned out. Pretty good I think. Colton wasn't really a fan of wearing it so it didn't last long...

We carved pumpkins a few days before Halloween. All three of these pumpkins I grew in my own backyard... Colton would go out during the summer and pet his pummies (his word for pumkins). He sure loved them!I think they might have gotten bigger if it wasn't for the summer hail storm that destroyed ALL of the leaves on the vines. Poor plants! But they were still good size and they only cost the price of the seed so I won't complain. Colton didn't like touching the insides of the pumpkins but had no problem helping daddy carve them! They turned out very cute and Colton was very proud of them.


We had our annual Halloween party at my mom's house on the Friday before Halloween. The kids had fun decorating pumpkin plates and then helping people carve their pumpkins. We had yummy soup for dinner and then visited while the kids played together.


Trick or treating was short and sweet since it was raining and was cold. Will took him around our street while I manned our house. By the second or third house Colton had it all figured out and didn't want to stop. He would say "trick or treat" "thank you" and "bye bye" to every house he stopped at. Can't wait for next year. Every year that he gets older gets to be more fun! Although I know I will miss him being this small I LOVE watching him grow!

Colton's 2nd Birthday

I can hardly believe that I have 2 year old now but he had a great birthday. He went to Aunt Emily's while mom went to work. He had some cupcakes and made some monsters out of construction paper and googly eyes. We had a yummy dinner followed by cake. We taught Colton how to blow out candles and I think that was his favorite part. Presents were next but we didn't wrap it... not that he cared. We got him a little race track with cars. He really likes it and he actually still plays with it so it was a smart purchase. Happy Birthday Baby Boy!