Disneyland or Bust

I'm a very spur of the moment person who hates to wait for things so at the beginning of January I decided I wanted to take the kids to Disneyland on my birthday (January 12th). We talked Bryson's brother and mom in to going and made our reservations. The morning we flew out Jaxon and I weren't feeling to hot. We started out at Hunnington Beach where Kaleb was in Heaven. Bryson had stayed back in the car to let Jaxon sleep and I took Kaleb down to the water. He first started out by holding onto my hand tightly and barely sticking his toes in the water. Within five minutes he was soaking wet from head to toe and going face first into the frigid ocean. By this time I was quite ill and wanted to go lay down. We headed to pick up Bryson's mom at the airport. By the time we got to the hotel I thought I was going to die. I fell asleep till Brys woke me up to go to Disneyland with Kaleb at 5. I somehow made it into disneyland put Kaleb on his first ride then went straight back to the hotel to sleep. When they got home Kaleb woke me up to tell me all about it. He had had a blast. He was obsessed with the Buzz Lightyear ride. We then went to sleep excited for the next day. Bryson's brother was supposed to fly in at 7. Bryson was going to pick him up while I got the kids ready and then we were going to spend the whole day at Disneyland since I had already wasted a day. We got a call right before Bryson left that Jordan had missed his flight and wouldn't be in till 12pm. We decided to head to Disneyland for a few hours then go pick him up and head to the Claim Jumper (Bryson and Sherri had talked it up for weeks). We rode several rides that morning then went to get Jordan and go eat. The restaurant was fantastic and with full bellies (I still wasn't feeling great from having the flu) we headed back to Disneyland and stayed until both of our kids were sound asleep in our arms. I was finally feeling better and was so excited for Saturday since we were all there! Well the next morning we woke up to Bryson throwing up, and about 20 minutes later I heard a "Mom, I am going to throw up" and that my little buddy did. Jordan then came over and said he wasn't feeling the best and that Sherri had also been up sick the whole night. I got everyone down to bed and went and got myself some and Jaxon some breakfast. After a few hours of sleep, Kaleb had fully recovered and Brys said he felt better (I think he was still just as sick but could tell how bummed I would so he toughed it out). We all headed over to Disneyland Adventures and made the most of how we were feeling! Sherri ended up having to go back to the hotel and volunteered to take Jaxon so we got to move a little quicker and get Kaleb on some rides. At one point Bryson and Jordan had gone on a ride and me and Kaleb were able to walk around just us two and buy all kinds of souveniers and treats. It was so fun to watch him get so excited. After some naps we returned to Disneyland and finished the night with more rides and the firework show as well as the water show they do in California Adventures. Besides being sick I think Kaleb still had fun and that's what we went for so I guess we could call it semi-successful. This was our first big family vaca with both boys. Bryson said we probably won't go again anytime soon :)

All of us posing with Mike and Sully!

Kaleb enjoying one of many rides

Uncle Jo Jo and Mr. Incredible comaring muscles

Kaleb was so good at keeping his hands up on all the rides
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Yes I know we all look yucky but that's how we were feeling

Bryson and Kaleb at Hunnington Beach Pier watching the surfers

The only person Kaleb wanted a picture with at Disneyland. The Pretty Princess :) go figure

Christmas with a three year old!

I remember when I was younger talking to my mom on Christmas asking her if she was sad she didn't get a lot of presents. She replied by telling me that it was much better watching your kids gets presents and seeing us happy. I didn't believe her until I had my own kids especially now that Kaleb is 3! It was so much fun watching Kaleb get excited about Christmas. This was the first year that he understood the whole present thing. Anytime he saw commercials with toys he would run and get me to tell me he wanted the item for Christmas. Being me, he did get most of the stuff :)

This year was pretty much the same routine. We started out Christmas Eve day at my parents then finished at Bryson's parents Christmas Eve dinner. The kids got their jammies and we were finally on our way home to set up Christmas! It was so fun seeing everything laid out. We even had to move furniture so everything would fit :)

Christmas morning was a blast. I woke up at 4 and impatiently waited until my kids woke up around 7. Kaleb made Christmas AMAZING. He had a ton of fun opening presents and Jaxon had a lot of fun eating wrapping paper :) We then went to church and headed in to my moms where the chaos began. Counting nieces and nephews there are 25 of us. He had a ton of fun with his cousings though! Elder Davis wasn't calling until 8pm so we were able to go home and give the boys a nap in between grandmas. We finished off Christmas at Bryson's parents. Kaleb had a blast opening presents and comparing with Zoe! Crazily enough one of the things he was most excited about for Christmas was talking to Uncle Mason! He was SO EXCITED. As soon as he got on the phone he started talking a million miles an hour about Batman and Starwars and so forth. I got on the phone after and Mason said that he hardly understood one word Kaleb said and that he didn't get more than 2 words in the conversation! It was a great way to end Christmas. We are so blessed to be so close to family and have such cute boys to spoil and spend Christmas with!

24th of July camping trip

Yes I know I am 5 months late but better late than never right? On the 24th of July we went up to Bryson's cabin and stayed for a night then went across the canyon the next night to meet my family and camp for a night. It was Jaxon's first camping trip and he did quite well. I didn't get any pics from the cabin but I did of camping. Enjoy :)

Denver Trip :)

I am way behind on blogging and as posted in several of the other catch up posts- this is my only journal and I don't want to forget this stuff. So back when Bryson was working in Denver I decided to fly out and see him. I was way nervous to leave Jaxon and Kaleb but didn't think I could manage carseats, strollers, luggage, and two little boys in an airport all by myself. It was so nice to see him. I got in on a Friday morning (he had to still work 10 hours on Friday and Saturday) and there was a few outlets right across the street (Marshalls, Old Navy and Nordstroms Rack=jackpot) where I spent several hours and a lot of money :) When Bryson got off we went out to dinner at a local pub he'd been wanting to take me to. On Saturday- I did a lot of nothing and little outlet shopping. Bryson thought it was so weird that I just laid around in the motel most of the day but it was so nice to just relax and do nothing! On Saturday night we went to Buffalo Wild Wings (or something to that effect) which was a sports bar and a movie. We also walked around the mall and did some sight seeing. On Sunday we went to the BEST breakfast place I have ever ate it. It's called Snooze and it is simply amazing. I had Cookie dough pancakes and Lemon Bar pancakes. It was a little peace of Heaven. We then went and saw downtown, the Temple (it was so nice to see where he had been working) and the Broncos stadium. It was pretty cool because there was a Broncos game so we got to see all the tailgate party's/drunks/etc. It was a great trip and although I was sad to leave- I was SOOO excited to get home to my babies :)
Here are the only pictures I took:


Broncos Stadium


Me and Brys at the Temple

Bryson being a total dork. We were super lost at the time of this picture

Family Pictures 2011

We finally got family pictures in August. It only took us 7 months to get a picture with all four of us :) My amazing cousin Jami did them (jbroadbentphotography.blogspot.com). I love them. Jaxon was having the grumpiest day of his life and Kaleb wasn't too happy about the heat so the smiles were sparse but she still managed to get some good shots

3 weeks down=3 weeks to go

We have somehow now made it without Brys for 3 weeks! Well besides a short 48 hour visit last weekend when he got to fly in which was jam packed with adventures! Back in August while I was at girls camp I had called him to check on the boys. I had really crappy reception so I didn't really understand him and thought he had said he had to work on a rewire at the Denver temple for 2 weeks. I was nervous for him to be gone for 2 weeks but thought it was bearable. I got home really late from girls camp and Brys was already asleep. The next morning I was talking to mom and she asked how I was going to survive 6 weeks without Bryson then possible another 4 weeks of him being at the CA temple. Crap. SIX weeks is a lot less bearable than TWO. However we have done quite well. It's a lot easier than I thought it was going to be besides missing him like crazy! It helps that he came home after 2 weeks then next weekend I'm going to take a mini vaca and fly out to see him for the weekend. Then he'll be home a week or two after that. I can't wait to go out there as he has worked quite hard at finding really good shopping outlets and malls for me to spend my days at as he works six tens and can't take any time off. He still hasn't heard anything about going to the Oakland temple after so we're thinking/hoping he doesn't have to go. If he does end up having to go, hopefully he'll atleast get to come home for a few weeks in between!

Swimming Lessons

I cannot believe I forgot to blog about Kalebs swimming lessons. I hate when I have to do like 10 posts in a day but I definately don't want to forget this one as it was the highlight of his entire summer. Kaleb is a fish. He loves the water. He is not afraid of the water in any way. I signed him up with his cousin Madi who is just a year older than him. He was the youngest in the class but did great. He asks atleast once a week if he can go back to swimming lessons. I am going to try and get him signed up for some night swimming lessons in the fall if I can find them anywhere :) He is pretty good for a 3 year old though. By the end, he could float on his back for up to 5 seconds without anyone holding on to him, hold his breath under water for atleast 5 seconds, and dive (with a little push from teacher) to the bottom of a 4 ft pool and find the ring, push himself off from the bottom of the pool and come up with the ring. Yes I am very proud of my baby. here are some pictures. If I can figure out how to add a video onto blogger I'll post the video of him diving for rings. Enjoy :)

**6 months**

Time is going way to fast with this little guy! I cannot believe six months has already flown by. I remember with Kaleb, I kept wanting him to get older so he could do more things. But now that I realize everything will come with time and fly by I want to just freeze time and enjoy both of my boys at the stage they are at now. Jaxon is a very content easy baby. He is very low maintenance which I am very thankful about. He sleeps like 10-12 straight hours a night then wakes up nurses, eats his cereal, plays for about a half hour then he's back to sleep for about another 2 hours. He then wakes up for lunch and another hour or so of playtime then guess what?? More sleep :) after his afternoon nap he's usually awake until bedtime which is around 9ish. We really lucked out with him as he's never really had a "fussy period" He started rolling from his tummy to back around 4 months then his back to his tummy around 5. He rolls and scoots where ever he wants to go. He is always rolling under tables and such! He loves when Kaleb plays with him or anyone talks to him. He started eating solid foods about a week before I went to girls camp (right before he was 6 months) and has loved it. He is a good little eater. Here are his six month stats:

Height: 26.5"=44th percentile

Weight: 16# 14 oz=30th percentile (yes he is huge I have no clue how he is in that low of a percentage :)

Head Circ: 42.5cm=12th percentile (yes, once again, I know his head is HUGE. I have no clue how he is that low in percentage!

Cute little moments that make me smile :)

The other day Bryson and I were driving with the boys and Kaleb was having the most in depth conversation with us. I definately want to remember it (Bryson was ragging me since I don't keep a journal that I was going to forget) so I decided to write it on here!

We drove by the church and Kaleb said, "Mom, is that where Heavenly Father lives or does he live at the temple?" (I have no clue how he knew that he would live at the temple) We explained to him the difference between church and temples and he followed up with, "Mom, I know we play with the toys and color pictures at the church (nursery) but what do we do at the temple. We didn't want to get into deep conversation about ordinances for the dead as that very well may freak him out so we said that's where mommys and daddys get sealed for eternity when they are big kids. He then followed up with "Mommy, when I'm a big kid, can I marry you in the temple for 'ternity cause I love you to infinity and beyond" I sure do love that boy and am so lucky to have him :)

Aren't I lucky?

I'm so lucky to have these two cute boys!