Our Life in the Sunshine: January 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

itty bitty update :)

Hello there! We have been busy, busy, busy! Both boys have colds, Eli had an ear infection and ANOTHER bout of Pneumonia(so annoying). Eli is better and Izaak is always great, cold or no cold. Izaak is SUPER busy and in to everything. His favorite thing to do is climb the stairs. . .we have come up with some creative ways to TRY to keep him off of them. Izaak just absolutely LOVES his big brother. He wants to play with him all the time, it is precious. Eli is really good with him. Although he has his moments like yesterday morning when Izaak was playing with their little Pooh "laptop" (it has shapes and color stuff on it....$10 Black Friday buy) and Eli didn't want him to have it. So he grabbed and ran across the living room and put it on the couch, because he knew that Izaak couldn't get it there. Eli is my little stinker :) But it is so fun to see them playing and interacting. I can't wait until Izaak is just a little older! They will have so much fun! Izaak still isn't sleeping through the night----so thats super annoying, but whatever. Sleep is overrated. Right?!
Eli turns 2 next week. I cannnnnot believe that is is going to be 2. He walks around and says "I TWO!" :) He has been having issues with language. He tries to tell me things and if I don't understand, he gets beyond frustrated. He has also been having problems with biting at school. (I work there, so its really been bothering me. Because I know no one likes a biter.) I always said I would "NEVER HAVE A BITER." I supposed this is Karma??

Here are a few photos for your enjoyment.

He poses for the camera. He just makes my day!

Izaaks first big "ouchie" He fell at my nanas and hit is face! It is a slight scar right now, but I am praying it goes away!

Everynight my dad comes home from practice/work and the boys run/crawl to him. "Papa, Papa" They get beyond excited to see him. They also enjoy eating his dinner. This used to be just Elis thing. He always gets a 2nd dinner, but now Izaak has figured it out (since he is much more interested in table food than in baby food) and crawls up to dad and eats his food too. Its precious. :) we are lucky....I know i've said it before. But my parents are amazing, so helpful and so supportive!

faaaav picture ever! :) no cares in the world. the only thing he is worried about is when he gets to eat next :)

yes. this is Izaak splashing and Eli whining about it. Izaak loves to be covered in water, Eli LOATHES it.

Eli trying to escape Izaaks splashing.

I can't say enough amazin things about these kids.

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Sunday, January 9, 2011

kicks

It was time for my precious Izaak to get some shoes! I only got a few pictures of 1 pair of his new shoes (he got 2), he was on the move! :)

I just love love love this little guy. He is working on 4 teeth right now, so he isn't always the happiest little Izaak, have gotten to know....but he is still amazin!

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Comparison

The picture on the left is Eli at 8 months old, in October of 2010. The picture on the right is Izaak on Christmas Eve this year at 8 months old. So funny :)

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My Resolutions

I do not usually make New Years Resolutions. One year I made one to lose weight.....no particular #, just wanted to be healthier....but then a few months into it (and I was doing a great job) I got pregnant...so that was a fail. Then I had another babe...and shit all went down hill! So I have made the decision, since 2010 took a crap on me, that 2011 is going to be MY (or in Eli and Izaaks case too....OUR) year.

Here are my resolutions. Feel free to get on my case at anytime if you see me failing. I will need a push-just sayin':

1. I will strive to have more patience. I need to be more calm and more logical when it comes to my life. . .my job, my kids, my everyday situations.

2. I will go to bed earlier and get more rest. I am really crappy at this...this will take some work.

3. I will save more money. I will be smart when it comes to spending. I want to save and save and make it a goal to take the boys on a vacation to Disney World, in a few years. I want it to be a "no worries" vaca...where if they want something, there are no worries to the amount of money in the bank. It is hard for me to save, because the boys are always needing something....ALWAYS. But I know I can somehow cut costs in other places. I am confident I can do this.

4. I WILL lose weight. I eat when I'm happy and I eat when I'm sad, and I don't usually talk about any of it, either. So....I am telling everyone who reads this...I will lose it. I have no plan. But I'll figure it out! :) I need to be healthier.

5. I want to do something further with photography. It is my true passion. You just need a lot of money and you need to have a lot of time (if you aren't doing it as a fulltime job) and I have neither....but I will figure it out too!

That is all for now. I believe in myself and I know I can do this :) What resolutions did you make?!

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Christmas!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had a great one!
As a little girl, I always imagined what Christmas Morning would be like once I had a family of my own. This year wasn't exactly storybook material...but it was fun......simply perfect. When Zach left the first thing I told him was that I never wanted to wake up without my kids on Christmas morning, and he promised me I wouldn't have to. And believe it or not....he kept his promise and I was SO thankful.
He had the boys almost the whole day of Christmas Eve, and that was ok with me.....because I wanted them to spend the time with their dad (and with this little stage that Eli is in right now, a break does me well!!!) and if that is what I had to do to get to see them on Christmas morning, that was a.o.k. with me! I knew it was going to be a chaotic morning because after we opened presents, it was going to be breakfast and then they were leaving with their dad again for a little bit to go to their (amazin!)great grandparents (who just live up the road from us). I woke up early and showered..I couldn't sleep anyways. Then at 7:20 I heard "Maaaamaaaaaaaaaaa!!!" I got so excited to hear his little voice! :) So I sent him into Payton and Morgans rooms to wake them up and we went downstairs to get mom and dad. We opened Stockings first, which was cute....then we moved on to the real stuff!! It was funny because Eli is very OCD about how he opens gifts. He refused to open anything without taking the bow and nametag off, then he rips into the present. Except, he made it through about 2 presents when he opened the sacred Magnadoodle. I spent basically an entire paycheck on these boys for Christmas (which I now know, was stupid as ever!!) and all he wanted to do was play with the $10 magnadoodle! I have offically learned my lesson!! ::smiles:: We had a fun morning opening gifts and playing with all their new toys. Izaak is interested in anything, paper, toys, my face..anything he can grab!!! He is just so easily occupied and very content.
Here are our pictures from Christmas Eve, Christmas morning and Christmas Day! :)

I wanted to start a new tradtion and decided I would buy new pjs for the boys and let them open them the night before. I looked EVERYWHERE for new CHRISTMAS jammies, and couldn't find any anywhere in their sizes....but I found some adorable ones! :)

This is the face I get now when I get my camera out. I mean seriously!? Could this kid be any more perfet?!

Eli looking for Santa with Poppie. It brings back memories of my dad doing this with us when we were little! To be so innocent and full of belief.......

my precious izaak boy.

Eli was checked out. He was exhausted from no nap and being with daddy all day. And of course...Izaak was happy as ever. always. this picture just shows their personalities so perfectly.

I didn't want Eli to have his pacifier in this picture....so my dad kept grabbing hit out of his mouth really fast and screaming so Eli would laugh....but it was scaring the hell out of Izaak....which is why he looks like that. bahahahaha