The Misters and the Mrs...

Halloween was out of this world for Bo. He could not get enough of his costume. Just a cheap pair of pajamas from Old Navy that have bones on them. He absolutely loved his costume until the middle of the night when he would wake up and the bones were glowing. It would scare him, and he would be crying and scared a few times in the lovely middle of the night. Needless to say, he was then banned from wearing them to bed. I am not sure if Bo quite understood the whole "trick-or-treat" thing, but he did understand that sugar was being given to him in large amounts, and that he was going to eat every last bit of it. I felt like such a nice mom letting him completely devour all of his candy in one day. My thought was "oh let him just eat his heart out and enjoy the fun holiday and then we can be done with the candy" well... he had the sugar high from hell, and didn't come off of it for a good week. Serves me right.


Bo and Addie


Such a great picture of the Cousin Cousins


Mommies and Babies

Our nightly walks are the highlight of my day. This picture just sums up all the joy in my life... minus the suburban, garbage can, and graffiti in the background.

The sunshine brought some serious warmth to my soul. BO is so full of life and energy and we were in desperate need of outdoor therapy. We enjoyed quite a few fun activities... As you can see, most of these activities involved water. Bo has a serious love for getting wet... unless it is at swim lessons, then he just cries his eyes out.

I can't get mad at myself for not posting for 6 months. I can only look ahead, and go forward with a new purpose and goals. I have so many great things that happen in life and so many thoughts, visions, feelings to not write them down. I will start fresh and hope that I can write from my heart and capture my little family's history. I think it is kind of important...
That being said, I feel like this is a good time for this quote:

Enough Said.

I know I have been SUCH a slacker. I haven't posted for 2 months!!! Ugh. I get so mad at myself when this happens. And so many great things have happened. March was just a whole lotta waiting for warm weather. We spent any chance we could outside in the sunshine. Bo had quite a few Dr. Appointments. 1 year check up, Allergist, Accupuncture. So that also took up a lot of our time. We also had a fun 1 year photo shoot for Bo! He was getting sick that day and was pretty grumpy, but we got some GREAT pictures of him. I did trade work with a client of mine who is a fabulous photographer! She took about 1500 pictures, and had her energy up the entire time and got Bo to crack smiles right and left! Thanks so much Tiff for the photo session. You have an amazing talent with photography. Handsome Devil He gouged my eye out after this All Boy I can't get enough of this picture A giant cupcake for a job well done April was also spent wishing for warm weather. We did get to go to "The Desert House" Kyle's Parent's vacation home in St. George. The weather was amazing, and we had a fabulous time eating an insane amount of peeps, playing at the sand dunes, and a family jump rope challenge. At the sand dunes Rolling Easter Eggs down the sand hills Kyle jumping the bushes Probably the 20th peep Bo consumed Easter morning.... His face was stained from the colored sugar.

I can't believe May is already here. I am glad too. Good riddance Winter. I never want to see you again. I am excited for Mother's Day weekend. I am going with my Mom and sisters to park city overnight for a girls retreat. It is just going to be a lot of eating, shopping, and eating. I can't wait! On Sunday, I am looking forward to the Mom's day brunch that Kyle and his dad make for me and Patti. Kyle works really hard to make sure I have a good mother's day. Even before I was a mother, he always did something special. One year he bought me a lemon tree to take care of and prove myself worthy to take care of a child. The tree died a year later. I am glad he decided to still let me give it a try. I have done well so far.

I was NOT going to do a big party and such for Bo's 1st birthday. I was going to spend the day at the spa and reward myself for a job well done for the year. But, I saw an idea and ran with it. I could not stop once I started, and it ended up being a big ordeal. Which is fine with me. I love throwing parties. Big parties. And, I think Bo will be grateful one day looking back on this. Okay, probably not, but at least I will.

Here are some great pictures of the event!

Out went the invites:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar hiding in the plant:

The AMAZING cake Grandma Thursday made:


The AMAZING food we all ate just like the Very Hungry Caterpillar:









Happy about presents!





Pinata Time! Bo could not get enough of this! After, he wanted to hit everything in sight with the PVC pipe.


Cousin Kayla and Mason with their loot!


Time for Birthday Cake!!!









It was such a great 1st birthday and a fun party! Thanks to everyone that helped out and spoiled our baby! WE LOVE YOU BO BOY!

W.O.W. What do I say? This past year has been so amazing, challenging, rewarding, terrifying, fun, crazy, happy, sad, nerve racking, loving...pretty emotional. I have felt more in this past year then I have in my whole life. One year ago, I was laying in a bed at IMC hospital. I felt like I had been hit by a train, then ran over by a semi-truck. I could barely even open my eyes and could not stand on my own, but something had taken over. Something pretty great. I had just given birth not only to a healthy baby boy, but to my mother-self.
Those first few days were surreal, the first few weeks a challenge, and the rest a blur. It went by too fast, and I knew it would. I have told myself every day for 365 days; "this time is so short, enjoy every second." I am so glad I lived by that this year. I have tried my best to not get upset over little things, not get too wrapped up in what someone else said was the best thing to do, to spend as much time as humanly possible to teach and play with BO side by side, to show him what life with Kyle and I is all about, and most of all to love my little mr. man.
Being a mom wouldn't be as cool if it wasn't to BO. He is the best. Period.

I love when it is quiet in my house, everyone in their places, my baby sound asleep dreaming of adventures, Kyle snoring out on the couch with the Jazz game on mute, Penny curled up at my feet not moving a muscle for she knows if she does she gets put in her crate. And my time... Ahhhh.... My monogrammed "S" candle from Anthropologie burning and forcing me to relax and drift off into my daydream mode. This is when I am at my best, just thinking and planning all the things I want to do. I record them in this:



A few things that I have wanted to accomplish and have are these:

Cake Plate


Kyle's mom and I were dying to make these together. We went crazy and made quite a few in different colors, shapes, and sizes. I am glad we actually finished a project together!


Candy Jar



Monogrammed Pillow


My mom has a screen printing machine that we are always doing projects on. I am grateful that my mom always gets sucked into the latest crazes!

Happy Valentine's Day to all! I look forward to this day all year, because I receive an ENORMOUS Frosted sugar cookie from my mom with my name on it! I can't wait to devour it. I have been thinking about it non-stop for a whole week. I just talked to her on the phone and could hear the beaters whipping up butter, powdered sugar, and red food coloring! DROOOOOOOOOL.
Kyle and I are pretty low key when it comes to V-Day, mostly because I know he loves me, and he knows I love him even though we show it in odd ways. Kyle isn't the most romantic man, I knew that going into this marriage, but he does show me love in certain ways :

Making sure to throw dirty clothes in a SEPARATE pile from the clean ones on the floor.
At least RINSING the dishes he is putting in the sink.
Turns the Talk Radio station down when I am in the car, OFF when he sees me pulling my hair out.
Plugs my phone and computer in when they need to be charged.
Makes Bo and I laugh.
Always gives me hugs.
Thanks me everyday for being his wife and Bo's mom.

I love Kyle. I love Bo. I love sugar cookies.



I have always felt that Kyle and I look in love in this picture.