It's a BOY!

BEFORE...

Saving a lock of curly hair...

Before & AFTER!!

Dear Ryan,

I LOVE your baby hair. It is so soft, silky, smooth, and curly! It is many different pretty shades of brown and blond. I like to wash it and scrunch it to make it extra curly. Since I have never ever cut it, it has gotten a little out of control and very long. It is stylish for boys to have long hair and so I have let it grow and grow. Nevertheless, strangers old and young mistake you for a girl even in your boy clothes. Alas, I think it is time to say goodbye to the hair and turn you into a "real" boy! Brook & I used the flowbee to cut your hair and gave you a lolly pop and the TV to watch. You sat still the entire time even with the incredible noise of the vacuum and the flowbee. (www.flowbee.com It's awesome!) I thought I would be really sad (and I am a little sad) but mostly I think you look super handsome now!! Your hair still has wave and we can style it if we want! You are growing up so fast and are so fun to play with. I tell you "I'm gonna get you" and chase you around the house and you run with your little short legs, sometime backing up until you run into something and then you wait to be tickled. You have beautiful eyes and now they really pop out!

I love you! ~Mom

Happy New Year!

We kicked off our New Years Celebrating with a steak dinner cooked by the best steak maker ever, my hubby Jake! Lucky for him he now has a BBQ organizing bib!

We gave him a sour patch candy. Yum!

Then we played a really fun game for many many hours! Some highlights would be "dirty" dancing by Annie, stop drop & roll although I hit my head, "big" "butt" = Jennifer Lopez, and well that is all that I am remembering right now but it was a blast!

Candid Photos

Kait took her chance when I was not paying attention and took these pictures. Did you think I was going cRaZy?

Skagit Skate

We were SO lucky Jake's parents and sister came to visit us right after Christmas!! We had a fabulous time with them. One afternoon we went roller skating because Braden received roller blades for Christmas. Kait was so funny. She really wanted to skate but was having trouble balancing as you can see from the video. I would have deleted it since it looks like I am being mean but she thinks its very funny!



She did get better after some practice and could skate around the floor by herself!

B roller blading:

Christmas Catch Up

Happy Happy Happy Christmas!

Thought it would be great to share some Christmas Smiles!!

and more SNOW

I am very ready to have the snow gone as I just refuse to drive it it. I love my van way too much and I like it in one piece! Luckily Jake likes to drive in it, although he prefers the Jeep since the van has an automatic correcting system that locks up the tires and brakes as it senses they are needed when slipping. This is all beside the point. The point is that with all of this snow there was enough to build a SNOW FORT!