When mom's away the boys DON'T play!

This post is dedicated to some of the weird and funny ways I find my boys sleeping when I get home. I am getting almost one good one a week and it cracks me up. Anyone who really knows us knows that my husband Ezra can fall asleep anywhere and sleep through anything. Apparently, my baby has inherited that trait. Nov 15, 2010
December 24th, 2010

January 8th, 2011 14 months on this day


February 2nd, 2011

He moved (this one was actually first).
February 8th, 2011 exactly 15 months today. This is how I ended up!


This is how I started out!

I came home from the ballet and this is how I found them!

March 4th, 2011

A (little) Man after my own heart!

Ok he won my heart a long long time ago! Any who know me and my family know that we love to dance! Thankfully my baby really loves to dance. On Saturday, Jan 29 we were going to go out with Liesel for her birthday since she was in town. While we were waiting for the sitter Cyrus just started dancing! I am so glad I caught some of his craziness on video. His dancing changes all the time so I may post other dance videos because I think it is so cute! Please ignore my ugly laugh. I know some of you saw this on FB, enjoy again, I do!

Morning at the Hospital

Cyrus has had more than his share of ear infections so it was decided to do a myringotomy also known as putting tubes in his ears. I was really worried because he had to fast from midnight until after surgery which was at 7:30 and he likes to eat. No not likes to-loves to eat! He did amazing! He also looked so cute I had to post pictures. He is doing great and hates it when I put his ear drops in.

Shout out to...

MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND and A GREAT DADDY!

Friday night, Ezra and I got a sitter and went on a date with some friends. We ate out cheap at In-N-Out and then went to CSI: the experience where we got to become CSI agents. It was fun we solved our case using the evidence and State of the Art Crime Scene Labs examining latent prints, toxicology reports, blood spatter patterns, fiber identification, impressions, and much more.

After we had solved our case we decided to get Haagen Dazs. We enjoyed an expensive cup of ice cream. It was delicious! Not long after consuming the ice cream I thought maybe I shouldn't have had any ice cream. I was not feeling well. The smell of smoke in the casino was making me sicker. At least I felt good on the date.

I really needed to feed the baby, but didn't feel good so decided to lay down. Sleep usually helps with a stomachache. Well, I will spare the details but I got really sick and was up a lot of the night puking. I think I may have had a little 24 hour bug because I felt achy and weak.

There is no way I could have taken care of my little guy with how I was feeling. My husband stepped up to the plate and got up with him early, fed him breakfast, took him to the store to get me crackers, 7-up, and medicine, and got him down for a nap. He only brought him to me to feed him and he waited on me like I was his princess. He brought me crackers, water, 7-up, made me soup when I finally felt like eating. In the afternoon he took Cyrus to our nephew's football game to let me get more rest.

I felt bad I couldn't do more with the baby, but I was so weak and achy. I really needed all the sleep I got which was a lot. I just want him to know how much I appreciate and love him. I can't imagine having to do it alone.

I love you, honey, and thanks for being such a wonderful and caring man. You are a wonderful husband and an amazing Daddy! Thanks again.

Cyrus is 10 months and...

Cyrus turned ten months on Wednesday, September 8th. He is growing up way too fast. It's fun and exciting, but also sad. I wish I could freeze time for short chunks. This last weekend my sister got married and Cyrus decided this would be the perfect time to debut his first steps! Yep at 9 months and about 3 weeks Cyrus took his first (unforced, unaided) steps. This happened on Friday, Sept 3, 2010 in front of his Daddy, Grandpa, Uncle Nate (all the way from Taiwan just to see it) and soon-to-be uncle Teddy. Of course, Nana and I were driving the wedding gown to my sisters to drop it off. That's okay he walked for me when we got home.

Then on Saturday at the temple while waiting for pictures he took 10 steps to his awesome cousin Braydon that had sat down and said, "He sure is a pretty cute kid." Braydon was trying to get him to walk when he was only 3 months old.

So, yesterday was his 10 month birthday and I finally got a decent video of him walking. How come whenever you get the camera out all the tricks stop? The first video is on his 10 month and it's a little bumpy because I was backing up as he was walking towards me. The next is from Sept 4 at the temple.

Holy Frijoles!

Cyrus loves to eat! Pretty much he will eat anything but there are certain things that he really loves! Refried beans is one of those! The other night Ezra and I were trying to collate some papers so we decided that we would let Cyrus feed himself the beans. He loved them, of course, and we loved that he was entertained to let us finish the job. Even if the clean up job was a big one!

These are delicious!

All done! Can I have some more please?

Summer Fun!

Summer here is ridiculously HOT! Which I'm sure most of you know. However, it sure makes it nice to be able to jump in a refreshing swimming pool on these long summer days. Our community has a pool, the water is not heated so it is generally pretty cold. Cyrus doesn't mind as long as mommy or daddy is in the pool with him. Here are some pictures from swimming with Aunties on Memorial Weekend and Mommy and Daddy at other times. Cy loves the water. He puts his little arm out and hits the top of the water to splash. My favorite is when he does a big splash and it gets him and he gets this look that seems to say, "Why did you do that?" or "Hey, who did that?". I love love love being the mother of this beautiful boy. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family!