Ollie's 3rd Birthday Video

I am way overdue for an update, and I am so sad and disappointed in myself for not keeping up on my family blog. I guess living closer to family and Quilt Story taking more and more of my time, I left the blog go by the wayside. But I do plan on doing a catch-up by the end of January.  But today is Oliver's 3rd Birthday video.  It takes me a couple hours to do these videos, but I really hope that I do them forever!  We watch them all the time and I think it's just a fun way to document our lives.

Music: We Belong Together by Paul Newman from Toy Story

Sawyer Boy is 4!

Happy 4th Birthday Mr. Sawyer

Music

Free Little Bird by Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb

Poker Face by Lady Gaga

Folding Chair by Regina Spektor

Happenings

My brothers and their families came over Easter weekend to visit.  It was a blast.  Sawyer and Ollie had 8 cousins playing with them non-stop, we went bowling, ate out, saw a movie, celebrated Easter, went swimming, swimming and more swimming.  Apparently it is STILL SNOWING in Utah!!  My brother Dan and his family kept extending their trip because they couldn't stand the thought of going back to the snow!!

I didn't get very many pictures this weekend.  I'm in a bit of a media crisis right now.  There's some kind of issue with each of our cameras and video camera.  Boo.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how excited do you think Sawyer is about his Easter candy?

For your general viewing pleasure, blue bunny shaped pancakes for breakfast:

And the Easter bunny was quite thoughtful and got the boys super hero jams.

Just a little more than 2 weeks until quilt market...EEEK!!!!!

Keeping You Safe

These two fighting invisible bad guys everyday just has the cuteness meter ready to explode.  Man I love having two boys!!  

If you'd like to see a two year old singing a very raspy ABC's, see below.  The meter definitely broke with this one.

My mommy is still here.  Love it.  Don't remember what life was like before.  With E so busy it has been so nice.  E finished his surgery rotation, and although it was the hardest (hours) I think he really loved it.  He got to stitch people up and participate in a variety of surgeries and his doc was really really good.  He was in a routine surgery where a woman almost died.  He came home and told me what happened, he thought she may not make it.  He was so happy to see that she was recovering the next day.  He's going to be a really good doctor.

I have been obsessed with this song. It is still playing (in my head).

"I'd catch a grenade for ya..."

OKJ

music

You Are My Sunshine by Elizabeth Mitchell

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

Storytime Live!

the other day the back screen was off track and needed to be fixed

s: Mom maybe Team Umizoomi can fix it?

c.u.t.e

ps Team Umizoomi is a show on Nick Jr, they are a tiny team, they work behind the scenes...

a while later E fixed it and I asked if Sawyer had seen him

e: no

I pulled Sawyer over to the back door and exclaimed

m: Sawyer!  Team Umizoomi came and fixed the door!!

he stared at the backdoor for a long time, but not a word.

My amazing awesome brother Rich was recently in town to see a client and scored us some free tickets to Nick Jr Storytime Live.  Basically it is Nick Jr shows in play format.  We got to see:

Ni Hao, Kailan

Backyardigans

intermission

Wonder Pets

Dora

It was cute.  The boys had fun.  We got to be in a suite and have delicious food and watch the show. OF COURSE E was working that weekend.  Boo.  We missed him.  There was a bunny named Ollie on the WonderPets.  Sawyer found that quite silly.  "That's not Ollie, that's Ollie" pointing to our O of course.

Before we left for the show that day I kept "teasing" Sawyer

m: we're gonna do something really fun today...

s: what??

m: i'm not telling...

after a few of these he got really annoyed

s: WHERE ARE WE GOING TODAY?!?!?!?!?!?

he finally resigned

s: I know where we're going, to Chuck E. Cheese's house.

We've never been, but he insisted

He was definitely happy with the surprise though

I kinda love the idea of Build-a-Bear, in fact my sister Amy took me for my birthday when I was an adult, really.  It's so cute!  I've always wanted to take my boys but knew it would be for me more than them.  I know Sawyer would have fun making it, but he doesn't care for stuffed animals so it would be a waste of money.

Anyway, when we were walking around the shopping center after the show we came across the boys version of Build-a-Bear!  It's called RideMakerz.

They lured us in with a remote control car outside.  It is sooo cute!  The first part you pick out the shell of your car (they have all models, including a blue Mustang GT just like Sawyer likes :)

Then you can add wheels, rims, stickers, etc.  They have this area that looks like a mechanics garage.  In the end you make a personalized license plate.  It is seriously so cute, I wanted to buy them right there on the spot!!  I think we'll definitely have to go back though, maybe for a birthday or Christmas :)

Here's is a video of Ollie being chased by the remote control car.  He would run after it, then when it started to chase him he'd run away yelling, "no, no, no"

It was oh so fun

Song: Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson

siete

His name is Oliver.

Ollie has character.  I think he may be one of "those" boys.  You know, the crazy ones.

He's insanely cute, and funny, and smart or sneaky, however you choose to see it.

He is 19 months old.

He thinks things are funny now and runs up to me with a big grin and says, "bunny".

He knows how to get out of trouble.  A big smile and a very breathy "hi".

He's sneaky.

(you should definitely have your volume on)

He loves doggies.

He only has 6 teeth, 2 on top and 4 on bottom.

He loves books, especially ones with pictures of real things.

He has the greatest smile.

He has the most awesome dance move ever.  His left foot stays planted while he stomps his right foot around in a big circle.

His lips remind me of the Arby's logo.  He gets complimented almost daily on those luscious lippys.

He copies everything his brother does.

He likes to yell, for fun, really loud.

He can say "Momma" "DaDa" "Oyie" and "Der"

He gets tackled more times a day than any NFL star.

He says "cheese" for photos and so we usually get this face:

Love you Mr. O.

Nemo sings Archuleta

Scooter Boy

You won't be sorry you watched.

40 years

My parents just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary! I made this video that was shown at an adult only surprise dinner for them when they returned from an overseas trip. The invite list? All of my siblings, their spouses and my parents, everyone but us :(

For those of you who will be looking for me in the photos, there are seven kids and three sisters in my family, and I am the very youngest of all, so I am only in a few of the last full family pictures.

Also, one of my dad's jokes is to say, "I can't believe 60 years ago I was three." You'll get why I added that when you see the video :)

PGA?

This is pretty funny, if I say so myself. He just picked up this golfing technique...our best guess is from an XBOX game E has. Enjoy!

(PS Don't mind the mess, my mom was cleaning the couch...I was crafting...and E was organizing his class shirts)

The Adventures of Sawyer

A video of Sawyer and us...although it looks a little long, I edited the whole thing so it should be entertaining throughout! Make sure you have volume, that's definitely important. Enjoy!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: I MISSPELLED INSTALLMENT AT THE END OF THE VIDEO AND IT WOULD TAKE WAY TOO LONG TO FIX ON THE ACTUAL VIDEO, SO I STAND CORRECTED.

And the little man talks

So we got some cute footage of the little guy talking so we thought we would post so you can all see him in real life again. He seems to be saying everything now! Crazy how fast it happens. All day today he was looking at me saying "hi" over and over. In the cutest video I was holding a picture of me, Ernesto and my parents. I would put to each person and he would say our names!! And then he grabbed the frame from me and started kissing it, and if I'd pull it back he said "No no no" and peeled my fingers away. Anyway, I couldn't get it to upload, but I am going to try really hard because it was so cute! So enjoy ;)

Sawyer Pulls to Stand!

Check out our baby's new trick!