May 2013

May was much more eventful. The fun started on May the fourth, which of course meant a Star Wars themed wedding!

The bride: my sister in law Rachelle. And the groom: a boy named Kevin.

 The day started out a little rough for me, when I was informed army dress looked like r2d2 (just kidding, i didn't actually care!), and then when I dropped my camera and broke it at the temple. As far as thee reception goes, i'll admit that i'm not the biggest star wars fan, and Cason I were really unsure about the whole thing, but it turned out really nice. In fact, it was actually beautiful, and even elegant in a way.

 

 Not to mention, it's the most fun I've ever had at a reception. There was pizza, Italian sodas, crepes, and lots of other fun and delicious food. Lilli had a FANTASTIC time at the " kids party" and I barely saw her the entire day...she was in heaven.

The remainder of the trip was spent relaxing, and we also made a trip to Ikea for my Mother's Day gift. I got a rug for our living room, and a bunch of other little fun things. Lilli also tried her first toaster marshmallow.

When we got home, I was thrown into the stresses of preparing for finals, and ended the semester with the end of the month! I've never been happier to see a semester end. It.was.rough. So rough in fact, that I changed my major at the end of it!

April 2013

April must have been another boring month, because I remember next to nothing, and took like... 3 pictures. I imagine I stressed out a lot about school, worked, and took care of  Lucas and Lilli.

I remember lilli being a bit down in April as well, and that she spent A LOT of time in her "car" driving to see jesse at his house!

So... I guess we'll move on to May now!

March 2013

We started watching Lucas 3 times a week in march. I thought having a baby in the house would be magical, and convince Cason that we finally needed to have another one, but I'll be honest... It was rough! I had WAY too much going on, and Cason had to pick up a lot of the slack, and well... He's not exactly a baby person, especially if the baby is his. He warmed up to him eventually though, and Lucas has always been quite fond of him! I also think it was a good experience for lilli. She learned  a
Little bit of independence on the days hewas here, and she enjoyed having someone to (sort of)play with.

(St. Paddy's Day)

 We also made quick trip to Oakland California for Courtney's wedding. T be honest, Oakland is a pit, but we had a really nice time. The temple was beautiful, and lilli had SO much fun!she deemed herself to be the flower girl, and threw petals at the "little princess". She also spent. Lot of time playing i the fountains, and picking the temple flowers (whoops!).

Before the wedding, we snuck off to San Francisco. We only had. Few hours, but I'm really glad we went. Rhett was determined to drive across the golden gate bridge, and it was fun to take in some of the scenery- it's definitely our kind of city! The best part was giving lilli her first ocean experience. It was cold, and we weren't dressed right, but it was great! She had fun asking "sand castles" and running from the waves- I only wish we could have stayed longer!

We then headed back to Boise for an Easter egg hunt at Grandma's house with the Cousins, and Easter Sunday which included Lucas' Baby Blessing with the WHOLE family! :)

Easter Bunny Goodies at our house

Basket from Grandma

It was a great month!

February 2013

I honestly can't remember a single  blog worthy thing happening in February. I went back to work, and struggled with school. Cason worked on his writing, and lilli, was lilli :)

We had a fun visit from the holloways. Lilli LOVES cousin Dylan! (And cousin Lucas too).

We had a low key valentines day, with a few fun gifts.

AND... I think that about sums it up! Sheesh, that was a quick one!

January 2013

Ok, here we go.

This could be long and painful for everyone involved- but I have to have some kind of family record, so I have to try!

January:

January was COLD, and snowy. Definitely the snowiest I've ever seen it in boise. Lilli loved every minute of it, whenever we went outside she would insist on throwing snow at us and at the car.

I started the year off with continuous UTI's which was miserable, and made school nearly impossible. Luckily, I was on leave from work for hurting my knee, and had lots of time to rest and snuggle!

I went to physical therapy twice a week, which I hated...and found mostly useless.

I celebrated my 25th birthday with Johnny Carino's, and cheesecake from Costco. I also got my beautiful iPad from my wonderful husband! Our laptop had recently broken, so we were definitely in need of it! I also got an exercise bike from my in laws to help strengthen  my knees. All around, it was a pretty great birthday!

The BEST thing that happened in January, was the birth of our little nephew, Lucas. We love him so much, and are thankful to have him in our family!

3.5

Miss lilli Ian's 3 1/2 years old. I did a little interview with her tonight. I'm not sure about how accurate her answers are... But it's what she said.

Favorite movie: the toy one that has the toys in it (toy story 1 & 2)
Favorite show: uhhh...Mickey mouse. My favorite show is Mickey Mouse, ok?
Favorite food: cereal, ok? Cereal is food, huh mom!
Favorite treat: twiziwer
Favorite drink: chocolate milk!!! I want chocolate milk! I'm thirsty!
Favorite toy: my bunny for Easter time, ok mom?
Favorite game: the scout one where you draw ( a leap pad game)
Who's your best friend? The one I was playing with at the turtle a couple of go's. ( a little girl at the mall play place)

Lilli's Littles

If something happened yesterday, an hour ago, or a year ago she refers to it as "Last time a couple of go's"

She sings non stop. It's usually her own creation, but lately it's been "row row row your boat"

She got a leap pad for christmas and didn't touch it at first, but is now obsessed with it.

If she wants to do something she'll say, "can we do (this) for a couple minutes?"

She's constantly complaining of wedgies, but she calls them "itchies"

She hates pants. I finally cut the tags out of all of her pants thinking it would help, but...not so much.

(oddly enough, she wouldn't take her pants off this day)

She insists that Cason's favorite color is blue even though it isn't. Today she said, " Daddy, you're favorite color is blue. But you don't like blue...but is is your favorite color"

If she doesn't want to do something she says "No I am not!!!!"

She loves snow and throwing snow at the car, also she seems to think that Grandma Dotson has something to do with when it snows??

She "doesn't like food, she only likes treats"

She likes to watch "A LOT of shows"

She usually doesn't take naps anymore but still gets really tired around 4 or 5 every evening.

She talks talks talks talks talks talks talks. It's exhausting... but hilarious.

She doesn't sneeze, she "bless you's". 

She loves to tell me stories, they almost always start with "once upon a time" and end with "...stand on your head"

She wants to be a dog not a person. She spend at least half her day pretending to be a dog. Playing fetch, licking/biting me, etc. Luckily she told me that she wants to keep using the potty, because only real dogs pee outside.

She loves her cousins. She says she loves cousin Lucas, but Cousin Dylan is her favorite. (She's a little unsure about the whole newborn baby thing).