Whew! Now that we have Christmas/New Years over, we can finally start to get updated on the rest of the year right?! I get my blog printed into a book each year at Easter, and seeing as how Easter is in 3 days, I had better get caught up eh?! Not a moment too soon!
January was filled with some good times! Our little Morgan turned THREE!!!!! What?! So wonderful- that little peanut. But that will be it's own post, so be on the lookout! We had lots of fun times! Maybe one of the biggest accomplishments that we had was that we started Morgan on potty training! It did NOT go so well for the first little while! I was about to throw in the towel! I guess it doesn't take too much to make me want to throw the towel in on potty training, does it?! Not the funnest thing in the land. She did NOT do very well for the first 2 weeks, but then one day, she decided that she would do it, and we don't have that many accidents anymore! She even sleeps through the night (as of March) with no accidents either! She has graduated to NO PULLUPS at night! YAHOOO! We are thrilled (well, I am!) I guess it really was a big month for the little sister, because she also went in to the hospital to have a sleep study done to see what we could do about her sleeping! She doesnt' sleep very well at night- waking up about 1/2 dozen times crying and we can't figure out why. Plus, she snores REALLY bad- like the instant that she falls asleep!- and then wakes herself up alot! So we have been a little bit concerned with her, and so I took her into the doctor a while ago, and they suggested a sleep study- which I did NOT want to do!- but we decided to do it anyways because they said they wouldnt' go any farther without it! So I took her in to the hospital, and it was SOOO awful! The poor little dear didn't know what was going on! You will see with the pictures that she was pretty happy at first, but as soon as that nose cannula went into her nose, she FREAKED out! Yikes! It was such a bummer. But she did well, and the results came back, and she does in fact need to get her tonsils out. Hmm...I coulda told the doctor that! In fact, I DID tell the doctor that! But that is a whole other story altogether. We won't get all worked up about that just yet eh?!
We took a few fun trips to the museum, parks, and everything else that we could do! The weather was really great in January! We didn't have much snow at all! Denver is so weird that way. But that is why I love it! It can snow on Monday, but then by Friday we are back at the park playing in the sunshine!
For Christmas we gave Cole's parents a trip out here to Denver to the Stock Show! It was SOOOOO much fun! We have been trying to get them to come out here for SO long (as long as we have lived here- 5 years now!) but it has never worked out. But now that Cleve is retired, we decided that this was the year! So they flew out (a big deal!) and we had SUCH a fun time with them. Cole is the property manager for one of the main buildings for the Stock Show, so they were able to get the royal treatment while they were here! We got fantastic seats to the rodeo, tours of the buildings, and all sorts of other fun stuff. We are SO glad that they took the time to come out and be with us for a few days! It is so nice to have them here with us.
As a special treat for me, I was able to go out and visit new baby Sydney Maye Miles! Ty and Mal had their new baby girl on the 11th of January, and I was able to score some really cheap tickets on Southwest, and the babester and I headed out to be with Syd! Oh man- is she one cute little peanut! It was so fun to be there with Ty and Mal, and to smell that new baby smell! I love that cutie!
So yeah, we had a pretty busy month I guess! It was so much fun though. Here are the pictures to prove it! Hooray!
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| Check out that happiest face ever! |
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| All she wanted was fruit snacks to potty train her! Dont'mind if I do! |
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| Waiting to go to the sleep study! |
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| Right before getting all of the probes put onto her. |
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| Hmmmm...... |
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| Now that is some SERIOUS trepidation! haha! |
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| We put a show on, and that helped her to not be so upset. |
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| But then, the put in the nose thingy! I couldn't get a picture of her when she was awake, because she was FLIPPING out, and I had to restrain her from pulling everything off! Poor little teeny girl. |
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| LOVE us some museum! |
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| My little astronauts! |
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| We tried pull ups for a little while because I was sick of cleaning up pee! Oh man! |
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| At least I could always look at this face! Oh this face!!! |
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| We LOVE it when Grandma comes! Morgan really has a special spot in her heart for all of her Grandparents- especially her Grandpas! |
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| Just a nice January day at the park! Notice the no shoes? Yeah- weird! |
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| Arent we attractive?! This is at the stock show- self portraits are the BEST! |
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| We brought the kids up to the Dog show, and it was SOO much fun! We had some Fair Food before, and the kids loved it! I especially love the dude with the skullet eyeing the Corn Dogs- Get your own man! It was only $9!!!!! :) |
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| RODEO! |
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| DOG SHOW! |
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| Lincoln thought his HUGE piece of pizza was pretty awesome. |
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| Cutest face! |
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| Oh yes, and this one too! ALWAYS with the tongue out! |
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| Again with the Tongue! |
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| I case you were wondering- she is IRONMAN! |
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| We busted out the bike trailer to get Lincoln from school one day, and this little buddy had the BEST time! He loved it! |
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| These two are best buddies! I have a REALLY hard time trying to keep Payton from mauling Stockton! But he sure does love him! |
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| The new daddy! Doesn't even look tired! |
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| I got to hang with these carazy Derrick kids! It was so fun! |
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| This is Lincoln's New Years Resolutions he did in school..."In 2013, I resolve to remember to wash first in the shower, be a beter drawer, being beter at my timed tests, and be a beter skiier." Cutest ever!!! |
HAPPY JANUARY!!!
