Snow Day!

In January we had a pretty good snow storm.  Schools were closed for a week and the snow seemed to keep coming down!

Of course we took full advantage of snow fun!

This is the second year that Tony tied a sled to his wheelchair and took Evan for a ride down the street....and once again he LOVED it!  Who wouldn't :-)

OOOPS!  Daddy took off a little to fast!

My boy playing in the snow

We LOVE snow days.....as long as they don't last too long! :-)

Big Boy Bed

Evan now sleeps very well in his own big boy (twin size) bed!

I thought it would be a horrible battle, but it turns out that he loves having his own space and room to spread out in bed.

I made a "Evan slept in his own bed" chart and he got a star every night he stayed in bed.  He also got a star on his hand.  When he got 5 stars he got to pick a new toy.  We did this for 4 weeks and now the chart is pointless.  We read 2 stories, give him a glow stick (super cheap and fun for him), and say good night.  He stays in his bed and puts himself to sleep!  He stays in his bed all night and gets up around 7:30 and wakes me up asking to watch Dino Dan.

I love our new routine, and I think Evan feels so much independence at bed time now.

Still with a binky...that is our next challenge!

He has to sleep with mommy's blanket and his 2 blankets....Love this kid!

 My boy is growing so fast....but I am loving every minute it!

From Triplets to Twins...

We just announced (which is why I haven't blogged about it) that we are going to have identical twins in August!
We are very excited and feeling a little overwhelmed, but so happy to be introducing these new members to our family.  Now that I am at the end of my first trimester I feel more comfortable sharing the news, and Evan is starting to understand more as well....he is so excited!  He told me he was going to help me change their diapers and put cream on their butt :-)  When I ask if he wants sister or brothers he says brothers, when I ask if he wants brothers or sisters he says sisters so I think he will be happy no matter what!  We are!

Now for the title of this blog.....originally we were pregnant with identical triplets (a VERY rare occurrence) but sadly one of the babies stopped growing at about 8 weeks.
We know we are having identical twins because we used IVF to get pregnant just as we did with Evan.  We only implanted ONE embryo and that embryo split!  It was definitely a strong embryo!

We are excited for our identical babies and also looking into the future with them. Life is always an adventure with Evan and now we will have two more to come along.

This is how we made our announcement:

Our new additions:

Baby B

Baby A

Christmas

It's almost the end of January and I am FINALLY going to blog about Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas at my parents house.  Naomee and Evan had a blast together!  We went to kid's mass on Christmas eve and of course I spent the majority of mass outside with Evan because he was so loud! 

Christmas morning the kids came downstairs excited to see what Santa left them.  Evan got a Mobigo game system and a hop along ball.  He was pretty excited!  Then they opened their stockings and had some breakfast while we waited for Uncle Matt, Auntie Randi and baby Madison to come over and then it was present mayhem!

We went to Stanwood to see Christmas lights the night after Christmas.  It was very cold and rainy but fun just the same.

Christmas at my parents is always fun because my mom likes to make it very traditional and special.  I hope I can do that with my grand kids!

Pictures from Christmas:

This is what Santa left Evan at our house.  He LOVES his "chicken"

Ready for church, what a ham!

Nana and Papa and the grand kids...Evan was not into smiling for pictures.  I think he gets a little possessive of his Nana and Papa :-)

Cousins....LOVE!

This is what Santa left Evan and Naomee at Nana and Papas house

Mommy and Evan checking out the Mobigo

Tech savvy kids

Coming downstairs Christmas morning to see what Santa left

Playdoh was one of Evan's favorite gifts

He loves his backpack with his name on it

Cute little Madison, a little princess

Another great Christmas gone.....who knows what next Christmas will bring :-)

Volcano Candy

Every year we buy my mom a box of Queen Anne chocolate covered cherries for Christmas, she is the ONLY one in our family who likes them. 

This year Evan wanted to try one.  He took one bite, spit it out and said "This candy is yucky it has a volcano in it!"  Well said Evan :-) 

This kid cracks me up!

Rock-a-bye Baby

When Evan was little (before he could talk) I was playing with him and I rocked him and sang 'Rock-a-bye Baby', he started crying immediately and it was such a sad cry it broke my heart!  I did it a few more times to see if it was a fluke thing but it wasn't he was really upset every single time!

At one point I did it and he brushed me off so I thought that was the end of it.....nope!  While at Nana and Papas for Christmas my mom was playing with him and she did Rock-a-bye Baby and he bawled!  He still can't or won't tell us why it makes him so sad!  I did it this afternoon after we had been home for a while....I got the same reaction!  What a silly little boy!  I will never know why that song along with rocking makes him so upset!

I love my boy!

Christmas Cookies

Yesterday Evan and I made sugar cookies and we had a blast! 

Evan loved spreading the flour out over the cutting board and rolling out the dough.  He decided the shapes we were going to make and I cut them out (he wasn't too interested in that part).  We even formed the letters of his name into cookies and he made a snake :-)

When it was time to decorate Evan ONLY wanted to do the sprinkles and he got very carried away, but what is the fun of making cookies when you can't make them how you want?!  Needless to say every cookie got a LOT of sprinkles! 

When he got a taste of frosting he lost all interest in sprinkles and decided he was going to eat frosting (I had to nix it after a few minutes), Later in the day he told me he had a tummy ache....hmmmm I wonder why!

Lastly, while decorating and eating Evan says "Mommy, I feel happy!"  Ditto Evan.  Mommy feels happy too.  Just being your mom makes me so happy.

Spreading flour

Rolling the dough

I asked him to smile, this is what I got!

My sweet boy....Love him

LOTS of sprinkles for every cookie!

"I'm done with blue, now I need pink....pleeeaasssse mom?"

Sprinkling the letters of his name

Our finished products.  Don't they look delicious?!?

Tasting the finished product!