Christmas in April??

Ben finally got me some "real" pictures!   Here are a few 2013 Christmas eve/day pictures and a few from all of the snow days we had.

Sweet Miles and Daddy on Christmas eve!

Christmas Eve pj's

 It's HARD to get a family picture! 

Fresh start for 2014

Well, I have to start somewhere so here we go.  I know it has been a while since I've been able to load any pictures.  The past couple months have been really crazy for us!  I know I completely missed Christmas and will try to load pictures later.  For those of you who haven't heard Ben was in a car accident in mid-December and broke a vertabrate and has some soft tissue damage.  He has been slowly healing but is ready to be back in action.  Since then, my photographer has been out of business so I've mostly taken iPhone photos.  Here are a few pictures from January and I hope to update more often as this seems to be my best "memory book" for the kids.

Dylan loved his first real snow!  Here he is snowboarding in the front yard!

 Sweet Miles did a little sledding

 Family ride in the new Ranger.  We have all been SOOOO sick the past two weeks with bronchitis, etc so it was nice that the snow came just as we began to recover.  We all got out just a bit for a ride in the snow and Aunt Kylie came to play.

 Sledding with mom

 Dylan also loves to take pictures!  Here he is practicing with Ben's old camera

 New wagon that Santa brought.  They spend a lot of time riding in circles in the house since it's been so cold!

 Miles, New Years Day

FINALLY!!  This was taken last week and was the first time Ben has been able to pick up Miles in over a month.  The doctor told him not to pick up more than a gallon of milk but I told him that Miles was our little sack of sugar so he probably didn't weigh much more than that:) 

Halloween 2013

We had another fun Halloween trick or treating in our neighborhood! 

 Walking down to the Halloween parade!

 Brothers!

 Dylan's Halloween party at school

 Sweet Miles happily wore Dylan's hand me down lion costume.

 Cute of the boys.

Mommy's sweet little lion cub. 

More of Dylan's 3rd birthday

Here are more pictures from Dylan's 3rd birthday.   

 Daddy surprised us with a 4 wheeler!  He can't wait to take it to the farm!

 We had an awesome day for a kite flying party at the art museum!  Dylan is still talking about all of the fun he had!

 I'm THREE!!!

 Playing hard!

 Opening presents!  Remind me not to open gifts in front of children again and not to open gifts when you have to hike about a mile back to the car!

 OH YEA!!!  # 1 baby:)

 Coach Dylan getting the boys ready to fly kites and play soccer!

 You might see this one again on our Christmas card, just FYI

 LOVE my boys! 

 Nana and Miles, one of my favorites.  This sweet angel always wears a happy face:)

 Birthday party at pre-school.  He loved having his special day!

 More preschool party

Again, my smiling Miles!!

Dylan's 3 year stats

My what happens in 3 years!!!  Dylan is such a grown little boy these days with a mind of his own! 

• about 36 pounds and 38"??
• wears a size 9 shoe
• size 4t clothes
• goes to 2 year preschool Tuesday and Thursday.  Finally enjoys school and has fun when he is there.
• Says anything he wants to and tells the best stories.  such an imagination
• loves "Bluebie" the most, "Stripe" the second
• usually goes to bed at 8pm, sleep at 8:30-9pm, up at 7am
• goes down for nap at 1:30pm and gets up around 4.  Sleeps most days and occasionally just has quiet time and gets up around 3-3:30pm on those days.
• loves his baby brother and can't wait for him to run and play!
• Rides his strider bike with no training wheels all through our hilly neighborhood.   
• Loves imaginary games, pretend play, and puzzles.
• Very active!!!!!
• Favorite TV shows are Dora, SuperWhy, Umizoomi, BabyTV,  Max and Ruby

Dylan's 3rd birthday round 1

Dylan is 3 years old!  We had the most beautiful weekend for a birthday weekend and I loved every minute!!!  These pics below are mostly from my cell phone and my little camera.  Ben has the "real" photos from his birthday party coming soon.  Friday, I took the day off on Dylan's real birthday, the 25th.  Below are a few pictures of Dylan and Miles just hanging out around the house.  I had big plans to take the boys to Pullen Park to ride the carousel but thanks to Joanna/Pat we had a WONDERFUL day at home playing with his new remote control car, Mudslinger!  We just played in the backyard and cul-de-sac with his new car, ate spaghetti that night with family and a few neighbors, and decorated cakes/organized for his party on Saturday. 

 Sweet Dylan just sunbathing in the grass!

 We decorated his cakes with sprinkles.  Dylan LOVES sprinkles and since it was his birthday I just gave him a bowl and a spoon!

 Miles is already stealing Dylans toys!!!

 Sweet brothers playing with the new remote control car in the backyard.

 First somewhat cute picture of them both looking at the camera and smiling!!

 Dylan is really in to his new car!

Miles smiles:)....all the time!!!  He is the happiest baby!!