More crazy sleeping

Since AJ has started to boycot naps he ends up falling asleeep in the craziest places like the....

ball pit

the couch

the chair

and my favorite the drawer. I have no clue why he wanted to sleep in there but he did.

AJ's much needed haircut

AJ before

We decided that it was time AJ get a haircut. And let me tell you it was the best idea ever. He did awesome after he got in the big boy seat and not the little car they had there, and he looks so much bigger and more like a toddler now.

AJ after

My 24th birthday

My best friend and soul mate & myself.

Well as every birthday we went out to eat at the Rainforest Cafe. I just love that place. I had a blast just like every year. Here are a few pics from that night.

Me & my baby!

The best shot I got of AJ that night because he is starting to hate getting his picture taken.

Erik

I was blessed with the company of this very cute couple this year. My brother and his girlfriend Emily.

MMMM.....Spaghetti!

Spaghetti night is a favorite in our house. On this particular night Erik got super messy but the pictures that came from it are in my opinion the best I have gotten of him. He was so funny with his faces and the coloring and lighting just turned out great. I have actually thought about making a collage and ordering it for our house.

Sisters!....and brother!!!

So between the months of April and May I had the wonderful experience of seeing 2 of my sisters, and of course my brother. I always see him but we were able to see our sister from our Dads side of the family, Sile, who we have not seen in forever! It was such a nice visit with her. We just went out to eat and chated but it was still fun and we have decided we (meaning Sile, Kenton(my brother), Michelle(my other sister on my Dads side), myself and our 2 cousins, Ashley and Chelsea need to start our own cousins family reunion.

Erik, Kenton, Arli, AJ, Me & Sile

Me & Sile

Me, Sile & Kenton


That was in April. In may my sister Emily came down from Duck Creek and stayed the week with me during one of my treatments. It was a blast. We went shopping and saw a movie and went out to eat and were just able to bond with out too many kids and other distractions around. I mean we just had my boys which are no trouble at all since they play well by them selves (and prefer it that way most of the time) and are pretty independent. We have decided that we should take a break a few weekends out of the year and go to each others houses with out our own kids so we get to have more sisterly bonding time. It was a very fun visit and I can not wait to do it again with her. I do have a picture of Emily and I but I want to wait for a different blog post to put it in.



Good bye kisses for Aunt Emmy!
Erik & Aunt Emmy!

Easter fun take 3!

The boys' Easter baskets Eriks is on the left AJ's on the right


So on Easter sunday this year I really did not know how to encorperate the whole Easter story in our 2 young boys this year. They are both still little so I think we will start all of that next year. But anyways this year we did our own little Easter egg hunt in our house and were invited to go to my friend Camilles mothers house and have a Easter egg hunt and BBQ. We had a wonderful time and the boys loved opening their Easter baskets.

Erik finding some more eggs!
One of the only times we were able to get AJ's hair in a pony tail. He looked so cute!

Easter Fun take 2!

Of course one of the fun parts of Easter is egg dying. AJ this year had a blast and even colored some of the eggs. Erik even did a good job at putting the eggs in the dye. He only got 1 drop on the floor. It was a good thing I put newspaper under him too. I think next year we will do Easter eggs that have more to do with painting so it takes longer. I swear we went through 2 dozen eggs in about 20 min.

Easter Fun! Take 1

All of the kids. Bad quality but my camera was on the wrong setting.


Now we had a very eventful Easter so this will be cut into 3 different posts. So I had the wonderful and very fun idea of getting a few families from church together for a big Easter egg hunt and then a lunch at a local park. Let me tell you it was a blast! All of the kids got tons of eggs and we had a fun time just playing and chatting for a few hours. I think we will have to do this again next year!

AJ checking out his egg


Erik found these eggs and was happy just playing with them

AJ and his eggs

This is what my boys did the whole time after the egg hunt. They just kept opening and emptying the eggs and refilling them.

Erik is now in nursery!

When I got my calling to teach the CTR 7 class Erik still had a month before he was to be in nursery. But since the only kid in nursery at the time was AJ they let him go in early. It was a sad day for me as when I open the door to let him in I was expecting him to scream and cry just like AJ did. Well he didn't has not since being in nursery. Instead he does not even look back to say bye bye. But I do love it when I get him after the block and he comes running up to me. I just love him to peices.

The boys getting so big!

So this post will be mostly about AJ because he is the one I have noticed the most change in. We all have those moments as Moms where we just look at what our little one is doing and say to our selves "when did they get so big?" Well a few months ago I had a moment like that with AJ and keep having more. But the one I want to blog about today was when my little boy went up to the biggest slide at the park all by his self and went down all by his self. I truly had a tear moment when he told me "no" when I went to follow him up to the slide.

Now for little Erik. He is just getting so big! I have noticed alot of what he is doing at this age AJ did not do until well after 2 or not at all. He is definitely our free spirited child. He is also talking a lot better than AJ did at his age. His newest words are bubbles and shoes. And he actually says shoes the right way. I love/hate seeing him grow up. But can not wait to have him be a big brother hopefully by the end of the year. We just have to see what goes on with me after treatment.

Jeff Gordon!

So a few months ago when the race was in town our local Smiths had Jeff Gordon's car out in front. Now this is the best thing for me aside from actually meeting Jeff Gordon. So of course the boys and I went home and changed into our Jeff Gordon gear. Here are the better pictures from that day. AJ was not into taking pictures this day so all of the pics I have of him turned out super bad so he was there I just don't have pics.

Still alive!

I know I have not blogged in a few months. But I just wanted to let everyone know that yes I am still here and we are all ok. We are taking off for vacation to Disneyland Sunday morning. But when we get back I will update about all of this.......

Jeff Gordon
The boys getting so big
Erik in nursery
Easter fun!
Sisters!
MMMMM.......Spaghetti
My birthday
AJ's haircut
More crazy sleeping
My diagnosis
My haircut

and of course Our Vacation