January/February update

As those of you with small children can understand, life has been fairly busy and exhausting, which is why no posts have been made recently. Actually I can also partially blame the best Christmas present ever, my iPhone, since I never need to get on the computer anymore! It is my belief that phone was invented specifically for multi-tasking stay-at-home moms.

We had a wonderful visit with my parents; they visited us Christmas day and stayed through New Years Day. The highlight was our trip to the Bahamas and although it was on the chilly side, we still enjoyed the beauty of the island and time with one another. I was nursing a minor foot surgery so that was a bummer but I was grateful to have my parents with me since I wasn't operating at 100%.

A day on the boat in Florida

This is why we love South Florida! (Talk to me again in the summer for a different perspective)

Bahamian Sunset


Boys and Sand

Family Photo

Grandpa and the boys enjoying the sunrise (while Mom & Dad enjoyed SLEEP!)

Although my parents live on the other side of the country, we have been blessed to have them be a part of so many major milestones. For example, when I was pregnant with Dylan they decided to fly out two weeks before his due date so they could be with us to welcome him into the world. I was a little apprehensive about their flying out so early as they say most first time moms deliver late and I felt like having them here would put pressure on me, and only put the birth off longer (the whole "a watched pot never boils" theory). However, I ended up going into labor the day they took off from San Diego (they took a red eye) and we were able to call them from the hospital during their layover. They arrived at the hospital only a few short hours after his birth. Similarly, with Gavin's pregnancy I had chosen a home birth and really wanted my mom to be with us for delivery to help with Dylan and me. She flew out three weeks early and arrived only one day before I went into labor! These things remind me of how God cares about the details of our lives. Well true to this pattern, they witnessed another milestone on their last visit. Gavin had taken a few steps here and there but was definitely not a "walker" yet. He chose to go for it on our way back from the Bahamas, in the Fort Lauderdale airport. We were so excited to be done with the crawling phase, and even more excited that Grandma and Grandpa were a part of it! Ignore the annoying, high pitched voice...

And Introducing...the new BUZZ cut!

Daddy has always loved Dylan's "surfer hair" but it was time for a trim and he thought it would be an easy job. He didn't factor in the wiggly nature of our 3 year old, or the lack of patience young children have with such tasks. So here is the "before" picture of our poor little guy. By the way, is there ALWAYS a laundry basket on this couch? Yes, since I do laundry all.day.long.
Anyway, I have noticed Gavin's hair has started to resemble a mullet, so I think I'll have that taken care of while daddy is at work {grin}.