3/13/14

Liam gets "stitches" I mean "glue"

 So, ever since we moved into our house, I have known it was only a matter of time until someone fell and cracked a forehead on the fireplace/hearth. Especially since I did that exact same thing when I was little. So, beginning of February was finally the time. I actually can't believe we lasted that long really. Liam was going after a balloon and crack. Ryan was there (good thing he is always there when our boys fall and crack heads because I can't handle the initial bleeding/goosegg/looking) and so after he cleaned it up we were going to go to the ER for stitches, but our friend told us the Instacare does that and they are cheaper. So we all went as a family and Liam loved that he got to watch cartoons while we waited.
 We got some numbing medicine that made the cut look lots worse than it really was.....
 And then after the doctors told us we go to choose between stitches and glue (what? How are we supposed to know? ) we chose glue since that meant we didn't have to return to get the stitches out..... he got glued up.
Really, it's a good thing this happened to Liam and not Collin. He was one brave kid. Collin was near the side of the room asking me all the time if it was hurting Liam, is he bleeding mom, etc. Let's hope Collin doesn't have an experience like that too soon. He isn't quite as brave in Liam in pain threshold. But, the glue has long since fallen off and he still has a little mark that will hopefully heal up as more time goes on. Otherwise, he can just have a cool Harry Potter scar like me :)

Liam turns 3

 We had gone to the fun Play Place in Park City and the ice castles on Saturday, and Sunday, was more low key. Liam requested a Tigress cake (he had just seen Kung Fu Panta 2 the night before with his cousins) so I truly attempted it, and Liam thought it looked great. Really, it looked terrible, but it tasted good.
 He loved opening all his presents.

 And a few days after his birthday, the snow melted enough that the lawnmowers came out. Seriously, good investment Grandma made in those lawnmowers.


 Random playtime pictures I guess :)

Ice Castles in Midway

 As part of Liam's birthday celebration, we went with Sadee and Ava and Grandma and Grandpa to the ice castles in Midway. It was really fun.

 It was especially cool when we got to go in little mazes.


 Liam kept wanting to break out the icicles....

 A little crawl space!

 Even though we haven't seen Frozen, we know who Olaf was :)


 I really liked the blue ice part.


More birthday post celebrations to come!

3/12/14

January 2014 first half

 We took our cousin Kyle with us to the man store in January. That was fun. Wow.... I had forgotten my boys got haircuts the last week in December. Their hair is short!

 Liam had special time with Daddy and they built a space ship.
 Then the space ship got larger.
 Our O'Berry cousins gave us passes to Jungle Jim's a super fun playland/ride place so one day we went there for the afternoon. The boys love it.

 And we all got to eat pizza there!

Christmas Day 2013

These pictures are really out of order, but we always open stockings first, on Grandpa and Grandma's bed. This wasn't changed in 36 years. Really.


 Santa brought the boys knight costumes since (at the time) they were TOTALLY into pretending to be knights.


 Random opening of gifts.

Liam with his battle ax and Chewy slippers. It was a fun Christmas.

Grandpa O'Berry visit and Christmas Eve 2013

 We got to see Grandpa O'Berry the night before we went to Idaho. It was fun to see him and hang out with him for a bit.
 My brother and his wife brought some dance game they have. The boys loved to imitate it. It was funny.
 Christmas Eve is always so fun. We have a big dinner with my cousins and families....
 This year my cousin Jami had some "minute to win it" games. They were really, really fun to play. The dads totally got into the stacking games :) It felt like the real show :)

The elf presents are always a big hit!