Santa Clause!?

Tonight we finally went to visit Santa Clause! We were at the mall and I asked Cohen if he wanted to go see Santa. He was very willing. This year he has finally been old enough to understand all of the stories about good boys and girls, presents, reindeer, fireplaces, and such so he was well aware of Santa.  We stood in line and Cohen didn't want to wait. He kept pulling on mom and dad's arm wanting to cut in line. Finally it was our turn and we started walking toward him, and then about 2 feet away Cohen started to back up. Noah and I had a plan that if he cried we would throw him on Santa's lap and get a picture anyway. So I scooped him up and put him on good ol Santa's lap. I thought he would burst into tears but instead he went silent. He just looked at us like "I can't believe you turned on me". We snapped a few pics and then we were on our way. He was fine afterwards but hasn't spoken another word about Santa tonight...

Mothers Day Brunch

This post is a bit late! The day before mothers day we had a nice brunch with Noah's family. It was amazing. There was so much food and we just sat and enjoyed the weather!

Relaxing after stuffing ourselves!

Courtney and I

Gramma Carol & Cohen

Noah and Adam

All the yummy food!

Easter!!!

We had our 2nd annual Easter Party at our house this year. It was so much fun! Thanks to all who brought goodies and helped out (pretty much everyone!) It really kept me sane. Plus I was able to have fun and even take a few pics. Cami: I want all your pics too! I hope it gets better every year!

California Trip

Our little family took a week long trip to California last week. We originally were going to go for just a weekend for Tatum's 1st birthday, but we decided to go up early and make it a vacation. Thanks to Noah's uncle Johnny, we were able to stay in his condo on the cliffs of Encinitas for half of the week. It was absolutely breathtaking. I could live there! We went for a walk every day. Even Cohen liked it. He was such a good boy the whole time we were there. Then we made the trip up to Temecula, where the party was. We stayed at the Embassy Suites. It was really nice. Each room has it's own living room/kitchenett and a separate bedroom. It's like a little house. We met the rest of the family at the hotel. We had so much fun! We had little parties in the rooms and ate so much junk food! They had a free breakfast every morning with everything you could imagine. Waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage, cereal, fruit, different pastries, toast, bagels, and even omletts made to order. It was heaven. The trip got kinda scary the night we had a pizza party in Grandma Carols room. Cohen was walking around stealing food from people as usual and he must have grabbed a whole pepperoni off someone's plate. He came back and sat on Grandma Carols lap and tried to swallow. The pepperoni was just too big and he started choking. Lucky for me they make you take child/adult life rescue and CPR when you are in nursing school. I grabbed that kid so fast and flung him upsidown on my lap and started my "back thrust" maneuver. Well it only took two times and the pepperoni came flying out. Cohen wasn't really phased by the whole thing and went on playing and eating. The rest of us were pretty freaked out. I think my heart stopped beating all together when it happened. Anyway, to get back on track, Tatums 1st birthday party was a blast! Even Britty dressed up like Minni Mouse (it was a minni mouse party). The party was so cute. Cohen has a lot of fun stealing presents and cake. All in all we had so much fun and we didn't want to leave. Oh well...back to reality.

Christmas at Grandpa and Grandma Field's

I'm a little behind on posting this, these were the day after Christmas as Grandpa Stan and Grandma Becky's. Becky made a yummy meal (even a bean and cheese burrito for Cohen) and we opened gifts and went for a walk to see the lights. 

Grandma Becky in the kitchen

Grandpa Stan handing out gifts

The boys opening their presents

Christmas Time!

Thanksgiving

I love the holidays. It's a perfect time to reflect on all of the things I am so blessed with in my life. This Thanksgiving I am thankful for my family. Noah is the perfect dad. He is a full time dad and a full time provider for this family. He goes to work every day and totes little Cohen along with him while I go to nursing school. He is the best father and husband. Cohen is such a little angel. His has such a sweet spirit and I know he was sent here just for me. I am so very blessed to have these two people in my life and thankful for every moment I live it.

Halloween

Pumpkin carving

Cohen trying to help

The finished product

Going trick-or-treating

Getting a ride with cousin Barron

Cohen thought we were visiting someone and almost went inside

Wow...candy!

Pablo the penguin from the back

Cohen thinking he makes a good penguin

At the halloween party with Gramma Carol

Fireworks

Cohen's first fireworks! He was asleep before they even started.

But as soon as the first one went off...he was AWAKE!

I don't know if he liked them or not, but he couldn't stop staring.

Awww...daddy and me watching my first fireworks show.

Easter Party

On Easter Sunday, Noah's and my family gathered in our little 900 square foot historic house for an Easter Party. Thank goodness our back yard is HUGE! It was very fun. 18 adults and 7 kids. We had an easter egg hunt, lazagna, salad, dessert, and turned the hose on the kids! It was a blast.