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More tiny toes are coming our way! And we couldn't be more thrilled!

Birthday Boy(s)

This picture pretty much sums up our Wyatt boy. A little raggy. A little unexpected. A little spunk. A lot of fun and laughs! He is such a character who I can't even believe is three years old today. Dax kept asking him all week, "Wyatt, can you even believe you are going to be three?" I wanted to burst into tears every time he brought it up. How can my baby be three?! It has been the most fun having TWO boys. I feel so blessed to have two little knights in shining armors to love and spend each day with. Wyatt has such a fun personality that you just smile when he comes around. He has been such a joy in our lives and I love watching him learn and grow. Here's a few things you should know about him:

His favorite color is red. And whenever he tells anyone, he makes sure that they also know that his lion's favorite color is orange. Yea, we're still working on breaking those two up.

He asks for eggs every morning for breakfast. Every. morning. Note- he only gets them about twice a week.

He loves to wear sweats. He is a big time lounger who wears sweats and warm up pants any chance he gets. I think he may have even worn them under church pants once or twice. It just wasn't worth the fight.

His favorite phrase lately is, "Holy moly guacamole". It's adorable.

He idolizes his brother. And his dad. I hope that never changes.

We must keep apple juice and crystal lite in this house at all times or there are problems. This kid does not drink milk. Juice is it.

Despite every effort to break him of this habit, Wyatt wakes up every, no really, every morning by 6am. No matter how badly I don't want to open my eyes and see him, every time I do I think how stinkin' cute he is.

When he grows up he wants to be a police man. He has never said anything different.

He loves to read to me. It's the best because he starts at the back of the book and gives an excellent cliff's note version of each story. It makes bed time way fast.

Every penny he finds he sticks in his pocket and says he's saving it for the "naquarium". I think he has saved enough. It's probably time to take them back.

He can spot any Target a mile away. I have taught him so well.

He has been potty trained since March, but every time he goes to the bathroom he forgets to put his underwear back on, his pants go on backwards, he forgets to flush the toilet and he locks and closes the door on his way out. There have been many times we have been out an about and I finally realize my two year old is going commando. Makes us laugh every time.

He has told everyone that he is turning five today just like Dax did last month. I haven't done a birthday post for Dax yet, but he had a wonderful Dinosaur party with lots of friends and has told me countless times that he does things better, faster and is smarter now that he is five. Except yesterday he told me he missed being four. I think I kinda knows how he feels. I miss my twenties too! :)

Happy Birthday my sweet boys!

Christmas Recap

Christmas this year was a piece of cake. Well....it should have been. The boys very humbly asked for one thing each from Santa. They knew far in advance what they wanted Santa to bring them and there was no deterring from it. If you asked Wyatt what he wanted for Christmas, he'd say as fast as he could in speedy language, "a lego Batcave". If you asked Dax what he wanted he would recite every single word from the commercial, "the Criss Cross Crash race track from Hot Wheels." Man, was I lucky!

I have this thing. If they ask Santa for it, I better well do anything in my power to make it happen because I don't ever want them loosing faith in good ol' Saint Nick. I was pleased as pie that these two things could be found at Target, Wal-mart or Toys R Us and I should have no trouble tracking them down. Little did I know...

The Trio Batcave went on sale at Target the month of November for 50% off. Wouldn't you know there wasn't one in the state of AZ? My sister in law covered at least 10 Targets in CA with no luck and my mom was in Timbuktu Kansas with my sister and couldn't even track one down there. Online was a flop and the two Wal-marts I checked didn't even carry them. It wasn't even Thanksgiving yet and I was feeling doomed. Then, like an angel sent from heaven my sister spotted one at another Wal-mart, and although I payed more than I would have liked, we got it, hid it and I was so happy to cross that off my list.

All the while hunting for this Batcave I had seen the Criss Cross Crash race track a handful of times. But each time my boys were with me and there was no hiding this huge thing in my cart. So, the weeks pass and suddenly, like the lame-o that I am, I go to Target to buy it and it's sold out. As is the case with every Target within a 60 mile radius. Wal-mart doesn't carry it. I am left to facing Toys R Us. Not my favorite. We call and call Toys R Us all around town to no avail. It is now the 22nd of December and Austin and I are in complete panic mode. We laugh at ourselves that we are making ourselves nutso over a silly race track, but like I said. It was the ONE thing he wanted from Santa. I wouldn't be able to face him Christmas morning if Santa didn't bring it! We end up calling a Toys R Us about a half hour away and they have six but they won't hold one for us and neither one of us can get up there until that night. Austin calls when he gets off work and they are gone. UGH! To make matters worse, the race track was on sale (which as pricey as the silly thing was, was a good thing) and when you buy it you get a 10-pack of Hot Wheels cars for free. What a deal, but this is just plummeting our chances of finding one! Our only saving grace at this point was the fact that the week of Christmas, Toys R Us was open 24-hours. Lo and behold I find a store in north Scottsdale, about 50 minutes away, that has four. Austin and I are on our way home from Phoenix from the Forgotten Carols, it's December 22nd, raining cats and dogs, and it's 11:15 at night. He takes the babysitter home, and bless his heart, drives to Toys R Us an hour away and actually gets it! You would think at midnight he would be safe. Oh no! The place was packed! He arrived home close to 2am and we laughed our heads off at the crazy things we do for our kids.

I gotta say, these are the fun stories we can tell our kids about years and years down the road. And Christmas morning sure was magical around here.....for being so simple! HA!

I had great intentions this year. Really I did. But these puppies never made it in the mail. I hope no one has been cursing me under their breath for not getting a Christmas card this year. Trust me; they were printed, just never sent. I even went as far to email all my favorite people who I didn't have addresses for and updated my address list. It was rearing to go! Then sickness came. Then Christmas party after Christmas party came. Then shopping came (but that's always the case). Then preparing for the new year of Primary came. Then Christmas came and went and I figured a New Year's card would be the ticket. I thought, "That's a brilliant idea and gives me some extra time!" And now New Year's has come and gone. Yup, I pretty much suck. Please forgive us! We love you and still send our best...through the always reliable world wide web.

I know, I'm pathetic.

New Year's Resolution #64: Get Christmas Card done by November this year