2 Years

It's been 2 years today since the worst day of my life. What better way to spend it than in the temple with my family. Daxton we will never forget you. You are always in our hearts and thoughts. I will love you forever!

How is he already one?

Yesterday was Gavin's 1st birthday. How did that come so fast? I can't imagine our lives without him, he is the best surprise we've ever had. He got his balloon in the morning and loved it until about 10 minutes later when Zack popped it. Their balloons lasted for over a month, but they pop Gavin's within 10 minutes. It was hard figuring out his meals because like I mentioned he won't eat much. So for breakfast we had Oatmeal Berry Muffins and fruit.

In the afternoon we went to Surf and Swim. It was so much fun and perfect for the boys! Gavin was able to crawl all over and Zack and Austin were able to run all over the place. It was the perfect pool for young kids. We all had so much fun!

Zack, Austin, GavinGavin, Austin, Zack

Then the boys all went down for naps while Aaron and I finished cleaning the house and I finished Gavin's cake and made dinner. Aaron and I were "strongly disagreeing" about something and I opened the cocoa container with too much force apparently.
Cocoa powder in the eye hurts, but it also ends an argument very quickly. :)

My family came over for some food and fun. I made sweet and sour chicken with lots of carrots, green peppers, and pineapple in it for Gav and a side of broccoli. Then Gavin got spoiled with some fun presents.

Beautiful quilt my mom made Gav

Gavin was not interested in opening his presents, but all of the other boys had a great time doing it.
And there has to of course be some wrestling.
I was going to do a cake of Jack Jack from the Incredibles because so many people tell us Gavin looks like him, but it was stressing me out too much so he got a monkey cake instead. I figured I would carry on the theme of animal cakes for their first birthday.

I loved how he picked all of the M&M's off first.
He was so funny he kept going down like he was going to stick his face in it, but then he would just pause like he was trying to do all of these photo ops.

I loved the first cake experience! Zack and Austin have always been sick on their birthday and wouldn't even hardly touch their first cake so I've always felt like I missed out on those pictures. He loved the cake!
We had such a fun day and love that little boy to pieces! Thanks to everyone that called, texted, and came over for helping us celebrate our little boy!

Gavin's 1st hair cut

On Monday we went to Michelle for Gavin's 1st hair cut. As long as he had his sucker he sat there great, but as soon as his sucker was gone he started getting antsy. She did a great job, he looks like a stud!
Before-some people thought is hair was a little crazy, but we loved it! I kind of miss it.
During
After- Isn't he so cute!
This face cracks me up
If any of you need a hair dresser Michelle does a great job. Let me know if you want her number.

My son the vegetarian and Green Eggs and Ham

Last week was Dr. Seuss's birthday so in honor of him Sunday night we read Green Eggs and Ham (my favorite Dr. Seuss book) to the boys and had green eggs and ham for dinner. Austin claimed he didn't like them, but he ate all of it without any problem. Zack said he only likes them in a train. And my funny Gavin; for the past 2-3 weeks we haven't been able to get him to eat hardly anything besides vegetables and fruit (but he will eat several serving sizes of them). However, he ate his green eggs and ham great! We're thinking it was because it was green so he thought it was vegetables. I guess I'm going to have to start dying all of his food. :)

Before I'm accused of not feeding my family a balanced diet we also had some yummy Oatmeal Berry Muffins and fruit.

I need help!

No, I'm not talking mental help, but I probably need that as well.
I was FINALLY given the clearance a little over a week ago to start running again. My half marathon is in 2 months and I'm freaking out! I haven't been able to run since the end of December and the furthest I've ever ran is 6 miles. If anyone has any advice or knows of a great running plan to get me as close to ready as possible your help would be much appreciated!