[Livin' the good life] My baby turned one!

Warning: Picture overload...

It is so cliche, but I cannot believe my sweet baby is one already. This past year just flew by. I don't know if it was just because I was so sleep deprived or because I was busier with two, but it truly seemed way too short to be a full year.

We planned a birthday party when Luke's family was in town visiting at the end of March. We had a "make your own pizza" party.

I think my kiddos like parties... ;)

Audrey took a bit of time to dig into the smash cake. She just poked it and licked her finger for the first few minutes.

But, it didn't take long for her to get into her usual full-demolish mode.

After a bath and nap, Seth opened her presents she had some help opening her presents by Seth. 

Love my sweet girl.

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 5/17/2014 10:09:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] February

In February, we had a visit from Grandpa and Grandma and my sister's family. My dad had Audrey crawling within a couple of hours of arriving. Her motivation? Cinnamon bears. Yep, a girl after my own heart.

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 5/17/2014 09:47:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] January

At the beginning of the year, I vowed to take more pictures. I never remember to grab my camera as we're heading out the door or to just snap random pictures at home. I'm working on that. In January, I started just leaving my camera out so I would remember to capture some of the simple moments of our lives...

For Christmas, Seth received a remote control Thomas train. To help him learn how to steer it, we came up with a little game that helped him figure out the controls. Luke, Seth and I would each build a tower out of dominos and when they were all complete, Seth would knock them down using the train. It took a lot of willpower for him not to run over and redirect it with his hands instead, but after a while he was a pro.

Seth LOVES the snow...

I also turned 29 in January...

Seth loved helping Luke make my cake. Especially since it had lots of chocolate.

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 5/17/2014 09:33:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] Christmas

This year, we went to Idaho for Christmas. My parents were gone for most of the month, so the first order of business was to get the Christmas Tree up. It is quite the process...

We've begun the tradition of opening some "Christmas PJ's" on Christmas Eve. Seth was super excited to finally get to open a present after waiting for SO long!

Modeling the new PJs.
I'm not sure why Seth automatically wraps his arm around Audrey's neck every time I try to get a picture of the two of them. She's not amused.

 Christmas morning.
The paper is better than the actual present at this age...

Someone is pretty pleased with Christmas:

Audrey thought this whole Christmas thing was pretty fun too:

It was really fun this year watching Seth get so excited about all his gifts. He would get it halfway unwrapped, see what it was and start screaming, "A Train!!!!! A Train!!!!" or "A Car!!! A Carrrrr!!!"

Trying out his remote control train:

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Werrett!

It wouldn't be Christmas in Idaho without some sledding on the infamous "Kay's Hill." I began by starting just a little way up the hill, then the next run I went a little further up, then I took him halfway up and he started yelling, "faster, faster, faster!" So, I took him all the way up to the top and he had a blast. We went all the way up from then on and he was on Cloud 9.
Who would have thought from our usually pretty cautious little guy...

We had a fabulous trip. It was so fun to see everyone and play!

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 1/07/2014 08:17:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] Halloween

It seems like every year, Halloween lasts longer and longer -- but we had a lot of fun. Seth went trick-or-treating 3 times before the actual Halloween night! First up we had a town parade that all the kids dressed up and walked in a parade and then got to go Trick-or-Treating around to all of the businesses on Main Street. I had taken pictures on my phone, but Seth deleted all of my pictures on accident! I'm still heartsick about that one. :(
Next, we went to our Ward Halloween shin-dig and Seth got to bust open a pinata. He's pretty funny about candy though, he zeros in on one piece that he wants and that's all he takes. The rest of the kids are hoarding as much as they can get their hands on, and he walks away with a single Dum-Dum and is happy as a clam. (I'm not complaining).
This year for the indoor events Audrey was "Little Bo Beep", and Seth dressed up as Clark Kent/Superman:

Seth also got some loot from Grandpa and Grandma Hoopes -- Seth was pretty excited to open that package!

And we went to the Library Storytime and afterward walked over to the Civic Center and went Trick-or-Treating to all the government offices. Again, all camera pictures that got deleted!

Then, finally, Halloween night arrived. Because it was chilly, Audrey was a little bear this time. A pretty cute little bear!

Getting ready to go out:

I told Seth to show me his Superman muscles!

As for the actual Trick-or-Treating, Seth wasn't that interested. We went to three neighbors that we know first and after that, he was done. So, we came back home and he spent the rest of the night helping Daddy answer the door. He thought that was way more fun!

Silly One, and Silly Two.

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 11/20/2013 08:57:00 AM