Eric got done with finals early, so we played all last week. The weather was GORGEOUS! So we played at the park, I made a new door wreath, went to the library, and we went to Andrew's Lacrosse game. We also packed for Saint George! Where we are at now!

Got a Library card!

 

The Lacrosse game was cold. Really cold. We thought Q would love it! And he did... until the cheering and yelling started. He would get a huge lower lip and put his hands over his eyes and bawl. Poor kid. Everyone felt bad, but its a lacrosse game. You have to cheer! So we tried to distract him. Everyone LOVED when he did TOUCHDOWN! And gave them all high 5's. Maybe we need to start yelling more at home. :) 

Off to enjoy the sun now!

These past few weeks have been WONDERFUL! On the 12th one of my best friends from Wisconsin came to visit for her birthday! Thank you Joe for flying her out! We had so much fun! On Thursday we went and did all the touristy things in Seattle. We went to Pikes Place, walked the pier and then caught a ferry to Bainbridge Island. It was the most beautiful day! Once on Bainbridge we got the most delicious Ice Cream we have ever had. I am still dreaming about it. oh man. SO GOOD!

 

This taste of chocolate heaven is made with swirled dulce de leche, chocolate shavings and Godiva chocolate liquor. Chocolate perfection come true. I want some more. I already told Eric we are going there for a date night. :)

View from the Ferry! It was so nice, we sat outside on the way back. It was really windy, but the sun was out! We got sunburnt but we aren't going to complain about that! Friday was Shawna's birthday so we went SHOPPING! Then headed to Dukes for dinner. I got the most delicious Crab Cakes's I have ever had in my entire life.

The kid at Dukes

Saturday, Eric's parents said they would watch Q while we went to The Tulip fields and Deception Point. Once we got to the fields they only had Dafadills, but holy cow did they have a LOT! It was like an ocean of yellow!

This is my Favorite so far

We had so much run with Shawna here! Hopefully I convinced her to come back again, and maybe this time bring Joe. :) OR maybe they will just move here!!

I cant wait till all the Tulips do bloom, cause I cant wait to see more flowers!

This weekend my youngest brother Andrew, submitted his mission papers! I cant believe he is old enough to go! He turned 18 in October but since he is still in High School he has to wait till he graduates. I will really miss Andrew while he is gone, besides me dad, Andrew is the funny person in our family. He is so much stronger and more mature then the rest of us were at his age. I'm going to end there otherwise I will get super sad that he is leaving. I will post again when he gets his mission call though. In the meantime, I am taking guesses and will be updating the map.

Eric and I the other day were talking about how little snow Seattle has had so far this winter. Usually there is at least 1 or 2 days of snow where everything is cancelled! It's awesome! Well one Saturday night we happened to look out the snow and saw it was snowing!! I had to speak in church the next day so the prayers for church to be cancelled started!

We woke up the next morning to a lot of snow and since church wasn't till 11, we had to play in it! Also, Neal and Wilson were throwing snowballs at our windows.

Wilson and Q are always playing together

They are going to be best friends

Just like their dads

Trouble Maker Wilson- who needs yellow tape?!

Trying to make snow balls

 

Couldn't find his other blue glove- so we used a sock

Maddie was so excited to see Q

Maddie is also always looking out for Q

Who needs siblings when you have Maddie and Wilson? He had so much fun playing in the snow and exploring. He cried when we went back inside. Sadly church wasn't cancelled and I still had to give my talk. Hardly anyone was at church though, so it wasn't half bad!

On my list of things to do every day is to update the blog. As you can see it is pretty low on my priority list. As of January 1st my job became Full Time, so I have less hours to sit on my computer reading blogs, Facebooking for fun (part of my job is on facebook I have grown to hate checking it), and less pinteresting. sigh. But it does mean benefits, PTO and MORE MONEY! Which is always a nice thing to have when you are poor and back in school, taking out student loans. SO let me catch everyone up.

Christmas was FABULOUS! Since both families live in Seattle we get to see everyone at Christmas except Donald and Emma- they were in Dallas this year. Chelsea and Mikey couldn't get Christmas off either, but they came over. They were all greatly missed. Q didn't quite get the opening present thing... he liked to play with everyones bows on the presents and thats about it. He was totally spoiled rotten and loves all of his toys. To tell you the truth there are some that I haven't even opened from the package because how many toys can he have? And I think he will enjoy the toys more in a few months... maybe for Easter. :)

 Update on Q- still in the 3% for basically everything. He weighs 18 pounds, and still fits into 9-12 month clothes. We bought him a pair of 12-18 month pants and they wont be fitting any time soon.  His skin is under control as long as we put lotion and his medicine on him every night. If you miss a night he is super itchy the next day and he gets bumps all over. He is starting to eat solid food. We were pretty proud when we gave him a McDonald's chicken nugget and he ate half before throwing all of the pieces on the floor. I tried something the other day though that made him gag so he isn't completely ready for all foods yet.

New Years - After Christmas was over Chelsea and her Boyfriend Mikey came for their vacation. We went to the Seattle Aquarium, played silly games, and they lived through a shooting. While they were driving home from our house their car was shot at. No joke, their car window has a bullet hole. Even the Window repair man said so. Oh Seattle.

2014 -  January so far has consisted of school and work. Eric started his 2nd quarter at UW and now is having interviews with companies for an internship this summer. He is on an Alaska Airlines consultant project right now, and is planning on going to Stanford for a Case Competition soon. I should find out when that is. I am working, working and more working. I am still trying to find the balance of when I will be getting my 40 hours in and when I should go to my moms or mother in laws for help.

 

At our Ward Christmas Party they had Santa. I just got the pictures back. He was not a fan.

 

Hopefully Santa wont put him on the naughty list.

Eric is done with his first Quarter of his Master's program!! Only 5 more quarters to go :) It has been difficult to figure out a new routine. But I think we figured it out and so going forward it should be easier. Fingers crossed! We love living behind U Village and being downtown Seattle. Except if you want to go anywhere after a football game. Since Eric has been done with school since the 10th he gets almost an entire month off. Its been awesome.

We have started giving Q new foods- since he needs to take more calories but cant drink whole milk. Dang milk allergy. We took him to an Occupational Therapist that gave us some ideas to keep him from throwing up his food, because thats what he usually does. So hopefully we will be able to get calories on this kid! He is still in the 3 percentile for his age. Annabelle, is only 4 months and weighs 3 pounds less then Q who is 13 months old. I love how little he is though. :)

Gave him some bacon, I think he liked it! But who doesn't like bacon?! Oh thats right- I dont. :P

 

Our ward Christmas party was AWESOME! They decorated everything like we were in Jerusalem and all the families brought blankets to sit on to watch the program. Everyone did a great job.

 

After the Christmas Party we went down Candy Cane Lane. Its about 20 houses that decorate for Christmas. This house was Santa's Toy Shop. In the window is a rocking horse and other toys. I would love to live in a neighborhood that does this!

 

Becky, a cute gal in our complex put together a cookie exchange. I didn't want to make cookies so I dipped Pretzels in Chocolate, Carmel and White Chocolate. I came in 2nd place for the best decorated cookies!

 

She had the cutest boxes and ribbons to put the cookies in.

This is only 1 table of cookies. I sampled most of them, they all tasted great!

She even had appetizers for us!

Q and Eric watching Dog youtube videos. He was having a cranky afternoon. When we buy a house we might be getting a dog too.

We took Q to Nordstrom to try on new shoes, and they gave him this blue balloon. He would not let it go. He was walking all over the mall playing with it. The other day when we finally had to pop it because it was no longer floating and I didn't want him to pop it, he cried. He first had a look of astonishment that the balloon was gone. Then he cried.

If you know anything about me, it is I could walk the mall EVERY day! So on a different day to the mall, he found a girl friend. They were hugging and walking around playing together. She was 3 months older then him. Nice to see he isnt that much smaller then her.

We went to my parents Christmas Party and in the overflow area all the kids were playing Freeze Tag. He just stood there watching them all run around. They kept tagging him. I think they thought he was frozen so they were trying to unfreeze him.

These two little boys kept giving him a hug, so then they decided to give him a hug at the same time He is in the middle of them.