it's FINALLY done!!

ok when we moved into this house we had worked really hard on it to feel like it was our home. and we have a wonderful neighbor/landlord that helped us make it cute and like our own. she is awesome. i already put on pictures of the living room....somewhat. i want to wait till it's decorated before i post all of the pictures. but hyrum's room is done so i'm going to show everyone what it looks like because i am danged proud of what i did.

so this is what it looked like before. basic light pink and red trim with orange carpet. 

this is what his crib looked like. it was a dark wood...with bite marks all over it. he actually chewed a chunk...a big chunk.  and i can't find any pictures of his dresser it was just a light wood. but now everything matches!!

ignore the red trim i forgot to get trim paint. 

we're gonna put baskets and figurines and books and stuff in these cubbies

the newly painted dresser

and last but not least.......

the crib. 

try to ignore the terrible lighting. i am limited with my light and that's the best i can do. it does look better in real human life tho. i'm really excited about his room for a number of reasons. first-i now only have one more room and the house is totally complete in the way that i want it. second-now he has a cute room. he was 3 months old since he had a cute nursery. third-his furniture matches instead of looking like we got everything from the DI. and last-because i did it all by myself and i'm danged proud  of myself. i'm not a pro and it's definitely not perfect but i think it's cute and i like it. 

it's the MOST wonderful time.....EVER!!!

CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS!!! oh my gosh!! ok for real...who doesn't love christmas? everything is so sparkly and pretty and fun and people are usually happier and nicer. BOOM!! best time of the year.

this year was a lot better than last year. last year we had just had a baby and spent all of our money on baby stuff and we unable to get anything for each other. but this year WE GOT EVERYTHING!!! and it made me happy because i was able to make hyrum smile with little boy presents that little boys like. and i got lance what he's been wanting for a long time! i really don't care if i get anything or not. it makes me happy to see my boys happy.

speaking of happy. i've been a lot happier. i have people to talk to and friends. i am working at Bake Central and i work with 3 amazing people that get my personality and aren't repulsed when i use the phrase "i seriously almost crapped my pants". and i have the best neighbor in the world. i have people to go to if i need them and it's great.

Lance got a new job in malta. HUZZAH! he'd been traveling all the way to burley 4 times a week and was gone all night. this job will be more hours and benefits and close to home. he's been really excited. he is bummed that he turned 23 though. he's pretty sure that he should NOT be 23. oh i love him. i don't know what i'd do without him. right now he's out on the couch snoring. but i need to wake him up so we can go to the movie Frozen with my family for Christmas!!

Hyrum is eating up all of the attention and the toys. he is such a little character. he gets into everything. and i let him. i figure that he needs to explore in order to learn. i mean i don't let him make a huge mess or get into dangerous things but if he wants to play with my mixing spoons and measuring cups then why not. it just means that he might like to help me in the kitchen one day. i would not complain. his favorite thing in the world is Fi. it's so cute to watch them together in the car. i love it. he likes the toilet and figured out how to open the lid so now the bathroom door is always closed. ick...we dont like toilet water.

for christmas this year we stayed in malta. on christmas eve, lance's birthday, we went out and fed cows with roland and hyrum helped drive while me and lance threw off hay for the cows. he loved the cows. he wanted to chase them and got mad when i wouldn't let him. then we had a big dinner and opened some presents, read the nativity story and watched a movie. well me and lance tried to watch a movie. hyrum was tired and waaaay too grumpy so we took him home and we watched a movie here. and this morning we woke up and opened our presents and headed over to my parents to open more presents. hyrum was in heaven. so much paper to play with. so many people that he loves. and a ton of orange sticks to snack on. we spent the rest of the day lounging around and playing with our new toys. mine include a bb gun and a 12 gauge shotgun...thank you lance!!! i have the best husband ever right?

so i hope everyone had a merry christmas, cuz we sure did!!!

My Little Man

oh my gosh!!! he's a year now! i still remember giving birth like it was a year ago...maybe because i have the memory of a gold fish. but still. i have some memories of it.

i ended up having to work but lance had hyrum and oh they played. but when i got off work we headed down to utah to go see the light. lance's sisters weren't able to make it to his dessert on sunday so we had dinner down there with them.

we had dessert sunday and opened presents and then watched the christmas devotional. it was so much fun. he loved his presents! he got riding toys and trucks and clothes and of course he loved his trucks. anything with wheels makes engine noises and goes backwards.

he loved the lights. he kept waving to people and talking and squealing. he stayed really warm too. then when we got back to the car he decided to start singing "mom mom mom mom" and then started yelling "daddy!! daddy!" oh he loves his daddy. he follows lance everywhere and has to be with him all the time.

Happy Birthday Baby!!