What we've been up to...

Man January is a looooong month.

Back when Ben and I were first married I told him that I wanted to have a baby in January,

because it is the longest, most boring month of the year. 

We should definitely have some birthday parties in there to make things exciting.

So we did. Twice.

And I'm glad we've got little birthdays to celebrate.

But still, it's a long month.

So here is a little of what we've been up to:

Playing in the snow-

Santa brought Chase snow pants and boots

and he loves the snow.

As pictured here- him pelting his dad with a snowball.

 Chase is also a big fan of snow angels.

Last week it snowed and snowed. One night I put Hudson down to

bed and Chase and I went out to shovel the driveway before Ben got home.

It is such a sweet little memory in my head now. I shoveled away in the quiet dark and Chase ran around our driveway like a little maniac

and had a blast. And then we made like 8 snow angels in the dark and went inside.

 Lots of naps-

since the day we brought Hudson home from the hospital I have always

tried to put both boys down for their naps at the same time.

It works like 95% of the time and it's heavenly.

So naps aren't really a January thing, but I had this cute picture of Hudson

so I thought I'd include it here.
Also, they are more important to me these days because my kids haven't been the best sleepers lately- they are taking turns having rough nights and I'm tired!

Lots of smiling-

smiling's his favorite!

And lots of trips to the Discovery Gateway!

We've been 4 times this month already!

We went last Thursday with Ben and he loved seeing the boys enjoy it.

And then we went with my mom on Saturday-

which was also a blast.

(Complete with a little shopping and lunch- both compliments of my mom-

so it was fun and exciting for me as well!)