And that was January...

By looking at this blog, it seems like January was all traveling and birthday parties- which is kind of true. But a lot of stuff happened in between.

Discovery Gateway: For the boys birthdays this year my mom renewed their annual pass to the Discovery Gateway. We love that place! The boys would probably go every day if we weren't so busy with other things. I love watching their little bodies explore and see what their minds create. The grocery shopping situation just cracks me up- Chase insists on grocery shopping with a dump truck. This particular day he took it to a new level and brought the front-end loader in to assist him. And Hudson is making a mad face because he tried to buy ALL the bread and loaves kept falling out of the cart. Life's rough.

My dad had knee replacement surgery. This has been a long time coming and he's been dreading it. The boys have loved having him home all day and try to sneak back to his room several times a day. These boys love their Papa! Hudson has been quite the little task master, insisting that Papa put his "sheen" (the passive range of motion machine) on every time he goes into his room, filling his mug up with ice water, demanding that "Papa drink it!" and making him use the incentive spirometer frequently "Papa- breathe!" Hudson also gets excited when Papa walks around on crutches and frequently challenges him to race, either that or insists on holding his hand while holding on to the crutches. I'm happy to report that his recovery has gone extremely well and he's going back to work today. The boys are going to miss having their Papa around and accessible to them all day!

Sickness. Oh the sickness! I thought after our bought of flu in December that we were hopefully clear for the rest of the winter. So not the case! After Chase struggled with fevers in Virginia and our terrible plane ride home with Hudson we spent the next few days lying low at home. Both boys had nasty coughs and just didn't seem to be rallying very quickly. We got home on Monday night and on Thursday I called their doctor and was encouraged to bring them in the next day, just since it had been going on for so long. I was so glad I had the appointment scheduled for Friday morning when the night before we were up ALL NIGHT LONG with a sad/mad/energetic/emotional Hudson. By the time we got to the doctor that morning he had a 102 degree fever and a raging ear infection (hence the screaming non-stop on the flight earlier that week). After a few doses of antibiotic he was mostly back to normal. We spent a lot of time just lying on the couch watching movies. I think we watched Planes: Fire and Rescue 6 times that week! 

This may have been the weirdest winter ever in Utah- hardly any snow! And it's made us a little sad. That one time we went sledding the boys had a blast! And they love their snow shovels. After shoveling every little tiny patch of snow left in the yard, the last week of January left them with absolutely none to play with. So they resorted to shoveling around dirt and leaves- which is messy and has now been forbidden. These pictures were from that same week that Hudson wore than hat and lanyard all week long.

So that was our January- birthdays, traveling, sickness, Papa's surgery and the children's museum- and that's a wrap!