SR Thanksgiving- The Beach

For Thanksgiving this year we headed up North to Santa Rosa. We had such a great time and it was even better that Xed's family was there. One afternoon we headed up to the beach and holy smokes it was beautiful night up there! They boys all had so much fun playing together and the sunset was absolutely gorgeous!

 Yikes forgot how cold that water is ha

Bunk Beds

It was time to get Carter out of the crib. He wasn't a climber at all, but he was definitely too long to be in there still. When we went to St. George to watch my Mom run the marathon I snagged these Bunk Beds at Down East Home. The boys had been begging us to put them up and we finally did it. Carter did great with the transition as soon as we put the guard rail up. That kid is a crazy sleeper and needs the rail to keep him in. I was worried how they would do in the same room, thankfully after about two weeks of earlier wake up times they were back to normal. We are fans of the bunk beds, but they sure are a pain in the butt to make each day. A side note about the sheets….. I took the boys to Target to pick out their sheets. I am not a fan a character themed bedding or rooms so I told them they could pick out any sheets they wanted. On our way there they were set on planes, super heroes, and one other so I was completely shocked when they both chose the NFL sheets. I think they mostly knew that Trav would love them and they love their Daddy so that was their motivation. 

Happy Birthday Trav!

Happy Birthday to the greatest guy there ever was! I wish I was as good at this whole Birthday celebrating business as he was. It's kinda hard when he really doesn't care and really doesn't like extra attention on him. We started the day with the yummiest Lion House Orange Rolls. He worked (boring) all day then the Hunters came over for cake and to help us celebrate. It was a fun day. We sure are lucky to have this guy around we are all pretty crazy about him. 

Sleep Study

I have to preface this with the fact that I HATE sleep studies. Really they are the worst. We are trying to get Carter's vocal chord fixed so that he can produce better sound. By doing that it will interfere with his airway a teeny tiny bit, but because of his sleep apnea we wanted to make sure it was all ok with his stoma being closed up now. Long story short the results came back that he had some obstructive apnea which our doctor thinks was a false read so we get to do another one. I'm sure you know how happy I am about that. Fingers crossed insurance will cover it or I will really not be too happy about it. I will add that it makes such a difference that he can communicate with us now. As the pictures show he was doing ok with everything while they were getting him ready, but when it came to him actually sleeping with all that on he wasn't a fan. 

Happy Birthday to Me!

I as always had such a great Birthday thanks to Trav. He always does so much to make it a special day.  He has been crazy busy with work lately and it meant a lot that he put that aside and did fun activities for me. We went to Bruxie the night before for a yummy dinner. Man I love that place sooooo good.

 On my actual birthday we went to the beach and did our first ever bonfire. There is something so amazing about being at the beach when it is pitch black with no one around sitting by the fire. The boys loved it! I kept telling Trav that I think we found Boston's happy place. I hadn't seen him sit so quiet and content like he did for a long time. It was such a fun night and made me even more thankful for my three boys. I sure am one lucky girl!

I have to add that when we were getting ready to leave Trav thought it would be fun to teach Boston how to pee on the fire to put it out. It was a great idea when it came to hearing Boston laugh his guts outs, but when it came to smelling them on the way home it was a very bad idea. They both left for some great memories though.

Grandma Visits

After G&G went back home for the weekend Grandma flew back to spend the week with us.

 Carter gladly excepted Grandma's helping hand during therapy. It was so funny he would reach out like he couldn't complete the task without her help. 

 We went to dowtown Brea and enjoyed a yummy dinner at Bruxie.

We of course made another trip to Disney since Grandma is now a pass holder. We had such a great time with her here!

Disney with G&G

Friday after Halloween head over the Dland with G&G. The boys were SO excited to be going with them. We made a day out of it and had so much fun! Despite a very busy week of Halloween festivities  and no naps the boys did pretty great!

 I guess the busy week caught up with them mid day when they BOTH zonked out on our walk over to CA Adventure. Carter usually takes a stroller nap, but I'm pretty sure Boston hasn't done that since he was two. Disney Magic right there I tell ya. 

 Trav came and joined us after work and we talked Papo into going on Screaming with us. That ride never gets old and we love whenever there is an extra adult to watch kids so we can go on it. 

At the end of the day they decided to trade in their day pass for a season pass when they were able to get the cheap ones. We are pretty much forcing all our family to become Disney fans like us.

*cute story: The night before we went Mom Wilson was talking to Boston and asked him if he wanted to get lunch at Disney Land he look at her very serious and said "O no Grandma we don't buy anything at Disney Land it's SOOOO expensive" Do you think we have brainwashed him enough yet? Ha at least he understands our rule that the only time we buy something at Disneyland is on your Birthday.