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while brainstorming facts and tidbits for my friend to put into our happy new year card, i thought "HMM. there's a lot to say, and little space on a cutesy card, so why not just write down everything i'm thinking and put it all on my blog so i can keep it forevs?" literally said those words to myself. no, not literally. anyway, here it is!
the year of 2014
alyssa and justin!
cokes we shared with coke: 192
number of instagrams posted: justin- 40. alyssa- 311. lol
years in saratoga: 3.75
places visited: colter bay, disneyland, washington DC (lyss&jus), capitol reef (just lyss)alyssa!
started year as a red head, became a blonde, went pink, and back to brown
number of credits completed: 28 (in two semesters!)
grades
for those classes: A, A, A, A-, TC (transfer credit so you don't need
to know i got a C+ in college algebra), A, A, A, A, A
food
for thought: are art classes too easy? LOL giving myself some credit
though, those classes included college writing, humanities, and history
of photography on top of the other upper division photo classes i took. boo-yeah. side note: justin saw my grades & said i should spend less time on school. prooooobably not gonna post my grade once i finally woman up and take biology.
still rearranges and redecorates the house every few months (okay, weeks)
mothers 2 crazy little boys!!!
justin!
20.5 awesome months spent at sandy city (he's pretty much their favorite)
became the best SAHD around when alyssa went back to school this summer... and left for a week long photo trip!
the glue that keeps us together
the money tree that keeps us afloat (lol)
leads the neighborhood cub scouts despite his overall disenchantment about scouting
doubled his shoulder press record over 6 months working out... hashtag muscles hashtag perseverance hashtag i had to spellcheck perseverance hashtag lunchtime workouts
ezra!
knows every nfl team by their logo, knows which teams are good and usually remembers who beat who (don't try to give him a 49ers sticker, he'll tell you they "suck". true story. once yelled at the QB of the dolphins (one of his favorite teams because sea animal) to throw the ball away instead of being sacked.
warms up to people pretty easily and goes into show-off mode when visitors come over. usually getting them various snacks and drinks with straws and showing them our "new basement" (we just laid some carpet scraps down) and showing them all his toys.
looks up scores on our iPhones and tells everyone he knows who won and what the score was.
obsessed with snakes and spiders and sharks and where they live and if they're venomous or not.
loves preschool and usually gives mom 2-4 kisses and 1-3 hugs before he finally goes inside his school and shuts the door.
loves playing with his cousins, katelyn who is next door, dylan is always a favorite, and the hall boys whenever he has the chance. loves them all though.
easily counts past 100, loves numbers and memorizing facts but doesn't really like to write.
once came home from school crying because he wanted to put humpty dumpty's appendages on the sides and bottom of the brick wall and not around the egg shape at the top like his teacher made him do. i think he thought the oval was a head and the wall was the body and protested that "arms and legs dont go on the head!!"
likes making "ball pits" which really just means throwing every pillow and blanket in the house in a pile and jumping into it while mom records using the slow-mo feature on her phone.
always asks what "fun thing" we will do each day (usually hopes for bowling, golfing, kangaroo zoo, or going to thanksgiving point and you will hear about it if you don't do something he deems "fun").
is not a fan of going to church. usually does well once there but getting him there is like pulling teeth.
loves watching videos on nationalgeographic.com about animals, science, and weather.
told me how the earth was created by loosely describing the big bang theory which he apparently learned about watching "walking with beasts" on netflix. man oh man.
colter!*
loves:
reading books, watching netflix, coke, and hotwheels, saying mmHMM!
enthusiastically when we finally figure out what he wants, drinking
copious amounts of water (especially in the middle of the night),
watching finding nemo, using his voice to scream as loud as he possibly
can and laughing about it, putting others' glasses on and seeing people's reactions, dogs and
fish (and i'm like WHY... okay i understand the fish part), being
outside barefoot and usually naked, jumping into the pool when no one is
looking when he is fully clothed and not wearing a life-preserver (lol),
throwing rocks (into pools, rivers, lakes; he don't care), playing
chase, saying NO when asked to go inside Mickey's Clubhouse or to join
Jake's Pirate Crew, giving kisses and hugs (to certain people at certain
times- almost ), falling asleep on top of mom (the same way he did the
night he came home from the hospital), choosing which characters we get
to be on mariokart and screaming for 10 minutes if we pick the wrong
one, calling justin "dee" (as in dah-dee), staying up as late as he possibly can if he senses that we'd like him to sleep, dramatically putting his
hands in his eyes to show us he's upset about something, refusing to use
his potty for the majority of the year when he used it the majority of
his first year on earth but still likes to tell me he needs to go but
that he just won't go in the toilet. LOL. haha. also loves pointing at different body parts and saying what they are (usually by directly poking himself and us in the eyes and saying "eyes!"), saw himself in my camera once and i took the cutest pictures of him looking at his reflection.
hates (i say "hates" because he is usually very passionately against all of these things): getting diapered, getting dressed, getting in his car seat, wearing shoes, fruit, and milk, looking at or talking to strangers unless it was his idea, pretty much doing anything unless it was his idea (unless it was a really awesome idea then he'll go with it. anything not awesome and he refuses).
*i put this asterisk here to note that i really love colter in such an indescribable way. i realize a lot of the things i listed aren't necessarily viewed as positive, ideal, or, to some, maybe even acceptable attributes in toddlers and his strong, intense personality is definitely a challenge for sure. he's not like ez. doesn't look like ez and has a completely opposite personality but i love them both immensely. love them for their differences and their similarities. colter is super unique. people don't really love when toddlers are super vocal about their needs and wants. he doesn't follow the crowd. he does what he wants. he has been described by those who know him as the most stubborn kid they've ever known. he really is super determined and strong-willed and while it can be hard to deal with now, i know that if i can give him the love and support and environment he needs that his personality will be a huge benefit to him in the future. so, colter, i love you. for every tantrum you throw and every time i throw my arms up in frustration i get a concerned look from my colter usually followed by your little squishy arms around my neck and a kiss on my lips. its an incredibly tough job being your favorite human, the one you want 24-7, the one you trust to help meet all of your needs. its exhausting and i am blessed to have your dad who helps so much with everything and who is your close second favorite person cause i definitely can't do it alone and often clock out before you want me to but hey mommy can only take so much. i'm working on it though.
cliche to say but i'm excited for what we will experience together this year. yay twenty fifteen!
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