Vance's First Haircut

Alyssa is so good to me and the boys. She cuts and dyes my hair and give the boys their haircuts. Vance is 10 months old and his hair was growing a little long over his ears so it was time for a trim. He did pretty good. At least there was no crying. Our baby "Bances" is growing up!

Playing Around

We did lot of staying home trying to keep busy inside during January. It was cold and flu after strep all month long. 

We did some painting...

Danced on table...

Went to El Pollo Loco with Papi and Gigi...

Made a disaster out of the boy's room (over and over and over)...

And put birthday hats (aka Sorry gameboard pieces) on our heads...

One night Sheehan and I were watching ourselves some Shark Tank when Lincoln came to us whining that the turtle was "Boken." (Translation: broken). We said sorry then kept watching our show. Awesome parenting!

Lincoln was being much too quiet a few minutes later so I went looking for him and found him trying to fix turtle all by himself. He went in Sheehan's desk, found the correct screwdriver, and began trying to take the screws out so we could replace the batteries. It was adorable. Sheehan helped him and turtle was soon fixed much to Linko's delight. Love my boys!

I've mentioned before our unusually warm weather so Lincoln, Vance, and I played outside. I was impressed with Lincoln's coordination kicking around the soccer ball for a 2 (almost 3) year old. Sheehan is determined he will play football or basketball but he appears to be a pretty good soccer player. All I care is that he comes home tired.

Seeing this at the end of the day is sweet success!

From Babies to Boys

Time is going by so fast. Lincoln is getting taller and talking more; turning more and more into a little boy. Vance has started walking (unsteadily but getting better) and he jabbers all day long. Vance has been getting taller, too which has made keeping Lincoln's food and snacks out of reach harder and harder. He is always so proud when he manages to reach Lincoln's food. Naughty baby Bances.

I love this picture! Lincoln is being so sweet but then you see Vance peeking (or photobombing) in the corner. So funny!

Winter this year has been extremely mild. It only snowed twice so far. It been in the 50's most of January and February. Since its been so nice outside we've been able to play outside a lot and go do fun outings.

Cute boys crawling through tunnels at the aquarium.

Lincoln has been getting a lot better playing nicely with Vance. It is SO nice when they are having fun together. 

Las Vegas Nelson Trip - February 2015

Grandma Bev gets mutliple timeshare rooms in Vegas for all of us to share as a big extended family. Usually the Nelsons and Antaloczy's show up somewhere in there along with my siblings. It is always so much fun eating, shopping, hanging out by the pool, and watching all the little cousins play together. 

Lincoln likes to take me phone and take pictures so the next couple of pictures are courtesy of photographer  Lincoln.

Grandma Bev had surgery on a broken toe so she was hobbling around in Vegas but it doesn't keep her down as much as it rightfully should. 

Grandma found this robot at a thrift store. We thought it was really cool until about 30 mins later when we couldn't stand it's repeated talking. Lincoln loved and we were "lucky" enough to be able to take it home with us. 

We went to the Venetian so that I could fulfill my dream of eating some sweets at Carlo's Bakery. Famous from the tv show Cake Boss. I love the show and have always wanted to try their treats!

The hotel was decorated for the Chinese New Year. Year of the goat or something. 

This is one of my favorite places in Vegas. It is so pretty inside the Venetian. 

Walking past Treasure Island on the Vegas strip. Lincoln did not want to take a picture. 

Getting ready to hit the town. 

Shopping for jewelry at Du Barry's with Grandma. This is where I stock up! I love buying jewelry for a buck or two so that when the boys grab my necklace and break it I don't have to be so sad. 

My Mom and I walked around Fashion Mall in Vegas and stopped for some delicious pizza. They gave the boys some pizza dough to keep them busy and entertained. They loved it, especially Lincoln. 

Well there's my legs. You can't see me in the shadow of this bright advertisement but that is Carlos Bakery's Buddy Valastro. 

Me with my treats in front of the Carlo's Bake shop. The crumb cake bar and lobster tail pastry were my favorite! Everything was really yummy though. 

Sheehan stayed home to keep working and to prepare to go out of town for his home inspector conference. The boys, me, and Gigi had a great quick trip!

Thomson Boys Love Oreos

One of Sheehan's favorite treats are Oreos. Oftentimes he stashes them in places he THINKS I can't find. Lincoln loves Oreos too but usually most of the time he just eats the yummy center and discards the cookie part. One day he did this and baby Vance found his unwanted leftovers.

Caught red-handed!

Vikings & the Zoo

We went to the zoo with Kiley, Lexi, Baby J and Ezra. It wasn't too cold especially pushing strollers all over the hills. This was the first time Lincoln was really paying attention to the animals which made it much more fun than past trips.

Baby Vance got sleepy so we gave him a bottle and made him nice and cozy in the stroller. He loved it!

The boys can't get enough of Sheehan. He is good to play with them in ways I am not willing to. Haha Both Lincoln and Vance love that Viking hat. It cracks me up!