Happy Birthday!!!

No Lauren, get off your high horse. Not everything is about you today.

(And I understand the expression is not applicable here, but seriously, GET OFF!)

Tyson had a birthday 2 months ago, and I think we've surpassed the blog post grace period for said event.

So we actually threw him an official "party" about 3 weeks before. I was 9 months pregnant and was not interested in throwing a big thing a week after giving birth. Plus I didn't want the baby stealing Tyson's thunder. It's like, hold your own head up already!

On his ACTUAL birthday, we happened to be up in Boise visiting Doug and Tonia's family, and they showed us a great time! Lucky for Tyson, they had a lot of fun places to show us like the aquarium...

 ...the ice Cream shop...

 ...and the park!!

I love this little boy more than I can say, and he just gets cuter and cuter everyday.
I just made a poem.

Spawn of Satan by night...

...cutest human being on the planet by mid-morning.

We had a rough night with Mr. Tyson last night. He pretty much screamed the ENTIRE night while we did our best to try and ignore/not smother him.

I knew he wouldn't make it long today, that the sleep deprivation would get to him. When I noticed it was just a little too quiet in the other room, I thought I should go check and see what he was destroying.

Here is what I found.

A bundle of blankets, stuffed with a little boy.

Sometimes I just want to beat him. Other times I just want to kiss him forever, ignoring the fact that it may be causing weird, mommy issues in the future.

Baby Blessing

I never remember to document the important things in life with my camera. It's always things like, Tyson sitting in a laundry basket in my room while I try to figure out how to work my camera (I've got lots of those!). And when I finally get it, I put it away and think, "PERFECT! Now i'll know how to do that for next time!"

The "next time" is usually the same as that time.

Anywho, we DID get a picture of our family (just one) on Seth's blessing day Sunday. And I know what you're thinking...that Tyson is one photogenic kid!

AGREED.

It was a great day, and we had a lot of family come and celebrate with us.

Except for Lauren, who obviously has never learned the importance of family.

Seth Ruger Atwood

Move over Kirk. January is no longer your month alone! The little man has arrived. Seth was born January 31st, at 2:48 a.m. And I could not be happier to have this thing out of my body.

8lbs 6oz, 21 in.

New big brother

This delivery was infinitely more comfortable than Tyson's was, and recovery is a breeze. We couldn't be happier to have Seth join our brood.

Christmas has come and gone again! Le sigh...

We had a nice relaxing  Christmas Eve. Rem made a huge pan of cheese ziti, and it was de-lish. Then the 3 of us watched Elf, which I think Tyson enjoyed. Mostly because he never gets to watch good TV...just Number Time, or "Peep", as he likes to call it, on Netflix. 

We then attempted to read the Nativity story from the bible, which was mostly me yelling at Tyson to "pay attention dang it, we are learning about JESUS!!!"

It was good fun.

Christmas morning was great. We enjoyed a lazy time at home opening presents and eating yummy breakfast-esque food. 

Horsey was a huge hit from Nana and Papa Cizmas.

Who would have thought there was
another saw out there for Remington to own?

Later Christmas Day, we went and saw Les Mis (which was great by the way). I've never seen so many Atwood's cry in one sitting. To be honest, it was kind of embarrassing. Like, pull yourself together, embarrassing.

Then off to Joe and Kati's for some yummy Gyro's and JCW's fries. Yes please.

I'll leave you all to admire our beautiful family Christmas card. Hot family, no?

I made it extra-large, so it is impossible to miss our beautiful-ness.
Thanks Lauren!