Disneyland

Another awesome vacation down in California! The boys had so much fun! We went to Disneyland 4 days and Sea World for 1. This year was definitely harder than the other years that we've been, Cutler did not want to stay in the stroller, but I know we would have lost him if we didn't make him. I was horrible at taking pictures this time, I just didn't have the motivation. Now I'm kicking myself in the butt!
So here are some of the ones I did manage to get...

Our one and only family picture! We didn't even get one at the front of the park.

The boys were being funny playing on all the letters. But I thought this one was cute.Breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen. You for sure have to eat here! It's yummy and the characters are the best! All the originals.
Even dad and Chad were having a good time!

Usually Cutler had his chin in his hands, but I couldn't ever get a picture

of it. He just looks super tired, which I'm sure he was!

This Cpt. Jack Sparrow was so funny. He totally ignored Noah, and everybody, and sort of acted like he was annoyed that people were watching him. He was such a good actor.

After 4 days of hitting every single ride, parade, restaurant, and character, what do you do? You go on the Mark Twain boat ride. We seriously didn't know where to go sometimes because we had been on every ride 3 times. Noah was big enough he could go on every ride, even Indiana Jones and Tower of Terror (which is his new favorite)! It actually was a relaxing thing to do.

And of course you can't go to Disneyland and not get a picture with Mickey Mouse! Cutler has started totally cheesing it when you tell him to smile, so he looks like this in 95% of all the pictures we ever take of him. I guess he thinks if he squints hard enough it must be a big smile - funny boy!

We ended up having a great time. We did go to Sea World one day and it was so hot. The boys loved the penguins, walrus', and the Shamu show. Oh ya, and the shark aquarium. I'll admit I even think those are pretty cool. The day we went to Sea World was also Kadence's birthday. She's the luckiest girl I know! She's got to spend 2 birthdays in a row at Disneyland!

For the most part the boys were pretty good. One day while Colby & Noah went on Thunder Railroad, Cutler and I were waiting for them over by the Mark Twain boat. It wasn't there but all of a sudden I feel a jerk and Cutler had thrown his shoe into the water! AAAGGGGHH!!! There was this other dad there with his little boy and he just looked at me like 'what are you going to do?' I watched the shoe for a minute to see what it was going to do and where it was going. It was his croc so it floated, thankfully. I ran over to the boarding area where there were a couple of workers cleaning and asked them if they could try and get it. I told them it was floating this way, and that they could probably just reach down and catch it. They just looked at me like I was stupid and told me the current goes the other way. So I nicely corrected him and told him it was coming this way and that I've been watching it to make sure. They found a guy that actually works that ride, and he came and lassoed it. Just then the boat came back. I was so embarrassed, mostly, and sort of bugged that it was so hard for someone to help me. We ended up losing the other shoe at Sea World and now are back to the old crocs.

Introducing...

the newest and first (on the Danjanovich side) baby girl. Darling little miss Hallie Natalie Heath!

We were out of town when she made her debut, and we still haven't been able to hold her thanks to Cutler's fever and throwing up (hopefully later today we can get over there). I am absolutely dying to hold her. As you can see in the pictures Melanie already has her all dolled up and I'm sure there won't ever be a day when she won't be.

*The cute new little family*

Hallie, we are so excited to finally have you here with us. You have been blessed enough to come to this loving family who will always take care of you and love you more than anything in the world. Welcome little one.

Things kids say...and do

*Today during church I'm sitting in R.S. and there's about 5 minutes left. All of a sudden I see Cutler's head poke in. So I go out in the hall and Colby said he pooped so they came and got him from class. I took the diaper bag to him, then we decided since church was pretty much over we would just go get Noah and go home. As we're walking out the doors Noah says:

"It must be fast Sunday today."
It is fast Sunday today Noah, how did you know? (feeling very proud that my 5 year old knew what fast Sunday was.)
"Because we're getting out of church fast."

Colby and I started laughing so hard, it's a good thing we were going outside so we didn't disrupt the ending classes.


*We have pretty much decided that it's time to potty train Cutler. I normally wouldn't start for probably a couple more months but lately as soon as he either pees or poops he takes his diaper off. This was only happening at night when we would leave him in his bed, and we started wrapping tape around his diaper so he couldn't get it off. He has now started doing it all day. Today he did it 3 times, 2 with poop. I am so tired of seeing poop not only smashed on his sore little bum from the diaper but also from seeing it on my bedroom floor, his bed, and the newest today on the back patio and toy box out back! AAAAGGGGGHHHH! Colby and I are hoping that since he has been doing this maybe potty training won't be so bad and he'll catch on really quick. On the other hand, we've decided nothing happens quick and without a fight with this child.

So were off to Disneyland and a week of wonderful vacation. Wish us luck next week when the hard, messy work begins!

Get ready to meet...

miss hallie natalie heath

(Mel, I stole this picture from you - hope you don't care!)

She's not here yet, but we are getting ready to go on our Disneyland vacation and I am so sad to say that we won't be here when she is born. Melanie has had such a 'not so fun' pregnancy, but we are so excited that things are finally going her way and she will soon be the mommy to this precious baby girl! What a great feeling it must be to know that for these past 8 months (and longer) this little spirit has been with her namesake aunt, while she was preparing her to come to this earth and be with such a special family. I'm sure she has taught her all she needs to know: how to get her way, how to be a 'girl', and all sorts of fun things.

So Mel, good luck on Tuesday and we better get a phone call the minute she's here! We are so excited to meet her!

The results are in...

Out of the 28 voters, 17 of you (60%) voted a girl. You were all... RIGHT!! It's true, we are finally adding a little bit of pink to our oh so blue-filled family. Well it probably won't be a little, but you get the idea. Noah has said all along he wanted a sister, and that "we need a little girl at our house because we have enough boys". He didn't have school today so both the boys got to come to the dr. Cutler wasn't quite sure about it, but when the doc turned on the machine Cutler said "woooww!" The dr. kept trying to get a good picture of her heart but she kept moving all over the place, he called her a 'squirmy little cuss' and asked me if I knew why. I tried to think of everything I had eaten that morning, but no sugar or caffiene so I asked him why. He told us we were going to have a cheerleader! Nobody really knew what to say, we were all shocked. So now the name deciding, new bedding, and clothes oh my! We have a few names picked out but nothing for sure yet. Let the shopping begin!!

Catching up again

Once again I am going to try to play catch up. We have been doing a lot, I wouldn't say we've been busy, I've just been lazy with blogging.

Last Thursday was Cutler's 2nd birthday, but we weren't able to celebrate that day because we had to go out of town for our cute cousin Sarah's wedding. I went with Kent, Sherie & Melanie Thursday afternoon to make it for the dinner. Colby came with the boys after work that night. Friday was the wedding at the S.L. Temple which I've never been in, and I must say it is absolutely beautiful (of course). Elder Ballard performed the ceremony and he gave some very good counsel. He has a cute little sense of humor too. But being in the room with one of the 12 apostles, and listening to him give advise to your face was amazing, and I loved the feeling of the spirit surrounding us. Afterwards we went and got lunch and then Colby took the boys to the Zoo. Cutler had never been before, and we thought that since we didn't do anything for his birthday this would be a fun thing for him to see. I didn't go because I wanted to do some shopping. No offense Sherie & Mel, but I should have went to the zoo (not much luck in any of the stores). Colby only got this one picture, and it's just funny because Cutler looks like he's reading the map being there little tour guide.


After about an hour we met back up at the reception and then headed home. It was a short trip, but the reception was so pretty! Here are a few pictures of us and the boys all dressed up - you don't see this too often.

On the other side of this little fence is a pond with a waterfall, and the boys couldn't get enough of it. What is it with boys and water?

We got home super late friday night so that Colb could make it to work in the morning and I could get what I needed to done for Cutler's party. So saturday morning I tried to pick up the house a little but didn't have much success. You know how it goes when you need to get things done and you have 2 children who run through the house tearing everything apart that you just did? Ya! I had a hair appointment, and while I was there the boys went to my mom's. Just as I was getting ready to come home they call me and ask if they should meet me at insta-care or if I wanted to come there first? Cutler had fallen off the bar stool onto the floor and nobody really saw exactly what happened but he wouldn't use his left arm, and as the time went on he babied it more and more. So I rushed across town to get him and see what I needed to do. Colby left work and we decided we better take him in and have it looked at. They x-rayed it and didn't find anything. A little bit of fluid in his elbow, so the dr. figured he probably hyperextended it and it would heal on it's own. As the day went on you could see him not using his arm, but other than that he acted ok. So we went on with the party. Nothing exciting - I was actually sad that I didn't really do anything for him. We ordered pizza and got cupcakes. He opened his presents and that was the day.

Here's the birthday boy eating his cupcake. I was going to change his clothes to be all cute for the party and do his hair, but after the whole arm thing, I said bag it and we took him as he was! (See how he's holding his left arm? That's how it looked for about 2 days, so sad.)

Now on to more exciting things...

the ultra sound. News coming Monday!!

my little boy

Today is Cutler's 2nd birthday! I would say we are about to embark into the "terrible two's", but I think we've already started. Cutler is one ball of energy, and seriously doesn't stop from the time he wakes up until we put him to bed. He just knows he's going to miss out on something great by sleeping.



Some of Cutler's greatest loves are:

• balls
• treats (he got this from me)
• movies - he has to watch one first thing in the morning right out of bed
• chasing the kids all over
• Pizza & dogs (corn & hot dogs)
• playing with Noah

Lately we have caught him:

• throwing toys (& other things) over the neighbors wall
• taking off his pants and diaper
• climbing the shelves in the pantry
• wearing our shoes around the house
• talking on the phone (he loves to say "hewow" and "bye")

Like I said, he is one ball of energy. Of course there are days that I would love to be a little more calm, but we wouldn't have him any other way!

We love you little buddy!! happy birthday!

First day of School

Noah started his first day of Kindergarten today and it was a bitter sweet morning. He actually went yesterday, but I stayed with him and it was mostly just to see what they knew and what they could do. This morning Cutler and I walked Noah up to the school and took him inside to find his desk. When it was time to leave Cutler was a little confused about why we were leaving his 'buddy'. I told him we would pick him up later and to say bye. To watch the boys tell each other bye was kind of sad. Over the summer they have become each other's little buddies. They played together (not always the best) everyday. Now it's just me and Cutler.


Noah said he had a lot of fun and that he 'really likes school'. He and I both are so ready for him to actually have some structure to his day. He really loves to learn, and I am so excited for him to learn "Everything he needs to know...in Kindergarten"!

The firetruck

Just this morning I was out back sweeping up the sand that Cutler decided to throw all over the back patio. While we were out there I heard this noisy truck out front. It sounded maybe like a UPS or FEDEX truck, something loud like that. I knew it wasn't at our house but for some reason it struck my curiosity so I went out front to check it out. Call me dumb, but I'm glad I did. Next door a fire truck had stopped and was doing a random check on the fire hydrant. So I went and got the boys to come and see the truck. While we were standing there, one of the nice firemen saw the boys and waved to them. The boys waved back and before I knew it he was coming over with a little fire hat for each of them. He was so cute and nice to the boys. And the boys love their hats.

Thanks for making our day Mr. Fireman!

We finally did it!

We got rid of the binky! I had just had it with the stupid thing, plus it was giving Cutler a rash that I couldn't get rid of. I always thought we would be done with it by the time he turned 1, and here he is almost 2 and still as attached to it as he was a year ago. So almost 2 weeks ago we just cold turkied it. I didn't give him a nap that day so that he would be good and tired for bed - which may have been a mistake. He played in the water almost the whole day, so he was over-tired when it came time to go to bed. He scrame for 45 minutes while I tried to get him to sleep. Just as I was about to let him cry himself to sleep in his bed, he fell a sleep on my shoulder. At one point I did put him in his bed and I left the room, it was so sad. I almost needed to go cry, but I was strong. The next day we did the same thing, and he did pretty good. Definitely didn't cry as long. After that I started naps again during the day, and he has done really well. He'll ask for it and I just tell him it's gone and change the subject. Since we started this process, naptime is definitely harder, and he'll still ask for it every once in a while, but we're done! It's such a relief.

The really stupid thing is Colby & I both liked him to have it, it was just a relaxer for him, obviously. But I think in a way we both kind of miss it. Probably more that Cutler.