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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Christmas Vacation

What day is it? I don't know what today is or what week I'm in or where I'm at. Well...I guess we are home now from a week in Chicago. It was such a blessing to be with family for Christmas. And just as I suspected Micah was in love with every second he had with his family.
Too bad Christmas was on a Friday. We waited all week for that day to come and then it went by so fast we barely got to play with any presents. I have a lot of photos from the trip and excited to experience it all over again.
On the plane. Got Micah's blue eye in the photo
 Grandma & M
 Hannah and Zeke with the Star Wars Christmas Tree
 Love these two!
 M & Grandpa
 So small compared to the tree
 Horses!
 We went to visit Uncle Mark at his high rise apartment in Chicago! Very cool
 So cute
 All Aboard restaurant was probably M's favorite. Trains, Trains, Trains.
So, I had to add this photo. This was me on Christmas Eve. I got the stomach bug and was in bed ALL day. So sad I had to miss a big family get together. This is real life right here everybody!!lol
 Christmas Day I was back at taking photos.



 Zee gave M his hat and I think he looks like a little Justin Timberlake here. He probably will be famous one day.

 Look at this table.. and food. GORG just Gorg.



 After eating...all Micah wanted to do was take a bath. So I let him sit in the bathtub and play with no water. 


After this I started taking photos with Craig's phone. So this is where it stops for me. I will hopefully add more of him opening presents. He did a really great job of opening. After 30 minutes he decided he wanted to play in Hannah's room and didn't come out. 
Some highlights: Micah got a zoo membership. I'm so excited for us to be at the zoo all year. Yesterday it was high 60's and I was mad I didn't go. haha. Also, Kim put together a cookbook of all the Schaver recipes they compiled. I have been having so much fun this week making all different meals. It's like pinterest except you know people just like you made it and it turned out good. No fails so far. I'm three for three. Shout out to Bobbi ... I have done two of yours and they were great (I had no doubts).

Our last day home we spent with my parents. I kept telling myself to get a photo of all of us...but it's hard when a little one has way too much energy and is moving nonstop. Micah got to play with an awesome car racing set and we had lasagna for dinner. Everything was really good.



Oh yes.. and my mom got her favorite game Hang On Harvey for Christmas. She played it as a child and we all got to play a few rounds. It's a great game for kids and definitely brings a lot of laughs.



It's Wednesday now and I'm trying to get my life back to normal. I can't believe how lucky we were to fly out right before all the crazy weather happened. No one is going anywhere this week at the airport. I feel so lucky we got out when we did (even though I would have loved to stay).


Micah is 19 months old now. Do you believe it? I don't. He just keeps saying more words everyday. He is really smart. Favorite words right now are: "Ew" "Oh, No" "Ow" Very simple words. I hear them all day long! I miss him saying Woah. haha That one was way better than ew. I'm nervous he may offend someone when we are out because he likes to point at anything and say, "Ew." haha

This Friday we are having my sisters over and trying to do Christmas. Please pray everyone stays healthy. Caleb and Riley already have a cold, so hopefully they feel better soon. I am making Schaver style Lasagna. Hope I do it right. 

Love you all so much! 


Friday, December 18, 2015

Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Sorry I haven't been on here in a while. My spare time has been occupied with wrapping presents and buying toys and going to the mall, riding choo choos and playing with new toys. It's been a fun week except for the fact that we didn't get to celebrate Christmas with my sisters. Everyone got sick. Even Craig and I came down with a small cold. It only lasted a day, but poor Riley had strep throat and we weren't ready to risk our trip to Chicago with a strep baby in toe. We will have to celebrate Christmas on New Years weekend with the kids. I don't mind going there if they are sick normally, but this time thinking about having a 18 month old with strep in the windy city wasn't pleasing to me. I thought it would be easier to get to together with everybody, but with Christmas time comes flu, cold, and everything in between. So sad :(

Craig and I took Micah to a Christmas Light show with farm animals, horses, train rides and even big marshmallows to roast. It was a really cute little experience right down the street from us.









He loves to pet all the animals. He kept trying to feed them hay. 
We had a really fun time. Looks like it's getting colder here and that can only mean one thing...it's even colder back home. I'm glad I bought M a big coat and hat. 
 Also, after the tantrums I have had this week, I might just drop Micah off in Chicago and leave him there for a few weeks. haha I'm sure he won't be like that with his other family around. I really hope he is a sweet boy. I'm at a point where this vacation home could not come at a better time. I think I need a break. And I feel silly even saying this because my sisters have four kids in the other house and I only have ONE.

I looked up the weather in Chitown and it doesn't look like it will snow when we are there. I kinda wish it would a little bit so we could play in it with Micah.


This is mean of me to say...but Micah kinda has elf ears. haha At least this picture makes me think he doesn't need the ears on there.. his own will work fine for the photo. LOL


We got to hand out Christmas presents to all our neighbors this week. Here is Micah giving Nolan and Leslie theirs. it's so sweet. Micah and Nolan both wore the bows in their heads.

I tried to let Micah give out the presents to all his friends so he knows about giving. I want him to love giving presents and not just receiving. 

An update on my test for my fallopian tube. I wasn't able to go this month for unexpected reasons and hope to schedule the procedure in January now. If all goes as planned this time. 

Tomorrow we are off to Chicago and I'm so excited to be with everyone for a week. It will fly by and I am happy to make every moment precious. Praying for everyone to stay healthy and safe through this time!!

Love you all

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Tantrum Tuesday

It's happening already. My sweet little boy can turn on me in a second and become someone I have never met before. Welcome to toddler tantrums ...I guess it's not the terrible two's for me. It's going to start early. Yesterday he cried most of the day. I have no idea why. I think it may have been the first time in awhile that I started to cry as well. I was at the point of thinking something was wrong and maybe rush him to the doctor. I still don't know why he cried most of the day. Maybe teething.. or growing pains or maybe his stomach hurts. The hardest part is he can't tell me what's wrong.
Now today he woke up happier and seemed to be in a better mood and I was so thankful. We met our friend at the mall to ride the choo choo train, but for some reason he wanted to play in the play area first. He cried and we made him get on the train.
I realized later that when we went to the mall before we had played first and then rode the train. I think he had remembered and wanted to do it the same way. Sometimes I don't give him enough credit. I didn't even think he would have remembered a week ago. He wanted to do it the same exact way as before. So when it didn't happen, he was VERY upset....and I'm talking tantrum. When the train starting moving he did better but still if you touched him wrong or asked him a question he would get really upset. I know right? Doesn't sound like my Micah. So after the train ride we went to the play area and he ran around like everything was perfect. After about 20 minutes he wandered out of the play place and went to the train. He was ready to get on now. I had to bribe him with some snacks to get him away from the train. So now I know. I guess when he remembers something, he wants to do it the EXACT same way or wants no part of it. Is this what the terrible two's is all about? How come I'm experiencing it now? He's only 18 months!!

I feel like he is the one on this juicing diet ...he acts like it. I am doing pretty good on my second day. Feeling a bit tired right now, but overall good. Craig and I have decided to eat spinach salads at night so our bodies can have some nutrients and we can chew something. We are going to push it to four days.. or at least try. It's nice that we are both doing it and pushing each other. We can't compete with weight since he loses like 10 pounds in 4 days.. that's a little too much for me.

I am still trying to figure out some present ideas. Amazon has been my best friend this year. I just love it so much. haha I am a prime girl all the way. I have loved having it as a mom and now with christmas and birthdays and special occasions.. free shipping!! They have great customer service too. I would love to work for that company. Seems like it won't be going anywhere soon!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Monday, December 7, 2015

Balloon Laughter

We got to babysit Nolan on Thursday while Leslie and Jeremy went to a holiday party. And as I suspected Micah loved every second of it. They played so well together it melted my heart. I even got to take a video of M making Nolan laugh. It's seriously the cutest thing. I think I may be laughing just as much as little Noly.

Micah took a bath the other day and decided he didn't want to get out. He just laid there with no water and was having too much fun. I took another video for your enjoyment!



Yesterday (Sunday) we went to church and got to play at their little park afterwards. Micah looked so cute in his Sunday attire I tried to do a little photo shoot. Hopefully we can get a family photo once we are in Chicago, so someone can help me out. Micah is such a big boy now, he can climb up the playground and go down the slide all by himself (tear =( ) This makes me happy, but sad at the same time. My little man doesn't need me anymore. Look at these pictures!!! He is a little Calvin Klein Model....haha








We dropped him off at my neighbor down he street last night so we could go to Craig's Christmas party. It was so nice to get out for a bit and have conversations with other people. They had a oven fired pizza caterer that kept bringing out all different kinds of pizza's all night. If you know Craig at all that was like a dream come true for him.  Here's the hardest part. Today we started a 3-4 day juice cleanse. It's almost 3 o'clock and I'm doing pretty good so far. I didn't have time to even drink most of my breakfast this morning because Micah has been so clingy. That's the one thing I have noticed after leaving him. He is SUPER clingy the next day and a little crabby. My neighbors said he did great last night and there were no tears. This is a new (to me) neighbor that watched him last night. She has an 8 month old named Bennett. Her name is Sarah and she is super sweet. I'm glad she can help us out sometimes. 

I will try and write tomorrow and let you all know how hungry I am. 

LOVE YOU ALL



Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Weekend extended


Micah loves to say "go" right now. He was running on the deck and I caught a cute video of him. He loves to run and play. I even tried to put his Chicago hat on to see if he would keep it on. It wasn't that cold but I thought we could try it out. 




Here are the rest of the pictures from this weekend. We went to a little shopping area that was all decorated for Christmas time. The kids loved it and we got to wear short sleeves while taking pics by the tree. That's not something the boys were used too. We tried to get a family photo but inherited two other boys during the shoot. Micah wouldn't smile except when Liam and Caleb came closer. It was a good attempt though.



Here we are sitting outside in the gorgeous sunshine eating Mexican food. Poor Micah didn't have anything to guard him from the bright sun.

Rachel and her boys feeling the heat!!


Rachel decided to get a bubble maker form Target for the boys to play with on the deck. Micah was obsesses with it!! He could have played with it for hours. Then he tried to start eating the bubbles. haha 



On Sunday a friend invited me to come try out some makeup and get a facial with her companies cosmetics. I went for an hour while M was sleeping and got to get all glammed up. I really wish I had somewhere to go. I felt so good and pretty. It was nice to do since I never have time for that anymore. I want to get a whole new makeup set and routine down soon but I need to take a class or something. 

Everyone was saying,"Oh Craig is going to really get excited tonight." So when I got home I was like how do I look? He told me I look the same. He said I am beautiful with or without makeup. I wanted to be upset about this comment, but I realized how good it made me feel. I didn't need tons of makeup for my husband to appreciate me and how I look. I'm so glad I don't because otherwise I would be in trouble if I needed to put this on everyday!! haha 

Hope you all are having a wonderful week.