april... and all things golf...

we started off the month in the most exciting way... with a big trip planned!!! jeff came out to visit here in jacksonville for 2 days... we took him out to the beach his first day here and then he and chris went golfing on base the next day.  of course there was constant talk of all things dentisrty going on (pretty much non stop the entire trip)

twin oreo shakes...

hunting for sharks teeth and intense dentistry convo

looking at jeff's typical schedule.... boring!!! (to me)

monday morning we jumped in the car and headed to augusta, georgia.... for.... wait for it.... the masters!!!!!!! we won practice round tickets in the raffle... super excited.  and yes even i was really excited.  since i met chris he has shared his love of the master with me and i over time have truly grown to love it myself... it helped when bubba watson won and he just bawled like a baby and hugged his mom... haha i know i'm such a girl but it really did make me like the sport more... 

daniel was amazing in the car.  5 hours and he never made a peep... he slept a little and was thoroughly entertained watching movies.  we got into augusta in time to have a little dinner and head to bed... sadly the hotel we booked was super nasty.... some lodge... that was just dirty and smelled and run down but we were on a budget and everything was sooooo expensive for the masters so this $175 option was the best we could do... and next time we will fork out more money!!! haha the boys all fell asleep instantly and it took me a little longer so i was watching a movie on my little dvd player when  a cockroach crawled across the screen!!!! i instantly jumped up and freaked out shining my phone light on the night stand and seeing several more crawling all over it... gah!!!! so  i woke chris up and he offered to switch me sides of the bed... next to sleeping in the van (would have but super sketchy neighborhood) this was the only option.  he fell right back to sleep and i turned some music on my phone put in ear plugs, wrapped my hair in a bun so it wouldn't feel like things were crawling on me and i closed my eyes... i never slept... too creeped out.... maybe slept for an hour.... 

we woke bright and early got ready and i ran out of the room!!!! haha we got to the masters and i had another little problem once we got there... wont share the details but seriously hasn't happened to me since i was like 12!  the good news is the rest of the day was amazing so it didn't matter that my night and morning were less than awesome.

our first stop was watching a few guys warm up at the driving range.... i didnt know any of those guys... so i wasn't as entertained... then we headed out onto the course... holy beautiful!!!! and holy cow that was a ton of people walking around on the course... 

we walked over to the practice greens and first thing saw rory!! so we watched him for a while and then walked over and watched him t off.... i flinched so bad when that ball when wizzing past our heads.... never heard a sound like that.. it was loud and fast and man if it ever hit you you would probably die... good thing pros generally dont hit people that close to them...

we walked the entire course the rest of the day.... not in order.  totally random and whatever was nearby.  we got to see quite a few golfers.... our favorite group to watch was phil, dufner, fowler, and i think dustin.... they were out there having a good time... we even got to watch phil practicing in the sand and he chipped in 3 in a row... it was so fun! 

my favorite part was sitting on the 16th hole and watching the skipping contest... they would hit their balls so the skipped across the little lake up to the green... it was fun to see some miss and some hit awesome shots!! we even got daniel to take an decent nap on my lap while we sat there... i will say daniel was soo good the whole day!!!! he was quiet and carried around his puppy and favorite green car the whole time and amazingly we didn't lose either!! he also looked so cute with his ticket tied to the back of his pants...

i was really sad that bubba t-d off too late so we didn't get a chance to see him.... but here is the famous spot he hit that crazy shot through the trees to win 2 years ago..

the whole course was just beautiful... so green and grass everywhere!!! 

chris was fascinated that everything there had the masters logo on it.... like everything... even the decorative holes on the table....

here are the good we came home with.... they will be treasures... forever... hahaha but seriously...

we left late in the afternoon and headed off to savannah for the rest of our georgia trip... daniel and i both fell asleep the instant we got in the car.... it was such a good day and so many memories will stay with us from this day.... for chris it was a dream come true just to be in Augusta.  the rest of the trip is to be continued...  

    

march flew by...

and not a whole lot happened this month.... we were pretty sick off and on... taking our turns passing stuff around... but here are some pics i found on my phone from the month

we went to the beach one afternoon and on the way home decided we wanted doughnuts and ice cream for dinner (parents of the year!!!)

chris and i snuck in a date night

daniel has perfected his smoldering look... so serious 

i am the awesome primary music leader who tortures her senior primary by making them do physical activity while we sing... here they are doing wall squats while singing one verse.

our neighborhood entrance bloomed this week... its beautiful!!! and i can no longer breathe!

he's just cute....

and loves playing with my shower cap... yes i use a shower cap... my mother always did and otherwise i always get my hair wet....

chris and daniel on a saturday morning playing legos

and then washing my car.... daniel was soaked but hey my car was clean!!

i finished my grandpa vern jeans quilt for daniels bed.... 

his sleeping habbits just crack me up..... he usually falls asleep on the floor... he just likes it

i made this cute little quilt for  a soon to be niece...

brrr.... february was cold....

this boy loves his cars and will spend a lot of time lining them up next to each other

this kid rocks out on this horse from a friends house... hahaha

February was a busy month and seemed to fly by.  it started off with our boy turning 2!! we didn't do much for his birthday, just a few gifts and we went to dinner as a family.  he started off the day with his favorite breakfast of mini pancakes and pears... and some toast.  for lunch he got to eat a cupcake a friend had brought over.

for the day he was totally spoiled and got to have his pacifier all day and got to watch all the cars and elmo he wanted all day!!! 

for dinner we went to texas roadhouse where they happen to have free dinner for kids that night! score!! he chowed down on the mac n cheese and they even gave him his own tiny brownie dessert and he loved every bit of it. he was completely confused when the waiters were signing happy birthday but who cares when there's ice cream involved. 

when we got home he opened his presents from family... loved all things elmo and cars and trains. 

i turned this nightstand into a little play kitchen for him... i even made it a little more boyish by putting chris' favorite golf picture from the masters as the view from the window... haha  he's been having fun playing with the doors and food and phone on the side...

he also loved this giant monster truck.... and played with it for the rest of the night...

one night i went out with some friends to a relief society activity and after we left and went our separate ways i went home and they followed me and toilet papered our front yard... hahaha.... pretty silly and hilarious especially since that night it snowed... we had frozen toilet paper all over the yard!! and then the freezing ice and snow came again and we were once again trapped inside our house with the city closed and chris had no work.  crazy winter we are having!!!!

the picture of the car is showing the ice that covered everything!!

we spent one weekend driving down to wilmington to go to the aquarium there.... it was pretty small and a lot farther than we expected... but we had a good time anyway... daniel touched a sting ray and we saw sharks and fish... and it had a cute little playground he enjoyed for quite a while.

we are trying to teach daniel good habbits in life... and our latest is teaching him to say his prayers at night... chris has started kneeling with him next to his bed. i just think its the cutest thing ever.  we are also still working on getting him to sleep in his bed.  i have to go in and check every night to see where he fell asleep.  at least once a week he's on the floor... too funny...

i am part of a group called the naval officers spouses club (nosc) and we had our annual huge fundraiser of a mardi gras bunco night... super fun... we played a giant game of bunco with 130 people and had many items up for silent auction.  i was asked if i could make some sort of sign for the auction so  i made these signs ... it was a really fun project and i plan to make more for myself and maybe as gifts... i cant take credit for the design completely... i definitely borrowed the idea from someone on pinterest.  

we did have one or two days that were really nice weather this month so we ran out the door to the park.... daniel loves this car... always runs straight to it... rocks back and forth like crazy!! he also has been having fun learning to swing on the big kids swing.

overall this has been an incredible month... we love this happy little guy.... he talks like crazy... mostly about cars. at his yearly check up he was 36 inches tall and 27 pounds.... 95% for height and 35% for weight.  not too bad  and typical since birth.  tall and skinny.  he has all his teeth he is supposed to have till his next molars in a couple years.  my favorite thing he says right now is "ewok" which is his word for drink.. i think it came from us always asking him "you want a drink"  sounds a bit like ewok... he also says "fas" for pacifier most other words he says are clear and what they should be.  my favorite phrases he says are "here you go" and "okay" after every question we ask him.  i think we will keep him... our happy bubba.