Quinn is 4 and Dallas trip!

Quinn turned four last weekend and is feeling like such a big girl now! She wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese's for her birthday and we agreed, it was a simple and easy birthday but for Quinn is was the best day ever. Now that she is four she is doing all these things that she didn't when she was three. She has now decided that she is going to take showers instead of baths and she even willingly ate her zucchini, squash, and mushrooms for dinner the other night! We shall see how long these things last. We headed up to Dallas to see a few of our friends who were in town and stayed at the Crescent Court- ohh lala it was fancy! So fancy that I think we were the only ones in the whole place with kids, ha!

We took the kids to the Dallas World Aquarium, what a cool place!  I love this picture, Quinn was sooo into this fish tank, she was practically swimming with them!

This is another fave, the kids were just amazed by the size of this walrus.

Quinn was feeding this bird a blueberry.  When we gave Joshua a blueberry to feed to the bird he ate it instead! 

Not sure why we took a picture at this restaurant, we actually went to eat dinner at a cool pizza place called Coal Vines and had a little birthday celebration for Quinn.  Super fun night!

Joshua is 18 months old!!

Let me just start off with my usual line- where on Earth is time going??? I simply can't believe Joshua is already 18 months old. I really feel like he should still be a little baby and not this toddler he's become. But alas, time flies and my baby boy continues to grow and change every day. Joshua is really still the sweet, mild tempered, curious guy he has always been. His vocabulary is expanding and for this we are very happy. He still seems to be a man of a few words, unlike his older sibling who by this age was speaking in sentences. Joshua is perfectly content with his repertoire of 12-13 words. Here they are (just so I don't forget in years to come):

 mama 

dada 

din= Quinn 

yes 

no 

agua= water, sounds like "awawawa" 

papa 

off 

on 

that 

ball 

done 

more

This is how real men do yard work, ha!

Every afternoon is spent outside these days, what will we do this summer when the temps are higher??

He loves wearing his daddy's hats!

Snowmass, CO

The last week of March we took a ski trip to Snowmass, Colorado. Little man Joshua stayed behind and had the time of his life with Mama Rose and Papa James. Before leaving on our trip Jaime and I were feeling really bad about leaving him here but as soon as we arrived at the airport we quickly remembered why we decided not to drag our toddler on this trip with us. Traveling with a toddler in my opinion can be a pure nightmare and why put him through that when he was able to have a blast and run free with Mama Rose and Papa James? Plus, he is too young to ski which would have meant that one of us would have had to stay with him everyday, in a hotel room. Noooooo thank you! Quinn was super pumped about our vacation and made a ski trip countdown on her snack calendar from school. I think it was the happiest time of her day for quite a while, it meant we were getting closer!

 It was a breeze flying with Quinn!  She watched her movies while we napped (amazing!!!).  We had a three hour lay over in Dallas on our way to Aspen and she enjoyed a nice lunch with us while we waited.  It was so nice to not have to stress about all that we do when little man is with us.

It was sooooo cold when we arrived in Aspen and we were not at all prepared for the drastic weather change.  I mean we were, but our warm winter clothes were in our suitcases which were checked in on the plane and this was a smaller plane in which the passengers actually exit the plane and walk on the tarmac to the airport.  It was really snowing when we arrived so we quickly ran into the airport and as soon as we found our bags we dug out our warmer clothes and bundled up!

We were so happy to see a hot chocolate bar in the hotel when we arrived!  I think you can see Quinn grabbing a hand full of marshmallows here!

The first three days we were there Quinn took ski school which she really enjoyed.  She learned how to do a pizza with her skis and even learned how to go down the bunny hill while turning by the end.  While she was in ski school Jaime and I hit the slopes while he snowboarded and I skied.  This was only Jaime's second time snowboarding so this day was sort of slow for him but he quickly caught on.  Jaime's brother Adan lives in Denver so he drove down and skied with us for two days as well.  We all had so much fun together and got kind of daring on some blue runs. 

I love how I am standing behind Jaime in this picture like I am the man in the relationship!  It really is just because Jaime said if he moved he would've fallen! Ha!

Quinn LOVED wearing her ski helmet all the time.  Here she is eating her breakfast and looking out the window probably wishing she was skiing too!  She even wanted to wear it when we would go out to eat!

She also wore her skis and boots around the room.  She got pretty good at walking in them!

One night we went to eat at an Italian restaurant that Quinn was able make her own pizza complete with a chef hat.  She was truly in heaven with this!  You better believe that chef hat made it all the way back to Austin in her little carry on back pack too!

Another night we went to have dinner at the golf course in Aspen and the sights were simply amazing.  The sun was setting in the most beautiful mountain scenery. 

We enjoyed some delicious hot chocolate while admiring the view.

We even had a chance to ride a horse drawn wagon with Clydesdale horses.  Quinn couldn't stop giggling because the horses were, well you know, doing their thing.  It was so hilarious!

Meanwhile, back in Austin Joshua had all sorts of fun meeting Mister E. Bunny.  Can't tell if he liked the bunny or not?  One thing's for sure, he was loving that lollipop!

We had an amazing time and made wonderful memories.  We sure did miss our little man and were so happy to see him when we got back.  I think he was too as he kept laughing and screaming when he saw us!  We hope to make a ski trip an annual event for us and as soon as Mr. Joshua is old enough for ski school he will join us and make the trip even more memorable.