What should have been posted in March

Sorry, we never figured out how to get the videos to load.  So you don't get to see them anymore!  In all these pictures Hazel is about 14 months old.

 They were so excited to look out the window!  That's kind of sad.

 This is Dillan at gymnastics.  He loves it!

 Hazel playing with the scarf that I knitted.

 I love that she is "reading" on her own.

 We had gone outside and played in the snow.  15 minutes of finding warm clothes and getting dressed.  After 5 minutes of playing, Hazel fell right on her face.  Her snowsuit was too small and she couldn't move her arms to catch herself.  You can't really tell from this picture, but her nose is all scraped up and her forehead is all red.

 I don't even know what he's doing.   Scuba diving?

 Dillan has stopped taking naps.  He was sleeping like this for 40 minutes.  I fed Hazel dinner, then gave her a bath.  He slept right through all of it.  Then Hazel started whacking his face, no more sleeping.

 What a great family!

 This is at Willamette University (Kyle's school for his MBA).  They call it the Star Trees.  We are in the middle of 5 huge trees looking straight up.

 Also at the Star Trees.

 Dillan got to ride his bike all over campus on our way to the Star Trees.

Awesome low-hanging branch off of one of the trees.  I didn't want to get down!

 Our pre-Easter, Easter Egg hunt at Grandma Hardy's.  Hazel caught on pretty quickly!

 Dillan loved looking for eggs.  They both loved seeing what was inside.  No candy this year: crackers, sugar-free licorice, sugar-free chocolate(expensive!), glitter, stickers, grow-beans.

Hazel is Walking!

I know I promised videos of Hazel walking, but the videos aren't loading.  The other big news is Dillan has stopped taking naps.  What a change to the day!  And what a challenge! 

A few days ago he was flying his spaceship around.  He landed it in the promised land and then got out the "henchman" which was really an astronaut.  What a funny mix of ideas!

 Wrestling

 Friends!

 Dillan is pretending to be "Captain Hammer" from the Backyardigans.  This didn't last very long because he kept hitting things that weren't allowed, like me.

 That's fusible webbing (put it between fabric and heat it up, it's basically glue) that Dillan was using as a mask.  I was making him a super hero cape.  It's batman on one side, Captain Moroni on the other.

 This is so wrong!  This is what happens when you give your kid his church clothes and tell him to get dressed.  Kyle told him to do a dance, I hope we get that video posted. 

 These are about the same, more than a month apart.

 Cutie

 Skiing

 Dillan took this picture, and the next one.

Love the face!  

Birthday, Birthday, Birthday!

Wow! So much happened in 6 weeks! Dillan had a birthday, Hazel turned one, and we celebrated Christ's birth. Hazel has 11. 5 teeth, and is getting close to walking. Hopefully the next post will have the real deal! Kyle had a one month break from school. We went down to St. George for 1.5 weeks and got to see lots of family and friends! Kyle's back in school for his last semester, yay!

We found out that Hazel loves olives. She had a lot of fun taking them off her fingers!

She got up there all by herself. The hard part was getting down.

Earlier this week it snowed for several days. Then it rained for a few. Now it's been flooding for a few. Dillan has worn his swimming clothes for most of the week. We make him change into warm clothes when we leave, and then he changes his clothes as soon as we get home! Right here he's being strong, carrying Daddy's backpack.

This is Dillan's first collage. He stopped when he ran out of tape, which didn't take long with his foot long pieces!

We went out and played in the snow a few times, which meant we got out the "snow box" of clothes. Dillan had a lot of fun playing dress-up.

Do I look freaky? Would you believe me if I said, "This is the life!"

Going out to play in the snow with Daddy.

This is just after unwrapping her birthday presents.

Cake went on her face, ears, and hair. Almost none went in the mouth. The video was too long to upload, she wasn't really interested in eating it. What a healthy girl!

Happy Birthday to Hazel!

In her front-facing car seat for the first time, on the way to Grandma's house for her birthday party. She didn't like it at first because the things she dropped fell all the way down, not just by her feet like previously.

One of Hazel's favorite things to do now is play the piano. She wiggles and dances and presses buttons that make songs play. Happiness.

In St. George during our Christmas break. Dillan was so attached to these goggles and would make other people wear the extra pairs. He wore them all through dinner, he slept with them...

So funny! You need to blow the picture up to appreciate the hilarious face she is making.

This is Hazel's big Christmas present. Dillan might like it better than Hazel.

Dillan got this helicopter for his birthday. Hazel loves playing with it, breaking it, putting the little pieces in her mouth, and then spitting them out after slobbering all over them.

Happy in her Christmas dress.

Happy Birthday Dillan! His "cake" was a big deal because we don't eat sugar anymore. Cookie layer on the bottom, chocolate ice cream on the top!

His moves are sweet!

I'm just throwing a plastic bag and catching it. Who knew that was funny?

I love it when they are nice to each other. Those are moments to cherish.

Self-propelled for the first time, who cares if it's in the wrong direction?She did this maybe 10 times int a row!

Perfect Little Moments

We look good!

I was washing off the table, so I moved a few things onto Hazel's high chair tray. She knocked the bowl of grapes off and started eating them!

The kids are both in there! Hazel loves playing peek-a-boo with it.

We just got out our Christmas stuff. Dillan was so excited to wear the Santa hat and made everyone try it on.

Hazel was actually trying to eat that tube of ornaments. Like a dog with a bone.

Yay for perfect family moments, everyone is behaving and being helpful!

It's Dillan's first Christmas helping to decorate. He also go to set up a nativity by himself (it's funny, nothing is paying attention to baby Jesus), and he got to put up the doorknob hangers. He likes to rearrange the ornaments or pick up the ones Hazel has pulled off.

I'm so glad our bulbs are from the dollar store, didn't have to worry about Hazel playing with them. She tired of this activity pretty fast. Dillan even tried to tempt her back with a really low one placed just for her, didn't work.

I made some vegan hot chocolate, the rest is all Dillan!

They love having bathtime together! Usually Hazel is laughing her head off the whole time because she enjoys Dillan so much!

Packing to go to Grandma's house for Thanksgiving.

Okay, this is where I put in the stories of what has happened over the past few weeks. As I was doing the dishes one day I noticed that it was silent and both of the kids were in the family room. That's always dangerous. On checking it out I found Dillan sitting on the couch looking at a library book and Hazel playing by the legos. It was such a perfect moment!

Hazel has discovered legos, her favorite thing to do is is take apart every single piece. It's always a race to build something quick before she grabs it and begins demolition.

Also, Hazel only wants to eat "grown-up" food now. If it is made special for a baby, she doesn't want it. We are also making the transition to 2 naps a day for her, but with 2 kids sharing a room, naps are difficult.
I don't have any stories about Dillan. In general he is growing up, happy and energetic, behaving better, not improving in potty training, playing nicer with Hazel, and is so good at talking I think he'll be a public speaker.

Dillan and Kyle are swordfighting on the Wii. Dillan is good! He wins a lot of the time because Kyle can't get a swipe in!

He's got moves!