Slowing down.

Well, we have had a busy month.  Two kids has been quite the adjustment. All of a sudden Noah has the attitude of a 13 year old-seriously he is a butt munch. It's been pretty intense. He does however love his baby brother, and is really sweet and kind to him.  It's mommy and daddy that he has the issue with. It's been really fantastic. He has spent more time in time-out than ever before. He also become quite the bargainer-everything is "5 more minutes" or "I can do it myself." I've thought about renting him out as birth control-if your interested just give me a call. 

Easter weekend was really fun. We went to church on good Friday because we went away to Disneyland for the weekend. Easter is such an awesome time of year. The Easter story continues to amaze me. On a side note- if you watched The Bible series I think that the Jesus that they casted was just a little too attractive.

Here is Noah's Easter outfit. He is such a big boy. It really freaks me out how huge he is.

Our little bunny Zachary. I cannot wait to bust out this photo at Zachary's wedding.

For my 35th birthday Shannon and Noah decided that we should go to California Adventure. We went up on Saturday and had dinner at Goofy's kitchen. Noah was terrified of all the characters so most of the pictures are of me, Zach, and the characters.  The high point of the evening was when Aladdin came to our table. I was so excited to meet him. He still makes my heart flutter. Shannon was cracking up at our kodak moment. It was a great birthday dinner.

The next day we went to California Adventure. Noah absolutely loved cars land. Lightening McQueen and Mater are Noah's current obsessions. They were the only characters that Noah would take photos with. Cars land is awesome. It was a very magical day, and super fun way to celebrate my birthday with the family.

I also was able to celebrate my birthday with my girlfriends. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have such fantastic friends.  We met up at Cheesecake factory for drinks and dessert. I actually had TWO drinks and lots of laughs. There is nothing better than getting dressed up, girl talk, chocolate, and fancy presents. I was still laughing the next morning from my time with my girlfriends. 

These ladies are the best!

 Time is flying by. In fact time is flying by so fast that I made the executive decision to take some time off work. I learned a lesson with Noah-I worked right up  until I gave birth and went back to work after 12 weeks. It felt rushed. This time I took off two weeks before Zachary came, and I am not going back to work this school year. That means that I will be off for a total of 6 months. It is incredible. Originally I was going to go back when Zachary was 14 weeks-however I started to have some anxiety about going back to work.  After talking to my doctor he was kind enough to write me an excuse to take the rest of the year off. I will go back at the beginning of then next school year. 

I just want to slow down and take life one day at a time with my boys.

 This past weekend we went to a friends t-ball game. I took this picture and I was so shocked how Noah looked like a boy rather than a toddler.

This picture is perfect. Their faces make me melt.

Part of slowing down is appreciating every little moment that I have with my baby. I love the middle of the night feedings where it's just baby Z and I.  His faces are so cute.

This is my favorite photo our life as of late. All my boys snuggling. It was definitely a "slow down" life moment.