Almost Tragic

I walked out of a shower to see this waiting for me on the hallway floor. I hurriedly followed the trail of tendrils to find the victim and/or culprit. I found Ian and Colton on their bed, Ian with scissors in had. From my tone of voice, I'm sure my neighbors thought Ian was chopping Colton's fingers, he might as well have. Around this place we value Colton's locks like we do our phalanges. As soon as Colton got hold of what a calamity almost occured, he weeped for minutes whailing, "Ian cut my hair". Fortunately, it was caught in time to look like a (presentable) bad haircut and not a tragedy.

Yo Ho Ho!!!

Ahoy der mi matey! We had a little pirate party for Colton's b-day. We had a treasure hunt for gold coins, made our own personal treasure maps, dressed up, and ate some cake.

While my mom was out, we had a little mini party. Since we've never been around family while celebrating our kids' birthdays, and she was leaving 3 days before Colton's day, we decided to celebrate with her. And because she's a grandma, she couldn't bare to celebrate Colton's and not Ian's so we had a dual party. They loved it! My kids love a birthday party, and just about anyone would do for them. I feel like we've had non-stop birthday parties since January. Between celebrating Ian's actual birthday, then his party, then Taylor's b-day, then their "pretend" birthday with grandma and now Colton's party. They are going to have some major withdrawals cause the next birthday in our family is November.

Curls Is 2

Colton is such a character. He is such a crack up and constantly brings laughter into our hearts. He is full of love, and shows it with his ongoing kiss and hug giving. I am so lucky that he came into our lives. I know Ian is so grateful for him. Anytime Ian says a prayer, he expresses his gratitude for Colton before any other member of the family. They play so well together throughout the day (and night) that the greatest joy of my day is to hear Colton's hard laughter at his favorite person. It's so fascinating to see how such a new, inexperienced little boy can teach me so much. Like how mischief is fun, and how to pick up all the shades of possibility. And that a little boy's neck is sweetest curve on his body. He's also taught me that adapting to someone else's time table and not my own schedule is okay. His first lesson on this was on his delivery day when I was scheduled for an induction on the 26th, and he decided to come on the 25th (still almost 3 weeks early) only after 15 minutes after arriving at the hospital.

He was born with this wide-eyed, cheeky, open mouthed smile. He still carries it. I hope it never goes away.

Happy Birthday Colky! May you know how much we love you!!

Our Christmas Stuff Is Packed Away

But our memories of a delightful Christmas are not. Here are a few highlights from our last couple of weeks. We started with an early Christmas celebration at home before we headed to Utah.

Ian showing off his remote control car Santa brought him.

Nana's ginormous present she sent the boys from Arizona.


Christmas morning. Ian picking out his presents already, and Colton just picking his nose.

The real Christmas Eve at Grandma's house

A go-gurt mishap.

Colton's naked morning eating doritos and playing Rock Band.

New Christmas pj's and all the Seare couisins.

A lovely Nativity pageant. Ian was a very reverent Joseph while Colton was a very appropriate donkey. It was humbling to be with such great talent with a beautiful presentation on why we celebrate Christmas.

Enjoying a bubble bath in a tub bigger than our New York crock pot tub.

Fondue: A New Year's Eve Tradition

Bringing in the New Year with slight confusion. Why is everyone screaming and banging pots and pans?

Family snow time. Disregard some of the feminine snow attire my male family members are wearing. All of it was on loan to us.

Serious sledding at the Johnson Cabin.

The last two weeks were magical. The only way we can describe it is Christmas Perfection.

R2D2 and Einstein Ain't Got Nothin' On Us

The boys had a good time trick or treating this year. Colton got the hang of it after the first door and just led the way for the rest of the night. At times, he would just help himself in to our neighbor's house. Ian like showing off his custom robot costume and explaining that he was a robot and Colton was his scientist. We did have to help him up and down the stairs, but he didn't seem to mind. He even spoke in a choppy robot voice when trick or treating. We had a successful night with bags full of candy and $1.20 each. Not a shabby night.

This was the week before at our Ward Trunk or Treat. Ian was a little overwhelmed as he had many of the kids swarming him and trying to push his "buttons".

Celebrity Look-a-like

We checked out It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown from the library last week. As we sat down and watched it, we realized we found Colton's Celebrity Look-a-like. The resemblence is uncanny, don't you think?

Backyard Picnic

De-Froed

It's a done deal. We were really conservative with the amount we asked them to cut. I really LOVE it and surprisingly Taylor likes it as well. I think Colton really appreciates it out of his eyes. I think he looks so cute! I know everyone was against it, but it had become hard to style the last few weeks. What do you think? Should I let it grow back?

Team Seare

Ian has figured out it doesn't take

much to make me laugh, so when I asked to

go put his pj's on, he came back like this.

Colton has adjusted well to the cultures in New York. The community really seems to take a liking to him.
Taylor and I have really enjoyed the city and our babysitting co-op. Last Friday we hopped on the ferry and went to Five Guys burgers and picked up dessert at Magnolia Bakery (my diet starts Monday). Yummy!

The Fro...should it stay or should it go?

"Frolton"
"Soul Glo curl"
"The Kramer"

"Slick"

"The train wreck"

We think Colton might be ready for his first haircut. I think we all cringe in thinking about it, but I suspect that we maybe the only ones that think it's cute. I don't want to be that mom who thinks it's so adorable, while others are wondering why I don't concern myself with the appearance of my children. While I do think he's got a diversity of hairstyles, some have not turned out too well. As you can see above, there is "Frolton" that is easily done with fingers running through his hair and a bit of my hairspray. "Soul Glo curl" is his post bath look. His most common style is probably "The Kramer" (or "sticky do" as I like to call it) which is a result of every food he has consumed that day inevitably ending in his locks. His first haircut almost happened when he had an encounter with Thomas. After using his head as battery-powered Thomas' track, his hair got tangled in the wheels. Luckily, we were able to salvage it. Our latest venture was last week as we wondered what he would look like with straight hair. Answer: Not cute. We've never seen No Country for Old Men, but he looked like that freaky guy on the previews. Ian didn't like it so much either. His response was, "Colton's a girl". He sooned followed his remark with "I want Colton to be a boy". We held our breath in fear that we had permanently killed his curl. Which leads me to another question. We've gotten a few people comment on how their son's hair was this curly when they were toddlers and as soon as they cut it, it grew back straight. Is this possible? I think that's why we've held off on cutting it. So, this has been the ongoing debate in our home. Should we cut Colton's hair? We have about 7-10 days to decide since our camera is currently at the manufacturer's for repair, and we undoubtedly need to document this life changing event.