one more hour.

sooooo.....i really hate to beat that old "if only there were more hours in the day" horse....but......

seriously.

i would really looove to have a few more hours in my day.

this past weekend was the first weekend that we spent at home, just the three of us, in, well, a long enough time that i can't remember the last time that happened.  

trying to keep up with extra-curricular activities has proven a little difficult lately with all the wide-ranging things we've had happen this past month, both good and, ummm not-so-great (like henry having almost three weeks of explosive, chronic diarrhea...i won't say more, and you're welcome :)  )

(AND here's the good)

We celebrated Henry's second birthday.

A few Christmas celebrations flew by!

New Year's.

Austin and I went to a Bronco's game in Denver.

In between the events and the traveling we worked, taught dance classes, and took care of an unhappy henry (see chronic ick mentioned above), and all the other random minutiae that goes on.  

When we weren't running around like crazy people, we were enjoying precious time and the company of each other and family that we don't get to see as often as we would like.

I also started to work on some writing projects that I have had on the back burner....so any other writing (blogging) got pushed aside for a bit because of that.

Needless to say, the 'ol bloggo has been sadly neglected.

Soooo, ummmm, here are some random photos that can give you a glimpse into what's been going on until I can get my act together :)

henry received some crayons and markers for his birthday and Christmas, and has since been a coloring fool.  he will sit and color for hours at a time (such a prolonged attention span devoted to one activity was unheard of at this point...now I can cook dinner while he happily colors at his table that we conveniently pulled into the living room)

 What did I say.....he loves to color

 my attempt at making a snowflake for him to color.  the only "white" we had this christmas :)

 on this particular day, I stayed home with a sick henry and printed off a bunch of free Christmas coloring pages.  we spent the better part of the day coloring our brains out, and here is the beautiful result.  the best Christmas decor in the apartment.

 the proud artist stands back to admire his work whilst sipping his apple juice.

Henry also received a fish for his birthday--his first pet!  Elmo has a pet goldfish named dorothy ("dorky" in henry speak).  So our Beta is named dorky, naturally.  Henry picked him out as well as the bright orange rocks and plastic plant for the aquarium.  He was super excited the day we brought him home.....and has all but forgotten about him since :)  except for when its time to feed him now and then.  

A couple shots from Henry's sesame street-themed birthday party.  I was so busy with everything that I realized I hadn't taken many photos until it was pretty much too late.  Ah well, we had a ton of fun, and Henry was a very lucky boy to be surrounded by so many people that love him.

  

AND we got to go meet Santa Clause of course! My parents and I took Henry to storybook island to meet the jolly man himself.  (bonus points if you correctly guess Santa's proxy for the night ;)  )

 Henry really was excited....I promise.  Don't let the photos mislead you.

AND i thought i would add this image of a poster i made for henry for a birthday gift.  we put it on display at his birthday party, and soon it will be hanging on his bedroom wall :)  thought it would be a nice way to remember him at this age  (if you click on the photo you can sort of zoom out to see what it looks like whole)