First Haircut!

 Trevor got his first hair cut last week! Even as I write this it makes me a little sad, but let's face it, it was getting pretty out of hand:

This is what it looked like right before I started snipping. Such cute curls!

And here are the after pictures. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, being a first time hair cutter using scissors on a squirmy 11 month old and all. He looks much older - sweeping up all the little ringlets may or may not have brought a tear to my eye. He's a big boy now, there's no denying it!

Trevor - 11 months

 Trevor is getting so big! I can't believe he'll be one soon. He is such a happy, funny kid. I think the pictures can just about say it all this month. Enjoy!

Birthday Bash 2012 with GIFs!

So, I had my birthday!  Hooray!  How old, you ask?  Old enough that my car insurance premium went down.  And old enough that I can now rent a car!  That's right - I'm 25.

My birthday was October 30.  I'm a bit late posting, for which I apologize.  At the same time, blogging has never been a true strength for me, so I don't feel too badly.  But my birthday was pretty awesome so I feel like I need to write something down.

For starters, everyone was extremely sick.  Super bad colds, headaches galore, and used tissues overflowing from each garbage bin.  Even as sick as we all were, Becca was able to make my birthday a special day for me.

Usually we wake up around 7:40 or so, wishing that we could go back to bed for another five minutes.  Often Trevor is crying or talking to himself which prevents us from doing so.  On my birthday, I slept in till 9:00!  I know some of you may be thinking, "Psh, 9:00?  I sleep in until at least 11:00 each Saturday".  I used to do that once in a while too.  Then we had a baby.  And while Trevor is totally worth any minor sacrifices that we make, sleeping in is very very rare.  So waking up at 9:00 was not only refreshing, but I had almost forgotten what waking up after 8:00 was like.

But then when I woke up, it's not like I just woke up to an alarm or Trevor wanting to play with his daddy... No no no.. I woke up to breakfast in bed!  Who has the best wife in the world?  I'll give you a hint - it's my wife.  I hadn't even been up for more than 30 seconds and it was already a perfect day.

Let me show you a few things that don't add to a perfect day, and I avoided at all costs.

1 - Watching soccer.  Seriously.



2 - Golfing.  Especially with personal items as a tee.



3 - Asking karma to kick me in the pants.



4 - Attempt to exercise



So, crises averted.  The day was pretty epic from 9:00 on.  Becca skipped work to take care of me all day, and Trevor was an awesome little boy.  We just relaxed, watched TV, took a nap, played with T-dawg, and then we ate cake!  It was German chocolate cake (I've had cheesecake for as long as I can remember, and while my mom was in town she got me a cheesecake, so I thought German Chocolate might be good.  It was dee-lish), and after we devoured it, Becca gave me my presents, all of which were winners.

In the end, my b-day felt like a special day, because Becca made it special for me.  I'm so glad she married me and that I get to be with her forever and ever.  I love her more than anything, and without a doubt the best thing of the day was simply getting to be with her the entire day.  I could have gotten a pile of nothing for my presents, and it still would have been a successful birthday.  I'm 25, and happier than ever.  Happy birthday to me!

P.S.  A shout out to all my older siblings, and in-laws and such.  For as I grow older and feel it, I'm sure glad there will always be you guys to look up to and make me feel young again.  Thank you.  I'm sincerely grateful.

Halloween '12

 We pretty much don't celebrate Halloween. Yet. I'm really excited for when we have older kids and we can take them trick or treating and start some fun Halloween traditions with them. But as for now, we will just continue to enjoy our pumpkin carving and our "Garfield's Halloween" watching and call it a holiday.

Mingledorff Family Dinner

We realized recently that almost half of the Mingledorff kiddos live out here in Utah/Idaho and we don't see each other nearly as often as we should. So we decided we'd start doing regular family dinners together. It was our turn to host this last time. Everybody (we missed you Meg and Sam!) came to our little apartment and we had a blast just hanging out, watching football, cooking, going to the park, playing games, eating, etc. It was awesome! No better way to spend the day, I'd say.

Trunk or Treat!

Our ward's Trunk of Treat was on Friday night last week. We woke up the day of and decided we should go. Which meant that I had to get costumes and everything else ready in just a few hours by myself while taking care of a sick baby. It was pretty awesome. I think it ended up being pretty great though, and our trunk even won the Best Trunk award! (Ben was really excited about that one.)

Getting the costumes ready was really fun. I was a cowgirl, Ben was an Indian, and Trevor was Clark Kent with dollar store glasses sans lenses and I just made the super man symbol out of felt and pinned it on him. We ended up forgetting war paint for Ben, and Trevor would not keep his glasses on longer than half a second, but it was still a success I think.

The web for the trunk on the other hand, was a big pain. It's just strips of white fabric tied together. I tried to do it on the living room floor, but Trevor had way too much fun rolling around in it and chewing on it. Once I had the inspiration to tape it to the wall instead though, it wasn't nearly as terrible. The spider is a ball covered in fabric with yarn braids for legs and paper eyes. Needless to say, I kind of ran out of time for that baby.

Costume prep. Ben ended up not wearing the pigtails. They served as the spider's legs instead. I think they're cute.

Clark Kent