Terrific Two!

A few minutes old

One year old

Two years old

Oh Gavin, don't you ever grow up. Just stay this little. :) We love you so much baby boy! You complete our family. Happy Birthday!!

The BIG 5!

Dear Tristan,

Oh how we love you, let us count the ways!

#1 Your smile and laugh, they are both so contagious.

#2 You're a cuddle bug!

#3 The way you dance, sing, and make up your own songs.

#4 You teach us every day by your example how to be more patient, kind, and teachable. You help make our home a happy place!

#5 The love you have and show for your little brother.

We love you so much Tristan and we are so happy to be your parents. Thank you for a wonderful 5 years, we look forward to many, many more!

Happy Birthday!!

Love, Mommy and Daddy

WICKED

My good friend Lindsay and I went to see Wicked a week ago and we were blown away! I've been hearing about this musical for a long time from friends and family who have gone to see it and a little part of me was worried that it wouldn't meet up to all the hype... but to my surprise it soared even higher than all the hype! Lindsay and I were speechless for about a minute after the first act. The music, the lights, the costumes, the moral of the story...simply amazing.

These are the special times

Our family had such a wonderful Christmas this past year. My boys are at an age now where they understand that Christmas is such a magical time! This was probably my favorite Christmas so far only because I could see how much fun my boys were having. Tristan will be turning 5 soon so we really focused on teaching him about the true meaning of Christmas this year. It's hard for a little one to understand that it's not all about receiving, but giving. He sure tried hard to wrap his head around this concept and I think his fresh testimony grew as he was thinking of ways to serve others. He loved listening to the Nativity story and asked so many questions about our Savior's birth and would explain to me what it meant to him. I'm so thankful for the Christmas season and the chance that we have to reflect upon our Savior's birth and to think of others and serve as Christ would. It's our favorite time of year!

All the Lamoreaux cousins! They were tuckered out at this Christmas party after watching all the adults rock Just Dance 2. ;) Thanks for the awesome party Josh and Elaine!

It's a tradition in our home to open Christmas jammies and slippers on Christmas Eve. They always LOVE getting new jammies so it makes it even more fun!

Santa found Gavin!

The only mess that I totally love...

My sweet baby boy is growing way too fast.

My handsome little man.

Merry Christmas!

I Heart NY

I went a little bit crazy with the pictures here but we had such a fun trip to New York City for Thanksgiving so I just had to share! It took a full day of traveling in the air with our two boys to get there, and it was not easy, but so worth it. Tristan has been asking to visit grandma and grandpa in NY for so long so we finally decided to go for an entire week and we had a lot of fun. We got to see New York City from a local's view and it was surprisingly relaxing. It was a great vacation/trip to grandma and grandpa's that we all loved!

Playing in the leaves with Grandma Rere!

Taking a walk by their home near the Hudson River

The biggest pizza slice we've ever seen! Seriously...it was huge.

Museum of Natural History

Taking a walk through Central Park!

Our first time back to NYC since our honeymoon. I will always think this is the most romantic city!

Bundled up for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Tristan will never be satisfied by any other parade again.

Super Size me please!

Team Maya Beaties!

At the beginning of November we had the wonderful opportunity to walk with our niece Maya in the JDRF walk to cure diabetes. Maya is 4 years old and was diagnosed at 2 1/2 with Type 1 diabetes. She is such a strong girl! We love her and were so excited to walk with her. Josh and Elaine had so many great friends who came out and supported them too. It was a great day and you could see on Maya's face that she felt so loved. If you would like to find out more about this great cause or donate check out www.jdrf.org.

The Singley Family came to support too!

Octoberfest!

We had a really fun and busy October! Here are a few things that went down at the Lam Fam home this month.

Mr. Personality lives in my home! Gavin is hilarious! He has been very opinionated lately (which is a good thing) and very, well lets just say that age 2 is right around the corner. :) He is my sweet baby, but he sure keeps us on our toes! One minute he's like this...my sweet cuddle bug:

The next minute he's like this:

Then the next minute he's like this:

Yup! Mr. Personality!

I was able to attend Time Out For Women in Phoenix with some fun women from our stake. It was an amazing weekend! I could go on and on about just how amazing the conference was, but in short it was great to make some new friends and my testimony was really strengthened. I left feeling uplifted and very inspired. I hope I will be able to go again next year.

Tristan had his first class field trip in preschool this month to a fire station. He was so excited! He had never seen a real fire truck up close before. He claimed to have never seen a real fireman before either even though a lot of his close friend's dads are fire fighters. :) When we left he told me he wants to be a fire fighter when he grows up. He spent the rest of the afternoon playing at home with his toy fire truck and fire station.

Me: "Was the hat heavy?" Tristan: "Ya, it was pretty heavy but I could still wear it all day." Love that confidence!

My sister Kristi flew in from Georgia to be here for my brother Adam's wedding. She had her Birthday while she was here so we celebrated and went out to lunch and did some shopping. I can't remember the last time I got to hang out with my big sisters and my mama all day. I hope there's a repeat soon!

My sweet big brother Adam and his sweet wife Erin. It was such a beautiful wedding and Erin was absolutely gorgeous! I just love them both so much! Congratulations Adam and Erin McCook!!

Happy Halloween! Tristan got to start all the Halloween hoopla by making a "Bat Hat" at preschool.

The sweetest dinosaur and tiger you'll ever meet.

But then Tiger gets grumpy because mommy is taking too long taking pictures and he's ready to go outside!

Trick or Treat!