Crawlers!

For all of you who wanted to see Teegan crawl here you go. Oh and his big brother had to co-star in the big flick.

Not So Proud Daddy Moments

Okay, I don't get an opportunity to blog as much as I would like. So when I shot this video I just had to post it on the blog. My wife swears that I taught him this word, but seeing how he spends 95% of his waking hours with mom I kind of find it hard to believe. Although I do have to take credit for "BS", not the word but the letters, but what else are you supposed to say when the computer cheats on Mario Kart Wii.

four

Today we bring you the number 4 and the letter A. Phil and I are celebrating our 4th Anniversary! I can't believe how time has flown. Here are a few dates highlighting our past:
July 8, 2004--Met for the first time
July 26, 2004--First kiss
December 25, 2004--Got Engaged
March 30, 2005--Megan received her endowments
April 1, 2005--Phil and I sealed for time and all eternity in the temple
August 18-25, 2005--Trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
December 17, 2005--We move to Boise, ID
December 30, 2005--Find out we are expecting
April 1, 2006--1st Anniversary
June 16-23, 2006--Trip to Washington D.C. and to see Amber and Gregg
August 28, 2006--Coleman is Born
November 5, 2006--Phil interviews for school in North Dakota
April 1, 2007--2nd Anniversary
April 28, 2007--We move to Utah
August 13, 2007--We move to Grand Forks, ND
October 30, 2007--Find out we are expecting
March 2-9, 2008--Family trip to Disneyland
April 1, 2008--3rd Anniversary
June 15, 2008--Teegan is born
August 17, 2008--Move to Fargo, ND
April 1, 2009--4th Anniversary

I'm sure I have forgotten other important things, but all that matters is how much I love Phil and I am so grateful for all that we have shared together. I can't wait to see what the future holds for us and to face whatever comes at us holding hands!



Dear Phil,

I love you and am so lucky I get to spend eternity with you!

Love always,
~Me

. . . the rains came down, and the floods came up . . .

Fargo during the Flood of 1997

I am nearly in tears. I am getting this sick, nervous feeling. I can't believe what I have been seeing. Eastern North Dakota is facing a HUGE flood. They are predicting this flood to be as bad and possibly worse than the flood of '97 (please refer to above picture). I am not so worried about where I live, seeing how I'm nearly 3-4 miles from the major rivers, but I still feel just awful about so many others in my community that are having to prepare for the worst. Phil spent all weekend sand-bagging some of our ward member's homes. We went for a drive on Sunday afternoon to see the preparations and the onslaught of water. Here are a few pictures. It was raining cats and dogs, so I know a lot of these pictures might be hard to see. (Isn't that great, we have a week-long forecast of rain to add to this madness.)

City workers and volunteers have been going 24/7 since Thursday.

Here is one of the clay dikes they have built right across a road.

So much water, and still so much more is coming . . .




If you would like to see more updates, just click on the link: Valley Flood Watch; or you can go to the city of Fargo's homepage: Flood 2009

I also had to add pictures of my cute boys! They were so good on our long drive!
Coleman

Teegan


P.S. Teegan started cutting his first tooth today! Yay!

Give Away!

My friend, Amber Hoffman, has started an etsy shop and is doing a fun give-away. Check out her blog here: simplesayings4u.blogspot.com

Growing Boys.Pretty Pictures.Irish Cheer.

Teegan is growing, and growing, and growing! I can't believe how much he has learned and changed. Life is flying by way too fast! On Monday, he had his nine month appointment and is hitting the top of the charts! He weighed 22 lbs (75%), was 29 3/4" long (90%) and I can't remember what his head circumference was but he was in the 73%. He is getting so big! And it is official, Teegan is crawling! He has been doing the army crawl for a month now, and he has just recently started working on getting his tummy off the floor!

He got his first haircut on Saturday. It was just a trim around the ears, but I'm still counting it as his first haircut! Phil doesn't like it, and wants to get the big boy cutters out. I just couldn't allow that, yet! He's my baby!


Coleman is growing and learning too! We have found that he loves to color and draw. On Saturday, he surprised us with this pretty picture.

After we saw the paper, we found the picture on the dining room table:

On the computer desk:

And on my leather recliner:
I guess I have to take some blame (so does Phil, but he won't admit it!) We did leave the PERMANENT markers in a drawer he could reach, and we decided to both keep napping after we knew he was up. So, if anyone has suggestions of how to get permanent ink off of leather, we would love to hear some tips. Oh and this is what we have tried, so far: soap & water, hand sanitizer, fingernail polish, sunscreen spray, wd-40, and I think that's all. (We googled it, and these are the tips we found!)

Well on a happier note, today is St. Patrick's Day! I made sure everyone was wearing green today! My boys were being so cute!

I decided to keep with Mott family traditions and we had a green breakfast this morning! Green pancakes and green milk! Yum!

Coleman absolutely loved it when I poured the milk, and it "magically" turned green! We might have to do colored food more often! :)

I know, I know, some of you are saying, "it's about time!" (Ashley) Here is the past few weeks in review:

March 1, 2009, Saturday
We headed to Grand Forks and had lots of fun seeing some friends! We also did a little bit of house searching for when we move back in May. While I went to a baby shower, Phil and the boys headed to play with Justin and Maggie. They spent the afternoon trying to wrestle two toddlers and a baby. I heard it was a bit rough, but they survived! Here is Coleman and Maggie playing the guitars!


March 2-10, 2009
Surprise, surprise, we all got sick. I was the first one to get sick with Laryngitis. It was horrible. My throat swelled up so much that I could hardly swallow some Advil. And I completely lost my voice for a couple days. As soon as I started to feel better, Coleman began to get sick. He was coughing and feverish, I think he had the common cold. Phil read to Coleman each night as he sat and did a breathing treatment to help with the cough.

As soon as Coleman started to improve, Teegan took his turn. He was sick with the same symptoms as Coleman and after a couple days we expected him to get better, but he got worse. On Monday, we took Teegs to the doctor and he apparently had Bronchiolitis. The doc said to give him another day or two and then he won't be contagious and start feeling better. It's true he has gotten a lot better! Yay! Now lets just cross our fingers that it stays that way for awhile (for all of us!). Coleman helping take care of Teegan--kind of!


March 7, 2009, Saturday
After Coleman started feeling better, I knew he needed to get out of the house and get rid of some of that two-year-old energy! Coleman was so happy and had lots of fun at Dinoland in the mall.

However, Teegan didn't have as much fun. Poor kid!


March 9, 2009, Monday
After finding out that Teegan wasn't feeling so well, we canceled plans with friends (Sorry Webers!) and decided to have a movie night. Coleman and I headed out to Redbox to get a movie, but unfortunately we never made it. About halfway there, I got into a car accident. It was just a small fender-bender and everyone was okay, which was such a blessing. As we sat and waited for the police to arrive, Coleman was slowly getting more and more antsy. I was doing everything I could think of to keep him entertained. After sitting there for nearly an hour, yes an HOUR, I decided we should say a prayer. I prayed for patience as we waited, and Coleman added in a blessing that "momma be happy". As soon as I was finishing the prayer, Coleman starts shouting, "oowee, oowee, oowee". This is the sound he makes whenever he sees an ambulance, firetruck, police car, or any other car with a siren. Sure enough, there was the police to come document the car accident. I was amazed that Heavenly Father had answered our prayer so quickly, and I'm so glad I was able to share that experience with Coleman.

March 10-11, 2009
Mother nature decided this week that we hadn't had enough of winter, yet. North Dakota was hammered with a major blizzard, and we were blessed with snow, snow, and more snow. We got at least a foot of snow that with the crazy blizzard winds, the snow was once again, pushed up in front of our house.

When Phil went to shovel, he put Coleman on top of the snow pile and he was able to just sit there and ring the doorbell!

I think it took Phil almost an hour just to shovel out a large enough walkway to get to our front door!

Since we obviously can't start enjoy spring outside, I decided to bring it inside!

A couple weeks ago, I finally planted my Paper Whites, that I bought back in December. It has been a lot of fun and Phil, Coleman, and I check to see how much they've grown every day!


March 11, 2009, Wednesday
By the time it hits 5pm, Coleman gets really wound up and starts acting hyper. This usually isn't a problem, because Phil plays and wrestles with him. However, yesterday, Phil was on call from 6am-9pm. I tried to play around with Coleman, but it just wasn't working out. He ended up going off to play on his own. When I went to check on him later, I found that he had emptied out the cupboard under the bathroom sink (okay, he took out the scale I had hidden in there). And apparently, he has a new secret hideout! Oh how he makes me laugh! :)


Well, that is our update for now. I'll work on blogging a little more often! Love you all!