February, The Good And The Bad

February started out pretty good. Thatch celebrated his Halfie Birthday on the 1st. He's officially 7 1/2 which is practically 8, according to Thatch.

Sorry about the undie shot. These people never keep their pants on.

And then the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, which was kind of a big deal in Yarsleyville. We had our friends over and between the 6 adults and the 7 kids we ha a great time! 

Harper definitely knows what a touchdown is now.

This gives a pretty clear idea on what Jonathan did the entire night.

The next weekend Papa and Grandma Jonesie came for a quick trip to see us again! The kiddos were sick so we had a chill visit and mostly drive around so they could get familiar with the town. We did head to the peace arch and the gang spread their germs across the border. 

And then Tahoe got sick. She was throwing up and not eating. For a dog that literally ate her own poop, we knew something major was going on. After a few stressful days and a couple of hopeful days we found out she most likely had hepatitis. We don't know how she got it but that's what happened. After a rough, but quiet Valentine's Day we knew what had to be done. She was in a lot of pain and it would have been selfish of us to keep her fighting a fight that couldn't be won. Brooklyn drove up from Seattle that morning to be with us and Meemaw came over that morning too which was thoughtful and helpful. We all said our goodbyes at the house, each kid hugged her and gave her some love. I'll write a post about her on it's own, she's worth it.

Coopster giving his Tahoe some comfort.

After Tahoe we were pretty down. That is an understatement. And to make matters worse, Coop had his first cavity filled. I'm a mean Mom. I am okay with that.

Coopster is not a fan of the dentist. 

And then, the weekend after Tahoe...it snowed. Not like a little sprinkling of snow, like a legit foot of wet, heavy snow! We were ecstatic! I dug out our snow gear and we headed out to play.

Action sequence of Coop rolling down the neighbors driveway :)

This was Harpie's first time really playing in the snow since we moved from Alaska when she was a baby. 

Even Chevy got in on the action. He was pretty happy :)

A steeper hill for Coop to try to roll down. Once I realized what he was going to do after taking this picture I grabbed his little butt before we ended up in the ER.

Hats are hard.

Differences in Alaska snow and Washington snow:

  It is WET. We all came in soaked to the bone!

  It is makes snowballs. Epic, nail your kids in the back of the head snowballs.

  It disappears quickly. Two days later, when I was kind of getting over it...it was gone. Nice.

We don't have wood blocks around so Harper improvised. 

And with that, we called it quits on February 2014. March would definitely be better...

XOXO,

S

P.S. I'm seriously going to try to catch up, sorry for the delay guys :)