Good Start to the New Year!!

Well so far 2014 has been GREAT! And too be honest, I am not sure why...Nothing big has happened or anything, I am just really happy and realizing how blessed I really am. I guess one of the main reasons I am so happy is because I am now part time :) So I only teach every other day and it is awesome! I am loving having more time with Kason. He seriously just brightens my day in the blink of an eye. The other night I was just watching him and seeing all the cute things he does by himself, and I literally teared up. I know, I am pathetic. But I just can't help it. I love that little guy more than is possible I think. I am almost convinced that we need to stop with him and have no more babies, because you just can't beat him.

 

Love this cute face he does now!

Anyways, Tage and I haven't been doing a whole lot lately. Just relaxing and spending time together, which is sometimes the best :) We are wanting to plan a vacation to go do something, but we will see about that. Tage has been working a lot of overtime lately to make some more money, which has been really nice! He is such a hard worker. Kason just loves his daddy so much. Every time Tage comes home, Kason starts clapping his hands and gets super excited / hyper. It is so fun too see!

Tage and I actually did go snowboarding / skiing together! We went for my birthday...it was really fun! I hadn't been in 3 years! Crazzy! Had a blast though, we went with Tage's Aunt Chelese and some cousins too. We both said that we want to start going more...we shall see.

Kason turned 10 months a week ago. I just can't believe how fast it goes by!! It makes me really sad actually. He is getting closer to walking, but still has a ways to go. We'll see if he gets there before his birthday bash. I guess I shouldn't be in any hurry.

Below is Kason in his Seahawks gear! Oh how fun that was! I am from Seattle, so it was really exciting to watch them win! Kind of boring game tho, but I'd take that win anyday :) My parents said Seattle was just crazy! Wish I could of been there to see in person.

Anyways, that is about it from us this past month, here are some more pics of our little cutie (as if you haven't see enough already... :)

 

This was random and weird rash Kason woke up with one morning. Doctor said he's just a red head and has sensitive skin...guess we should get used to these haha

Explores everything now!!

 



 

Don't know how he sleeps like this....

 

Our new "Clifford Gym"....time to lose that baby fat and get back in shape!

 

Handsome boy swimming

 

Climbed into the shower with me before I could grab him...haha

 

Love that bum!

 

 

Fun time with cousins while they stayed with us for a week :) Loved it!

 

LOVES swings!

 

My best lil' buddy!

 

Happy Happy boy!

LOVE the Holiday Season!

We sure love the holidays over here at the Clifford house! I've always wanted people to call me "Mrs. Christmas" ever since I was little. It hasn't really caught on quite yet...

Holidays are even 100 times more fun with our little bundle of joy, Kason. Of course he makes everything more fun :)

Let's start with Thanksgiving. We went up to Tage's families cabin up in Star Valley this year for Turkey Day. We went up for the whole week. It was seriously so much fun! There wasn't a ton of snow, but there was enough for everyone to go sledding. We took Kason on his 1st ever 4-wheeling ride. It was FREEZING, so you would think with the wind blowing in his face, he would freak, but nope, he didn't make a peep. We may have an adrenaline junkie on our hands. Kason learned to stand up while holding onto things this trip as well. We did have a little scare with him tho. He was playing with a little remote car, and he placed it on his hair. Well the wheels automatically move, so it wound up all of his hair, he was freaking out! And so was I! Luckily Tage's aunt, Chelese, is smart, because before I could even think of what to do, she grabbed scissors and cut his hair where the car was. So Kason had his first hair cut :) She did a great job too, you couldn't even really tell. We also took Kason to his 2nd movie, Frozen. He wasn't quite as good as he was the 1st time haha. But we just put him in the hallway of the theater and I sat down there and good see the whole thing and he had a blast, so it turned out great! And we LOVED the movie! Overall, we had such a great time! And can't wait to go back again!

1st 4-wheeler ride

LOVES playing with the big kids!

Cutest little Turkey there ever was!

Grandpa and his Utes hat!

While we were up at the cabin, Kason turned 8 months! It is just so crazy how fast time is going by!

This year for Christmas, the whole Hansen fam made it down to Utah again! It had been awhile since we were ALL together! So of course, we all had such an amazing time! We all went down and stayed at Heidi's for the week. Every day was full of something. My mom is great at planning fun things for us all to do. We did the Temple lights with the Childrens Museum, Dinosaur museum, Aquatic center, Polar Express, etc. For Christmas Eve, we stuck with the tradition and went and did the Polar Express. This year was probably the funnest it has ever been. All of the kids loved it!

My mom came out a week early and had some bonding time with Kason...he LOVED IT! And of course, so did I!

Polar Express!

1st time meeting Santa...success!

Then of course Christmas morning was a blast! I love seeing all of the kids faces when they see their gifts from Santa! Kason of course would rather crawl, chew, and crinkle all of the wrapping paper than play with all his new stuff ha. Overall, it was the BEST Christmas we've ever had, and cannot wait for more to come! Wish my family lived closer, but it sure makes it fun when we all get together! Love them to pieces.

Our New Years was fun too! We spent it with friends. It was a little scary tho, Kason was running a 103 fever. His first ever. So Tage and I were a little on edge. We gave him some medicine and talked to the Doctor, but it all said to wait and see if it gets worse. Well he started feeling better, we thought. He had his 9th month check up on Friday and while I was there I just mentioned how he had been a little sick and all. Well the Doctor started to check him out, and then I could see this look on his face that didn't look too good. Turns out, Kason has RSV and an ear infection. I seriously felt like the worse mother ever, how could I not know it was that bad? Well this kid is just so tough and happy all the time, it is harder to know. Anyways, he has to be on a nebulizer for a week and hopefully that will help him get through it. But man he hates it! It's like torture, poor little guy.

Some VERY exciting news for me, I will be going part-time in 2 weeks. I can not wait! I never thought it would be this hard working with Kason, but could you stand leaving that face? I am so blessed to be able to do it.

Well that's a little catch up of what the Cliffords have been up too over the past couple months. I hope you all have a great start to the year here in 2014!

9 Months!

Just getting in touch with his feminine side :)

6 & 7 Months....YIKES!

Oops! It sure has been a while since my last post. The last few months have been caarazzy!! With soccer and all being done, I can finally relax and now have time to update this.

September:

Kason turned 6 months on the 28th, it is so crazy how fast he is growing up! I really think he gets cuter every single day. I sometimes just can't take how cute he is and that he is actually ours haha. We are SO grateful to have him in our lives.

He was sooo good for me at soccer, he came to everything. Practices, bus rides, away games, home games, team dinners, etc. He loved it! And all the girls just loved him and cared for him every single day. I honestly don't know what I would of done if I couldn't have brought him, just a blessing.

Speaking of soccer, what a GREAT year it was. We were ranked Top 5 in the State for 5 weeks in a row, inlcude 3 of those weeks ranked 3rd in the State. We finished 2nd in Region and lost a heart breaker in the State Quaterfinalists. It was such a fun and great year, really sad to see it finish. But looking forward to next season and making it to the championship game! Here is a link to our team website if you are interested to read about the rest of the season: CHS GIRLS SOCCER.

October:

Kason and I flew home to Washington the beginning of October. My HS team was inducted into the Hall of Fame at my High School, so we flew down for the ceremony. I got to do the speech, which was a little nerve racking, but really cool experience as well. It was so fun seeing all my friends and of course my parents! Kason LOVES them! And of course, they fell into the Kason "spell" as well. I wish so bad they lived closer, it is always so fun to be with them. Miss them tons. They are coming out for a couple weeks for Christmas, so that'll be a fun partyyy :)

Kason turned 7 months at the end of October, and he has started to crawl! It is still pretty slow and he only does it when he wants, but it sure is fun to watch!

How he would act when he didn't want the food...little stinker!

LOVE that butt!! 

We had a blast on Halloween and dressing him up! Holidays are just so much more fun with a babe :)

Other SUPER exciting news, Tage got another promotion at work!! SO EXCITING! I am seriously so proud of that guy. He works his butt off, and its totally paying off. He is loving his job and doing so well.

We got out very 1st Family pictures done from our friend. She did amazing! We love them! I just love our lil' family :) here are a few:

That is about all the exciting things that have happened over the past few months. We CAN NOT wait for the holidays! We are going to Tage's cabin for Thanksgiving which will be a blast. And then the whole entire Hansen Clan is coming down for Christmas. It will be a blast.

I have been crafting a ton! I am trying to find the gene my Mom has, and I think it is slowly starting to blossum ha. I LOVE christmas and I am making Tage do lights on the outside of our house. I want to be the Griswolds, but I don't think I can push him that far. We shall see...