The Butlers in Words and Pictures: January 2014

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Fourteen Months

Will turned 14 months on Saturday! We had our very first sassy pants refusal to sit in the chair and do pictures. (In fairness, he's cutting two teeth and had a pretty upset tummy on Saturday). Happy 14 months, sassafras!

William also tried out playdough for the first time! He gave it a solid rating of "ok". I think he'll like it more in the future, he can be kind of slow to warm up to new things (No idea where he gets that from).

He was more interested in the playdough containter and tools than he was the actual playdough. He loves putting lids on things!

I was lazy and made "plain" playdough. I really hate using food coloring, I always end up with stained hands for days. Anyone have any suggestions for coloring playdough other than food coloring or kool aid? I think kool aid smells so terrible.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

What's Going On

Not too much going on around the Butler house. We're glad the brutally cold weather is over and we've been getting out for some stroller rides now that it's a whopping 40 degrees. While it was so nastily cold our pipes froze and we didn't have running water for two days. Ugh.... that was a treat. Glad it's over and done with though, and we're super lucky we didn't have a pipe burst.

Here's how we've been surviving winter so far:

We went to the DIA

Here William meets (and rides) one of my favorite pieces at the DIA, Arty the Donkey

We've been doing a little sledding (when it's not negative 1 trillion degrees)

We played with some snow in the kitchen because hey, why not?

How do you survive winter with a toddler? Especially when it's too darn cold to go outside. Where do you go? What things do you do around the house? We're dying for spring around here.

Also, if you're still feeling New Year's-ish, or nostalgic for 2013 in any way, or you just want something to brighten your day, here is a super awesome mash-up of the top pop hits from 2013. Daniel Kim, the genius behind these mash-ups, has been making them every year since 2010, enjoy!

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Adios, 2013

Ah, 2013. You were a wild year. 2013 was a big chunk of William's first year, so it was pretty amazing. On the other hand, there was some less than pleasant themes running through a big chunk of the year and I'm going to try my darndest not to let them butt their way into 2014 (at least the things I have some control over).

2013 was a pretty William-centric year. I looked through all my old pictures form the year and they are 99.8% William (as they should be). I know Dave and I did things as a couple and with friends during the year, but it seems as though I was mostly interested in taking pictures when Will was around. Hmmm... wonder why?

Looking back on these old pictures is astonishing. I looked at the pictures of New Year's Day last year when William could barely hold up his head and leaving the house seemed like the most daunting, exhausting chore and I thought "Whoa! Was that my baby just a year ago? Was that my life just a year ago?" How things have changed! I really, really miss having a tiny little snuggly bug around the house, but life is so much easier having a young toddler!

So, our year (William's year) in pictures. Just a few of my favs, it was hard to choose!

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