January 31, 2012

Yea!! I made it an entire month with this project! :) Only 11 more months to go. :)

Today we officially bid farewell to the Froggie bathroom. All decorations have been taken down, water has been turned off, patch work has been done, and caulking is in the works!

I'm so excited to get this project going, and done! :)

The bad news is that the kids bathroom is officially off limits, which means the only working shower is in our bathroom! That will most likely make for some interesting mornings the next few days! Yikes!

Oh well, it will be well worth it! :)

January 30, 2012

I had such grand plans for today, but they didn't all come together like I hoped. I figured since last week I had gotten so behind with being sick, that I would get the laundry going and done, along with some serious cleaning!

I need to get this house "Spring Cleaned" before Carson's grand entrance! I was doing pretty well until about 1:00 p.m. and then I started having really bad Braxton Hicks. :( So NOT in my plan for today!

So instead I sat and watched "Octonauts" with Keric, ate lunch, took a nap and actually scrapped a page for Carson's baby book. It's been awhile since I've had the motivation to do so, but I figured I had to do SOMETHING more entertaining than watching another episode of Octonauts.

Is anyone elses child obsessed with this silly show??


It drives me crazy, but Keric loves it! I guess the good thing about it is that they teach them about real creatures that live in the sea. I think he knows more about crabs, seals, and cookie cutter sharks than I do!!

I found this kit a few weeks ago, and I just HAD to do a page about Year of the Dragon babies. I've been reading all these articles about how "lucky" this year is, and how people actually have planned to have babies during this year because of the Zodiac sign. LOL I don't care what Zodiac sign year he is born in, I'm just thrilled that he is finally almost here!

January 29, 2012

Keric LOVES his cousins! In fact, he calls them "his friends". There is no use in trying to correct him, because he will just tell you that they are not his cousins, they are his friends.

When Grandma Anne invited us to Brunch after church, I'm not sure what Keric was more excited about. The waffles and sausage or playing with his friends.

I wish we lived closer to ALL of his friends, but I'm glad we at least live close to a couple. They do get a little wild at times, but all in all they are good kids and always have lots of fun together! :)

January 28, 2012

One of the big moves that will happen when Carson is born is the multiple changing of bedrooms. Keric will move into Cameron's room, Carson will have Keric's room, and Cameron will move down to the new bedroom down in the basement.

I am not sure how thrilled Cameron is about his move because he doesn't say much about it, but I get the idea he is a little nervous about it. Chris and I have tried to involve him in the move and get him excited about his new room by having him help decorate it. This may or may not have been a great idea, but he seemed excited about the possibilities of paint colors and "themes" for his room.

Right off the bat Cameron was insistent on having a blue room! No other color was going to do. We went to Home Depot so he could look at paint swatches, but the only ones he brought home were blue. They ranged from Navy blue to a Turquoise blue. To say I was frustrated would be an understatement. We tried to explain to him that a bedroom down in the basement would look BLACK with such dark colors, and that the Turquoise would just plain be a disaster.

We went back and forth with him for weeks, but he wasn't going to budge.

Well now we are down to the wire, and his room NEEDS to be painted. When Chris brought them home last night we sat down again to discuss his room. I finally decided to suggest the route my Mom often takes when she decorates rooms. She picks the accessories first, and the paint last. So I suggested we go into SLC and look for a bedspread.

So we did, and Cameron found a very NAVY blue bedspread that had really pretty grey/silver pinstripes and grey/silver sheets that matched. It was a bedspread I probably would have walked right past had I been picking it out myself, but in the end I really do like it and I'm glad we were able to find something that HE liked and that he picked out himself.

We decided to try and match the paint more to the sheets and pinstripes rather than the dark Navy of the bedspread. We went to Home Depot again and together found a color we could all agree on. I'm actually getting really excited about the finished product.

Chris has been down in the basement all day long painting and as expected, it is perfect and looks so pretty! The picture doesn't really do it justice, it hasn't fully dried yet, but I'm happy with it, and so is Cameron.

I guess in the end we all got what we wanted. Cameron got his dark Navy blue, and I got walls that were NOT blue! :) Yea!

January 27, 2012

For the past several months, I have wanted to do an overhaul on the kids bathroom upstairs. When I found out that we were having another boy, I thought it would be fun to have more of a "boy" bathroom for my two little monkeys.

I've had this re-vamp project in the back or my mind for awhile. I looked on the Internet, and kept my eyes open for decorating ideas, but nothing really ever jumped out at me. The ideas that I was seeing just seemed like they would be cute for a couple of years, but would quickly become a little to "baby like."

One night I was browsing Amazon and found a Mickey Mouse Shower Curtain. A light bulb kind of went off in my head. As many times as Keric has changed his favorite TV show, or favorite movie, he has always kept his love for Mickey. I also love the colors of Mickey. The reds, and blacks, and yellows don't scream "baby" but are more timeless in my mind.

When I was growing up we had a black bathroom, complete with a black toilet and sink and I always LOVED that bathroom. I used to say I was going to have a black bathroom when I grew up, so I thought...this is perfect! I can sort of have my black bathroom, and also have a fun "boys" bathroom that will last my boys for many years.

After lots of searching on line I found some fun accessories and decided to approach Chris with my off the wall idea. Surprisingly he liked it. He really got into getting on line and finding other things, and better prices of different things. It was kinda fun to plan our bathroom project together.

We started ordering things on line, and looking at paint colors and planning out our time line for when the bathroom would get done. Keric is fit to be tied that his Mickey bathroom is not done yet!

Well tonight we drove into SLC so that Cameron could pick out a bedspread for his new room. Our first stop was Target. As we were heading over to the bedding section, I walked through the bath section and to my total shock and dare I say horror was a whole section of Mickey Mouse Bathroom accessories!!

Are you kidding me!?!! I thought I was being SO ORIGINAL!! Who started doing Mickey Bathrooms, and WHEN???

I guess the good news is, I found some things that I hadn't found on line, and now I have everything I need to finish my bathroom project. The bad news is...someone besides my boys has a Mickey Bathroom, and I'm not as original or creative as I thought. Oh well... it may not be an original bathroom, but it will be a CUTE one!

January 26, 2012

It's kind of hard to have a bad day when you are woken up by a half naked 3 year old flying his remote controlled helicopter into your room, but that aside...today was still a very good day.

I woke up and actually felt much more like myself! My head wasn't pounding, and my stomach wasn't upset. I crossed my fingers that the headache and stomach ache were gone for good, and headed downstairs for breakfast. I had some toast, and not only did it stay IN my stomach, it tasted soooo good!

As the day went on I felt more and more human! I washed all my bedding, and blankets that I snuggled up in the past few days, put nice clean sheets on my bed, and decided while I was at it I would catch up on the rest of the laundry!

One thing about being sick and especially being pregnant and sick is I think your mind starts playing funny games with you. Over the past couple of days I was feeling really sorry for myself. I was feeling bad because I was so far away from my family. I was feeling bad that I couldn't just call my Mom and ask her to come and help me. I was even thinking, I would be satisfied just having one of my sisters around the corner if I couldn't have my Mom. It wasn't logical, but it was how I was feeling.

I didn't feel that way today, but Heavenly Father still saw fit to show me that I didn't need to live by my Mom, or my sisters, in order to feel like I had people around me who cared about me or who were willing to help me. I already DID live by people who loved me and cared for me, and were basically at my beck and call if I needed them. I guess I always knew that, but I was humbled by the reminder that I got of that today.

My sweet visiting teachers brought me over some shower gel which was SOOOO nice to take a long hot shower with to get rid of all the "sickies" with. And then my sweet neighbor Christine, who has WAY more to deal with than I ever will in a day, brought me over some Vitamin water, and Popsicles to eat today. So yummy for my tummy!! I know to them it probably wasn't a big deal, or anything that took a lot of time, but to me it meant everything! It reminded me how blessed I am to have such wonderful friends who are truly just like family to me!

Thank you to ALL of you for your sweet text messages, phone calls, and e-mails to check on me and to offer your help! I truly do appreciate it more than you each may ever know!

January 25, 2012

I woke up this morning feeling somewhat better, but still not 100%. I figured I was over the worst of it, but then I made the mistake of drinking a big glass of water, and well...all bets were off at that point.

I was so frustrated. It's hard to be so tired, thirsty and hungry, and not be able to do much about it. I worry about Carson, but everything I read says that my being sick and throwing up really doesn't effect him unless I become too dehydrated.

Well...I went the rest of the day, trying to eat and drink, but continually failing. Finally at about 7:30 p.m. Chris told me to call my Dr. So I called, and talked to her and she recommended that I head over to the Insta Care and get checked out and get some fluids in me.

So Chris and I went down to the new IHC Insta Care here in Tooele. They checked me out and everything looked OK. My blood pressure as always was kind of up and down, but honestly lots lower than it was on Monday when I went in. Carson looks fine, his heart rate was a little elevated, but they thought that could be to the lack of fluids I have been getting to him. They gave me some anti nausea that dissolves on your tongue since I couldn't hold the pill form down. Then I drank some water and actually kept the few swallows I took down.

Despite my Dr. wanting me to get some IV fluids, they told me that I was doing pretty good at keeping somewhat dehydrated and since I was pregnant, they didn't feel comfortable giving me IV's without monitors for the baby! OK...?

So now we just wait I guess. I came home and drank some juice. So far so good, and it feels good to have something in my stomach again.

January 24, 2012

The theme for today is Dogs, however somehow Chompie escaped this post, because he actually didn't do anything too horrible! :)

I found this really cute fabric at Wal-mart and I want to make Carson a blanket with it. For whatever reason, I have really wanted to start sewing again. Well...I say again, but I think the last time I did any sort of sewing was in 7th grade Home Ec. and a few times with my Grandma.

I blame Pintrest, and all of my incredibly talented friends who make sewing looks so easy, but the point is that I really want to sew! So I've been finding tutorials and patterns on line, and I think I may take the plunge and buy some doggie fabric and see what comes out! :)

The other part of our theme for today is the fact that I am "Sick as a Dog". I thought I was in the clear from this nasty flu bug that has been going around. Keric has been over it for about a week now, so I thought I had dodged a bullet, but I guess not.

I truly have never been this sick before! I mean I probably throw up more than the average person, but to not be able to drink WATER without keeping it down, that is a new one for me. I spent most of the afternoon and evening locked in my room hoping that I could just fall asleep and it would go away!

Hopefully this will pass, and it finally STOPS with me! No one else needs to experience this!

January 23, 2012

This two weeks seemed to go by MUCH slower than the last two weeks!! Today was finally the day we went into SLC for my 30 1/2 week appointment with Dr. Holmes. I love Dr. Holmes! She is seriously the easiest Dr. to talk to, and she never makes me feel like I'm just a big complainer, even though I know I probably totally am!

I told her all about my trouble sleeping, the horrible pain I have in my pelvis and back, and all my many many mood swings. I love how she can laugh at me, and also make me feel like I'm not alone, and every one goes through this, when I know darn well they probably don't! :)

Carson's heartbeat sounds great, my blood pressure was good, Carson's head seems to be down and I may have "dropped" a little. He is still a very BIG baby. She felt around my belly and kind of estimated by feel that he is around 4 1/2 - 5 lbs right now! Considering that Keric was born at just about 36 weeks and weighed in at 5lbs 9 oz...this baby is going to be HUGE!!!

She did tell me that we would do a couple more growth ultra sounds and if he got too big, they would take him a week or so early via C-section. Not the greatest news, or even really anything that I wanted to hear...but I trust her judgement. She told me to watch a little more what I eat even though I don't have gestational diabetes, to watch my sugar intake and carb intake and see if that helped with the growth at all. I guess I can do that for 9 more weeks...especially if that means not having to deliver a 12 pound baby!

After the Dr.'s appointment, Chris had a meeting with one of his bosses who is in town for a few days, so we went to his office for a half hour or so, and then we decided to get some dinner at Red Robin.

For whatever reason, Red Robin was pretty dead tonight. I guess we either missed the dinner crowd, or were too early for them?? Anyway, we basically had a whole section to ourselves. It was kind of nice because Keric could be as loud and silly as he wanted to be, and no one cared!

He loved his "BIG" french fries, and even put on an impromptu dance show for me, his Daddy and our waiter! I was a little embarrassed at first when he jumped down from his chair and started bustin a move to what apparently was his favorite song, and then the waiter said "Where's your video camera! He's got some killer moves" DUH!!!

I wish I had gotten more of it on tape, but we did get some of it, and I guess that's all that counts.

I can't wait for life with 2 little boys! I have a feeling it is gonna be a TRIP! :)

January 22, 2012

This will undoubtedly be one of those pictures that Keric will make me sleep with one eye open over, but it was just so dang cute, that I HAD to take it.

Keric was SUPPOSED to be changing out of his church clothes into his "cozies", but when he came back downstairs he had his unders on, his church sweater still on, and my boots! hahaha

I'm a little biast, but I think he totally pulls this look off! :)

January 21, 2012

Disclaimer: My intention was NOT to have every single picture this year include Keric's little face, but he INSISTS he be in every single shot. I think I tried taking this picture 3 times, before I just gave up and let him stand there!

Last night Mama Anne called and told me that she was taking me to SLC to buy me some new maternity clothes! My initial reaction was, I only have a couple months left, I don't NEED new clothes, but she insisted that she wanted to buy me some pants that fit. I have to admit, I love new clothes, and when you're pregnant, new clothes are kind of one of those things that just don't happen! I mean who wants to spend money on clothes you are only going to wear for a few months!

I do still have all my clothes from when I was pregnant with Keric, but my belly is so high up this time around that my maternity pants just don't stay on. I basically walk around all day pulling my jeans up, hoping I don't let my belly show, and just looking like a moron!

I figured it might be kind of nice to have 2 months of not pulling my pants up every 5 mins, or 2 months that had a day when I didn't forge the too big pants and just put on Pajama pants instead.

Mama Anne came and picked Keric and I up at noon, and we headed into SLC for a shopping day. Chris stayed home and put the second coat of paint on the basement ceiling.

It was really fun to spend the afternoon with Mama Anne! :) We always have great conversations, and find all sorts of things to laugh and sometimes cry about. She bought me 2 pairs of pants and a new shirt and even bought Keric a new Transformer for being a good boy. Then she took us to "Five Guys" for lunch. I had never been there before. It was really good, although it was really hard to eat the entire thing!!

I am so grateful for a Mother in Law who feels more like a second Mom. It's hard to live so far away from my own Mom, but it's nice to know that I can always count on Mama Anne to step in when my own Mom can't. I hope that when my boys grow up and get married, that I can take a page out of Mama Anne's book and be the kind of Mother in Law who loves her Daughters in Law more like her own daughters!

Thanks Mama Anne for the new clothes, lunch, and for being such a great example to me!

January 20, 2012

Some days I get a big 'ol slap in the face reminding me just how BIG my "baby" is getting! Today was one of those days!

I took him to school this morning, and when I picked him up he told me all about learning the number 4. They had a big Number 4 Birthday party at school, and got to decorate cupcakes. He also had a little "homework" page that he brought home with him.

When we got home, he insisted that we light the yellow candle on his #4 cupcake and sing happy birthday. After he blew out his candle, he gobbled his cupcake up and then said "Mom, I have to wash my hands, and then hurry and do my homework". I said OK, let me get your lunch ready, and I'll help you with your homework. He quickly replied "No Mom, I do it myself!"

I went ahead and got the crayons down thinking he could color while I made lunch, and then I could help him with writing his numbers.

He sat quietly at the table, coloring away while I made his lunch. Pretty soon I realized that he had finished coloring, and was working on his numbers! I walked over with his lunch and that's when I saw it! Little 4's all along his page!

My "baby" wrote a whole bunch of little red and yellow 4's all along the bottom of his page ALL BY HIMSELF! I was so proud of him! They looked pretty darn good for a 3 1/2 year old too!

I was so proud of him, I had to quickly wipe away my tears! I gave him a big hug, and then we hung it proudly on the fridge for everyone to see. When did he get so darn big?!

January 19, 2012

Today marks the start of week #30 of my pregnancy! In so many ways it seems like time has just FLOWN by, and in other ways I feel like there is no way I am going to survive the next 10 weeks!

The last week or so I have had trouble sleeping. If you know me very well at ALL, you know that I LOVE my sleep! There is nothing better than curling up all toasty warm in your bed and falling asleep! Well ok..ther is ONE thing better than that, an afteroon nap!! Thankfully that was one thing I passed on to my little man. I think he is one of the only 3 1/2 year olds I know that not only loves his naps...but actually asks to take them! :)

So a week or so ago when I laid wide awake trying desperately to fall asleep, I realized THIS is what all those books were talking about when they mentioned having trouble sleeping during your third trimester!!

I don't remember this being a problem for me when I was pregnant with Keric, so I was kind of at a loss as to what I should do. I thought I eventually would be so tired that I would HAVE to sleep, but I fall asleep for about an hour, and then I am awakened by jabs and kicks and just plain old ordinary back pain.

I talked to some of my friends who swear by Body Pillows when they were pregnant. I've never had one, and never thought I would own one, but I'm desperate! So on the shopping list for Wal-mart tonight was a Body Pillow and some "Unisom" which my Dr. recommended I try.

I found a Zebra body pillow! And seriously...if I'm going to HAVE a body pillow, it really should be a Zebra print one. :) Yes, I love my animal prints...as tacky as some animal printed things are...I still love them.

So I brought my very first body pillow and my "Unisom" home anxious for bedtime to arrive to see if my tricks will work or not. Of course like most things...Keric immediately thought that this big soft Zebra pillow was something that I needed to "share" with him. Share...yeah, he understands the phrase, but not really what it means! To him sharing my pillow means... you may THINK this pillow is yours...but really it's now mine. :)

I managed to get him to give it up tonight, but we'll see how long that lasts! I guess if it doesn't work, then it won't be money wasted. :) I'll just give it to Keric! LOL

January 18, 2012

They say that women who are pregnant with girls, often have a harder time emotionally because of all the extra hormones. When I found out that I was pregnant with boy #2, and after the shock of that wore off, I started going through all the "pros" of having two boys vs. having a boy and a girl.

One of those pros was that I and my poor husband would not have to deal with all the extra raging hormones that would come from being pregnant with a girl. Skip ahead 2 1/2 months later and here I am, sobbing in my room, with my head on my husbands shoulder telling him that I can "No longer do it" and that I think "I just want to run away!"

So I guess this leads me to believe that a). Carson is actually a girl, and all three ultra sounds have just been wrong. (Yeah right, cause that totally happens!) b.) it doesn't matter what you are having, your hormones are still way out of whack, and you are still just a crazy person when you're pregnant. or c.) I'm just simply a HOT MESS and an even HOTTER MESS when I'm pregnant.

I'm guessing...the correct answer is C!

I pulled myself together somewhat for the rest of the day, but was still having to stop myself from doing bodily harm to anyone who dared crossed me.

Thankfully I have been blessed with an understanding and caring husband who controlled his laughter, didn't get upset with me, and instead simply picked up all the kids, threw them in the car and took them to Wal-Mart so I could have a much needed break!!

Bless that man...I truly do love him for putting up with me, for knowing what I need and WHEN I need it, and for not making me feel guilty about being such a hot mess. Like I said, the man probably should have RUN when he had the chance, but I'm so glad he didn't!

January 17, 2012

Several weeks ago Keric asked me "Mommy...Why DADDY no take me to school?" I told him that Daddy had to work during school time, so Mommy was the one who took him to school. For awhile after that, he would ask his Dad if he could take him to school, but sadly...Daddy had to tell him no. Dang jobs! ;)

Since Keric has been feeling much better the last few days, I let him go to school today. I never did tell him that he actually MISSED school on Friday! I knew if I mentioned missing school he would have a melt down for sure, so I just used the fact that he doesn't remember what day it is to my advantage. :)

As we were getting ready this morning, Chris said that he needed to go and pick up Mama Anne's car from a friends house in Stansbury so he thought he would just drive down with us and we could run to Stansbury from school.

While I was giving Keric his bath I told him that today Daddy was finally going to be able to take him to school. He was so surprised! His eyes got really big and He said "Daddy don't go work today?" I told him he still had to work, but he had to help Mama Anne for a little while this morning, so he was going to come with us.

When we pulled up to the school, he looked a little concerned that I was staying in the car and not coming with him, but when he saw his Daddy come around the other side to get him he quickly told me goodbye and then ran up the stairs with his Daddy. I thought it was so cute watching them walk into school together!

I'm so glad Keric is still at an age where little things like Daddy taking him to school is such an exciting treat! :)

January 16, 2012

Some days are just...well days! Nothing exciting happens, nothing terrible happens, the only thing that really happens is just normal every day life. That was basically what our day was today.

We woke up to snow, which wasn't surprising with the horrible wind storm that was going on last night. It was also freezing cold! I was glad there wasn't anywhere that we HAD to be today, so we just stayed home and didn't have to go out in it! Since it was a National Holiday today, we didn't even have to go out to get he mail! :)

Monday's and Thursday's are always my laundry days, but with Keric being sick all last week, I only did the entire families laundry on Monday, so this weeks laundry piles were HUGE! So that is basically what I did today. Played catch up on the laundry!

Thankfully Keric seems to be on the mend. He has more of an appetite today, and seems to be much more himself! Not quite a 100% yet, but I was happy to take the 80%+ he was! :)

January 15, 2012

Last night after the kids were in bed, Chris went out and got the mail. Guess we sort of forgot to get it with all the painting and being sick going on! :)

In the mail was the shirt that I ordered a couple weeks ago. Honestly it couldn't have come at a better time, seeing as how I have had a couple MORE people ask me the twins question this week! UGH!

So after we came home from church I proudly put on my new shirt, and yes I WILL wear it in public! :)

January 14, 2012

I can hardly believe it myself but I promise it's true! Chris FINALLY had a day where he didn't have a million things to do, so we got some ceiling paint and he has been painting the ceilings down in the basement!! I know it's not much...but I'm SO EXCITED!

I offered to help, but I'm a little balanced challenged and Chris didn't think me reaching up over my head and painting was a good idea. Wonder why??? ;) So I "helped" by being down in the basement to keep him company in between checking on poor STILL sick Bubby.

It's small progress, but I don't care! It's progress...which means that we are closer to getting Cameron moved downstairs, Keric into Cameron's room, and then Carson will finally have a room to come home too! :)

Of course no one knows what will happen between now and when Carson decides to arrive, but the point is is that we have ceiling paint!!

Yes...it's the little things! :)

January 13, 2012

I guess in keeping with the Friday the 13th theme, this day was certainly filled with tears, but also lots of laughing.

Poor Keric is still fighting off this flu bug that he picked up a few days ago. It started out with just some yucky tummy problems. I had to go and buy some Pull Ups because he simply wasn't making it to the potty on time!:( Sadly he started throwing up last night too, so now he literally has it coming out of both ends! Not a fun time for Bubby or Mommy!

I'm so grateful to Chris for helping me find the humor in cleaning up poop and puke, especially when what I truly felt like doing was sitting on the floor and crying!

Thankfully my Mother in law has her very own rug doctor that we can borrow at anytime! Plus my house is getting deep cleaned one random room at a time, which needed to be done before the baby gets here too. :)

Here is hoping tomorrow is a better day!

January 12, 2012

Today we had a house full of "sickies."

Poor Keric has had some kind of stomach bug for the past 3 days! Poor little guy doesn't complain, but he just isn't interested in eating anything, and once in awhile he will say "My tummy just not feel good Mom." He hasn't thrown up at all, but it seems to be the kind that comes out the other end, which is hard when your trying to be such a big boy and go to the potty. Poor little man! Makes me so sad.

Chris got his second migraine this week. He doesn't complain either, and I know he gets them really bad. I'm such a wimp when it comes to headaches especially migraines! I usually spend at least a half an hour just crying because of the pain, but not Chris. He just quietly went up to bed and tried to get some sleep.

So this afternoon we had an entire Napping House. Keric actually ASKED to go to bed, so he and Chris went up to bed and Chompie followed. Chompie loves his naps about as much as Keric and I love our naps! Silly dog!

I had a couple hours of just quiet time to catch up on a few things, and then I laid down and took a nap too. I'm not "sick" just in my third trimester! I've never been someone who just had lots and lots of energy when I'm NOT pregnant, but I seem to have less and LESS energy as the months of pregnancy go on. At this rate, I may be lucky to get myself out of bed and showered at 39 weeks! UGH!

Hopefully everyone will be feeling MUCH better by the weekend, and we won't have anymore "sickies".

January 11, 2012

To quote Chris... "Happy Pioneer Day!" "Here's the flashlight, go take a shower."

This morning we woke up to no electricity, and a rather FREEZING house, which made for an interesting time getting ready for school!

Apparently sometime in the very early morning hours all of Tooele County lost their power!

I have some recollection of this happening I think. Carson likes to throw dance parties in my belly starting around 11:30 and ending anytime between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Last nights dance party was a doozy and lasted for a really long time! I was having trouble sleeping, and kept waking up all night long! One of the many times I woke up I heard my alarm clock making a funny beeping noise, and then it went blank. At the time I thought, we must have somehow put it on battery mode, and it ran out of batteries?? That was around 4 a.m.

Not real sure how we all lost our power, but we were told over 17,000 of us were without it, but that school would still be going on. My initial reaction when Chris told me this was: How Stupid! It's freezing cold, the school's are going to be freezing cold, and they are telling us the power wont even be back on until around 11:00 a.m. which is an hour and a half before school lets out on Wednesday's! I thought seriously about leaving them snuggled in their blankets drinking hot chocolate, and just calling it a day...but we went ahead and got ready and off to school they went.

It's probably a good thing, since the power DID come back on around 9:30 a.m. :) We still had fun snuggling in our warm blankies, drinking hot chocolate in front of the fire place for a couple hours. Man am I ever grateful for electricity! My life would be SO different without it!

January 10, 2012

Today was Keric's turn to bring treats to pre-school. This month they have been talking about snow and winter and snowmen so we decided to make snowman cookies for his friends.

We worked really hard all morning yesterday rolling out dough, cutting circles, frosting and decorating. OK...well that's the parts I did, Keric kept busy eating M&M's and chocolate chips, and watching the cookies bake in the oven. :)

He was so excited to take his cookies to school today. He proudly walked in with his pans and handed them to over to his teacher. :)

When I picked him up, his teacher said that all the kids loved their snowmen, and since most of their little faces were covered in icing... I guess it was a success. :)

January 9, 2012

Today we went into SLC to the Dr.'s office to check on Baby Carson. Everything still looks good. I've gained a total of 9 lbs for this whole pregnancy, which is I guess a good thing...although I would have rather LOST 9 lbs, but I suppose I shouldn't complain. Better than the 25 or so pounds I GAINED with Keric! :(

I also had to get my Rhogam shot. I hate that shot! It HURTS, but I guess Chris and Keric got a good laugh out of Mommy getting a shot in her bum. :(

A trip to SLC also means a trip to Costco. Poor Bubby didn't get his nap today, but he was still a good sport about being dragged all over! By the time we got to Costco, I think he was kinda done. We did however convince him to sit in the cart and play games on my I-phone. Thank heaven's for I-phones, and food samples at Costco. It makes the time go by much faster for "busy" little 3 1/2 year olds! :)

January 8, 2012

Today we had Keric's Potty party. Yes...I said POTTY party. Are we a little over the top? Probably. Do I care? NOPE! Not really! This whole potty training experience has been an uphill battle for over a year! I honestly have to say that this part of motherhood has been the MOST difficult for me. It has tried my temper, patience, and self control more than anything else that I can remember in the past 3 1/2 years!

I'm just so thrilled that the days of diapers are finally gone, the "fighting" and screaming are over, and life seems to be back to "normal" for the time being. All of those reasons seemed like a GREAT reason to throw a party!

We had originally talked about having a Pirate Potty Party, but Keric decided he wanted a Mickey party instead.

So I made him a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting in the shape of Mickey with red sprinkles on it, bought him some little Mickey plates and had a PAR-TAY! :) Nothing fancy, but he loved it anyway, which of course is what counts!

January 7, 2012

I realize that technically it IS winter, and therefore I shouldn't be surprised at snow on the ground, but it's been so LONG since we've had any, that I had almost forgotten it was kinda supposed to be there.

When Keric woke me up this morning the first thing he wanted me to do was look out the window. I kinda had a feeling where this little game was headed, but I was still a little taken back. I was even more surprised when it actually stuck to the ground and stayed there all day long!

Welcome back Winter! Please don't overstay your welcome! :)

January 6, 2012

For the past two days, my little big man has worn his "Big Boy Unders" and has gone potty all on his own, including pooping in the potty! He even wakes up from his naps and in the morning totally dry!

As promised, his Daddy bought him a remote control helicopter, just like Daddy and Cameron got for Christmas.

Keric requested that his helicopter be Yellow (His favorite color) and thankfully they had a yellow one!

After Keric's nap the UPS man brought him his Yellow Helicopter and he and Daddy have had all sorts of fun flying them around the house!

Good job little man, Mommy is so proud of you!

January 5, 2012

Today is the first day of my THIRD Trimester! Holy cow... I can't believe it's already here!

This morning when I checked my e-mail and found my weekly "Baby Center" e-mail I was a little taken back! Only 12 more weeks?!?! How can that even be!

I have WAY too much stuff to get done, least of which is moving kids out of rooms and into new ones! Poor Carson isn't going to have a place to stay when he gets here, and I'll be honest...that really bugs me. I mean come on, we've known for 7 months now that he was on his way, he should at LEAST have a room.

So here is my Third trimester belly picture. Isn't it beautiful! *gag* I have had people tell me how "cute" I look, and how "cute" my belly is, but I just don't see it! I'm MUCH bigger than I was with Keric, which I suppose is to be expected, but come on...I still have 12 weeks of "growing" to go!! I hope I don't explode!

January 4, 2012

*Caution* This post may contain TMI

The daily potty training "fight" continues. It has been several months now that we have tried to potty train Keric. He has pretty much figured out peeing in the potty, and can successfully wear under ware throughout the day, but the OTHER part of potty training is a daily "fight".

We have tried literally everything! Honestly...there isn't a suggestion you could give me that I haven't done!

He hasn't pooped in 2 days now! This afternoon he asked me if he could play his Wii game. I told him he could play but only after he at least TRIED to sit on the potty. It didn't go over very well AT ALL, as you can see! His tantrum lasted a good 30 mins, and he only calmed down after I started taking pictures of him. He didn't find me funny. Of course he STILL hasn't gone, but I'm happy to say that he has also NOT played the Wii.

**January 4th 2010 update**

While the kids were getting ready for bed, Chris decided to try the potty thing with Keric just one more time today! To my total and UTTER amazement...Keric did it!! He FINALLY pooped in the potty! I was so proud of him I was near tears! We all clapped, and cheered and jumped up and down for him. He called both Grandma's to tell them the good news, and looked as if he were walking on air for the rest of the night!

Now to make good on all our promises...or at least the ones he remembers! ;) He has requested his "Pirate Poop Party" and remote control Helicopter. Thankfully he doesn't remember the I-pod or I-phone we promised him! ;) I told ya...we were totally desperate!

Good Job Buddy!! Let's hope this is the last hurdle to a fully potty trained BIG BOY!! :)

January 3, 2012

Last night when I put Keric to bed, I told him that he needed to get to bed because he had school in the morning. He looked a little confused. I think their 2 week break was so long that he forgot he even WENT to school, but he was sure excited to get ready and go this morning when he woke up.

I'm so glad that he loves school so much, and loves his teachers and his new friends. He's learning lots of new things this year, and I'm so thankful that he has the opportunity to go this year instead of waiting another year.

January 2, 2012

Our family started the year off with our very own rendition of "Hoarders!" If you've never seen that show, it's a GREAT motivator to throw things away!!

We actually started on Friday cleaning out closets, drawers, cabinents and anything else that opened. It's been a LONG process, and we still aren't totally done, but I feel so much better with the progress we have made!

The biggest thorn in my side was my kitchen. We have so much STUFF that just never gets used, and takes up so much space. So one of my big projects was the pantry, cupboards and drawers. I may actually enjoy cooking now that I can FIND things in there.

January 1, 2012...Let's try this again

I took the challange of taking a photo every day for a year in 2009, and although somedays it was a hard challenge, in the end I LOVED the results. Since then I have half-heartedly tried to do it again, but with little to no success.

Since this is the year our 2nd baby will be born, I thought it would be a great year to take on the challenge again! I keep thinking how fun it will be to look back on each day of this exciting year someday. :) So hopefully I can keep it up!

Today was Keric's first day in Sunbeams.



It was a bitter-sweet day for me. I'm so proud of him for going to Primary and for loving it, but also sad that he is just growing up way too fast! He even looked older today! *sigh*