Twilight

How many of you are excited for this...

Twilight


I LOVED the books but I'm trying to not get too excited about the movie. I don't want to be disappointed. Usually the books are better than the movies.

Phew, a nice guy discount.

We had an exciting excursion Tuesday night. We went to the Bees baseball game with Kali & Isaac. If everything would have gone as planned the night would have been probably slightly forgettable (but still fun). However, a few twists and turns made it into one to remember...

After dropping off the kiddos we drove to SLC and then attempted to find a parking place. Well, there were plenty but they all cost money...what's up with SLC anyway?! Who wants to pay $5 just to park? But we outsmarted them - we remembered that we saw a Lowe's as we got off the freeway with TONS of parking and still close to the game. We saw that as our best option.

Our seats were really close and I was surprised how much fun I had. I always considered baseball to be the boring sport. This still doesn't mean I'll watch it on tv though. We decided to leave early. Jarom admitted he hadn't enjoyed much of the game because he had been worried about the car the whole time. $5 would have been worth the peace of mind. As we walked to where our car should have been we noticed there were NO cars there. Yup, they had been towed. It was then that we noticed the millions of signs plastered all over that parking lot. I swear before the game there was only one small easily unseen one.

Thankfully there was a # to call and they were still open (although they did charge an after hours fee). They only took cash so we first had to walk to an ATM machine (2 blocks in the opposite direction). Then we walked for about an hour (poor 8 mos prego Kali). Once we finally got to the tow place we were prepared to pay the $244 to get our car back. The guy then said that since DH didn't swear at him he would give us a $4 discount. WOW, now that's generosity! Good thing I married a nice guy!

On a side note, we really did have a lot of fun. The weather was perfect, we got a break from our adorable kiddos, had plenty of time to chat and even got a nice workout in (yes, I do consider leisure walking to be a workout). I'm just glad I had on comfortable shoes.

Boob on a Tube

I have been trying to get Glade to take a bottle. I've tried practically EVERY bottle out there and he just refuses to take them. Saturday I bought this bottle that looks and feels like a boob! Well even this is not fooling him. He knows what he likes and this is not it. So I need help...


Have any of you had good luck with certain bottles? What are the tricks to getting a breastfed baby to take a bottle? I've tried having other people give it to him, different bottles, different locations, sippy cups...nada works. I don't want to stop nursing. I just want to be able to leave him for longer than 3-4 hours.


Oh and here's the exciting sidenote...Jarom is going on a business trip to the Netherlands and I get to go. We're leaving some time the week of the 19th...THIS MONTH! I've already applied for a passport for Glade in case he keeps refusing the bottle, but I would really rather leave him here. Just picturing a 24 hour flight with a baby gives me a headache!


(The small one looks even more life-like!)

Girl Time

My mom, Lara, Renae, Mia (Lar's friend), and Melanie (Nae's friend) came to visit us last weekend. Wait, the weekend before that...wow, I am behind! We had lots of fun and lots of "girl time". We started with homemade pedicures. Jimmy loved the foot soak... Too bad I made the water SO stinkin' hot that it seriously took like 20 minutes before we could put our feet in without scalding them. Fun, huh?!

Jimmy then spoiled us each with leg rubs complete with yummy smelling lotion.

Jimmy's foot soak turned into a mini-pool. I suppose my carpet did need to be cleaned.

Jimmy wanted polish again so this time I "tricked" him by painting his toenails with clear polish. They now have a healthy shine to them, okay so there was some sparkles in the polish too.

We stayed up late watching movies and eating popcorn. The next day we played games all day and ate junk. Oooh, and check out the peaches 'n cream waffles we had for breakfast. I'm really quite the chef!

It was even warm enough that we got to go outside and play extreme spoons. Never heard of it? Same rules as spoons but you place the spoons across the room/yard and then have to run for them (tackling and pushing allowed). Let's just say that after a few rounds I could tell that I need to work out more! We all had fun and I miss all my girls. Thanks for coming. Love you.

Heavenly Senses

I hope this is what heaven smells like...

And I hope this is what it sounds like.

You're Invited

to my book party! I'm hosting a book party Thursday, April 24th at 7:00 pm. If you live close to me then stop on by (there will be food...that's why I go to many of these "parties") and if not then check out the website. They have really neat books, puzzles and games.

Go to www.ubah.com/N2059 and then click on the "Enter Bookstore Here!" button and then click on my name off to the right under Active eShows.

I've bought a few of their things before and here are some of my and Jimmy's favs (click on the pic for prices/info):

He absolutely loves these puzzles. He can't quite get the pieces together yet but he loves to sort them and then I help him put them together.

They have several books that are touchy-feely.
Jimmy doesn't have this exact train set, but he got one from my parents that is similar to this and he will spend hours putting it together and taking it apart. It's one of his favorite toys and it's one that Jarom and I have fun with too.

And here are a few on my wish list:

You can make a "Counting Train" puzzle by taking out the pieces on each page and fitting them together on the floor. (Jimmy's big into trains and puzzles.)

There's a track that you build and then wind up the train and it moves around the track. How cute!

So there you have it. I've always loved books and I hope Jimmy continues to. Jarom and I both grew up loving to read. In fact a lot of my babysitting money when I was younger went towards buying books. It's fun to still have that collection now and pass them onto my boys. Jarom's mom used to send him to his room when he got in trouble until she found out that he loved it because he would go in there and read. She then had to find a new "punishment"!

one random post

I know this is way overdue.

I am pleased to present to you one very random post. enjoy.

making "pink cookies"

Jimmy is really quite clean for a two-year-old boy. The other night before bed, without being asked, he straightened all his tools, put away all of Glade's toys, vacuumed the floor, put my book neatly on my bed, put his bowl in the sink and asked me to put away my sewing machine! What's next...maybe I'll teach him to take out the trash.

"Oh, cute tih-wee!"
My mom has 4 adorable kittens. Anybody want one? What about one of my neighbors...Emma, Ashlee, Missy, Brittney...that way Jimmy can come play with it and I don't have to deal with it! You know you want one. Did I mention they're free and cute?
Too bad Shell left just before we took this pic.


Scooter rides anyone?

I think we have ourselves a boy!

My mini multi-tasker

Just waiting for the spiders to come out and play.

I'm obsessed with this little boy's thumb...seriously, it's so adorable...all fat and chunky!
Okay, his face is pretty adorable too.

Do I have any pro slinky-detanglers out there?