It's hard to be 5

I've had a while to figure out who B is most like. My conclusion? ME! It is becoming more and more apparent the more teeth gnashing and head butting quality bonding time we have now. There's a lot of this:

He thinks he's quite amusing as you can tell from his grin. Let me explain. This is his sign. Starting at the left you have Daddy. Then there's Mommy. And then Miss C and then little C. Did you notice how the only one not allowed in his room is me. Yea...me too. 

And I am not one to stop consequences when we are out. I thought this was hilarious actually...because he's never actually been put in the 'corner'...so when I told him to "take 5", this is what he did. Made my night! Is that awful, that I find joy in seeing how my son punishes himself? :)

 This past Saturday I took him to our 'gym'. It's really just a room with two treadmills, two elliptical machines and one recumbent bike, but it does the job. Anyway...he begged to go and since we don't do much I conceded. I should have put it faster....

And then there's just his weird factor. I don't think I could count how many of these types of pictures I have of him. I quit asking him to smile or look presentable, like, a year ago. 

Continuing the weirdness....

(he has perpetual dry skin/rash so we put balmex on to help...hence his mustache)

He likes to do 'big people' things and this includes eating what we eat. Or trying things that we enjoy, whether they be good or not. Being a five year old means that he knows all no matter what you try to tell him. Even when we try to tell him the Wasabi flavored peanuts are gross....he still wants one. And this is what happens...

Man, after this little tribute to the 5 year old in my house...I realize that we have a lot of fun and it's not as bad I think it's been. Which is good. And I really can't complain about built in comedy skits:)

I've got the shakes!

As mentioned in a previous post, Alaska is home to earthquakes. Lots of them. I have felt two in the past three days. It's quite an odd sensation...to be doing something that doesn't require anything distracting, to all of a sudden feeling wobbly. I would almost think I am, losing my mind, or maybe gotten a few too many wafts of my neighbors marijuana via the hallway, but I put the wishing away and realize that....we just had another earthquake!

The first one we experienced was after the kids had gone to bed. The hubs and I were having our date night, watching a movie, and the house shook. Like really shook. He looked at me and we were both like....'uhhh what was that? Was that an earthquake?' Yes, yes it was. It's like being on a swing set...that twitches. Or a glider...that goes in a circle.

The past two I have felt haven't been that strong. I turned and looked at B and said...'did you feel that?' He looked at me like I was insane. Which isn't unusual nowadays. 

He's going to give me a complex.

A tale of tall tales

Sitting at the computer writing this post

Hear Miss C start crying a hurt cry

Go in to see what happened

Pick her up

me "what happened"?

B "She was trying to get in between here and I didn't want her to so I [gentle sweeping motion] moved her back"

me "you pushed her down"

B "no...I didn't want her to get squeezed so I just moved her back"

me "you pushed her down"

B "well, I moved her back and I didn't do it very nicely"

me "yea...you pushed her down"

5 1/2 months

There is joy in children. Really. I mean it. Until they turn five. Then it's time to go to school! Five is a fabulous age to start learning by way of English, and math and science...and a Teacher. One that teaches in a school and gets paid. I am no teacher. Try as I might and imagine that I can...I can't. I know that patience is a vice of mine that I am here to learn. I'm not ignorant to that. But teaching children and the patience that comes with that is a whole new ball game

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Our son loves to learn. LOVES it. He missed the date for starting school because of his birthday and that was a complete bummer. So it gave him another whole year to stay at home with Mom, and have a miserable  fun time. The poor kid has a great imagination but even that can only take him so far until he is quite literally bouncing off the walls in boredom. And as much as I want to help him...there's no patience to be had.

 

So here we are. Roughly 5 1/2 months away from him starting kindergarten. How do I feel about this? Well, I'm thrilled. And nervous. And happy. And scared. I'm so excited for him to go and make friends and learn to read and have an outlet besides us. I'm excited to have only one child that climbs up the walls and back talks and pushes me to the very last ounce of self control. But I'm heart broken that my "baby" is growing up. It's just the start of slowly not needing Mom as much as he used to. And that makes me sad. Until I think about how many more fights and head butting that is also going to come from him going to school.And how he's going to act like he is so much smarter than me. And that makes me exhausted!

So, for the next 5 1/2 months, I'll do my best to hold onto the sweet moments and not lose my temper quite as fast as normal, because it will soon be over. And we will be at another chapter in his book. And who wouldn't want to look at this face all day:)

daily news

What's going on around here? Surely fascinating things must be happening and that is why I haven't been on the blog...right? Well...let's see...we've had some of this:

The "office man"

B loves to play the "honey game". But I am boring. It's not nearly as fun playing this game with me as it was his grandmother. We play it for like 10 minutes before he's off in a corner crying and wishing he was back in Utah:) Just kidding about the crying bit...but I'm sure he thinks it in his mind. I try...but my imagination wasn't that big as a kid and it's only gotten worse:) And he really dislikes it when I tell him to pretend he's got his church pants on. I'm sorry...I don't need more laundry!

And we've had a lot of this:

And way more than enough of THIS:

Baby C still sleeps a decent amount(which is ok:)) and has done nothing but sleep since his dr appt yesterday. I'm hoping nothing is wrong with him and that he's just sleepy today. He weighed in at 13 lbs 2 oz, was 23 1/2 inches and his head was 40 something cm I think? Those numbers put him in the 80th % for weight, 75th % for height and 65th % for head. We knew he had a large head:) He checked out just fine so that was good.

Little Miss psychotic had a rough day yesterday. I think it was her teeth. I spotted the points in her gums from the 2 coming in next to her eye teeth. Gosh she's a miserable hag when she's teething. I just love being followed around the house by a screaming banshee!!! -find a happy place- lol. All seems to be well with her today...praise the Lord!

Since my days have been so productive...tell me about yours....

Love

Happy Fall....sort of:)

Happy Fall everyone! We are officially in the season...but Utah hasn't figured that out yet:) As I type it's about 80 degrees out..phooey! Not too much exciting going on around here. We went up to Idaho this past weekend and visited Marc and Stacie. B and his youngest cousin had an awesome time playing together. They didn't fight like cats and dogs, so it was very nice:) Stacie has pictures from the weekend on her blog.
Miss C turned a month old on Friday! How crazy it is how time flies by. She is changing every day. I think she has bulked up a little bit in the last week. And she is practicing her smiling:) I get them very rarely compared to how hard I try to get one out of her:) But it's all worth it to see her mouth do that weird crooked, gumless, face contortion:)
Our realtor gave us some tickets to a fall farm bonanza thing:) We went a had a pretty good time. B went down this ginormous slide thing a few times. His last round up he turned around at the top and went back down! Matt and I were like...uhh what's he doing? So I walked around and looked and they had it so you had to climb up a big rope net thing...and he was playing on it! Oh he's a dork sometimes:) After that we went out on the tractor ride to get our pumpkins! It was fun and B really enjoyed himself! So here the pics from that and our pumpkins on our steps:) Till next time,
Meg






way too bright out here mom!

I really love my son:)

So I have to write this down so I don't forget these precious moments:) We just got home from the grandparents and B asked to borrow Charlotte's Web. I said yes...even though my better judgement wants to say no...because it makes me cry:) Anyway...I just went in to give him his bear and kind of settle him in for a rest...and he says "Mom, he's so cute. Can I have a pig? Can I have a pig Mom?" I don't know why but it just made my heart patter:) This crazy rambunctious hyper active child is still very much an innocent little boy that wants a pig:) Lol...yea... i guess the preggo hormones are on overdrive:)


They are pretty cute though.....maybe we'll talk to Daddy;)

In other daily events. I had my Dr's appt today. I didn't gain any weight on their scales...so that was very exciting. I'm still sealed up like a jam jar though:) I will be 37 weeks on Monday. We'll see how this all pans out. It's really an all new experience considering B's delivery was induced fully and all I remember is super intense contractions. So....I'm walking in the dark here. Oh well. Ok...enough rambling for now. Till thne,

Meg

eventful weekend:)

It's Monday...back to the grind of daily chores:) Matt, B and myself had a good weekend. Matty did some lawn care Saturday morning while B and I puttered in the house. We were going to go to the aquatic center in North Ogden but it was packed....and I'm not too excited about swimming like sardines in a pool that isn't "hot" but neither very refreshing. So,..we decided to go check out Willard Bay instead. It was decent. Definitely better than nothing. Matt kept saying it wasn't like Hawaii water...lol. And in my mind I kept thinking it wasn't like the beaches that are back east. So our roles were reversed...he outwardly complained and I held it in trying to make the best of it :P After swimming we took B to see Ice Age 3. It was cute. He enjoyed himself so that's all that matters:) And after THAT...we headed over to Chris' for some dinner off the bbq. He's getting quite good at working his bbq and producing some "D-lish" food:)

So now it's Monday. Matt's at work, and B and I are home doing our chores. Lol..I get all this motivation after the weekend and tire myself out the rest of the week. Ha! Oh well. I am 36 weeks today and that means only 28 more days to go. Holy moly. :) Well...I need to try and get the son to take a nap. Here's a couple pictures for viewing enjoyment:)


No...I don't let my son watch this stupid show...his grandparents in NH got him this t-shirt and swimming shorts:)




at least one of them is smiling:)

Here's an update from the long lost pregnant woman! Not much new to report anyway. The sun has been blessing/blasting us with it's rays. :) The Catanzaro boys are here for a visit and it's put a spin on activities:) My boy has been a little on the hyper side. But other than that...not too much is new. We had FHE on Monday. It was fun...we were going to go to the park, but it's a little of a drive for the one we wanted to go to, so we decided not to. Instead we finger painted. Matt was ok with it....but he decided it would be worth the activity if he used the finger paint in other ways:) The pictures will explain...if you haven't figured it out:)


One of my lillies in full bloom:)

homeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I'm home. Still waiting for a moment to relax...not sure it's going to happen:) So...this is mostly going to be pictures again:) I have to read Harry Potter:) And do laundry. And fix a cushion. And take more pictures. ANd drink more water. Bah! Here you go:)

my hollyhocks bloomin'



My neighbors sweet goat! lol



preggo belly at 31 wks 6 days

his Dad tied him up because he wouldn't cooperate getting dressed...lol

Not much of details here...I went to Joann's and spent A LOT of money...yay..lol! And we took B to the park yesterday. He had fun. He found a leggo man and named it Harold. So now he's got a friend:) LOL...we were at the park and I noticed his shin was swollen...which isn't unusual bc he is a boy and bruises happen. Well I called him over to me and noticed that it was a bug bite. I said "did you get bit on your shin"? He looked at me and said with a quizzical look..."my shit"? (excuse the language!) LOL> MY internal workings first response was to reprimand for swearing but then I realized that it really was a mistake and instead just repeated..."no, your shin" and moved on. It was really funny. Jen and I got a really good laugh over it. Anyway:)




Here's cute L with her Dad. She's got such a cute little quirky smile that she isn't afraid to share. SO this is it for my quick post. Hope all is well everywhere:) Till then,
Meg

whirlwind weekend

Here we go...another horde of pictures:)

Me at 27 wks and 6 days...glamorous I know:) I have a Dr appt tomorrow to get an official result of gestational or not...we'll see.

Uncle Marc/Daddy playing keep away with his kids and mine and the neighbors...they had a good time!

B trying to tackle his Dad...I think he's biting him...lol

lol...the neighbor kid and Alex are the same age...and about teh same hyper level so they had to be playfully separated:)

Here are the two clones together:) I really like this picture.

My MIL's gorgeous peony! And I love the quality that my camera captured!

Mr. B's true form! He loves watermelon

AND chocolate cake! lol.

Marc and Stacie came down for a real quick visit this weekend. We had a really good time. The kids loved our backyard and we loved it also:) Now we need to buy a swingset:) They left tonight for the kids to have their last day at school and make a trip up to Stacie's mom's house. Anyway. We are good here. Matt has lost about 10 lbs since being home and he looks really good:) Buut I am tired from all the excitement...so till then,

Meg

Oh my!

So I had an interesting night a few nights ago. And I think I will just let the pictures explain themselves:) Not much new going on. So far this pregnancy is not at all like B's. I'm exhausted almost every day. And I am showing a little bit already. I'm chalking that up to this being my 2nd one. I have a Dr.'s appt on Wednesday and I should have an ultrsound to see the heart beating. I'm excited anyhow. Anyway...my husband is trying to find a leak in the bathroom so I think I will venture out to see what's going on. Till then,
Meg




ps.
haha...no it's not this leak:)

Someday she'll go

So I took these picks of Miss H yesterday. I sent her outside with B to draw with the chalk and she drew the Temple. I was impressed that this 9 year old little girl could have drawn anything to her hearts desire and she drew the Temple. Most kids would draw little kid things. It impressed me anyway. Her and B have been having fun. I think we'll venture to the pool today. Enjoy the pics. Till then,
Meg

Just Because

Random picture of the first born. Because he's cute. He's funny. He's hyper as all get-out. He loves me. And I love him.

Yes I'm weird. I have a picture of our new kitten that I need to get on the comp. And we put B down for a nap today, but he did his usual playing. I went him to get him for dinner and he was passed out on the floor. He NEVER does that. I will show the proof when I get that pic on the comp also. Till then.
Meg

Back Home

Hello my fairy weather friends. I'm here for a quick post as my house is quite full at the moment. I went up to M&S's house this past Monday through Thursday afternoon. It was a fun time. I spent too much money at the bookstore, we went swimming, laughed at the very dramatic life of Nikki, and visited. We went to the park. I got a new kitten. Yes...I have lost my mind. Oh and I brought Miss B home with me. So I've got 2 kids, 2 dogs, and 2 cats. And 2 adults. Kitty is not very happy with life at the moment. She is so cranky. Anyway. Here are some pics from the adventure. Enjoy!
Meg

A First

Today was a great day. Church was great. B was great. Weather was....ok a little hot:) This is a short post just to share the joy of B saying his first prayer!!!! Well I helped but I usually can't get him to say anything. It was so cute. It's the little things like that re-assure me that I must be doing something right. I want him to have a love of the gospel like I do, and not think that church is expected and boring and stupid. He is so cute. I love it how he'll do something that I think is funny so I'll ask him if I can take his picture and make such a big deal about it, that he'll keep doing as long as I give him attention. It made me think about Heavenly Father and what makes him happy. He does the same for us....when we do something pleasing to him he blesses us and gives us encouragement so we continue to do it on our own. And I am thankful for that. :) Anyway...here are the wayyy cute pics of B trying on my shoes....lol:)


And this last one just because he is so handsome:)

On my own

Well Hellooooooooooooo! Today marks the first official day of Mr. Hubby traveling. He left for Vegas this morning. Yay him! He won't be back until at least Saturday...kinda sad. So I will have to rough it on my own with a child, cat, dog, and possibly another foster dog. (Update on Brinley, she was officially adopted last Tuesday by a guy that works at Hill Air Force Base.) OK, back to the point. So yea...and Chris leaves for Maine on Wednesday night. So there will only be two Cats in the state of Utah...weird I know. Lol...needless to say I think my father in law and I are going to have some quality bonding time. :)

B and I went to the park today. I'd say we were there for a good hour. Some other kids showed up and he played with them, while I listened to their grandfather talk about Vietnam, his kids, his retirement and other things. I was able to share that experience with a grandmother that was there also. It was a nice time. Hot, but nice. It was 95 here yesterday and I think it's going to reach at least that today. So I figure if I want to walk in the morning it has to be earlier than 8. It was too warm by then. I guess I could just suck it up and go. I'll just have to bring lots of water.

The rest of the week is going to be fairly busy I think. I got the number of a girl that babysits from her mom at church. I'm going to give her a call and have her come over so I can meet her. Play date at the park Thursday afternoon. Dentist appointment Thursday.Enrichment is Thursday night. Job interview on Friday. So I'd say I really need to call that girl....considering NO ONE is around to watch the munchkin:) Ok I'm really rambling....so till the next ramble,
Meg

I don't even know....

Greetings from land of the living dead! I'm not sure why I start blogs. I can never keep up with them! lol. Kind of like my journal, I get in the groove and then...done..kaput..finito! So here I am...at another feeble attempt to keep readers entertained:) It has been over a month since my last post. What has happened. Oh! I went back east to my Boppa's funeral. That was flipping fantastic. Nothing like resenting my move to Utah like that. But I did, and he passed so what really can I do? But on the flipside of things, we had a wonderful visit with M's grandparents who are very alive and kicking:) The hubby and I both had a few moments where we missed very much our visits that we used to have. Just another reason to move home...

Other than the constant reminders of moving home, I think M had a nice time. It was really quick though. The services were Monday and he left Tuesday morning. He got to play some "Rock Band" with my brother I-man, so the trip was not a complete loss:) I played photographer outside with my Dad and B. They went up into the pit and threw rocks into a pool of water. B picked up some that were about as heavy as he was!

To add some more joyfulness to this post, I took over 400 pics on my trip back.
So when we made it down to Jen's I knew I was going to take a bit more. So I went into good ol' Wal-mart and stuck my memory card into the slot and downloaded the pics for them to make me cd's. Picked up the cd's....they looked legit....deleted all of the pics off my card. I got home...and 2 of the 4 cd's don't work! Talk about really, really, irritating someone! So more than half of my pics no longer exist. Which brings me to this next point. I'm not shopping at wal-mart anymore. Because of the pictures incident AND I'm sick of buying things originating in Mexico, or China. American made is more expensive, but it's AMERICAN MADE!!!!! Wow I'm an angry soul today...hahaha.

And with that. I think that's all I have for today. SoI hope this was as enjoyable for you as it was me...:) Have a fantastic day!
Meg

*disclaimer*
I was able to salvage my pictures
from some software I bought....
All is well now:)