Sing Sing SIng

Ty loves to Sing- This is from FHE a couple of weeks ago. We took the video on Papa's phone so it's a bit hard to actually see, but turn the volume up. It's a T original for all to enjoy.....

It's only the beginning...

Every little boy's Dream

In the beginning there was a tree...

and some wood

Then came the Super 3 year old Tyler

and his Dad with some cool Power tools...

And this is what happens when little boys and Dad's put their Dreams together... when Mommy is out of town

8x8x6... still needs door, roof, and windows, but not bad for 1 days worth of work. I'm told there will be a walkway from the roof to the "look out tower" but for now T is in Heaven!

(I'm sure glad I have such handy boys around me)

Is that a Staple in your nose?

I sometimes wish I was a great journaler (I know the word is probably journalist, but I'm not talking about being a writer but one who actually writes in their journal...) I've thought about carrying around a recorder with me all day just so at the end of the day I can write down all the funny things that come out of my 3 year olds mouth. He uses words and phrases like "I generally don't" or " I suppose it would be" or "If I must" or "beep I'm not here right now. Leave a message." He talks like he's an adult and I really think he thinks he is... The other day we were having new carpet installed- woo woo- and he insisted that he needed to help the carpet guys. I kept having to call him back into the family room so that they could actually do their work. (The estimator guy told us he wouldn't charge us for his assistant (Ty) who helped him with the measuring tape and knowing which room was which. Anyways so back to the carpet guys. T was talking to one and I over heard him ask the guy if he had a staple in his nose? Apparently the guy had a nose ring and T thought it was a staple as the guy was using a staple gun on the carpet. It was hilarious. T kept telling him that he should be more careful with the staple gun that it was dangerous and if the guy wanted T could show him how to use it properly so that he wouldn't get anymore staples in his nose. Oh how I had wished I had that conversation on tape. It's definitely on my top 20 replays in Heaven!

Let it snow let it snow let it snow...

On the 19th of February we woke up to SNOW! Yeah!!! We usually get one skiff of snow a year here in good 'ol California and for the past two years I've missed it being in UT w/ feet of snow... But this year I was HERE! T woke up and was SO excited! We got all dressed up in our winter gear and by we- I mean T and Brian. I put on long johns and tried my best to cover my belly (apparently my snow pants don't fit over this baby- BFS) We went outside and played at the park and then took the doggies outside (Tank absolutely LOVES the snow) to play in the snow. T liked throwing snowballs, but amazingly enough was not so much a fan of being hit by the snow balls... huh weird.Of course our battery for the camera was dead and mine was charging for a shoot so I didn't get any pictures, but my Mom had sent us some "alaska make your own snow" stuff and so the other day in hopes of being a good mom helped T make some... So here's our fake snow. (FYI T insisted on taking my picture... not tooshabby for a 3 year old and for all of you wanting to see my belly this will have to due for now.) PS... yes T did his own hair and pretty much insists on it being spiked or in a mohawk everyday. He loves getting combs wet and spiking it at least 3 times a day and has even talked his Mom and Dad into spiking glue...

excuses no more....

I get on here probably at least twice a day and think- "isn't someone supposed to be updating this" and then comes the "oh yeah, that's me..." and so I close it back down promising myself tomorrow. Well tomorrow has turned into months and now pictures on Brian's phone got erased and so well if I had been on top of things I would have had them on here.... so here's to no more excuses. (I know I can here you all saying we'll see how long this lasts...)

Shall we begin with December..... (Dave sorry for all the writing and not many pictures)

December was fun with Holiday baking for friends and neighbors. We added yummy cinnamon rolls to our list of rolls, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and apple pie. I think we will keep them as many ordered and loved them! Yeah us :)

T man loved Christmas- I mean what kid doesn't. He helped everyone wrap presents and was REALLY good about not telling us what we were getting. Testing my 3 year old I'd ask what Daddy got me and T would say "Can't tell you it's a Christmas secret.." wahoo now if only these locked lips will last. He enjoyed helping decorate the tree and putting up decorations around the house. On a side note, Brian's brother Kevin is allergic to Pine trees and so I was told that this year I got to put on my big girl panties and have a artificial tree... Brian being the super

husband he is got me my own little tree for our room while I was in UT working. He had it up

on my nightstand when I got back. T and I loved decorating it and turning the lights on at night. (If I had been on top of things I had a pretty picture of it... but for some reason I took it with B's phone not mine..) Along with those pictures were fun ones that t and I took

of each other w/ our rudolph noses and antlers. (My mom sent us blinking noses and reindeer antlers- T loved wearing them- I could get up and get into the Christmas boxes and take new pictures but as you can see it's not happening) BFS

January!

January brought us alot of changes! For New Year's we thought it would be fun to let T stay up- I'm not sure what I was thinking, but don't worry he made it to mid-night and then thought he should get up at 8- HA... the joke was on me for sure!

Our biggest change has been that Brian GOT A JOB!!!!! Wahoo! He works at a nice upscale restaurant out in Roseville (about a 25-30 min drive from our house) Should you want to look at their website it's www.crush29.com. He's really enjoying working and learning more about the industry. It's been an adjustment as he works about 35 hours and goes to school on top of it all. We appreciate the time we get with him on Saturdays and miss him in the afternoon/ evenings.

Nesting has set in a bit (I'd say for the whole family) but I got tired of trying to organize

T's toys and not having places for everything so having the handy husband that I do. He made a toy box/ organizer/ stand thing that I'd seen in IKEA. Of course the one in IKEA was hundreds of dollars and he was able to make this one for less than one hundred dollars including the buckets. T of course chose the color and LOVED helping Dad build and paint. He was quite the helper. Again our little camera was broken at the time and I took pictures of T helping but those were also on B's camera (see why I kept putting all this off.... I wanted to post the pictures oh well) But I do have a final picture of the organizer. I LOVE it!

I'm sure there have been some funny things that I should post, but my mommy brain has kicked in and I don't remember.....

February has kinda been a blur with work, being sick, T being sick, we've done lots of painting and re-decorating. T has loved helping w/ all the painting!

The count down is on.... I'm 32 weeks and starting to feel pregnant! If it's not life or death I probably don't have the energy to do it.... I've gotten a little bit of understanding of how Brian's Mom has felt the past few years with her anemia as my last lab tests showed that I was anemic. I've started taking more iron and I'm doing better, but for a few weeks there I was really dragging, on top of a nasty cold/ flu. My belly is sticking out and Brian and Tyler love "teasing" the baby by blowing raspberries and poking my tummy. He sure likes to kick LOTS! It's been interesting to see how he responds to Brian and Ty. When T is close/ talking to my tummy he kicks and punches something fierce. He'll do the same to Brian, but when Brian puts his hand on my belly he stops and calms down. I don't have to worry about kick counts for sure! Well I think that gets us close to catching up.... I promise to try and do better

Ice Skating

Way back in December... yikes is it really the 8th of January already??? On a side note where did December and Christmas and New Years go to???

Anyways as I was saying- early in December we all went ice skating for FHE. We had a blast! I am NOT a competent skater so I took a bench view, but T had so much fun with his Daddy, Aunts. Uncle, and Gran! The rink had rubbermaid buckets that they turned upside down so that the kids could use them like walkers to go around the rink. T got ahold of one and was off like a rocket, although he really just liked holding everyone's hand and going with the big kids. For the week after all I heard was "Can we go Ice Skating today?" .... maybe I will have an ice hockey player after all....