It's my umpuder...

Bode loves to sit on the computer and watch "Thomas the Train" videos on the computer. He can sit there for so long. He knows how to use the mouse to click on a new video. I am going to have to buy an egg timer so we can monitor the time on the computer. This is probably a good idea for me too. I know I spend to much time on here.

Two little kids...

We bribed Bode to sit down and take a picture with Laine. He was a sport and she was not. He has been doing so well with sharing the spotlight. I give all the credit to Jer for that. He and Bode are buddies and gives him all the attentions that he needs and that I can't give him at the moment. Bode did good and got to go outside after these little pictures. To bad he didn't open his eyes. He was to busy saying cheese.

I am this tall...

This is my parents closet door. There are marks on it from top to bottom of all my family's heights. We wanted to see where Bode stacked up. He is such a tall little boy. And is close to the height Lee was when she was 4. Now we need to start markings for all the grand kids on the door. Jer and I are going to get a long piece of wood to start marking our kids heights. One that we can take with us when we move around.

Crash...

I can literally count on my fingers how many times Bode has just crashed on the floor. Two, two times! He will just go and go and go until he is strapped down in a car seat or in a nice and comfy in a bed. We have been in Pinetop for the week and he got to go play with a friend on Tuesday. He and Steve must have played hard because this was him about a half an hour after he came home. Please notice all the toys around Grandma's house. He plays hard there too :)

My 300th post...

In honor of my 300th post I have decided to post 300 things about me...



ha! Just kidding. I got tagged to do 25 things about me. So since this is my little blog it seems fitting to do it for the 300th post.

1. I have a scar on my pinkie finger from getting scratched by Morris, our family cat. When I had to get fingerprinted to work at the school they had to make a special comment on my card about it. It also was cut really deep because it has some nerve damage in it. It feels strange to bent it with makes it hard to play piano.
2. I took piano lessons for quite a few years. ( ok 7 years) I am not very good though. I can play some church hymns and a few other songs. But I am good at sight reading, so I can still play. One day I would love to have a piano so that I could play again.
3. I was held back in kindergarten, kind of. My mom took me out half way through my first year. I guess I just didn't get why you go to school. I remember really liking recess and PE that year.
4. I have never been on a plane. Never needed to fly anywhere. Maybe someday I hope.
5. I love to read, but hardly ever do. Only because when I get into a good book nothing else matters. I can read it for hours and neglect everything around me. When the last Harry Potter came out I was in California. Jer told me I better have it done before I came home. I did, 759 pages in three days.
6. I have kissed 9 boys. Not bad, that is under double digits.
7. I wore a retainer. I thought they were cool, but I secretly wanted braces.
8. I played the violin for about 5 months in 4th grade. I quit because I didn't want to get up early for lessons.
9. When I started developing boobs, I thought I had cancer. But come on I didn't know what was happening. I was getting lumpy, what was I supposed to think.
10. I hate to pluck my eyebrows. Not because it hurts but because I suck at it. I am deathly afraid of over plucking or unevenness. Can someone help me? Seriously bring your tweezers and shape my brows!
11. I love going to thrift stores and yard sales. You can find some great things for really cheap. Now that Jer works on Saturday I haven't been in so long. I need a yard sale buddy.
12. I have a birthmark on my lip. It swells a bit when I am emotional. My great grandma had one too.
13. Once when I was little to get out of doing the dishes I told my siblings that my hands were to little to wash the silverware. They still make fun of me for that line.
14. I snort when I laugh really hard.
15. I know how to drive a manual. My first car was a 1984 Toyota pickup truck. I loved it. It was also a hand-me down from my older sister.
16. I like to go camping. Not necessarily love to go, but like to go. It is a lot of work to get everything together, cooking, watching kids and trying to stay somewhat clean. But once I am there I really enjoy the outdoors and having a camp fire.
17. I want to go hiking with Jeremiah this summer. When I was younger my family hiked Mt. Baldy and I thought that was really fun. I think one day I want to go on a big backpacking trip in Colorado.
18. I love roller coasters!
19. I know how to twirl a baton. If that is what you call it. I took about 3 maybe 4 years of lessons. We did talent shows and marched in parades. I loved our costumes.
20. When I was little I loved leotards and swimmies. I have many pictures of me all dressed up in them.
21. Some of my favorite movies are old musicals. 7 brides foe 7 brothers, Meet me in St. Louis, Thoroughly Modern Milly, Singing in the Rain, I could go on and on.
22. I love jewelry. Necklaces, bracelets and earrings. I think girls look so put together went they wear them. But do I have any, no. I am to self conscious and feel overdressed. Maybe someday I can get over that feeling and wear jewlery.
23. I do not like soda. It hurts my nose to drink it. I don't mind root beet every once and awhile with pizza or camping. Other than that I stay away from it.
24. I am easily embarrassed. I try to pretend I am not but I can't. I can remember things that happened to me from years ago and still be embarrassed about them and try to think of what I could have done differently to be not so embarrassed.
25. I have learned doing this that I am not that interesting of a person. It took me like 2 days to try and figure out 25 things about myself.

I tag Jill, Connie, Brittany, and you Mom. And I won't be offended if you choose not to do it. It is kind of hard.

A day on the farm...

On Presidents we took a little day trip to visit St. David. All them men took the jeeps and took of into the desert. And all the girls met up at the Merrill's house to let the cousins run wild. After going back and forth on going at all, Lee and I decided to pack up my kids and go. The only person that couldn't was Jer, he had to work :(

All these cousins have such a good time together. "Gogan" or Megan in the oldest and is the leader of the bunch. They all love to follow her around. She is a good cousin and plays her role well.

Here is little Mike. He turned 1 year old yesterday. You could desperately tell that he wanted to join all the big kids, but he was left in the dust.

Brittany's grandparent have a horse, some sheep and some chickens. I the afternoon we packed up the kids to go play on the farm. What a fun place to visit!

Bode loved all the chickens. I am sure they didn't like him becasue he poked them with sticks.

Little Laine was a good sport. She was all snuggled up in my ergo and slept the whole time.
Brittany told the kids that she would give them ten dollars if they could touch one of the sheep. Fat chance, those suckers are fast! The little babies are so cute. At one point all the kids lined up on one side of the field and the sheep huddled at the other. Kids vs Sheep. No one touched a sheep, the sheep won.

Here is Bode, Parker and Abbey having a go at it.

The highlight of the afternoon was the horse ride on Grey. Brittany was very kind and took all the kids for a ride. No small feat because she is 7 months pregnant. Thanks Brittany, Bode can't stop talking about the horse ride.

We were all pretty worn out by the end of the day but it was worth it. When we were packing up Bode kept telling me he wanted to "stay here". He wanted to stay so bad. I am glad the cousins can be so close!

One month old...

One month stats:

10lbs 4 oz

21 1/4 inches long

Little Laine is one month old! She is growing so fast. After I had Bode a family friend told me that once a baby hits 10lbs they will sleep through the night. So far we are 2 for 2. Bode had 6 hour streches around 10 lbs and Laine is starting to have 4-5 hour streches during the night too.

I love this little purple dress. It reminds me of a story my mom told me about myself when I was little. When I was little I had the biggest chubbiest cheeks and my favorite color was purple. My Grandma Brewer was babysitting me and she asked me what I wanted to do. I told her we could play house. I would be the mom and she could be little Heidi with the chubby cheeks and the purple dress.

This isn't a great picture but I am holding Laine and she is holding here head up looking older my shoulder. She is getting really good at holding up her head for about 30 seconds at a time. You can barely even tell she is holding her head up at all becasue of the combination of chubby cheeks and a double chin make it impossible see any neck at all.She is a happy little girl and hardly ever cries. Not even for a bath. She fits right into our family. We love this little girl.