Learning to Color

okay so these pictures are months old. This is what happens when you have no time. I am pregnant and have a two year old and a shop to maintain.  There is no way I can blog while he is awake, I mean look at the floor, that is prefect evidence. Though I must say that I let him use washable crayons and taught him to wipe the floor himself.   

Gardening with Justin... No captions needed pictures say it all

Justin Update

So I forgot to tell you guys when Justin started talking. He says two words clearly (or ones we can understand). The first word was nice but it is said as diice we know this  is what he is saying because he also rubs his hand over himself or you as he says it and this was how I try to teach him to pet the dog and not hit me.  Then he says a very long southern bbbyyye. With quite the draw to it. You know he is from the south.  He says it everytime we leave a place. We leave the house bbbyyye, We leave the store BBYYE.  It's kind of cute. He started these words about two-three weeks ago.  He also blows kisse , signs eat, gives high fives and knows I'm going to move my hand on down lows, he claps, and signs something all the time that I have no idea what he is signing. It maybe one he made up and hasn't told us the meaning but he smiles big when you sign it back, so whatever.

Geocaching

Our friends the Darby's came to visit us, which is always a treat. While we were talking Mark mentioned that they go geocaching. Well I'd never heard of it, so asked them about it. He told me on the various websites there are lists of GPS coordinates with small hints and you go to the coordinates and search for the cache. (see http://www.geocaching.com/, for more info). They can be anywhere from a micro cache (about the size of your little finger, to large Tupperware). Well Barb and I were intrigued as we went to the above linked website to see what is around. There was a lot, so we figured with a few in our area we'd give it a try. Unfortunately it was getting dark, and although the description said it was an easy find, we did not know what we were looking for and it was getting hard to see, so no luck. We decided that the following day, we'd go out as soon as I got home from work. We went to the same two locations we'd tried the day before and were successful (see picture). So now that we had found two easy ones we thought we were pros, so we when to a harder one. After spending 15 minutes looking around a bunch of red pipes, I was feeling like we were not going to make the find, but in a last ditch effort we searched again a little harder and make the find. So now we are hooked. There are about 5 geocaches on my way home from work so as I'm driving by, I plan to stop at them and see what I can find. Wish me luck.

Where's Justin?

Justin discovered that he can fit into the cabinets today. I knew it would happen one day it tends to be a child’s favorite. I am glad though that he chose the cabinet with out any thing in it to start. I am sure it is only a matter of time before he pulls everything out of the other ones to felicitate his body.

Egg Hunt

First I have to thank the Daniel’s again for letting us use their yard for an Easter egg hunt. I kind-of asked her to throw a bunch and egg hunt at her house. Isn’t that what friends are for? Anyway Justin really just wanted to play in their castle which luckily had a few eggs that we were able to convince him to grab and out in his basket. Then we were trying to get him to get the eggs in the grass and he decided that all his eggs needed to go there. It was a really good time though and it was a fun and filling brunch before conference.

  

 




 

Justin running to the castle

What I am supposed to be doing daddy?

Oh these are what you want me to grab, I got it now!

And put them in this basket, got it.

What is it daddy?

They sure are hidding.

Can you find the egg in this picture?

Can I open the eggs, mommy?

Ewwe it's a bug where's the candy?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 





This one better have candy!!!
 
 
 
 

The Great Houdini

Now we have been calling Justin this for a while because poof sippy cup gone poof sippy cup reappears. Also he has found objects that we thought were lost way before he was born. The problem has been most of the time this is with his sippy cups that have milk and we have to keep an eye out or he is trying to drink sour milk.  But today has taken the cake. So I went upstiars after taking Justin's pj's off and all I can smell is poop in his room. So I start to hunt for the poopy diaper that must have been left right.  Well after a minute I look in his crib and there is poop all over the sheet and his blanketie.  Now I am a little mad and I call my husband to ask if he got Justin out of bed and did not notice the poop everywhere.  Peter tells me he smelt poop and brought Justin down stairs and changed him but guess what no poop. So he figured he imagined it or Justin farted.  Also I took Justin's pj's off this morning and they are the same ones I put on last night and there is no poop on them.  I looked around the room and can not find an old diaper that maybe he played with which still poses the problem of how did he not get it on his clothes? So the question is how did he poop in the bed and not get any on his pj's or in his diaper? So unless he figured out how to take all his clothes off and diaper, poop and then redress including his diaper without making a mess on himself  he most deffinately has out done himself. I don't think we may ever figure this one out.

Lindsey's blog give-away

Hey everyone,
A friend of mine, Lindsey, is doing a give-away on her site and guess who her sponser is?  Wait for it.....okay it's me.  I am doing a customized embroidered onesie. So what are you waiting for? Go to her blog and enter in already can't you tell I am super excited. Even if you don't have kids in that age range right now I am making bets that there is someone's baby shower looming around the corner.  She has a great site with lots of cute ideas and thoughts. Her link is http://www.mrspottsthoughts.com/ and her button is on the right side of our blog. She will be doing the drawing next Friday, March 26,2010.
Barbara

So I decided not to bore everyone...

with all my crafts stuff so I started a craft blog it is http://www.uptomykneesincrafts.blogspot.com/.

This would be so much funnier if we were actually potty training

Choices... Choices

So I was folding clothes and looked over to find my son holding two sippy cups. One had ice water the other chocolate milk.  The best part he was sipping from one and then would sip out the other and did this back and forth several times. I was just glad the camera was actually near by. As a side note I embroidered his onesie. It says "Saw It...Liked It...Told Mommy...GOT IT!!!

New Perspective

For the last week I have commited myself to reading every morning from F. Enzio Busche's book "Yearning for the Living God." I needed a change in my life that included diet and exercise and a change within. Sometimes I find scriptures daunting to read so I decided to start with books that should uplift me.  I saw my first perspective change today, I had noticed that my days have been happier since starting but this was different, I told myself not to look at what my husband didn't do but what he had done this week.  I was finishing the laundry (that I asked him to start last night for me in the morning) and was starting to get annoyed that he didn't pick up some of the clothes that were laying around the house. Well I didn't ask him to do that I thought so I should be happy he remembered to put in a load for me. And you know what this thought was right, Pete has a lot to do at work right now and with his calling and here he is trying to help me a little around the house.  He does the dishes and it may not be the same night which I would prefer and he always forgets to clean the drain trap and it starts to stink but hey most husbands don't even do the dishes and I should be thankful that he does.  Also on Tuesday he cleaned up and reorganized Justin's toys in the living room which were starting to overwhelm furniture and walking space and then had to work until midnight that night. Every morning he feeds and plays with Justin before he goes to work and lets me sleep until he leaves (I am trying to actually get up during that time but it hasn't happened yet so maybe in the next couple of weeks I will do better).  I am thankful for this change sometimes when I am reading the book I don't want to stop because he tells stories about members and himself that bring such a sweet feeling into my heart and I don't want it to leave. Of course not every story does but so far each morning there is at least one if not more that starts my day off right. So thank you Peter for all you do for me I hope this lesson is branded in my heart so that I can always look at what you do well and not hold on to what you missed.     

If you thought your kids have destroyed the house...

So I was checking out Make It and Love It's blog and she took pictures of her son spilling her paint in the kitchen and I thought hey that's something Justin would do. He has only made managable messes thus far but if that was out. Let the fun begin. Well she went on to say that someone posted their messy experience after her blog. If you ever think your kids have made a big mess well check this out http://choosetothrive.blogspot.com title Child Destruction Photos. You will pray everyday that your child does not bless you with such an experinece. I would have cried and called Peter to get home ASAP. It would only be a great story to tell when you are 100 years old and looking back.

Since it's been so long...

I haven't been blogging about Justin so my motivation to write every month is long gone. It doesn't help that I spent the last month not wanting to get out of bed. My thyroid is acting up again which causes tiredness like no other. I know pregnent women think they can relate but let me tell you it was too much to lift the remote on the tv to watch it. It has been horrible. I finally got the nerve to do something after I felt bad for Justin. I couldn't allow him to be alone all day with a mom that can't get out of the covers of the bed and put some clothes on and change him into clothes. I got up the next day early and ran (what was I thinking) and did the same thing the next day (still it made me fill a little better). Also I got some vitamins to help until I get to the doctor and get my blood test and then the results and then a prescription. Then it'll take about a month or more for that medicine to start working effectivel. So maybe in two months I can lose the weight I gained from my condition as well. Isn't that sad I will be excerising for all that time but because of the hypothyroidism I probably won't lose weight until the drugs start working. If I am lucky it'll make it so I don't gain more until then. I am not holding my breath. I have been though this before and it went away after my pregnancy and I guess it came back. The reset button after pregnancy didn't last forever (of course the doctor said that would probably happen I guess I was hoping to be one of the rare cases). So I have no motivation and I have to push myself to exercise and take care of myself and I probably will not even have the reward of looking thinner (which I asure you doesn't help with the motivation factor). The real kicker is the vitamins I have to make sure I don't eat the multi-vitamin first or I throw-up. I have no idea why that should be the least of my problems..