Thursday, August 27, 2009

Tell tell signs your the mother of a boy or boy(s) :)

You find Hot Wheel cars in your purse when you are searching for a pen to sign your bank statement.

When your boys come in from playing outside all day they smell somewhat similar to a dirty little wet dog.

When cleaning the toilet, it is actually more work cleaning the floor by the toilet, the front of the toilet, the sides of the toilet, that weird little groove on the sides of the toilet and the toilet rug, than the actual inside of THE toilet itself.

You go through 3-4 gallons of milk a week, also including but not limited to; 2 bags of cereal, 2 loaves of bread, a BIG container (sam's club size) of animal crackers, 20 packages of Ramen Noodles, a BIG box (sam's club size) of fruit snacks, and 1 tub of PB easy..........and they are still hungry!!!!

The "after-bath" water left in the tub is a mirky, swampy, brownish-green color. Swamp Thing would find it rather inviting.

When any word pertaining to food, candy, treats etc... is mentioned, you find your boy(s) swarming to you like flies to poo.

You can sing the Clifford theme song...."Clifford needed Emily, so she chose him for her own, her love made Clifford grow so big, that the Howard's had to leave there home......." you know the rest!

Your laundry has tripled.

You find that your jewelery seems to be mysteriously growing legs and disappearing, only to learn that is actually hidden in a shoe box under your sons bed because it has now become "Captain Jack Sparrows treasure".

Your tampons make good use as make-believe "army grenades."

You go through band-aids and Neosporin so quickly that the neighbors are thinking about reporting you to CPS (child protection services)

Your toilet clogs at least once a week.

Your old wide mouth canning jars have now become Marriott Resorts to every creepy crawly bug in you yard.

The Soap stars you used to watch and drool over have now been replaced by Marvel Super heroes.

You turn the subtitles on when watching movies because you are now considered hearing impaired do to the noise level that comes with boy(s), and there seems to be only one level............LOUD!!!!

There are 35 pair of denim jeans in your house and only 3 pairs of them still have the knees intact.

You include the maker of "Spray-N-Wash" in your prayers every night to thank the Heavens for his miraculous contribution to the world.

You have begun to think fart sounds are cool and find yourself trying to improve your own.

Burping is just another way of saying, "thanks, that was delicious."

Your cooking utensils have now doubled as army guns, or swords.

Your vacuum canister or bag is not only filled with dust bunnies and dirt but, don't forget the Lego's.

There is more dirt on the clothes in your laundry then there is in your back yard.

You are very familiar with the following movies; "The Never Ending Story", "The Sandlot", "Thomas the Tank Engine". etc....

Shoes and socks are impossible to keep track of, what is up with that?!?!?!

You have to cut your kids fingernails once a week or you could grow a row of corn under them if you didn't.

Cookies are eaten so fast that your cookie jar now holds extra coins instead of actual cookies.

Peanut Butter is a staple.


***If I have missed anything, please let me know!!!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Today has been a very difficult day, we said goodbye to Trixy :( She's gone to be with her sisters Molly and Suzy and all the rest of her buddies. And I can attest it doesn't get any easier the 3rd time around. 15 years ago we said goodbye to Misty, 2 years ago was Molly and Suzy and now Trix has gone to be with them. She put up a good fight this morning. They gave her the shot to put her to sleep and her heart wouldn't stop beating so they had to give her a second dose. Her heart and mind just wasn't ready to go but the rest of her was, very heartbreaking!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU girls SO much and miss each and every one of you. Rest in peace baby girls :(
Trixy

Molly

The Girls

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Summer update!

Since it's been way too long, I thought I'd better update the blog. Gonna apologize now for the picture over load.
Here's the short version of our summer. Bought a 2004 Sierra trailer (Nick's idea...lol), so obviously we've been camping....which both kids absolutely LOVE! Cado learned how to drive the 4-wheeler and thinks he's a big kid now....lol Took the kids to Lagoon for ATK day, and been to the splash pad in south ogden....WHEW! Can you believe summer is coming to an end. :(
Cado will turn 5 next month and is gearing up for pre-school, he is getting so excited. I think it will make him grow up really fast. He loves to read and be read to and just recently got into doing puzzles.
Mariyah is 16 months old and growing FAST! She LOVES to be outside and just being busy, busy. Lately her new thing is when she has a yucky diaper is bring you the wipes and a diaper and lay down to be changed.
We decided this winter we are gonna paint the condo with the possibility of laying new carpet in the living room. Even though we don't allow shoes to be worn in the house it's still extremely hard to keep clean with small children.
Hope you've all had a wonderful fun filled summer!




Baby P patiently waiting for the guys to ride the rides


Riding the Tidal Wave, Cado LOVES these rides
Nick and Cado on the kiddie roller coaster, he was a little disappointed, he wanted to ride the BIG kid one
Riding music express
Baby P and Cado riding the little boats
Baby P and daddy
Cado LOVED the splash pad, mom and dad loved it cause it was free :)





Feeding the Geese in Jackson Hole

Sitting around the campfire with Uncle JJ



Cousin Brandyn helping me eat breakfast



Helping Grandma drive her Jazzy