Fun Weekend

Our weekend sort of went a little crazier than anticipated. But even with the craziness it was a very nice family weekend.

To start if off my parents came up to visit. Since we are converting our extra bedroom into a nursery we didnt have an extra bed anymore. They had a sofa sleeper in their basement and brought it up for us so we still have an extra bed if needed. We also went out to a yummy yummy Texas Roadhouse dinner and exchanged presents. One of the presents I got was an electric can opener. Justin and I have been married 12 years and he thinks electric can openers are for the birds and that hand openers are fine. The only way I would ever get one is for a present from someone other than justin. So my parents gave me one!!!! Anyway when I went grocery shopping sunday I bought lots of cans that needed opening!!!! I also got a Snuggie type blanket with Arms. It is the softest thing in the world! Brett keeps stealing it from me. So here is Brett and I on the new sofa pull out watching G force- notice I am in his spider man blanket and he is in my snuggie! My mom and dad spoiled us again! Thank you for everything!



The other thing that happened this weekend was that with the new couch coming we decided to sell our old couches on KSL. Justin had an idea to put both sets out there and see what happened. On Saturday morning we had 3 people come and look and sold both sets. So now we have a sofa sleeper upstairs but nothing in our front room. Earlier in the week Justin sold a gun on KSL as well. So put the 3 sales together and boom I GET NEW COUCHES!!!!!! I can never doubt jusitn's love for me knowing he sold a gun so I could have new couches! He has always hated our couches downstairs because he actually ordered a different couch and while he was away elk hunting I decided I hated them and got different ones instead but for over 10 years we have enjoyed them. They guy who bought the couches was a very chatty fellow who spent 3 hours just sitting on the couch seeing if he liked it and talking to Justin about football. He was an engineer as well who shared Justins exact feelings on almost all football things. It was a very long sell. After he finally left we ran to a store and found a set via picture that we really liked and were on a good sale- but only until 6 pm (it was 430). We wanted to go look at others so we drove down to Ashley Furniture in a hurry to decide what to do. On the way there traffic was awful. We figured road construction but finally found out it was an overturned semi truck with onions spilling all over. Let me just say as a pregnant person the smell was over whelming. We got to Ashley and had only like 20 minutes to look and finally left and made a call to buy the set from the other place for a great price. I really hope its comfy. Bad news is that we wont have a couch until the week of January 11th. So Christmas morning we will all be on the floor!!! Brett and the dog are enjoying the extra running room. Its going to be weird we got really dark brown leather couches so its going to be a huge difference.


Sunday Brett and I put icing on Christmas Cookies, put together puzzles, went for 2 bear hunts, and just had a blast.



This just made me laugh a little. Today I made home made manicotti. It is the only thing that I can make from scratch that is just wonderful. Justin and I love it. Its not too hard to make but takes a ton of time. So after all is said and done- Brett still prefers Ravioli out of a can.... Silly Kid!

Merry Christmas Santa

I was able to track down the pictures of Brett on Santa's lap from a few Saturdays ago. I had forgotten my camera but there was a lady taking photos. I made a few calls and finally found them hanging in the cafeteria at Davis Hospital. The good news is now that I have photos I can stop searching for another Santa Claus to get pictures with.

Christmas came early.

Justin has been wanting to get Brett a rubber band gun for a while now. He has been searching the local stores like Cal Ranch, Sportsmans, etc and couldnt find them anywhere so he went online and found some rifles and handguns. Of course he couldnt just get Brett one and they have such a variety of different types so both boys got a Handgun and a Rifle. Justin got himself a Desert Eagle pistol. He wants one in real life so this is the next best thing. I just love how much fun they had when the UPS man got here tonight. It was priceless. It also gave us the opportunity to teach a little gun safety. All of our guns are locked up safe but it still doesnt hurt to talk about gun safety.


After a little practice with soda cans and He-man figures the boys went on a bear hunt. Here is the poor bear.


Brett and daddy sneaking up on the bear. Bretts little pants just wouldnt stay up.


Mommy even got into the fun, but the only goggles I could find came from a little kids tool kit


We are not running a terrorist camp here, but it kinda looks like it.


Brett practicing.

So a week ago Brett told Justin that Ritz cracker's smelled so bad they made him want to puke. Last night after eating a whole package of skittles he went up stairs and justin was eating Ritz again. Brett started to gag, ran down stairs and puked all over his carpet- Blue. Once he started to puke he couldnt stop. The reason he said he puked- the smell of ritz crackers. Now I understand from being pregnant that certain smells can make me vomit. This is the smell of the bathroom at my work mainly- but ritz crackers. He use to eat them.

Snowy Weekend

Our plans this weekend included driving to Price to exchange presents with my parents. There was a storm warning that included Sunday saying 1-2 feet of snow in the mountains so we decided not to go because Spanish Fork Canyon is horrible in the snow. We were kind of going back and forth on what we should do but when we woke up on Saturday we realized we made the right choice. We already had 2 inches of snow by 8 am. Its now 1 pm and it hasnt let up snowing at all. If I look at the news it still says- chance of flurries. We sold our 4 wheeler with plow this year so we are greatful to my parents for giving us their old one. I am so jealous of my in laws who are in Hawaii in 80 degree weather right now. Justin in his hat snow blowing... He wears this hat everywhere these days.
My little snow angel
I ate snow as a kid too and I am still alive.

We had a few accidents in Brett's bathroom lately. First it started with the porcelain garbage can breaking and then before I even replaced it the soap dispenser broke. Everything in there was white and purple with flowers so I decided since it will be a bathroom for 2 boys I might as well let them ditch the flowers. I went to the store to get something cool like spider man but all I could get was zoo animals. Brett's reaction was great. I thought he would think they were a little babyish but he loved it.



Brett is such a wonderful help to me for doing chores. Today he cleaned toilets, counter tops and mirrors as well as moved laundry to the laundry room for his mom whose back hurts. He was having so much fun and even though it slowed me down a bit it made the whole process enjoyable. After it was over he got to pick another toy from the basement. (He is still trying to earn them all back). Anyway Justin just loved that he picked his old Construx toys. He has had them for a while but had no interest in them as of yet. They keep him occupied for 2 hours this morning. It was great. I think Justin kind of enjoyed the whole thing as well. we looked it up on the internet and they havent made those toys since 1988. It sure makes you feel old when you realize your favorite childhood toys are more than 20 years old.


This is the first weekend that Brett is not having a nap at home since they are not napping at school either. Brett is very excited about this- I am a little sad because I am guessing if he doesnt nap I wont get to either.

Syrup/Brett

I got asked for the recipe for the syrup mentioned in the below post and am very embarrassed at just how easy it is to make this syrup and its 100% better than the bottled stuff. So here you go.

1 cup water- Bring to boil
Add 2 cups sugar to the boiling water.
1 cap full (probably a tsp) Vanilla extract
1 cap full (probably a tsp) Mapeline

Bring it all to a boil and remove from heat and viola your done. We usually make it and eat it nice and warm right away. Then just pour the extra into a plastic container and microwave it for about 30 seconds to heat it up each time. It stays good for a long time. Simple! I usually buy the mapleline in the blue and white box.

As for a Brett update- He is doing okay this week at school. They are trying something new with him. He is in the 4 year old class in the morning until 11 and then moves up to the kindergarten class for the afternoon. He is still struggling some at school but learning how to calm himself down without being destructive. The morning teacher just needs a little break. The good news for Brett is that he doesnt have to take a nap now!!!! He gets to play outside with the big kids instead. That might be a blessing or a problem for the teachers though as they have 2 extra hours with him awake- however...nap time was the worst time of day for him. Brett has been okay at night without a nap but is for sure ready to bed when we put him down at 8. He is still waking up around 7. With the bigger kids if he chooses to hit or kick one of them- they make sure he gets hit or kicked back harder. Its one of those lessons brett needs. So far he is doing well and holding his own. Instead of the complete and major break downs now he is crying instead and calms down faster. All in all its still a work in progress. Brett is also doing really well at home we have had a few normal 4 year old days but overall he is behaving well. Time out is no longer a struggle and usually with a little counting he provides the desired result. Brett is just a little to smart for his own britches- Hmmmm wonder where he gets that from. Brett also seems excited for the baby to come. 3 more months!

Justin picked up Brett early today and the power ended up being off from 1pm to 530 pm on a horribly cold day. They lasted until around 4 and then went shopping to get warm. I had to work a little late in Sandy and was able to meet them at TGIF's for dinner. Brett ate his favorite spinach dip, a bite of pizza and fries. I enjoyed my favorite pork chops, garlic potatoes and a yummy yummy ice cream and brownie! I must admit that sometimes splurging a little, having great food I didnt have to cook, and smiles on my boys faces is just the best way to come home for work! I am really lucky to have such a great family.

Sibling Class/Santa/Christmas Presents

On Saturday I took Brett to a Sibling Class at the hospital. Due to the weather there were only 2 attendees at the class. Brett was 4 and Wyatt who was 8. Brett was so fun. he had all sorts of answers for them. They asked him "Who do you think your mom will call first when the baby is born?" Of Course the answer was suppose to be himself but he said "the Dr.". He also told them that he didnt have to worry about a messy room because his mommy would clean it for him. We all know I am not the cleanest freak on earth..... Anyway it was pretty fun he got a shirt at the end that said "Im the big brother". When they were putting blankets on and holding the babies Brett bear only ended up on the ground a dozen times.





As we were leaving they said if we rush we might catch Santa in the parking lot. We drove around the hospital as fast as we could. I saw a reindeer being loaded up and luckily santa was still there but leaving. We rushed out of the car into the snow to catch him. He got a hug and got to see Santa but silly mommy left the camera which was there in the car. It would have been the most adorable picture. they were in falling snow on a sleigh and brett was smiling so big! I cant believe I did it but since they were packing up I didnt have time to grab the camera.

Brett is getting so big it amazes me. He has such a fun and challenging personality. I have to tell you Saturday was one of those challenging days. Coming home from the hospital class in Layton all the way to West Haven should only take 15 minutes. Due to the weather it took over 1 hour and 30 minutes. We just creeped home behind a truck salting the road. We even got to see Santa driving by on a fire truck. He said "wow he is fast" since we had just left the other santa at the hospital. I cant tell you how many accidents I saw. Brett was miserable. He had a good nap but then later on we took him to the grocery store. Justin, I and Brett let me just say no matter how bad my back hurts and I like the help Justin offers Brett is staying home from now on. He cried the whole time about how we got all the food we wanted and Brett didnt get any. He was even mad that we bought the dog 2 bones. While we were there we ran into someone from the day care who told Justin "We always know when Brett is mad... he is so loud the whole school knows".... nice reputation to have.......




Brett took a picture of me. I really hate having pictures of myself on the blog but as far as memories go I guess I better throw one in here very once in a while so Brett remembers his mom.


For Christmas each year for neighbors I have always just gave them store bought cookies. This year my mom gave me an idea to do our homemade maple syrup in cute bottles. Justins mom taught me how to make it. Its super easy and so good I cant even eat the store bought stuff anymore. I thought they turned out cute. I have only made the first 4 so far but I really liked the way it turned out and it actually looks like I took the time to make something homemade. In all it costs less than $1.50 per bottle and only around 15 minutes to make 4.

TGIF

Thank goodness its friday because if this happened on a monday I might not have dealt with my morning with as much humor as I did being that I know its the last day of the work week!
on my way to work after dropping brett off I coughed and gagged and puked up my chocolate milk from this morning. I havent thrown up for about 2 weeks so I was totally caught off gaurd. It was just at Thanksgiving that I took my barf bag and extra shirt out of the car for those just in cases. I couldnt pull over or hold it so I made it to the cup holder. Right on my coke and cell phones for work and home. Went right down the black berry cover. all over the cup holders down my shirt. I pulled over and cleaned up what I could with wet whips and put the coke outside the door to deal with later. So I forget about the coke and with the windows open I pulled away and drove right over it and it exploded over the whole car and into my open window. I had a meeting at 8 am with 10 people that I was in charge of so no time to go home and get a new shirt and shower. There was an old denim button down I have at my office so I put that on. I spent my lunch cleaning out my car and taking it to the car wash but I am still icky and need a shower ASAP. My Blackberry case got the worst of it. just a few more hours til the weekend! Cant wait!!!

This weekend should be quiet I know I need groceries and Brett has a 1 hour sibling class about how to be a big brother- holding, changing, and feeding. I hope he enjoys it.