The Nutcracker Ballet

The day after Christmas Keri, Rachel, Hailey and I went to go see The Nutcracker Ballet. It was my first time seeing it in person and it was a lot of fun. I loved the costumes! We might have to make that an annual thing?!

My New Camera

Greg's Christmas present to me this year was letting me buy anything I wanted. I picked out the new pink Ipod nano, tennis shoes, some cherry blossom stuff from bath and body, band hero for my DS and the new Nikon D3000 camera kit. I had been researching new cameras for a while now and had it narrowed down to the Canon Rebel XS and the Nikon D3000. I made my choice just in time for Christmas and couldnt be happier. I have had so much taking pictures the past couple of days. Here are some samples.

My Favorite Cody Sayings

Drum roll please, the votes are in...

My favorite Cody sayings of 2009 are....

"You make my heart happy" and "I like ur shirt"

Cody's Hair Fetish

Ever since Cody was a baby, he has loved to play with my hair. That's usually the sign that he's tired and ready for bed. I always used to ask him why he liked doing that and he always said he didn't know. Well last night as I was laying in bed playing Band Hero on my DS, Cody comes in, lays down with me and starts to play with my hair. He says to me "Mom, know why I like to play with ur hair ho (so) much?"....."Cause it's so pretty."

That kid sure knows how to put a smile on my face :))

Justin's 2 Month App.

Although Justin will be 3 months this coming Friday, he had his 2 month appointment today (the insurance lost his birth certificate, so it took a little longer for it to go through).
He was 24 inches long and 13.40 lbs. His Dr was very impressed with how much he's grown and how strong he's become. He has excellent head control and will sit on the couch by himself. He is recognizing faces and voices and loves to laugh. The Dr said since he is so big that I shouldn't worry about waking him up at night for a feeding. He has been sleeping 5-8 hours a night. Well after the Dr was done, it was time for the nurse to come in which means time for the shots. I had him asleep by the time she got in the room, then she gave him his shots, he cried for 2 seconds, then fell asleep again. He was a real trooper although his legs are in a lot of pain as of now. And the whole time we were there Trevor was asking me, "Not me mom, no shots, baby J shots, not me" Im not even kidding when I say he probably asked me, the nurse, and his Dr that same thing about 50 times. He was very relieved when it was time to go and he had escaped without really not getting any shots

Since my mom passed away, this wonderful little boy has brought so much joy and life back into me. Looking at him makes me remember that life goes on and It's ok to be happy. I can honestly say I don't know what I would do without my 3 boys. They are my everything.

Cody's School Program

Yesterday was Cody's preschool Christmas program. I don't know why, but I was so excited for this (He had been practicing his Jingle Bells song on a regular basis and even taught Trevor how to sing it) They started the program by acting out the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear. Cody was one of the bears.


After Brown Bear, they sang Jingle Bells and We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

They sang another song is spanish, but I have no clue what it was. The program lasted about half an hour which I think is just enough time for four year olds. Since school ended after the program, Keri, Rachel, and I decided to take the boys to the mall to go see Santa. Cody with is outgoing and personable self was great with Santa. He let Santa know that he wants 2 nerf guns for Christmas. Trevor on the other hand was probably still too young to like Santa. In fact, he was deathly afraid of him and would not let go of his Auntie Rachel.

Justin's Acting Debut

Saturday night, Justin made his official acting debut. He played baby Jesus in John and Keri's church play and did a fabulous job if I do say so myself :) He didn't cry once and he didn't even know the couple playing Mary and Joseph. He of coarse could have played an Angel as well.


Justin has discovered something fabulous...his tongue! He plays with it all the time :)



When Keri was taking him back to get ready, Cody decided that he needed to be in the play as well. They were kind enough to let him be a little drummer boy. He had no clue what he was doing, but you would have never known the difference. He did a great job as well!

Starting Him Out Early

I have a new football partner!!!!! Justin is only 2 1/2 months, but he sat on my lap for most of that awesome Cardinals game last night! He was also sporting his red "home game" Cardinals outfit. He also has a white one for away games, both from the fabulous Kate.





It can be pretty tiring watching football though...

Justin is holding his head up, smiling, and starting to laugh although I have yet to capture it on camera. He loves sitting up to see everything that's going on around him. He loves his baths and for some reason loves to be on his changing table. Cody and Trevor are both still very good with him. We are so lucky to have this little man in our family

Catching Up

I've been so bad about blogging lately and posting pictures, so here it goes...One of my very good friends, Jeanne, can into town to see New Moon. While she was here, Jeanne, Meghan and I went to dinner at the Vig. It was so great to get together with both of them. I miss not being able to see them 3-4 days a week :) i love you ladies!!!(We must have been having ESP, b/c when they got out of the car, we all had on black shirts with gray sweaters/vests. Great minds think a like:)


Trevor also turned 2! I know I made an earlier post, but here are some pictures of our sweet 2 year old.






My birthday seems to creep up so fast after Trevor's. Greg took me to go see New Moon again at Westgate for my birthday date.
And of coarse baby J is getting bigger by the second.

Another Year Older

Another year older, that's for sure. Another year wiser, who knows?
I cant believe I'm 27 today and another year closer to 30!!!

Thank you to everyone who has sent cards, called and text me this morning and wished me a happy birthday. I love you all!

Our Big 2 Year Old!

Trevor turned 2 years old yesterday!!!! For Trevor's birthday, we went to Riley's birthday party, who coincidentally was born the same day as Trevor. We all had a blast. Kate had the party at Indian Steele park and we were lucky enough to be next to a "big mountain" as Cody put it. The kids had a great time running up and down this huge hill.
Today we went over to Mimi and Papa's to celebrate with family.

Trevor is turning into such an amazing little person!!! I can't even begin to describe how much we all love this little man. He is the sweetest, kindest, most easy going kid I have ever met. He is very polite, says please and thank you, shares his toys with Cody and is always thinking about other people first. I don't even think I could say he has hit 'the terrible two's' because he is sooo good. He just goes with the flow and loves every bit of it. We are sooo blessed to have this wonderful little boy in our lives! And besides being sweet, he is pretty adorable!!!
We Love you Tugga!!!!! Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Mom...

Today is/should have been my moms 59th birthday...so young...

Today sucks...

I should be taking my mom out to lunch today then going to get our usual mani/pedi for her birthday...

I know I could look at this situation in a completely different light and say "well, she's in a better place" but I cant, I'm selfish, I want her here with me where she should be.

Sunday night I went to go get subway for dinner. As I was driving home I was thinking "oh it's Sunday, I wonder if my mom is done with bells so I can talk to her?" and then I just felt stupid, so stupid that I could forget she's gone and I'll never talk to her again. It's almost like finding out again for the first time that she's gone...

Yup, today sucks!

There is this song that Taylor Swift wrote called "The Best Day" She wrote it for her mom. It's a great song. It reminds me a lot of the relationship that my mom and I had. She knew how to be a friend when I needed a friend, she knew how to be my mom when I needed my mom. She was amazing...

Halloween

For Halloween, we took the boys to a trunk or treat at John and Keri's church...much safer than walking the neighborhoods if you ask me. All of the boys were supposed to be dragons for Halloween, but Trevor decided he wanted to be a tiger. They started the night with chilly and hot dogs. Then Cody made his way over to the jumpy thing (is there an official name?) Trevor wanted nothing to do with it. Then Cody got to go in his first haunted house with Mimi...and might be his last for a while. He was pretty scared. Trevor did the cake walk and won a cupcake with a finger on it! He didn't want finger, so he gave it to me and it was delicious (it was a candy finger if you didn't guess) Then it was on to the trunk or treat. Daddy took them to all the different cars as I took pictures of my cute little dragons and the cutest Tiger I've ever seen!
(Pictures are a little out of order, sorry)

My cute baby dragon trying to eat his costume

The CUTEST Tiger ever!

Cody trying to make his mean dragon face

I love my Cody Dragon!


03117.JPG" AAAAHHHHHH, Justins too cute!
Trick or treat time...

Trevor holding on tight to his Papa

Desert Botanical Garden

Last Wednesday I took Cody and Trevor to the Desert Botanical Garden. It was a fun date with my boys! Keri got us passes, and it was the first time I have ever been. We really went so we could go to the butterfly exhibit they have there. The whole time on our way there, I was reminding the boys not to touch the butterflies, so what happens, I end up trying to touch them, go figure. Cody was so disappointed that none of the butterflies landed on him. He was trying so hard to stay still. There's something kind of mythical about being surrounded by a bunch of butterflies. After the butterfly exhibit, I took the boys on one of the trails. It was so funny. We were the only people on that particular trail and it was one that had different Indian huts and houses set up. I had the boys so freaked out that Indians were in the bushes following us, Cody whispered to me "We better call Dad!" Trevor is still asking me a week later if there are Indians following us. He says "Indians, scared mom" I know I shouldn't tease them, but it's so funny.

Waiting, waiting, waiting...nope, nothing


Little "me too" doing what big brother does
Checking out the Indian hut

Grinding the tree seeds...

Cody looks a little nervous b/c he thinks Indians are hiding behind him.

Random Thoughts

DSW must have been reading my mind: They sent me a coupon that said "must buy shoes"...actually it said $15 off which really means "must buy shoes"

Go pee on someone your own size!

I'm pretty sure this new wireless printer is smarter than me

Whatever happened to Third Eye Blind?...I really miss them

Curse you cloth diapers!!!!!

Do you think I could sell Cody to the Russians?...I'd have to make sure to put a no return policy on him.

Why on earth is a dental exam required for preschool?

"Chickity China the Chinese chicken"--You're so clever Barenaked Ladies!

Thank goodness for burning calories while nursing b/c I've eaten a lot of Reese's and still lost 25 lbs in 4 weeks!

Can we move to Flagstaff already?

NAU Homecoming Game!!!

A couple of years ago Gregory was invited to be apart of the Wounded Warrior Project. If you've never heard of them before, it's an amazing non-profit organization that supports wounded warriors from all branches of the military. He went to Utah in 2007 and participated in Project Odyssey. A couple of days ago, we got an email asking if Gregory and myself would be interested in going to the NAU homecoming football game to represent the Wounded Warriors. We get to go to the team dinner, talk with the coaches, be on the field for warm ups, get VIP seating, free food, and Gregory gets to do the game coin toss!!!!!!! As everyone knows, I'm a pretty big football fan. I am so excited!!!! And Gregory would much rather watch college football than Pro. He is actually also very excited. So on October 24th we'll be up in Flagstaff watching the Lumberjacks!!!!!!!!! Can't wait!!! Did I mention we get free t-shirts and sweatshirts? I love free things!

New Updates

Oh my goodness, where to start? Lets start with baby J....

Justin is almost a month old! Where the month has gone, I'm not quit sure. He is a wonderful baby! He still loves his sleep which I greatly appreciate. He loves to be held and loves to see what is going on around him which is usually chaos. And the crazy thing, turns out he's allergic to diapers!!!! Is that even possible? He ended up with this crazy, horrible diaper rash that would not go away. I was trying my heart out to get rid of it and nothing was working. At his 2 week appointment, his Dr gave me a prescription for some cream that did absolutely nothing for him. Luckily his nurse told me about Butt Paste, "the one in the yellow box, not the green," she said. It has worked wonders for him! And that brings me to the cloth diapers...that's right, every moms worst nightmare. We tried huggies organic or hypoallergenic diapers, and those didn't work. He has been in cloth diapers for about a week now, and those have helped as well. Gregory came up with the brilliant idea to put a diaper over the cloth diapers since the waterproof covers weren't doing their job. Best idea ever!









This past weekend Gregory and I were actually able to go on 2 dates in a row!!! It was great!!! Nathans girlfriend Jenna watched the boys Saturday while we went and did some shopping, then we went and ate at the Olive Garden. Sunday, Greg's sister Rachel watched the boys while we went to Dave and Busters. It was the first time we had ever been there before and we had a lot of fun. But by 8:30 we were both exhausted and ready to go home...yes, were losers, I know.

Cody is on fall break this week and I am loving not having to drive the 2 1/2 hours everyday to take him and pick him up from school. My dad came over Monday morning and we took the boys to the park to play baseball, and basketball. They had a blast. I think we might go to the zoo or kids museum either Thursday or Friday?...we'll see if Cody can behave himself.