SUCKER!

Lil A picked these suckers out for his treat for being potty trained (yes, it has been a while but I put them in the cupboard and forgot about them). He had part of one on Nov 4 and said Big A could have one (it was a 3-pack). I should have taken a post-sucker photo, he was sticky all over his face and hands. I should have also taken a during photo, he tried to stick the whole thing in his mouth, so cute.

boys take pictures

The boys LOVE to take photos but lately it has been a little ridiculous. I have to negotiate with me taking their photo first and then they can take some photos. Here are a few that they took Oct 20-Nov 3.

sitting up

I took these on Nov 3rd but it has taken me a little while to post. I think he looks so cute and his onesie matches a blanket, thanks again Heather.

smiley and swing sleeping

baby i fell asleep this way and stayed asleep for over an hour- thanks again Abby, he LOVES it and I LOVE it too.

Tagged TWICE

TAG #1
Favorite Person (outside family): I have some amazing friends I couldn't pick just one...I have been really blessed!

Favorite Food: Bryan's cooking

Quirks about you: I have a little bit of OCD, I like systems...that's okay, right Dad?

Any regrets in this life: I wish that I had finished school but then would I be wishing I had career instead of staying at home with the boys?

Favorite Charity/Cause: church

Favorite Blog: my own, it is my journal

Something You Can't Get Enough of: Being around family

Worst Job You've Ever Had: Telemarketing for less than a month and I hated every minute of it.

What Job Would You Pay NOT to Have: fast food, people are really rude when their order is wrong or it is taking too long, etc

Guilty Pleasure: Reality TV, Trader Joe Ice Cream, Tapioca pudding after the boys have gone to bed

Got Any Confessions: no

If you had $1000 to spend on yourself, how would you spend it?: I would save it (how dorky is that?)

Favorite Thing About Your House: When I am making dinner, I can see or hear wherever the boys are playing (outside, play room, their room or the living room). I can also hear them when I am in my room, that helps when I am trying to feed the baby and I need the older boys to play somewhere else.

One Thing You are Bad at: I am not very creative

If You Could Change One Thing About Your Circumstances, what would it be?: student loans paid off!

Who would you like to meet someday:I honestly cannot think of anyone

Who is Your Real Life Hero?: my parents and Bryan (I know cheesy but true and if you want to know why, you'll have to ask me)

What is the hardest part of your job?: feeling guilty when I want to do things for myself

When are you most relaxed?: when I am at my grandma's house or at my parents' house

What can you not live without?: my family

Do you agree or disagree with the recent article that reported that blogs are authored by narcissists? Haven't read it, but it's just like a photo album and people choose to read it...I don't expect anyone to read this...it's more for myself...maybe that means I'm narcissistic!

Why do you blog? it is my journal

Who are you tagging? Cambrea, Misty, Emily, Shauni, Darci, and anyone else who is willing to do it

TAG #2
5 things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Falling in love with Bryan
2. totaled my car
3. started working in the OR at Loma Linda
4. planning school schedule
5. met all of Bryan's family at Thanksgiving

5 things on my "to-do" list today:
1. laundry (always on my to-do list)
2. go to Target
3. take boys to school
4. make dinner
5. clean up (dishes, my room, living room)

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. ice cream
2. Pirate Booty
3. popcorn
4. brownies/cookies
5. fruit snacks (the nasty ones)

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. visit family and friends
2. buy a house
3. pay off student loans
4. buy a car
5. set up accounts for the boys missions and college

5 places I've lived:
1. RSM/Lake Forest, CA
2. Waco, Texas
3. Provo, Utah
4. San Bernardino, CA
5. Athens, OH

5 jobs I've had:
1. mother
2. OR worker (too many positions to chose one)
3. pizza girl
4. real estate receptionist
5. telemarketer

5 people I tag:
1. Abby
2. Katie
3. Emily
4. Bethany
5. Darci
If I thought anyone else would do it, I would tag them too. So if you are feeling like you want to do a tag, consider yourself tagged. Oh, Misty might do this when she is done with her books.

Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you’ve answered the questions on your blog.

THANKS ANN!

Before Halloween we received a package in the mail from my sister, Ann, when we opened it, Big A exclaimed "cute a blanket for baby i" when he pulled out a pillow sham. But then when the costume came out, he was even more excited and it was a fight over got to wear it first. Neither one wanted to let me take their photo so this is what we have from the first night.
As soon as I get a comforter then I will post about their room but I am not in a hurry so it will be a while. Thanks Ann, the boys are having a great time being firemen and eventually I will have the energy to shop for a comforter.


Yesterday we received another package from Ann. This one had this adorable bib in it. I took better photos but either he wasn't smiling or he had the bib scrunched up and I wanted to be able to see the cute turtle. Thanks AGAIN Ann, you are great.
Oh, a side note, I have survived another night alone (well no other adult). Bryan had a campout in the high desert with the scouts, so the boys and I made the most of it, had In-N-Out for dinner and then stopped to rent a movie on the way home, they picked a Thomas movie and I got a chick flick for when they were asleep.

licorice

baby i was a little fussy one day and the older boys were having a snack and I thought maybe he wanted one too. He LOVED it. Maybe I should stick some in the diaper bag for his 6 month appt today. Big A is worried about the shots for baby i, he keeps asking me "when he goes to the doctor's, is he getting shots?" But it hasn't really gone past that. I will post about Halloween and Emily's once I get through the stuff on the camera (sorry, I need to document my life in order so I don't remember going to Em's before Halloween, I will get to it but life is crazy and it needs to be documented that way).

windy

A few weeks ago it was really windy here. Bryan had already left for work and I heard a terrible noise, louder than a creak but along those lines. It sounded like it was right outside our window, so I thought something was rubbing on the smoker...boy was I wrong.

There were so many branches like this but I only took a photo of this one.

The clean-up people told me they would be back the next day to clean-up the one that was on our fence but that they would move it off the fence. I think the clean-up was more than they expected.

rice cereal

I took these a few weeks ago but since I am a slacker blogger I am just posting them now. He loves it and enjoys a little banana in it when I add a little in. I am planning on buying baby food eventually, but until then he is quite content having just plain rice cereal. But he is still learning how to keep it in his mouth and get it down. The older boys like to inform me when he needs it and it also reminds them that they want cereal too. I have tried to give them bites of the rice cereal but they turn it down every time. Lil A doesn't even tell me he isn't a baby anymore like he did the first few times I offered it.

My baby is 6 months old today and it truly has gone by way too fast for me. Some things my little Bubba is doing:

-sleeping for decent stretches at night (not like at 2 months when he was sleeping 8 hours but still good)
-taking a great nap in the afternoon if we are home
-LOVES to talk and does it all the time (during church, at 6 am when he has decided he doesn't want to go back to bed but the rest of us are still sleeping)
-LOVES the excersaucer, swing and high chair
-LOVES his brothers, they can get him to smile and he loves to watch them play
-sits up and usually only "falls" over when he is reaching for something
-LOVES the remote, cell phones, computers...he really is a techie
-likes to nurse and have a bottle and will let you know what he wants
-still likes to be swaddled to go to sleep
-loves his mom and dad
-does a cute little head tilt
-likes the stroller
-likes to be held
-likes to roll around on the floor and gets places pretty fast this way
-scoots backwards and has scooted forwards but backwards happens more often
-LOVES the shower
-LOVES to be outside (even if it is just to get the mail and back)