Friday Update

Ok, so even though summer is not officially over, the weather has definitely changed to fall here. So why am I still just as busy?

Here is an update on what has been going on around here:

1. Visited Jesse in Cutbank last weekend since he had to stay there and needed some company. Plus we spent all of Saturday in Glacier! It was beautiful!


2. Christopher had his first pool experience at the hotel! He liked it even though the water was freezing!


2. Dentist Check up (Why is it, that the only time I floss is right before I go to the dentist? Like I get extra points for "catching up", or something! Does anyone else do that? Whatever, liars!)

3. Colton started soccer. There is nothing more amusing than watching 3 on 3 Five year olds try to remember which goal is theirs, to have good sportsmanship when the other team scores, and remember to pass to your teammates! He is having a great time and you all can officially call me a Soccer Mom! (He's the one with black shorts and black socks)


4. At 4:00 today I will be stopping by Walgreens to pick up 412 pictures that I ordered. Why? Oh, Laura Beth, Katie, and I will be joining forces for a Scrap-A-thon til midnight (or later). I am sooooo excited! The last thing that I scrapbooked was Colton's 2nd birthday!


5. Christopher and I went to the Ladies Garden Tea Party on Tuesday to honor Abby K. and I could not find a fancy hat for any thing. My solution... put the garden in my hair! It was fun getting dressed up (I know Rachel M. is laughing out loud right now), and getting together with a bunch of women. It was really nice to honor Abby, we will miss her!

My "hollywood" pose!

6. Don't get fitted with contacts when you are pregnant and not order them until after. Your eyes change, and not a little bit, but pretty drastically. My glasses broke (huh, imagine that. Again) and so until they could be replaced, I ordered contacts from my last exam (pregnant). I put them on (not pregnant), tried to drive around and had to cut my errands short because these things were making my vision absolutely backwards! I think I would've been better without any in! So I have an appt. for a new fitting.

7. Christopher got his 4 month check up on Tues. 17 pounds(74%) and 27 inches long(93%). Him and his carrier/car seat together weigh 27.8 lbs. I am getting some sweet biceps!


8. Colton has been making this wheezy, gurgly sound when he breathes for the past three days. Which I thought might just be Colton being Colton. But yesterday it sounded pretty bad, so again we went to the dr. and he has a bronchial infection. Opps, well chalk it up to the times that I took him right away and it was a case of the sniffly sneezes.



9. I am anxiously awaiting a text from Rachel M. (to be exact, Kris, her husband) to find out what they had, what they named it, how big it is! She was enduced at 5 am this morning!!!

10. Jesse just walked in the door. Carrying a little bag from the Pita Pit. It is sooo yummy and any new restaurant in GF is reason to celebrate!

Our "bible"

So Jesse was probably one of those kids that pretended to pay attention at church and so I shouldn't have been surprised when he handed me the outline (giggling) this sunday with his "notes". Bold items are to be replaced with what is in parentheses.

Three Enemies of a Focused Family

1. Selfishness
(bible verses)
2. Slothfulness
Proverbs 24:30-34 I walked by the field (kitchen) of a lazy person, the vineyard (dishes and tupperware) of one lacking sense (were everywhere). I saw that it was overgrown with thorns. (the counter was messy.) It was covered with weeds (sticky stuff), and it's walls were broken down.

Hmmm, after a little discussion and him pleading "I meant this for both of us!", I had to laugh and have a little grace. I am thankful that he keeps things in perspective for me and knows when I need a chuckle. I love him!
But in my defense, Sunday morning I had two children dressed and clean, fresh blueberry pancakes and bacon prepared all before church and the mess from the previous nights' dinner (made by Jesse) taking over the counter.

That's MY man!!!

As I type this, my awesome husband is boarding a plane for Florida. Why, you may ask?
We-he-elllll (as I puff out my chest for my humble hubby), he is being recognized nationally by the AUSA (attorneys) for a child exploitation case that he worked on, that led from a bad guy here to a really bad guy in Florida. He worked with Jon (Wendy's hubby) from the GFPD and another ICE agent out of Florida, who are also being recognized.

He is so cool. Plus really hot!!!! :)

WARNING! Corpse Pics

Mom:1
Mouse:0

Or as Colton says when he plays Lego StarWars
"Oh yea, who's the man? I'm the man, Oh yea!!!"
I disposed of the creature b/f Colton got home from school, but Sierra was very proud of our work and wanted to "play" with it!

Goin' Huntin'

Yesterday with everything that was going on (Jesse going away for a week for work, Colton's first day of kindergarten, and now this) I didn't have time to stop by Ace to pick up anything for this issue. Actually I was secretly hoping it would disappear on its own, but it never works that way! What is my issue (as if the picture didn't give it away)? A mouse.
Cute? Ooooooh, Noooooo! I think diseased, Hanta virus ridden rodent. I think I have it trapped in our old bedroom upstairs since yesterday. Unfortunately that is where all of my clothes are and (as if this is a shocker to my family) and piles of laundry that have not made it to the laundry room and I refuse to bring into my nice, clean new bedroom. So any time that I want to get dressed I have to go into the dreaded room, like pajamas last night and getting dressed this morning. My dog is not a "mouser" so even when I send her in there before me, she won't save me from the mouse.I saw is this morning and screamed so loud, jumped on said pile of laundry and Colton came running in the room, squealing with delight "Yea, I think you saw the mouse!!!" (huh, what was your first clue? He apparently does not realize how horribly disgusting they are.) And now I see what it (hopefully there's only one) has eating... hmm someone left a protein, superbar in their pant pocket. So not only am I just going after a mouse, but a SuperMouse hopped up on protein.

So this is my defense. I am determined to get this little varmint. Why do I feel this is turning into a weird version of Elmer Fudd vs. Tom and Jerry? Wish me luck!!!

The Jack is Back!

My surrogate big sister, who moved away, then recently moved a tiny bit closer, is up and blogging again! Miss you girlie and your little girls too!

Jackie

Diaper-free?

As if we don't have enough pressure on parents to ensure our babies are properly nourished, developing correctly and are happy, here comes THIS! What are your thoughts?

Since DC

Ok, so I know that it has been a while, but a lot has happened and I'll try to catch you up as much as I can. Just about every other day something happens and I think "oh, this will make a great blog", but I get busy and my thoughts and pictures never make it to the computer! So this is only a portion of what has been going on in our house!

1. We got Colton back a week early
2. celebrated my dad's b-day in Helena (with his new puppy Wilma)
3. painted, carpeted and moved into the basement (finally!)
4. Christopher is rolling to his side, discovered his tongue, and experienced his first food!
5. Colton getting ready for school and his first day of kindergarten today (see additional post)

And here are the pictures that accompany these events!

1. Colton is home!!!!

Who says the bouncer is only for 6 to 18 months!___________________________________
2. At Grandpa's house
Wilma (with her dew claw bandages) was supposed to avoid getting them wet or dirty, but within an hour of us being there, she played in the sand pile and water tank with Colton!
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3. Painted, carpeted and moved into basement!
(Before/After pics coming soon!)

Loopy on paint fumes!
No rest for the weary___________________________________

4. Christopher's milestones

"So when mom is about to take a picture, just do this! Ok?"
"Ok, phbbbb

First food- Rice cereal with bananaHe makes this face, just before bursting into a full blown cry!

Christopher's Guide to DC

1. Don't forget to pack for every occasion (i.e. spit up or diaper malfunction)

2. Take in the local fare. Yummy!

3. Make sure you get back to your car in time or risk a hefty ticket.
(We started the day past 7 hours and barely made it back before the time ran out!)4. Humor your parents when they use you for entertainment.

5. Sun protection is a must and fashionable too!

6. See the sights. At the Lincoln memorial with the Reflecting pool and Washington's monument in the background.
7. Don't complain when you have to keep taking pictures with the same thing in the background.8. Rest when you can. Even when your mother drags you to various museums and tourist traps. Though it is obscured by my mom's head, we are in front of the White House.
9. I repeat, rest.10. Finally, when your parents don't listen, don't be afraid to take it all the way to the top dog!

Simpsonized

So it's no secret that we are major Simpson fans and so when I found this site, I just had a blast turning us in to the Simpsons!
Try it yourself! Just remember if you export your Simpson add a .jpeg or .png when you save it or you won't be able to open it! Have fun!

PS. We got back from DC this past weekend. Working on getting pics up. Colton is coming home this Saturday!!! We have a ton of work in the basement! Aahh!

Trying to beat the heat!

So these pictures were taken a few weeks ago, but someone has been busy with other things so she is getting a little behind on the uploading of photos!

These were taken when, for a couple of weeks, the temperatures rose over 100* and didn't cool off at night. Which we count on, so opening the windows at night gave us very little relief. We resorted to pulling our mattress off of our bed and bringing it into the living room, taxing our little window air conditioner. The "ghetto" camping was kind of fun for a little bit, but, thankfully it began to cool off again at night and we moved back to our room! I seriously don't know how pioneer people could do it! No air, all those clothes, I am glad I exist at this time! (I do realize how whiny I am sounding!)

Christopher is not impressed with heat!

Finger-licking good!

I put this one on for Jackie.
Christophers' two finger suck is reminiscent of my little friend Shae!

Lazy, Hazy, CRAZY days of Summer!

Connie with Christopher

Thank you to all of you that are still checking to see if I have blogged! You haven't given up on me!
Well, Christopher and I flew to the Midwest so that him and his cousin could finally meet and surprise my mom and sister, Carrie! My other nephew, Evan, turned 2, and Connie turned 30! My family got together and gave me funds to purchase another camera (replacing one that was recently stolen/lost) for my birthday! I love you all! Hmm... what else? Jesse is going to Washington DC in a couple weeks, so Christopher and I are going to tag along and check out our nations' capital! I am so stoked! I can barely keep up, let alone blog about everything that is going on! Here are some pics from our trip to the midwest! Hopefully I will blog before we go to DC, but with all the construction still going on, and Colton coming home soon (YEA!), I don't know if I will be able to! Any-hoooo I hope you all are having a great summer!

Blake and Christopher checking each other out
Me with Christopher, Amy(cousin) with Emma, Connie with Blake
3Generations
Evan and BlakeCheck out more under my pics section

I call him Chubsy

Chubsy, Squishy, Elephant boy (due to the sound he makes while pooping-Jackie), Stinker, Little Mister...
whatever you may call him, I call him cute!
More pics on the left, click on 2007

Wondering where I've been?

Hello everyone! Um, so I really don't have any good excuses left, but Christopher and I have been quite the little travellers. To Colorado and back to take Colton to his dad's, on a train to Spokane to visit Jackie and the girls for a week and a half and then soon I will be visiting my family in the midwest! Not to mention we may or may not tag along with Jesse to Dallas for his work! Amidst the travelling we have ongoing work in the basement, spent Father's Day weekend laying sod in the backyard and had a bed and couch delivered to our house. And then finally turning one year closer to 30! Sooooo with all that I hope you can excuse my delinquency of blogging! Love you all and hope that your summer and just to smooth things over with you, here are two cute pictures of Christopher!