Saturday, December 29, 2007

BYU vs. BSU

So my sweet friend Chanell called today and wondered if we wanted tickets to the BYU/Boise State basketball game tonight. Heck ya!!! Mark was so excited. Her dad is the coach for BYU so they had a bunch of extra tickets. It didn't start until 7:00 p.m., so we made Rex take a late nap and got Sam to take a little cat nap at 6:00 and then hauled them off to the game. Luckily we found a BYU shirt for Rex and Sam wore his blue jammies. Rex was so excited and was even more excited when he saw Annie on the front row, lucky girl!! We went down and said a quick hi and they hugged before they could kick us out of the VIP area! Unfortunately BYU lost, Mark was not happy, but we still had a great time. I was surprised how many BYU fans were there, great turn out Cougars! I forgot my camera of course but thank goodness for camera phones. Here are a couple of shots, grainy but you get the idea.



THANKS CHANELL WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME!!!!!

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Christmas Vacation

We survived our Christmas Vacation and even managed to have a lot of fun! The boys and I left Christmas Eve morning to go to my mom's house and Mark met us there that night since he had to work. Right when we got there, we saw Jessica and Jason and the twins before they left town. Yea, we finally got to see the twins, sleeping but so cute! Ben and Jessica and Jack were there and we had a great time reacquainting the cousins and Ben and I had a great time bantering and bugging each other!
Rex was so into Christmas and Santa Claus (we tried to emphasize Jesus, but of course Santa was all he cared about). So he wouldn't eat his dinner that night so Mark used the you better eat your dinner or I am calling Santa and telling him not to come line. Well, right after that, someone called. So Mark says, "It must be Santa". Rex got this terrified look on his face and said, "No, Daddy, NO! Don't answer the phone!" We were all busting up laughing at this point. So Mark answers the phone and Rex looks like he is about to cry. We had to convince him that it was not Santa. After that, he ate his dinner!!
We had a great Christmas morning, with too many presents and so much noise I think we permanently scarred my poor Grandpa! The kids were way too spoiled but love their new toys. I am busy trying to organize to make room for the new loot. It was great to see many of my cousins and their kids and to enjoy all the time spent with family. I love this time of year! And I got my favorite treat, my mom's English Toffee!! YUMMY!


P.S. I know the video of Sam is not in my last post, I will fix it soon. My laptop's hard drive fried while I was trying to do it. :((

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Cute videos

I took some video of the boys today being so adorable.
Sam has learned to play with one of his toys. If you put a ball in the hole, the toy makes music. So Mark taught him how to do it, and he was so excited and proud of himself I had to video it. He literally did it all day! Such a cutie!


I have been wanting to get a video of Rex singing a church song because he has quite the collection that he can sing but so far whenever I try to get him to do it he won't. Well today was my lucky day! He did it! What a good little singer.

Thank you Shayna!


Thanks Shayna for commenting on my last post and linking me to that great website. I actually did use an idea on there for my lesson. I had been thinking about the "Special Witnesses" movie of the apostles sharing their testimony or Christ. So first I quoted Joseph Smith (since it is his birthday), his quote about the apostles and prophets and their testimonies of Christ being fundamental to the gospel. Then we watched about 1/2 hour of the video. And then I made "stockings" for Jesus and little gift boxes with the testimonies of the apostles in them. They turned out really cute and the girls promised that they would hang up Jesus stocking and write their testimonies and put in inside. So thanks Shayna, it turned out great. And all the rest of you slackers that didn't respond, you're lame! Just kidding, I know everyone is busy!!!! :)

Friday, December 21, 2007

I need some help!

I know everyone is probably busy right now with the holidays fast approaching but I need some help. I have to teach my Beehive class this Sunday because my advisor is out of town. Well we are supposed to teach a Christmas lesson but there is no official Christmas lesson so we need to come up with one on our own. I was thinking of using a General Conference address on the Savior and also incorporating Joseph Smith in there since Sunday is his birthday, but I am wondering if anyone has any good ideas for me? Any one know a great Christmas lesson that would be applicable to 12-13 year old girls? Email me if you do.
michelle.weymouth@gmail.com

Thanks in advance!

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Tagged again!

This time by my lovely friend Kelli!! Ok, here goes.
A-Attached or single? Attached
B-Best friend? Mark, but if we are talking women definitely my mom or Stef
C-Cake or pie? Cake, German Chocolate please!
D-Day of choice? Saturday
E-Essential item? my laptop.... oh that's sad!
F-Favorite Color? Purple
G-Gummy bears or gummy worms? neither unless they are sour
H-Hometown? Idaho Falls I guess, I have lived too many places
I-Favorite indulgence? Diet Coke
J-January or July? July of course, my birthday month!
K-Kids? Rex and Sammy
L-Life isn't complete without? my family although I liked Kellie's answer
M-marriage date? May 9th, 2003
N-Number of Brothers and sister? Oh this could get complicated.... 1 full brother Ben, 2 step-sisters and 3 step-brothers on my mom's side: Miranda, Jessica, Matthew, Mitchell and Zachary, and 3 step-sister and 1 step-brother on my dad's side: Katie, Brain, Laura and Lisa
O-Oranges and Apples? Oranges, is that supposed to be an or?
P-Phobias? death, more specifically someone I love dying
Q-Quote? "Justification is the bobsled down to hell" Brigham Young Always puts a smile on my face!
R-Reason to smile? Rex torturing poor Boykin right now, making him a "bed" with blankets all over him.... poor dog
S-Season? Summer
T-Tag 3 friends. Stefanie, Kellie and Jessica
U-unknown fact? I am kinda an open book, I tell people everything
V-Favorite Veggie? Artichoke or anything from my garden
W-Worst habit? not making the bed? I don't know ask Mark
X-X-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound I guess
Y-Your Favorite food? Cheescake factory or Italian food
Z-Zodiac? Cancer

Monday, December 17, 2007

Christmas treats

This is our first Christmas living in our house and in a neighborhood. How exciting it is to be able to make our neighbors Christmas treats and to receive so many treats in return! I made a popcorn, chocolate mix tonight and made some cute paper holders to put them in. So for family night we took them to about 20 neighbors. Rex absolutely loved it! He had to ring the doorbell, hold the treat and then say "Merry Christmas" when they answered the door. I love sharing this time of year with him the older he gets. He appreciates all the traditions and gets so excited about everything. The funny thing is 4 of our neighbors had the same Family night activity plan as we did. So not only did we go share our treats, we had 4 families come to our door as well! So fun! I love our neighborhood! Here's a few of our treats.

While I was working on the treats, I heard Sam laughing and looked over and he was at the window, laughing at Boykin playing in the yard. It was so cute, I had to take a picture. He is SO mobile now, he is crawling all over the place and fast!

Of course Rex wanted a picture of him also....

Here's a funny Rex story. Today we were driving and we were right by some pine trees. Rex looks at the trees and says "Mommy, look at the sap trees." Although it took me a minute to figure out the word sap, he said it a little weird. Then he proceeds to tell me that pygmy marmosets live in sap trees and eat sap cause they love it. Do you think he watches Go Diego Go enough?!

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Tribute to my 3 year old

Oh how I love this boy! And what a roller coaster the last 3 years have been. I wouldn't change a second of it for anything. Sorry, I know this slideshow doesn't exactly fit but I made it a few months back and don't want to have to redo the whole thing with a different slideshow to make it fit. Hopefully it isn't too annoying.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Rex's 3rd birthday!


Rex's birthday is tomorrow so today we had a big Diego party. He decided on the theme and who he wanted to invite. He has been so excited and today was finally the day. Yesterday was spent frantically getting everything ready. We had a "mess party" so the kids came in clothes that could get dirty and we did all sorts of art projects. They colored Diego pictures, painted sugar cookies and painted a plaster bug. They seemed to have a great time and got to take their projects home. I covered my floor in paint drop cloths, borrowed the nursery's table and chairs and let them be as messy as they wanted. Fun was had by all. After the mess was over we had pizza and then it was time for present opening. Rex got some great presents, and he loved it! Thanks everyone! Then they dug into the Diego cake that I spent until 1 a.m last night icing. I worked so hard on it and was so proud, it was hard to cut into it. We had a great day and Rex has some wonderful friends. Now we can think about Christmas!

Sunday, December 9, 2007

O Christmas tree!

We finally got our Christmas tree!!! It is kind of a funny story too. Mark and I had a conversation a week or two back about how fake trees cause less sinus and allergy problems. Well apparently Mark thought that the conversation meant we agreed on buying a fake tree???? I love real trees but I was very happy nonetheless when he came home with a fake tree on Saturday. It really is much less work and looks beautiful. He got it for a really good deal too, just $75 dollars. So we put it up yesterday and today we decorated it. We all stayed home from church so we could try and get over this virus since we over did it this weekend. That's why we are in jammies and have bed head still in the pictures!! We told Rex that if he took a nap, we would decorate the tree. I love bribery, works like a charm! It was so fun to see Rex into it this year, he was too young in all the other years. He LOVED putting the balls on the tree, he tended to just put them in one spot though so there were about 7 balls in one area! I am all about a "family" tree. Maybe one day we will have a "pretty" tree and a "family" tree but while my kids are young and we aren't rich, it's just the "family" tree. We started a tradition that the kids get to get an ornament each year that represents something they love. Sammy is a little young for it, so we will start it next year for him. We started it last year with Rex and he got a Mr. Potato Head ornament. This year he picked out a Go Diego Go ornament. We also have the ornament that Mark put my ring in when he proposed to me on Christmas Eve of 2002 in front of his ENTIRE family! And we have an ornament that was given to us for our first Christmas married that says, "First Christmas Together". I love our tree and the memories that the ornaments hold. It'll be so fun when my kids are teenagers to look back at all the ornaments they picked out and remember that year of their lives. Even our balls have significance because I bought them after the Christmas I got engaged on clearance at Target so that Mark and I would have ornaments the next year. Isn't that what family is all about traditions and memories, especially at this time of year. I am so grateful to be starting traditions with my own family and at the same time remembering the ones I shared with my parents and brother.

Parties

Of course I got the virus that the boys have had since this weekend we had 2 Christmas parties to attend. Rex was doing really well by Friday, just had the lingering cough. Our next door neighbors have had a Christmas party planned for months and they hired a Santa so they convinced me we had to come. I drugged myself up, as much as I can get drugged up as a nursing mom and we went. It was so much fun, the Santa was so great and so authentic looking, I think his beard and mustache were real. Rex did well on his lap, just a little shy, but as soon as he hoped down and opened his present, he exclaimed, "Thanks Santa!". It was so cute! As soon as he walked in the door, Sam was instantly enthralled, he had a look of pure wonder on his face. Christmas is so magical!




Then the next night was our ward Christmas party. I seriously wasn't going to go but again I was convinced that I had too, plus it meant that I didn't have to cook dinner! So we saw Santa again and had a yummy dinner. I even met a new couple in our ward and the girl went to high school with me, small world eh? Rex and Sam weren't as intrigued with this Santa, but I was able to get a picture good enough to use as our Christmas card this year, here were the others.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Twice in one week!

So we had an eventful day on Monday, and we were hoping that after that, life would slow down. Tuesday, Sam was really ornery so I thought, oh no he's getting whatever Rex has. Well he kept waking up that night and the 3rd time I went into his room he was gasping and wheezing! His breathing sounded crazy! So Mark called the hospital and they listened to him on the phone and said that we had better bring him down. So two times this week we have visited the ER! Mark took him down there at 4:00 in the morning. We didn't want to wake up Rex and take him and I also wasn't feeling good, so Mark made me stay home and try to sleep while he took Sam. He deals with the stress better anyway. Sure enough he has croup so they gave him a breathing treatment and a steroid shot and he's been doing good ever since. He is tired a lot and wants to be held all day but overall he's doing great. I took them both to the Dr. today and he said they have a parainfluenza virus, that manifests itself as croup in a baby. Rex has had a horrible hacking cough and he threw up today because of all the phlegm in his tummy. Poor guys! I barely slept last night because I have come down with the same thing and my throat and face are killing me! Mark also feels crappy, but he's hanging in there. We have definitely had our share of illnesses this year! That makes 6 ER visits this year. 3 for Mark, 2 for Rex and 1 for Sam. Hopefully I am not next. We have never been to the ER before this year, now we wish we had a season pass! Here's some pics of my sick boys, Rex sleeping and Sam smiling even though he feels like crap!

Monday, December 3, 2007

Not again....

Well we spent the afternoon in the ER again. Rex has had a fever since Saturday and today he had another seizure. The good news is at least it's pretty much a sure thing that they are febrial seizures since it happened when he had a fever again, but it's still horrible to see. I had taken him in the car to go pick up a DVD from one of those Red Box's at McDonald's so he wouldn't have to get out of the car. I made sure to heat up the car beforehand so he wouldn't have any major changes of body temperature (which is what usually triggers these seizures), I guess it wasn't enough because shortly after we got the DVD's I peeked in the rearview mirror only to see him seizing. Not fun. After it was over I drove him straight to the hospital where they monitored him for a few hours. The docs didn't seem worried at all since he has had them before, which made us reassured. Of course they told us that they tend to run in families so Sam has a good chance of having them also. Hopefully he will grow out of these soon! Another one just might put me in the hospital. We are so grateful he is ok and once again are realizing how blessed we are and to not take our health or lives for granted.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Extreme Home Makeover


If anyone watches Extreme Home Makeover you saw the Stockdale family from Middleton, ID tonight. Middleton is about 20 miles from us. It was a huge deal this summer when ABC came and gave the Stockdale family a new home. We were going to go to the site and try and be a part of the action, but that turned out to be the week that Rex had his seizures so we obviously had other things on our mind. It was fun to watch it tonight after having heard so much about it ever since it happened. The interesting thing is, the builder who did it is the same builder who built our home. It's kind of the joke in the neighborhood that we hope he built their home better than ours!! ;) No, our home is great, he just is such a mass builder that he cut a few corners and a lot of little things have had to be fixed in lots of our neighbor's homes. We have been lucky and haven't had many problems and we love our home! Anyway, fun time, and such a deserving family.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

A Spiritual night

Tonight for Mutual we had a Bishops Fireside and the Bishop strongly encouraged the Youth (and their leaders) to write down the feelings they had in their journal. Well since I am horrible at a journal and this blog is basically my journal I hope you guys don't mind if I share. There is a girl in our ward who is a year younger than me. She had been going to a singles ward and just barely became a part of our ward. She has a great personality and is friendly to everyone. Well tonight she told us her story. I had heard a little about it, but boy was it impactful coming from her mouth. She met and married her husband at 21 years old. He was the love of her life and shortly thereafter they got pregnant and had a little girl named Sage. When Sage was 5 months old, they were driving home from a concert one of her nieces was in, they were hit by a drunk driver. Her husband and Sage died immediately. Natalie, this girl, was thought to also be dead by the first officer on the scene but they were able to revive her and after a traumatic brain injury with weeks in a coma and months in the hospital, she is now 100% better. It is a miracle that she is alive. Imagine becoming a widow and losing your first baby at 23 years old. She shared a DVD with us that was a tribute they put together for her husband and baby. They had taken a ton of home videos and it was so heartwrenching to see her and him on their wedding day, kissing and hugging, in the hospital having their baby and her husband playing with the baby. It made them so real to me and it broke my heart. I also couldn't help but relate to these amazing experiences she had with her husband and child. It broke my heart to think about losing my family. It made me realize that I need to cherish every day and look at every moment as a gift, because it could be gone in a second. The most amazing thing about this experience is Natalie's faith and testimony. She has been through the unimaginable and yet her faith is stronger than ever. It's been almost 5 years since they were killed and she got up there after that touching DVD was shown and testified of her knowledge that she will be with her family again with no tears, just joy in her face. She talked about how thankful she was for the decisions she made so that she was able to marry the love of her life in the temple and the peace it has given her to know that one day she will be able to live with them again and raise the daughter that was taken from her so young. The Spirit in the chapel was so palpable. I knew just by listening to her that she was right and that she would be able to see her family again. It made me so very thankful that the Lord was so kind to guide me onto the right path, even though I made so many mistakes, and help me to see that I needed to live worthily to marry in His house. I think back at all the stupid decisions I made when I was young, and how easily my life could have gone in a completely different direction, and I am just so thankful that I am where I am at today with the wonderful, loving, caring husband I have and the entertaining, precious kids we get to raise. I came home and hugged Mark and sat down with Rex, who then climbed into my lap and proceeded to love and hug on me for awhile. If anyone knows Rex, this is not normal, I can't help but wonder if his little innocent Spirit could feel the impact the night had on me. I love my family and am grateful for every moment I have with them. I am most thankful that I was able to marry in this beautiful temple and that I have the promises that are associated with keeping my covenants.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Constructive Criticism????

So I am taking a poll. My brother informed me tonight that my blog is really hard to read and tough on the eyes. Is he being an annoying, over-critical little brother ;) or is this really true? So what do you all think? Does it bother you? Should I put a solid background behind the words? I really do want constructive criticism, just not from the same person who constantly reminds me of the terrible things I did to him as a child!!

A Thanksgiving Wedding

We flew to Denver for Thanksgiving and also for my dad's wedding. It was a great trip, Rex loved the airplane ride. He's been on them before but he didn't remember before, he was enthralled the whole time, it was great! We immediately went up to my dad's fiance, Liz's house when we got there Thursday morning for a yummy Thanksgiving dinner. It was fun to spend time with those who would be our family the next day. Dad and Liz have been dating for over 2 years but since they live in Denver we haven't gotten to know her kids well at all so it was nice to spend some time with them. Friday was a freezing, snowy day but it was beautiful inside the temple. The sealing was great and it's always nice to have a refresher about the covenants Mark and I made. We both had some great insights on our lives while there, which is always nice. They had a yummy luncheon at Buca Di Bepo and a reception at Liz's with yummy, yummy food! Saturday we went to an indoor amusement park, which Rex absolutely loved! Then we enjoyed the LONG nap he took afterward! Sunday was spent going to church with Jeff and Sally, taking naps and visiting family. Overall we had a great time and enjoyed seeing our family we rarely see. I wish all of our 3 families lived closer!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The first snow of the season!

We woke up to snow this morning, it barely stuck, and had melted in an hour, but it was still pretty. Rex was so excited that as soon as he woke up he ran upstairs, grabbed his hat and sweatshirt and was ready to go! He and Boykin had a great time! I had to force him to come inside after 15 minutes because he was sopping wet and looked freezing. It was cute



Sam on the other hand would rather eat than play in the snow. Again, just like his daddy!

BTW, what is up with the Bachelor finale? That was so random and lame.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Do you like my blog?

So what do you guys think of the new look! Thanks to Stefanie (I LOVE YOU!!!) I was able to figure out how to add cute paper onto my blog!! Yay, I love it so here is my Christmas themed blog. Any suggestions for improvement or what do you guys think???

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Glimpse of the future

Rex will be 3 in a month as many of you know. This means that he will be going into Sunbeams in January. He will literally be the youngest kid in Primary. I have been worried about it, just because he is so young and because he loves Nursery so much. They have been taking the kids that are going to be Sunbeams into Primary for singing time for awhile now to get them used to being in there. Today, right before Young Women's, I walked past the Primary room and noticed that all the kids were in a big group singing. The little ones were on the floor and Rex was in the front row. They were videotaping them singing Christmas songs for the parents or something. Anyway so I peek in and Rex is turned around looking at all the kids behind him, or so I thought.... He turns a bit to the side and I notice that he isn't just looking at the kids behind him, he is making faces at the kids behind him!!! I about died! He turns around, sees me, and says "Hi Mommy!" super loud and then proceeds to make faces at me while they are videotaping. Oh boy, is this the type of thing that I am going to be called in to talk to his teachers about? I seriously had a major glimpse of the future with this one. January should be very interesting. Here are examples of Rex's "silly" faces he was making today.



Sam was really sick with a cold and fever this week but today he seemed good as new, except for some stray boogies. He was extra happy today, probably cause he is so happy to feel good! He loves pulling himself up on the furniture so I caught a picture of him doing it today. He is such a sweet baby, he literally melts my heart on a daily basis.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Tagged

Well, I was tagged twice this week so I guess I better do this. I am supposed to list 7 things about myself. I am trying to think of not obvious things like that I do hair or something, so here we go.

1. I love reading! I will read anything (as long as it isn't pornographic). I especially like historical fiction. I love history so to become a part of history through a novel, is so exhilarating for me. I must read before I go to bed or I have a hard time sleeping.


2. The mountains are amazingly cathartic for me. There is nothing better to me than driving through mountain roads looking at the beauty of God's creations. I love hiking, camping, fishing and white water rafting. Living in Idaho is perfect for all these activities.

3. I love taking baths. I take a bath literally every day, even if I have already taken a shower. It's so relaxing. I even spent a large part of my labor with Sam in the bathtub. Thank goodness we have a large bathtub! One rental we lived in had a tiny bathtub and a low amount of hot water. I hated it because I could never take a relaxing bath.


4. I love having a calling in the Church. I know most people dread it, but I get excited when I have an appointment with the Bishop and know I am getting a new calling. I guess I like a challenge and like to serve others. Outside of church I am often too shy to put myself out there but when I have a calling and it is expected of me I can do it. I am in Young Women's now and although it is a lot of work, I absolutely love it.

5. I like to cross stitch. There aren't a ton of cute things to do with cross stitching, but I still enjoy it. It is really relaxing for me and I love creating things. Right now I am working on Sam's stocking to complete our family right now. Oh scratch that, Mark wants me to do one for the dog, he feels like he is left out!


6. I love nice jeans. I will spend a ridiculous amount of money on them, much to Mark's chagrin. I get excited when I spend $5 on a shirt, but a pair of jeans has to be good quality, expensive, and make me look like I have a rear end. Not an easy feat!

7. I am often obsessive about tweezing. I can't stand any stray hairs so I typically tweeze every day. I don't think it hurts, I actually enjoy it! That is so weird I know but I sometimes even tweeze armpit hairs, if I don't have any eyebrows to tweeze.

These are some quirky things about me! I have to 7 people so I tag Jessica Carney, Jessica Webster, Chanell Reichner, Janece Mendoza, Kindra Cherry, Katherine Murdoch and Kelli Hessing. Can't wait to learn more about you guys!!!!!

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Screaming and Thank you's

Sam has learned a new skill over the last 2 days that I am not sure I like, screaming! When he is frustrated, wants attention, is hungry, or bored, he literally screams at the top of his lungs. I am not quite sure where he learned this from because Rex is loud but he has never been a screamer. It has never been cute, just really annoying. But I guess I love him anyway! ;) This is a picture of a face he is doing lately, it cracks me up and it is usually followed by a scream. And also just a cute picture.


He also has learned how to pull himself up on stuff. He is even more curious, although it makes me nervous because he has taken some nasty spills. I don't think he will be hanging out in the bathroom while I shower anymore, too many hard surfaces. Here is Sam in action on our bed.

Rex is so sweet sometimes. He tells me every night, thank you for making dinner. We didn't teach him this so I am assuming he has just heard Mark say it and so he copied him. I love it, it makes me feel so good! Tonight I made some mixed veggies with our meal and Rex says, "Thanks for making begtables for dinner, mommy!" It was so sweet, I just loved it! Here's a pic of him waiting for daddy to walk in the door after work today.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Cute boys

Since we had Stake Conference today we got home from church at 3:00 instead of leaving for church at 3:00. This means we actually had time to have an enjoyable dinner before it was time to put the kids to bed. Our neighbors, the Amadors, invited us over for dinner and also invited another family from the ward, the Spears. The Spears have a little boy named Brandon who is about 7 months older than Rex. They are in the same nursery class and will both be brand new sunbeams next year. They got along great, I don't know why we haven't gotten together with them before. They literally ran around the couch in circles together for 15 minutes, getting that crazy little boy energy out. Finally they collapsed in front of a Christmas show on TV. The cute thing is they sat in the big recliner together and Pete put a blanket over them. It was so adorable I had to get a picture. I love that Rex is getting to an age where he really likes playing with other kids and interacting rather than just playing along side them. He gets so excited about his friends and talks about them all the time. He is so social and loves people, I think when he finally goes to preschool next year, he will absolutely blossom! I love him so much and am grateful that Heavenly Father trusted me enough to send him to me. Watching this little guy learn and grow is just amazing.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Projects

Mark has been bugging me for 4 years to figure out how to use his Grandma Leonard's old sewing machine. The thing intimidated the heck out of me because it was literally made in the 60's. It's the same kind my mom learned how to sew on. Here's what it looks like.

Now I can sew very basic things, but I am definitely not a seamstress, so it freaked me out. He ordered an owner's manual copyright of 1964!!! I have quite a few sewing projects I have been wanting to do and I need to get working on Sam's stocking or else he will be the only one without a stocking on Christmas day. Anyway, I have been wanting to make something to go around Rex's toddler bed that we got for $5 at a garage sale. (I know we are totally cheap) So I finally sat down and read the manual and worked on mastering the machine. I was so pleasantly surprised! It works good and I figured it out with no problem. I was able to get Rex's bed stuff done in just a few days. I was very proud and had to take a picture. Now on to the stocking and quiet book for church. Thanks, Grandma Leonard!

Also, here's a couple of cute pics of Sam yesterday. One in Rex's sunglasses and the other is after I did his hair. He was giving me the funniest look I tried to capture it, this is pretty similar. It looked like he was thinking, "What are you doing to me mommy?" I guess he didn't like the mohawk?!

Friday, November 9, 2007

The more the merrier

One of the things I love about having two kids is that there is always someone else to entertain Sam besides me. When I hear Sam up from his nap, and I am right in the middle of something or need some extra time, I tell Rex to go see Sammy. He loves to do it and I can hear him on the monitor saying, "Hi Sammy! Did you have a nice nap?" Today I decided to capture a picture of it. The funny thing is Rex always climbs into Sam's crib to hang out with him. I tried to catch them without them noticing but they have camera radar.

Monday, November 5, 2007

OBSESSION

So if you have seen any of my blog, you have probably noticed that Sam has an obsession, his binky. That thing is like his best friend! So we were up in Rex's room playing today and his binky was downstairs. Well Sam decided he would improvise. Rex and I were playing with some wooden puzzles that have a big knob on them like this.

I could just see the wheels turning in his little head and next thing I know he had a new binky! It was so funny to see him sucking on this big wooden puzzle piece.

The side view is great too!

And I love this one, as Rex and I are cracking up, he looks at me like, "What?" Such a cutie!