Perspective

This weekend was a great one with some hiccups that were a little big and tried really really hard to overshadow the greatness of the weekend.

Those hiccups did a fabulous job, I might add.
So in order to see a better perspective, I am going to show you what happened!

Me and my little family (that's so fun to say!) went to get some things with our tax return money! We wanted to get a running stroller, a grill, a microwave, and a weed whacker. 

We got 50% of it!

We got the grill and weed whacker. When we get propane, I will post a picture of our very pretty grill when we make hamburgers or steaks or bbq chicken. mmm....

And the weed whacker will be set up and used next week, I think. Hooray!

The strollers at the secondhand store were sold very quickly. I've asked some craigslist people if theirs are still available and of course I haven't gotten a response but it's still listed online. Rude!

The microwave was a big misunderstanding. So when we looked at others, J and I had completely opposite opinions. So we decided to come back again.

We also went to Arby's. C was adorable in his high chair eating his cheerios and green beans.

Earlier that day, I fixed up my friend Paige's hair for her wedding. We had practiced twice and then I went to her house at 6am and fixed it for her. It took 2 hours. I came home, fed C and went to bed. 

That afternoon/evening time, I went back and fixed it since she'd gone about 12 hours with it and no curls last that long.

Here are the two of us-a little blurry- at her reception.

My masterpiece. I loved how much attention I got when they found out I did the hair. I was famous!

We then stayed at J's family's place for the evening and hung out for a while.

Last Thursday, C was starting to get sick. J was sick first and then C caught it and capitalized it! yay...

So Easter, he wasn't doing so hot. I left after sacrament meeting with C.

But he sure looked stinkin adorable!!!

Here, he's sporting the tie Gma C bought for him. His cousin has a matching non-bow-tie.

We all matched in some way for Easter.

J saw this cool way to tie a tie online, so he figured it out and it looked REALLY cool!

If you want to see a tutorial, go here.

Choir in our ward is at 4:15. We have church at 9. But on Easter, we don't have choir practice! woohoo! So we went to J's family's place right after church.

So I took some pictures of my adorable little man!

Thankfully, Aunt K wasn't home because C pulled Toby's fur and skin...hehehe he deserved it...

Such a big boy!

We then got comfy and put him in his "my first easter" onesie. So dang cute.

See?? So cute!! A cotton tail! -hence no pants-

Gma C's family tradition she brought to the family is rolling hard boiled eggs down a hill and watching them break and the yolk explode.

So we take an hour or two to decorate beautiful eggs and then proceed to roll them down a hill...

I know. weird. but fun. Don't knock it 'til you try it!

Here's my Winnie the Pooh egg for C

Storm Trooper egg

J made C's favorite toy-a jingling bird- for one of his eggs.

C loved his birdie egg.

The loot after searching after dark...kinda fun but a lot harder with flashlights! 

It was dark when we searched because J and I got a flat tire. Not just a small hole and it leaked to flatness, but two giant holes, wheel bent kind of flat...and then the donut was flat because it hadn't ever been used. (the car is 12 years old...)

So we replaced the tire with the donut, drove 10 feet and pulled over again.

J stayed with it to wait for a tow and J's dad picked C, me and Aunt K up. Then J's mom picked J up later. Word to the wise, don't ruin wheels. They have to be ordered and take 4+ days and they cost your right arm and 1st born child. (Poor C)

So I had a fabulous weekend, right?

On Monday, if you'd asked me how I was doing, I would've burst into tears. Just ask my poor sister. She called at the wrong time and got it allllll... :)

C had a terrible monday and tuesday so I cried a lot those two days. But Wednesday, he was a lot nicer to me. slept, ate, smiled even!!

He's still sick, but at least I'm not ready to head for the hills!
(He doesn't want to nap right now...I'm sorry, but 30 minutes is not enough, little man!!)

Here's to a better weekend listening to the word of the Lord through his prophets!!

March Forth

J gets some of the best pictures of me. I like this one.

He loves his train from Disney World

I love playing with him. Even when he pulls my hair.

This boy is loving his food! He doesn't really enjoy the puffs yet, but he likes his cereals and LOVES saltines! So fun!

Funny little sideways grin

Apparently he wanted to watch TV.

Soooo cute!!!!

C had a weird pimple-like thing on his lip. When I called the Dr, they wanted to see him. So we went in. And sat. and sat. and sat. and sat. We were there from 2:45-4:10. And we only saw the Dr for about 5 minutes. And all he said was that we'd get a cream to make sure it doesn't come back as something yuckier.

Ugh.

But here's a cute picture of my happy boy with the paper!!

He weighed 16 lb 9 oz so he's gained almost a pound from solid foods! woohoo!

Gma and Gpa have a small playground in their neighborhood, so we walked over, went down the slide a couple of times, climbed the rock wall, and went back to find his sock that we apparently lost at the very beginning. 

Last week, we had a couple days with 60+ degree weather. it was lovely. so my little man and I took advantage of it. While I worked on Personal Progress, he played with his toys and squinted the whole time. Poor boy!

heehee you have to try it when you can... :)

Gma T sent some cute clothes and when I put a pic on facebook of just the clothes, my cousin put me in timeout until I got a pic of him IN the clothes. I did it as soon as they were washed. :)

Wearing his bathrobe for the first time.

Cute boy! hopefully improving weather!
Happy March so far!

Lately...in Video format (The first attempt)

Here are the two videos of the like a zillion I wanted to post. They're still great ones, so I figured I'd put the post up anyway!

This is C laughing hysterically at me. :)

And here he is talking. I love the noise he makes when he breathes in here. So funny

Lately...in Video Format (Finally!)

I followed my friend, Jana's, advice and got a youtube account for my videos. I have been successfully converted. So far, my baby laughing video is the only one really watched and I kind of expected that. Who knows? Maybe I'll be on Ellen for a video of my son? ha

Here's C enjoying his food. He's really liking it and I love how he jumps up all excited before each bite.

Here, I'm kissing his arms and he thought it was hilarious. And so did I, apparently...

This one cracks me up. He leaned forward once, so J imitated him and then C did it again and again... so cute!

First foods! Not a big fan of bananas!

Giggling again

Reaching for himself in the mirror

I tried to creep in on him when he was just sitting there cooing and talking away. but he caught me

I know. I took out his pacifier, but it was soooo worth it to hear him complain for another minute!!

There you go! Lots of love!

See Mommy Run

A little background first.

I am the Personal Progress Coordinator in my ward. The girls 12-18 in the ward have a program where they set goals and work at learning about womanhood and how to be a strong woman and mother in the gospel. 

It's a brilliant, beautiful program. 

As the coordinator, I am in charge of motivating the girls and helping them by giving them opportunities to achieve the projects.

Leaders can do it as well. After reading through it, I have decided on a couple projects I am going to do.

I am now running every day in order to run as much as I can of a 5K in May.

My friend, Cassandra and I are running every morning at 8:30 around the neighborhood. We still have  a ways to go, but I'm proud of myself so far!

Here's C and I before a run.

The jiggling of the stroller is very soothing for him. He's asleep under the hat...

I'm going to need a new stroller. My stroller is really taking a beating from running.

Any favorite running strollers out there?

Sweet boy asleep again

We bundle up a LOT for our runs. C can't wear fleece pajamas during the night because he sleeps too hot. So he wears his fleece pj's during our runs.

 He also wears a fleece jacket, a hat, mittens, and two blankets.

I put the quilt up high so he can be blocked from the cold air while we're moving.

The back of the blanket has connect-the-dots. Here, he's going cross-eyed looking at them. 

He's a good running buddy.