Messing Around

I've been messing around a little with the design and what not of the blog. If you notice something that is different and like it, tell me. If you notice something and don't like it, tell me and I will do my best to change it back. Although I make no promises about being able to get it back to how it was. Further, if there is something you would like to see, tell me and I will do my best to implement it. Keep in mind, I have a very limited skill set. Thanks for viewing.

Dangerous 4-letter word

"MINE" Yes, our little Jakey who is now almost 20 months old has now learned to say the word Mine. With two older brothers, this word is very valuable to him. :) With his cute little personality, he has definitely used this word to tease everybody a lot and he makes us laugh. Other words to go with this one is Elmo and More. Elmo does definitely go with the word Mine. He says, "Mine Melmo" which is so very cute. But we are pretty bias. He says "Mo" for More which we all love too.

Jake also has also started with an obsession with Elmo. We got him these Elmo pajamas for Christmas and it has been no big deal until two weeks ago. One day he just woke up and started saying "Elmo". He saw these pajamas and insisted on wearing them. Holy Cow! He did not want to take them off! Yes, he got to wear them all day. Austin got a big Elmo for his birthday when he was 2 years old that we still have and so Jake has claimed this as his own now. Also, we were walking through Walmart and he spotted these Elmo slippers. WOAH! The world was going to end as he knew it if he did not have these Elmos. Yes, we gave in and he got the Elmo slippers. So he is all decked out in Elmo now. I know, I know I keep promising pictures and sooner or later they will come and I will get one of him in his Elmos :)

Question...

So I was doing the boys' laundry the other day and I was taking the clothes from the washer to the drying, I was just chuckling at the funny things that are left in their pockets that are at the bottom of the washer or end up at the end of the dryer; rocks, chapstick, toys, pennies, just stuff they found around the house or outside. This also got me to remembering when I worked at a dry cleaners in Pocatello. It was part of my job before doing anything else with the clothing, that I check all the pockets of the clothing. It is funny the things that was found. One time I stuck my hand in a pocket and felt something totally weird and I totally freaked out. The hilarious thing is it was only a coushe (sp?) ball but it was the scariest feeling when I did not know what it was.

Anyway, so my question is, what is the funniest, scariest, most interesting, whatever thing you have found in the washer or dryer after doing laundry?

For Your Birthday?

Yesterday, Jeffrey and I were handwashing the pots and pans that could not fit in the dishwasher. He kept begging me to let him use the scrubber to help wash. I should have let him do it but I was in a hurry so I just wanted to get it done. His job was to rinse the soap off in the next sink. Jeffrey is always full of funny comments and out of no where he said, "I wish I could have a scrubber for my birthday so I can help wash the dishes." I couldn't help but smile and giggle inside. I guess the boy really wants to help!

Trying to get back

Sorry I haven't been on here for awhile. Life decided to happen even more quickly than it was before and I have been trying to get used to a new schedule.

For those that were wondering, I did not fall off the face of the earth :) I picked up another transcription job and so just busier than ever. It is definitely hard to keep up with it all and not feel burnt out. I really like my new job that I have. I am now typing for some local providers and also typing for a company based out of Salt Lake City who have an account with the Universtiy of Utah, so I am doing a couple of accounts there also. I really enjoy it! I am just trying to figure out how to balance it all now.

I need to get Josh to teach me how to download pictures so that I can do that too. We have cute pictures clear back from Halloweed that we need to get on here.

More to come soon!

"Mom, I called Fred"

What an interesting statement to come out of your 3 year olds mouth as he approaches his mother with her cell phone to his ear. Amber grabbed the phone from him thinking he dialed some random number and was talking to some random stranger. She looked at the screen to see the number and it turns out the random number looked a lot like 911, and the random stranger was Fred the 911 operator. She instinctively closed the phone which effectively hung up on "Fred". A few seconds later she got a call from county dispatch just to make sure everything was all right. I guess that's what we get for having an older child that is learning all these cool things to do in an emergency. Although Austin denies having anything to do with it, Jeffrey blames his knowledge of 911 on Austin.

But, I guess we've learned a valuable lesson from this. Calling 911 from Amber's cell phone will get us to the correct dispatch center, so in case of a true emergency or problem we won't have to worry about some random 911 operator taking the call and not being able to find us.

A Break in the Clouds

So it rained most of the night and into the morning, but quit about 8 or so and didn't rain the whole rest of the day. I took advantage and raked the carpet of leaves. They were way too wet, but with more rain in the forecast and a busy schedule I had to take advantage of the situation.

Jakey played outside all afternoon while I worked in the yard. He decided he was a big enough boy that he could follow the rest of the kids down the street to the neighbors house. It was pretty cute to see him walking next door all by himself. I called after him and he came right back. I can't believe how big he is getting. His latest thing is waking up in the middle of the night crying and asking for "da da" until Amber lays him next to me. He is definitely a daddy's boy.

Austin is loving school. He experiments with math all by himself. Last night he came to me and said, "Five and four is ten". I told him he'd better count again, so he did and came up with "Five and four is nine." I told him good job and he proceeded to tell me what five and three was. Then said, "I'm doing grownup stuff." I'm thinking "yes you are, but you need to stop. You're my little kid." But I said, "Yes you are" and asked him who told him that. He tells me his kindergarten teacher did. I'm sure glad he is learning. He loves to read, and has several books that he can read all by himself. He also loves to practice his math.

Jeffrey likes school when he gets there. Getting him there has proven to be quite the adventure for Amber each day. I'm glad that I can be at work and not have to deal with it. I've got it pretty easy. He calls Jakey "His best buddy", and is so concerned whenever he hears Jakey in the crib even if Jakey has just been put there and is supposed to be going to sleep. Jeffrey will go in and play with him and tell us "Jakey is awakey".

Well, enough of the boring life of me. This post has gotten tons longer than I anticipated. I was just going to write about the leaves, but then decided that nobody cared about me raking the leaves and decided to add a little about the kids and stuff. As soon as we take some cute pictures, we'll get them posted. Until then . . .