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WHY are toddlers SOOOooooo...stubborn? I am sitting here listening to my Tate scream his little heart out (has been for the last 60 minutes!!!). He has started not wanting to go to sleep unless someone is standing by his crib and waking up many times thru the night and not going back to sleep unless....you guessed it....someone is standing by his crib. So, I just decided to put him down for a nap and let him "cry it out" because I just don't know what else to do!!!! I honestly don't ever think he is going to stop. Remy was never this stubborn when it came to going to sleep. Why don't they just do what is best for them???
Hey, if you have ever had those scrumptious rolls from Kings Hawaiian (they carry them in most grocery stores by the deli) you will know why we were excited to go to the one and only Kings Hawaiian Restaurant/Bakery. We had really good Hawaiian pulled pork and Katsu Chicken and yummy macaroni potato salad. The boys loved their pb& j on rainbow bread. We rubbed the lucky pineapple on our way out....what fun!
P.S. I don't know WHY this keeps uploading sideways....aaarrrggghhh
My friend Mikelle tagged me for this little game so I thought I would give it a try.
Here’s the rules:
A. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
B. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog, for these rules.
1. I am a shower person, I absolutely loathe baths. Won't do it!
2. I love to read. I have to be careful about having a good book around. I will neglect my children if I am too into a book...here, just have some candy and watch a movie and be quiet while mommy reads!
3. I recenlty started OAMC. When we moved into our new house we got a freezer, so I started making tons on freezable meals to be a once a month cook!
4. I am a scatterbrain. I am always loosing my keys, cup of water, etc...it drives me crazy!
5. I am a huge Judge Judy fan. I have her set to record on our DVR. Darrin says I am cheating on him with Judge Judy
6. I love chinese food
I now tag Betsy, Becky, Lisa, Ruth, Dawn and Shanna
Hey, we rolled into my sisters driveway in California at 2:00 am today. We had a fantastic trip, the boys were exceptional during the drive....way better than we expected them to do! We drove to St. George and had dinner and let the boys play. We were going to stop in Vegas for a while but the boys were both out, so we just stopped and filled up the tank and kept going. We are all still a little out of it from lack of sleep, but we are doing good! We are having a family party tomorrow and then Disneyland on Wednesday and the Aquarium on Thursday. Should be fun!!!
We are surprised by the fact, as I am sure you will be too, that our internet and phone still aren't hooked-up. I will have to do some mad blogging while I am at my sisters house and have the internet.
This is turning into a nightmare! Because we were the first ones in the neighborhood we have the joy of being the utilities test run family. We are still waiting (not so patiently) for the internet and phone hook up. I guess the developer moved the control boxes and switched a drive way and somehow that is disrupting the service until they get it fixed (a minimum of one week, maximum three).
In other news, we all received our flu shots this week! What fun, especially for the boys!!! Tate is starting to talk up a storm. I love his little voice so much!
"Peak" season at UPS is starting early this year, Darrin is getting busier at work and I am dreading the holidays :( It is sad, but true! I know I have to look at the bright side, but it is just no fun to not see Daddy for a couple of months.
We are going on vacation on the 9th of November though. We are going to California for a week and taking our maiden voyage to Disneyland. Remy is excited!
We will post pictures as soon as our nightmare is over!!!
Hey, I am sure you have all but stopped even checking to see if we are even alive and posting! We have not (and still don't) have internet access at our home. Some fiber stuff is on back order. So, I can only access the internet from work, which as you can see is pretty hard to do! We are almost settled. When you work 35 hours a week and have two crazy kids the un-packing goes really slowly. We will post some pictures hopefully by the end of next week when our internet should be up and running.
Tate and Remy just love the new space and especially the back yard which is a boys dream. All dirt (and mud, of course) and there is no one behind us, so it literally goes on for miles. I hope it stays that way for a long time too! The other day I was out planting bulbs in the front yard and by the time I was done Tate was covered from head to toe in mud and dirt. What fun!!!
We hope all is well and will be in touch more often when we have internet!!!!
The Albertson's in our area are having a sale on Quaker products. If you buy in quanities of 10 you get 10 for $10!!! We bought 30 boxes of Life cereal (a huge favorite in our house) 10 boxes of Oatmeal, and 10 boxes of granola bars. We spent around $53. But, more importantly we saved about $141!!!!! What a great deal!
We have been having so much fun trying to decipher what our little Tate is trying to tell us, but he has added a new word to his budding vocabulary....."That!"
He really is a good communicator, we really do know what he is saying most of the time, but he is very persistent now, saying "that, that" until we get it right. And if he needs something he just waits until Remy asks for it and then he perks right up and signs "more" so we realize he wants in on the action too!
Hello! I don't know if you have given up on us, but we are back! We got hit hard with a nasty parasite that is lurking in the local pools, mom was down for 2 weeks! Now you know what happens when mom is not functioning...I feel as though we need a disaster clean-up service to come and save me!
We hear that we will be closing on our house on September 12th and things are looking fabulous. This is the exciting part. We are happy because all of the little sample squares of tile and counter tops and cabinets and carpet actually look good together in real life! Whew!
We will be back to regular, fun, postings soon!
When the average child is just getting walking down pat, our audacious Tate is going full throttle! He runs everywhere he goes, and he loves to climb!! A couple of weeks ago we came into the dining room and found Tate climbing up the back of the dining room chair to get to the table. Aaahhh! We currently have no real place to sit and eat because all of our chairs (except for Tates high chair and a little chair and table for Remy) are down stairs in the laundry room until we figure out what we are going to do. (Just putting them on the top of the table doesn't work because Tate just finds a toy box or pot/pan and tries to pull them off the table)
His current love is shoes, he thinks it is great fun to carry around and try to walk in everyones shoes (everyones, that is, except for his!). Also, if you look very carefully at this picture you will see Tates first black eye (right eye). Amazingly, he did not get it from climbing (and falling) off something or from his big brother. He and a little friend ran into each other...ouch! We are currently taking bets on how long until our first broken bone or stitches!
In other news, we had a hostage situation yesterday. (see picture)
Some little friends of Remy and Tates came to play yesterday. They left their precious monkey friends, and being the good friends we are, we decided to take them hostage...We took a picture of them and wrote a ransom note demanding 1 million un-marked bananas by nightfall.
Well, apparently we definitely need to get in on the blogging trend! My sister and her family just set one up and while I was in the process of setting up ours some friends of ours (the fosters) set up one as well :) Well, here we go....
I am not very computer savvy, so we will see how all of the "features" turn out. It may take a little while to get photos up and running.
In this crazy, fast paced, world we live in, this is definitely a great way to keep in touch!!
I know like many of your children (and even significant others and/or roommates) our Remy comes up with the funniest stories and questions. So we will feature the "Remy says the darnedest things" spots in our blogs. Keep an eye out for this and other equally exiting posts to come!
