Love!

I Simply CANNOT get enough of this kid's smile!

Moving - Part 1

Moving is so close, I can taste it!

What? You didn't know we are moving? Well, here's the story... While we were in Oregon, Eric's dad approached him, suggesting that it would be advantageous for Eric to came out to Oregon sooner. So Eric rearranged his schedule (20.5 credits this semester) and we are moving out to Oregon around New Years.  The actual date is still up in the air, but our landlord has said we have to be out a few days before the new semester starts to make it easier for the people moving in. We are flying out at Thanksgiving, for Thanksgiving, and also to look at apartments and furniture so that we will be all set in December/January!

Eric and I have been talking about how to move... We have arrived at the conclusion of selling all of our furniture (minus the crib and rocking chair that I love) and shoving what we can into our 2 cars plus possibly his parents' van. This means we go through everything and figure out what we actually want to take with us...

This past Friday, we went through our shed. We went through every bin and took pictures of things we thought we could sell, bagged up things to take back to my parents (lawn equipment, etc.), placed things in a DI pile, and then reorganized; packing things in bins as tight as possible.

I made this bunny and dress in 8th grade.

I decided it wasn't something I wanted to take with us (gave it to the fam)

so Eric asked if he could take a picture of it.

My old roommate painted faces on our clocks...

 

Aaron was a trooper through all of this. :D

Thank You Random Stranger

It's amazing how even when you're having a great day, someone you don't even know can come along and make it better.

I slept poorly last night even though Aaron slept for about 8 hours. He started screaming in his sleep this morning (it sounded like a terrified shriek...) which sent Eric and I both running to the living room to see what was wrong. He simply needed a pat on the back. Just incase he woke up, Eric and I curled up on the couch - and slept in. :D

Then, after Eric left for class, Aaron and I just chilled. He was in a super terrific mood and was all smiles.

I went to check my email and found my sister wanted my opinion about a hair cut she is getting. I love when people ask my opinion!

I chatted with Lissa and she said Eric, Aaron and I could come over to play games with her and her husband Kenny tonight - super excited!

Eric left his Xoom at home so Aaron and I went to visit him on campus. It was great to see Eric.

Aaron got lots of compliments. I know my baby is cute, but it is still nice to hear it from others.

So - even on top of ALL that, my day was made even better. I was at Office Depot getting supplies for my Dad's birthday present and I had been lugging Aaron around in his carseat. I hadn't planned to be in the store long but I'm kinda blind and it took forever to find what I was looking for. I finally found what I was there for and went to go check out and couldn't find the entrance to the check out line ... hmmmmm ... so I had to squeeze to the back of the line from the front (of course once I got to the back of the line I saw the entrance - very poorly designed). Now, I wasn't frustrated but I was definitely tired from carrying around the carseat and a sleeping baby (yes, I know... I lack arm muscles). There were people at the checkout stands and in line was just me and another gentleman. When a spot opened up, the gentleman turned to me and offered to let me go ahead of him. I asked if he was sure and he said with a smile "Yes, I don't have things to carry..." He then proceeded to move a cart out of the way so I could scoot past him (again) to go check out.

Thank you random stranger for making my day even better.

Toilet Paper and Trash Bag Boxes!!!

I love my little house - I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression. But let's be honest... it's small, over crowded, and ugly. The fact that I'm not a great decorator doesn't help and the fact that we're trying to shove 3 people in the house doesn't help either... And the fact that we are so close to moving that I could make a paper chain makes me trunky... ready to be done with this house.

But, we're here for a little while longer so I decided to spruce up the bathroom... I do not like our bathroom, it is my least favorite room in the house. So I figured if anything needed some love, it was the bathroom.

So, since we are only here for a little longer, I wanted some cheap (free if possible) decorations. When I can really decorate the bathroom, I want an ocean theme, but for now it's simply blue.

I got this idea from my sister-in-law Amanda. Can you guess what the flowers are made of??? Toilet paper rolls!!! (I didn't have any saved up so I went and stole the middles from 4 unused toilet paper rolls... when I told Eric that I did that he imagined big piles of toilet paper lying everywhere. Lucky for him I simply squished them and pulled them out, leaving the roll in tact.)

Guess what the "vines" are... they're cardboard from the box that our trash bags came in. (Eric looked shocked when I told him and then he was concerned that we were out of trash bags so soon... when I informed him that the bags were still there, just in the drawer he rolled his eyes...)


Yes, they are held up with tape and thumb tacks... but like I said, this is a temporary solution to try and help me like my bathroom a little bit more. Besides... it was free!

Videos

Ok, so from these videos it may seem that my child is always naked - but it isn't true! He simply soils his outfits ... and once he has soiled 2 or more I am less inclined to re-dress him.

This first video is from our trip to Oregon. Aaron is getting SO good at recognizing our smiles and smiling back.

This second video is long, but it shows some of the funny faces Aaron makes when he's sleeping. At the very end it shows one of the smiles that he gives when he's dreaming - I've been trying to get this smile for ages. I have tons of useless videos where I film him sleeping and he always manages to smile right after I put the camera down...

BYU vs. Ole' Miss

First game of the season - BYU vs. Ole' Miss! GO COUGS!!!

 We broke out our cougar wear for the game.

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 We had pizza and root beer. Eric and Zach found it entertaining that I was holding 

a baby and it looked like I was drinking beer...

 

Spoiling My Boys

This past week was Eric's 24th birthday - talk about OLD!!! :D He took forever to get me his birthday list but he eventually told me what he wanted and I threw in a few things of my own. I love getting things for him so his birthday and Christmas are my 2 favorite holidays.  We opened presents in the morning and then started the festivities when he got home from class. We went out to dinner at Cafe Paesan which was incredible! The food had so much flavor! We then went to Shopko to pick out a new shirt for him (I got him one as a place holder that we later returned). After that we went to the movies. We saw Super 8 which was pretty intense. I didn't know that it was going to be a suspense/scary movie so I was in for a ride.

I also got to spoil Aaron this weekend. I needed a bumper for the crib because he keeps getting his arms and legs stuck through the bars. I know I was going to make one, but I think I saved myself a lot of time and frustration by just purchasing one. (same with the crib skirt...)

I feel bad because he doesn't have a nursery... so I decided to do a craft to make his little corner of the room more his own. I bought the letters for his name and painted them and bought a shelf that I stained to put them on. I know it's not much but I have other plans that I intend to put into effect on Monday while Eric does homework. :D