We visited the California Poppy Reserve to check out the flowers and it was beautiful. There wasn't a ton of poppies out yet, but there was enough to make the hills bright orange. We enjoyed walking the trails for a little while despite that lovely Antelope Valley wind.
We spent Easter at the Griffiths and my parents were able to join us. We ate lots of food which included: Ribs, Hot Links, green bean casserole, Del Monaco potatoes, salad with pears and gorgonzola cheese, croissants, fruit, deviled eggs, artichokes, rasberry chipotle/cream cheese dip, Coconut cake, pecan pie, and ice cream. You can definitely assume that we were stuffed and needing to go on diets the following day. We had an Easter Egg Hunt for the boys, which was fun this year since Noah actually understood what to do. But all the adults had just as much fun assisting all the little ones. It was a great day with perfect California weather.
This is what happens when you are not working, stuck in Tehachapi, and it is snowing outside. Russ is gonna kill me for this one, but I think that it's so worth the laughs. :)
I love these jammies! They are one piece, with silly football player faces all over, and they are tight. His little body looked so cute running around in them. :)
Anna's big sis Lana has hit me with my first TAG...so here it goes...
What I was doing 10 years ago:
I was in my senior year of high school getting ready to graduate. I had no idea where I was going to college...AV High was just fabulous in preparing it's seniors for going to college. My counselor told me to just go to a junior college and figure it out from there... she was not helpful at all.
5 things on my to do list today:
1)Go to (or try) my nephew, Caleb's, baseball game today.
2)Go to a Baby Shower/BBQ for a friend who just had a baby boy.
3)Go buy a pair of jeans. I am tired of constantly pulling my pants up. My skinny jeans still don't fit me and my after- pregnancy jeans are too big. It is quite annoying. I really need to just lose 25 pounds and I won't have to buy dumb in- between jeans.
4)Look at vacuums. We need a good one for carpets and wood floors. The one I really want, the Oreck, is almost $800 bucks. Too much for right now.
5)Meet with my parents for dinner, they really want to see the boys. My mom goes into Noah-Brody withdrawals if it has been over week that she has seen them last.
Snacks I enjoy:
Fruit, dried mangoes, cheeze-its, yogurt w/granola, m&m's (peanut pr peanut butter kind), jamba juice, an iced blended coffee drink
Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
Hmmmm... have college funds for my kids, give to the church (build a new building), buy my dream house, invest, start a business, oh!buy a bigger car and a new truck for Russ, pay off everything, pay for my sister's college debt (she graduated from Stanford and just got accepted to USC dentistry school which is 100,000 a year!), pay off all my family's debt,...I'm a billionaire right!
3 bad habits:
Not making my bed right away (I used to be so good about it, I guess having kids changes this), eating what my hubby eats (I would probably be skinnier if I quit it), ummm...waiting until the last minute to gas up my car, or I wait for Russ to do it
5 places I have lived:
Yokuska,Japan; Great Lakes,Illinois; San Diego,CA; Lancaster,CA; Tehachapi, CA
5 jobs I have had:
Babysitter, Assistant Teacher, Substitute Teacher, Sales Associate, Bookkeeper
5 people I want to know more about(a nice way of saying TAG!):
Dani, Anna, Ciara, hmmm...Jenna, and Val
I have always wanted to paint a wall with chalkboard paint. I stole the idea from Pottery Barn kids. The boys' closet came in the usual, ugly standard white. I thought this would be the perfect place to try it out. Well, we love it! It looks good and is a ton of fun. Now I want to paint everything chalkboard. The pantry door, a spot next to the fridge, the boys' desk...now it's convincing the hubby.
Russell's parents threw us a Housewarming party which turned out to be a lot of fun. It was fun to get together with some friends and family in our new place. On top of that, we were blessed with a few things we needed. We got a really nice rice cooker, dish towels, wall decor, gift cards, money, and our boys got a swingset from my parents. The adults had fun putting it together and the kids loved playing on it.
Now that we live in Tehachapi, we have gotten to experience our share of snow. Though I do not like being cold, I do enjoy the snow. Noah had fun making his first snowman with his dad. We also had tons of fun sledding!
Our little Brody is such a joy! We have been so busy with the move and so many other things that I have not gotten the chance to boast and brag about the newest addition to our family. Brody is very different from his big bro Noah. He was the sweetest baby, up until the colic that is. Thank God that it did not last long! Now that he is back to his sweet self, we enjoy seeing his personality bloom each day. He smiles often, but is much more serious than Noah. He is much more difficult to make laugh. The only person who can get him to crack up is his big bro. He has the cutest bubble butt! We like to call him "Big Booty Bro." His Papa calls him "Bright Eyes," which fits him perfectly. His eye color is really dark brown, yet they seem to sparkle. He says Mama and Dada among other babbly noises. He depises tummy time. He can sit up with and play with his toys and watch his brother play. He adores Noah. He loves to eat and is good at it. Unlike noah, he loves his veggies, he even prefers them over fruit. His hair is really fine and sticks straight up. I try to plaster it down with baby lotion, but within a few minutes, it is back in the air. He is a wiggle worm. You try to hold him and he tries to wiggle out of your arms, as if he can get down and walk or something.
We just love him to pieces and thank God for blessing us with another wonderful little boy.
Our Noah went poo poo in the toilet! Here is how it went down- we were eating breakfast and he pointed to his butt and said "Poo poo mommy!" So I grabbed him, ran upsatirs, took off his diaper, and sat him on the little potty. He sat there for probably ten minutes. He was looking at books and at one point, I read him this Potty book we bought him. I decided to leave him alone and the next thing we knew, he was saying " All done diaper." So I looked and he went! We were so excited. We were high fiving and he even took a picture next to his potty. He loved seeing his poop in there. He loved it so much that he didn't want to flush it away in the big potty. We called everyone and told them the news. Look how proud he is of his little accomplishment!
Our new home is almost complete...we will hopefully be moving in at the end of this month. So you can imagine that Christmas is going to be crazy this year. We will be opening presents and packing them up directly into boxes.
We are so excited to have a place to call our own!!!
It has been quite some time since I've updated this page. Russ has really gotten on me about it, so here are a few highlights from our life lately...
