Busy Lives and Happy Times!

Oh my this week has been super busy! Like I said in my "About Us" paragraph, we are a crazy little bunch with busy lives and happy times :).

Well, to start out.. I have figured out that my little Everett has taste buds very similar to mine. He LOVES sweets! Which I probably should not, I repeat, should not be surprised about. Due to this very fun fact, when I was pregnant with him I CRAVED on a nightly/morning basis (which probably isn't healthy), Chocolate Chip Cookies, freshly baked and right out of the oven, warm Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls (they had to be Rhodes). And in case you're wondering... YES, I did have about 2 cinnamon rolls a day and about 5 cookies at night. haha, and yes, it was my silly little temptation that I gave into. I had to slow down a little for my Glucose test though (doctors orders). Any how, back to what I was saying...  No, I am not an evil mother and I did not give him a taste of something he's not supposed to have. I simply started feeding him BABY FOOD! I love this stage, especially the beginning. I am always excited to see their face on the first taste of baby food. BUT, Everett seems to love and adore anything that goes into that cute little mouth of his :). So, to say the least, his reaction to the first taste of baby food wasn't too bad :). Although he doesn't like Rice Cereal as much, which I don't blame him. It doesn't have much flavor to it. But I do have to say, I know his favorite kind of baby food so far is BANANAS!! And, to top it off he LOVES monkeys!

Since I am on an Everett rampage right now, I need to mention that he can now roll over and he is SO close to sitting up with no support. And he thinks mommy and grandma are super funny :). He is a little social bug and is already scooting/trying to figure out the whole crawling thing!

Today I would like to do a SHOUT OUT to my sweet little Oliver! HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVER! He turned the BIG 3 today! I took him out for Birthday pancakes this morning with his little cousins and their mommies and of course Grandma and Grandpa Superdave!

I believe that Mr. Oliver had a FABULOUS day! He woke up to lots of presents that he was super STOKED about, and had a yummy breakfast, followed by coming back home and playing with his new Buzz Lightyear Command Center with his mommy AKA me! Then he got to go to his dads house for the night and have a party there! WOW what a lucky little guy!

This last week he also got to have a SPACETACULAR (yes, I do make up my own words) birthday party with all his friends, complete with meeting the one and only Kangaroo at Kangaroo Zoo!

This week has also been a good week. I started my job on Monday, November 7th. AND, I really like it so far! AWESOME benefits and GREAT people to work with. My team of course, we are the Pirates! Exciting I know!

That is all for now!

Love you all!
Love, The 3 of us!

Olivers First Kiss ;)

Oliver is officially potty trained (and has been for a while, but I need to do better at updating our blog of course)! Yay! It took a little while.. I do have to say that "Potty Power" is amazing. Oliver was doing great at potty training, but he just didn't seem like he was grasping it until we decided to follow some wonderful advice and order this potty power dvd from Netflix. It was made in the 80's, so it's super cheesey but amazing and a little annoying at times, due to songs being stuck in my head :)!  But, soon after watching that dvd Oliver was potty trained. Now I am free of changing big boy diapers (yuck)!

Soon after being potty trained, the girls in my family took a girls trip to Disneyland. The only boys invited were Oliver and Everett of course! Oh my, did we have a blast! We definitely made some dreams come true on that trip ;)! Close to the end of our trip Grandma Lori asked Oliver what his favorite part of Disneyland was, and he answered, "Minnie Mouse". My guess is it is because she gave him a kiss! He was super excited about that :)! When he came home he was telling his Grandma Karr all about how Minnie Mouse kissed him. She asked him, "Did Mickey Mouse get mad?" he answered, "ummmm yeah".

Halloween was a busy/beautiful day for us! Oliver, along with little Everett of course, got to Trick or Treat at several different places :).  They got to go to Grandpa Karrs work, then to Grandma and Grandpa Karrs house, and over to Grandma and Grandpa Binghams and the in our own neighborhood. We have WAY too much candy!

Come on over, we will gladly share! :)

Bears, Cars, and Tyranosaurus Rett!! OH MY!!

Boy, did we have an eventful day yesterday!!

It all started with me setting my alarm the night before to 6:00am so I could wake up and get ready for the day while the kids slept, and of course, like every other morning I decided to hit my snooze button.. Even though I knew I had to get an early start to go drop some papers off to a State Office building before it got busy.

So, instead my morning got busy right at first. After I had turned my alarm off, my back up alarm went off at 7:00am along with little Everett waking up hungry! OH NO! Right as I got done feeding Everett, Oliver woke up to say he wanted breakfast. Well, I got up got Oliver breakfast then I finally got a chance to get ready for the day! Lucky for me, when I got to the State Offices it wasn't as busy as I thought it would be. And my mom came with me to help with the 2 boys :)! Thank you mom!

After that, we decided a little time at The Gate Way would be fabulous! So, we were off to Gate Way Mall where we found that the Baby Gap had a great sale going down :)... I got Oliver a shirt for $8!! That's a steal at the Baby Gap! While we were there, we thought since Oliver has been such a BIG BOY going potty on the potty chair, that he deserves a treat!! We stopped at Build a Bear Workshop  and got Oliver a new buddy that could go potty with him :). He LOVED it!

After a long day of shopping we arrived home just in time for Kylee to come over and help us wash our car!! It's so nice having a clean car! While cleaning it out, I did notice that about 95% of the mess was my kids stuff :)!! Such a wonderful blessing! My life would be boring with out my lil Kidlets!

You're probably wondering why it says Tyrannosaurus Rett in this title... WELL, That's because My aunt Lynda and I have decided that that should be one of Everetts nicknames :) From the day he was born, he has always made little growling noises and I would call him my baby Dinosaur! Now he is Tyrannosaurus Rett!


Now, since I've brought that story up... I do have to finish by telling you how when Oliver was born he was my lil Firework/Whistling Pete, because he literally sounded like a firework :)

I love love LOVE my 2 beautiful boys and the love and joy they bring to my life! I am one blessed woman!! :)

Welcome Fall!

What are we up to now?

Well, we are living with Grandma Lori and Grandpa SuperDave. We are upstairs with them for now, and will soon be living in the basement in a basement apartment that Grandpa SuperDave is building for us. It's so wonderful to have such great support and love from family.

Oliver turns 3 soon, and is really enjoying being a big brother.

Everett is now 3 months and just had his first giggle today (September 25, 2011).

We are welcoming Fall with a smile..

This fall we have so many fun plans. First things first, we are headed to Disneyland in just a few weeks, where we get to go Trick or Treating with Mickey Mouse and all the Disney Villans, and then have some fun with Goofy at Goofy's Kitchen. We are all super excited, especially Oliver! :)

Then... coming up is one of our most favorite Holidays... Halloween!! We even have our Halloween costumes picked out already. Everett will be the cutest little puppy there ever was, and Oliver will be the most handsome little Iron Man there ever was. This should be fun!