Survey

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted anything on here.  Not even sure if anyone still looks at my blog, but I got asked by two friends to complete some questions and both kids are asleep right now, so I actually have some time to spend on the computer, so here goes:

From Michelle:

1. How did you meet your husband?  We met in the Issaquah 4th singles ward

2. What is the first thing you do in the morning?  Look at the clock and wish I could keep sleeping

3. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Walk or watch Brian play

4. What do you do to relax?  Nap or go on the computer

5. How long does it take you to get ready each day?  Depends on if I am leaving the house or not: 15 minutes if I'm not leaving the house after showering, probably 40 minutes if I am leaving the house

6. What is your favorite thing about your house?  Cheap rent and living close to family

7. What kind of toothpaste do you use?  Crest, I think... whatever Costco sells :)

8. If you could live anywhere, where would you live?  Wherever family is living, though Hawaii would be nice

9. Do you recycle?  Yep

10. What are your favorite pair of shoes?  I don't have many shoes... flip flops in the summer, my black slip on ones for any other time

11. Have you ever broken a bone?  Nope- just sprained my wrist and finger once

From Emily:

1. What is the most FUN thing you have ever done!?  Helicopter ride in Kauai
2. Name one thing you like about yourself?  I always hate this question... :)  Um, I like that I'm a clean and organized person
3. What do you want your kids to tell their grandkids about YOU one day when they are old and gray?  That I was a kind person who loved her family very much
4. What do you want most, but feel like today it is out of reach?  A full, uninterrupted nights sleep :)
5. What celebrity would you think your husband would say you look most like?  No idea... Ben doesn't know celebrity names
6. Where do you spend most of your everyday life?  At home
7. What is your favorite part of the day?  Nap time :) jk The weekend when I am holding/feeding Emily while watching Ben and Brian play. Or at night laying on the couch watching a show with Ben after the kids are in bed
8. What is the worst part of your day?  When Emily is crying and hungry and Brian is throwing a tantrum at the same time
9. Where would you go visit if you could go anywhere?  Hmm... Disney cruise, New Zealand, Ireland, Bahamas, too many to name
10. What accessory can you not live without?  I don't really accessorize... my hair dryer and straightener, I guess
11. Who was your favorite roommate in college? :)  Ha ha, my #402 girls- can't wait for Denver! :)

Brian's baby brother or sister

We are excited to announce baby number 2 will be joining our family this December. :)  Their due date is 12/12/12- coolest due date ever! 

Brian not looking too excited, but he will be one day :)

Brian next to his paddle and the new baby's paddle up at Lopez Island

11 week ultrasound

Two years

I thought I should record some things about Brian on his 2nd birthday, so we don't forget.

Favorite words:
Papa
Grandma (sounds a lot like Momma)
Daddy
Momma
Kitty
This
Please
Thank you
No (or nope, but it comes out as mope)
Yes
Crash
Ready, set, go!
Broom
Three
Chicken
Popcorn
Cheese
Truck
Airplane
Mess
Outside (mostly just side)
Car
Spin
Milk (but he says it as ulk)
Cup
Juice
Yay
Swing

Favorite things:
- Loves to stand on the couch and look out the window, especially if someone is mowing there lawn or their is a truck outside
- Whenever he hears a car or truck outside, he runs to the couch to look out the window, then says, "Papa? Papa?" When I tell him that Papa is at work, he says, "Grandma?" and we repeat this several times before he finally accepts that Papa and Grandma are not at our house
- He loves to run and "crash" into things, such as the back door, then says "crash" with a big smile on his face
- Loves to spin in the computer chair and will say, "ready, set, go" before we spin him
- He is working on learning to count, but mostly still just loves the number three
- Brian loves to go outside, but is still not sure about the grass. If he falls down on the grass, he has a really hard time putting his hands on the grass to help stand back up
- He has always loved to clean up- he will dump out blocks or toys so that he can clean them back up. He also loves to use the broom to clean up his messes after he throws food on the floor
- He LOVES milk and gets so excited when it's time for milk/bedtime (not always so excited about going to bed, but getting milk), but jumping up and down and clapping excited and repeating "ulk! ulk! ulk!" over and over again until he gets it
- Brian likes any food that my dad (Papa) likes: popcorn, peanuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, chips, etc. He gets really excited when my dad makes him popcorn, especially
- He loves to go to nursery at church (yay!) and tries to go in the room before it's time. The nursery leaders say he is really sweet, except for at snack-time and coloring time: he dumps his snack out of the bowl (we are working on that at home) and he will go and dump the crayons out of the bowls that the other kids are using- they say they have to "quarantine" him in his own area during those times. They say it's hard to get mad at him even when he's doing that since he's not doing it in a mean way, he just thinks it's fun
- Brian loves anything with buttons that makes noise- computers, radios, light switches, buttons in the car, books that make sounds, etc. He also loves to open and close things

I'm sure there is a lot more I can say about him, but I'll leave it at that. It has been a great two years since he joined our family and we love him so much!

Eating some snacks on his birthday yesterday

Happy 2nd Birthday, Brian!

Couple days old

6 months old

1 year old

18 months old

2 years old

Sunshine!

We are excited for spring to get here! The other morning the sun was actually out so I opened our living room blinds and exclaimed, "Sunshine!" and Brian started copying me. The rest of the day he would excitedly say, "sunshine!" Don't mind his bed head- he has crazy hair in the morning!

Christmas post finally

Christmas Eve hanging out by the tree

Santa came! (the red boxes on the tree were a present to each of the grandkids from my parents and the ornaments were sea shells from the beach)

The stockings were hung...

Grandma trying to get Brian to line up backwards with the cousins- it didn't work too well

Checking out what Santa brought

Santa brought Brian a popper toy and a drum/music set

Playing with his drums

Tearing the wrapping paper into tiny pieces

What he really wanted to play with- Grandma Suzy's cell phone

Playing with his Toy Story race car toy

Cousin Benjamin showing Brian how to make the toy work

Playing with another drum he got with cousin Sally

Stocking time! (he was past ready for a nap by this point)

Swimming with Dad at our hotel in Utah for New Years

All bundled up in the freezing Salt Lake weather

Brian "fitting" into his Bumbo again

Trying to get out of the Bumbo

After getting out of the Bumbo (don't worry, he wasn't hurt)

Yes, I realize it's February, but I'm finally getting around to posting some Christmas pictures. We spent Christmas up at Lopez Island with my family. We had never spent Christmas up there, so it was a lot of fun. Santa found us up there and we had a nice holiday. For New Years we spent it in Utah with some of Ben's family (though we missed his Mom who was in Georgia) and I finally got to meet Ben's older sister Melody and her family, which was a lot of fun. We stayed in a fancy hotel and "enjoyed" the freezing weather and snow! I also got to see my good friend Emily and her daughter on New Year's Eve, though I didn't get any pictures!

January pics and videos

Sarah asked me not to be sarcastic in this post, so I will be very serious.

In this video, Sarah is tickling Brian.

Brian is in a swing in this video.

Brian is doing funny things here.

Here he does more funny things.
(and shows his determination to rip the nightlight out of the wall-
his favorite thing to do when he's in his room)

Here is the last video of Brian doing funny things.

And here's Brian making a funny face and signing please.

There. I think I made that post completely serious and as unsarcastic as possible.

November and some older pictures

Asleep on Dad

Playing in a bowl

Ben kept lifting him up and down and Brian thought it was hilarious

"What am I doing in this bucket?"

I found him these Frosty pajamas and thought they'd fit, but I was wrong

The buttons kept snapping open whenever he moved, but I had to get some pics first

Cuddling with Dad at the computer

In the bucket with the balls again

Halloween 2010

My sister Lisa and her husband Spencer dressed up as a Hershey "hug" and "kiss" ha ha

Spock and Spock- we saw this Spock at the Trunk or Treat and had to have Brian take a picture with him- Brian didn't know what he was doing with his hand :o)

Ben decorated our car like a mouth and he hooked it up so you could open and close the trunk so it would get kids as they put their hands in (it didn't actually close on them) It was funny to see kids' reactions to it- a lot of them didn't want to come near it because they were afraid. We got lots of comments that we were the most creative car.

Our little Spock- he actually didn't mind the hat on his head which surprised me

Us dressed up as "Star Trek nerds"- can you believe I put a Star Trek shirt on?? I can't believe it either... but Brian looked so cute/funny in that Spock outfit!

Captain Kirk and Spock

Lisa watched Brian for a little bit one night and this is how he came home :o)

Those are leg warmers on his legs- he could barely walk he was so bundled up ha ha

We watched Daniel, Benjamin and Sally the other night and Benjamin packed his skeleton jammies so we put Brian in his, too. Benjamin thought it was so fun to be matching

Picking pumpkins at my parent's pumpkin patch
Cousins: Andrew, Brian, Logan, Megan, Connor, Benjamin, Daniel, and Sally

Brian wasn't so sure about the pumpkin patch when we put him down next to the pumpkins

Then he got used to it and smiled for us

Wearing the spider headband my mom got all the grandkids