Thursday, September 27, 2007

Auntie Melissa will be so impressed!






Bed Head

(No Grandpa Beagley, Mommy didn't pinch me)





My Great Transformation






The ladies at church look at Caid's new hairstyle and think he just got up. I have to tell them that in all actuality, we do that on purpose. I like it. Some of the ladies at church don't get it. Oh well.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

I'll Rule Over This Land

So many people ask me, what does Caiden do when I go to work. I tell them, well he goes with me but I think most people know that and are wondering what keeps him busy at the office. My reply is what doesn't keep him busy. This office used to have a bouncer, exersaucer, Bumbo seat, play gym, rattles and Baby Einstein. Caiden is into everything...my desk, Grandma's purse, the coffee grinds in the coffee pot, the trash (now sitting on top of the entertainment center), the punches from the 3 hole punch. Anything and everything is fair game. We decided that Caid needs toddler toys now. So gone are the infant things and now enter Caid's new train set!!!!


He could teach some world leaders a couple things, stand tall and scream a lot!!






Even world leaders need a break!



Back to my little control issue

Monday, September 24, 2007

Nice, Relaxing Weekend...Yah, Right!

Mike said last weekend that he wanted to go to Utah for the BYU-AF game. I told him that he should go and enjoy. I surely would miss him but could use some time housebound. My mind was reeling with the prospect of hanging out in jammies all day with Caid, getting some scrapbooking done, working in the garden, catching up on All My Children....

Not long after, my mom called and asked me to do some canning with her. Well I of course agreed, loving domestic stuff like that. So I told her I would, so long as I had some of the weekend to relax. Let me just say, we ended up picking all our own produce first, then prepped it and then canning and freezing it, ALL! IN! ONE! DAY! So much for All My Children. It was really fun! We put up/stored 18 quarts of tomatoes, 60 ears of corn, 50 pounds of potatoes, 35 pounds of onions, 15 pounds of peppers, and more. My sweet dad entertained Caiden all day. So now Caiden knows how to make a running tackle and spit. Lovely, huh? Caiden got so upset when my dad left to go running that he sat at the door waiting for him to get back. Gotta love Grandpas!!!


Helping Auntie Coogan, shuck corn

Yummy!

He loves it!!

Waiting for Grandpa

Friday, September 21, 2007

10 Surefire Ways to Tell Your a Mommy

#10. You can sing "We're going a trip in our favorite rocketship. Well go to the sky, Little Einsteins." and "Hot Diggity Dog" from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse at any give time.

#9. You know that your lunch for the day will consist of the leftover sandwich, pretzels and fruit that your kiddo doesn't eat.

#8. You know that milk left in a sippy cup for too long does change properties, from a liquid to a solid.

#7. You know that sweeping the floor while your kiddo is awake is an impossible feat. They think that your dust pile is just a small sandbox.

#6. Your chid spits things out in your hand and you catch yourself trying to put it in your pocket just so its not in your hand anymore.

#5. You sigh when you can use the restroom without the dogs and kiddo with you. It's the little things in life.....

#4. You put your hair up in a ponytail everyday for weeks on end because there is just not enough time to deal with it.

#3. Your car is always a disaster! At any given time, you can find shoes, clothes, diapers (clean, most of the time), food, and solidified milk in a sippy cup.

#2. You constantly are frustrated because no matter how hard you try your child looks like a little homeless kiddo with one shoe (if you're lucky), dirty clothes, dirty face, and bed head.

#1. You marvel at your kiddo no matter what he looks like, what he is wearing or not wearing, and what noise is coming out of his mouth or other orifices.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Confusion




Well Caiden has recently become confused about some words, which is almost completely my fault.

1. Everytime Caiden has a ball he inevitably drops it and we say uh-oh. Now everytime he wants a ball, he points to it and says "uh-oh." It is so cute.

2. He likes to look at the hamster my mom has in the office but it is a little smelly and I don't always want to take it out. So I will lift him up so he can peer in the cage and tell him say hi to Houdini. Now he stands below the cage, points towards it and says "hi", sometimes he'll even wave. Even cuter!!!



I really have to watch how I label things for him. Who knows what he might end up calling things?

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Something New


Well I caved. I am joining the world of blogging. I tried the website thing but it was sooooo much time and anyone who has met Caiden knows I don't have much of that. So now I am going to try blogging. I am hoping this can be a place where the people who don't see us all the time can keep up with our ever-changing lives.