Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Life Goes On

Well life certainly doesn't stop because you are sad that is for sure. It's totally true that the grass seems greener on the other side of the fence. I just read Kacy's blog about how annoyed she is with work. Every morning in the middle of dealing with temper tantrums, breastfeeding, baby puke, baby poop, Olivia missing the potty: I find myself daydreaming about waking up in the morning, putting on a nice outfit and heading off to work where I can actually talk to an adult and make some money maybe feel like I accomplish something. Don't get me wrong I love Olivia and Caleb but if one more person says to me, "so it must be nice not to work" I'm going to explode. Okay there is my venting for the week.





So I have such a hard time after a long weekend. I love having Cody home to hang out with and to help with the kids. It seems so sad when he goes back to work. We had such a fun and busy memorial day weekend. BBQ's, 4-wheeling, campfires, and refinishing hardwood floors. Yep leave it up to me to take what should be a relaxing weekend and make it stressful. I thought "hey we have 4 days we can re-do our kitchen floors easily" This project has been put off for 3 years and now I know why. After 4 coats of polyurethane, not being able to use my kitchen and a living room full of crap it is still not done. Not only is it not finished I am totally obsessed with every imperfect line I see. I have been staring at the floor for hours while biting my nails. Today I plan to do one more coat and hopefully call it good. Maybe by this weekend the kitchen will be functional again. If you come to my house just tell me it looks awesome even though you will probably notice a bunch of flaws.










Some fun pictures from this weekends events:















Caleb and grandma Brose singing Peas Poridge. He laughs everytime she sings it with him. Such a cute baby I love this smile!


Olivia's first 4-wheeling ride. It was a blast and she definetly needed the mommy and daddy time.

Our "campout" at grandma and grandpa Turmans. This was also tons of fun even though Cody and I didn't sleep over we went home to our nice cozy bed.



Mmmm S'more's!!!


Poor Caleb! I know he's only 3 months old but I truly think he hates when I put him in this bear suit. It's so nice and warm though.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Saying Goodbye


My heart hurts and I'm sure it will for a long time. When I needed to talk she would always listen, when I wanted a friend to go hiking with she was always ready never too busy, she always protected me when I was home alone, always made me smile when I felt sad. I'll miss her more then words can explain. Goodbye Bazil May you were loved and will be missed.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Crying Girl and Smiling Boy

This week has been challenging for me to say the least. Tuesday Olivia woke up with a fever and cried all morning long. This is not like Olivia at all. So I took her to the doctor and found out it was strep. Not fun for me or her. She continued to cry for the next 7 hours (not exaggerating!) I found myself praying for strength to deal with it. Finally around 6 p.m. she sat down on Caleb's bouncy chair. Silence!!! I couldn't believe it she had finally fallen asleep. A few doses of antibiotics did the trick and she is almost back to herself.








While Olivia was crying, Caleb was working on his smiling skills. He is the sweetest little guy. Every time he wakes up he just looks at me with a big grin. It totally makes it all worthwhile. I sometimes ask him not to become a 2 year old and just stay my little baby boy. This picture isn't the best but it seems like at this age they never smile when a camera is available so I did the best I could do at the moment.





Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Tulips, Tulips, & More Tulips

A few weeks ago my mom & I took the kids up to Thanksgiving point to see the Tulip Festival. It was so beautiful!!! Last year I was disappointed because the tulips hadn't bloomed. This year we chose the most perfect day. It was 80 degrees and tulips were everywhere. Olivia had so much fun running around and wearing me and my mom out.













2 months!!

Yes I just realized Caleb is almost 3 months old and I haven't even posted pictures of him at 2 months. What can I say about this little guy? I find myself loving him more & more everyday. He has made our family feel so much more complete. Olivia cannot get enough of him and I'm so glad. She tells everyone how much she loves her brother and the first time he smiled was for her.






Caleb's Stats:

Weight: 13 lbs. 5 oz.

Height: 24 inches

Favorite Food: Mom's Milk

Favorite Time of Day: Bath time

Favorite Friend: Big Sister Olivia

Saturday, May 2, 2009

SO I GUESS I'LL TUTE MY OWN HORN

Well once again I've fallen behind on my blogging. I'm still trying to figure out how to take a shower before noon with 2 kids wanting my attention. So needless to say my blogging takes a major back burner to everything else.
So I'll start out by bragging about myself. Just what you have been waiting for I'm sure. I have been slowly trying to get back in shape after having Caleb. Of course my favorite exercise and activity right now is riding my bike. So to push myself into riding better I decided to sign up for the Salt Lake Marathon bike tour this year. Well let me re-phrase that. My brother talked me into signing up I was scared to death. It wasn't a race just a 26 mile ride along the same path as the marathon. We started at 6 a.m. (way too early) and it was about 40 degrees. As usual my dad was late picking me up so as we were unloading, getting gear on, and pumping up tires, we could hear the announcer counting down the start of the ride. It was hectic but dad and I were able to peddle down the hill and join the ride. Nic caught up within' seconds (of course) and very quickly past us up. I didn't see him again until I finally finished the ride. It was a beautiful ride and so much fun. I rarely get to ride with anybody so it was cool to be in a huge group. I think there was over 1,000 of us this year. And also so cool to be able to ride on busy streets without cars to worry about and not stopping at the stop lights was awesome as well. After about an hour of riding my dad left me in the dust and I slowly chugged along with the slow end of the group. Finally after making it up the what seemed like 200 mile hill on State Street I peddled through the finish line at Gateway. It felt great! I have always had a goal that I wanted to do the marathon but knew I would never be able to run (thanks to Davis High gym teachers running makes me sick). So I was very proud of myself for finishing. It's hard for me to do these kind of things because I am very intimidated by other peoples abilities compared to mine. But I did it!
My next group ride is June 6th --38 miles this time. I am scared to death but Nic keeps telling me "if you can do 26 you can do 100..easily." Yeah easy for someone with zero percent body fat that has nothing else to do besides ride all the time. Anyway I'm looking forward to that ride and forward to challenging myself more and more.