ALL IN THE DAY OF BEING A BOY

Boys are gross.
They do gross stuff.
I think it would be appropriate to warn all family and friends who may have young boys who are too young still to do gross stuff be aware of the gross stuff boys do.
Scott did 3 gross things today.
3.

#1...Scott decided it be a good idea to not only pull a booger out of his nose, but then proceded to try to eat it.
Thankfully, darling Daddy was there to spot the nastyness on his beloved boys finger and tell him to stop...while wonderful Mama swooped in to save the day by actually taking the booger off his finger and disposing of it properly (in the garbage).

#2...Scott decided to once again go pee in the toilet. Scott is toilet training (I have been meaning to blog this, but I am still trying to get a Canada post done, so have not blogged about toilet training...forgive me) so, really, this is a story for another day.
Anyhoo, Scottie goes pee on the toilet. Very exciting. I love it when he does this. Well, after peeing this one particular time he decided to put his hand in the toilet and play with the water.
Okay, so I'm not the most germ-a-phobic person alive by any stretch of the imagination, but this totally grodified me...lol
It could have only been made worse if I had not known that I had just bleached the toilet bowl 2 days ago...somehow, knowing that made me feel minutely better.
Still, he was debacterialized very well with soap and water.

Don't forget, we still have a #3...and that would be

Scott decided to dip a teaspoon measuring spoon into the dog bowl and drink it. He has drank it from the bowl like a dog before and I gotta be honest, I don't know if one is worse than the other.
To say the least, I stopped this as quick as humanly possible as well...cause say what you want about a dog's mouth being cleaner than a human's, I would still rather share a glass of water with Scott, than with the dog.

You would think by all the gross things my boy does in a day that I never watch him...but you would be wrong. So very very wrong.

Since the day I left my 2 darling children alone for 5 minutes to find eggs all over my kitchen floor (yet, another story) when I came back, I keep a very close eye on them...esp. HIM.

FYI, that egg incident was this month...so, yeah, the very near past.

And all Will could tell me is...He's a boy. Boy's do gross things...and he will do much more gross stuff than this.

I am so excited for what is to come. ;)

So, to start things off, I will show you a pic of the infant carrier I made to carry Aerin in at the airport. Michelle has been wanting to see this for quite some time now.
This is not the best picture out there, but do keep in mind, this is a self portrait...so I can only do so good. :)


From here I was gonna go straight to our trip to Edmonton, but then I remembered there was Christmas. Sooooooooooo, Christmas was good for us.
Will had to work Christmas Eve so I told him just to wake us up when he got home in the morning.
The kids opened their Christmas jammies (which have no relevance to Christmas other than that they opened them that night).

This is the Christmas tree after the kids went to bed. I waited to put everything out cause Scott would have gotten into it all otherwise.

Ang then, of course, Christmas morning.



Christmas Day night we went over to my BIL's for dinner and then my MIL's for dessert. (They live next door to each other, so it didn't require a lot of travel between the two places).
Will had to work that night, so I actually drove him to work and then came back for the festivities.
While at my MIL's house, Christine decided to put Aerin on Mason's back for a little ride.

Well, that is it for Christmas down here.
I will let people read this and while you all read this, I will start a draft of our trip to Canada that started the day after Christmas. So, sometime in the next while you will get to read about Canada.

I'M LAME!!!

I know it.
You know it.
I have come to accept it and I hope you will too.
Okay, maybe you shouldn't accept it cause that would mean you are giving up on me and have lost all hope that I will blog.

One day (hopefully sooner than later) I will update my blog.

RANDOMNESS

Well, yesterday was my BIG 30!!!
Crazy, huh???
It sounds so old. Like, mature. I don't feel old, just 30 sounds old.
It was a fairly uneventful day. I got up earlier than normal...compliments of the kids...at about 8:15ish, I think. You see, it's not uncommon for us to not get up til about 9:30am. I love it.
We went to the grocery store yesterday and meant to pick up a cheesecake for my birthday cake, but neither of us grabbed it, and so I decided to make myself a cool cake. Will had the idea of a maple leaf cake or a Canada flag cake. I wanted something cool, so I decided to do the flag.
I think it turned out well.
I baked it last night and then decorated it this morning.
Scott was on the phone with Mum today and all he could do was point at the cake and say, "Cookie. Cookie." He was pretty excited. But, we have a lot of leftover cake. Let's be honest, we can only eat so much cake in a day.

Another thing I was gonna tell you all was about Scott's birthday drama.
We were, of course, as I said in the last post, at my SIL's house. Well, Christine and I were in the bedroom talking and the others were out in the living room and we heard Scott cry. A minute later, my name is being yelled. We leave the room to see Bria (my niece) telling me that Scott pulled a stocking down and he got hit in the head and he was bleeding. Yeah, he was bleeding. Apparently, it was the stocking holder that fell on his head and he was bleeding like crazy...cause head wounds do that.
Poor kid. We got him cleaned up and in the bath fairly quickly and he got over it, but hey, here's a good way to say "Happy Birthday". Oh, yeah, and he totally didn't get any blood on the carpet. We all had blood on us, but none on the carpet. Oh, yeah, and he had so much blood on his shirt, that if it had been up to me, I woulda just thrown it out, but my SIL got it all out.
AMAZING!!!
So, that was a nice story, huh???
Oh, and here are so super cute pics of my babies wearing their Christmas outfits for church.
They are so gosh darn cute.

First things first, I updated Scott's blog which is his 2nd Birthday post, so please go to his blog and look at that post.
It is lots of fun.
As for the rest of news...
Not a whole lot going on here. Scott did have his 2nd birthday on Dec. 6. My cousin Brittany also had her baby girl that same day. Truth be told, she barely made it onto Scott's birthday. 1 minute earlier, and she woulda been too early. She was born at 1am MST, which is 12am PST. So, she barely made Scott's birthday...lol
So, on his birthay we drove up to Elk Grove to stay at my SIL's house for the night. She was hosting a family Christmas Party the next day and we decided to celebrate Scott's birthday the same time since the whole family would be there.
It was a lot of fun.
I got a pair of chandelier earrings that I wanted. I must say, though, they are much bigger than I had thought they would be. I saw them online and just knew I had to have them, but they are so big, I don't know if I can wear them anywhere...lol
So, I got the earrings and a gift cert. to Outback Steakhouse as well as 2 movie tickets.
The cool thing is, that is a date right there for me and Will...and it is mostly free. We could actually pay a babysitter with the money we will save from the date...lol
Will got (and I am not kidding when I say this) ownership of a 12" x 12" piece of land in Scotland.
I am so not kidding.
We officially own land in Scotland.
The land is on the historic Scottish Island of Sanday and it is part of the Kingsdale Estate. He has the land, plus he has access to the river nearby.
So, yeah, how cool is that???
Anyhoo, it was a blast.
Scott's cake turned out awesome.
It was a dragon.

Aerin and Scott both wore their Christmas outfits.
Scott's shirt said "Dear Santa, I really tried this year...Honest." and Aerin's said "Silent Night, Yeah Right."


So, yeah, the party was a lot of fun.
This is Aerin on one of her toys that she got for Christmas from Grandma G.

Once we were home it was time to play with all the toys...after sleeping, of course.
Both Scott and Aerin love playing with the trucks. He shares with her and they just play with each other's toys...who cares, really.



Well, I guess that is all for now.

2 years ago at this time, I was laying in a hospital bed, anticipating the birth of my first-born child.
I was excited.
I had gone to the Dr. that afternoon and was more than willing to let her know that I was now 8 days overdue. She was willing to let me go 10.
So, she looked at me and said, "Well, do you wanna have a baby tomorrow?"
Tell me that any woman 8 days overdue would say "No." to that question.
I think Brittany might even say "Yes." LOL
This was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
I was told to be at the hospital at 8pm.
I had 4 hrs. to get home, pack a bag (cause, no, I had not done that yet), oh yeha, and tell Will to get the night off work.
It was a long night.
I hardly slept (truth be told, I don't know if I even did)...
It was an easy birth. 11 pushes and he was here. The Dr. was nice enough to be there for 2 of those pushes...lol
My baby boy. 4:02pm. 8 lbs 6 oz. 21".
My pride and joy.
I cried when they took him away to clean him up and weigh him...just looking at him melted my heart.
He was beautiful.
And now here we are, Dec. 6 2008...and my baby boy (who is now a big brother) is turning 2.
Where did the time go???
There is nothing about this little guy that I would change.
Okay, I would make him sleep through the night if I could, but that's all...lol
He is a Momma's Boy...and I love him more than I could ever imagine.
I love watching him grow up and seeing him learn.
I tell him all the time that Heavenly Father was really good to us sending him into our lives.
Our Father in Heaven truly blessed us with this special spirit from Him.
Oh, goodness...I cannot even describe how much I love this boy and how thankful I am to be his Mama.
But, any mothers reading this, knows what I mean...so it's okay that I am not communicating it well.
Anyways, we are having his party on Sunday, up by Sacramento with the whole fam-damily, but for his actual birthday I bought him a balloon (cause he LOVES balloons) a piece of cake (cause I couldn't find cupcakes...LAME), and his own little mini container of Ice Cream...and that will be his breakfast.
I am sure Radelle is just dying at this thought...lol
But in my defense, we are leaving in the AM to go up to Sacramento, and I don't want to try to haul it up with me...so, this scandalous mother is giving her boy cake and ice cream for breakfast.
He will love for forever :)
p.s. I TOTALLY loved Rock's 1st Birthday cake...not only was it cool and unique, but it would have made a much healthier breakfast cake.
Anyhoo...so, that is how we are going to celebrate his 2 year birthday today.
Now, I probably should be going, because despite the washer and dishwasher going, I still need to pack and switch laundry to the dryer and load the washer again (and again in the morning b4 we leave). Thankfully, I already have the gifts wrapped.
Oh, heck, I forgot to wrap his birthday present for Sunday's party.
I guess I should do that now while he is asleep cause I am sure he won't let me in the morning...lol
So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SCOTT!
I LOVE YOU, MY BOY.

So, it has finally happened.
My baby girl, at 8.5 months old has finally cut her first two teeth...in the same day.
I have been looking and watching for a long time, and we went to the park today, I was feeding her snacks and there they were. I didn't even see them this morning.
I was so excited I actually called Will from the park.
I don't think he was quite as excited as I was.
My Mum was.
Well, she was more like, "It's about time." LOL
Scott was almost 7 months old, I think, when he got his first teeth, so, yeah, I was kinda wondering when she would get hers.
I think she took it like a trooper.
She has had a few rough nights lately, but nothing really worse than normal.
I figure she is so used to being toughened up by her big brother than a couple sharp teeth pusing their way through her skin is child's play. :)
But I tell ya, those teethies are cute.
My girly is growing up.
Did I ever tell you how protective Scott is of his sister??? When she had pink eye, we had to hold her down to put in the eye drops and he stood there yelling at us becuase she was crying.
He sure does love her.
He crawls around on the floor with her...he's taught her how to eat dog food...he shares his toys...he is always trying to crawl into her pack 'n play with her, and if he is not lucky enough to be let in with her, he plays with her through the mesh.
He is just too funny.
I sure am blessed.
Well, I am gonna go clean up now, then tomorrow I have to make 2 batches of nanaimo bars, 4 dozen cookies, pack, go to Jenn's and deliver some nanaimo bars...busy busy.
We (me and the kids) are going up to Concord for Thanksgiving to Will's Uncle and Aunt's house, then spending a few days with my SIL by Sacramento. Should be a fun while away.
Talk to you all again when I get back.

Okay, so I happened upon this blog tonight and I had many a good laughs.
In fact, I am suspicion that the writer of this blog is a good friend of mine.
And that friend would be...
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NIKKI!!!

Seriously, girl, if I didn't know any better I would say you wrote this.
It just reminds me of you and the way you type.
Now, being totally honest here, I don't REALLY think this is compliments of Nikki, but if it were, I would so not be surprised.
Nikki has this uncanny ability to just make me laugh. Her writing is so funny and the way she expresses things just cracks me up...and I know she makes so many others laugh, too.
Anyways, I am sure that many of you will appreciate the humour from this blog which I am sure to link on my blog so I can visit it often for a good laugh.
SO, if you want a good laugh (and a glimpse into the life of a typical Mormon), please feel free to read this blog. It is well worth the read.
And I promise...you will laugh.

http://whatmormonslike.blogspot.com/

HAPPY REMEMBERANCE DAY.
We are so blessed to have our freedoms. Let's enjoy them. Let's remember those who have fought (and are fighting) for us to keep those blessed freedoms.

Oh, I love this time of year.
The leaves on the ground. The crisp air. A feeling of peace being outside in the most beautiful weather.
I love autumn. It is by far my favourite season.
I love everything about it.
I always have good intentions to take fall pics of the family and it never happens...and that kinda bugs.
Well, onto other stuff.
What is new???
We got the kid's passports done...YAH!!! They only took a week to get them. That is fantastic. Now we will have no problems at all getting onto flights up to Canada like last time.
Carpet cleaners are coming first thing inthe morning, so I am currently sitting in am apt. that looks like I am moving cause I had to move it all around.
I do so love having clean carpets.
I don't really have tons to say today, but I do want to say I love my family and I am so lucky to have them.
My husband is a good man. I am lucky to have him...but he's just a little bit luckier to have me...lol
He came home this weekend with a dozen long stemmed red roses for me. That was a beautiful way to start the day.
They smell so sweet and I smell them multiple times a day. I just love having them on the table.
Thanks, Honey.
I would post pics, but I haven't uplaoded pics yet (And since I REALLY should be in bed, I'm not uploading them right now). Sorry. But, hey, it's not like you've never seen red roses before...lol
Oh, and some other happy news, we got a new dishwasher today.
It is so quiet.
I had no idea how much quieter a dishwasher from the year 2008 would run compared to a dishwasher from 1987. Dude, I'm not much older than that dishwasher was...lol
I shoulda also informed maintenance that our stove/oven combo is also from 1987, but I don't think he woulda given me a new one...cause this sucker just won't die...lol
Well, I'm starting to get weird cause I am sleepy.
I will write again soon.

TRICK-OR-TREATING FUN

Well, apparently I did not take as many pictures as I had thought I had.
So sad.
But that does not mean I got none.
So, I will share a few.
We had a jolly good time.
Aerin was a pirate.
Scott was Ratatouille.
Solomon was Frodo (from Lord of the Rings).
Believe it or not, someone actually didn't know who Frodo was. I told her he was from Lord of the Rings. "Oh, well, I never watched Lord of the Rings."
Well, then, in that case, I guess you may not know who Frodo is...lol
Christine came trick-or-treating with us.
We started in the complex, and walked one side on our way out. We then went walking through the neighbouring houses. We were probably out for about 2.5 hrs. total.
Scott got so much candy.
A lot of times, when the people would give him candy in his bag (which I was holding) he would hold out his hand for more, and when they would lean down (bucket full of candy in hand) to give him another piece, he would put his hand in the bucket...lol
Other times, he would just keep holding his hand out. And they kept giving him more...even with me saying, "Okay, thanks. That's good enough." lol
He was just so cute, everyone was more than willing to give him more goodies.
Solomon was whining about Scott getting more than him, so we told him he just needed to be more charming when he walked to the doors. We told him what the crab in Little Mermaid said..."You got to bat your eyes like this. You got to pucker your lips like this." We thought that might get him more candy.
But he didn't try it, so we don't know if our theory would have worked...lol
On our way home, we walked up the other side of the complex and got a bit more.
It was lots of fun and I can hardly wait til next year...lol

WOW!!! It's been a week already, huh???
Not a whole lot has gone on this past week. Will had the last 3 days off and that was so nice. Overtime is drying up now, so he is actually home most of his days off. How nice is that???
Well, what has gone on in the past week.
Saturday night was the Halloween party at church. It was super fun but there were way too many people. It was a combined party with the Woodward Park ward, so it was super packed. Scott would run off and I would be left trying to get Aerin given to someonem then past people, "Excuse me. Excuse me. Ummmmm, excuse me, please." Just to get out to the hallway and ask, with no response, "Has anyone seen a rat?"
It was just crazy.
I spent the morning making 3 doz. cupcakes for it...they looked awesome.

Scott was Ratatouille. He looked so dang cute. His costume was gynormous on him and I had him s scantily clad underneath as possible so he would not cook. And by scantily clad, I mean sleeveless shirt and shorts :)
Aerin was a pirate. She was so cute, too...of course. Could we really expect anything less from my kiddos???

I should also mention that Aerin's shirt says "Arghhh...Wipe Me Bootie!"

Naturally, there was a Trunk-or-Treat. Scott had no idea what to do, but after, oh, 1person dropping that candy into his bag, he was a pro.
I figure it was good practice for this coming Friday night.
Here he is getting some goodies.

This is Aerin with her friend, Emily. Emily is only 9 days older than Aerin...Michelle, Emily's mom, was watching Aerin for me for a few minutes and when I came back, Aerin had her hand on Emily's on her car seat and it just looked so sweet. They just looked like the best of friends at that moment. In this pic, her hand had just come away a bit, but it's still so cute. And, well, to be honest, Emily is just so pretty that it just makes sense to still post the pic.
Oh, yeah, and that blanket that Emily has, I made her that.


Okay, so that was our weekend.
I have so many more pics on my camera still.
Oh goodness. I must tell you that Aerin started sitting on Sunday.
I had her sitting in her pack 'n play as I was getting ready for church and there she was...sitting.
So, after church I made her sit and took a few pics.
Doesn't she just look like a little pro???


FYI:
The reason Scott was a rat for Halloween is because his nickname is Rodent. His nickname is Rodent because rodents (such as rats) like to get into anything and everything including what they are not supposed to.
Like this.
This, just so you know, is brand new fabric for making baby blankets.
Well, hey, at least he looks comfy.
Oh, yeah, and he's cute.

I have also discovered that not only can Aerin sit, but she can stand, too...so, to say the least, the bassinet part of her pack 'n play has been taken out.
And this is why...
In the pack 'n play 100%.

No longer in the pack 'n play 100%.

On Monday night we went to the Pumpkin Patch. It was so cool. I have never been to a pumpkin patch before. Will told me to take my camera (as if I ever leave home without it) in case they had pony rides.
WHAT!?! Pony rides at a pumpkin patch???
Who knew???
Well, obviously Will.
They had pony rides, bounce houses, corn maze...but we just put Scott on the pony. He doesn't care that much about bounce houses.
He sat on that pony like a little pro. After about 2 or 3 mins of riding, he decided he'd had enough and started crying and trying to get off the pony. I totally had to get the guy to stop the ride before he succeeded in getting out of the straps that held him on. I was walking along side him, so it's not like I wouldn't have caught him, but that's not the point. I still don't think that would have been the safest option for him getting off the pony :)
Poor other girl on the ride musta felt all jipped...lol
Having a good time.

No longer having a good time. Time to get off.

And, of course, we have to have pictures sitting among the pumpkins.

And Aerin, bless her little heart, woke up just before we left, so I was able to snap a few pics of her awake and out of her car seat at the patch.

After the patch, we went to Mimi's for dinner and then to Target...and, naturally, spent way more than planned. That's basically how it always goes at Target.
Tuesday...what did we do Tuesday.
We got passport pics taken of the kids...sadly, when we took them in with the applications today, the pics were rejected cause they were too big. Come on, the amount of passport pics that these places take, you'd think they would know the right size. So, since we wre on a time budget, we just ran across the street and had them done again at a different place.
But their pics yesterday were so cute, I just had to share them with you.
Scott cracks me up cause he just looks so serious.
Oh, that kid makes me laugh.
And you know the funny thing is we figured if the pics got rejected it would be because Aerin was smiling in hers.
But, nope, they got rejected for other reasons.


Well, I guess that is all for now.
I gotta go clean up the living room and tidy the kitchen before heading to bed.
Nighty night.

So, goodness. What is going on in the life of Krystin???
I gotta say, I do love having a "Live Traffic Feed" on my blog. It really lets me know that even though I uber-suck at updating, I still have people who check on me...so, really, it does make me want to be better at blogging.
I just have yet to be better.
I must be like Nikki.
I mean, really, how many days has she ever missed blogging since she started her blog.
A whole lot less than me, I can tell ya.
I have been spending a lot of time doing blankets. I just finished another 2 tonight, was hoping for 3, but I forgot to get a certain colour of thread. Okay, that's a lie. I was hoping for the last 5, but I forgot to get 3 certain colours of thread...lol
Oops, my bad.
Random Question: Have you ever eaten something and afterwards realized you have what feels like a waxy coating on the inside of your mouth??? (Not so pleasant, I assure you.)
Well, if you ever feel the need to have a waxy coating feeling in your mouth, eat the no name brand of Captain Crunch Berries cereal. I don't actually know if that is what it's called, but I'm sure you're all smart enough to find it in the grocery store if you really wanted to...lol
I am uber-hungry right now and just don't want to make anything...and, so, yeah. This is what I got.
How can kids eat this crap??? It's totally McNasty. The only reason we have it is cause Solomon loves it and it's about all he will eat.
I am sure Scott would love it if I would let him eat it, but since I don't, he doesn't know that he would probably love it...and I will keep it that way as long as I possibly can.
Well, Scott now says "Cookie", as well. Let's add one more word to his list of, like, less than 10 words, I am sure. It takes way too much brain power at this time of night to actually sit and think of the words he says.
I sure do love my boy and I love hearing him chatter away...even though it makes absolutely no sense to me at all.
Aerin is eating cheerios and crackers now, too. I was way scared to give them to her since she has, like, NO teeth to speak of to chew them with...but, she is a much better eater than Scott was with that kinda stuff and she does great. I mean, just look at this kid. She's a pro.

Scott is such a good big brother. He loves sharing with Aerin and he just loves her so much.
In this picture, well, he decided to share his toys with her...and she appears to be very grateful, to say the least.

Scott is such a goof. Well, I don't even need to explain, let's just say he has grown and some things he just doens't fit into as well as he used to...lol
But I will let you be the one to tell him that, cause he won't listen to me.

FYI: She totally is not the only one in there. I love how she is looking at him in this pic, too. To me, it totally says, "I love you, Big Brother."

Scott is going through a silly phase right now where he loves wearing our shoes. It's so funny...cause, obviously, they are huge on him.

Aerin is crawling now. She is so gosh-darn cute. She has been trying for a while now, and finally started getting the hang of it last week. I will try posting a couple of videos later on...or maybe I will try now. I don't know.
And this one, well, it's about a minute, and the first little bit is just whatever, but just wait and keep watching. Trust me, it's worth it. It's super cute.

Scottie is such a good little helper. He helped us the other day to carry in groceries...he is just such a good boy.

My little Blue Eyed Beauty.

Scott has taken quite a liking to books and I think it is so cute to see the concentration in his face as he is "reading" his books. His current favourites are "The Christmas Star" and "My First Truck Board Book" (or something like that). The Christmas Star is about a little lamb named Star who is to be in a Christmas pageant. Well, here he is reading it.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm... my first chocolate cookie. My brother sure loves me to have given me this.
PEEK-A-BOO!!! I see you!!!