Life Is Sweet

I was sitting at the computer in my room last night when I heard, "dad burn it kid," followed by "get the spoons." I walk into the living room to see Trent taking a bag of sugar away from Brayden. Somehow he had gotten a new bag of sugar and dumped it out on the living room floor while Trent and the other kids were sitting right there on the couch. He was pretty proud of himself! Madyson and Preston thought the best way to clean it up would be to eat it (I couldn't be a total party pooper so they each got one spoonful before the vacuum came out). Life is sweet when you're a one year old with a bag of sugar!

Milestone

Yesterday Brayden had his 18 mth check up and he finally broke the 20 lb mark. He is now 20 lbs 1 oz!!!

He is getting so big and does something new everyday. He is such a tall skinny little guy but he is so cute. It's a good thing too because he is quite a trouble maker. Everyone was getting ready this morning when I realized we hadn't seen or heard from him for a few minutes. That always means trouble. I found him quietly perched on my computer desk coloring all over the monitor with a marker. Luckily it was a dry erase and it all came off. What I want to know is how does he always know when he is getting into trouble and needs to be quiet!

He also knows what his daddy's car looks like. The other day a car that looks like Trent's was parked in the circle behind our house. I found Brayden cyring at the fence pointing at the car yelling da, da. Then when I picked the kids up from school the car in front of us looked like Trent's and he would not stop pointing and yelling da, da. He cries everytime Trent leaves the house. He loves his daddy!!

8 Things Tag Answers

8 Things - Here are my exciting answers to Xela's tage

8 TV shows I watch... or try to when I want to veg
1. Survivor
2. Amazing Race
3. Biggest Loser
4. Dr. Phil
5. Jon & Kate plus
6-8 I barely have time to watch those if they are recorded and I skip commercials

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Olive Garden
2. PF Changs, Pei Wei
3. A deli in Farmington, NM - It's been so long that I can't remember the name but the have the best Monte Cristo - Yum
4. Outback
5. Sonic (I hate the food their but you can't beat their drinks - especially during happy hour!)
6. Ted's and Dos Gabachos - Love the chips, tortillas and queso
7. Sumo
8. I'll take just about anything as long as I'm not cooking!


8 Favorite Singers/Bands... - I'm not much of a music junkie and I can never remember who sings what so I'll do my best
1. George Strait
2. Garth Brooks
3. Faith Hill
4. Trace Adkins
5. Eagles


8 books I have read...
1. Twilight
2. New Moon
3, Eclipse
4. Breaking Dawn - I wasn't even going to read them but I gave in and yes I got hooked
5. 10 Secrets Wise Parents Know
6. Goodnight Nobody
7. My Sisters Keeper (planning on reading)
8. Child 44 (planning on reading)


8 things that happened yesterday...
1. Took Brayden in for his 18 mth check up - He finally broke the 20 lb mark - He is now 20 lb 1 oz!!!
2. Went grocery shopping
3. Finished putting away the laundry that was on the couch
4. Took Brayden & Preston to the park
5. Went to dinner at Dos Gabachos with the
6 Had an uninterrupeted conversation with my
7. Taxied kids around to piano lessons and church
8. Paid Bills
Dang my life is exciting!


8 things I am looking forward to...
1. Starting and finishing christmas shopping before Novemeber is over (Not likely to happen but I can hope)
2. Redecorating our house - Trent and I have never lived anywhere longer than 2 years so we are pretty antsy and ready for a change.
3. Catching up on scrpabooks
4. Learning to play golf - Trent is keeping his fingers crossed
5. Trent having time off during the holidays
6. Taking the kids back to NM where I grew up
7. Warm weather
8. Brayden to sleep all night again


8 things I wish for...
1. Happy kids who don't fight
2. Sleep
3. A house that stays clean
4. Someone to cook and do laundry for us
5. Independent wealth
6. Beach House
7. A new wardrobe and a flat tummy to go with it!
8. Stress free days

8 people I am tagging: 8 people who read this

To Pee Or Not To Pee

It wasn't a question for Brayden yesterday. He started the morning by peeing on the floor before I put him in the bathtub. Later that morning he peed and leaked all over. When I picked the kids up from school we got a flat tire and had to wait for and hour to get it taken care of. When we got home he had peed and leaked all over his seat. I got him undressed to go in the bath and he peed all over the floor again. When I took him out of the bath, you guessed it, he soaked the floor once more. I was hoping to say that today was a dry day but I just got him out of the bath, he ran into the living room, and yes, peed on the floor. What is with this kid?!

The Big 6

Woo Hoo Preston is 6!! His birthday was last week and he had a great day. We went to Mitch Park where he drove his new remote control car. Then he met his cousin at Cece's for lunch and games. After that he got to go to school and wear the Birthday crown. For dinner we went to Sumo, his favorite Japanese restaurant, and he got marble soda and fried ice cream. He wanted to go ice skating with the family so ,on Saturday we all went and celebrated at Arctic Edge. He loved the money and gift cards he got and already has a list of what he is going to buy. His favorite part of his birthday is the new electric scooter that he got. He has been asking for one for months and was sooo excited. He is very happy to be 6 and zip around the neighborhood on his new red scooter!



Preston is full of energy as always and loves to be active. He loves playing outside. Whether it's baseball, kickball, soccer or any other sport he loves playing. Monkey bars are one of his favorites and he is great at skipping bars. Gymnastics is his favorite sport right now. He is always rolling and cartwheeling around. He never slows down or runs out of energy. His favorite color is red and his favorite food is Little Caesars pizza. Recess is his favorite thing at school. He also looks forward to free seat Friday on the bus. He can run really fast and he is really smart (that was his sentence!) We love you Preston.

Happy Half BIrthday B!

I can hardly believe it but Brayden is 1 1/2 today. Where has the time gone? The first year and a half of his little life have just flown by. He is such a blessing in our lives and wonderful reminder of what life is really about and what is most important. He is a huge handful but it just makes me love him more. He is a special little boy and it makes me smile just thinking about him. HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY MONKEY!

Birthday Suit!

Brayden's new pet peeve is wearing clothes! This last week he has decided that he prefers to wear nothing. Every diaper change is like a wrestling match. When I get him dressed he resists as much as possible. When I finally do have clothing on him he cries and screams (or more precisely continues to cry and scream) and tries to pull them off. All of his little onesies are getting stretched out from him pulling on the collar. Poor little guy just wants to be free!

Happy Halloween!

At least we tried for a Happy Halloween. We have good intentions but Halloween usually entails a melt down for someone at our house. This year Brayden won. He hated his costume. We tried to put it on for the church party and he went crazy. It was a cute farmer costume with a hat and overalls and it had little animals and a pitchfork that stuck onto the overalls. He started screaming and pulled everything off. He was sooo mad.

On Halloween night he got sick and we didn't even try a costume. Austin wore the one he had picked out but Madyson and Preston found something completely different to wear. After many Halloweens like this, I was prepared this year. Someone is always unhappy with their costume and someone always seems to be sick on Halloween. So, when the tears began I just laughed and thought yep, it's now tradition!

This is the one picture we got before he noticed we had put some of the animals back on.