Bathroom Time...

MY son loves the bathroom and bath time.  Isn't he sooo cute.  I can't believe he's 18 months old already.  He is growing sooo fast.

He loves all food.  Now let me say that again, all food.  He's is father's son.  We call Nate the black hole and I think he's going to be a little black hole.

He loves to climb.  He is getting very adventrous about climbing on stuff.  Scares the crap out of me, but he laughs at me and does it anyway.

He says:

dada - for everyone, even me.
off - why?  I don't know.
yes - because he is well behaved and I'm going to credit that to me.
please - again, because of me.
thank you - yes, me.

He is awesome and such a good boy, I love that sweet face, but who wouldn't?

Getting hyped up.

I'm getting hyped up for a huge YW's thing that I have to do.  A dreaded and very controversial fundraiser.  Why controverisal?  Well because each stake decides whether you can or can't and if you make a ton of money how the funds are used is another issue.  So.....

Yes our stake is one of those that has them and I'm not looking forward to all the work and frustration I've already had and am still having.  It is starting to come together though, it will be Feruary 22nd, so if you want to support me and my ward come out and buy a ticket and have an average dinner.  Shameless plug!!

Also now that I'm pregnant I get soooooo sick.  I have thrown up everything I eat since the day I found out I was.  Now with a huge project like this coming I'm nervous I'm going to puke all over the people or something gross like that.  Well pray for me, this should be interesting.

Christmas.

I know this is a little late, but it's ok.

Here's some pictures.

My kids are soooo cute!

Harrison got a ton of shoes and Libby got a doll-house that Nate made,

Pretty amazing huh?
It was fun.  Relaxing and we also have another announcement that we found out about this time:

I'm pregnant with baby #3, due August.

New Years "resolution"?

I decided this year that I was going to focus on one thing this year.  I decided to pick a word that I can work on to help me be a better neighbor, mother and wife.  So drum roll please:



The word is:



REACT.

I think you are all wondering why.  So I will explain to you why just one word and why I decided to pick this word.  I don't know if any of you know this, but I'm a little impulsive.  A little to quick to act and even react to situations and not take time to think out situations.  So,      I will control and choose how I react to situations.  I'm given something and I will choose to react a much better to something than I used to.  I will slow down and think before I react to what Libby just dropped or how she talks to me.  I will slow down and think before I speak to Nate about something we may disagree on.  I will slow down and think before I react to anything.  At least that's the goal this year.  Let's see how I do.

Beth

I'm ready to vent, because I have time.

I'm ready to vent about the statuses of the dance studios in Pocatello and surrounding areas.  Let me start by saying there are good ones, but then you have to sell a child to pay for it.  I have to say that I hate the Gateway Foundation for Theater and Dance.  Just the dance end of it, I have never taken Libs to the theater end of it.  The owner is flighty and her dance staff, except my mom, is awful.  I'll just tell you a few of things I hate.

1.  I had to pay for a leotard and tights, HAD to.  Not even for a costume either, just to buy it.  The lady who's son takes from my mom had to pay a $30 cleaning fee for a shirt for her son, rip off.

2.  Those leotards were back ordered for 4 months.  My daughter will only get to wear her leotard and tights from January to May.  So I'm pretty pissed about that.

3.  The owner is never there.  Neither is her office assistant.  So one of the kids that waits for my mom's class after Libby's got stuck in the bathroom.  But wait no office assistant, so I had to kick in the door.  Am I paying for that door, h$#@ NO.

4.  It is super expensive to go there, it's a non-profit.  Interrpretation, I have to pay for someone and myself to dance here.  STUPID!!!!

Please do not dance at the Gateway, save yourself a headache and a butt ache!  DON'T DANCE WITH THE GATEWAY.
Do you think I'm pretty upset, yes.  You would have guessed right.  Have a nice day, because I actually feel better.

Our tiny dancer. (No pun intended, but appropriate)

 

 My mom teaches dance over at the Gateway for Theatre and Dance.  Not my favorite place and will never recommend it, but that's a different post. 

She danced to Bing Crosby's "It's a Marshmallow World".

There are 5 kids in her class, but her and this little blonde girl were the only 2 that would get up there.

It was awesome, she was hillarious!!!  Love my tiny dancer.

stomachs

Not feeling well, pray for me.  I get super cranky and impatient with my kids when this happens to me.  I know it has nothing to do with them, but having something "wrong" or just out of ordinary makes it so hard to be good.