Rasmussen Boys and 1 girl!

The way they sleep.....

2010-10-01T23:43:00.000-07:00

Long,long,long break!

2010-09-19T23:56:00.000-07:00

Hello friends,

It's been 6 months since my last post.
Time flys when your having fun.

Stay tuned, lots has happened over 6 months.

We went to disneyland, moved, started kindergarten and got a dog.

3....

2010-03-02T22:38:00.001-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GARRETT!!! I guess now that your 3, I should quit calling you baby.

I love you more than you'll ever know.

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-18T12:41:00.000-08:00

Love,

Woody and Buzzlightyear

27....

2009-08-30T15:28:00.000-07:00

For my 27th birthday this year, me and the hubby left the kids and jetted of to Cabo San Lucas Mexico for a whole week to celebrate. And celebrate we did! As you can see below, I drank my fair share of tequila while we were there. We stopped in at Cabo Wabo for this refreshing beverage.

We went parasailing, which was awesome. I was totally freaked out at first, but once I was up there it was beautiful. I only went up 200 hundred feet, but that was good enough for my first time. After parasailing we ran into this ugly lizard. I was really freaked out but knew Mikey would love a picture of me with it. You only live once right?

There are only a few swimable beaches there and here is a view of the ocean and lover's beach from mondando beach. It's was so beautiful!!!

Happy hour is 24/7 down there. It starts out with a free shot of tequila with every beer.

Then it's but one get one free. Topped of with 2 dollar drinks. I could have very well died of alcohol poisoning!!!

And finally, here are a few shots of the view from our room. We had a beautiful view of the ocean to the left and the resort to our right.

We went on a dinner cruse and I broke the camera, damn that tequila! We also went snorkeling, and deep sea fishing. It was by far the best birthday and a great get away with the husband. Happy birthday to me!

4

2009-08-03T20:32:00.000-07:00

Today he turns 4

Its been the best four years ever...!

Fruits of our labor

2009-07-08T13:34:00.000-07:00

Or should I say vegetables?

Here it is, the crown jewel of the garden:

The MARSHMALLOW TREE
(or dead branch)

We have strawberries

We have pumpkins

We have peas

And finally...tomatoes

Oh my god! It's the ice cream truck!

2009-07-08T13:29:00.000-07:00

Is shortly followed by the ice cream dance.

While Mikey is bustin his moves from soul train,

Garrett is screamin "Ice Cream, Ice Cream!!!"

And then we run, literally, into the middle of the street with

20 other kids to get the goods. It's always the same popsicles.

They love them, and as you can see, they are delicious. What a way to spend a summer day!

Holy Cow!

2009-05-20T21:49:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I posted some news. Where to start? Mother's day. What a wonderful day. I did Mom's on the run for the first time. I will be doing it every year from now on. I spent the morning with Em. This was something that her family used to do with her mom before she passed away from breast cancer. It was a privalege to spend this day with her family. Here we are, still and awkard pair.

She is just so damn tall! Anyway, the day was beautiful. All the money goes to help local women struggling with breast cancer. They had a kiddie run at the end which Mikey and Matt both ran in.

My friend Krysta came with us. She is Matt's mom. She also has a daughter named Charlie Rae. All of us have know or lost someone to breast cancer. We decided that we weren't just walking for women who had or survived breast cancer, but we were walking for future ta ta's as well.

Isn't she too cute! Mikey and Matt ran a whole quater mile without stopping. They held hands the whole way that way they couldn't loose each other. I couldn't think of a better way to spend mother's day.
Em, I love you. We will do this together every mothers day from now on. It is such a great way to remember the good things about your mom. I think about her every single day. I think this last picture sums up our feelings about breast cancer:

Gotta love the hot weather...

2009-04-22T22:10:00.001-07:00

Last week the weater was wonderful. It was almost 80 degrees the whole week
We went to Lahontan Pond for a nice sunday.

There was jet skiing

And lots of fun with the kids and their friends.

6 boys and 1 girl to be exact.
They dug a huge hole and it filled up the water,
and they kept saying they were in the jacuzzi.

Mikey thought he was a bird for a minute.

And of course, there was delicious snacks.

P.S. Garrett wears his hat like that all by himself. I miss you too Em, we have to see each other soon. Garrett is a direct decendent of the true gangster himself-Tupac! haha

From the mouths of babe's...

2009-04-08T22:02:00.000-07:00

My sweet Mikey has been full of things to say:

Mikey: Hey mom, do you need my muscles?

Me: What?

Mikey: I was just wondering if you need me to open or break something, I am strong.

Mikey: Mom, can I have some cookies?

Me: Nope, it's time for bed.

Mikey: WHAT! There is NO cookies!

Me: No, we have cookies, but it's time for bed.

Mikey: FINE, I will just be sad.

And my personal favorite. Last week we were in walmart and there was a lady COVERED with freckels. I mean covered. I have never seen so many freckels on one person in my life.

I had seen her when we got to the store. While we were checking out, she got in line behind us. Mikey get this super concerned look on his face and says to his dad:

That lady is sick. Mike looks at her and says No she's not, she is fine

then mikey says no she's not dad, she has polka dots.

Busy Saturday...

2009-03-28T21:44:00.001-07:00

Today we planted a garden.

Last night we went to lowe's to get supplies

The boys picked out some potted flowers

They also picked out 2 packages of seeds each for the garden.

Garrett picked pumpkins, and yellow squash.

Mikey picked peas and carrots.

He said that the peas were his "special favorites."

I am sure he has never eaten a pea in his life.

Anyway, mikey wakes up this morning at 6:30 ready to plant.

Guess what?

We forgot to get shovels.

Seriously!

So off to walmart we go.

2 wheelbarrows, 4 shovels, 2 buckets, and 2 trellis's later
Mikey looks at me and says,
"wow mom, we got yada stuff to do today"

So as soon as we get home, we soak the dirt and start digging.

Mikey is the cleanest dirty kid I know. He loves to dig in the dirt,

but hates to have dirt on him. See the longsleeve shirt, gloves and boots.

Not a inch of skin exposed to dirt.

Garrett on the other hand isn't complete without some mud on him at all times.

He picked this outfit out all by himself.

I am not sure what he is digging for, but he's is cute either way.

He was a big helper when it came to running the shovel.

Very serious, but still very helpful.
At the end of the day, we planted a few different kinds of flowers

carrots, strawberries, peas, watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkins, and according to Mikey

a marshmallow tree.

Hopefully that works out for him.

It was a long busy day, but it was fun.

The boys are exhausted and sound asleep.

Garrett's story, part 2.

2009-03-03T11:32:00.000-08:00

I woke up from surgery and was greatful to be alive. Of course the first thing out of my mouth was how's my baby. He was doing good. He weighed in at a healthy 5 pounds, which isn't bad for being born 6 weeks early. The doctor told me that we had gotten in to surgery just in time. Once they were able to visualize my uterus, they say a window that was half the length of my previous incision.( A window is a thin spot in my uterus wall.) They didn't even make an incision. The doctor said once he got in there, Garrett was looking up at hime from inside my uterus. Then it tore open on it's own and he fell onto my lap. Luckily we were already in surgery so they could control the bleeding and work on Garrett. Every kept telling me that I must have a few guardian angels looking out for us, becasue they never catch a rupture before it happens. My beautiful baby was born on March 3rd, 2007 at 7:03 pm. He was 5 pounds and 18 inches long. He had some health problems, but at this point was doing good.

This is the first picture I got to see of him. They wouldn't let me go to the NICU to see him until morning so I could rest. It is a very daunting thing to see your baby for the first time like this. Everyone is telling me that he is ok, and then to see this just freaked me out. The doctors came down to tell me he was having a hard time breathing so they put him on a ventalitor. They would leave him on that and see how he was in the morning.

They started an IV in his umbilical cord, and kept him on the vent for a few days. He had jaundice for about a week, but once that was behind him we started working on his eating. Babies don't have the sucking reflux until they are about 34 weeks. Since he was born at 34 weeks and had other things to deal with at the time, eating became his last priority. Here he is under the bili lights to help with his jaundice. It was pretty cute that the eye covers looked like sunglasses. The bili lights look like a tanning bed so when you would walk in there would be these naked babies with sunglasses tanning all over the NICU, it was pretty cute. Anyway, his days got better and better, and his eating improved. He had a feeding tube in his nose the entire month he was there. They took it out the day before we left.

They only let the siblings of these babies come into the NICU once to see them. We had brought mikey in about 2 weeks before they let us go home. It was so hard for him to understand. That we had a baby that we couldn't bring home. The day I brought Garrett home, Mikey was asleep when we got home. Here is his reaction when he say me home with his new brother.

He was stoked! It has been a long haul. Garrett for the most part is a healthy 2 year old boy. He has asthma, with chronic bronchitis. He was born with no enamel on some of his teeth, and if small for his age. Last week he weighed in a 22 pounds. I guess my reason for posting his story is this: Nothing in life is guarenteed. I wake up every day knowing that anything can happen at a moments notice that could turn my world up side down. Garrett has defienatly given me a new outlook on life. I am greatful that he chose me to be his mom, and given me the oppurtunity to love him unconditionally. You will never know what a blessing you are to me little boy, but I loved you my whole life. Happy Birthday,

Love mommy.

Garrett's story. Part one, it's a long one...

2009-03-02T23:35:00.000-08:00

I don't even know where to start. Motherhood didn't come easy for me. I tried to get pregnant for a really long time and had no luck. After 3 years of trying, it happened. Then it was gone. I was sad, but glad because I knew I could get pregnant. And get pregnant I did. Two more times, and then came two more losses. After my last miscarriage, I was devastated. Shook to my core. What did I do in my life to deserve this? I went on this roller coaster of emotion. After two months of unstable hormones, I was finally feeling normal again! And then came the fourth positive pregnancy test. I was soooo happy, and equally as scared. As the weeks went on, I got more excited. Every time I made it past the point that I had had miscarriages in my past pregnancies, I was just amazed. I wasn't at ease though until Mikey was out and screaming. That beautiful boy came into my life 10 day early weighing in just under 9 pounds! 9 pounds! ( Jen if you read this, thank you for helping me experience the joy of motherhood, finally) The doctors said to wait a year before we started trying for another. We waited 11 1/2 months. I thought it would be as hard the fifth time around to get pregnant and stay pregnant. Imagine my surprise when I found out I was pregnant on Mikey's first birthday. Really nervous, but excited. Even though mikey was a very healthy full term baby, I was still worried about this pregnancy. I went to a specialist because of my history. At 6 weeks, I saw Garrett for the first time. What a relief that was! I couldn't help but think he was lower in my uterus then mikey was at that time. But the doctor said everything looked good, so I didn't worry. 3 weeks later, I woke up to a lot of bleeding. I panicked. I went straight to the doctor. As I waited for him to come in and do my ultrasound, all I could think about was I can't do this again. The doctor came in, said with the amount of bleeding I was having that it didn't look very promising, and he would look and see where we stood. As soon as he put the wand on my belly, there he was, just kicking away, like nothing had even happened. The doctor couldn't believe it. The baby was fine. I had a partial placenta previa, so it was covering my cervix a little. I had been carrying mikey alot the day before, so that caused some contractions, causing the bleeding. I spent the rest of my pregnancy being monitored very closely. A doctors visit every two weeks, with an ultrasound. The rest of my pregnancy was pretty uneventful. I had to take heparin, which is a blood thinner for a clotting disorder, but other than that, it was great.

We had these pictures done at 29 weeks. For those of you who don't know, a full term pregnancy is 40 weeks. I was huge! I am glad we did it, because the next week I woke up in the middle of the night with this horrible recurring back pain. I tried to reposition myself, going pee, and walk around, but nothing helped. After about 2 hours I remembered having that same pain when I was in labor with Mikey. I kept thinking this can't be right, it's way to early. I went to the hospital in carson city. They hooked me up to the monitor, and sure enough I was contracting away. They gave me shots to stop the labor but it didn't work. So they sent me to reno where my doctor was. When I was in carson, the bleeding started again. When I got to St. Mary's the hooked my up to the monitor, and confirmed I was in labor. My doctor came over and did an ultrasound. I had a very large blood clot in my placenta. He told me that I would spend the rest of my pregnancy in the hospital on bed rest. I was shocked. I was feeling fine, and now my baby's life was in danger. He told me that the best case scenario was 48 hours. He didn't think I would make it longer than that. They put me on this medicine called mag. I swear it's poison. But it worked. The days passed, and before I knew it, a month had passed! I was slowly taken off the mag and was doing great. I woke up on Saturday morning and felt like crap. I couldn't put a finger on where the pain was coming from, but it was really bad. I had another ultrasound and found out that I had hardly any amniotic fluid. Every where they thought was fluid was umbilical cord. They told me that the likely hood of him stretching and pinching off his blood supply was very high. They wanted to keep him in another week, for his health. So they put me back on the monitor and said if there was one dip in his heartbeat, they would take him immediately. As the day went on, the pain got worse. I had the most amazing nurse that day. She had been my nurse most of the month I had been there. She kept coming in and checking on me because she said I was acting funny. Finally I broke down. I just started crying. I told her the pain was unbearable. She called the doctor and he came to talk to me. I told him I felt like I was going to explode. He started freaking out. He said he thought my uterus was rupturing and we had about 5 minutes to get me to surgery before I bled to death. Panic took over. I called mike who was in carson and said to please hurry because we were in trouble. I called my sister and asked her to call my dad. Anyone who knows amy knows she had 2100 questions. I just said, call dad, we might not make it. My dad was just up the street at a UNR basketball game. As soon as I hung up with amy, about 10 people came rushing in my room. They were starting new IV's for blood transfusions, making sure Garrett hadn't died, and prepping me for emergency surgery. I just laid there and thought this can't be happening. I can't die. Mikey needs his mom. And then the most horrible thought crossed my mind, what if I live and he dies? Just then the doctor said it was time to go. I was terrified. I was alone, and thought that me and my baby were going to die. Just then my dad appears out of no where. He grabbed my hand and told me it was going to be ok. He came with me to the O.R. but they wouldn't let him in because it was emergency surgery. My nurse that day had been talking about how she couldn't wait to get home to see her kids. They put me in the O.R. and she came in and sat down next to me and asked if she could stay. She said she didn't want me to be alone. I asked her to tell mike and mikey I loved them. She smiled and said they made it, and I could tell them when I woke up, and that's the last thing I remember.

Garrett's birthday!

2009-03-01T20:54:00.000-08:00

My sweet boy turns 2 on tuesday.

I can't believe it.

We had his party this weekend so all of our friends could be there.

We went to boomtown, and he had such a good time.

There were cupcakes

And pizza and ice cream
Every kids dream. Garrett thought they were delicious.

The best part was this wind machine. Garrett got to go in for a whole minute with his dad.
It was sooo funny. I thought he would be scared, but that wasn't the case.

Dear Emily...(Roda)

2009-02-03T16:30:00.000-08:00

You are amazing!

A wonderful best friend,

A wonderful girlfriend,

A amazing teacher,

and most importantly,

The best daughter your mom could have asked for.

You did more for her than most do in an entire lifetime.

I am confident saying she is eternally grateful for you.

Just wanted to let you know.

Love,

Em (Mary)

That took forever!

2009-01-29T12:30:00.000-08:00

A really long TAG.....
Welcome to the 2009 edition of getting to know your friends. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!
1. What time did you get up this morning? Which time? 5:45, 6:30, and then 7:15
2. Diamonds or pearls? Big Diamonds Please
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Marley and Me
4. What is your favorite TV show?Biggest Loser, Big love
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Fruit or bagels.
6. What is your middle name? Ann
7. What food do you dislike? fish
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? I listen to my ipod or itunes.
9. What kind of car do you drive? 2000 Escalade
10. Favorite sandwich? sub sandwiches, any of them!
11. What characteristics do you despise? lying and people who are fake.
12. Favorite item of clothing? Comfy flip flops
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Going to Mexico for my next birthday!!!
14. Favorite brand of clothing? Don't really have a favorite.
15. Where would you like to retire? Somewhere warm and tropical.
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? 23, I got Mikey as a present, who could ask for a better present?
17. Favorite sport to watch? football.....
18. Farthest place you are sending this? Who knows
19. Person you expect to send it back first? All my friends did it first, so maybe Traci
20. When is your birthday? August 13, 1982
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? definitely a night person
22. What is your shoe size? 7
23. Pets? 1 big ugly fish
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? If I tell you, then I have to kill you!
25. What did you want to be when you were little? A nurse
26. How are you today?Sleepy
27. What is your favorite flower? Stargazer lilies
28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Feb 5th. Wedding anniversy
29. What is your favorite pastime? Playing with my kids
30. What are you listening to right now? Radio
31. What was the last thing you ate?? Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, yum
32. Do you wish on stars? sure do
33. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? purple
34. How is the weather right now? Sunny but cold
35. The first person you spoke to on the phone today? Mike
36. Favorite soft drink? H2O
37. Favorite Food at a Restaurant? depends on where I am, but good ol' american food is always a winner.
38. Real hair color? Dirty Blonde
39. What was your favorite toy as a child? my little ponies
40. Summer or winter? Summer....fo sho
41. Hugs or kisses? kisses
42. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate
43. Coffee or tea? tea
44. Do you want your friends to email you back? Of course!
45. When was the last time you cried? last week I was sick, and everything on t.v. was so sad! I am a huge baby when I am sick!
46. What is under your bed? forgetten toys and shoes
47. What did you do last night? made dinner, went to the store, gave garrett a bath, cuddled, went to bed.
48. What are you afraid of? losing my kids
49. Salty or sweet? sweet
50. How many keys on your key ring? To many
51. How many years at your current job? Almost a year
52. Favorite day of the week? Saturday...mornings.
53. How many towns have you lived in? 3
54. Do you make friends easily? no, I only have few GREAT ones and I like it that way.
55. How many people will you send this to? whoever would like to read it I guess
56. How many will respond? Not sure.

Christams...

2009-01-20T17:11:00.000-08:00

So seeing how christmas was almost a month ago, I figure that I could pull it together and post our christmas stuff. This was the first year that Mikey was really excited. Garrett a little, but Mikey asked everyday when santa was going to come. It was a awesome day. We woke up to this.

I can't remember the last time I woke up to a white christmas. Fresh snow!

I felt like a kid a again.

Then on to opening presents. Mikey woke up early and we made him wait until Garrett woke up. Garrett is the kid who sleeps until 10 a.m. Mikey was going crazy, so we decided to wake up Garrett and let the gift exchange begin. As you can see, Garrett didn't care much at first.

Mikey got a coloring table, equipped with like 7,000 colors.

They got matching everything. I didn't even chance the fight, just bought two of everything.

If you ask me, the best gift was the Incredible Hulk fighting gloves. They are so FUN!

Don't let the size of the gloves compared to the size of his body fool you. He can hold his own and have a good time. Bye the way, don't mess with him, he's tough.

7 things tag....

2009-01-08T21:17:00.000-08:00

7 Things I can DO:
~make others laugh
~be a great friend
~make my kids smile
~deal with other people's sick kids all day
~cook a mean meal
~listen with an open mind

7 Things I have a hard time doing:
~taking time for me
~Letting go of a grudge.
~Not taking things personally.
~Staying away from junk food
~Calling my friends
~Driving the speed limit.
~being patient with people who are ignorant.

7 Things that attract me to Mike:
~He smiles with his heart.
~He's a GREAT dad. ( mikey says his dad is his best friend :) )
~He gives great hugs
~He smells good
~He makes me laugh
~He pays attention

7 Things I say often:
~ Did you have very very good baby sleeps and very very good baby dreams?
~I hope you feel better.
~I love you the mostest
~Stop hitting your brother
~Don't stand on that, you'll fall and get hurt.
~When are you going to be home?
~Dr. Wadia?

7 Admirations:
~ Emily's Mom
~Grandmothers
~Parents of kids with disabilities
~Em
~Valerine
~My dad
~My boys

7 Favorite foods:
~Pizza
~broccoli
~Rum
~Artichokes
~Any sub sandwhich
~Shaken Black Ice Tea Lemonade
~Rocky Road ice cream

Tag

2008-12-30T15:17:00.000-08:00

ABC Tag
A- Attached or Single: Attached
B- Best Friend: Em and Krysta
C- Cake or Pie: Pie
D- Day of Choice: Saturday
E- Essential Item: Lip Gloss
F-Favorite Color: Purple
G- Gummy Bears or Worms: Gummy Worms
H- Hometown: Fallon, NV
I- Favorite Indulgence: Shopping!
J-January or July: July, I LOVE the summer
K- Kids: 2 Boys Mikey and Garrett
L- Life isn't complete without: My WONDERFUL friends, family, and husband.
M-Marriage date: 02/05/2005
N- Number of Brothers and Sisters: 1 Sister
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges...sweet and juicey
P- Phobias and Fears: Losing more loved ones, weird sounds in the night, something bad happening to my kids.
Q-Quirk: Video games on the computer.
R- Reason to smile: Mikey opening the bathroom door to tell me to stop that noise(blowdryer) so he can sleep.
S- Season of Choice: Summer
T- Tag 4 people: Em, Jen, Hayley Traci
U- Unknown Fact about me: I am a ninja! haha
V-Vegetable: artichokes, trees( as mikey calls them), greenbeans
W- Worst Habit: Procrastinating
X- X-ray or Ultra Sound: Ultrasounds
Y-Yogurt or Yo-Yo: Yougart, I am not talented enough for the yo-yo
Z- Zodiac Sign: Leo

Tag

2008-12-10T12:28:00.000-08:00

Only use one word. Tag 5 of your favorite bloggers to do the same!
1. Today I am feeling motivated.
2. My favorite person is working.
3. One thing I did today was excercised.
4. Today my hair is blonde.
5. My friends are always fantastic.
6. People who bug me are liars.
7. Blogging makes me feel informational.
8. Instead of blogging I should be working.
9. My kids are precious.
10. My job is awesome.
11. I love my family because it's/he/she is adorable.
12. One person who makes me laugh really hard is: Mikey
13. One person who i tell everything to is: nunya
14. My weakness is: food! haha
15. My favorite gameshow is: Supermarket Sweep
16. No one knows I'm really good at: everything!
17. One thing I have not experienced but want to is: ???
18. My favorite subject in school was: Science
19. I have a secret crush on: Bob
20. My favorite word is: bufanda
21. My favorite thing to wear is: grey
22. One word to describe myself is: superstar!
23. One thing I miss is: Em
24. My favorite nick-name is: mama
25. A pet peeve of mine is: I can't explain all of them in one word!

Long time, no blog!

2008-12-08T22:02:00.000-08:00

I bragged all of Thanksgiving about how I have been so good

about keeping up my blog at least once a week

and then no blogs from me in forever!

What can I say, I am a slacker.

So here it goes.

Thanksgiving was AWESOME!!!

Lots of food, family, friends, shopping, friends, and more food.

Mikey learned how to play baseball.

And then came the christmas tree. This year Mikey was all

about helping decorate it. Mike always puts the

lights on, then I put on the decorations.

We have a traditon, every year the boys pick out an ornament of their choice. They get to put it on the tree, and every year we have 3 new ornaments. One for each kid, and a 49er one the hubby.

He is a giant niner fan, anyone who has watched them play in the last 10 years knows how painful this condition is. Yet we still have a dedication wall.

This year Mikey and Garret both picked a Lightening McQueen ornament, big suprise there.

Mikey just wanted to put up all the ornaments all by himself.
Here he is tellimg me he doesn't need help.

After it was all said and done, I found some non decorations in our tree.

After we got everything on the tree, we turned off all the lights, Mikey looks up at me, smiles, and says "Mom, it's so beautiful"

I hope everyone noticed the dedication wall behind the tree, sometime I wish our tree was tall enough to cover up all that niner stuff. Oh well, maybe next year.

Thankful!

2008-11-25T22:04:00.000-08:00

There is so much to be thankful for this year.

I am not sure where to start, but here it goes.

1. My health

2. Healthy babies

3. A stable job

4. Unconditonal love from my husband.

5. Mikey and Garrett's laugh.

6. Mikey and Garrett's smiles.

7. Mikey and Garrett in general!

8. My true friends(Love you Roda)

9. My family

10. Did I mention Mikey and Garrett?

Emily was right when she said hug your mom. You should also hug your dad's, grandparents, brothers, sisters, friends, and if your feeling really giving, hug your inlaws :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful 4 day weekend.

Just remember that Thanksgiving is family disfunction at it's best.

It's a.....?

2008-11-13T18:25:00.000-08:00

It's a plane!

It's a train!

No, it's SUPERMAN!

I found these SUPER cute pj's the other day at the store. They had this one and a batman one. I couldn't resist, I got them both. It even came with a little cape!

Once the camera came out, he became quite the diva. Normally it's Mikey that is the camera hog, but this night Garrett made an exception. Here are some of his runway faces:

I think he was trying to put the new cape to good use and fell down. Even superman get's his feelings hurt!

After narrowly escaping death as shown above, superman makes a full recovery, and even feels good enough to do that weird thing with his tounge. That's weird!

Of course, what would any modeling job be without the magnum face? Here is it ladies, he is currently single if anyone is looking for a young super hero.

They didn't have these pj's in Mikey's size, but that didn't seem to stop him for Jumping off everything like he is superman. After watching Garrett get all the camera attention, Mikey decided's it's his turn. He finds a winter coat that is like 2 sizes to small and is so bright, he could glow in the dark. At this point, I can't not take his picture. So here it is, the fat guy in a little coat.

I'm not even sure how he could breathe in that coat, but he sure was having a good time.

Good times...

2008-11-04T22:17:00.000-08:00

My wonderful little mikey, who is now 3 years old, has been saying the funniest things lately. I posted the blog about the "punkie patch", and when it came time to carve those pumpkins, Mikey crawled up on the kitchen table and puts his arms around the pumpkin and says " Mom, I love this pumpkin!"

So after this 10 minute love story about him and his pumpkin he says, " mom, you take a picture of us?" Like the pumpkin is someone he knows.

Now the pumpkin's have been carved and it's time to go trick or treating. Mikey has been straying from his first true love, Lightening McQueen, and been spending more time with his new Toy Story movie. We went to get his costume and he picked out 3. Buzz Light Year, Woody, and Sponge Bob. After much thought, he looks up at me and says " Mom, I be Woody." Who can say no to that? So long story short, Mikey was Woody and baby Garrett was a pumpkin. Mikey wore his costume almost everyday before Halloween. He would have slept in it if I let him. Here he is playing with Ariana on her birthday all dressed up and waiting for a gun fight. He was so excited to have a shooting gun like a real cowboy.

Garrett's costume was really fluffy around his belly and when he would sit down, he was less than pleasent. He is not much of a hat kid, but he did great with his hat for his costume. So I will now unveil the great halloween pumpkin, Baby Garrett!!!

Like I said, he wasn't the happiest kid when he was sitting, but he sure is the cutiest little pumpkin! Just a little side note, that huge pink smear on my wall is finger nail polish. That is a whole other story I will have to let you in on another day. Any way, we load everyone into the car and off to day care we go for the party. They had a costume parade, and trip to the pumpkin patch, and a trick or treat around the center. All in all, I think they had a good time. Halloween night, I got home late from work. Anyone who grew up in Nevada can share my disappointment in the fact that I had to work on Nevada day. I think we were the only doctors office in Nevada that was open. Boo :( Anyway, off we went to go trick or treating. We went with my friend Krysta and her family. Her son Mathew is a year older than Mikey and they are best friends. Mat says to me on day " Auntie Emmy, Mikey is my brother from another mother." He cracks me up. Mat was the incredable hulk, and was he so cute.

I pushed Garrett around in the stroller, and when we got to a house, he would get out and walk up to the door with the big boys. When I would put him back in the stroller, he would sit there with his bucket of candy, very content. So imagine my suprise when we take this picture. He is so sneeky!

He looks like he has been busted! Eating the chocolate in the dark! Needless to say, this halloween was great. The boys really enjoyed their costumes, had a great time trick or treating, and had a great day hanging out with their dad.

2008-11-02T20:50:00.000-08:00

TAG......I am IT. :) Sunday Ramblings....
This is the "5 things" tag. Answer the questions and then tag 5 of your favorite bloggers to do the same.
5 restaurants you like:
1. Pizza Barn
2. Olive Garden
3. Port of Subs
4. Sierra Joe's
5. Claim Jumper

5 things you did yesterday:
1. Took a shower
2. Bought new clothes!
3. Laundry
4.Worked out
5. Saw my dad

5 of your worst pet peeves:
1. people who are fake/two faced.
2. people who have kids and don't take care of them.
3. Putting stuff in the fridge that's almost gone!
4. Old people who drive 30 under the speed limit.
5. people with annoying voices.

5 things you love:
1. Mike
2. My babies
3. my family
4. fresh sheets
5. my GREAT true friends (especially you Roda :)

5 things you will do tomorrow:
1. Go to work
2. laugh with my kids
3. work out
4. put up pics of the boys trick or treating
5. Snuggle with my man. :)

Blessed

2008-10-22T13:48:00.000-07:00

Recently my best friends mom passed away from breast cancer. She was diagnosed shortly after Garrett was born. I remember when Emily told me, I was shocked. We went to dinner and I was venting about how bad the last 2 months had been. I went into labor at 30 weeks and was admitted to the hospital. I stayed there for a whole month before Garrett was born. He was six weeks early. We had a close call, they said 5 or so more minutes and we would have blead to death. He stayed 3 weeks after his birth mastering the skill of eating. I am just going on and on and when I finally ask Em how things are with her, she says" My mom has stage 4 breast cancer." My heart sunk. What do you say to that? I made a commiment that day to be there for Emily whenever she needed. We have know each other our whole lives, but been best friends for about 12 years. As she says, we can go months without talking and just pick up where we left off. Over the last 19 months we have had many dinners, long phone calls, and too many rain checks on get togethers. Her mom made this awesome journal through her battle with cancer. At her funeral Emily shared some pieces of it. It was AMAZING! It got me to start thinking about what I have in my life and how blessed I am. Here are some of the things I am truely blessed to have.

Love: My husband loves me no matter what. No matter how crazy our day is or what happens, I can always look at him and he just smiles and it makes all the drama of the day melt away.

Healthy babies: Mikey came into this world weighing almost 9 pounds! He has never been really sick. A cold here or there but nothing serious. Garrett had a close call in the beginning, but he is a very busy little boy now. He was 6 weeks early and weighed 5 pounds. He would have been a giant like mikey if he was full term. I am greatful for modern medicine and the will of that little angel to make it.

My friends: I have had many friends through the years, but I feel that I am one of the few who has had the same best friend from childhood. Emily you are my bestie. We have been through so much together, and we are so young. I feel very blessed to have you in my life and it's my honor to call you my best friend. Here is an inside joke for you , hopefully it brings a little smile to your day.

My family: Is crazy! Anyone who know my dad or sister can appreciate this one. I am 26 years old and my parents still call me every day to see how we are. My mom calls every night to talk to my boys. I talk to my sister on average 10 times a day. We may not always see eye to eye, but we love each other and are there for one another when we need it. Thank you guys, I love you!

Punkie Patch

2008-10-12T21:56:00.000-07:00

Ever since the grocery stores have had their pumpkins out, Mikey has been asking me " Mom, you get me a punkie?" Normally I would have, but this year I thought that the boys would be old enough to go to and actually enjoy the pumpkin patch, and I was right. There was a big slide covered with hay bails. You had to climb up this hay stairway to the top. At the bottom was a big pile of loose hay. Mikey went down once and got scared, so he just pulled a wagon with one lonley pumpkin. Garrett on the other hand LOVED IT! I couldn't get him off. He even climbed the stairs all by him self.

Once he got to the top, me or ariana would get him ready to go down.

As you can see, it's a little steep for a 19 month old, but that didn't stop him.

Don't let his size fool you, he's not afraid of anything!

After a crash landing in hay, he rolls right out and makes a full recovery!

He then runs around to the stairs by him self to do it again. I would just wait at the top for him.

Mikey and Ariana had a great time too.

I almost forgot, here is a picture of Mikey pulling around that little baby punkie.

Boots and Gangsters.

2008-10-08T20:36:00.000-07:00

Mikey has a pair of bright blue Thomas the Train snow boots. He has never been much into Thomas, but he loves trains. So last winter, he wore the blue boots every day. Summer came and he still wants to wear the boots, every day. They are way to small and its about 100 degrees outside, but still, they are the only shoes he will wear.

So this summer, after much anticipation, I finally bought mikey a new pair boots. Lightening McQueen is mikey's idol. He eat's, sleeps, and breaths Lightening McQueen. I got a pair of bright red boots. He LOVES them. I am so excited to get rid of the STINKY blue boots. So imagine my suprise when I come down the hall and see this.

The boots live on!!!!!!!

Mikey got a bike for his third birthday in august. He love it. It's red and blue and he has a matching helmet, gloves, and knee and elbow pads. He rides it pretty good on the side walk, but gets scared anywhere else.

There are about 10 other kids who live in our neighborhood and like 8 of them are boys. They are anywhere between 6 and 11 years old. Everyday Mikey looks out the window and asks " I go play with my friends mom?" Who can say no to that? However, he is not big enough to play in the street. Yesterday all his friends are riding there bikes in the street and Mikey wants to go SOOO BAD! After like 10 minutes of pathetic begging, I agree to get his bike and take him to ride with his friends. Mind you, he is so excited to ride with the big boys that he cant even petal. I am just pushing him down the street on his bike while he is laughing. Around the corner comes this entourage of bicycles, and he gets more excited. All the boys pull up around us and are saying" Mikey, your riding your bikes with the big boys." Out of the blue, they all start laughing and making these faces and throwing up these signs. All of a sudden, I feel like saying," I hear your gangster, I'm pretty gangster myself" They are soooo cool.

I know that was kind of a random blog, but that is a day in my life. Sometimes my kids say and do the funniest things.

2008-10-06T21:53:00.000-07:00

So I have never been much of a blogger, but more and more of my friends are doing it, so why not! I figure it's a good way to keep everyone posted on my ever so hectic life. I am married to my wonderul husband Mike. We have two wonderful boys, Mikey and Garrett. Everyday is an adventure in our house. We don't own anything that isn't sticky, stained, or broken.