The Gibsons

Halloween Half!!

2011-11-01T15:19:00.000-07:00

Let's just say when Michelle Wise asked me if I wanted to run a half marathon in August I thought she was crazy but said ok anyway (the race was at the end of October). Boy am I stupid. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Up to this point I had only ever ran 4 miles at one time. I had just barely started running in June and took the whole month of July off because of girls camp and youth conference. So every workout I did was another "what am I thinking" moment. I kept plugging along running and running and running. Michelle warned me that it would be hard and boy was it. My first 6 mile run I was like are you freaking kidding me I can't run 2 times this plus another mile. Then we did 8 holy crap I totally ran to DI in Centerville!! Then we did 10 I thought I was going to die and I'm sure everyone was sick of hearing me say it. Then we did 8 again not so bad this time. Then we were supposed to do 12 but ended up doing 10 again and that was not so bad either. I thought to myself I got this, I can totally do 13.1. Then a ward member passed away and I was totally preparing myself to run the race alone because the funeral was the day of the race. I told Michelle she didn't need to worry about me that I would make it no matter what. She said no I'm running the race I'm not going to leave you. What a sacrifice!! I know she wanted to be there for her friend in her time of need but I'm glad she knew I needed her too. The day of the race came and I was totally nervous but was super distracted by all the fun costumes.We are a "Running Rainbow" in case you couldn't tell :)

Kevin was there to drive us up to the start so we could sleep in another hour. He took pictures and while we didn't talk a lot I was so happy just knowing he was close. We danced and got our pictures taken and hung out. We start moving out to the starting line.
I was totally still having fun. We started the race and look I'm still having fun!!! We were totally flying down the mountain.

The first 5 miles were pretty much the fastest I have ever ran. I was like man this is way easier that I was thinking it would be. Then we hit flat ground. I could totally tell I was getting slower but still doing really good for me (remember I'm still fat). I kept running Michelle kept me distracted by telling me stories and making me laugh. The next few miles flew by. I hit the 10 miles mark. 10.1 was officially the most I had ever ran!!! I gave a little cheer!!

Then mile 11 hit. I don't know what happened but I was doubting myself big time. Saying out loud "I'm going to quit this is stupid. Why on earth did I ever think I could do this?" I was literally crying. Michelle said to me "that's the devil don't doubt yourself now,
look how far you've come". I was like "I don't care I'm embarrassed I don't want to finish. I'm too slow this is just embarrassing" She said to me "don't you dare stop, you will be so mad at yourself." I kept plugging along. Running pretty much the slowest mile of my life. I said a little prayer and listened to Michelle's encouraging words. It was still so hard. I got to the last half mile and here come Sally and Laura they started running with us!! Then I saw Natalie cheering from the side!! Then came Sherisse!! Look at how many people were there to watch me succeed.
Then I saw the finish line!! Kevin was there taking pictures and cheering me on. The best feeling ever was crossing that line. Thinking about all the people who were cheering me on was the greatest. I saw my boys and I was so happy they got to see me do something seeming impossible. I totally couldn't have done it with out any of those people. Especially Michelle.
I didn't cry at the finish line because I was so happy just to be done, but I am crying now just thinking about how grateful I am for the support I had and the great thing I just accomplish. It is totally a life changing thing. PS I didn't even walk. I ran the whole freaking thing!!

New Pictures of the Boys

2011-10-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

Summer is Here!!!

2011-06-12T18:25:00.000-07:00

Oh my heck summer is finally here. We have been outside playing going to the zoo and to parks and hiking. Every spring we look forward to the baby quail that are always in our yard. These poor little things got stuck in our backyard. We could hear the mom freaking out and chirping like crazy so Kevin and the boys build this ramp for them to be able to get out of our yard back to their mom. One kept going the wrong way so I pick him up on a plate and carried him to the fence. Too bad I put him on opposite side of the fence the other ones went. whoops I hope he found a way to his family :(
The boys looked so hot playing outside in the back so I turned on the hose and let them play in the water. They had so much fun.
Look at Nate's face, it looks like he is having the time of his life.
Ben not so much. He was pissed cause Tator took the hose from him.
All better :)

Preschool Advancement !!!

2011-06-12T18:02:00.000-07:00

Nate is done with his first year of preschool. Mrs Alby made sure that we called it "advancement" and not "graduation" Nate did so good in preschool. At first he was having trouble because he would get upset when the other kids wouldn't do what Mrs Alby said and he would cry. We made him and chart and everyday that he didn't cry he got a sticker and when he got 10 stickers he got to buy a prize. After we started that he was good to go. Here is Nate with his friend Micah.
This is Nate's buddy Camden. He was afraid of Camden for a while because he was a little wild. He actually broke a toy that Nate brought for show and tell and the next day his grandma and him gave Nate and "e-mail" with some money in it to pay for the toy he broke. He told his grandma that he was really sorry and he wanted to give Nathan an e-mail. How cute :)
Mrs. Alby said in the program that Nate was the boy in the class that makes sure everyone is following the rules. I think he might get that from me. whoops sorry tator :(
This is Nate on the Last day of preschool.
Nate on the first day of preschool. He looks bigger don't you think ??? We are so proud of you Nathan Cole Gibson. I don't know what we would do without you.

Who would have thought???

2011-02-17T17:58:00.000-08:00

So as most of the people that read my blog know my dad passed away almost seven years ago. It's strange to me how he keeps showing up. Not his influence because even though he is gone he is still a big influence in pretty much everything. But his actual face and this time even his voice. Here is a youtube video that none of us even knew existed that my brother-in-law found the other day. Even though he was just talking about stuff I didn't really understand or care about it was awesome to hear his voice. I love you and miss you dad :) My dad shows up about minute 1:38.

Christmas

2011-01-19T10:40:00.001-08:00

Christmas was so fun this year. We went to Wyoming to spent it with my mom, Jana, and Melanie. Nate was really excited and that made Ben really excited even though he didn't really know what was going on. Here is the living room at my mom's house on Christmas eve.
Here is the best picture I could get of the boys on Christmas eve in their Christmas jammies :)
Christmas morning the boys slept in we woke up to Melanie pounding on the floor at about 8. All Nate wanted this year was a sonic gumball machine. On Christmas Eve Nate decided to change the gumball machine to number 3 and a DS to number 1. Nate likes to prioritize everything so this means he now wants a DS instead. Luckily Santa found one at Walmart on the way to grandma's house :)
Nate and his games. Hopefully he doesn't turn into one of those guys that lives with his mom until he is forty because all he does is play video games.
Santa brought this awesome car ramp for Ben. He loves it. He plays with it for hours.
Here is Ben testing out some of his play food he got. He loves the corn :) Later on that day most of my sisters and brother came and we play some Minute to Win it games. We didn't get any pics or videos but we totally should have it was a blast. I think my Brother in law Bren was the all time winner. He got all twelve bells out of the kleenex box in less than 3 seconds. Now that's some bootie shaking.

Disneyland!!!

2010-12-05T15:09:00.001-08:00

We finally made it to the Happiest Place on Earth!!! A year ago we told Nate when he turned 4 we could go to Disneyland. We took just Nate with us and had a blast!!!
Here we are on the train. This was actually the last night we were there and we were riding the train around the park to avoid the crowds and rest or poor feet.
How many people can you fit in a tea cup??? The answer is 7. Kevin not pictured because he can't do spinny rides.
Nate with Sully. He wasn't so sure about it but he humored us :) The picture doesn't show it real well but he backed up right under sully belly and was leaning forward.
Some of us girls took the little ones back to the hotel and the boys went crazy. So crazy they broke splash mountain. They were acting like the bobsled team and busted the ride on their fourth time around. Here they are sitting on the ride with the lights on while they tried to repair it but they ended up having to walk out. Way to go guys.
This is Toy Story Midway Mania. This was one of Nate's favorite rides. We went on it about a million times good thing it was my favorite also.
Nate with Mickey!!!
Nate with Mcqueen.
Everyone in line for Toy Story Mania. (kevin is taking the pic)
Nate and mom on the jungle ride.
Buzz and Woody I mean Nate and Dillon.
This is Dad and Nate on the Buzz ride. After this one Nate said "Buzz is so happy we helped him get Zurg".

The Beach

2010-12-05T14:58:00.000-08:00

We had a pre-vacation vacation. We got to Cali a day before we were going to disneyland so we went to the beach. While we were there we saw a ton of bird flying around and Kevin yells "look a whale" It wasn't a whale but there must have been about 40 dolphins. It was hard to get pictures but here is the best we have :)
We found a hula hoop so here is Bronwyn showing us how it's done.
Dad and Tator looking at some very interesting. It was a seashell I asked Nate if he wanted to keep and he took it from me and said "no mom it belongs in the ocean" and threw it back.
Lifeguard on Duty!!!

Here is Nates baywatch run. Look at that little wetsuit :)

Halloween fun!!!

2010-10-31T18:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our Halloween Festivities!!!
The Payne Family at our 2010 Halloween Par tay!! Woot Woot
Me and Beans at our friend Halloween party.
The super cute mug I painted. It looked like it would be the easy choice but it sucked to paint.
This is what Nate did to Ben when I asked him to get Ben to look at the camera.
Most of the kids at the pumpkin carving party we had in the garage. Ben and Noah don't like the whole picture thing so this is the best we could get.
The Jensen Family.
The Hardy family.
Everyone at the Par tay!!!
Jana and Melanie.

The Gibson Family (Stop sign, Lady Bug, Alien, and Buzz)

Ben and Nate in the maze!
Ben found some old corn on the ground and picked it up and started chewing on it. Oh well I'm sure he has eaten grosser things.
This is at Dad's work. Ben was trying to steal Noah's sucker and Noah was very mad.
Cute little Beans.
Nate Dog and his buddy Ashton. Or should I say Dragon and Buzz.

We had so much fun this year. The pumpkin patch, the friend party, the family party, going to dad's work but we found out that we went a little overboard when Nate wouldn't go trick or treating cause he was sick of it. Oh well live and learn. I hope everyone had a exciting and safe halloween.

Pics of the boys

2010-10-22T10:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the pictures we had taken of the boys. They turned out good but how could they not look at those cute little boogers.

First Day of Preschool!!!

2010-09-07T08:12:00.001-07:00

Nates first day of preschool!! Where does the time go? I swear just yesterday we were wishing we could even have a baby. Now we have 2 and Nate is going to preschool. Nate was so excited to go to school today. He picked out his shirt and we went shopping for the perfect back pack. If any of you know Nate you know this is the perfect back pack. Kevin asked Nate if he wanted this one or a different one and Nate said "Dad if you see something with Mario Kart Wii on it you should always buy it". So we did :)

Here is Nate and his first day of school shirt. He picked this one because it has lots of 2's on it. Kevin took him to breakfast and he was super giggly. He thought everything dad said was super funny. I think he was just really excited for school. When I dropped him off I went in with him and he had no cares in the world. There were 2 other boys already there and they were off. He was so excited to be there I couldn't even be sad. I just said bye Nate can I have a hug and he said nope love you mom:)
This was his favorite game at the preschool carnival Miss Alby had for her new kids a few weeks ago. This got Nate pumped up for the first day.
Here is Nate with Miss Alby in his classroom. I think it's so cute the way they are looking at each other in this picture. I think Nate is going to have an awesome year. We shall soon see. Happy first day of school everyone!

Flaming Gorge!!

2010-08-29T18:12:00.001-07:00

We went to Flaming Gorge last month and Nate got to meet Smokey the Bear!!! He was the only kid that got to have his picture taken with him. We learned about good fire and bad fire. Topher will be glad to know that Nathan now knows that your arm being on fire is bad and candles on a birthday cake is good fire.
We had so much fun hanging out and going out on the boat. Unfortunately I never had my camera at the actual lake and I'm not that good at remembering to take pictures anyway. Here are some of the cute boys playing in Luke's FJ. There was only one little drama when one of them decided it was a good idea to spray Bear spray in the others eyes. The area was evacuated quickly and all was good once the bear spray cleared.
Here is my messy little Beans. He did really good camping but he sure was dirty. Oh well he's still cute.
This was the cage we set up for the kids to play in and it worked really well for a little while. Ben really only liked it if the other kids would stay in there with him.
Here is a pre-skit picture of the Super Mario Bros. featuring blue toe tog.
Everyone here was enjoying the skits!! Thanks again for inviting us Hardys we have a great time every year!!!.

Mario Bros.

2010-08-27T12:15:00.000-07:00

Here is the long awaited Super Mario Bros. skit that Nate Jake and Daine did for our family reunion. It's wicked awesome. Enjoy!!

The cutest load of laundry I've ever seen!!!

2010-07-18T19:24:00.001-07:00

Wouldn't we all like to do laundry more if this is what came out the other side!!

Ben's first birthday!!

2010-07-10T11:46:00.000-07:00

WOW time flies when your having fun!! Ben is 1!!! Ben is such a funny little thing. He loves to pound on things and carry around spoons or drum sticks and hit things with them. The other day Nate was yelling"Ben stop that you are hurting me" I said to Nate " He's just a baby he's not hurting you" I turned around to see what was happening and Ben was whacking Nate over and over with a drum stick with the biggest smile on his face.

We had Ben's party at my sister's house early because Kevin was going out of town. It was great!!! Heather made both of the cakes :) Yes ben had 2 cakes for his first birthday. The one is a sandbox cake and the other an octopus cake. Kevin even helped decorate them.

This face he's making in this picture is what Kevin and Nate do when they are concentrating. It's so funny that all 3 of them do it.
Ben loved eating his own cake. He thought he was so big. He has 5 teeth now so I guess he is getting big:)
More toys!!! Ben didn't really open any of his own presents but he sure had fun watching the other kids open them.
Yum cake. I'm so grateful for my little Benner Dennis. I don't know what I would do without this wild man.

Swim Lessons

2010-07-05T17:08:00.001-07:00

Summer is here!!! This summer we put Nate in swimming lessons with a few of his cute friends from the ward. The lessons were everyday at 9:30 for 2 weeks. It was a little bit of a challenge getting out of the house everyday by that time but we made it. One day I did have to call Natalie to take Nate because my car wouldn't start but other than that it was great.

This was the best picture I had with all the kids in his class. Gracie, Macie, Scout, Eric and Nate. There was another little girl in his class but I didn't know her. The first day the pool was really cold and I don't think that helped Nate's excitement for the water. He kept saying "I want you mom" but his teacher(Mrs. Eggett) would have nothing to do with it. She is so great she doesn't care if the kids are screaming or crying she makes them all do whatever she asks at least once. They all love her for it.
Here is Scout and Nate doing kicks on their backs. Aren't they so cute.
Nate "swimming" with Mrs. Eggett. One of the days Mrs. Eggett noticed that Nate knew the difference between left and right and she said to him "Nathan you are such a smart boy you should come to my preschool" Nate just agreed. Then she said " I'm so glad you are in my swim class" nate's reply was "your welcome". He is such a funny little boy.

On Friday's all the kids got to pick their favorite thing to do. Nate tried to convince Mrs. Eggett that they needed to play Wii but then Mrs. Eggett changed it to favorite thing from swimming :) Two of the kids picked jumping off the diving board and that made 2 of the other kids very very very sad and Nate wasn't all that happy about it either. Then when it came around to Nate he picked that again and poor Eric and Gracie burst into tears and Nathan just said "I'll stay here" as he sat safely on the stairs.

I think overall Tator loved it and he way more confident in the water.

Father's Day

2010-06-20T17:05:00.001-07:00

Today is Father's Day!! After our little mother's day happenings with Nate at church I was a little worried that Father's Day would be the same. Nope Nate went right up to the front and gave us a little wave and a thumbs up. He even tried to sing the words to the songs :) It was so cute (Kevin must be his favorite). Kevin is such a good dad and I'm so lucky to have him in my life. He is so good with the boys and he loves them so much. Happy Father's Day Sweets!!

Here are the questions and answers that Nate filled out in primary for Father's Day:

My Father is 3 years old.
My father likes to play wii with me.
The funniest thing I ever saw my dad do was splash in the water.
I like it when my dad plays Chuck E Cheese.
My dad's favorite food is noodles.
My dad is as strong as Mario.
If I could give my dad anything, I'd give him a flash light.
I think my dad would like to play lots of stuff.
My dad dislikes he hates knocking on peoples houses.
The thing I hear my dad say the most is Mario Sunshine.
My dad is smart! He even knows watch some shows.
When my dad wakes up he plays wii again.
I love my dad because he loves walmart.

These answers are almost the same as the ones he answered for mother's day. This kids loves loves loves Wii.

Fun Weekend

2010-06-17T18:05:00.000-07:00

We started our weekend early by going to good ole Rock Springs to buy and trailer. We have been wanting one for a while and we found one we really liked so we went for it. Here are some pics of it. It kinda broke the first time Kevin tried to show me it but he fixed it.

On Friday we went down to Vernal to a ward thing. This lady in our ward parents have a house there. They have some awesome animals and a cute little train. Nate loved the train to say the least he road it a every time it was going. I heard he even made a death defying leap to make it just before the train took off without him. He also loved the swings. Kevin was the favorite at the swings because he would do underdogs. Thanks Michelle and family for the invite we had a blast.

Then we headed up to Flaming Gorge to go camping with the Maxwells and the Kols. It was pouring rain the first night and part of the next day. We just hung out in the trailer while Topher cooked and Kevin assisted. By the time breakfast was over (1100) the rain had stopped and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The kids fed the chipmunks and went for walks to throw rocks in the water. They had so much fun and were good most of the time. Here is a picture of Ben chilling out in the big boy chair. He was such a good baby and was happy just hanging out in his back pack most of the time. Sorry I don't have more pictures I wasn't all that good at taking them this time.

The Kols took off on Monday while I ran back to RS to pick up my moms raft and drop Ben off so we could go on the river. Rafting has been on my friend Natalie's vision board for a while now and we tried last year to go but didn't. She wasn't sure she wanted to go because of the weather but we talked her into it and it couldn't have been a better day to go. Here are the Maxwells, Macie did not want her picture taken can you tell?

Here is Jana and Nate. Jana came along for the ride. Nate and Hazel actually slept for a little bit down the river.

Nate and dad are like 2 peas in a pod. Nate loves his dad so much. He wants to do whatever he does it's so cute.

I'm going to add some more pics once I get the from my friends but for now this will have to do.

Weather is nuts

2010-05-24T08:12:00.000-07:00

Last week we were doing this!! Yes a water balloon fight. Nathan wouldn't let me throw them at him but he loved to throw them at me.

Today this is what we found when we woke up what the heck!!!!

Moment

2010-05-20T11:32:00.000-07:00

I'm sure that most of you moms reading this have had those moments when you fall more in love with your kids. Well the other day we were just eating dinner like normal. I'm sure I yelled at the boys more than once while cooking and eating. We were having sausage gravy and biscuits (one of nate's favorite and the first time ben had tried it). As we were trying to convince nate to eat the rest of his dinner I looked over at Ben and he had the cutest smile and I looked him and said "Hi Ben". He screamed with happiness and clapped his grubby, chubby little hands together. I just melted. He was so so so cute. At that moment I fell more in love with that crazy little man. Even when he was covered in gravy which I knew someone was going to have to clean up. That's all, I just wanted to remember that little moment.

Mother's Day

2010-05-09T14:29:00.001-07:00

So today was Mother's day. When we were trying to have a baby I was always so sad on Mother's day. I was Jealous of all the moms that got to see their kids sing in sacrament meeting and the cute mother's day things that they made in primary. This was my first Mother's Day with Nate being in primary. I was so excited to see him sing and get my little gift. Well it didn't happen quite like I pictured. Nate had to be coaxed into going up to sing and instead of singing he played in the curtains (We have some construction going on and have sacrament meeting in the gym). I ended up making my own craft because Nate would have nothing to do it with it. He was screaming and being kind of a mean boy in primary. He wouldn't sit in his seat all he wanted to do was follow me or lay on the floor because he needed a "rest". I had to help him fill out this cute questionnaire they do every year in primary for the moms and here is what he said:
1)My mom is 3 years old.
2)My mother likes to play wii.
3)The most fun or funniest I ever saw my mom do was play wii
4)I like it when my mom plays at Chuck E Cheese
5)My mom's favorite food is pizza
6)My mom is as beautiful as Princess Peach
7)If I could give my mom anything , I'd give her some blobs
8)I think my mom would like to go to Chuck E Cheese
9)My mom dislikes the wii
10)The thing I hear my mom say most is SHHHHH
11)My mom is smart! She even knows how to play wii
12)When my mom wakes up she plays wii
13)I love my mom because I'm your mom

Can you tell what's on this boys mind all the time :) I'm pretty sure the only reason Chuck E Cheese is thrown in a few times was because we went there yesterday for his cousin's birthday :)These answers made my day. Even though the day wasn't going how I pictured it it was still perfect I love being a mom and I love my boys. Happy Mother's Day!!!

Feeding the boys

2010-05-07T08:42:00.000-07:00

Ok so I need some suggestions. One of the daily tasks that I find the hardest is to figure out what to feed the boys. It's sort of overwhelming to know that I have to make 3 meals a day and snacks that are not only good for them but that they will actually eat. Sure I could feed Nathan and Ben noodles for every meal and that would make them happy but not me. So my request is if you have any meals that your kids will eat that are good for them let me know cause I can use all the help I can get :)

I can't win :)

2010-04-26T15:29:00.000-07:00

This is what I found when I got out of the bathroom the other day. Yes that is Ben balancing on tator's potty stool to try and play wii. He's starting early. I can't win.

Can I just say that this swingset has been the best money we have spent in a long time. Now instead of saying mom can I play wii first thing in the morning Nate runs outside before I'm even out of bed to play :) So fun!!Yes, Nate is in his underwear and his famous "Mario" shirt. White trash I know but still cute.

Easter Finally :)

2010-04-21T19:07:00.000-07:00

We had a really good Easter this year. My brother Shane and his family came and they got us tickets to the Saturday morning session of conference. My mom and Melanie were nice enough to watch all the boys while we went. Heather and her family came on Saturday.The crazy kids colored some Easter Eggs. 12 dozen to be exact :) I didn't get any pic of that but it was a lot of eggs. We had some yummy food and had an Easter egg hunt. Here is Nathan blowing some bubbles for Ryan and Brandon on Easter morning. It was fun to get to know these little cuties. They are at such and cute age and it's fun to see twins interact with each other. I love them!!!

So Nathan thinks he gets to ask the easter bunny for things like it's Christmas. He had to have this wii steering wheel and if you notice he is wearing a mario shirt too. I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to buy him that shirt but he loves it. He doesn't even trust me to put it in the washer he has to do it. It's a bit to big for him and one of the first day he had it he went up to Kevin and said hey dad do you like my mario dress? Ha Ha Ha.
Here is Benner and his first Easter. He sure did like watching everyone look for eggs and finding a few stray jelly beans on the floor. Yum floor food.

Seattle

2010-03-15T13:54:00.000-07:00

I took a trip to Seattle with 4 of my sisters, my mom and my Aunt Barbara. Kevin was nice enough to take time of work just to watch the boys. I was a little scared about leaving them for that long. Not that Kevin wouldn't do an awesome job but because I would miss them so much. I did fine and the boys had tons of fun with their dad. We did lots of stuff that we hadn't ever done before and got to hang out with just the girls. This is me at the Space Needle. I would not recommend this to anyone. Sure go to it and look at it from the ground but don't pay the 17 bucks to go up to the top.

Here is mom, Kim and Heather at the top. We only spent about 15 minutes up at the top and we could have left in like 3. Anyway...

This was our last adventure right before we had to leave to come home. Melanie found this place where they "help" you do glass blowing. I think this was most of the girls favorite thing. This is a pic of me trying to keep the blog of glass on the end of the pipe. Our teacher had been doing this for 13 years. His name was Shane. We also had another guy helping some of us named Jake.
Here are Jana, Heather, and Kim waiting their turn don't they look excited.

My favorite thing about Seattle is Pike Place. It's so fun just to sit back and watch people and everything is so pretty. Look at all these fresh veggies they always look so beautiful.

At the market they have these huge bunches of flowers for 5 bucks. Jana bought these and brought them back to our hotel to enjoy while we were there.
This is a little gross but interesting at the same time. This whole wall is covered in gum. It's right outside of Pike Place. If you look at Kim's face in this pic she looks totally grossed out. She was trying to smile but I don't think she could get past the grossness of the gum.
It didn't seem to bother me or Jana.
So we started out with a "Duck Tour". This is where you ride around in this vehicle that can drive on the road and then goes right in to the water. It was really fun. We got to see Seattle and act stupid. It was freezing cold but I think it was totally worth it.

Thanks Kevin for letting me go. You are the bestest ever :)

Watch out for the steaming ones.

2010-02-27T14:08:00.000-08:00

So Natalie said I need to add a little detail to my story. So the second time Nate pooped in his underwear I was walking to make sure nothing had come out behind the recliner and squish I stepped in a big pile of you know what!!! Between my toes and everything. I reclaim my post about nathan being potty trained :) That poor kid I feel bad I haven't been the nicest mom while kevin has been gone but would you be if you stepped in your kids poop. Sorry my last few post have been about poop but that's the life of a mother. I feel like if I'm not cleaning up poop I'm not doing my job. Well I guess that's enough of that. Happy pooping to all. Yes I'm trying to set a record on how many times I can say poop in one post. OK I'm really done now.

Spidie senses

2010-02-25T17:56:00.000-08:00

Kevin has been out of town for the past couple of days and it's been kinda hard. Besides being tired from taking care of the boys by myself all the time I don't sleep very well when Kevin is gone. I swear Nate has spidie senses he knows how to push my buttons. He wanted his friends Jack and Spencer to come over after playgroup yesterday and all he did was cry the whole time that he wanted to watch a movie. Spencer said "why does tator keep saying show". So after they left he was still screaming until he fell asleep. I was done and it was only 4:30 four and a half hours til bedtime :( We ate dinner and he was really good so I made him go potty and let him play his computer and not 20 minutes later he pooped in his underwear. I lost it. I screamed at him and threw him in the tub :( Then today. Today started out awesome he woke up happy and went over to Aston's house to play. No accidents he even said when I picked him up "mom I had a good day" so cute. He was really good all day. Until during dinner he snuck off and pooped in his underwear again. I mean seriously what the heck. I'm very grateful that Ben as been good (knock on wood). Nate would never do this is Kevin was here. Oh well only 2 nights and 2 days left. Wish me luck.

Random Pictures

2010-02-18T14:28:00.000-08:00

These are some random pictures. I was really bored and started playing with the editing stuff on my computer. If you are a professional don't look too close but I think they are cute. Mostly because they are of my boys.

On a side note today Nate broke Kevins heart. He was watching Disney Channel and the Jonas Brothers came on and he said "look mom it's The Beatles" I said to him "nope that's the Jonas Brothers" he said matter of factly "no look it's John and Ringo". This kid kills me.

Yipee!!!

2010-02-11T09:32:00.000-08:00

Nate is finally there with the potty training. He gets to play Wii when he goes poop so he goes like 3 or 4 times a day. We had to buy a timer so he wasn't playing all day. He's doing awesome. He wakes up with a dry pull up and the only accident he had was when we were traveling. (knock on wood). It was hard but I think he finally has it. I say this like it was forever when we really just started working on it the second week of January and he has been doing good for the last 2 weeks :) It was hard to see an end in sight at the start. I am such a pessimist sometimes.

We have all been sick for the last couple of days so that hasn't been fun. Ben is usually such a happy baby but lately he has been very very fussy. I thought he was getting teeth but they haven't popped out yet. Kevin fed him some frosty last night and he loved it but all night he was awake crying and this morning I couldn't get him to stop. I think he likes frosty but the frosty doesn't like him. He is trying to crawl but just sort rolls from side to side while inching slowly forward. He's so cute and chubby I love him.

Nathan wanted to sing the Super Mario song in church the other week that was super funny. No one could understand what they were saying so they came and got me and he said I want to sing mario mom. This child is addicted to Wii. You gotta love him.

Potty Training and Update

2010-01-26T08:32:00.001-08:00

We have been potty training Nate for about 3 weeks now. He is doing so so so awesome at the pee part of it but the poop not so much. Just when I think we are doing good he poops in his pull up or underwear again. I'm so frustrated because I know that he knows what to do he is just so stubborn. Anyone have any suggestions???

Anyway Ben is doing really good. He's so chubby and cute. He rolls all over the place and laughs all the time he is such a good little guy. His head is in the 99% weight 59% and height 31%. I bet half his weight is in that giant head of his. We had a rough spot with him not sleeping through the night but he's back to normal (knock on wood).

Nathan started primary and he is doing so good. The first week they said it's singing time and Tator jumps up and says "Yet's sing Yellow Submarine" it was so funny. He gave a talk last week and he did so good. He even told his dad what it was about after church. He also had his first kiss (not in primary). His friend Macie was over playing and when she was getting ready to leave they hugged, then he kissed her shoulder, then their eyes met and then came the big wet one...it was the cutest thing ever. I just love my little boys. They make me so happy :)

Christmas 2009

2009-12-27T18:08:00.000-08:00

We had Christmas in good ole Wyoming this year. It was freezing cold but we were nice and warm in our Christmas jammies.
Here's a little action shot Christmas morning of Tator making a basket with his new basketball hoop. Too bad all the kid wants to play with is the Wii. He's addicted to Mario.

Christmas was so fun this year!! It was smaller than we are used to there were only 7 people in my mom's house on Christmas morning. This is Ben and Nate in their Christmas monkey pj's they got from each other on Christmas Eve.

Nate got his basketball and bowling like he wanted and tons of other stuff. Here he is in his goggles and construction hat.

Here is our family picture Christmas morning. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!!

Pre Christmas Fun

2009-12-23T09:53:00.000-08:00

This was Nates idea of decorating our Christmas tree. He was so excited he didn't even want to take the ornaments out of the box.
Here is Nate in front of our real Christmas tree. Thanks for breaking our fake one last year Jana. This one is so much better. It smells good too.

Here is Nathan meeting Santa for the first time. He would just follow him around. it was so cute.

Nate wants a basket ball hoop and bowling this year for Christmas and he made sure santa knew it. When Santa was leaving he was running after him yelling I want basket ball and bowling.

Ben's first Christmas. He didn't care too much we woke him up to get this picture.

We let Nathan pick out our Christmas tree all by himself this year. I asked him if he was going to get a big tree or a little one and he said" a teeny one like tator". He did such a good job. I'm so excited for Christmas this year. Nate gets the whole Santa thing and we are teaching him about Jesus. We set out our nativity and he said it's baby Jesus and then he said a prayer "dear Heavenly Father thank you for Jesus thank you for Christmas amen." it was kind of random but oh so cute. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-16T09:33:00.000-08:00

Shane testing out his turkey. He put it in some brine over night or something like that. All I know is that it was good good good.
Mom being sick. We think she might talk herself into being sick every time she leaves the house.
Daine having a pre-thanksgiving snack.
I know it's a little late but better late than never. Thanksgiving was pretty fun this year. We went to Denver to visit my sister and her family. My brother-in-law got Kevin's name for Christmas and he bought him some sweet broncos tickets for the Thanksgiving game. We were so close and right on the 50 yard line. It was awesome. Thanks Luke.
None of us have really ever cooked a thanksgiving dinner so here we are making our first batch of rolls. They turned out really really good. Good job Lori!!!
Don't they look so yummy?

Here we are making stuffed mushrooms. I accidentally bought maple sausage for them instead of regular. They were still ok just a little sweet.

Kevin is always trying to take these reflection pics this one makes me laugh a little.

Here is Nate and Ben Playing someones i-touch. Good thing there was three of them there.

Here are the teenies playing with the pots and pans. Ryan is first then Brandon!! I love these babies.

Another birthday party for Tator...

2009-12-10T07:29:00.000-08:00

I know I know it's a little crazy we had 2 parties and took him to build a bear. I just don't know when to stop. Above is Bronwyn, Jocelyn and Nate waiting their turn to bowl.

Again Tator is more excited about playing with the computer than actually bowling.

Above is Jocie again. Isn't she so cute. I think she ended up winning out of the kids. Or it could have been Lizzie I can't remember. Below is Jana and little benner. Pay no attention to the fact that Nate is wearing the same clothes he wore the day before at build a bear and that Ben is still in his jammies.

Build a Bear!

2009-12-10T07:21:00.000-08:00

My sister Melanie got Nate a build a bear gift card for his Birthday. On his actual birthday we took him to go and get it. He was really excited. Kevin helped him pick out this really cute puppy.

Here he is cheezin' up at the bath station.

Here is little benner along for the ride. I had to throw this pic in cause I thought ben looked so cute:) And below is Nate dog with his favorite part the computer. We had a hard time convincing him to actually build his bear before we went to the computers. He certainly is my little "computer geek" like father like son.

Nates Birthday!!!

2009-12-06T19:30:00.000-08:00

So my little tator tot turned 3. I can't believe that Nate is 3. We waited for so long to have kids and now that they are here it seems like time is flying. I can't tell you how much I love this kid. He is so funny, cute, loving and smart. Everyday he says the funniest things to me I don't know what I would do without him. Here are some pics of his "friend birthday party". He had so much fun he woke up the next morning wanting another party.

So I was alittle frustrated with the cake because the first batch didn't turn out so I ended up making 2 any way it took a long time. I was saying to kevin stupid cake I hate it. Then I went into the computer room and tator says to me " it's not stupid mom it's way cute".

Here is tator and some of his toys. This kids is spoiled

Tator and the "way cute" train cake.

some more pics...

2009-11-14T19:05:00.000-08:00

Aren't they so cute!!!

New pics

2009-11-14T19:02:00.000-08:00

Here are some super cute pics of my boys I love them.

Tagged

2009-11-10T07:59:00.000-08:00

My friend Natalie tagged me to write 10 random things about myself. This will be easy because I am super random.
1. I love to sleep love love love love love it. Luckily my kids have inherited that from me. Good job boys.
2. I still hold the Rock Springs High School weight lifting record. I was able to squat 300 lbs. This was more than all but 4 boys on the football team.
3. In kindergarten I once took a huge garbage bag of stuff to show and tell and I took up the whole show and tell time. ( My mom told me I couldn't but when she was in the bathroom I opened the front door and hid it in the bushes and picked it up on my way to school).
4. I had a paper route from the time I was 12-15. One day on my route I was walking past a huge weed in someones yard and found 2 dollars and then on the way to school I looked under the same weed and there was 2 more dollars.
5. This one is kind of gross but interesting at the same time. I can peal off my lip skin at least once a day. I can sometimes pull it off in one long strip. I know it's gross I can't help it.
6. I have double jointed thumbs. I can make it so they are backwards. I can also pop my hip out of joint and back in.
7. I'm afraid to tell you all this one but most of you already know. I hate it when people whistle. It's like nails on a chalk board to me. This hatred came from working with this girl at baskin robbins who would whistle all the time. Not a good loud whistle but an airy weak whistle through her teeth. I cringe just thinking about it.
8. My top 3 most embarrassing moments have to do with my underwear.
9. I'm only 4 feet 10 1/2 inches tall. My mom used to tell people I got a handicap scholarship to college. Thanks mom I really appreciate that one.
10. Last but not least Kevin caught me falling in the ocean on video. I will attach it for your viewing pleasure.

I tag Brittany, Kim, Heather( if you still have your blog you made for class) , Emily (my cousin) and Melita since you haven't posted anything in forever.

Swine Flu

2009-11-03T19:27:00.001-08:00

It's official we all have the swine flu. We took Ben and Nate to instacare on Sunday (because our kids never can get sick during the week when we can go to our regular Doc) and they tested Ben for the swine flu and it came back positive. I have been sick since last Wednesday and then Nathan started getting sick Friday or Saturday. Kevin is just barely starting his sickness. Wish us luck in getting better. I hope and pray no one else gets this cause it's pure HELL.

Halloween!!

2009-11-01T18:30:00.000-08:00

This was the second of many trick or treating events that we went to. Here we have Ben, Mady, Hazel, Daxton, Nathan, Macie, Ellie, Jack and Spencer. We took them to the high school to trunk or treat. As you can tell Nathan just loved his costume again. I really need to rethink my costume ideas for this poor kid. Every year I spend hours on his costumes and he always just ends up being a puppy. Next year maybe I will just start out with a puppy but probably not. I'm a slow learner.

Here is Nathan and Ashton at the Alphagraphics party again Nathan is super happy to wear McQueen. These boys are so cute.
Here is Kevin wearing the stop sign I made him. It was supposed to be a theme but I didn't end up making a costume for me or Ben. Oh well.
This is Ben as a ghost at Kevin's work party.

This picture makes me laugh. About 10 minutes after all the kids left trick or treating I get a knock on the door thinking it was some trick or treaters nope just my little tator. He was done after only 5 houses. Kevin said he just sat in the middle of the road and said he was done.
Here is Ben on Halloween dressed like a skeleton. Isn't he so cute !!!
Here are the Payne kids. They came here to go out to dinner with us for Jana's b-day. So they went trick or treating here. My sister always makes awesome costumes.
Here is Jana as Minnie Mouse. She went with the kids trick or treating since she bought a costume for our Family party that we didn't have. Oh well she still looked cute.
We usually have this awesome Halloween party with my family with tons of costumes, candy, games, and scary things. This year no such luck it was canceled :( So what did the Gibsons do instead? We had a party of our own. Our friends came over Friday and carved pumpkins. It was really fun and we had some awesome pumpkins. Kevin decided he was bored so he skinned his pumpkin that's why it looks so creepy. I can't believe we actually got a picture with us and all the kids.
Here are all the kids minus the 2 babies (Ben and Lucy). This is tator and most of his playgroup friends. I just love how Hazel is making Daxton cry. It reminds me of how Macie used to make Tator cry all the time and sometimes still does. That was just some of our busy Halloween adventures. Now I'm at home sick with 2 sick boys. We think we all have the swine flu. Fun for us. Can't wait til next year. HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

Fall Pictures

2009-10-28T14:00:00.001-07:00

Here we have tator at the pumpkin patch. We went to pick out some pumpkins and have some fun. Unfortunately I think I always have more fun than the boys at these things. Hopefully they will remember it when then get older and think to themselves remember when we would go to the pumpkin patch and not remember when mom would make us do all this stuff we hated.
I can't get Ben to smile when I take his pics. He is too worried about what I'm doing instead of smiling. Oh well I think he's cute anyway.
Here another non smile pic of ben. I took some pictures of him and nathan before I had them professionally taken. I shouldn't have wasted the "happy Ben" time cause he was sure mad when Korie was taking them.
Here is tator on a tractor also at the pumpkin patch. He was supposed to be in a different picture with all his friends but he's always doing his own thing so I just let him.
Here is Ben, Nathan and Ashton on the pumpkin wagon. Ashton and Nate played on this thing forever. We caught them throwing the pumpkins off the wagon a few minutes after this was taken. Crazy boys.
Ben and Nathan in our front yard in the leaves. This was the only picture that both of them were looking at the camera.
Ben and Tator at the pumpkin patch with the big pumpkins.
My cutie boys :) Oh how I love them (most of the time).

Hike to the Hot Pots!!

2009-10-11T09:56:00.000-07:00

You will never believe what we did!! We (Jana, Me, Kevin, Tator, and Ben) went on a 5 mile hike. I know for most people that would be no big deal but for me and my fat butt it was like running a marathon. This was the best hike to go on because the reward at the end was being able to sit in the hot springs. It felt so nice to soak our tired legs in the hot water. At first I was trying to keep Ben out of the water because there was no where to lay him down but then Kevin said just strip him down and get him in. So I did. He loved it I think he's so cute with his winter hat and his diaper :) Tator was so cute when we were getting ready to hike back down he said "thanks for taking me to the outside bath dad."

Here is Kevin and Nate on the bridge. Kevin carried him the whole way he did such a good job.
Here is Jana, Nate, Ben and me relaxing in the water it was so nice.
Here is Jana and Ben on the Bridge. Jana carried Ben most of the way up the mountain. Good thing she came or I would have turned back.
This is Ben and me on the trail. It was so pretty. My friend Natalie said when your on a hike "don't forget to look up." I kept thinking that and I'm glad I did.
Here is the wildlife we saw. Jana almost got pooped on as we were passing these cows ha ha ha.
Here is some more wildlife. Some weirdo BYU students decided to bring llamas up to pack all their stuff. The funny part is that when we passed them on the way back down the trail some kid was packing all the stuff and the llamas were just along for the ride. When we got back down the trail they were trying to convince these poor llamas to get in a van, not a horse trailer or something logical like that but just a regular old van.

No more binks and other random stuff

2009-10-04T18:49:00.000-07:00

Lately I have felt like a not so good mom. Here are a few examples of why. Nathan is almost 3 and he still had his binkis until yesterday bad mom move number 1. We decided it was time to get rid of them. It hurt my heart to think of taking them away because he loves them so much but it was time. As I'm sitting here blogging about them he's begging his dad for one :(
We told Tator that he could have anything he wanted ( within reason) if he paid for them with his binks( bad mom move number 2 ). He decided he wanted fish so that's what he got. We gathered all his binks up and put them in a baggie and headed to petco. Nathan picked out a sweet looking black moor goldfish. We decided we would name him Frank. We walked up to the register and I gave Nate his baggie full of binks and said here you go pay for them with your binks he handed them right over while I whispered to the lady behind the register just throw them away when we leave. She smiled and took them like they were gold. So far so good right??? Frank has a sweet tank that changes colors Nate likes to ask us "which one you want?" then he will change the color accordingly. We decided Frank needed a girlfriend so we went and got a orange goldfish named Shirley to keep him company. Later on that night my sister came over with her family and they asked him what the names of the fish were and he insisted that the black one was Toph and the orange one was Toke so I guess Frank and Shirley have been renamed :) So that night Tator was crying and screaming for a binki so I told him sorry Tator you bought Toph and Toke with your binks we don't have them anymore. He said to me "take them back I want my binki". I laid with him til he cried himself to sleep. Sad :( Today was good he only asked for them 2 times until it was bedtime and he's upstairs in bed right now crying for them. My heart is breaking.
Here is a pic of bad mom move number 3. This happened while I was on the computer.
This is just a cute picture of my boys in their Halloween pajamas. I love Halloween.

Nate is growing up so fast it makes me sad. He is super smart he already knows all his letters and the sound each one makes. He can find and name 7 of the states on a map. He's very sweet and kind. The other day some older ladies from my ward came over to our house to bring Ben a blanket. I could hear Nate in the kitchen getting in the fridge. He came out with two bottled waters and gave them to the ladies it was so cute it melted my heart and made me laugh a little. I don't want him to grow up anymore. I want to freeze him at this age. I just hope that all my bad mom moments don't screw him up too much.

Curly Mullet and the Gang

2009-09-21T16:59:00.000-07:00

This is a super funny picture I found the other day. This is Me (the one in front with the sweet curly mullet), my cousin Emily who I know reads my blog and I hope this pic will brighten her day, my cousin Holly who I think also reads it sometimes, my cousin Darcy and my cousin Bree. I'm not sure who the girl in the red shirt is but I remember her being around alot. We were all around the same age and we had really good fashion sense don't you think.

Another guess who's who

2009-09-07T21:09:00.001-07:00

When I remember I try and take pictures of the Ben when he is wearing something I know I have a picture of Nate wearing the same thing. So here's another who's who game. I think it's getting easier to tell them apart but maybe it's just cause I'm their mom.

Baby Blessing

2009-09-07T20:54:00.000-07:00

Sunday was Ben's big day. My mom and I went to pick out his blessing outfit and we got it home and I tried it on him and it wouldn't fit over his big melon. Both my boys have very cute but very giant heads. Ben ended up wearing Nathans which was totally fine with me. It made me realize how much they really do look alike. Kevin gave Ben a wonderful blessing. I was a little stressed about the lunch but it turned out really good. Thanks for coming everyone and thanks for helping out. I couldn't have done it without you.

Thanksgiving Point

2009-09-07T20:43:00.000-07:00

I have been a lot more active after having Ben than I was with Nathan. I think it's because I have a toddler that needs to get out of the house. The other day we went to Thanksgiving Point to the animal farm. The Kids loved it. Here is Nathan, Macie and Ellie looking at chicks and riding a plastic cow very funny don't you think? I always wonder if Nathan will still be friends with these cute girls when he is in High school :) I also wonder if they will still call him Tator. We got to go on a wagon ride. I was pointing things out for Tator to look at while on the ride and all he wanted look at was the poopie horse. He kept saying look mom a poopie horse. Whatever makes him happy right???

SO TIRED

2009-08-19T11:23:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been so tired I can barely move. Ok not that bad but pretty bad. Having 2 kids has done me in. I don't know how people have tons of kids. My mom had 8 and I cry just thinking about how tired that would make a person. I keep telling myself that it's just sleep and it's not that important but I just love sleep. If you were to ask me what my favorite pass time is my answer would be sleep. I sometimes wake up in the morning planning when I can go to sleep next. This does not really work with a 2 year old and a new borns schedule. Nathan decided to stop taking his 3 hour naps as soon as Ben was born, sad huh. It's not like Ben is even a bad baby. He's not sleeping through the night but sometimes he sleeps for 6-7 hours at a time and then he will go right back to sleep. I have this worrying problem. I wake up about a million times a night to make sure he's breathing and to check on Nathan. Kevin says I make up stuff to worry about. Sometimes I think he's right. This does not help in the sleep department. I lay awake at night thinking about the dumbest things like what I would say if someone this to me or what I should have said in a conversation. I look at the clock every few minutes thinking if I could just fall asleep now I would get this much sleep and then do the same thing 30 minutes later silly me. Sometimes I wish I could just shut my brain off. I have even tried working out the last few days thinking that will make me so tired I will just fall right to sleep no such luck. I have had this love for sleep ever since I can remember. When I was younger I could sleep all day wake up eat and go back to sleep for the night. Boy do I miss those days sometimes. Ok I'll stop. This is probably making whoever reads my blog tired. Happy sleeping!!

Tator or Ben???

2009-07-28T08:29:00.001-07:00

So far the boys look pretty much the same. Everyone see if you can guess who is who!! Both boys have been awesome lately. Nathan is adjusting. Ben is sleeping really well one night he slept 7 hours and last night he slept 6 and he goes right back to sleep after he eats. He's a really happy baby knock on wood. Nathan seems so much older now that Ben is here. His favorite thing to say is "guess what? chicken butt" Thanks to Kevin.

Pics of my boys!!

2009-07-24T08:19:00.001-07:00

We got Ben's pictures taken the other day and here are some of the pictures from the shoot. My friend Kory took them she does a really good job. She came to our house and worked with the boys really well. If you need a photographer you should giver her a call. Here is a link to her blog www.klynnphotography.blogspot.com

Life with 2!!

2009-07-16T06:17:00.000-07:00

So I just realized that I haven't really said anything about the whole birthing process so here you go. We went into the hospital at 6:00 am while Nathan slept quietly at home with my 2 sisters and my mom. They got my IV in and my blood drawn and DR came in and gave us the run down and he was ready to go by like 7:15 am but the nurses weren't. They started my spinal at 7:36 they cut at 7:46 and Benjamin Cooper Gibson was born at 7:52 am weighing 7 lbs 6oz and he was 20 in. Kev actually got it on video. I heard him scream and they showed him to me for a second. All I could see were his giant feet and hands but he was still cute. Kevin and Ben were whisked off to get all cleaned up while they sewed me shut. I was back in my room and holding Ben by 8:35 am. It all went really good. My sisters brought Nathan up to see us around 9:30am. He was kinda overwhelmed with me still being hooked up to everything and he didn't want to talk to me or the baby but all that has changed now. He loves both of us again. Nathan has had hard time the past couple of days with life in general but my friend Natalie came and got him and took him swimming and that helped a ton. Thanks Natalie I don't know what I would do without you. I think he will adjust once we get back to some sort of schedule. Ben has been a dream baby ( knock on wood) he barely ever cries and when he does it just because he's hungry. I on the other hand cry all the time for nothing. Stupid hormones. I love both of my boys they are both so fun and cute. I am so lucky to have Kevin as a husband. He took 2 weeks off of work and is the biggest help. I love him he's also cute and fun.

Some more pics of Ben

2009-07-14T11:26:00.000-07:00

Here is Ben and Will.
Ben and Daine

Bens first bath at home.
Dillon Bronwyn and Ben
Jake and Ben.
Tator and Ben
Ben and Nathan
Ben and Grandma Copelan
Ben and Daddy in mom's bed.
Mom and Ben right after mom got out of recovery.

2009-07-09T17:35:00.001-07:00

A couple of pics of baby ben.

Almost Almost There!!

2009-07-06T08:11:00.000-07:00

So now I only have 3 days left. I'm so excited I can barely stand it. I'm trying to get my house in order and everything figured out with Nathan so he can come and see the baby in the hospital and still try and keep things semi normal for him. I will post a pic of my huge belly so you can all point and laugh later. Wish me luck!!

Tator Baby

2009-06-24T13:57:00.000-07:00

I was just looking through all my pictures and I almost forgot what Tator looked like when he was a little smaller. He is so cute I can't believe that he is my baby. It makes me wonder what little Ben is going to look like. Atleast that's what we think we are going to name him. They also make me think where the time has gone. I cannot believe Nathan is 2 and a half and that we are 15 days away from having another baby. Crazy stuff. I am totally ready to be done being pregnant. I'm going to try and focus on just enjoying this baby instead of hoping for the "next step". I think nathan is going to be a great big brother. He loves babies and keeps asking me when we are going to go to the Hospital and get his baby.

Being a 2 year old

2009-06-12T20:21:00.000-07:00

So the last couple of weeks Nathan has proven he is 2. At playgroup he and his friend Ashy and Nathan likes to call him decided it would be a good idea to color all over my friend Hilary's house with marker. It was every where on the tv, the furniture and the piano. Luckily it was washable. Sorry about that Hilary. Then the next week we decided to have playgroup at a park and the kids all found this puddle to play in. As you can tell Tator thought it would be a good idea to lay down in the puddle. Oh well at least he had fun right!!!

Almost there!!

2009-06-12T15:02:00.000-07:00

So it's been awhile since I have posted. We haven't been taking many pictures because I'm too lazy to get the camera mostly. We went to the Bees baseball game with our friends and had lots of fun even though it was raining really bad. Nathan keeps wanting to go again. We also went to the zoo and it rained there also but we still had fun. I am so greatful for my friends that call me and get me out of the house. I would probably go crazy and I know Nathan would. He loves all his little friends even though sometimes he doesn't show it. I am only 27 days from having this baby!! I'm so excited to have another baby. For a long time I thought that I wouldn't even be able to have one now we are blessed to have 2. I thought for a minute we were going to have this baby about 2 weeks ago. I was having contractions about 3-6 minutes apart for at least 2 hours so we went up to the hospital and they gave me a shot to stop them and sent me on my way. It's been fine every since. The Dr scheduled my c-section for July 9th but he said if I go in again contracting we would just do it then so I know for sure that at the most we have 27 days. We are still on the fence about names so any suggestions would be awesome.

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

2009-05-28T21:10:00.000-07:00

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Nothing much going on.

2009-05-04T08:20:00.000-07:00

So not much is going on. Nathan fell off the back stairs and hurt his mouth pretty bad. Kevin was out there with him and when I got upstairs they were in the bathroom cleaning his face up. I was like what happened? Kev said Tator just fell off the stairs. I said I need the camera I'm going to take a picture for my blog. Sad I know the first thing I think about is getting a picture for my blog. Poor kids how do they ever survive. So here are the pictures :)

On a side note I'm getting giant but I should only have about 2 months left. It's been kinda hard seeing all the ladies in the ward and my sister all have their babies knowing that I still have this long left but it will be ok. My sister had her baby boy. He was 8 lbs 8oz. and very very cute. He has dark red hair and they named him Brooks. I'm sure that our little boy and Brooks will be good friends since they are so close in age.

Big Boy Bed!!

2009-04-19T08:15:00.001-07:00

So we have been looking for a big boy bed for Nathan for the last few months since we will need the crib for the new baby. We finally found this sweet car bed on ksl for dirt cheap. We were a little scared that he wouldn't stay in bed all night as most parents probably are. We tried putting him down for a nap in it but no luck so he got to skip his nap. Needless to say he was really tired last night from just a short nap in the real car yesterday. We put him to bed last night and that was the last we heard from him until 8:07 this morning!! Hopefully it wasn't just a one time thing. Wish us luck!!

Happy Easter!!

2009-04-13T08:45:00.000-07:00

The Easter Bunny brought Nathan a fishing pole which made it really hard to convince him to find the Easter eggs.
Take that dad!! Nathan thought it would be funny to crack an egg on Dads head. I thought it was funny too.
The Easter bunny decided to put gold fish and nilla waffers in the easter eggs this year Nathan thought that was pretty cool.

We had so much fun dying eggs. As you can tell we got dyed hands too. Nathan woke up this morning saying "color eggs please mom".
Happy Easter Everybody!!

Lemonade out of Lemons

2009-04-13T08:35:00.000-07:00

While we were coloring Easter Eggs Tator accidentally spilled some on Jana's shorts. So what did we do.....
We made them beautiful!!! Now Jana has some awesome tie dyed shorts (that she will never wear).

We Love Cannon Beach

2009-04-08T10:31:00.000-07:00

Cannon Beach

2009-04-08T08:54:00.000-07:00

Tator Tot running from the Ocean!!!! Hurry Hurry!!!!
Here is Tator warming up in the sun after a long day at the beach.
Nathan pushed this stick around for hours. He even brought it back to the beach house with us and made us take it to almost every beach we went to until grandma stole it for her walking stick.
This is Kevin, Me and my big belly, my sister Melanie, and Nathan.

From the Eyes of a 2 Year Old

2009-03-30T08:48:00.000-07:00

So if any of you know anything about my little Tator Tot it's that he loves anything electronic. He is usually very careful with stuff like this so we let him play around with most things like camera's ipods and anything else with buttons. These are the pictures he took. I think some of them are pretty good. Enjoy!!

Ultrasound

2009-03-23T20:39:00.000-07:00

This is our little baby boy!! Isn't he so cute already? My sister Jana got to do the ultrasound for school. This kid has had his picture taken so much already. We tried to find out what we were having since I was 16 weeks along. The first time no luck second time we were about 70% sure third times a charm.

Pictures of Nathan

2009-03-18T07:26:00.000-07:00

These are Nathans 2 year pictures even though we got them taken a little late. We had a friend take them. She just started taking pictures recently. I think she did a great job but how can you not with a cute subject like this. Here is the link to her blog www.klynnphotography.blogspot.com .

Follow The Crowd

2009-03-18T06:41:00.000-07:00

So I guess I'm sort of a follower. Everyone else was doing it so why not start a blog. I'm sure it's not going to be the most entertaining thing in the world but hopefully you will enjoy the pictures.