Bumps and RooRoos Mommies Blog

Hanging with Great Grandma and Grandpa

2010-02-25T19:03:00.000-08:00

We got to go spend some time with the Greats back at the beginning of Nov. It was a fun trip and the first time they got the meet Roo. Bumps quickly took to calling Great Grandpa by his first name, which we all find quiet funny. And Roo was just Roo. She successfully found the candy and that made her day fabulous. :)

Hanging with F

Bumps giving F the stare down. Roo just happy to have chocolate

Notice the Snickers....

Great Grandma with her babies

Roo has her eye on the prize

Chilling in Great Grandma's lap

Super excited about watching their dog. She took great pride in annoying the tar out of him and giving both the greats damn near a heart attack as she did it. *sigh*

There's our pretty girl!

Leaves, leaves, and more leaves

2010-02-25T18:47:00.001-08:00

I should have known when we bought a house with 21 trees there would be some reprocussions in the fall. Bumps loved the leaves though, as did the dogs. He and daddy had contests to see who could rake the biggest pile of leaves. Then he would promptly flatten daddies pile the minute it started getting bigger than his. And as you can see, he loves wearing his costumes.

Tank inspecting Bumps work

The shirt says it all

Daddies pile

Figuring out leaves aren't near as tasty as they look

Notice how tall bumps pile is compared to daddies?

Halloween 09

2010-02-25T18:11:00.001-08:00

Family picture

M looks thrilled huh?

My angels

Possibly the cutest strawberry ever

Trying to figure out where baba went

Loved the outside of this house! Our neighborhood really gets into Halloween!

Meme pushing the Princess in her royal ride

Back view of Bumps costume

Bumps trying to steal the Scooby snacks from our house

Handling both bags for us :)

Hot Dog!

2010-02-25T15:28:00.000-08:00

Tank has every right to maul our faces off for this....but it is so hysterical

Finished Pumpkins!

2010-02-25T15:20:00.000-08:00

The Roo pumpkin

The mommy/Bumps pumpkin

The together shot

Bumps upside pumpkin and daddies pumpkin that kept falling apart.

Close up of their pumpkins

3 guesses on what she is doing....

2010-02-25T15:10:00.000-08:00

This was what Roo was doing while the boys were doing the pumpkins......

Carving Pumpkins

2010-02-25T14:56:00.001-08:00

This years victims when it came to carving pumpkins:

Love this picture. Reminds me of a Pioneer Woman picture. We have the parents pumpkin, the Bumps pumpkin, and the RooRoo pumpkin

Big daddy contemplating what to do

Now he is showing Bumps how it is done

Taking out the guts with no whining from Bumps! Bumps is taking seeds out since he wanted them roasted like they did in his class.

My Halloween fireplace decorations. This pic is pure vanity. I was quite proud. :)

My Quilt!

2009-10-28T21:04:00.001-07:00

After a 3 classes over 3 weeks and lots of homework my first quilt is done!!! I love it too!!! I am almost done with a Halloween one now also, just have to finish the binding. Uggg. And I now have a Thanksgiving one I want to do!!! This stuff is way too addicting!!!

Back of the quilt. I love love love that fabric!!! I am going to make Roo a skirt out of it!

Front of my quilt! It isn't big by any means, but it is perfect to throw over the back of the couch!

S House MADNESS

2009-10-28T20:57:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when you go directly from a sugar filled pumpkin carving party to our friend the S house. You get little boys in Miley Cyrus wigs and dresses. This is probably why our boys are such good friends. . .

It's MILEY! No, not really, it is bumps.

Yes, H is totally wearing lipstick and my genius son has a hanger in his mouth.

"You.guys.are.idiots."

What's next?

Oh...Bumps is in a dress....that is what is next.

Pumpkin Carving

2009-10-28T20:44:00.000-07:00

Bumps was invited to his first party at our new base recently and he completely freaked when we thought we were going to be out of town. So we had to move our trip to the beginning of Oct just so bumps could go to this party. He was so excited too. All he talked about for a couple weeks was this pumpkin carving party. It was at the house of a kid in his class whose mom happened to be in playgroup with me also. We had so much fun! The kids got to carve their pumpkins and eat lots of chips and candy. There was lots for adults too. I throughly enjoyed partaking in the poisoness punch. :) Bumps would only allow us to carve an upside pumpkin. In otherwords, mouth had to be on the top and eyes on the bottom. Apparently it is all the rage this year. He was extremely mad at us when we lit up rightside up. *sigh* So an upside down pumpkin it is this year for him.

Playing with his pumpkins mouth

Roo enjoying her first sampling of sugar for the night

Ummm, yeah, more sugar. Like the long hair up top yet no hair growing near the front. Our girl has a killer mullet.

"NO DAD, that is NOT how I want it."

No comment.

Popping the mouth out

Coffee. . .not enough

2009-10-21T07:07:00.001-07:00

I don't think there is enough coffee in the world to wake me up this morning, but yet I am still writing a blog post. I have roo hiding in the other room doing her inevitible morning poo and I really just don't want to change it. Yet I am fully aware that I am going to have too as soon as she comes around the corner. Why am I so tired. Because I stayed out way to late last night. I took mom to see Phantom of the Opera for the first time and by the time it was all said and done it was midnight. Then I had to unwind at home some before I could fall asleep and be up early this morning to take Noah to school. God bless school. It assures me naptime. Because I know that the coffee is just not going to kick in anytime soon. On to other random thoughts. . .

Bumps is about to become a very very busy boy. Not that we weren't busy before. Just last weekend was filled with parties and get togethers. Sat alone had 3. Needless to say we were all exhausted by Monday morning, but extremely grateful we are finding a niche here finally. Bumps starts his bowling class on Sat and he is beyond excited. Then on Monday he starts karate and on Tues swim lessons. I told him I thought it was too much for him, but he disagreed with me. So I am going to let him have his way this time and watch him carefully. Maybe it is just too much for mommy. Especially since 2 of the classes are held at the Y which means I will feel obligated to workout while he is doing his thing. Probably not a bad thing, huh?

Roo is everywhere at all times. She has taken to my leftover candles in a big way. In other words, she likes to dig them out with her fingers and then comes downstairs smelling like various scents. At least she smells good, I guess. She still isn't walking, but she is making steps towards it now. She walked about halfway through the front room the other day, so good for her. She is going to be a strawberry for Halloween and she HATES the costume with a firey passion. We find it hysterical though. So she is wearing it, for better or worse. Poor roo.

Quilt numero uno is done and now I am working on another one that should be done tonight. I really wish I had gotten back into sewing a couple years ago, but a couple years ago I wouldn't have had the most amazing fabric store down the road to give me inspiration. Oh, and that person named K. She is pretty good at inspiring me and pushing me to do things also. Even though she is slightly way more talented than I am in the whole sewing area. Gives me something to look up too though. Plus, I don't feel guilty when I steal her ideas. :P

Roo has now reappeared, snot nosed and poopy, and thus this mindless post has to end. God I love my life. . .and I really do mean that. :)

One Step at a Time

2009-10-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

Big brother helping rooroo with that walking thing. Almost 15 months and still not walking! I am not complaining though!!!!

Grrrrrr. . .

2009-10-10T20:32:00.000-07:00

Yes, that is daddies sweatband, and yes, it apparently had sweat in it. I didn't know that until she was nice enough to hand it too me.

Blibble Blabble Blibble

2009-10-07T20:04:00.000-07:00

How many moods can you go through in a minute? I think we go through at least 5 here. Such.a.diva.

Mantle

2009-10-06T19:25:00.000-07:00

I have to show off my mantle because I am slightly more than excited to have one now! Bumps and I were having way to much fun decorating the other day and he wanted me to take a picture and put it where everyone could see. We decorated the outside also, but it isn't done yet. Pictures to come when it is done!

Wedding cont. . .

2009-10-06T19:16:00.000-07:00

Cutie bumps!

Grandpa and his kiddo's

Grandma and her kids and great grandma (she turned 90 this year!)

Grandma eating Ainsley's face!

Practicing her high kicks

Wedding!

2009-10-06T18:40:00.000-07:00

We headed down south to see M's family this weekend since his cousin decided to take the plunge and get married. Plus, we hadn't seen that side of the family in a very long time (yes grandma and grandpa S, we will be to you very soon, promise). We had a fantabulous time with the family. The kids were spoiled rotten and are still recovering. Plus, we had to do our usual sneaky sneaky thing and surprise the in-laws who thought we weren't able to make it. Bumps proved that he truly is a dancing fool and danced the night away with everyone at the reception. He claims he danced with 15 females and I don't doubt that claim for a minute. He is definantly taking after his daddy. The same daddy who had to break out the splits to show up the groom during a little dance competition they had. Not even the groom is safe from M's attention grabbing ways on his wedding day. ;) We are all still recovering from the trip, but I am glad we were able to make it to a family wedding at last!

Daddy and Rooroo

Trying to escape from me

Getting a chicks number?

Lights!

Daddy getting ready to show off

Another daddy and rooroo

My fabulous family

Dancing with his cousin G

Grandpa and Rooroo

Daddy dancing with Aunt M, who didn't put Rooroo down most the weekend

Experiment

2009-10-06T08:35:00.000-07:00

Just an experiment to see if I can download videos or not. It was being a pain earlier, so if it doesn't work, just consider it a work in progress for now. And sorry it is sideways. I am not awesome enough to figure that one out yet.

What a pic

2009-09-30T20:14:00.000-07:00

Nothing like waking up to a snotty baby first thing in the morning! Makes my day so much more fun!!!

Cardboard box

2009-09-30T20:06:00.000-07:00

Bumps to daddy "dad, this year I want to be a carboard box for Halloween"

Score one for us! Cheap costume for us this year!!!

Sewing

2009-09-30T19:35:00.000-07:00

I have gotten back into sewing recently and am really enjoying it. I have been taking ideas from blogs and online tutorials and getting crafty with them! Plus, I have figured out it is alot cheaper to make rooroo clothes then buy them! And there are so many amazing fabrics out there and patterns (totally digging Amy Butler right now) that I just want to experiment with them all! I am also taking a quilting class with my mom right now that I am really enjoying. It is really fun to see what a yard of fabric can become!!! Here are a few of the things I have been making lately:

Ainsley's finished twirl skirt. It is big on her, but I put the elastic in that has button holes. She will be able to wear it for a long time I hope!

Taggie blanket for her to chew on

Fabrics for my quilt

The squares "focus" for the quilt

M's twirl skirt, still need to add the maroon lace to the layers

Ok, ok, I understand already

2009-09-29T19:31:00.000-07:00

I am getting my arse reamed from multiple sources because I am a horrible blogger. What can I say. . .I have a life. *cough cough Kate cough cough* Plus the whole moving and not having a husband around could have contributed to it. We are now in the midwest again and loving it. It is nice to be near family again. And we are now homeowners! We love our new house. I am still in awe of it. I don't think there has been a day since we signed the papers that I haven't just stopped and looked around and sighed. It will be hard to sell this house.

The kids are doing really well. Bumps is now in kindy. So hard to believe. It feels like I was just holding him in my arms last month. He loves it so much though. As much as I dreaded fully day kindy, I love it now. I have time with rooroo during the day. He is slowly starting to make friends which is good. He loves his new backyard and spends a ton of time on his swingset. I can say he still gives me a hug and kiss everyday before he goes in the school building, so I am very lucky that some of my little boy is still in there.

Rooroo, oh rooroo. We have the hellion of the family. She is 14 months old now and still not walking, but by God she climbs everything in sight. I found her on top of our high top kitchen table the other day. She found it very humerous. Me, not so much. She loves to "talk" and does it constantly. I am always getting pointed at and talked too very sternly by her. Cracks me up, but I know what it means for the future. There are so many moments where M and I look at each other and say "we are so screwed." We are raising a diva. God love her.

M loves his new squadron and seems to be having a good time. He has friends here already from our previous base so he is having a good time. Plus there is a lake right by his squadron, so he is in heaven. He also bought a truck, so now he is a real man. We were excited though because it is a 01 Dodge Ram with 25K miles on it. So we can use and abuse it over the next few years!

I am doing good. Lonely, but that happens when you move. I have friends, but we are all so busy it is hard to get together. I am not used to having a non-social neighborhood yet either. Living on base and off base are totally different. I wouldn't switch because I love it here, but I miss having houses I can just walk into and so on. We are hoping and praying our good friends G & A get orders here soon, but only time will tell.

So that is the current update. I will add pics over the next couple of days!

Mowing the Snow

2009-03-29T00:23:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when your kid gets tired of being cooped up all day and dreams of spring. He goes outside of mows the snow.

Caught me taking pics

His poor lawnmower

Can't see anymore

He is so damn cute

Fixed his hat problem

Messy Messy RooRoo

2009-03-28T23:48:00.000-07:00

Seriously, you want me to eat what?

Get the camera out of my face

Starting to warm up to the mess

I see brother!!!

And he is super funny and loves my mess!!!

6 month pics

2009-03-23T21:09:00.000-07:00

Our baby girl is growing up very very fast! We took these last month for her 6 month pictures. As you can tell, she is not a ham at all! :)

Silly Rooroo

Mmmm. . .toes

Looking just like daddy

Daddy's favorite

She hates getting dressed up. She is taking after mommy there!

Give me that furry thing that is making me smile

So beautiful when she is happy

Holding herself up

My favorite with her Juicy Couture bloomers

So sweet!

Little Bits

2009-02-27T20:45:00.000-08:00

Ahhhh. . .yet again life has gotten very busy for our family, so the blog has gone by the wayside. We are very excited about the orders and have been house hunting in the area we are going to be in. We are taking the big step of buying a house. Scary. Very scary. We feel like now is the time to do it though. Prices are so cheap right now in the area we are going, we would be stupid not too. We found the neighborhood we are most likely going to be in and naturally there is a lake in it. Wonder who was all excited the minute he saw the lake? Our house actually would be on the lake if we do what we want too do. So big daddy could get home from work, grab his pole, and go out the back of our fence to the lake. That is his heaven. Mom was nice enough to go and check out the houses and the neighborhood today and loved it. So that made us feel good. We (myself and the kids) are going to try to be there before Aug so bumps can start school on time. My baby is starting kindergarten!

Bumps is doing good. He has been offically approved to go to kindy next year. Makes me very very sad. They said he was academically ready, but moreso socially ready. I think the latter is the more important of the two when it comes to kindy. He has had croup this week, something we haven't had in a long time around here. It was the 2nd time in his life he ran a fever. He has been having alot of fun going to our neighbors basketball games, which we have been doing alot. And he ever told me how hot the cheerleaders are. . .thank you bumps, I needed to know that. It is amazing how going to a high school basketball game makes you realize how old you really are. But I digress. . .

Rooroo is growing so fast! She is on solids now and loves daddy's creations. She loves her squash and plows through it fairly quickly. She can move alot faster now. She rolls all over the room and takes off after Bumps the minute she sees him. And now she is getting up on all 4's. Scares the poo out of me. I am very anxious to get a picture of her at Disneyworld being so little, in a princess dress, walking towards the castle holding daddys hand. That was a mouthful. And then another one holding brothers hand doing the same thing. It is going to be so much fun!

I will post some new pics this weekend. I am planning on sitting down and making myself do it!!! Bye bye for now!

Momma (and Daddy) we're coming home!

2009-02-04T00:06:00.000-08:00

So if the rumor is true, and we have been told it is 99% for sure, we will be ending our days in the great NW at the end of this summer and heading to some place we didn't think was possible. We will now be based 2o min from my mom, 2 hours from my dad, and 4 hours from all of big daddy's extended family. Big daddy has gotten word he will be helping to establish a new flying unit at our new base. This could all change tomorrow knowing our luck, but I would like to think that we are being told the truth since it came from the commander. We have talked about this base, but as a future possibility, not one that we thought could be our next one. Deployments are a possibility, but it is a risk we have to take. And, besides, I don't know if I could go a year without one. It has kind of become a part of life around here. I am so excited to be going to a base that, like the one we are at right now, is right outside of a big city. I had finally become resigned to the fact we were going to be stuck in bfe again when God came through with this blessing. I was even looking for houses at the base we thought we were going too. Now the fun part of going through things and preparing for a new city begins!!! And it is a journey we are more than ready to take!

Best Friends

2009-02-02T21:19:00.000-08:00

Why are bumps and R best friends? Could it be that distance does nothing to seperate them? That they beg for webcam time together? And then this is what they do for hours at a time on the webcam? This pic was taken from K's view of the battle. They did this for almost 2 hours the other day. Of course, K had to get her rooroo time also, especially now that she has been tasked with the very trying job of being her Godmother. But as R likes to tell people "his mommy won't let him have a sister like baby rooroo," so they just have to get their fix on the webcam till we get closer again. Vegas won't even provide K with her much needed rooroo time. But it will provide K and I with some much needed drinking and partying time. But back to the boys. There is a good reason both of our houses are going to have 4 bedrooms. The guest bedrooms have already been claimed by the other couple and the boys will be sharing a room. Not that they will ever sleep, but at least they will be together, fighting with lightsabers, at 3am.

Weekend O' Fun

2009-01-29T20:38:00.001-08:00

We had the best weekend with W and L at Silver Mt. The rooms are incredible there and the waterpark is always so much fun. We love the fact you can get a drink and float on the lazy river. Friday we spent some family time at the waterpark and then chilled at the hotel that night. Sat we all went down to the waterpark for the day. The boys started drinking as soon as we got there. Naturally, they can't resist PBR in a bucket 5 for 10 dollars. I got rooroo down for her nap at the waterpark and she slept for a couple of hours. After she woke up, I started to drink. I remembered my giant goblet from the last trip and had them fill it up for L and I. That lead to a slight buzz and more drinking when I got back to the room at around 6ish. Big daddy and W were already feeling really good by then. Good enough that big daddy passed out while reading to bumps, just a short nap, but he still passed out.

Sometime around 10 or so I decide that L and I needed to go to the bar. So we walked over to the bar (adequatly named Noahs) and I decided to start doing shots. For those who know me, I don't do shots. I haven't done shots since college. The 2nd shot put both L and I under. I swear it was all vodka, a teeny tiny bit lemon. Then M showed up while W stayed with the sleeping kids (they were supposed to tag team, but I think M had sobered up enough he knew I needed to be watched.) We got home after having a blast singing and dancing and drinking and I attempted to sleep only to realize it wasn't going to happen. Thus hitting the trashcan later on. 1st time in 10 years, so I can't complain. I am allowed 1 drunken night in 10 years. We spent Sunday relaxing needless to say. Big daddy and bumps went tubing and had a great time spending time together and going down the hill. All in all it was a fabulous weekend and we can't wait to go back soon. Maybe eventually even buy a condo there in the future. We will see!

Too much waterpark fun for rooroo

So sweet when she is sleeping

Her hiney made a good holder for my ranch :P

Waterpark pics

2009-01-29T20:29:00.000-08:00

And this is where my drinking started and continued until I ended up over a trashcan at 3am

The giant Mai Tai of death (the same goblet that screwed me up with K back in Sept)

Noah and his fiance L, just don't tell W

Mmm, giant green scarf

Oh God, it has started, she is in love with W. Same look she gives Rob Pattison in Twilight and Harry Potter

Pics Cont. . .

2009-01-29T20:17:00.001-08:00

Getting ready to hit the Mt in his new bibs

Of course he tells me he wanted to ski, not tube when it is too late, but he looks cute in his goggles

Mommy and rooroo and it was ridiculus cold up there!!!

How cute is bumps???

I think big daddy was trying to warm his lips

Sweet Potatoes

2009-01-29T19:56:00.001-08:00

Daddy made it home safely and got to feed rooroo sweet potatoes for the first time when he got home. As you can tell, she wasn't thrilled. It has been almost 2 weeks and she is finally eating them now. I think the spoon is her favorite part of the meal!

Oh.hell.no

Shoving the spoon in on her own

Figuring out it isn't cereal on the other end

Waiting for daddy to feed her

Not to thrilled about the taste

My kids and the Jumparoo

2009-01-29T19:33:00.000-08:00

I have pictures of both my kids doing this. I don't know what it is about the seat of the jumparoo, but they go nuts over it. Must be teething, that is what I am going to blame it on, and not that they are still hungry after all the food they eat in a day.

Rock Chalk Baby!

2009-01-29T19:09:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pics of Rooroo sporting her favorite teams colors and gear! Bumps used to wear the same outfit when he was a baby, minus the bow. :P And her team won that day too. They must have known Rooroo was wearing her gear!!!

Strike a pose

Realizing I caught her posing

Cute feet

The "I am not amused look"

Big stretch

Reflections

2009-01-22T21:03:00.000-08:00

Another one bites the dust, another deployment that is. It has been a long, but fun 2 months. The thing that made it the hardest was watching my best friend move away within 1 week of losing my husband. Not only my best friend, but bumps best friend also. They miss each other so much and poor R thinks that bumps will be waiting for him when he finally gets to his new base. Even though we are going to try to get to that base, it most likely won't happen. Thank God for technology and webcams. There is nothing funnier than watching bumps and R on the webcam, pulling out their lightsabers and fighting. They are also very good at sitting and laughing at each other. It gives K her rooroo fix also, so that makes her happy. I am sure sometime in the next month, big daddy and B will drink a beer together on it.

Our hopes of leaving this base are starting to dwindle. Big daddy got home and promptly got called to the principals office. He was then told he is now an EP and an ADO in the squadron (I will explain on the phone dad). After the shock wore off, we both started to realize that means we are probably going to be here longer than we would like too. It is an awesome opportunity for him and I couldn't be more proud. We love it up here, but would like to have some family time sometime soon. I guess we will see what happens in the coming months.

The fun thing to come about it that we are planning a trip to Disneyworld sometime in the coming months and mom is being nice enough to come with to help with the kids. I am looking forward to seeing bumps and rooroo reactions. Bumps loved disneyland, so I am sure it will be the same for disneyworld. Rooroo is going to be the really interesting one. I think she will enjoy it. She will enjoy all the meme attention even more. I am very excited to buy her her first pair of pink mickey mouse ears. She will be beyond cute in them. And of course I can't wait to get pictures of the kids together with the different characters.

And the kids, oh the kids. Somehow we have been blessed with bumps being so in love with rooroo it is ridiculus. He was so great during this deployment when it came to helping out with her. We were even lucky enough to have R claim her as a sister also, so she has 2 big brothers now. It is a rare day right now for bumps to get jealous of rooroo. Even since big daddy came home, he doesn't show much of it. He wants to be around rooroo alot of the time, so he doesn't care that she is in our laps and so on. I was very worried about the jealousy and so on , but I haven't had to worry about it at all. He even brings her his toys to chew on. Seriously, what kid does that? But I am sure it will all change in the coming months. If it doesn't, I am just going to claim it is my awesome parenting skills. Yes, that's what it is. . .

Off to the mountains for the weekend with W and L! Will post pics when we get back or up there if I have a chance.

Mamma Mia

2009-01-13T23:07:00.001-08:00

I have now learned that my son is slightly obsessed with ABBA. He LOVES the movie Mamma Mia. We got our new plasma installed today (you are gonna drool dad) and our blue-ray, so I told him we could go to Walmart and pick out a blue-ray for him. I am thinking he is going to pick Narnia or something like that. No, he picks Mamma Mia. Which cracked me up, but made me happy in the same token because I love the movie. The minute we walked in the door he was tearing it open and begging to put it in. He spent the whole movie dancing and singing and making rooroo laugh. She loved it even more when I got up and danced with him with her in my arms. Poor big daddy is going to come home and have to watch this movie over and over since it won't work in bumps playroom. Oh well, I think he will be ok with that. He was even singing when he went to bed tonight. Partially because he heard some of the songs coming from my laptop. Oh well. Here is a link to what he calls the "mommy and daddy" song now. Works for me! Oh and might I add that my friend E's daughter, K, happens to call me mamma mia because I was talking about it when we went out a couple of weeks ago. It is really cute coming out of her 2 year old mouth!

More Snow Pictures

2009-01-09T22:18:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more pictures from our massive amounts of snow. It all actually melted the next day. We still have the mounds in the front, but they are melting. We better get one hell of a snow storm when big daddy gets home because I am so tired of having these massive amounts of snow when he is gone!!!!

The icicles of death

View of the front of the house

Table on the back patio and the mound where my beer is, somewhere

Faith and Tanks trails through the backyard. All you can see is their tails when they walk around.

View of the backyard. You can barely see the fence!

Rooroo and the present

2009-01-09T22:07:00.000-08:00

Meme trying to get her interest in the present

Oh, now we like it because it rips

And it goes straight into the mouth

Meme got the paper away from her

And she tries to put it right back in while meme tries to keep her from doing it

More pics

2009-01-09T21:56:00.001-08:00

Opening his big present from Santa with daddy watching on the computer

Showing daddy his new Millennium Falcon

Slighty excited about his new Iron Man

Showing daddy his Star Wars figures

Bumps showing rooroo her stocking, she cares, you can tell

Christmas

2009-01-09T21:35:00.000-08:00

Yes, I am fully aware I have been bad at this again. What can I say, being a "single" parent to 2 kids leaves me extremely drained at night. Less than 2 weeks till big daddy is back with us though! Christmas was very hard this year. We missed waking up and having big daddy there with us. He got to watch the whole thing on the webcam, which was awesome. It made it a little easier. I think it made it easier on him too. And let me just say that bumps waited for 2 hours after waking up to open any presents just so daddy could watch him do everything. Talk about a good kid!!! Bumps and rooroo got so much again this year. I always say I am not going to go insane and it never works. Rooroo preferred the paper over anything, go figure. It was funny watching it go straight to her mouth. Bumps loved everything he got and Santa went Star Wars crazy, so that made him happy. Meme was here also, thank God. That lessoned the pain alot! I think she enjoyed watching her grandkids have Christmas too. And naturally my house looked like toys r us had thrown up all over it for 4 days after Christmas!!! Oh well, it was worth it!

Family shot

Bumps discovering his stocking

Side angle of the tree

Another shot after Santa had come

Front shot of the tree

Santa Cruise

2008-12-22T21:03:00.000-08:00

I took the kids over to the Santa Cruise on Sunday night. Bumps had a great time and loved hearing Santa call his name since he was on the good list. I have informed him if his playroom isn't cleaned by Christmas Eve, he will go on the naughty list. He doesn't believe me for some reason. Dang that Santa for already telling him he is on the good list.

Cheesing

An actual picture of both of them looking at the camera

And we lost her

Santa's toy shop

Family shot

First Food!

2008-12-22T20:38:00.000-08:00

Rooroo had cereal for the first time on Saturday night. She had not been sleeping well at all and so I decided that it was time to try cereal out. She ended up eating about a tsp of it and slept for 14 hours. So I think we solved her problem, at least I am praying we did. . .

Getting ready and wearing the bib Bumps wore the first time he had food

Not amused and not buying the food thing

Still getting more on her face then in her mouth

Now we are happy because we have a spoon

Opening wide for brother

First Snow of the Winter

2008-12-18T23:25:00.001-08:00

Oh the first snow of the season. The snow that the weather forecasters said we were only going to get 7 in and you just know to hold onto you hats because they have no freaking idea what they are talking about. So almost 30" later we are snowed in. The city has set a record for most snowfall in a 24 hour period in history where we are located. Everything is shut down, hospitals, malls, roads. You can't even drive in a certain section unless you have chains on your wheels. It is unreal. I was so blessed to have a neighbor use his snowblower on my driver. Then I was blessed even more by having the plow drive by and put a huge burme at the end of my damn driveway. Then AFTER I shovel the giant burme, another plow comes by to take care of the ends of peoples driveways. Then yet another plow comes by and put ANOTHER DAMN BURME in front of my driveway. Which is now gone since another plow came by tonight and made it go away. Got all that??? School is cancelled tomorrow, so poor bumps is stuck at home with mommy again. At some point I need to get presents wrapped and it doesn't seem like that is going to happen anytime soon. Oh the woes of not having a husband at home.

Hanging out in the driveway after shoveling the giant burme

My neighbors daughters car

Being silly

He normally doesn't come close to that bottom branch

Making a snow angel

Mmmm. . .Toes

2008-12-18T23:03:00.001-08:00

It is amazing how fascinating toes are to a baby. Rooroo has finally discovered hers and she loves them. The minute I go to change her diaper, her legs fly up and she is trying to chew on her toes. Here are a few pics of it.

Talking to the camera

Look how long she is!

Bumps in his bed he made out of a box

Trying to get the foot the mouth

Finally got them there!

She's Rolling Over!

2008-12-18T22:52:00.001-08:00

Look who is rolling from front to back. . .

You want me to do what?

It is such hard work making it this far

I think I am just going to hang out for awhile

Apparently this is the brother show also

She made it!!!!

Attempted Christmas Card

2008-12-18T22:42:00.001-08:00

Ahhh. . .the dreaded Christmas card picture session with an infant and a ham of a kid. Man I love them both, but they make things so difficult sometimes. Rooroo was mad from the start once I got her all dressed up. I think I have a tomboy in my future. She wasn't having the dress. Too bad for her that she has to wear it again on Christmas Eve. Then bumps decided he needed to wear antlers in half the pictures. Then rooroo threw a fit halfway through and I got the greatest picture of it. Finally get her to smile but not at me, at the dang dog. Oh well, the cards will fit us!

She enjoyed bunching up her dress and chewing on it

A cute on that is going to appear on the card

My favorite picture and the main picture on the card

God love those chunky cheeks

"I am so pissed you put me in this damn dress"

Watching Brother

2008-12-12T23:14:00.000-08:00

Just a couple of pictures of rooroo doing her favorite thing, watching brother. It is amazing to watch her watch him!!!

I "heart" Santa

2008-12-12T23:05:00.001-08:00

I think she will have no problems getting presents this year from Santa. . .

Happy Birthday Great Grandma/Grandma!

2008-12-08T00:05:00.000-08:00

We love you and miss you! Sorry there are no pictures to accompany this but there will be some new ones later on today! Someone is very fussy and won't let me do anything!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-12-02T21:21:00.001-08:00

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year even though big daddy wasn't home with us. We spent it with our friend L and our adopted family across the street, the M's. Everything was awesome until I busted my butt on the ice while holding rooroo and hurt my back pretty good. I whacked it on a rock and apparently knocked rooroo's leg also. A fact that I didn't discover until I was changing her yesterday. It about made me cry! I am guessing it is the first of many bruises!

Listening to someone that would not be his mom

So hungry he is eating his finger

Pretending to like me taking pictures

Enjoying the attention in her Thanksgiving jammies

Her favorite position, her hands together under her chin while talking

So Cute

2008-12-02T21:11:00.000-08:00

Yes, I have the cutest kids on the planet and I am fully aware! Thank God they like each other so much so far!!!

RooRoo and the turkey

2008-11-24T21:15:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving came early for us this year since big daddy had to leave us to save the world again. He deep fried a turkey again and as you can tell, rooroo got a kick out of the turkey in the bag. Her little hand kept creeping over and creeping over to touch the turkey. Thank God there was a bag on it!!!

You are making me sit in this chair again??

What is this silly looking thing?

Brother hamming it up for the camera

Ahhh. . .got it

What is this giant thing and why does it feel so funny?

Mmmmm

2008-11-24T21:08:00.000-08:00

Just a couple of phots of Big Daddy trying out his meat grinder with his friend B. Those sirloin burgers were amazing too!!!!

Uncle L coming to visit

2008-11-17T22:17:00.001-08:00

Uncle L came down and stayed with us for a week and the kids were soooo happy to have him here. Bumps was in heaven having someone to tell all his newfound Star Wars knowledge too. And rooroo, well, she just enjoyed having someone new to slobber on. We had a great time with him and were very grateful he came down to see us!!!

RooRoo and M

2008-11-17T21:38:00.000-08:00

Ahhh, young friendship, soon to be seperated by a very big ocean. M is the daughter of our good friends that are here from Australia and moving back soon. She and rooroo are 1 month apart in age. They have met before, but this was the first time they were aware of each other. And leave it to rooroo to try to claw her eyes out in the first minute. Oh well. It really sucks that they are leaving because it would have been fun to see the girls get older together!!!

In her cutie dress that papa bought

Clawing the eyeball out

Little hands

How cute are they???

I think M is tired of the pictures

Bumbo

2008-11-17T21:21:00.001-08:00

Bumbo is a fun little seat that we bought for rooroo to sit in. As you can tell, she was slightly fascinated by the middle part of the seat, which we often catch her eating. It is nice to have our full family at the table now when we eat. Even though poor rooroo has to watch us eat all this yummy food and all she gets is milk later on that night. Poor poor rooroo. . .I think she is happy though. :)

Addicted

2008-11-14T21:53:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't posted in a week and I have a very good reason why. I am totally, utterly, ADDICTED to the Twilight series of books. Seriously, I can't stop reading. It has been a long time since I enjoyed a series this much. My mom kept telling me to read them, over and over and over, and I finally listened once I saw there was a movie coming out. I probably should have listened sooner, but at least all the books are out so I don't have to wait and wait for a new one to come out. These books really suck you in and don't let you go. I honestly don't think Harry Potter even sucked me in this bad. I am going to try to post some pics tomorrow, I promise. But as for now, I am off to read. . .

Sunglass Diva

2008-11-06T21:48:00.000-08:00

Yes, I know, I am in so much trouble when she gets older. . .fully aware. Thank you for the sunglasses mom and shirt mom!

You are a whole new color brother

Mmmm. . .drool

Yeah, she is ready for her closeup

Halloween 08

2008-11-06T15:44:00.001-08:00

Halloween was a great time this year. With the addition of rooroo to the family, we had daddy and bumps go out for awhile and then I took bumps for awhile. Rooroo got held by A most of the time and loved on. It was beautiful here for the first time in 4 years. So we sat outside to pass out the candy. It never does fail though that you have that 1 kid that you just want to punch. Big daddy had a kid actually whine because he only got 2 pieces of candy. Apparently this kid hasn't seen how big the base is and how many people live on it. Big daddy also told this kid he would take the 2 pieces back. He didn't like that too much. Then bumps and I caught some fabulous teenages dumping candy into their bags from someones bowl that was left out. Drive me insane. It just blows my mind how selfish that is. Even when I was a teen trick or treating I never even thought to do that. (that was totally for you mom and dad) But it is true. I never had any interest in taking more than I should have. But anywho, what you want are pics of the kiddos, so here you go:

What the heck happened to R the rat??? I swear Darth didn't do it.

Open up and give us candy dangit!!!!

Sucking up to the new squadron commander

Yes, they are cute, fully aware

Darth after he carved all the pumpkins for us

Just for you dad

2008-11-02T18:22:00.000-08:00

I know you don't watch SNL because you go to bed before dark, but big daddy and I thought of you and your love of Keith Olbermann the minute we watched this. It is hysterical and you are going to watch it whether you want too or not.

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/805561/

(the video wouldn't load in, so the link will take you)

Smiles at brother

2008-10-30T22:34:00.000-07:00

I LOVE watching my kids together. Tonight bumps decided to tell rooroo a story and her reaction to him was priceless. She coo'd and laughed and smiled at him for 30 min or so. It is so amazing to see her recognize him and look up to him. Bumps loves it when she smiles at him. And so do we.

This guy is so silly

Are you serious brother?

That is so funny

I can't believe that!

I love you so much brother

Pumpkin Carving

2008-10-30T22:12:00.001-07:00

We carved our pumpkins last night and spent the whole time annoying bumps. We were mean enough to tell him we were scooping out his brains and that cut off our fingers and so on and so forth. That is what good parents do, right? Rooroo was fascinated for about 10 min and then decided she had better things to do, like cry. Bumps was kind enough to decide that he wanted a Darth Vadar pumpkin. So mommy had to freehand Darth Vadar and carve it. It looks like poo, but he is happy. It did take a couple of beers to get through it. Who knows what next year will bring.

Watching daddy chop the top off the pumpkin
Holy cow that is a big knife

Ok, starting to get bored

Go daddy go

3 months old!!!

2008-10-30T22:03:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe that rooroo is already 3 months old! Our little girl is growing so fast. In the last month she has started smiling all the time, laughing at her brother, recognizes her parents and brother, and sleeps up to 12.5 hours a night! That last one has been very, very nice. She is turning into a severe thumb sucker. I am trying so hard to ward it off, but it isn't working. She hates the binkie and rips it out if she can. Uggg. . .I don't need another me. Oh well, I will take that over colic.

Mmm. . .thumb

She is actually making bird noises, you just can't hear them

Rooroo's Waterpark Fun

2008-10-26T22:07:00.000-07:00

She loved sitting in the kiddie area with both of us and watching the kids run and play. I am so relieved we have another waterbug in the family!!!

Waterpark Fun at the Hotel

2008-10-26T21:58:00.001-07:00

Here are some pics of us playing at the indoor waterpark at the hotel. It was so much fun!!!!

This is before he pulled me off into the water

K and R actually stabilized on the snake

Attempting to keep our balance

R going overboard

Me trying to keep bumps and myself from going overboard

Love my Daddy

2008-10-26T21:51:00.000-07:00

I love my daddy for taking me on vacation and making super funny faces at me!

More Vacation

2008-10-26T21:35:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from the trick or treating event they had at the hotel. The theme this year was Dr. Seuss, whom I can't stand, but the kids had a great time with it. They got to wear their costumes and go on a candy hunt around the hotel. At each station was a Dr. Seuss character with a poem on where they should go next. They got plenty of candy and we got plenty of headaches from all their energy.

Getting candy from one of the characters

The cutest worm ever

That tail can be doubled as a whip and he figured that out rather quickly

Bumps, Rooroo, and R posing for the camera

Love my kids!!!

Vacation Weekend

2008-10-26T21:15:00.000-07:00

We went on a mini vacation this weekend to the Great Wolf Lodge with some good friends of ours and had a great time. As big daddy liked to put it, it was 60,000 sq ft of indoor waterpark fun. And the boys ran all over that waterpark. The room we had included a seperate little area for bumps with bunk beds and a flat screen. Must be nice. All he and his friend R could talk about for the last week were the bunk beds they were going to have in their rooms. When it came time to sleep on the actual bunk beds, they didn't like them anymore. Both claimed they were going to sleep on the top bunk and neither one of the accomplished that mission. Apparently R didn't like the top bunk as much as bumps didn't. Bumps threw fits both nights crying and wanting to go home and sleep in his own bed. I.e. a ploy to not have to go to bed. Even though, we just put him down in his own bed and he didn't make a peep. And apparently he told big daddy tonight that his bed is "snow comfortable and he loves his bed so much." Rooroo accomplished sleeping in her pack and play instead of her swing, which made us super happy! I am so proud of her. She is now sleeping in her crib! Yeah!!!

Even the female wolves think he is cute

His flat screen and some more paintings. And no, he normally does not get to watch Sponge Bob

Mmmmm. . .Voodoo Donuts, the whole reason we go to Portland

His special room

When he liked the top bunk, ie daytime, this is all we saw of him

Baby Swim

2008-10-26T20:00:00.000-07:00

Rooroo has started taking baby swim and is finally starting to enjoy it. The first trip was not so much fun. She screamed the better part of the class. But then again, the water was so cold my lips were turning blue, so that could explain it. The 2nd time she had so much fun observing everyone and kicking her legs. And she got to show off her super cute bikini. Might as well put her in them now because when she gets older, daddy is going to make her cover up!

Bumps enjoying some time in the kiddie pool

Warming up after class

Relaxing in her bikini

Showing off her super cool kicking skills

Getting loves from mommy

Flipper Feet

2008-10-26T19:49:00.000-07:00

Some pictures of rooroo in her super cute "flipper slippers" that our friend L gave us. She loves those dang slippers. Not to be out done, bumps had to jump in the pictures too.

Hey pal, this is my picture time

No seriously, get away or I am going to pull your hair

Yes, I am a diva

Check out those slippers

Pumpkin Pics

2008-10-19T23:16:00.001-07:00

Weekend Fun

2008-10-19T22:52:00.000-07:00

We held our annual Halloween party over the weekend and had so much fun. Everyone was super creative again this year. Big daddy decided to be Bluto from Animal House and his friend B was Otter. They pulled it off pretty dang well. Big daddy thought it was fun to be able to roll play all night long. I sucked it up and wore a belly baring costume. I decided even though I am only 2.5 months post partum, I was gonna do it. Did I look good, no, but I still did it. The jello shots slightly helped with the confidence after awhile though. :)

We spent Sun up at the orchards picking our pumpkins for Halloween this year. Bumps had so much fun looking for the biggest ones he could find. So we have 3 massive pumpkins and 1 small pumpkin that he picked for rooroo. He was very proud of finding a pumpkin for rooroo. It was pretty cute. Rooroo slept the whole time. She had no interest in the family bonding time, but we still love her. I was very excited to go to one of the places up there and get corn on the cob to cut down and freeze for the winter. It will be nice to have fresh corn stored in the freezer. And we got fresh potatoes too. There is nothing like fresh farm grown potatoes. Here are some pictures from the Halloween party and then some from the orchards to follow this post.

Who is the cutest worm on the planet

We love our bumps!

Oh you know big daddy is super sexy in his toga and wig

K and I hanging out

Big daddy and B dressed up as Bluto and Otter. Check out that sexy chest hair

Laughter

2008-10-16T21:11:00.000-07:00

Rooroo is presently laying on the floor enjoying what I have come to call the "baby shutter upper" aka the baby Einstein star on her playgym. She is fascinated by the lights and music on it. So much so that she just gave her first laugh followed by a giant toot. That's M's little girl. She is having a full conversation with it right now. And you can see her head moving around with the lights on it. It is pretty funny. I am getting ready to go pick up big daddy after a month of being gone. I am really wondering how she is going to react to him. We all know that bumps will be thrilled, but what is rooroo going to think? I am praying she goes right too him. We shall see in about an hour. Updates coming soon. . .

Just Hanging Out

2008-10-13T23:15:00.000-07:00

Ah, the kids are finally asleep. After a major meltdown by bumps tonight, I am enjoying some peace and quiet. Someone decided that taking a bath tonight was too much to handle and proceeded to cry so hard that he started heaving. And he was doing it on purpose too. So I told him if he puked on the floor, he had to clean it. That made it stop pretty quick. Apparently rooroo is becoming a die hard thumb sucker. That situation is driving me nuts. She will not take a paci easily, so I am at a loss at what to do. Her poor thumb is turning is turning bright red. Ey yi yi. So now I sit and watch Dancing with the Stars, which I have never watched before. I think I am mainly watching it to see Warren Sapp and Cloris Leachman dance. Can you get any funnier than Cloris Leachman??? Here is a little snipit from last week if you missed it (try not to spit your coffee on the computer from laughing). . .

And my question of the night. . .will I wake up tomorrow morning and find out Tony G is no longer a Chief? That will make big daddy very sad.

Skeletons

2008-10-11T22:29:00.000-07:00

Bumps was over the moon a couple of weeks ago when he spotted this skeleton onsie for rooroo. Apparently he has figured out that there isn't much that he can wear that rooroo can wear also. So when he saw the skeleton onsie, he immediatly wanted it for her because he has a skeleton shirt that matches it. And naturally I had to get it for her because these are pictures that will make him go "uggg" when the girlfriends start rolling in. That and when he is screaming how much he hates his sister I can inform him that he once loved her SO much they had to wear matching clothes. So without further waiting:

I Love Him

2008-10-10T11:34:00.001-07:00

In the car last night on the way back to swim class:

Bumps: "Mom"

Me: "Yes, bumps"

Bumps: "You are the prettiest and coolest mommy alive"

Me: "Thanks bumps"

Bumps: "No, mom, you really are"

I think my kid drank to much chlorine in the pool, but I'll take it!

Swimming, Screaming, and Such

2008-10-09T22:28:00.000-07:00

Ah, what a day. Bumps decided that he wanted to do the park this morning, so we called up K and R and they walked down there with us. Of course, rooroo decided the walk would be the ideal time to scream the whole way to the park and then fall asleep on me right before we got there. We got home and I proceeded to introduce bumps to Fraggle Rock, which he loved. God bless Netflix. I am starting to be very grateful I did it. So we then proceeded to go to swim lessons tonight which was lots of fun. Bumps learned how to push off the wall and swim into his teachers arm. Hopefully by next summer he will be able to swim on his own. That would be awesome. We got home and did some relaxing. Let me mention that rooroo screamed half the day. It was super fun. She apparently was not feeling the love today. But she did go to sleep early and is still out cold. So mommy is enjoying Greys Anatomy and ice cream. Not necessarily helping me lose baby weight, but oh well. Some pictures for your enjoyment:

Kick, kick, kick bumps!

Waiting at the wall patiently for his turn again

Look who is finally getting hair! Don't mind the toupee on the back of her head.

Little booger caught me with the camera

Swimming to his teacher and trying hard not to drown

Oh.Hell.No.

2008-10-07T22:36:00.000-07:00

It has begun. Tonight I was talking to big daddy on the webcam while rooroo played in her playgym on the floor. Bumps was in the back cleaning his playroom, which still looks like a bomb went off on it by the way. I glance down on the floor and what do I see? ROOROO LAYING ON HER SIDE!!! She is 10 weeks old!!! She should NOT be trying to roll over. I think bumps was 4 months or more before he started trying that out. So naturally I freak out and turn the webcam towards her as fast as possible so big daddy can see her. She falls back onto her back and then proceeds to roll back up again! I swear my hair is starting to turn grey already. She should not even be attempting this yet. Why do I have a feeling I have a early crawler and walker in my household??? And I am none to thrilled about this.

A pic of rooroo after she accomplished her "make mommy freak the hell out" mission earlier

Labyrinth

2008-10-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

Apparently I was raised in a bubble according to big daddy. A giant sci-fi bubble. In the house I grew up in, my dad got home from work and on went Jeopardy, followed by Star Trek, followed by some sci-fi shit that I don't remember, like X-files which still gives me nightmares to this day. (Love you daddy.) At somepoint of me living in the bubble a movie called Labyrinth was released and became big daddys favorite movie. I am now learning that I am the ONLY person in my inner circle that had never seen or fallen in love with this movie during there childhood. Hence, the bubble.

About 3 months ago we were browsing through Target (deadly thing to do by the way) buying the last of things we needed (well, technically didn't need) for rooroo when we walk by the $6 dvd section. All of the sudden the skies parted and a beam of light shined right down on big daddy's beloved childhood movie. And yes, he got giddy. In his defense, I was giddy that Hook was in that section also. So naturally we had to buy both movies. We get home and he sits down with bumps and promptly causes my then unaware 3 year old to watch this movie. And now my child is obsessed with this movie. You can hear "Slime and snails, puppy dog tails" echoing through my house on any given day.

For those of you who haven't seen this movie *cough cough, my family and only my family, cough cough* it involves a young Jennifer Connelly wishing her baby brother off to the goblin king (something I would have done probably if I would have known he would have taken him) and the goblin king is nice enough to come and take him and give her so much time to go through the labyrinth to find him. If she doesn't complete her mission, then the goblin king gets to keep him. Who is this said "goblin king?" None other then David Bowie dressed in drag. Or what would have been a good drag costume of the day. And oh Bowie's pants that you can very visably see where certain things in the pants are. I swear his balls where never the same after those pants. But anywho, I digress. It really is a cute movie and one that you could play a fun drinking game too. Those who haven't seen it *cough cough, my family and only my family, cough cough* should check it out. I will leave you with a fabulous YouTube clip of bumps favorite song in the movie. Watch it papa since it is probably the most you will ever watch of this movie. . .

How things are going

2008-10-05T23:42:00.000-07:00

Ah, what a fun few months it has been in our household. Adding a new child to the family has been an amazing experience. You never truly understand how your parents could love all their children equally until you have your own. And you never truly understand how your parents didn't go f*ing insane until you have 2 kids. Oh wait, I wondered that with just 1. I have been very lucky that bumps is so in love and so accepting of her. He can't get enough of her. My good friends son, R, is also in love with her and refers to her as "baby sister." He seems to think it is time for K to have a baby sister also. I tend to agree even though she doesn't.

Big daddy has been gone for almost a month now. He is back down in OK doing training so we may finally be able to get out of here and go somewhere where he doesn't deploy all the time. Which means we will probably be moving back to OK. Let me jump for joy now. The nice thing about having big daddy gone is that it has shown me that I have power to raise these kids own my own just fine while he is gone. It hasn't been near as hard as I thought it would be. There are days where I want to blow my head off, but I think we all go through those days. I am also going through that post pregnancy "I am so not thrilled with my body" time. I know it is 9 months up and 9 months down, but I am so not a patient person. Other than that, life is going good.

Here is a little video clip I turn too on my bad days. I am a Ghost Hunters fanatic and this is probably my favorite moment on the show thus far. And it is how I feel on certain days also:

I'm a Little 2 Month Old Pumpkin

2008-10-05T23:01:00.001-07:00

It is hard to believe how fast time flies. Roo is already 2 months old and growing bigger everyday. She is 11lbs, 12 oz's now and 23 inches long. My little girl is growing up. She gave her first smile to her big brother at 6 weeks old. Here are some pics of her in her pumpkin onsie! Gotta love Walmart!

Almost a full smile

There's my happy girl

Just chilling

Starting to get tired of the camera in the face thing

How cutie is bumps???

Bow and bowband made by Angie at http://www.princesshannahbowtique.com/ She does an amazing job. Check out the bow holders tab for some other cool things she makes!

Uhhh, No

2008-10-05T22:55:00.001-07:00

Grandma, I love you tons and respect you so much, but if I ever catch you in neon pink fringe tap dancing on a stage, I will be forced to take a picture and possibly mock you. Who dresses these people anyway???? Feel better soon!

Poo

2008-10-05T22:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry papa, I am slightly worried she may not be a Jayhawks fan. . .yes, that is shit.

RooRoo is here!

2008-10-05T22:13:00.000-07:00

We have added a new addition to our family that we will be calling RooRoo on this blog. RooRoo was born at the end of July and bumps is madly in love with her. She is now 2 months old and allowing me time to finally work on this blog. So get ready for some actual posts and rants and so on. But to start off, here are some cute sibling pics from the month of Sept:

Bet you didn't know a 1 month old could be so deep in thought

I love that brother guy so so much

I am still trying to figure out why brother doesn't wear clothes and I am stuck in these onsies all the time

Seriously? Another picture mom?

Those were bumps jammies at one point

Hawaii trip slideshow!

2008-05-11T18:34:00.001-07:00

Snow Sucks

2008-02-02T20:35:00.000-08:00

I am so over snow. We have gotten over 30" in the last week here. And I learned a new word this week too. . .burme. Apparently that is when the stupid plows plow you into your own driveway. Which has been what has happened over and over to us this week. Bumps sure loved it though. If you go to this blog you will see even better pics of what we have been dealing with http://blog.spokanetogo.com/blogs/kris/ Freaking ridiculus and more to come! Joy of joys!!!!

Sledding Fun

2008-02-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics from the sledding hill where we live. This is before all the big snows came this last week. Back at the beginning of Jan. Our little bumps is a daredevil apparently because he was doing it all on his own and trying to go over the makeshift ramp some kids had made at the bottom of the hill. Oy, what am I in for when he gets older?

Guitar Hero Fun

2008-02-02T20:22:00.000-08:00

I just don't get it, but I am not a huge video game person either, unless it is my Wii. How can playing a guitar hooked up to a gaming system incure this much enthusiasm from my husband and his friends? And my son thinks it is even cooler. I guess I will never understand.

The Big News

2007-12-31T17:48:00.000-08:00

We finally annouced, after knowing for a month, that we are expecting a new Berthot in early Aug 08. The official due date happens to be Bumps birthday as odd as that is. It was part of our Christmas present to the grandparents this year. I didn't get to see my parents reaction, but here is the reaction from M's parents. And the note says "To be worn Aug 2008."

Oh Dear

2007-12-31T17:33:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when your kid dresses up like Sportacus from Lazytown and figures out how to use his Spiderman Web Blaster. Needless to say, it ran out of string in less that 5 min and won't be getting refilled until he can use it outside!!!

Opening Presents

2007-12-31T17:24:00.000-08:00

Here are couple of the numerous he got. Yes, he was in hog heaven on Christmas!

Too Spoiled???

2007-12-31T17:13:00.000-08:00

Never, not our bumps. . .

Santa Boat Cruise

2007-12-28T18:00:00.001-08:00

While on our night away we did the Santa Boat Cruise on a local lake up here. It was really a fun thing for bumps. You get to ride the boat across the lake and look at tons of lights on the way across. Once you get across the lake, you float up to Santa's house where he comes out and calls out the name of all the kids on his nice list. Of course, bumps was on there, even though we threatened to take him off many times. He was very excited to see Santa and drink his chocolate after seeing him. As you can tell it was snowing pretty hard while were inside the boat!

Nachos Anyone?

2007-12-28T17:37:00.000-08:00

We went away for a night to Idaho to spend some family time together. The hotel we stayed at had an indoor waterpark (bumps has been there before and I have posted pics). He dove in head first to some nachos after we played at the waterpark for awhile. Apparently it made him really hungry!

Squadron Christmas Party

2007-12-28T17:30:00.000-08:00

Here are a few from the Christmas party this year. I don't have many of myself and the man because he took the camera and decided to take pics of everyone else. Apparently he thinks he is the squadron photographer for some reason. . .

The Babies

2007-12-28T17:24:00.000-08:00

Just some snapshots of the babies hanging out on the couch. Tank is playing with his favorite snowman that he has officially torn one arm to shreds. Oh well, if it keeps him entertained I am all for it!

Sugar Crash

2007-12-28T17:22:00.000-08:00

And this is what happens after he has to much sugar at the Christmas party. . .

Hanging with Friends

2007-12-28T17:17:00.001-08:00

We took bumps to the Wing Christmas party for kids with our friends the J's. The boys had a great time and got all nice and sugared out before we took them home. Bumps was very insistant to Santa that he wanted a Transformers Helmet. Wonder if he got one for Christmas?

Making Cookies

2007-12-28T17:12:00.000-08:00

Bumps loved helping me in the kitchen this holiday season. He was very excited to put the kisses on the kiss cookies and he did a wonderful job if I do say so myself!

First Snowman of Year

2007-12-25T18:11:00.000-08:00

M and Bumps built the first snowman of the year and it turned out great! Sad though that it melted the next day because we got rain!!! But it was nice while it lasted!!!