UMMMM, HELLLO!!! That is NOT OK!!

Remember how I said I was trying to get Brody to say MOMMY!!

YEAH WELL GUESS WHAT!!? He said GRANDPA this week!! 

I AM NOT OK WITH THIS!!

I thought he was DEAD!!

I was standing by the mats stretching my legs and there was an older gentleman laying down on his side on the mat. I glanced and something looked odd. He was reeally old, did I mention that. I noticed that he was laying there on his side with his arm straight out and a hand weight was laying there almost like it had slid out his hand. I started to feel a little paranoid. Is he dead? Is he breathing? Is he Ok? What do I do? 

As I am stretching I am trying to be discreet as I am staring at this poor old man to see if he is breathing. Finally I see it, the rise and fall of his chest! WHEW.. and then I FINALLY noticed that I started breathing again, as I had been holding my breath. 

Come on say MOMMY please!!

I feel like I have waited my whole life to her my child call me mommy! Well since he is 18 months you would think that I would hear this!! RIGHT? Guess again. My 18 month old says a lot of words.  He says cracker, (like that is the easiest word to say?) football, touchdown, daddy, papa, and I don't even know what else. He repeats LOTS of words. He can say momma, mom but he doesn't say it in reference to me or at me. Just once in a RARE while he says it when he is whining. He definately refers to Don as daddy. So yesterday Brody and I are laying on the floor. I am trying to get him to say Mamma. 

Me: Say momma

Brody: BBBIIYYEEEA (in a very drawn out tone.)

Me: Say MOOOMMMMMAAAA 

Brody: BYYYEEE

Me: SAY MOOMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAA

Brody: FFFFOOOOOTTBAAALLLL

ME: SAY MOMMMMMMAAAA

Brody: Football

*exasperated sigh* 

Thank You Miss Alicia!!

My blogger friend Alicia awarded me the Kreativ Blogger award! Alicia thank you so much for your thoughtfulness.

Here are the rules for this award:

*Mention the blog that gave it to you and comment on their blog to let them know you've posted your award. 

*Publish the rules

*Share 6 values that are important to you and 6 things that you do not support.

6 values that I support 

Faith

Love

Forgiveness

Truth

Family

Commitment

6 things I am against:

Abortion

Hatred

Insensitivity. (Although we all can be insensitive at times I am referring to people who have no filter and don't care. Who are insensitive intentionally.) YUCK!

Currently I am against whining.. Brody is going through a big whining stage and he doesn't care that I am against it! ;) Hahaha

HUGE PET PEEVE is when people smack their food or SLURP! (**shivering**)

Telemarketing. 

Ok. So I am awarding the Kreative Blogger award to a dear friend. God brought her into my life one day and it hasn't been the same since. She is talented, creative, and entertaining. Make sure to check out Billmissandourbrood. Her writing is entertaining and she has a fun way of sharing her life with you. 

The diaper went missing!!

Brodes and I were sitting on the floor and I was patting him on the butt! (because that is what mom's do) When I noticed that his butt didn't feel padded. Actually it felt like I was patting a bare butt crack. I should explain that he had on footy jammies. I remembered putting his jammies  on and a diaper. I opened his jammers up and sure enough he didn't have his diaper on, he was NAKED under his clothes!! I am trying to figure out how in the world this could happen. He can't work a zipper to save his life, so how would he manage to unzip his PJ's, take off his diaper and then zip his jammies back up.  So I started to take his PJ's off so I could put a diaper on when WAHLAH... I found his diaper in a bunched up mess in his pant leg... how funny, weird, but funny!

$27.00??

Did I hear him right? Don told me the total but it didn't seem possible. In the recent past we have spent $70.00. How could the total have only been $27.00. As we pulled out of the gas station with a full tank for our SUV I was still shaking my head in disbelief but was also relieved that prices have come down so far. :)

CHEESE!!

Apparently in our house when you ask Brody to say CHEESE, this is what you get!!

18 months Old

Ok.. I already posted that Brody turned 18 months old but I didn't post pictures. So I took pictures today. Here is my darling big boy. :( :)

PS. I made a cute little collage and it won't upload for some reason. :( Oh well. At least you get to see the pictures.

JUST FOR FUN

Just wanted to post what Brody and I do all day!! hahaha..

Actually we don't get everyday pictures so I thought we would 

have a photoshoot of our own. 

MY BABY BEE

I had the best intentions today to take a picture of Brodes. However I did not. :( My darling boy is 18 months old today. It's weird how emotional I am about it. Not because he is 18 months but I keep focusing on the fact that he is going to be two in 6 months and that does not seem possible. Already the time is flying and he is growing up before my eyes and if I blink I might miss something. 

I will share with you a little bit about my boy. He is loud, vocal, stubborn, tinklish, loves to play, loves attention, loves to eat, loves books. He is repeating words everyday. He is signing more and more. He gets so excited when I tell him what something is and then sign it to him. He is funny because sometimes he looks at me and nods like "Yeah MOM, I know!" He probably does already know, they are so smart. Hmmm... what else can I say, I love him more and more each day. Happy half birthday baby bee!

LIFE WITH JP & THE BOYS

One day JP and baby bee were going to the office for their regular visit. JP was all done with her work and picked up baby bee to head off to Target. It was a cold blustery day and as they start to walk out to the truck the automatic locks weren't working. A sinking feeling came over JP and she knew instantly what happened. (Because this has been the 4th time that she has done this so you would think she would know better but nope she did it again.) The lights on the truck had been left on and the battery was dead. Here they are stuck at the office in the parking lot and she is frantically going through her mind trying to figure out who she is going to call??? The front door won't even unlock with the key. So she tries to unlock the back door and it opens up. She gets baby bee through the back door of the truck and into the back seat. Proceeds to strap him into his car seat in order to keep him still while she figures out what her next move is. She knows she doesn't have much time before things are going to start getting ugly. Baby bee needs to eat lunch and is tired from waking up earlier then usual on this bright cheery wonderful day. So JP calls Daddy D who isn't answering his phone due to meetings. Then a light clicks on and she calls Grandpa B who has barely enough time to come pick them up and take them home before he has to get to a meeting. WHEW! What a day, JP and babes are safely home and getting ready to take naps from being tired out from their adventurous day. And oh yeah, everybody lives happily ever after. 

Adventures in babysitting

Here is my babysitting checklist in honor of my friend Melissa. I babysat two of her boys last week and Brody.

3 kids up at 5:45am - check

1 bowl of baby cereal dumped on the carpet - check

1 baby with poop on his fingers ( I left a poopy diaper on the floor, sure did.. Mommy moment #9867564322.....) - check

3 diapers changed, 2 new diapers full of poop - check

2 kiddos using play pen as a wrestling ring - check

1 broken picture frame - check

1 broken lamp - check

1 kid almost sent to the ER - check

1 mommy almost pulling her out - check

FOR BABYSITTING SERVICES CONTACT 555-5483

Halloween

Our new pet!

He kept stumbling because he couldn't see. Poor kid. He was like a drunk little puppy dog.

ALL DONE!! Poor kid. This was about 15 minutes into it. 

Joining the land of the living!!

I guess it could have been worse. I had the stomach flu yesterday. It didn't start out too bad but then it got bad. I forced myself to go vote last night. It was not an option to miss voting. However, by the time I got back home I thought that my body my just explode. I spent the rest of the night in bed and was sleeping by nine. Today I am doing better. I have had a little bit of soup, applesauce, and gatorade. My stomach is learning how to handle food all over again and I have a little bit more energy. I can't remember the last time I had the stomach flu. It really sucks. :) Anyway, now that I am feeling better maybe I will actually get those Halloween pics up. :) We'll see.

Just the beginning!

Ok here is the beginning of some the pictures I promised. Complimentary of my mom! Thank you so much mom. These pictures are priceless to me. :)

Trick or Treat

Halloween was craziness. I don't think we even left the house until about 6:45pm. There weren't a lot of kids around here which surprised me. I think Brody was still tired from the trip. He cried and had tantrums. We weren't out long and he was sleeping by 7:30pm. :) I do have pictures of him though and he looked pretty cute. I will post pictures soon. 

Saturday night we went to a Halloween party and Don and I got dressed up as well. That was fun. I haven't dressed up for Halloween in years. It made me feel like a kid again. I will say that after they voted for the costume winners I took most of my costume off, it was fun but it's itchy and uncomfortable. :) Those pictures are yet to come as well. :)

Finally a chance to say HELLO!

Well Brody and I got back last Thursday. As you can imagine with Halloween we have had a busy weekend. The trip was good. I am so glad that I went. It was fun to have so much time with my mom and for Brody to see his grandma and great grandparents. We spent most of the time packing and moving. However, I had a fun surprise. Tuesday night (last week) my mom and I stopped by my uncle Jeff's house. My cousin Celeste who lives in New Mexico was there. I didn't know she was even home visiting her dad. I think it had been about 4 years since I had seen her. Well I didn't have Brodes with me because we were on a trip of moving stuff. So we made plans for dinner with my uncle, aunt, and cousin. I also got to meet her boyfriend and they got to meet Brody. It's weird to think of my family meeting my son when he is a year a half already. Regardless I am so happy that they did. Coming home was bittersweet. I could have stayed longer if Don had been with me but I was ready to see my hubby. I definately wanted more time with my Uncle and his family and to see my other uncle. I had some family that I didn't get a chance to see and that is the part that makes me sad. It was hard to have time to do much of anything since my mom was moving. I don't know what she would have done if we hadn't come out. She certainly needed the help. My Grandma was awesome she was so helpful watching Brody and I am so thankful for that. Well I had stated before that Brody was a rockstar flying out to Idaho but coming home was a little different. It went fine but he was a little more stinkery. He had a complete meltdown on the plane, poor guy. He was so tired. I think he loved going to Idaho and being on an airplane but it definitely wore him out. Regardless it's good to be home and to get back to life. We took some pictures one day with gramps and grams, me, mom, and Brodes. I will post some of those soon. :)