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

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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. :)