Thanksgiving

Levi's family as well as a couple friends all came to our house for Thanksgiving dinner. Our house was pretty crowded, but we all had a great time and ate a lot of food. Levi and I also attended the Holyoak dinner at my mom and dad's house. It was great hanging out with all of our family.

Here is our cute family. Thanks for the picture Aunt Stacy.

Here I am with one of the pies I made for dinner. I got these really neat pie crust cutters so I made some cute little leaf cut-outs in the top crusts. Stacy thought I needed a picture with one of them before it got cut into.

Twilight Part 2

So, we had a great time going to the midnight showing of Twilight. I know many of you are waiting for my opinion of the movie, and I don't know what to tell you. I think I need to see it again to decide if I liked it or not. I was too busy comparing it to the book to really pay attention to it. They followed the book fairly well, but of course there were a few changes that I just don't understand. I am sure that it was a fine movie. Levi enjoyed it, and it has even prompted him to begin reading the books. I do think the movie is worth seeing and I would love seeing the opinions of anyone else who has seen the movie.

I Accept the Challenge Alysia

I have seen many people posting things that they are grateful for, and I have wanted to do the same, but I confess that I have just been lazy. I just read my friend Alysia's blog and was inspired to finally write my own Thanksgiving post. I am mostly thankful for the two boys in my life and everything that comes with them. They make my grateful for the wonderful gospel that I belong to that provides me with an eternal family and a Heavenly Father that loves and blesses me in more ways than I even know. I am so grateful for the house that my husband works so hard to provide for our family. There are so many more things that I am thankful for, but those are the biggest.

Twilight!!!

I don't know how many of you have read the Twilight series, but I have. I was given the first book for Christmas and proceeded to devour the rest of the series. (No pun intended.) About half way thorough the first book I had to pause and wonder why I couldn't put the book down. It's definately not a well written or complicated plot, but I couldn't put the book down. I have decided that it is the perfect escape from reality into a slightly dangerous love story. It would ruin the raw intensity of the story for it to be written any other way. Tonight Levi and I are going to a midnight showing of the Twilight movie. I am not sure that the movie will live up to the books, because with the exception of Lord of the Rings and The Princess Bride the movie never does live up to the book. I am going for the party and just because I can. I will let you know what I think about the movie.

I Know I'm A Mom

I know this is an odd title for my post, but it struck me quite forcefully this evening. I found myself grinning from ear to ear and so excited about something that would have totally grossed me out before I became a mom. Michael pooped in the toilet for the first time tonight!!!!
He has been curious about the whole potty training thing for a while now. He has cousins just older than him who have recently been potty trained. Michael started my going into the bathroom and standing in front of the toilet trying to figure out how to get his pants off so he could go to the bathroom. Then he would come to Levi and I and say, "potty" until Levi or I would take him in and let him sit on the toilet. He never did anything. Levi and I just humored him because the doctor had told us to not even try and potty train until he was 2 1/2 or 3. We were just trying to keep everything related to potty training really positive so it would be an easy process when we did start. Lately Michael has been coming and telling Levi or I that he was poopy right after he pooped. A couple of times he has told me he was poopy before he pooped. I would go sit him on the toilet for a few minutes and nothing would happen, then he would poop in his diaper. Tonight he came and told me he was poopy, so we went and sat on the toilet. And he pooped in the toilet!!!!! As I was jumping up and down and cheering and yelling for Levi to come see, it occured to me how much of a mom I am. I love the changes that have occured in my life. I'm not ashamed to say I'm a mom and I'm excited about poop. When it's in the toilet at least;)

Please Pat Me On the Back

When I got home from work today, I was feeling ambitious, so I began cleaning my kitchen. I swept and mopped and cleaned my counters and I even washed the walls. Then I moved to my living room and straightened it up and vacuumed. I even vacuumed under the couch cushions. I proceeded to clean Michael's room which had gotten quite out of control. On top of all of that, I still managed to make dinner for my family and make rolls for a funeral tomorrow. My feet are killing me, but I am incredibly proud of myself.

Problem Solved...Hopefully

I would like to thank all those who responded to my last post. We haven't really done anything different, but Michael has gone 2 whole days without throwing up at all. I am really hopeful that whatever phase he was going through is over now. Thanks for caring about our little boy though.

I Need Advice

So we are having a problem with Michael. He has started throwing up randomly when he eats. It started last Monday, Oct. 26, 2007. At first he would start saying, "Ow, ow, ow," when he would swallow his food. He would stop swallowing and started coughing and gagging until he threw up. I thought that he was sick and having a sore throat and that was the problem. We switched to eating yogurt and oatmeal for a few days. Now he isn't complaining that it hurts, but he's still gagging and coughing until he throws up. He is doing it at least 2 times a day. It's not all foods that he does it to, and I can't figure out any pattern to a certain food causing it. If any of you mom's have had similar problems or issues with your kids, I would love any advice you could give me.

Family Pictures

Aren't these kids so cute? The other day we went out with my sister's family to take some family pictures with the fall leaves. We had a good time and the pictures turned out really well. The kids were well behaved the whole time too.

These were some of my favorite pictures. I love the look of us all walking away from the camera.

It was so fun to be out on the first of November and not have to worry about wearing coats or being freezing. It was actually quite warm. I love our town.

Trick-or-Treat

Halloween was a little traumatic at our house last night. Michael hasn't been feeling real well this past week, and he had a total melt down when it was time to put his costume on. He wanted to go get candy, but he didn't want to put his costume on to do it. Levi finally went and put on all of his SWAT gear and that got Michael to calm down enough to put on his own costume so we could go. Once we got out Michael had a great time as evidenced by the picture.