Long week...

Our daddio took off to Boston this past week. 6 LONGGGGGG days spent with just me and two adorable children. I don't know what part I enjoyed the most....Lincoln falling out of the shopping cart at Old Navy, Carson crying every day (every SINGLE day) that he wanted to go stay with Ashley, my wonderful cold that I have literally had off and on since November. Appearantly I need more Vitamin C. All in all it was a joyous week. Yeah, right.

If you can't tell from his sad little face, he was none to excited to be leaving us. He had to go for work. It was a great oppurtunity for him and we are thankful for it, but we hate being apart from each other.

So what did I do while he was away...


A little of this...


Too much of this...


And way to much of this!!!



All while enjoying the company of these two.



We did try and throw a few fun things in there as well, I mean come on it was my birthday week for heaven's sake. How sad is that, no honey at home for my big 27. Sad, sad day.


Had some fun for ourselves celebrating Brev's third birthday.



Yep, thats both my boys sitting at a little pink princess table. Sorry babe, I had no control.



Got to meet up with my family for a little pre-birthday lunch. Yummy!



Kids got to play at Grandma's house after, their most favorite place on earth.







Carson and I made some super yummy, super gooey and super pink cupcakes for my birthday. They were delightful.


This is how his turned out. Don't judge them by there appearance, they were still very good. At least that is what I told Carson as I took a huge bite out of one.


Lincoln didn't discriminate. He opened right up for all that pink yumminess. Don't mind that I couldn't get him to take one bite of his dinner just 30 minutes before that. He's no dummy.




Finished product!





Actual birthday wasn't a total loss, somebody sent me some absolutely beautiful flowers. Honey brightened my day, even miles and miles away!




And my sweet sister took pity on me and invited us over for dinner where I blew out the candles on my cupcakes. Good times.


So the week didn't totally suck, but I am glad it is over. Thiago's plane should be landing right as I hit "publish post" and my guy will be here in no time. Thanks Ash for being my buddy these last few days, don't know what I would do without ya. We will go out and celebrate my birthday tomorrow with all of our family. Including a great big cake that my sweet mom in law is making. Yum...I'm excited!

27 for me and the twinner!

Thats right...me and my twinner turn 27 tomorrow. Holy smokes, when did I get this old. I had to beg and plead for this picture of Jen. For some reason she is not feeling all that photogenic lately. I don't know why. I think she looks pretty dang beautiful, 7 months pregnant and all. Look at that belly, can't wait to meet that little miss. April... GET HERE!

Anyways, here goes my birthday questionaire. See how well I know my twin. I think pretty dang well, but we'll see.

1. She is sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? This one is easy, cause me and the sisters like all the same shows. Grey's, Vampire Diaries, Law and Order SVU and our personal favorite The Bachelor.

2. You are out to eat, what kind of dressing does she get? Usually thousand Island. However when she is home and has fixed a salad for dinner it is usually some kind of viniagrette. (I know that is spelled wrong, don't judge)

3. What is one meal she doesn't like? Hamburger stroganoff. When we were little me and Ashley LOVED it and Jen hated it. She would call it hamburger barfanoff. Very original.

4. You go out to eat, what does she order to drink? Usually coke, pregnancy is killing her cause she won't drink it while she has got a little one in there and that does not make her a happy camper. All for the cause, right Jen. So in the meantime she likes flavored lemonades. However that gets tricky too, cause of the aspartame. So heck, I don't know. Sometimes she gets root beer cause she says it is brown and maybe she can trick herself into thinking its a coke. Hmmmm.

5. Where did she go to school? Northridge.

6. What size shoe does she wear? Like a 6 1/2. I have the biggest feet out of all of us, and I only wear a 7. Next to my tiny family's feet though, I feel like big foot.

7. If she were to collect anything what would it be? Snow village for sure, she loves that and has got quite the collection. Also jewelry, she is a jewelry freak. Me and Ash very much like to borrow.

8. Whats her favorite type of sandwich? Probably a Grilled Cheese. She has got crazy love for Grilled Cheese. We all go out to hamburger places and she gets a grilled cheese. What a goof.

9. What would she eat every day if she could? Well I don't know about eat but I know what she would drink, hot chocolate. She is insane. She currently has about 10 different flavors of Stevens hot cocoa in her pantry. All brand new, this year and she drinks them all. She is a nut.

10. Whats her favorite cereal? Tough one, I am kinda not sure. I am going to say Blueberry morning, she used to love it.

11. What would she never wear? A low cut shirt. Me and Ash always laugh at her cause anything that has a slight v-neck she refuses. The higher the neck the better right Jen.

12. What are her favorite sports teams? She doesn't have any. Although her and Eric are pretty big Jazz fans, so I guess all go with that. Guess it helps that they are always getting to go to the games, must be nice being married to a Smith. haha.

13. Who did she vote for? Definitely McCain, pretty sure she would have been tossed out of the house by her hubby if she had voted differently.

14. Who is her best friend. Well first of all ME, then I guess Eric and my mom and Ashley. haha, just kidding Eric. Of course you are her number one.

15. What is something you do that she wishes you didn't? Well she pretty much thinks I am perfection, right Jen. If I had to say though, I think she hates how I am always late. She is a very punctual person and I am not. Not even close. She hates when we make plans and I show up an hour late.

16. What is her heritage? Um, we are just American. Nothing different.

17. You bake her a cake for her birthday, what kind? You don't bake a cake, you do a cherry cheesecake. That is her favorite.

18. Did she play any sports in hightschool. Absolutely not, that would be a very scary sight. She is probably the least coordinated out of the three of us.

19. What could she spend hours doing? Reading, ever since she was little she loves to get lost in a good book.

20. What is something unique about her? So many things, this girl is absolute perfection. She really is. I have never known someone so sincerely good. She doesn't have an ounce of meanness or selfishness in her body. She is as good as gold. Truly. She has got the best heart, and cares so much about other people. She goes out of her way to look out for her loved ones, she is the best listener EVER. No one can make me feel better quite like Jen can. She has just got that way about her. I love her so much, and am so grateful to have her as a sister. I feel bad for those who don't have a Jenny in their life, she truly makes every day just a little bit brighter. Love you twinner, happy birthday tomorrow. As always I can't imagine my life without you, sure am grateful to have you. No one else I would rather grow old with, happy, happy birthday!!

Happy B-day to Mr. Brev

Better late than never little man. Just had to tell my little buddy happy, happy birthday from your absolute favorite auntie. He drives me crazy just like my own kids, I yell at him...just like my own kids, but heck I sure do love him just like my own kids. I am lucky enough to see this little chipmunk almost on a daily basis, and I seriously know him as well as my own. He can be quite the little punk at times but he sure does have me wrapped around his cute little finger. Happy third birthday to my little friend, thanks for letting us share the day with you. Love you madly and don't you ever forget it.

"Owie"

This little boy of mine...he has added a new word to his little vocabulary. "Owie"...no surprise really, he is constanly getting little owies so its no wonder. The other day I was cleaning the bathroom and I have a little lantern thing that sits on my counter. I took everything off the counter to hurry and wipe it down. Lincoln was sitting next to me eating marshmellows and next thing I know his finger is gushing blood. He had sliced it on one of the edges of that lantern. Didn't help that I was supposed to be going to get Carson from school in like 5 minutes. I got his finger all bandaged up and he kept trying to pull the little bandaid off. I would tell him "no-no, you have an owie" and then kiss it. Guess he liked the way that sounded cause for the past couple of days he will hold out that cute little finger of his and say "owieeeee". So his vocabulary now consists of " Hi, Ma-ma, Da-da, chow-chow, and owie." He keeps us hopping around here, but look at that little face....whats not to love.

MOVIE REVIEWS.....

coming from ME!! (Carson took this picture just goofing around, actually pretty good for him. He usually gets like half of my arm or something.)


Bet you can't guess the first one. Carson didn't have school today because of the holiday, so we took him to "Alvin and the Chipmunks". If you can't tell from the above picture, he is a little obsessed with those chipmunks. I have had alot of fun going from Mcdonalds to Mcdonalds trying to collect them all in his happy meals. If anyone knows where I can still get an Alvin let me know. We keep getting stuck with Theodore.


We dropped this little monster off at Maria's first...there was no way I was taking him. We can't even make it through 10 minutes of Relief Society, let alone a whole movie.



We went with all his little cousins, and had so much fun. It was such a cute little movie. I liked it better than the first one. The Chippettes were in this one, and I just think they are adorable. I have great memories of those little chipmunks.
2 thumbs up from all of us, we loved it.


Second movie..."The Lovely Bones". Me and Thiago went this past weekend. We are just movie junkies lately, we have seen so many this past holiday season. I had to see this one, since I just read the book. I had my doubts about it cause I just didn't see how they were going to do it. The book is all about charachters and watching them grow and change, and that is kinda hard to do in a movie. However I loved it. It was sad, but you knew that going into it. Lets put it this way, I went home and held my babies just a little bit tighter that night. All in all, I thought it was well done and enjoyed it.

Ahhh, the sweet life...

How nice it must be to be a four year old???

Too big for his britches..

And he's off. After weeks of uneasy, hesitant steps, lots of encouragement from mom, dad, and big brother, we FINALLY have a walker on our hands. He has totally been able to do it for about 3 weeks now, he was just being lazy. He knew he was much faster at crawling. This kid can move on those little knees of his. Finally, though he has realized the joy of being able to take actual steps and cruise around the house. Nothing cuter than a little one walking. Just cracks me up the way the teeter around with that little look of amazement on their faces. I love it, and although it makes life crazy for me....I sure am happy for my boy and his accomplishment. Good job bujaou!


Now onto the reason behind my title. Too big for his britches, if that old saying doesn't fit this kid. I swear after his latest episode, I have started to think it will be an amazement if this kid makes it to his 2nd birthday. I just have never met a child quite like this one. He can escape any and all seatbelts, he climbs EVERYTHING and I do mean everything. We want to get a chair for our front room, but we are waiting for Lincoln to get a bit bigger. I am afraid he would climb it and fling himself over the staircase. He puts anything and everything in his mouth, he doesn't sit still for nothing, I swear he has just got a sixth sense for trouble.


Let me illustrate my point. See this little chair, this is where Licoln gets trapped (oh, I mean sits). However even he can get into trouble being strapped down. We sit him in here for his meals, and he likes to put his little feet up and push against the bar...which of course makes the chair tip. I know this, therefor when I put him in I slide the chair way back, so he can't reach the counter. We were eating dinner last night and I had slid him in since I was trying to feed him. I got up and moved my dishes over to the sink, turned around to push Lincoln back out....and CRASH!


This is how he ended up. Notice how the chairs are placed, on his way down his head hit the edge of that other chair against our table. Smack, the full force of the fall and the weight of him and the chair going down against the other chair. He cried and he cried and he cried. I FREAKED. It left an instant welt. A huge, red blood blister going along his hairline. It swelled up the size of a golfball. I was freaking out, Thiago thought everything looked okay. Lincoln was back to his old, mischevious way five minutes later. Wasn't acting weird or anything. However we just couldn't shake it. Thiago called Weecare since his regular doctor had already gone home for the day. I stayed home with a sleeping Carson while he ran in Lincoln. He was fine, just a normal flesh wound. You just never know with head injuries though and I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep unless we got him looked at.



This is this morning. All the swelling has gone down and you can just see the faint red line in his hair. Blow up the picture and you can see it. Bottom, left of his head. Crazy, little monkey.


As crazy as the little munchkin is, I sure do love him. Can't believe how much stress he causes me, but one look at that little face and all my frusteration melts. Love you Bujaou!

Little School Boy

Can I just say how much I love Carson's preschool. This is a big part of his little life right now, and I just wanted to type up a quick post about it so the two of us could remember. He comes home with the cutest little projects each day. Every day they have a theme, and there is always a little art project to go along with it. I get so excited to see what he has made, and lets face it he gets pretty dang excited to show me.


Being a mom and all, I obviously save every little treasure he comes home with. When he first comes home with something, I hang it front and center on my fridge. When he gets something new, I take down the old one and place it in my filing system downstairs. Then I hang up the new artwork on the fridge. We are getting quite the little collection.


I am so glad that his first taste of the "school experience" is a good one. He just loves it. Every day he asks me if he is going to school. He talks about "Miss Sarah" non-stop. He loves her. He talks about his 4 little friends...Mia, Isabel, Saxton, and Carter. Should I be concerned that 3 out of the 4 are girls, hmmm. I love watching him walk out of his little classroom, surrounded by his little pals and a huge smile on his face.


Thiago and I set all sorts of New Years resolutions for our family. So when Carson came home with Januarys calendar, announcing that January is reading month we decided to throw that in there as well. I would love to take the credit on that one, but in actuality it was his dad. Thiago is big into making sure our kids are well-rounded little creatures. He is pretty strict on limiting their TV, introducing them to lots of activities (not just sports) and making sure they take time out to read.


Every night after prayer and scripture, this is how I find the two of them. We are really trying to get our kids into a better night time routine. And so far it is working well. Anyways, so their is my little report on Carson's first sememster of preschool. It is an absolute joy to him, and I am so glad. Many thanks to Mrs. Sarah for making it such a memorable experience for my little guy.


Little added picture here. I was pretty intent on getting all of my Christmas taken down today and was kinda in my own little world getting things redecorated. It was past Lincoln's normal nap time, but he was playing pretty contently in his highchair so I left him be and went about my business. Next thing I know the little fella is sound asleep. Whoops, guess he was pretty tired.

RiNg In ThE nEw YeAr!

We had an interesting New Years this year. Tried something different. A bunch of the Brazilians rented out the Sportsplex in Kaysville (where the soccer games are played). We decided to go. They had food, games, dancing, a play gym for the kids and of course SOCCER!


Not sure what Gus is doing in this picture. He knew I was taking it, so I guess he is just trying to be funny.


What a cute couple!


Another cute couple (just a smaller version.)



CARSON'S NIGHT...


Pretty much spent the whole night in the toy area.


Came out for a minute to kick the ball around with his dad.


Gettin a kiss from mom, at the stoke of midnight.


And a little dancing with Vovo...at least she has someone who will shake it with her. The rest of us just sit there.





LINCOLN'S NIGHT...


Trying to eat the fake, rubber stuff at the playground.


Testing out his walking skills on the big field (post to come).


Going down the slide with mom. (debated on this pic, I look like an idiot. I was surprised at how fast it went and this expression is the result of that. I know, I know...who knew a grown adult could have such fun on a slide.)


And drinking the bubbly..didn't want to give it up.


Next morning, bright and early. I awoke at 6:30 to be exact. Went to bed at 1:45 and woke up at 6:30, you do the math. It was a killer. We met up with my dad's family in Tremonton for our traditional breakfast at Crossroads.






It was delicious. Needless to say this was both of my children on the way home. They were still pretty exhausted. We went home, did a few things then me and Jen ran to Barnes and Noble. Where I purchased "The Lovely Bones". It cOmes out in the theatres next week and everyone says to read the book first. So that is just what I did. Took me 3 days, excellent. If you are looking for a good read, there you go. After that me and Theo and Jen and Ash went and saw "Sherlock Holmes". I liked it, one of those movies that once you have seen it, you don't need to watch it again. You know what I mean. Anyways, it was pretty good though. All in all it was a fun day, however I sure as heck was ready for bed that night.