Fun times with friends

So in honor of my upcoming birthday, Jeffrey invited our friends over for a party in the "man-cave". It was so fun to have all of our friends together and to hang out for a night. Our friends are the best!!! Jeff really surprised me with how well he planned things and how it all came together for a fun night. He got me a yummy Costco chocolate cake, my favorite!! He made some yummy hot wings and other snacks. My friend Candice went all out and decorated it all so cute. It would have been a little much to ask for Jeff to decorate. That is not on his list of special talents. :) This picture is of most of my girls. What a gorgeous group! :)

Baby Girls!!!!

I am happy to report that I have checked one big thing off my "list". The baby shower for my friend Brenda was a success! It turned out really well and she got the CUTEST little girl stuff. The last time I saw that much pink stuff in one place, there was a Barbie Corvette and Barbie Dreamhouse involved and I was fighting with my sister over who got to be Barbie. :) Anyways, I have always just been able to admire baby girl stuff from afar. It started with when my niece, Hannah, was born 11 1/2 years ago and has continued as random friends and family have had girls. I am so excited when I go to the store and get to go to the "pink" racks instead of the "blue" ones. I look through all of the pink bows, ruffles, ribbons, lace, and wonder how in the world I am going to be able to pick just one (or 2 or 3) out of the racks and racks of ADORABLE girl stuff!!! Then, after I have narrowed it down to the outfits that the mom-to-be can't possibly live without, I make my way past the "blue" racks and glance over to see if there's perhaps a clearance sale I need to check out. Because I know, sadly, on the "blue" racks there will be no outfits so cute that I want to buy one in every size and color like I just saw on the "pink" racks. But back to the shower.... one of our friends, Holly, just had a baby about 8 weeks ago and I was so happy that she brought baby Alexis for all of us to meet and ooo and ahh over. She was dressed from head to toe in pink and just had that perfect baby look and smell. It's a smell that I can't really explain and probably didn't appreciate until I had one of my own. (Even the "blue" ones smell good for those of you that don't have any) As soon as she came in, all shower activities came to a screetching halt and everyone swarmed around her. She got passed around and even Rylee (who his Linc's best friend and same age) wanted to get on in the baby holding action. It seems like everyone who is pregnant or had a baby recently is having a girl. My sister said she wished she would have liked to have known about that 9 months ago so she could have gotten in on the action. Her last 2 have been boys like me. If that was even possible, I don't know if I would have or not. Of course I would love to have a daughter and be able to surround myself in pink until I couldn't see straight. But I always pictured myself with 2 boys even before Dawson was even thought of. I think not having girls is a gift to me so that I can so thoroughly enjoy spoiling other people's girls and the pure joy and excitment I experience when I get to walk past the "blue" racks and shop in the "pink" ones instead. :)

Say Backpack.... say backpack

Lincoln has officially become a Dora the Explorer fan. He loves to watch the show and repeats all the words they tell him to. Dawson used to watch it but he would never repeat the words and he would get mad if I did for some reason. Now, Dawson has no use for Dora the Explorer, but it is one of Linc's favorites. He dressed himself in this nice "get-up" while I was working this morning. You can't really see it, but he is wearing his "monkey backpack". It is really a leash so I can take him out in public every now and then and not lose him in the first 5 minutes. But he likes wearing it and today he pulled out his boots, which complete the ensemble. I don't know why he was on top of the counter. ???
Since my blogs have been so boring lately, I thought I would post some pictures of Sturgis on here. You really can't tell how giant he is until he sits on the couch and dwarfs it. :)
I had to take him to the vet last week for some shots and he was the biggest baby! He knew what was coming and when the Dr came in, he jumped up on the bench with me and tried to hide behind me. It had to look completely ridiculous. She was laughing and said the big dogs are always the biggest babies!!!

Procrastination

So I have about 10 million things I should be doing right now. I am at a point where I don't even know where to start, so..... I decided to ignore it all and just read blogs for a minute. My sister was just explaining her crazy morning in her blog and although my day has been quite a bit calmer than that, it just seems like i go a couple days without a lot to do and then all of a sudden, everything is happening at the same time. I am the head room mother in Dawson's class- which I love because I get to spend time at school and get to know the teacher really well. Plus, even though he doesn't like to admit it, Dawson likes to have his mom there sometimes. :) So right now, I am organizing a banner for Red Ribbon week( I need to go use the diecut machine at school to do some lettering) and planning the class Halloween party, which is on the 14th because they go off track on the 15th. I am also having a baby shower for my good friend Brenda at my house for about 40 people this Saturday. I am also making her a quilt that I would like to have the front of done for the shower. We are doing family pictures on Tuesday- i need to go get some shirts for the boys, I have our Chapter Luncheon/Meeting for UAHU (Utah Assoc. of Health Underwriters) that I am on the board of and so I have to make sure the meeting goes as planned, there is lunch for everyone, etc. Oh did I mention that we are planning on about 150 people for that one? That is on Wednesday. Plus, I REALLY need to go to the grocery store, do laundry, and call some clients back. So needless to say, I am making a BIG list that encompasses all of the "activities" and what I still need to do for each one. When I see it down on paper and can start crossing things off, it makes me feel better about being overwhelmed. :)

Tivo did me wrong!

So much for my best friend, Tivo. For some reason it didn't record Survivor. :( I think I can go online and watch the episode there, but what a disappointment!! I also have another dvr on the downstairs tv, so I guess I could record it down there next time. I did, however, watch the 2 hr premiere of Grey's Anatomy. I thought it was pretty good. I like the new army guy that I have a feeling will be back in the future. My favorite character is Dr Sloan ( McSteamy). I think he is really hot and he is hilarious! I would like to see him and Izzy together. I do not like Dr Karev- he is ugly and is a total a-s-s! I also watched The Office, which did not dissapoint! I loved the ending, of course. I will not say what happened at the gas station in case someone hasn't watched it yet. I like the new lady that Michael is after, Holly I think. She is funny. That is one of the only shows that I actually laugh out loud to. Since I have all this space on our other dvr, what other shows should I be watching??

My Best Friend= my Tivo

so I know of at least one person (BreeAnn) who gets as excited as me about "my shows". I just looked at my Tivo schedule for tonight and this surge of complete happiness and excitement came over me. Then, when I realized why i was so excited, I felt a little pathetic. But I am over that now and back to pure excitement and anticipation. Why do I get so attached and involved in a certain few TV shows? As a mom of a 2 year old, it's definitely not that I am suffering from boredom and this provides my only source of entertainment. It's not that I am addicted to TV because during the summer, I literally did not watch any tv at all for months straight. Well, I don't have an answer to why, but the fact remains that I literally look forward to Thursday the whole week long. If I took one of those email surveys right now where one of the questions is "what is your favorite day of the week?" I would have to answer THURSDAY! My favorite Thursday shows are, in no particular order: Grey's Anatomy, Survivor, The Office, CSI and ER. I think most people agree with me on Grey's Anatomy and The Office- everyone loves those. Survivor has been going now for like 10 years or more and it is basically the same thing every season. Oh sure, they add a twist here and there but it is basically the same thing- people getting really stinky and dirty, living in the wild and competing in physical challenges for a million bucks. I think part of the draw for me is that I am one of those people who think I could probably do pretty good at Survivor. In a pre-kid lifetime, I may have even tried out. But for now, I will have to watch others steal my glory. My oldest obsession is- ER! I think it was probably George Clooney that got me hooked at first. I can't say it's my favorite show anymore, but I still record and watch every episode religiously. This is the last season and I can't wait to see what happens and how it ends. So, needless to say, I will probably be blogging a bit about my shows and giving my opinions quite regularly. I just want to know 1 thing- what did people do before dvr's and tivo? There is no way you could record 3 things at once with a VCR. So for today,(and every Thursday) something I am VERY grateful for is TIVO!

Thank you Jeffrey!

Thanks to my awesome husband I was able to enjoy an awesome, relaxing weekend in Vegas with my friend Jaime and sis-in-law Leslie. Not every dad would be thrilled with the idea of taking care of a 2 and 6 year old for 4 days straight! They had a great time of watching movies, playing video games, eating lots of meat, working in the garage, mowing the lawn, and doing other boy things I probably don't want to know about. :) When I got home last night, the house was still in tact, pretty clean actually- and the boys were both fed and bathed. Who could ask for more? In Vegas, we enjoyed the nice warm weather and sat by the pool. We also found time to attend the Janet Jackson concert (which was AMAZING- Leslie's favorite word), eat some good food, do some shopping, and play a little craps. It was nice to have a fun break, but was definitely glad to get back to my guys!