Lilies are my Favorite

I LOVE fresh flowers, as I am sure most do. I think that most guys think that buying flowers has to be a big thing, the expensive bouquet or the roses and such. I have made it a point to point out cute flowers I like. Small potted plants at the grocery for less than 5 bucks. Well Trevor picked these flowers out for me the other day and I love them. He found them at Home Depot and they are starting to bloom, so I thought I would share.

Bread Machine

So I have decided I would like to get a breadmaker. Trevor LOVES homeade bread but I think it is too much of a hassel and takes to much time on my own. So I think this could be a solution, put it all in and then get bread. SWEET. I am just wondering if anyone has one that they like or if anyone knows what are good brands and what aren't. I don't want to buy somethig cheap and have it be no good, but I don't want to break the bank on this either.

LIMES

So When Elizabeth was little we use to feed her lemons and limes, she never use to flinch. We gave her some the other day that we got from the farmers market. Soooo funny!!

You try it!!

Funny Face

So Lizzy has started to make some funny faces when I try to take her picture.

Sam Laughing

Elizabeth loves her little brother. Often I will be in the kitchen and they will both start laughing in the living room. She isn't very gentle with him but he doesn't seem to mind. We caught a video of them playing together. Sorry it is sideways I wasn't thinking about posting it at the time. I think it is cute though, even sideways.

Stampede

We had sooooo much fun. It was Trevors fist ever so we made sure that we did everything we could.

On Friday night Trevor and I went to stampede with friends of ours Ryan and Angie Locking. It was a grown ups night. It was the longest I had been away from Samuel. Even when I was in the hospital people brought him up every 4 hours, and this was for about 7. It was so much fun to have some grown up time with out bags, bottles, stroller, and kids. We left Lizzy and Sam with Trevors cousin Jane. We enjoyed the Games and Rides with our freedom.







The next morning we packed up the troops and headed back. What great stampede day can start without a stampede breakfast.





We had decided that we wanted to go to the rodeo and had bought tickets. It was my first time to go to the rodeo and I thought it was awesome.






Lizzy was so funny. When ever something suprised her she would cover her mouth. Then they had the fire going off like they do at hockey games so she covered her face. It was so cute to watch as she would gasp and cover her mouth in suprise.



We headed out and looked at everything. We saw the bmx guys and the superdogs, the animals and the trade show, we checked out the Nintendo displays, fashion shows and one man bands.

As much as Lizzy loves animals she usually won't actually touch them, she decided that the baby chicks were safe, you know they aren't going to jump up and bite her.



We stopped to listen to Derek Ruttan (a recent favorite). I was excited to hear my favorite song, "First Time in a Long Time". Lizzy liked the time to run around and play.


Sam was so good also, he was just happy to be held all day, It was nice to have extra arms and hands to take care of the kids.

You have probably all seen this video, but I think it is hilarious!!! Here is the "Mom Song". Watc h it quick before youtube makes it dissappear.

Tricky

So Lizzy is in the stage where she can do EVERYTHING by herself. The funniest is when it comes to meals. I cook it up, but can't serve it to her. Can't even really offer it to her. I have to leave it on the table, or on the carpet by her chair and she has to find it. So if she finds her own food it is okay, If I give her the food it is a tragedy. Man alive.

The other trick, for me, is showering. My kids can't seem to sleep at the same time, and when the do I have 100000 other things to do (as every mom knows) So the trick is to shower with both kids awake. We will start with Sam, lol, Sam has to lay on the bathroom floor, Something about the green fuzzy rug makes it okay to be left down, crib or anywhere else is NOT okay. So Sam lays on the floor. Now for Elizabeth. I don't want to lock her out of the bathroom, mayhem would occur. I don't want to lock her in the bathroom, she would abuse Sam, so the door is left open so that she can come and go as she pleases. She routinely has to "check" on me. The curtain is thrown aside as she peers in at me. Then she notices the toilet. In our attempt to become toilet trained she has learned how to flush the toilet ...won't sit on it or touch it though. So the big trick is to shower quick enough while dodging back and forward trying not to freeze as she opens the curtain up and not to be scalded as she flushes the toilet every 10 seconds while keeping the soap out of my eyes and and eye on Sam. Lol. It is kind of funny and a challenge.

Well as my Camera is still dead (weep) I have to convince Angie to bring her camera here so I can get Stampede pictures off of it.

Things I enjoy

So I added a counter to the bottom of my blog for "So You Think You Can Dance" Mostly because I forget when it is on and am always sad, usually I can catch a rerun of a missed episode but this way I have a reminder. I am cheering for 3 teams and don't know who I like the most. I like Chelsie and Mark, Kherington and Twitch and Katee and Joshua. I am also excited that "Breaking Dawn" is coming out i 25 days. WOOt. Yes I am addicted to "Twilight", You either love them or you don't... and I do. I read them in a week the first time and now I am reading them again trying to obsorb more of it, but I find I only want to read my favorite parts. I am also excited for "Midnight Sun", Edwards version of the first book but that one is still in the works. I had a friend ask me about "The Host" so I might have to put that on my list of books to read. It is funny, I forget how much I like reading until I am actually doing it. Then I can't stop. Anyways that is all for now. I can't find my battery charger for my camera. BOO!!

viruses, surgery and a happy birthday

We have had an interesting run at it lately. 2 Saturdays ago we noticed Elizabeth had a little rash, not knowing if it was chicken pox, allergies or what er took her into the clinic... strep. So she was on antibiotics for the last week. The week passes and we decided to throw her a birthday party. We spend the morning at the zoo and then take her to my parents house and let her play in the sprinkler. the rash comes back worse than ever. AHHHHH. So we are back in at the clinic. Well not strep but rotavirus. Spreds like a cold and really not that bad except that once it isn't contagious you develop a rash that gets worse when you are out in the sun. And we had her out in her bathing suit. So we are now homebound for the next two weeks with no outside time so that this thing will go away. Happy Birthday Lizzy.

The day after we took Lizzy into the clinic for the first time I was booked for surgery. Rogue iud. Sunday morning 9:30am we get the call to go in because they could fit me in. Monday morning 3:00am I finally go in (talk about giving someone time to freak out). Not to mention that Trevor was taking his first insurance exam monday morning. (Poor guy, I sent him home at midnight not knowing when I would go in.) Well of course nothing can be even that easy. Condensed version I ended up having one of my tubes and my appendix taken out also. So with 5 IV marks, bruses all over my torso, 3 small cuts from the scope, two days recovery I was finally sent home. This was suppose to be a 4 hour stint in the hospital. Bah. But at least my nurses were great this time. Let me add that nursing Sam for those two days was interesting but we made it through without having to give him formula (great nurses and wonderful parents).

Even with all of this going on though, we actually did have a wonderful birthday party. We had close friends over to my parents for a BBQ and cake. Lizzy played out side all day (her favorite thing). I tried and tried to get some pictures of her and Trevor got a few good ones to. In showing her age you call her name to look at you and she looks the other way. Drives me nuts but is strangly cute as can be. She is such a sweet little girl. Even when she is so sick she has been happy and wonderful. I can't believe that I have been a mom for 2 years. I am excited for this next year what big mile stones, talking and potty training. She has so much personality. Here are some of my favorite developments.

She will stand in the middle of a room and throw a ball up over her head. Then she puts her arms out and say "whered it go??" then she laughs and laughs "There it is!!" She will do this 20 times.

She will look at you and say "Ready" then she launchs the ball at you.

She can count to 10 in english and spanish with her Dad. I don't hink she really knows what she is doing but she will say the words.

We have been working on when you ask her how old she is she will say "dos"

She loves to be chased and to chase you. We will run the circut around my parents house hiding and playing.

When she gets tired she get really busy, try to keep going, so cute to watch.

I love my baby girl she keeps me on my toes