Christmas 2010

Our Christmas this year went very well. Aside from getting snowed out from traveling to Illinois for the second year in a row! But we will be going to celebrate Christmas with my family this weekend (over the new years holiday) instead. I suppose I can't be too bummed about extending the Christmas festivities another week, can I?! I'm really looking forward to drowning my sorrows in a bowl of clam dip as soon as I get to my moms though! Well... when I get there I won't have sorrows to drown anymore but whatever... I'm going to eat all the clam dip so help me God!

We all got spoiled on Christmas this year! Grant got lots of fun toys. He got lots of books, a Lightning McQueen car that talks & lights up, an excavator that he calls "estimator" because he can't say excavator. He got lots of goodies. Penny got a little play kitchen, some new clothes, books, and a few little toys she can also chew on (gotta love teething!). Joe got me a guitar this year and I got him some new lounge clothes. We're going to Vegas in a few weeks for our first vacation (just the two of us) since we went to Mexico in 2007. I can't wait! I am going to sleep, and sleep, and sleep, and shop, maybe eat, and then sleep some more! I got a gift card to the spa at the hotel we're staying at (the Aria hotel & casino) so I can't wait to get a massage, facial, & mani-pedi! Talk about the best Christmas gift EVER! I'll do that between naps of course.

Grant has been a wonderful little guy lately. He's working on potty training! I'm thankful for 'cars' themed pull-ups! The other day he was standing by the Christmas tree looking focused on something... then he looks at me and says "I went potty on Guido". haha... (guido is a character from 'cars' that is on his pull-ups). But we read lots of potty books and he gets skittles for going on the big boy potty! He's not ready to wear underwear yet but we're working towards that! Right now he is loving building blocks and watching "Credibles" (the incredibles movie).

Penny has had a cold for about 4 weeks now, poor girl! I took her to the Dr's a few days ago and they said she has a sinus infection. They put her on antibiotics - which I've heard horror stories about w/ the MSPI - so I've been dreading this. So far it's going okay. She's spitting up quite a bit more than normal (which was already a ton). But she's not unhappy. She sounds like Darth Vader when she breathes so I hope this antibiotic clears that up soon! It sounds uncomfortable. Otherwise she's a happy little lady! She's SOOOO close to crawling! She really gets her knees under her body and scoots where she wants to go but she's not up on all fours yet. It seems like she's crawling so early! But she can pretty much get where she wants to without any trouble. She also loves to be hugged these days! She's lifting her arms up to you when you come to her to tell you to pick her up. She will wrap her arms around your neck and hug you... I just LOVE that! She likes to grab fistfulls of my hair in the process so that's not always great but I'll take a hug from my girl whenever I can get it! :)

Both kids are doing great so I really can't complain. I'm getting worried about my classes next semester! I looked at one sylabus so far and it was like 10 pages long. I nearly shit a brick. I have to comment on ceratin threads on the website for participation points! Jeepers! Does this teacher not get that we're all taking this class on line so we don't have to participate?? haha. Guess not. It's "Psychology of Adolecents" so I'm pretty sure it'll be interesting enough. I hope I get A's again! It feels good to prove to myself something I've been suspecting for some time.... I'm really fackin' smart!

So aside from gearing up for round 2 of Christmas, Vegas Vacation, and Spring semester things are pretty chill and relaxed around here. I hope Penny's sinus infection goes away soon and that Grant doesn't get sick. He just finished a round of his own antibiotics from a double ear infection. (he said he had a tractor in one ear and a train in the other. They're gone now though, according to him the antibiotics worked).

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving was great this year! It was nice to be in Nebraska actually. I was glad that we only had to drive 30 minutes to Joe's parents house. I hate traveling all the way to IL on Thanksgiving b/c the roads are so freakin' busy. We had a nice relaxing time with the fam. Grant played with his Lightning McQueen car that Gma & Gpa bought him. It's one of those that has a ginormous battery and he pushes a peddle to drive it around... he LOVES it. He also found an old Monster Truck toy that was Joe's when he was a kid. Grant loved watching that thing drive over stuff. It would even drive over GRANT when he was laying down on the floor. He laughed his butt off. He calls it "monster truck mater". I guess it's Mater from the "Cars" movie. He has a short DVD of "Maters Tall Tales" and one of the tall tales is called "Monster Truck Mater".

Penny had a great Thanksgiving but had a really bad black friday! She had a bad tummy ache and diarea all day long. I think it had to have been from the well water at Gma & Gpa's house. I made a few bottles for her on Thanksgiving w/ their water and that's the ONLY thing I can think of that was different for her. Joe thinks this is totally possible that something in the water upset her MSPI. Probably not any actual milk or soy but she's bothered by LOTS of things. It could be too much rust for all I know. Anyway, it made for a bad Friday and I felt bad for Penny. She was unconsolable and upset a lot of the day and I just hate when she gets like that because you can't help her really. :( But she was feeling better by Friday night.

Saturday I went to Des Moines for my annual Christmas shopping trip w/ my mom & sister. We always meet out there. It's like 1/2 way for both of us so it works out really well. I got a lot of shopping done! I hope to finish it up this week. Penny and Grant went to Gma & Gpa Schulz's house and had a great time. Penny was much happier that day I heard.

We still have to go pick out a tree. We plan to do that this weekend. I'm not sad that we're getting it a week later than normal b/c I think this year it's going to be interesting to see if Grant messes with the tree or not. I'm pretty sure he will. He messes w/ everything else, why not the tree? I imagine he'll have a blast taking all the decorations off of it... should be a fun month! lol!!! :) He's an awesome kiddo and I absolutely adore him but he's also... two.

I don't mean to brag but...

SOOOOOOO I've been taking my one masters class and doing pretty well in it. I have to write an essay about every 10 days or so. My last essay took my prof forever to grade and I was getting paranoid that it sucked. I know you won't understand the details of this "feedback" my prof left me but you'll get the gist... summed up it basically says "you're awesome". Here's my 'feedback'...

Grade : 15 out of 15
Comments : Bryanne-The purpose of Assignment E is to encourage you to think about what should be about teaching rather than what is. We go through life being told to “be realistic. Take things as they are.” In many instances, this is good guidance. Yet, in teaching, if we are not careful, we succumb to “what is,” to the “real” and give up on the ideal, such as facilitative teaching and life-long learning, ideals to be sought, if never fully achieved. Your essay "Imagine" had a singing quality. I thought of John Lennon's song, "Imagine" where he asks us to imagine a world where everybody lives in peace and harmony. Ah, ha, you're using a metaphor to develop your subject, facilitative teaching, by way of the two metaphors and what they mean to you. The story about your Grandmother (sage on the stage) and Mother (Guide on the Side) was right on target. Also, two of your colleagues in the class mentioned experiences with their children and how they were challenged to put educational theory into practice in the real world of family. Needless to say, this is your best essay! Well done. Dr. Garcia

Yeah. I'm awesome. haha.

I'm about to go register for next semester. I cant decide if I'm going to take two or three classes. Do I want to get done w/ this masters program in 3 years and go senile in the process or get done in 3+ years? Hmmm... that's a tough one.

OK. Enough about me and back to my regular blog about the kids...
We just took a road trip to IL for faux thanksgiving and it was a doozy! Grant no longer sleeps well in the car. Both to and from IL he only took a 20min nap and woke up SCREAMING. Why? I have no idea. But it was not fun. And I can't get in the back seat easily... the car seats take up so much damn space! So I have to squeeze my ass between them and have my body turned to one side. That's comfy! But thank God for the car DVD player!!!! That was seriously helpful!

Grant is seriously a genius I'll have you know. He was playing w/ those letter magnets you put on the fridge and I picked up the letter G and said 'do you know what letter this is?" and he goes "G for Grant". I was totaly impressed but decided to try another letter... I picked up the letter E and asked if he knew what that one was, he said "G for Ebony". Okay... it's not a G but he knew it was an E b/c he said EBONY (a girl in his class at daycare). I picked up the letter J and he said "G for Jetta" (another girl in his class). I picked up the N and he said "G for Noah". So he was stuck on the letter G but he KNEW what each letter was for names of people in his class! He went on to say "G for Sammy" when I picked up the S, "G for Hunter", w/ the H, and he did the letter R as well but I forget what the name was. Anyway... this is some impressive shit for a 2.5 year old you know!!! He talks better than most 3 or 4 year olds and the kid is about ready to start reading for Pete's sake! haha. So... that was more bragging. :)

Penny looks really cute in a dress. :) That's my bragging for her. haha. She'll be a genius too. A well dressed one.

Tootsie Roll

It's been a while since I blogged last and I have lots to say! The kiddo's have been up to some amusing antix. Penny is officially rolling over. Has been for a month now actually - she started that at 4mo old. The bad news about that though is that she rolls over and then realizes she doesn't want to be on her stomach... so she gets all cranky. So every evening Joe & I take turns rolling her back over while we make dinner. Seriously it's like every minute she rolls over. Then gets mad. I'm pretty sure she's working on teeth as well. I don't see any coming through perse but she is drueling like mad and chews on everything. I took a video last night of her going to town on her plastic giraffe, I'll post it on FB later. It's especially cute when she pulls her feet up to her face and start to chew on her big toe. Grant did that too. She is so flipping cute! She likes to suck her thumb and hold something soft up to her nose...which is EXACTLY what Grant does w/ his blanket... so it's just a matter of time before she finds her 'lovey' (her favorite soft blanket or toy to use while thumb sucking). She'll use anything at this point. Heck she'll use the sock while it's still on her foot!! haha. It's the funniest thing to see... she is sucking her thumb on her right hand and w/ her left hand she's got her left foot up by her face and her sock is pulled almost off her foot and she's touching it up to her nose. Kids are funny! Grant didn't really clame a 'lovey' until he was about 15mo old. I remember we were in Atlantic City on vacation when we realized he HAD to have the white blanket w/ the pieces of yarn on it. The lady who made that blanket for Grant made one for Penny too... I keep giving it to her just incase she's on the same path as Grant and will like the yarn... anyway... rambling...

Other stuff I want to jot down:
I'm really excited to take Grant to see Santa this year! I think he might not cry! We've already started talking about how you tell Santa what you really want and if you're nice he'll bring it to you. So hopefully when we see Santa he will be able to tell him what he wants. Last year he just cried. But it was ok because there was no one else in line so Santa started reading Grant a book and Grant calmed down. Never did say what he wanted Santa to bring him but that's fine. He wasn't even 18mo old then. But this year he will TOTALLY get it! Presents are the SH*T! right now so... haha.

Well next month I'll get to start trialing food w/ Penny. Normal, non-mspi babies are eating rice cereal by now. But we have to wait until she's about 9mo to try rice cereal. At 6mo we can trial veggies very slowely. Normal kids you try one thing and wait 3 days to see if they have a 'reaction' but w/ the mspi babies you have to wait 6 days. I'm going to start w/ sweet potatoes on December 8th! I can't wait. She sits w/ us in her high chair at dinner and watches all of us eat. She even watches Grant. I have no idea what she's thinking or if she's thinking 'i want some' but I kind of feel a little guilty eating in front of her! haha.

This weekend is faux thanksgiving in IL and I got cute outfits for the kids to wear. We'll be doing a fun family pic. Actually we are surprising my mom w/ a prof photographer to come take pictures for her and that'll be her Christmas present from all of us kids(&grandkids). Should be fun! I hope we get some good pics! Evertime I schedule pictures for my family I fear a repeat of Sears 2009. lol.

DMV

I went to the DMV today on my lunch break. That place is my own personal Hell honestly. I avoid the DMV like the plague! My drivers lisence has been expired since July (thanks 30th bday) and I have NOT gone to renew it b/c I hate the DMV that much. Anyway, so I was there. There's always a damn line. You never just get in at the DMV. I love that you still have to take a number too. So the reason I hate the DVM is the people who are always there. (yucky, yucky people) And my expectations were fullfilled... just behind me and to the left was a 45-50yo man making the sickest noise on earth. I will try to explain the noise... at first I thought he was dry heaving, like he was gonna vomit. Then I thought maybe the noise was part of a spasm due to his mental handycap (like terrets or something). Then I realized he was trying not to hack up a lung. LITERALLY. He kept going "HEEEEH" over and over. It was a cough he was trying to keep in. Like when you have to cough but don't want to make a lot of noise... Are you with me here? It sounded awful. So just imagin something awful. Anyway, he made that noise almost the entire time I was there. It's the kind of thing where he was doing it SO MUCH that when he stopped I looked up and had to stop myself from turning around to see if he was still alive or had stopped breathing and finally keeled over. The DMV is so gross. Not just the people but even the horrid little desks they make you sit in when you wait. Like the comunity college type classroom desks. I am wearing a dress today too so I kept making sure I was totally sitting on the skrit of my dress. A girl could probably pick up a raging yeast infection from sitting in those desks. Lawd above I hate the DMV. Uh... and I had to take a picture to... so my FAVORITE HAIR-CUT EVER will live on for at least another 5 years. Awesome.

Enough about that lovely experience. Nothing much is new w/ the kiddos. Penny is happier (after having that bad day sunday). Grant is the same - hysterical. The other day he was banging his fork on the table and I told him to stop. He put the fork down, looks at it and says "stop that fork. you're too loud." haha. YOU TELL THAT FORK! He also has a deep hate for socks right now. IDK why. But as soon as you take his shoes off he begs you to take off the socks too. He really isn't going to be into this whole "winter" thing that's on its way!

Oh, and his posse has grown. It now includes the blanket, big-o, gourdon (the pumpkin) and teddy bear. Teddy bear is a random teddy bear that was up in his bed room sitting in a little tiny rocking chair. The other night he requested that teddy bear sleep with him. Since then he has to come everywhere with the whole posse. Which I've taught Grant to actually call "the posse" btw. I told him a group of friends is called a posse and I have to pack all of him and his posse in the damn car in the morning. Grant's burried behind two bears, a blanket, and a damn pumpkin while I try to buckle his harness and he grabs onto everyone going "my posse, my posse, my posse". It's pretty damn funny actually. Carrying him down the stairs is getting scarrier though. AT least if I do fall I"ve got the possibility of landing on one of three huge stuffed animals. (well one's a vegitable but who's counting).

NOT COOL!

So I was going to blog last friday (10/22) but daycare called me at work at 9:45a that Penny needed to be picked up. They have a pollicy that if your kiddo has 2 loose stools in less than an hour you have to pick them up. And Penny did so off I went. We spent a nice time at home together. But I will be getting a DR's note to give to daycare telling them that Penny's got pooping issues. This is the second time I"ve had to get her b/c of her poop and when we get home she's just fine. I can't keep getting her. I have no problems picking up my kids if they are sick, I would never want them to have to sit at daycare feeling yucky. But Penny's just a pooper! So... yeah.

Last Thursday night we all went to the Roca Berry Farm to pick some pumpkins! We had a blast! We ate a funnel cake first thing when we got there. Grant loved it of course! Penny watched enviously. Poor lady. And then we walked around looking at all the cool stuff they have. There's a petting zoo w/ pigs, goats, chickens, bunnies and a YACK. Or some sort of Yack looking animal. He was not pet-able but he was there. I actually heard the pigs oink! Yeah, my experience w/ pigs is limited so I was like... wow, they really oink! haha. Grant loved it. I got some great video of him touching one of the pigs snouts. Also some good video of him petting and feeding the goats. Who, also amazingly to me, really do go BAAAA. But the best part of the trip to the pumpkin patch was this massive tube slide Joe got  Grant to go down. I wasn't so sure this was a good idea, and frankly I didn't think Grant would WANT to go down this slide alone but he did. The slide came from this huge castle they have built at the top of a hill and there's a red tube slide that goes all the way down the hill. Probably about 20yrds long and at a seriously steep angle. The first time Grant went I was at the top and Joe was at the bottom. Joe said Grant started to turn to the side as he was going down and he had a look of sheer terror on his eyes!! haha. But as soon as he got to the bottom he said AGAIN! So he went about 30 times.

At one point I had to become a total MOMMA BEAR during the slide extravaganza. There were about 5 kids going down the slide over and over at the same time as Grant. They were all doing great taking turns yadda yadda. I was at the top of the slide watching Grant go down and Joe was at the bottom to catch him and get him out of the way of the on-coming traffic of kids asap. And at one point Grant was walking up to the slide to go down and another little boy, maybe 4 or 5, was there at the same time. Grant just randomly said "Pit Stop" - which he says often. It's from the movie Cars. He wasn't saying it to anyone, just saying "Pit Stop" and the little 5yo boy turns around, gets in Grants face and goes "WHAT'D YOU SAY TO ME? I'LL KICK YOU BOY!" at which point I quickly stepped up to the window where I could see them closer and yelled "HEY!!!!" and the little boy looked at me like "shit I'm caught" and I yelled "NOT COOL!" and motioned for him to get his ass down the slide! I wanted to say more but seeing as I did not know where his mother was or how scrappy she was or how large she might be I thought "HEY, NOT COOL" was plenty. He went down the slide and left Grant alone. The best part about this... and what I wanted to say but didn't was... the little boy was carrying his little white bunny rabbit with him. You could tell it was his 'lovie' b/c it was all warn and stuff. And I wanted to be like... you can't go to a pumpkin patch with out your baby bunny you're not kicking any one! haha. Obviously... that would have been very childish of me. Oh, and his mother was at the bottom of the slide and never acted like she noticed anything so I'm guessing she's oblivious to the fact that her kids is a bully to other kids when she's not looking. The SAD thing about this... you know that little boy LEARNED that behavior by being bulled at some point. And after I yelled at the little boy Grant looked at me with such a look of surprise. I was like 'you have fun on the slide and don't worry about him'. Kids are such a-holes to eachother!!!

Well it was a good weekend. Penny was very very upset yesterday. She cried a lot. I think it's b/c she spit up her morning zantac. (she gets three doses a day). I gave her her zantac, walked away to get a wash clothe wet to wipe her eyes, came back and there was a wet spot of clear goo on her matress. Pretty sure that was her zantac. And I only give her 1.5ml's so I feel like that spot was ALL of it. With in an hour of that she was bawling. It took soo much cuddling and rocking to get her to nap. It was just like when she was a itty bitty baby again. So sad. Poor little lady! I'm glad she's not like that every day anymore! But the sad thing is that zantac is like it builds on every dose... so not having her morning dose screwed up her WHOLE DAY. The stuff has to be given in succession so when you miss a dose it eff's up the whole day. She was still awefully fussy at the end of the day! :(

We carved pumpkins last night. Grant just watched but he still loved watching. Too much goo for him. He'd likely take it into the living room and drop it on my carpet! haha. My carpet is already yucky enough. But I made G's a happy face pumpkin and mine is a bat. Joe's will get carved tonight. Grant declaired it should be a MAD FACE. lol. So in accordance w/ the phrophecy it shall be done. :) (joe doesn't carve, he just takes out the guts and roasts the NUTS, yumm).

OK. Done rambling. Happy Monday.

there's lightning, there's lightning...

Grant does this thing now where he repeats something over... and over... and over... and over... and over... seriously I didn't know someone could even repeat one thing so many times! At first it was cute... now... not so much. I know. I'm a horrid mother. But wowzer the repeating thing is so annoying!! Last night Grant looked out our living room window and for some reason thought he saw lightning (which was impossible) and he just goes "there's lightning. there's lightning. there's lighting. there's lighting"... but for HONEST TO GOD like 5 minutes. It used to be that he would stop repeating as long as you achnowledged what he was saying. Like "oh, did you see lightning" would stop the "there's lightning" fairly quickly. But not anymore! Now he just keeps going on and on about the damn lightning!!! Penny was trying to fall asleep and take a cat nap in the living room but couldn't b/c of the dang lightning extravaganza going on so I had to take her up stairs. I put her in her crib and came back downstairs and yep... there was still lightning going on... somewhere... haha. WHY?!

I went to the gym yesterday and met w/ a little trainer dude (who made me feel like a grandma, he was 24). He showed me some weight extersizes to do. So again... the gun show is coming to town! Eventually! Maybe if I just repeat that over and over to myself it'll help... like self fullfilling profecy?!

And tonight we're going out to Roca Berry Farm to pick pumpkins!!! I even printed out a coupon for it! It's gonna be super!

19 Weeks of Whimsy.

Penny is 19 weeks old today. It's kind of crazy that that much time has passed. If I were 19 weeks pregnant I'd be finding out what I was having this week or next! Speaking of... last week I was in Von Maur buying a  sleep sack and the cashier says "What are you having?" and I said "Oh, I have a girl at home" (thinking she was asking me b/c of my purchase) And then she says "Oh, well what are you having NOW" and I looked at her like I was going to vomit and said "I'm not pregnant". She said "OMG, I'M SO SORRY!" She said there was a "girl who looks just like you with the same hair cut" who had just been walking around the store. I just stood there and didnt' speak again. I get it that she felt bad b/c she kept saying she did... but still... you asked me what I'm having! Be fackin' sure someone's obviously pregnant before you ask that!

Crazy cashier ladies aside things are generally good w/ Penny. She's sleeping all night again. Well I hear her talking to herself in the middle of the night sometimes. But she goes back to sleep with out me even having to go into the room. She's just a cute little cuddle bug. I'm so glad she's a happy baby. She wasn't so happy for the first few weeks (months) of her life. But the zantac and the special formula seem to be helping her tummy.

Last night Grant ate 6 chicken stix! (yes, like fish stix). He hates protiene so this was exciting for me. He dipped them all in his apple sauce too. Haha. I said 'well I guess it's all going to the same place'. If he's happy eating it that way who am I to stop him. The kid eats like a bird as it is. I'll take what I can get. I remember before I had kids I was all high and mighty and I thought people who only fed their children chicken nuggets and mac 'n cheese were terrible parents. But really... what do you do when they absolutely refuse to eat any of the 'good' stuff like regular food (ie: veggies, chicken breast, pork chops, baked potato) we try all the good stuff and he never eats that. So in lou of making him starve we feed him things he will eat and continue to try to introduce the 'good' stuff. That's how our pediatrician says to do it. So lesson learned... you can't judge a mom by her childs diet.

I went to the gym yesterday. I'll be going again today. I'm meeting w/ a trainer tomorrow and he's going to show me how to work all the weight machines. I need to sculpt my guns! So get your tickets!

Bloggity Blog Y'all

This is my first blog on blogspot! Woopie! I missed bloggin'. But myspace is no place for blogging anymore so I decided to join up over here. Mostly I just want to ramble about my kids and life. I feel like I need to keep a diary of what they are up to. One thing I love about myspace is that I can go back and read old blogs I've written. However, they're all about my life before kids! I think I'd really enjoy going back to read things about my two munchkins... it's amazing how easily I've already forgotten some things about Grant when he was a baby! I don't want to do the same thing w/ Penny. So mostly I want to keep a journal of the goings-on with my bebe's.

So for my first installment I'll fill ya in! Grant is 2 and Penny is 4mo. Grant is a handful and talks so much these days! There's basically nothing he can't communicate to you. He is obsessed with his blanket, his teddy bear Big-O (short for big 'ol teddy bear) and a stuffed pumpkin that he calls 'Gourdon'. He must take all three items wherever he goes! Penny's baptism was Saturday evening and while in the car I realized we had left ALL THREE things at home. It was a rookie mom mistake! But we all survived. More about the baptism in a second! Penny is doing FAB. She's growing, growing, growing! She wears 6-12mo clothes already and weighed 16lbs at her last DR apt two weeks ago. She still spits up like she's bulemic but she's obviously keeping some of her formula down cause girl is filling out her jeans! :) But she's gorgeous and I still give those great big cheeks about a million kisses a day.

Penny was baptised on Saturday. The moment we walked into the church she was not a happy camper. I thought it was because she was hungry... it was right about time for another bottle... but even after I started feeding her bottle (as we walked down the aisle to our pew in the church) she was NOT having it. She proceeded to cry through the baptism ceremony. Grant was also upset! I think he was wanting to come stand with Joe, Penny, & I up at the 'font' and I had said a few nights pervious that he shouldn't. I was regretting that at that moment... there was no reason he couldn't stand up there w/ his family. IDK why but I wasn't expecting him to care. Anyway, Grant was crying and so was Penny. In fact at one point the pastor said something like "We welcome Penny into God's love" and Grant yelled "NO!!!" So I just started laughing b/c what else could I do? Eventually Penny calmed down once we went into the crying room and I just laid her down and left her alone.

Penny is also rolling over now. It's really awesome that she's started doing that while she sleeps too! (sarcasm). Her other fav thing to do while sleeping is hold a blanket over her face! Yeah, two of the biggest no-no's and she's doing them. So I got a bad nights sleep last night b/c I kept having to go check on her to make sure she wasn't on her tummy. (I took the blanket out so she couldn't hold it on her face). Oh I'll be glad when she gets older and I don't have to worry so much about what possition she sleeps in.

Today Grant is going to a pumpkin patch with his class at daycare. Joe & I have been trying to make a family trip to the Roca Berry Farm's pumpkin patch and hopefully we'll do that this week. I think Grant will really enjoy picking out a pumpkin this year b/c he 'gets' it.

I think that's all the information I feel like jotting down so I don't forget! haha. Or at least so I can be reminded someday when I look back at this blog. As far I go today I have big plans for working out and lifting weights. I saw a pic of myself at the baptism and boy were my arms flabby! I'm just all around feeling a little saggy so I hope to correct that "issue" STAT! That is all folks!