a little shoulder rubbin'

Don't cry over spilled...

bless his little heart

We are trying to potty-train Rowdy. Cody had just helped him in the bathroom but asks him to go get another pair of unders, and we reconvene in the living room. Rowdy comes back with an undershirt. Dad says,"Those aren't unders. Can you go find some unders?" Rowdy comes back again with a different tank. Dad,"Rowdy those aren't unders, go find some unders." Rowdy says,"Can you turn the light on please?"
I still have the giggles

Can you tell I haven't uploaded our christmas pictures yet?

I need to just buckle down and do it. In the mean time here was our Christmas card. This card was born out of the fact we were not all photogenic at the same time. I figured I better post it because we used all of our stamps and some cards got returned to us. (including yours Jill )

be good to me 2010

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before? Purchased a house
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Yikes?! I don’t even remember what they were! Reading everyday, Running more, and painting some more
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes. Letti, had Paisley 3 weeks before Ezra was born
4. Did anyone close to you die? Thankfully no
5. What countries did you visit? I now live in Texas and visited California. Does that count? I heard Texas actually has in written into their state Constitution that they have the right to secede from the USA!
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? Self discipline. Yummmm chocolate
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? August 7th –August 13th because I wanted Ezra to be born while Monica and my Mom were both here visiting from California. So I was doing jumping jacks and eatin’ jalapenos, but he didn’t care. He arrived on the 13th. And then he came out the size of a 3 month old. We love our Chubbs!
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Ezra
9. What was your biggest failure? My hair (until Syd cut it)
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Does pregnancy count?
11. What was the best thing you bought? Besides the house, A back yard and a little bike buggy to pedal the boys around in
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Rowdy for making the biggest adjustments of his life and memorizing world geography in the process
13. Where did most of your money go? a la casa y bills. but also including washer dryer and couches
14. What did you get really, really, really excited about? People coming to visit us in Texas
15. What song will always remind you of 2009? “Our House” by Madness
16. What do you wish you'd done more of? swimming
17. What do you wish you'd done less of? Wearing bright colors while pregnant
18. How did you spend Christmas? Happy. and warm in our new home because there was snow outside! Then we went to Lynda’s for breakfast and then to Kelly’s for dinner and then my parents came on the train the 26th.
19. Did you fall in love in 2009? Yes with three different handsome men
20. What was your favorite TV program? Office
21. What was the best book you read this year? Sister’s Keeper, well actually that was the only one besides the good ole' B of M
22. What was your greatest musical discovery? Sufjan Stevens
23. What did you want and get for Christmas? Warm running stuff and house slippers
24. What was your favorite film of this year? None of them were that memorable for me
25. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? Picnic at the Park after church. 29
26. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Having everyone working again.
27. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? Whatever would fit! I am dumping all of my maternity clothes and buying all black ones next time.
28. What kept you sane? Cody, Food, and then running
29. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Monson
30. What political issue stirred you the most? Was the Swine flu a political issue?
31. Who did you miss? My family and other California friends