Weeding in January?

I never thought it was possible, but we have been weeding in January! I love the winters here, but I hate that the weeds do not stop growing all year round. It has been in the mid 70's the past few days, so I made Scottie and Peter help me weed on Saturday.


Peter helped out a little but soon lost interest. We have no idea why, but he decided he wanted his pants off. There was no poopy diaper, his pants were not wet, he just wanted them off. Silly little boy!


Well, 3 1/2 weeks until Rigby is due to show up. He keeps resting on a nerve in my leg, so when I am walking, my leg will suddenly buckle underneath me. In fact, the other night I had to crawl up the stairs to bed. I really think he needs to find another place to put his little head.

The Big Two

Happy Birthday Peter! Well, it did not start out very happy. This is what Peter looked like while Scott and I were singing Happy Birthday to him:


Perhaps we sounded so awful that he could not take it :).

Also, he would not blow the candles out, so I had to do that for him. However, once the candles were out, he stole an Oreo wheel from the cake and then was happy as a lark. Yummy food fixes everything for a boy! Here is his choo, choo train cake:

I will most certainly make this cake again. It turned out okay, but I definitely could do a much better job the second time around.

The rest of the night the kido enjoyed playing with his toys:



I cannot believe he is two. The second year has gone by faster than the first. I have had a harder time seeing him turn two than when he turned one. It is probably those pregnancy hormones (what will I do when I don't have pregnancy to blame everything on!?). We love you my sweet little boy!

The New Year

I have been busy trying to get some things done before the baby gets here, so I have not taken the time to post anything lately. Here is a little of what we have been up to since Christmas.

My friend, Shauna, her husband, Trevor, and their twin girls came to visit for New Years Eve. We loved having them over! We enjoyed the holidays by ourselves, but it was nice to have some company. Shauna and I enjoyed ditching the kidos and hubbies to go shopping for new purses and just getting out!!! Scott and Trevor enjoyed playing video games on their computers. The kidos (all three almost 2 years old) just ran a muck playing with toys and each other the entire weekend. Here are some cute pictures of the kidos.

Moriah and Peter

Clara, Peter, Moriah
The table and chairs were a hit
and a constant source of contention for the odd kid out.

Peter has been very content to play with his tool bench. His latest interest is actually dismantling it. He managed to take the black top part off shortly after this picture was taken.

He is also obsessed with wearing hats lately
(or "wa" as he calls them).

Scottie and I were able to make our last trip to the temple before Rigby makes his debut. I did not realize how spoiled I was in Utah being so close to many temples and having my parents as built-in babysitters. It really is a miracle when we make it there, and we only live one hour away from the Houston Temple.

Scottie has been enjoying his video games as much as he can before we become parents to two little boys. He has also been completing some items on my "honey-do list". Here are Scottie and Peter fixing my piano bench. Cute!

Aside from getting things ready before the baby comes, I have just been getting fatter and fatter. The no sleeping and feeling like an enormous beached whale part has hit. Five more weeks until Rigby's ETA (or so I hope)! I could go for less too.

Oh, a few more things about Peter. He is obsessed with Mike (Monsters, Inc.). It is the only movie he will watch for more than 10 minutes. I get requests for Mike multiple times a day, but I usually restrict it to no more than three times a week. Next, this last week he made the transition from the crib to a mattress on the floor. So far, so good (knock on wood ;).

Also, Curious George is a new favorite of Peter's. I often find Peter putting George night-night, folding his arms to pray, feeding him, telling him "no, no, no", sticking him on the potty chair, and other cute little things. It is so much fun to see Peter develop fun new ways to play with things.


Good-bye, until Peter's birthday next week!