Just For You Mom

My mom HATES getting her picture taken. She will do whatever she can to avoid being in any pics. But she couldn't say no to Jacob when he said, "I need a picture with Grandma." Thanks Jacob! It's late so I'm going to wait to post more about our camping trip.

Happy Easter!

DUE

I am due OCTOBER 24.

Update

I know it's been awhile since I've posted. I have not felt like blogging for awhile now but thought I'd better update those of you who are still checking on us. Our biggest news is that we're having a baby!!!! Yea! It has been a long and sometimes tough road for me to get pregnant again. So it is a huge blessing that we are very grateful for. Jacob is so funny about it. He's so certain that he's getting a sister, and he plans to call her princess. When I'm not feeling too great he's always got hugs and kisses to help me feel better. And he's already decided which toys to share. He will make a great big brother. In anticipation of the new baby, we've made two changes to his routine. First of all we finally got rid of the pacifiers. He's been paci free for a couple of months now, and I'm wondering what took me so long? Second he's potty trained. Yippee!! He caught on super fast just like he does with everything he learns. We've had minimal accidents, and he even wakes up dry most mornings. I've only had to change his jammies and bedding in the middle of the night twice. Ok I don't change his bedding at 3 am. He just sleeps with us til morning. While speaking of Jacob here is a cute conversation he had with Jarom a couple weeks ago:
Jacob: Did you get married?
Dad: Yes I did.
Jacob: In that temple? (while pointing to the picture on the wall)
Dad: Yes
Jacob: Did Jesus marry you?
Dad (smiling): Yes in a way
Jacob: Oh. I'm too little to get married
He then continued on with playing. How cute is that? We have talked about the temple with him and that we got married there, but him asking if Jesus married us was all him. It just tells me that his brain is a little sponge right now and soaks up everything it can.
A little later in the same day he was riding with my parents to visit the dinosaur museum when grandma asked him where Liz and Ben were. His reply: They're at the temple.
I sure hope he keeps the temple in his mind as he grows up :)
Oh and we had a great time at the dinosaur museum. Jacob was a little bit scared of the bigger displays, but the smaller ones were right up his alley. His favorite parts were playing in the sand (wet and dry).

Here is my confession of the day: I am sick of the snow and rain. I know most of you would agree with me, but I really am sick of it. New snow takes my husband away from me!!

I always need help!

This time about gardening. I'm itching to plant some bushes in a couple areas of our yard because they are driving me crazy. So I need some suggestions on what to plant. The beds are under our pine trees and are shaded 99% of the time. So they need to be shade plants and easy to maintain. I'm already cursing the pine trees, and Jarom thinks they are so cool. They aren't that pretty and they make a huge mess.

Also I need to know how to kill tree roots without killing the grass. We have them all through our grass.

We also need to figure out how to cut down a couple of the cottonwooods in the back that look they are going to fall over any day.

I also curse whoever planted all the trees then didn't take care of them.

My Latest Dielmma...I'm Torn

Jacob will be turning 3 in just a few months so that means I have to start thinking about preschool for him. I thought I had it all planned as we were going to do a co-op, but those plans have fallen through. So now I have to decide if my child is ready to go to a structured preschool.
PROS
He already knows the alphabet and all the sounds.
He can count to 10.
He knows some shapes and most colors.
He talks really well.
I would be able to go grocery shopping ALONE.
He loves to be around other kids his age.
CONS
I'm not ready. I have been excited about every milestone he has hit, but this sending him off to school is hard. I didn't think it would be, but what can I say, he's my little buddy and is pretty much with me all the time.
We're having a hard time with potty training. My goal is to get it done by his 3rd birthday, but we'll see.
He's young for his class. Birthday is the end of August.
He has a hard time sitting still to work on projects. He doesn't really like to do things like play with playdough, color, fingerpaint, or do puzzles on his own for more than like 5-10 minutes.
$$$$$$ it adds up.
He still needs a nap after lunch.

If you know my son, do you think he will be ready for preschool this fall?

UGGGHHH

I wish my hair was this long again. Really would someone please remind me why I cut off over 12 inches of hair that I should have know would never come back? Here's my dilemma: I really want to grow my hair out, but the last "trim" I got was soooo BAD I think I might have to start over again. I don't know what to do. I really do have other more important matters to attend to. Really like the mental battle about whether NSHS class of 99 should have a 10 year reunion. Someone should have told me 10 years ago that being senior class president came with this lifetime burden of decision making. What do you think?