Mr. Adorable

Toby the amazing jumper

Indoor built miniture snowman family



Loves building snowman blocks

Grumpy-adorable

I can't believe how big Tobers is getting. I just love talking to him and hearing everything he has to say!!! He is a super awesome kid!! He can jump over Ethen and land perfectly on two feet. Sadly that is something I can't even do. He can do unreal sumersalts and just about anything else. Not only is he adorable but he so talented. I really enjoy him!!!

Tom Cat and Tinker Bell

So I have never really cared for cats.... but, I love having pets!!! So since we can't have a dog at the moment we have cats. Yes there is an S on the end of cat. We have 5 of them.... TOTALLY KIDDING! We only have two! Tom Cat (he is orange and like almost a year old) he is our newest. We got him in October. He was a stray in our Trailer Court.... Yes I said trailer.... we live in one and it is SO COLD during the winter!!! ANyWay, he is the coolest cat. He loves to play with Toby and all of his toys. When we build blocks he always knocks them down and he loves when we build train tracks. He looks like he is CATzilla or something it is may favorite!! He his so good with Toby, he lets him chase him and pull his tail and do everything that a little boy wants to do to a little cat. Tinker Bell on the other hand is lazy and doesn't like Toby. We have had her for about 3 1/2 years now. She hibernates all day and at night she comes out and wrestles with Tom Cat. She would prefer not to, but Tom Cat refuses to let it go and torchers her until she tackles him. We love to watch this!! They also cuddle!! There is nothing better in this world then animals that cuddle. Needless to say I now love cats... well.. at least Tom and Tinker!!!! Meow

Lion King

Toby LOVES to siNg!!!! He sInGs all DaY LonG and I love it!!! His most recent songs come from Lion King. He is so funny!!! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. I totally love this kiD!!!

Hakuna Matata

Cute Little Pictures

He loves to play with his trains while I cook dinner! He is such a cute kid!!!

I have been dreaming of warmer weather and camping... so I made us a little treat!!! It wasn't the real thing but it will hold me over until this crazy cold goes away!!

He loves his dad's organ music. This is the only way to please us both. I get the quiet no organ music and he get it LOUD and in his ears!!!

Cooking

Grandma Bea got Toby a cooking set. So I gave Toby some ingrediants and cooked up whatever it was that he made. It looked really REALLY gross but he wanted to try it so badly. I fugured since there was nothing bad in it.... so he ate it and loved it!! I couldn't bring myself to try it though! It was so fun to watch him trying so hard to cook something up!

Christmas

So this year was a bit different for Christmas. I have spent every Christmas of my life with my parents. I was sad to be away from them this year :( but.... it was so fun to have our very own family Christmas with just us!!! Toby got spoiled. ( I love to buy presents!) I only posted his favorites. Ethen bought him a trampoline to get us through the winter!! Toby has so much energy and we thought this would be perfect for him. He love to jump on it while he listens to Lion King music.

Toby is always so worried about ouies and bunks. Usually when he gets hurt be brings me a hammer and tells me to fix it. I thought that a doctor kit would be great. He loves to fix his bear and mom and dad and the cats and anything he can fix!!! We love pretending!!

For Christmas dinner I went all out. I wanted to make everything that my mom usually makes plus what Ethen's parents usually make. Ethen kept saying that we didn't need to cook that much. I had to though!!!! It was my first holiday dinner ever! It had to be AMAZING! Here is Toby and his sneaky fingers!! He loved all the food.

Ethen wanted a picture of ALL the food so here it is!! It was so fun baking and cooking! I loved every minute of it!

Goals 8-11 and 28

(8) So... I am feeling really great about this diet. I am doing Weight Watchers and I love the program. It is easy and I am really enjoying it. No, I haven't lost any weight... I just barely started. I am just so excited about it!

(11) Exercise seems to be the hardest. Yesterday I really didn't want to, but I reminded myself that this is for me.... a new life.... change... I have to do it!!! So I did it! It felt great to work out.

(8 and 9) Switching unhealthy foods with fruits and vegetables has been great! I love the challenge of trying to replace things I love with things that taste great, and they are HEALTHY!!!

(28) I also wrote a letter to some one dear to my heart!!!! It felt good putting it in the mail. So if you have received a letter.... I love you!!! It has been so fun working on all these goals. I know it has only been a few days but I am learning a lot about my self!!!

New Year... New life!

So normally when a new year starts I don't really care. I don't set goals, I don't try new things, I don't change anything. Maybe I'm afraid of change. Well, I am ready to put that all behind me and start new this year. I have to change! There are things in my life that I just can't put off any longer. So I am going to share them with you... all my goals... some hopes and wants... but mostly things that I have to do. I want to become a better person. When I die... I want people to think that I was the nicest, funniest best wife, mom, and friend. Not that all that can happen in a year, and I'm hoping I don't die this year.So hear it goes!!! Hopefully I will remember to keep updating about my goals. Whether it is by complaints, accomplishments, or pleas of HELP! So I don't know how many It will be, I am just going to type. Don't read it if you don't want to, this is mostly for me, and oh how it helps to share it!!!

1. Read the Book of Mormon all the way through
2. Pray more earnestly
3. Read the Ensign each month (all the way through)
4. Do something nice for someone every day
5. Sing in church at least 3 times this year
6. Learn 5 songs on the piano
7. Learn LOTS more about PCOS
8. Lose 60 Ibs or more (about 1 Ib a week)
9. Replace one unhealthy food in my diet for a daily cup of vegetables
10. Replace another unhealthy food in my diet for a daily cup of fruit
11. Exercise for more than 30 min. daily
12. Apologize to Ethen when I am wrong (even if I don't want too)
13. Serve Ethen when I am mad at him
14. Read 5 books this year
15. Organize my craft room (and keep it organized)
16. Gain a new talent
17. Strengthen and old talent
18. Shave my legs at least every other week (instead of once every month)
19. Make a new friend or two
20. Double my temple attendance
21. Play more with Toby
22. Help Toby to strengthen his talents
23. Get to know my sister-in-law better
24. Blog more
25. Be more positive about my appearance
26. Magnify my calling
27. Call my dad more just to bug him
28. Write a letter every month to some one that has been on my mind
29. Read scripture stories with Toby every day
30. Teach Toby the importance of prayer
31. Learn to sew
32. Learn to knit
33. Share my testimony more
34. Write in a daily journal
35. Write more in Toby's life journal
36. Show more love for my family
37. Keep up with the dishes
38. Keep up with the laundry
39. Overcome my fear of driving during the snowy winter

So that is all that I can think of for now. I know that I will be adding to the list through out the year. I know it's a lot but I hope I can knock them all down. Wish me luck. This year is going to be a great one. I am so excited to change and become better!!! Happy New Year!!! Good luck with all of your goals!

Toby Toby Toby

Read the post below for the update!

Mommys boots

Playin' the piano with daddy!!!

Cheese

Livin' Life

Life has been full of its ups and downs lately. Things are always changing and sometimes I can't keep up. Blogging has been one of those thinks that I have been bad at keeping up with. So here is a little update of the last year and all the things I didn't want to tell and all the things forgot. So.... in January I went to the doctors after a HUGE 60lbs+ weight gain. It happened all in three months and I had no idea why I was gaining or that I had, until a few months later. I hadn't changed my diet or activity. Nothing was different but the weight gain. Through some convincing from my family, I went to the doctors. After blood tests and more blood test and more doctors visits we found out that I had PCOS Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. So long story short, it has caused weight gain, infertility, achene, and a whole bunch of other really un fun stuff. The good news is that is that it can most likely be fix with weight loss, that bad news is that my body is working against my efforts to lose and making it seem at times, impossible to lose it. Every time I have lost 10lbs I have gained it back in a week. It has been a battle that at times I feel that I have lost. Then I realize, no battle is lost unless I give up. I know that I can lose it and I know that I will. I also know that it could take a REALLY long time. So...... Enough about my problems from the last year and the years to come.

I have a really cute kid that I just adore.

Sure he spits,

hits,

screams,

pushes,

pees his pants,

throws his food,

wont clean up his toys,

wakes up at 6:45,

eats all the food in the house,

colors on the couch,

touches ALL the WRONG buttons,

ALWAYS wants to watch the damn TV

caN't Stop JuMpinG,

Only breaks the things that actually mean something to me,

puts his tooth brush down the drain,

plays in the toilet water.

plays the piano WAY to lOuD,

but then when I am about to reach my BReaKing point, you know... pull out my hair, hide in the closet and cry kind of thing, he always says something like, "I'm so glad your here" and "Mom come play with me". Sometimes just hearing his sweet little, (kind of Innocent) voice just softens my heart. He is such a sweet boy.

He LovEs to do the dishes. He could wash them all day!!

He loves trains!! (unfortunately only when mom plays with him)

He loves tractors (yeah!!)

He loves the Organ

He only listens to organ music

When you ask him where dad is, he says, "playin' the organ"

He is ExtRemEly athletic

He can jump of the arm of the couch and land perfect on both feet

He can salsa dance

He LovEs his Daddy

He loves ME!

He loves life

He always says "yeah mom, forever" (I'm still not sure why)

I love when he says, " Ah, I can't get outta dare!"

I love that he loves his Papa Bear as much as I do.

I love those moments after a really hard two year old day, after I've put him to bed and sang him a song. I sit down on the couch to think about my day and just smile. That's the moment when I think how much I love this two year old boy that twists my world around. The moment that I think of his little curious brain that is working all day long to learn and discover everything he possible can. I think of all the things he did during the day that tore me apart for the moment, and I realize that he is so excited for life. He loves living it, he could eat, drink, and breath life. He is excited to go shopping, to go out in the FREEZING snow, to eat the same cereal that he has aways eaten. He is so excited to take a bath, do the dishes, sweep, do laundry, dance and sing. Every thing that has become such a chore for us all, everything that we do every day and don't even give it a thought. I love that moment that I get each night to remind my self of my love for Toby and Ethen, and to remind my self, to love life, every step, every chore, every boo boo , every trial, and every blessing. Maybe I really just like the quiet... I love my little Toblerone! He is definitely my piece of chocolate every day!

Since this is already WAY to long. I will update more later. Hopefully sooner then later!

Merry Christmas!