POOP, PEE, and TOOTHPASTE

If I have to clean up one of these three things one more time I will most likely lose my mind. Mackenzie has done nothing but make a mess of these three things for the past 2 days. Mind you she has been potty trained for almost a year now she has decided that when we are home she will use my carpet or couch as her personal toilet. Thank heavens for leather. I have no idea what is wrong with her. IF I had already had the baby I might be able to use that as an excuse but we are still quite a few weeks away from that. If we are out does she have an accident? No of course not. I am at a loss with her. Also the girl is obsessed with toothpaste. I mean I know it just might be in her genes but somehow she ends up covering the entire bathroom with it whenever she gets a hold of it. She will suck it right out of the tube if I don't catch her in time. I guess toothpaste is better than the estrogen cream we caught her trying to brush her teeth with one time. A 2 year old with some serious hormones could be worse!

Disneyland 2008

So last week we headed down to Disneyland for two fun filled days before our season passes are up. We made reservations at one of the disney hotels called paradise pier which was really close to the park and was a nice place to stay. Before we went down Ethan didn't seem to be himself, you know bouncing off the walls can't sit still and all the usual boy stuff but, by that night he seemed to be better so Tues. morning we got up early and went down for our stay. We didn't really wait longer than 10 min. in line for anything and it was 80+ degrees and sunny so it was a perfect day. By lunch Ethan was not feeling good again. He was saying his eyes were burning (my first thought was pink eye) but after closing his eyes and laying in the stroller he seemed okay. Then he just went downhill from there. He didn't want to ride anything all he wanted to do was go back to the hotel. So me being the horrible parent put him in the stroller and tried to make him stick it out a few more hours until the park closed at 8. We watched the parade and ethan was done. We went back to the hotel all of us exhausted and said we would see how he felt in the morning. By morning he was worse and so instead of staying we packed up and went home to take him to the doctor. We sat in lovely LA traffic for what seemed like forever and finally made it to Valencia around lunch time. Everyone but Ethan was hungry but he did want something to drink so we decided to go into Chili's and eat. Once we ordered Ethan said he was feeling hungry and wanted to eat something. We get our food and about 2 min. later Ethan starts throwing up in the restaruant. All I can think of is the people around me trying to eat and Jared and I are scrambling to get all of us out of there. We make it home about and hour later and take ethan to the doctor. They do the flu test and of course he has influenza A and might have given a few people at Disneyland one extra souveniour they weren't looking for. For some reason Ethan was the only one in our family not to get a flu shot and I still have no idea why he didnt' get one. Needless to say we are hoping our next trip to the happiest place on earth involves mom not pregnant, ethan not sick, and alot more fun.

So for my birthday I got.......

A TICKET! Well actually he let me off with a warning since when he was almost done writing the ticket he figured out that the 7th was the day's date and my birthday. Thank heaven's for that because that would have been one fat ticket. I was going 52 which was actually below the speed limit but since the high school I was driving in front of was supposed to get out in five minutes they were giving anyone going over the school zone limit of 25 a ticket. Jared still can't believe he let me off with a warning going 52 in a 25. The cop said he felt bad since I was turning 30 and becoming middle aged he didn't want to make my day worse. I was slightly offended by that comment since I wouldn't really consider 30 old but I figure he can say whatever he wants as long as he writes the word warning across that ticket.

CNN's Glenn Beck's Tribute to Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

Jared likes to watch Glenn Beck and I thought what he had to say about Pres. Hinckley sums up my thoughts on him.

A talent I do not possess....

So although I have a few talents that come in handy, playing the piano, organizing things, and I consider myself a great driver (others including jared, triple A auto club, and I am sure some fellow drivers may disagree), there is one talent I do not have and really wish I did. Sewing. I do have a sewing machine and have attempted to sew some things like my scrapbook pages and alter something for my mom which ended up being taken to a tailor with instructions not to tell them that her daughter tried to do it. My mother in law Donna on the other hand can sew. Very well I might add. The picture here is of Mackenzie's room on the day we decided to paint. Normally not all the furniture would be in the middle of the room. We painted and when my in-laws came out for Thanksgiving Donna said she would sew Mackenzie's bedding if I wanted. So of course I spent the next few weeks picking out fabric. During Thanksgiving she sewed like a mad woman and finished almost all of it while she was here. I was impressed it all went so fast, it would have taken me that long just to figure out how to thread the machine and we won't even get started on the whole bobbin thing. So below are the finished pictures. She just recently sent a package containing some shams and what she had done with all the extra material. I think it all turned out very very cute. So thank you thank you Donna we (especially me) love it.

The bedding (even with out furniture it is still cute)

The oh-so-cute ottoman from the extra material

Another view of the bed with the ribbon board on the dresser (Teresa my SIL, helped me do one of those ribbon bulletin boards with extra fabric. I ran out of ribbon and still need to get some buttons to put on it. One of these days it will get done, it will require me to use a needle and thread to put the buttons on so it may be awhile)

The very cute and soft blanket she made. Mackenzie loves it. I am very surprised by all the things a little extra material made!

Lazy Writers

Okay I have to vent about the dumb writer's strike. If I have to hear one more thing about it I am going to scream. I am a TV junkie. I admit it. Although I love summers for swimming and all the outdoor stuff I hate it for the fact that I get no new shows and just a bunch of repeats except for my beloved shows of the summer Big Brother and So you think you can dance. To be honest I really have no idea what the strike is all about other than that every Thursday night after I get my kids to bed and I sit down with a sigh on my couch ready to be transported to seattle grace hopspital I am severly disappointed. All I have to say is everyone has jobs they wish were better or things they could change about their job. Of course we all would like to make more money i mean come on people, but I don't see eveyone else striking on their jobs. So to the what I am now calling lazy writers out there, get off your couch watching the re-runs you wrote and write something new. The fact that you bring pure enjoyment to us fans should be reason enough to end the strike right? I have to say I did see a good movie the other night since there is nothing else on TV. A bunch of us girls went to see Juno. Anyone else see it? I loved it. I laughed and I cried although not as much as Jamie since she left the movie without most of the makeup she came with:)

Our Vacation and Everything else

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I got smart this time and used the photo montage stuff to post all the photos. We went to Utah for a short trip after New Years. We went up for Kristal's (my SIL) baby shower but jared also wanted to do some snowboarding and there was PLENTY of snow for that. We also put ethan in some snowboarding lessons for a day. I think he thought it would be easier so he got a little frustrated but all in all said he had fun and would like to go again. We also took the kids to the Dino Museuem at Thanksgiving Point. Well worth the money we spent a few hours there and probably could have spent more if Mom and Dad weren't tired and ready to go. We had a horrible drive back. We got caught in the worst snow storm especially for us who are not used to driving in it. It took us almost 6 hours to get to Cedar City from Salt Lake. Usually it takes us just under three hours. It made for a long trip home. I also posted a picture of what we got the kids for their birthday back in Nov. Jared along with my brother in law Eric (many thanks) built them a swing set from sctrach. They designed, bought and built all of it. Jared still needs to put the posts in so that the "clubhouse part" is more enclosed but the kids have been more than happy to use it regardless of the total finish. Last but not least, Ethan finally lost his first tooth. He was more than excited. The toothfairy gave him a dollar. Bad timing for losing a tooth after a birthday, christmas, and a trip to utah. I think he would have been happy with a quarter. So that is us in a nutshell for the last few weeks. We were sorry we didn't get to see anyone while we were in utah but with the outings and snowboarding and baby shower we decided to make the trip less jam packed and eventually make another trip up there just to see people. Hopefully everyone else had a great holiday break and that those with kids back in school are enjoying it as much as I am!