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I'm very happy I chose not to shovel the driveway this morning. The snow is completely melted. (2/26)

WW week 4 weigh in. Down 1.2 lbs 6.8 total. Ah yeah. (2/26)

Sophie needs her tonsils and adenoid removed. Anyone in Utah County know a good ENT? (2/21)

Birthday run for the BEAutiful and amazing Jill. There is no other way I'd want to start my day. (2/21)

No work tomorrow!!! Hooray! (2/20)

Watching the slam dunk contest. These guys are amazing. (2/19)

First lost tooth! (2/19)

Just bought new running shoes. I can't wait to try them out tomorrow. (2/18)

WW week 3 down 1.6 lbs. 5.6 total. Ah yeah. And I put in 25 miles in the last week. (2/18)

Pictures on my phone

I love looking through the pictures on my phone. I find sweet gems like this. Sophie took a picture of herself to put in this "make a princess" app on my phone.

Tayson's First Tooth

He's 8 1/2 years old and he finally lost his first tooth. On Friday night Todd and I went out and then Saturday morning Tayson came in with his tooth in a baggie and the following conversation took place

Tayson: did Eric tell you I lost my tooth?
Me: Nope he sure didn't. Tonight you can put it under your pillow and I can make sure the Tooth Fairy knows you lost it
Tayson: Come on mom I know you're the tooth fairy and Santa
Me: Huh? Who told you that?
Tayson: It's pretty obvious.
Me: OK can I just give you a dollar then?
Tayson: Nah you can still put it under my pillow
Me: Sounds good

Of course I totally forgot that night to pay up and then on Sunday he pulled out his second tooth and told us he wanted us to buy him some crowns for Wizards 101 instead. It was hilarious to me. The kid is such a crack up. When his second tooth was loose I was going to pull it out and told him to tell me if it hurt and I would stop. I heard it make a loud crack sound then he said stop. It was barely hanging on and he came back in within 5 minutes showing us that he pulled it out himself.

Welcome Baby Parker

My little sister Jeannie had her baby! Another beautiful, big boy. I was so glad I got to attend the birth. She did an amazing job and was happy the entire time. There was a bit of a scare at the end - the cord was wrapped around Parker as he was coming out. I saw the doctor pull the cord off him then we saw that his hand was up holding the cord so his shoulder and elbow were getting in the way. The doc was awesome and managed to help position him and then Jeannie gave a nice big push and his shoulders and the rest of his body came out. He was so blue and bruised from the cord but by the next day when I went to visit he was pink and adorable. Could my sister be any more beautiful minutes after delivery???? It's just wrong!


I love that Trent was wearing his "Jacob" shirt. Only T could get away with something that hilarious. This little boy is lucky to be in such an awesome family.

The Details: Parker Daniel - 8 lbs 13 oz, 21 inches long born at 6:39 pm.

My little Sophie

Yesterday Meggan had an appointment to go to so I had a visitor with me for a half hour at work. Sophie was so excited to color on my board and to color on paper and to look at her picture. She chatted non-stop with anyone willing to listen to her and I helped translate. She is such a sweet little thing.

Then after I got home from work she put on her Hello Kitty rain boots and headed outside for some 50 degree weather and a bit later I heard her screaming - she never screams so I hurried out there. She was completely stuck in a big mud puddle. I pulled her out of her boots and then got her boots free too. They were really stuck. She was so distraught about her boots being covered in mud.

She has been re-potty training the last 1 1/2 weeks and is pretty much potty trained again. Hooray! Last night she wore a huge nightgown to bed so it touched the ground and was way too big for her. This morning while I was getting the boys all ready for school she took herself back to go potty and ended up with half of it on her pj's and the floor and the other half in the potty. It was pretty funny to me. She came out right as I was getting the boys in the car and she has to go with me to drop them off so I pulled off her nightgown which left her completely naked, she put on her hot pink sparkle shoes and a long coat and off we went to school. Good thing we just sit in the car and drop them off. Every day she has to come with me to take the boys and when she sees the bus she always says "choo choo bus!! choo choo bus!!" Oh how I love my sweet bug.

It's the Little Things

This morning I was rushing to get the boys off to school (still in my bathrobe of course) and when I was getting a coat for Sophie I saw a special surprise. Who cares if I'm late...I had to get my camera. This picture was taken in our mud room about 5 feet from the laundry room.


I sent a text to Todd with the picture that just said "seriously????" I mean honestly who bundles up their dirty socks and hangs them on a coat hook 5 feet from the laundry room? The best is that he texted back "I wondered how long it would take you to find them." I'm sure if this happened in someone else's home they might be upset ... and maybe a few years ago I would have been too. But not me. It made me smile and miss Todd. He is one quirky guy and has seriously issues with picking up his socks.

Like Father Like Daughter

My mother-in-law posted this picture of Todd on her blog today and it reminded me of a picture I took last month of Claire.