Curvy, Low Rise, S-t-r-e-t-c-h

is what the tag says on my jeans I just bought from D.I. I was looking for some jeans to experiment with and make into maternity pants, but when I saw this tag I thought, "These might work just the way they are." I was right. Speaking of jeans, I've thought about buying some skinny jeans. I figure if I'm ever going to pull it off, it would be now -the only time in my life when my upper body is bigger than my lower. (I'm pretty sure skinny jeans and pear shaped don't go together).

Good Pain

I waxed my legs today. It's a first for me. I didn't really know what to expect and I have to say...it's a good pain. The big problem was the MESS. I think next time I might treat myself and pay a professional. I know this post is lame. I haven't been very inspired lately. Oh, expect for the fact that I tried to rearrange my living room today, bought 2 old "project" lamps from D.I. and a curtain rod. Yes, that's right,after watching hours of HGTV and perusing home decor blogs, I finally did something. We'll see if anything comes of this. I'm a little doubtful myself, but I did take a before picture of the living room...just in case.

And just to avoid any pictureless posts...


Aunt Kelli winning the Dunkster over. (Little did she know this wasn't really necessary. Her "hippos swim in their poo" comment a month earlier at the zoo pretty much sealed the deal.)

You Pick...Grouchy Mommy or Happy Mommy?

So I'm fortunate enough to have a husband who is more of a morning person than I am (not too difficult considering I could never be considered anything remotely close to a "morning person"). He is more than willing to wake up with Duncan but,unfortunately, Duncan typically doesn't want anything to do with him in the morning. Most mornings I wake up to Duncan crawling in bed with me, wrapping his arms around my neck and kicking, until I realize there will be no more sleeping and give into his requests for "MOMMY". Well, this morning I could hear Jimmy making a noble attempt to keep Duncan out of the room. I knew there was a bowl of cereal already poured and waiting for him but Duncan insisted that I get him cereal. Finally, I looked him straight in the eye and said,

"Duncan, do you want Grouchy Mommy or Happy Mommy. If I get up right now you get Grouch Mommy. If you go eat your cereal and let me sleep a little bit longer, you will get Happy Mommy. So, who do you want?"

He thought about it then replied,"Happy Mommy," and walked out and into the kitchen to eat his cereal. 15 minutes later, just as promised, Happy Mommy made her morning appearance.

Below is an example of an activity in which you might find
Happy Mommy participating.

Dinner Conversation with Duncan

So Dinner began like this. Lovely, huh? I was very proud of my awesome presentation so I thought I would take a picture. The following is what occurred there after. Well, as much as I could remember to write down.

Duncan: I don't like it.

Mom: It's just cheese on top, honey. See? (mixes up cheese and noodles)

Duncan: Oh. I need a bib. (eat, eats, gobble, gobbles)

Duncan: I need a spoon. (puts aside fork)

Mom: Why?

Duncan: Um....(thinks real hard) 'cause my plate is blue.

Mom: Ok. (gets spoon)

Duncan: We eating lunch?

Mom: No. We're eating Dinner. We eat lunch before nap and eat dinner after nap.

Duncan: Oh. I need a fork to eat my pasta.(receives fork, eat eats, gobble gobbles)

Mom: After dinner we're going to go to the bookstore, then home to read our
new books and then to bed.

Duncan: We going to the library?

Mom: No. We borrow books from the library and buy books from the bookstore that
we get to take home and keep forever.

Duncan: And put in my bookcase? In my warm house?

Mom: ...yup, in your warm house.

Duncan: Bennett is my cousin. He is ache in his belly. (*day before, Duncan was
told that Bennett had a sick belly)
Mom: I think he is all better now.

Duncan: He was wrestling?

Mom: (writes frantically to capture cuteness of moment)

Duncan: You spelling a word? You counting numbers? (takes off bib)

Mom: You all done?

Duncan: There's a pea in my bib.

Mom: What are you going to do?

Duncan: Take it out. (dumps pea out) I dump it out on the floor. (giggles).



*Sorry if this seems mundane. It's what keeps me smiling.

After hearing so much about Nie Nie's blog and their family's story, I finally decided to go read it...and now I get it. I have to call it a night, but I will definitely be back.

Breakthrough

This morning, instead of passing out on the couch while Duncan watched Curious George, I took a shower.
This may not seem big, but for me...it is quite something (right, Jimmy?).

Words of a 2 Year Old

"I'm putting Mommy's boobies on" -said while trying to put my bra on.

"You putting on your Halloween costume?" -asked after I put my big fluffy yellow robe on.

"You a princess?" -second question after I added a lovely pink towel on top of my head to the yellow robe ensemble.

"...and then..and then... and then I was born" -said after he had been talking nonstop for like 10 minutes in the car. I had kind of tuned out until I heard this...What?

"All done now" -said matter-of-factly after the opening prayer in Sacrament Meeting.

I know there are some good ones I'm forgetting...Oh well.