A little review

So, I've been meaning to post this picture for a little over a month now. The three of us were all pregnant at the same time, although Angela had her baby a little bit after this picture was taken. It must be the season of babies with the girls in my family:).

We've been trying to get Hyrum ready for the new baby by practicing being soft. During one of Hyrum's ER visits when he kept getting ear infections, they gave him a stuffed kitten while we waited. And, this cute elderly couple in the ward gave him a stuffed kitten a few months later. Anway, we've decided to make his kittens the practice subjects. Normally Hyrum is pretty wild with all his toys, and he loves wrestling with his soft toys, but he's getting pretty good about being 'sooo soft' with his kitties. The only downside is that we're going to have to call our son 'soft kitty' in order for Hyrum not to head-butt him. Anyway, these pictures below have nothing to do with that.

Hyrum likes putting this neck support thing on. It's really funny. Sometimes he wears it on his head or backwards. I think he looks like a little football player. He loves these buckets. He crawls inside and will sit talking to himself for a while. He also plays peek-a-boo with them.

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"It's what you say when you don't know what to say" -Jane Banks

I just have a couple of things that I've been thinking about:

1st: I know that we shouldn't live life thinking "I can't wait till. . . " I'm happy right now with a beautiful little boy and one on the way. Brett is awesome. Life is good. HOWEVER, I CAN'T WAIT until Brett's done with school!!!! We have both had our days where we just feel like being done and having Brett quit school. We hate not being able to see each other very often or having family time to spend all together. The Lord has really blessed us with so much and we can't deny how grateful we are for where we are right now. But it will be so nice to only have a couple of things to consume our days instead of five or six.

2nd: Yes, it's cold, but snow is so beautiful! Last week we had a day that flurried a little bit at night. I love when I'm driving in the dark and have millions of little white specks flying on the window. It feels like flying in warp speed through the galaxy. . . all within the warmth of my own car. I might miss the snow a little bit when we move to Arizona. Snow is beautiful when it comes down, but when it stays for months on end then the love changes. :)

3rd: We've talked to a lot of you, but in case you haven't heard we've decided not to build the home in Gilbert we originally planned on. With how the economy is right now, especially in AZ, it's better for us to take advantage of all the inhabited homes selling. We've been seeing a lot of great homes online from our realtor, and we'll keep you posted when we have a plan.

4th: I love blogging! I know that this isn't a very good post, but I selfishly admit that I blog mostly for myself more than others. It's a great outlet where I can feel like I'm multitasking. Not only am I journaling, but I'm also keeping people updated. Nothing is better than getting two things done in the same amount of time as one!

5th/ random goodness: Tai Pan Trading is amazing!!! BAM is my new favorite cleaning product, and I can't wait until Christmas

Pictures of Halloween and life

Halloween was a lot of fun for us. We participated in our ward trunk-or-treat. Hyrum loved walking around and just looking at everything, and he didn't even mind wearing his monkey costume either. As for Brett and I we put together some very last minute costumes. Brett is the 'typical Utah fan' and I am a villain (no I don't know which one. . . basically I just wore black, a cape and some black eye shadow)We let Hyrum play in the candy, because he had no idea what any of it was. . . or so we thought. He was having fun just playing in it until he found a sweetart and then we were in trouble. He knew what it was because they always give him one at the grocery store. After that we had to watch him carefully when he played with the candy. Luckily though, he still didn't know the rest of it was edible.These next two pictures just happened today. As a background: in the morning I eat cereal while he's eating his breakfast and when I finish I always drink my milk. While I'm drinking my milk from the bowl I play peek-a-boo with him. So, for lunch today he did a great job of eating his poppyseed chicken casserole and and soon as he was done he started to do the same thing with the bowl. It was very cute. I was just glad the bowl was empty.And in case anyone was wondering who's son this is:

Hyrum Speaks

For you're enjoyment, we've translated Hyrum's language :)

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Mission Accomplished

So, this morning I had my Thesis Proposal Defense. That basically means that I give a presentation to my Master's Committee about what I want to do for my thesis. It went well, they liked the idea, and they approved it (which is comforting since I've actually done about 70% of the thesis project already). Now, I have to finish my thesis project (hopefully by mid-December) and write my paper. Things are on course and looking good for April Graduation!!!

Oral hygiene for a one year old. . . that's funny

So, I realize that I'm admitting to all of you that I am not a very good mom. . . but, hey, I do the best I can right. Our pediatrician mentioned to us a while ago that it's important to brush Hyrums teeth with an infant brush and water twice a day. I know the importance of taking care of teeth. I am one of the odd people in the world who loves going to the dentist. It would be easier for me to count the number of days in the past month that I haven't flossed than I have. I take great care of my teeth. With that as a disclaimer I will shout out that I have been at a loss of what to do with Hyrum. When a toothbrush would come near him at all he would turn his head, shut his mouth tightly and try and get away. With that attitude even attempting to make contact to his lips with the brush was near impossible, and it made for very sad times. Because of that, we just stopped trying as much. Every few days I would try, but it didn't usually work. Now, I get to the good part: I was in Babys R Us on Monday when I saw this: I decided to try it out and SUCCESS!!!! Finally! It's not toothpaste so it's safe for my little guy. I can't say that I'm able to do a perfect brushing, but since I've gotten it we've been able to stick the brush in his mouth twice a day and move it around a little bit. I feel like a great thing has been accomplished. I just hope that it's enough that his teeth won't rot off. Luckily the first set is just the practice set. Let's hope he has some good habbits by the time he starts growing his adult teeth.

Oh Boy!

I wanted you all to know that the ultrasound has spoken and Hyrum's getting a baby brother!!! We're so excited that Hyrum will have a little friend to play ball with. And another perk will be not having to buy all new things! So, everything in the ultrasound looked good and the baby looks healthy! No softball sized cyst this time. . . so that relieves a whole lot of worry too. We're sill planning on trying for a VBAC. Well power to the men in my life! We"ll keep you posted on the happenings of us and our little men!