out with the old

Disclaimer: This blog is picture free due to technical dificulties or lack of technical skills.

I'm going to start this out with a shout out to one of my sisters who has inspired me and challenged me to dig a little deeper. She wrote a really awesome blog post here.

Lately I've been forced to make some grown up decisions, which I hate doing. Can't my mom still do that for me? Anyway, I guess that option has been gone for awhile now. To kick off this new found responsibility I have decided to start cleaning out my crap. I started with my closet yesterday and I must say it looks spectacular! It was quite the task seeing as how it's pretty large. I took before and after pictures, which hopefully I will be able to post soon. My next endeavor will be all the clothes that no longer fit Wyatt, wish me luck!

I loved going through all of my stuff and found some great things. Keys to the office I lost, pictures, wedding announcements, drawings from friends past, birthday cards, letters, papers from the hospital when I had Wyatt, etc. I found a letter that one of my sisters gave me after I had Wyatt, I think about it often but it was nice to actually read it again. It was just a confirmation to me that things will be okay and I'm on the right track. My family is nothing short of amazing, we all have different views and don't always agree on everything but we stick together. I've realized that what works for one of us isn't always going to work for the other and that's okay. Like my mom said, we've survived everything we have because we love each other. I'm so lucky.

a 2 year old said it... it must be true

"cool buns mom" followed by a patting of my buns.

that's right, wyatt thinks my buns are pretty cool. he probably wouldn't think that if he saw someone else's bare buns. but i'll take any compliment i can get!

Bedtime with wyatt is my own personal hell. I dread it every night. It is 11:09 and the bedtime attempt started 2 hours ago with the help of my cousin who was here watching Glee. When we first started having this nightly struggle, my cousin suggested these....
... which worked like a charm until about two weeks ago when he figured out how to rip them off. My friend Audrey suggested getting a lock for the door, so I'm going to switch his door knob around so that I can lock it from my side. (Side note to any concerned reader: I would always open his door before I went to bed and intend on doing the same thing in this case.) Somehow magically Wyatt can get through any locked door in our house so I'm a tad bit concerned that he will do the same. But I will attempt it anyway! Heaven help me... He's up again... *tears*

*UPDATE* 11:40 and I think we're in the clear... Understand the personal hell stuff now?

I've been horrible at blogging and decided to do a quick little update...

Wyatt turned 2 in July and we had a fun weekend in Glenwood with our family. Lots of four wheeling, games, a pool party, water fight, gifts and of course some cake.





I thought that I would make it out of the so called "terrible two's" and that W would be a perfect little angel. And boy was I wrong, this kid has some attitude. After three time outs and being slapped across the face and having my hair pulled in the check out line at Walmart, I have come to accept these next few months and I will do it with a smile on my face and a scratch on my cheek. He's too adorable and I just love everything about him, temper tantrum and all.

Wy with his head in the "bargage" can.

I have a new man friend and he bought me flowers. I think that any man that brings you flowers to your first date is a keeper. He is super sweet and nice and a total cutie. Our first date was this last weekend and it was a lot of fun and probably the best date I've had in years. I could go on forever, but won't. So far I haven't found anything that I don't like about him. We got together for the second time tonight and had dinner and watched a movie with our kiddos. We are going to get together again this weekend, and I'm definitely excited about that. Oh! I also baked him cookies and they were a hit. I now have permission to bake him cookies whenever I want to. I will keep you all posted (whoever the 5 of you might be!) and promise to blog more. But for now, I'm tired and it's late.

Special shout out to Kristen for making these dates possible, I never thought I'd let anyone set me up. And to Kylie for having the idea to take dessert. Thanks ladies!

What was I thinking?

Well not really sure I was! The Ragnar Relay Del Sol....

Every time I think about it, I want to throw up. There is a part of me that is excited and the rest of me is just terrified. I know in the end (hopefully) that I'll be glad I did it. And at least I'll get back in shape, right? So, here's to my training and the end of February!

I'm having a hard time thinking of anything to blog about. When your life is as boring as mine is, it lacks blogging topics. We had family pictures taken on Thursday and I'm pretty excited to see how they turned out. We haven't had them done in YEARS! Work is good and we're busy, which in the Real Estate market you have to be grateful for. Wyatt is great as usual and so happy. Sometimes I want to run away screaming but isn't that every mom? I hope so! And me.. well I'm just trying to hold everything together and hope it all works out in the end. Not really sure how that will happen, but hope it does.

how do they know?

how is it that a two year old that has never experienced the goodness of teddy grahams, can run down the isle at the store and come to a screeching halt at the teddy grahams and just know how great they are?

awkward

picture yourself in Petersons (or any grocery store) sitting in the deli, enjoying lunch and a small conversation when your 2 year old walks over to you with his diaper in his hand. got a good picture? now you know how my lunch went :) and i will NEVER buy luvs again. they are the worst diapers ever. EVER! oh and no poop was involved in this story, thank heavens.

miracle

wyatt went to bed at 8. some might think this is no big deal, but it is. a huge one at that. and i am grateful. bless you wyatt.

he's no longer a baby

Well, I figured that it may be time to get a post out there. It has been a little over a month and it has seemed to fly right by.

Wyatt will be 2 on Sunday, and it doesn't quite seem real. He is getting so big and is quite the handsome little boy. I love just watching him, he amazes me and I am so grateful for him.

What's going on in Wyatt's little life:

• He no longer listens to mom. I'm not sure I can blame him either, sometimes I get sick of my own voice. This picture is a great example of that.
  
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• *3 words... Trains, Trains, Trains. K I know that's only 1 word, but he is THAT obsessed.
• He knows his alphabet and some of the sounds the letters make. I am the only one to witness it so far, but it's no lie.
  
• Bedtime no longer seems to be an option with him and it about pushes me over the edge.
• This boy has rhythm. I love watching him dance.
• He loves his cousins.
• He licks me because he thinks it's funny, and I have NO idea where he learned this. Probably from Kristen.
• He has major attitude, don't ask me where that came from :)
  
• He can sign quite a few signs but now that he talks more they have taken a back seat. Except please and thank you, he still uses those over saying them.
  
• He loves when we get company, which doesn't happen often, but he gets really excited.
• He apparently knows how to say sucker. I just found that out this second when he brought me one for him to open.
  

There is so much that I love about wy, but it would take forever to list everything. He is a great kid! I'm really blessed.
We get to go on a little vacay this weekend. The Warners are kind enough to let us go down to their house in Glenwood and just relax and play. I'm really excited and we are going to have a little birthday party for Wyatt while we are down there.

Work is going really well. I have the best job and boss ever. She takes good care of me and especially Wyatt. And we're busy, so that is also nice! We started taking pilates together and it is my most favorite thing ever. I think that EVERYONE should take pilates and I will probably bug you about it until you do. It's that great.

And this is our life, not much but somehow we stay busy. Gotta love it.

our life

lately i feel like there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done! wyatt got his staples out on saturday and it was rather quick and he only said "ow" really quietly. easy enough! and he loved the fish tank in the waiting area and that's all he could really focus on, that and the suckers.

my family has been cleaning out my grandma's house and that took up most of the weekend, which is fine. she moved into a senior center and now her house just sits empty. it's been harder than i thought and it has really hit me that my grandma won't be around forever. i haven't experienced a lot of death in my life, so it's hard for me to think about. especially for my close friends and family.

wyatt all last week was such a stinker, nap time and bedtime were pretty much just hell. that is the best way for me to describe it. after discussions with my family, i decided to stick with a strict bedtime routine and just like magic our problem is fixed. instead of 4 hours of screaming a night (from wyatt not me) he gets right in bed and doesn't even attempt to climb out. he just goes to sleep like he always has before if not better. we start out with a bath, jammies on, tv and most lights off, books on mommy's bed, i tell him what we'll be doing the next day, prayers, and then into bed. it's wonderful! thanks for everyone's input and help.

everything else has been going pretty well and there is nothing really to complain about. i just need to say thanks to andrea who has been my life saver lately. she has been more than willing to help me out with wyatt twice a week and it makes a world of difference. so thank you! i can't say it enough.

metal head

so, wyatt almost made it to his second birthday before having some major trauma. it all started wednesday evening around 6:30 when my crazy kid was running and playing around being the boy that he is when he fell off the couch backwards and hit his head on the corner of the coffee table. i immediately picked him up and he was doing that one cry where they stop breathing (i hate that). i had my hand on his head and when i moved it i had a handful of blood and i think i stopped breathing. thankfully i suck at folding my laundry and had a basket of clean laundry right there, i grabbed a towel and found my phone to call my mom. i stayed rather calm even though i wanted to burst into tears. i called my mom and as calm as possible to not freak her out said "wyatt hit his head, he's bleeding, please come over" which she couldn't hear over his screaming. after being able to communicate to her what was going on, she and amy came over. i got wyatt out of his bloody shirt and into some pajamas and we headed off to the instacare. i won't go into details of the visit because it was horrid. he cried, i cried, it was just not fun. and now he has 4 staples in his head! i'm not sure why they used staples opposed to stitches, i'm assuming because of where it is? anyway.. here are his knarly staples...


we went back into the instacare this evening to have them looked out, the doctor said that it is healing great and has already come together. just no swimming for us.. guess i'll have to cancel all our huge pool plans! damn. he gets to have them taken out next friday or saturday, the doctor said it didn't really matter. hopefully we don't have to do this again, it was no fun!

two posts in a day.. ya'll are so lucky!

i love little boys and i love this warmer weather. wyatt loves playing "side" on the patio with his bike and cars. he says hi to everyone that walks by and he gets SO dirty! after he had been playing outside we ran to the store to pick up a few things and the lady in the check out line looked at wyatt and said "boy you must have had a fun day!". his face is covered in dirt and so are his clothes. he loves being outside and i love me a little giggly boy covered in dirt!

Can I interest anyone in a little reading? Perhaps in the laundry basket? Usually when Wyatt is in his room he is either looking at books or playing with his cars. This happens to be his new spot for reading.

Wyatt and his best friend... the fridge. Most days when I am working and it gets really quiet I know where I can find Wyatt. These pictures were taken on two different days. He cracks me up.

Who has a beautiful child? Oh that's right.. I do. =)

wyatt and jack

This weekend Wyatt and I hung out with Jackson and had a blast. Boys are so much fun and really easy to entertain. Friday night Jack was not in the least bit happy about his parents leaving him. He stood by the window for awhile, but Wyatt was there right by his side.. mainly wondering why he was crying.

Not a happy boy.

I love the look on his face, I think he just wanted me to go away.

This is when things started to lighten up. Here Wyatt is inspecting the tires for him.

And here is Wyatt getting attacked by Diesel, you should have heard the giggles coming out of him. It was SO funny!

Today was much better and Jack greeted me with all smiles. He is such a little flirt! I wish the weather was a little better, but for a brief while we were able to kick the ball around outside and chase bubbles around. And somehow I was able to get both of them to take naps at the same time.. not only did they take them at the same time but they both slept for 3 hours. AMAZING! The rest of the time was spent playing with the dog (mainly Wy), in the tub, and jumping on an air mattress. It was a lot of fun and I think the boys had fun together.

Wyatt kinda gets out of control and just wants to wrestle.

I swear Wyatt either ran or jumped out of most of the pictures, and then my camera died! But we had fun and hope we can do it again!

a little therapy.

since wyatt has been refusing to go to bed and screaming for about two hours, i decided to blog about why i love him.. you know to help with my sanity. not that i have any left.

~ at random times during the day wyatt will full on attack me. he climbs on top of my lap, grabs my face and will try to bite my cheeks ( i love his cheeks so this is obviously where he gets it). and all while giggling uncontrollably.

~ he calls me momma. not mom or mommy, momma and i love it.

~ he has successfully locked my out of our home and continued to watch his "shows" every once in awhile to glance back at me through the sliding glass door pleading with him to let me back in. sneaky little fella.

~ he helps with laundry, he loves to get on his tip toes and push the clothes into the washing machine.

~ i have a complete momma's boy. i can't count the number of hugs i get in a day.

~ we have screaming matches, and i usually let him win. today he had a screaming match with himself in the mirror and got a kick out of himself.

~ if i'm on the couch laying down, he stands next to me and plays with my hair for a bit. it's so sweet.

~ he absolutely loves not only his family, but especially his grandma susie! and he gets excited when we get ready to go visit anyone.

~ i love how much he's starting to talk.. here is my favorite one "go away"

~ he is starting to really use his signs again. today the sign of the day was bicycle and it was so cute.

~ he always plays peek a boo in the car. there is no car ride that goes without.

~ he climbed out of the crib once and hurt himself. he has yet to attempt again, thank heavens. although i will not lie when i say in the mornings i wish he could just get out himself and i often yell at him to go for it. but he waits as patiently as he possibly can until i can drag my sleep deprived a out of bed. bless his heart.

~ his favorite part of the incredibles is when dash spits water in the air for frozone to freeze and catch. he giggles everytime and sometimes i even rewind it just to listen to him giggle.

~ i love the way his lips look when he says "choo choo"

~ i love that he's mine. what an amazing blessing and way for the Lord to tell me to grow up and stop being such a retard. even when i'm at my wits end he can still do something to make me smile. i'm still not perfect but he's a big reminder of why i should try to be.

i love you punkin nugget, even if it's midnight and you won't just go to sleep.

sweet fro man

with curly hair comes a sweet morning fro! i love how he looks so amused, i swear he was smiling right before and after the picture was taken. and oh the binkie. he is becoming ever so dependent on it. yesterday i finally took it from him and tossed it in his crib and explained it's just for bedtime and naps. although i couldn't understand his reply to that, i'm pretty sure he cussed me out.

favorite place to be

If you ever wonder where Wyatt spends most of his time.. this would be the place. I can never seem to get him out of the fridge. For awhile I wondered if I just wasn't feeding him enough. It cracks me up... and worries me a little when it comes to the grocery bill in years to come. He's a growing boy and likes to eat! Among his favorites are string cheese, apple sause, clementines and any left over he can get his hands on. He's actually back in there right now and said "oh no cold".. He's so fun and growing entirely too fast. His 2nd birthday is approaching faster than I thought it would, just 3 short months away. Where has the time gone?!

a little somethin somethin

I have had major blogger block and haven't really cared to post anything. I started one the other night, but of course it didn't save! Yuck! So here's a little something for those of you who are interested in my so called life.

I am looking for a second job.. y i p p i e. Although the financial burden has added a few gray hairs to my head and I'm not even joking. Like visible, upfront and center gray hairs. So I need to put an end to the madness. Wish me luck, however I'm pretty sure I'll find something pretty quickly.

My cute little man has had and still has pneumonia, which wasn't fun and a little scary for me. Wyatt has always been very healthy so it was kinda a big deal. When I told my brother he started to cry which then in turn made me cry. But all is well, I'm just a big boob. Ask around, it's true. But back to my child, he's doing much better. He still has a cough and probably will for about 3 weeks. I first took him to the instacare, so once his pediatrician received his chest x rays he called me to make sure everything was okay. He wasn't planning on the x ray being as bad as it was.. yikes.. so I'm happy that he's getting better and we can move on! Going back to work after working from home for a full week was a bit of an adjustment. Wyatt wouldn't talk or look at Jenn for like three days, it was weird.

My camera is still lost, and I'm baffled I have NO clue as to where it would go, unless someone stole it. Hopefully one day I'll find it, because it would make this next little part of my blog a little easier to understand (unless you've been in my home). Yesterday I went to preview one of our new listings with my boss. It's a newer home with all the upgrades and all the fancy stuff that is pretty much in EVERY home that was built in the last 2 - 3 years. It was way nice but had the coolest accent walls. I thought that someone had taken the time to actually paint them, but they were WALLPAPER! This cool modern wallpaper and I'm totally doing it in my house. Right now I have 3 brown walls and the rest are that silvery blue that's pretty popular now (if you've been in Restoration Hardware it was the color of their walls awhile back, not sure anymore). So I am going to paint two of the walls back to the blue, which I think my mom will be happy with and on the brown wall that the sliding glass door is on I am going to find a really pretty brown wallpaper. I'm really excited! Call me crazy but you'd have to see how cool to believe it. Below are a few I thought were kinda cute, but I'm not really sure what direction I want to go in. Hmm.. decisions decisions, but I think my favorite one is the last one!







Kinda fun.. and that's pretty much all I've got. Hope all is well with everyone!