pictures

I haven't really felt like writing anything for the last four months, and I definately don't have the motivation to catch up now, so I'm just gonna post some pictures and call it good.

Easter. Pretty sure these are the best glasses in the world.

 

I've been trying to potty train Jeremiah for the last forever. Love it! Totally gonna blackmail him with this picture when he gets older.

We have been doing tons of yard work this year. Jeremiah has been very helpful.

Jacob has turned into a complete daredevil. He climbs on everything, and is always covered in bruises. I didn't put him on the horse. He can get up and down by himself. He pretty much has to do the splits to accomplish it, but whatever works.

We had a big pioneer day/Jacob birthday celebration thing on the 24th. We may have went a little overboard with the bouncy house and pinata, but the kids had a lot of fun.

Jacob has been climbing out of his crib, so we put him in a toddler bed. It's been like two weeks and I think he has maybe slept in the bed once. He can't open his bedroom door, thank goodness, so he just lays on the floor in front of the door and kicks it hoping that I will come and get him. I don't get him (except for this one time in the picture), but he just doesn't give up. He always ends up spending the night on the floor. I'm really hoping that eventually he will decide that the bed is more comfortable.

warm fuzzies

So this morning Jacob really wanted some yogurt, but he didn't want to sit down to eat it. I was feeling a little sarcastic, so I said "you're right, Mommy is so mean." Then Jeremiah gets this serious look on his face and says "you're nice sometimes." It was hilarious. One of my proudest mommy moments.

We had a great Easter. The easter bunny may have gone a little overboard this year. There was tons of candy for the kids to find, and they really got into it. And when it was all over Jacob had fun taking everything back out of the basket and redistributing it around the house.

nailed it

So Sunday night Jeremiah comes up to me all excited and says "mommy I ate a nail!" We went to the hospital for an x-ray and sure enough there is a nail in his stomach. I may have freaked out a little bit thinking that it was going to perforate his intestines and we were going to end up at primary childrens with more surgery. Luckily that didn't happen. They sent us home and told me to just watch him and wait for him to poop it out. The nail finally vacated the premises this morning. It has been a stressful couple of days. Who knew a nail could travel through your whole digestive tract without causeing any problems? Still, I wouldn't recommend it.

Christmas and other stuff

Christmas was kinda weird this year. Steve was in North Dakota working, so the boys and I went down to my parents house. The boys got spoiled rotten, apparently it's a Grandma's right. Jeremiah actually understood what was going on this year, so he had a lot of fun. Jacob was more interested in the wrapping paper than the actual gifts, but whatever. We had fun, but it just wasn't the same without Steve. He got back the day after Christmas, so we had a do-over.  

Jacob liked to put the wrapping paper in and out of the bucket. Who needs toys?

This was the boys Santa gift. Jeremiah has really gotten into cars lately, so he loved it. I didn't think Jacob would be able to to do it, but turns out he can do it too.

When Steve is gone he calls a couple of times a day. Jeremiah has gotten really weird about talking on the phone and most of the time just starts screaming if I try to get him to talk to Steve. Jacob loves to "talk" to Steve, but only if he is holding the phone. Jacob and Steve have very meaningful conversations. Jacob doesn't really talk so much as grunt. He would have made a great caveman.

I haven't made a cake in a while, so I decided to make a fake one for fun. I'm not really sure whether I like it or not. Too simple? I don't know. I had fun making it anyway. 

feelin the spirit

I know it's a horrible thing to say, but Sunday's are horrible. I'll give you two guesses why.

So we always sit in the back in a vain attempt not to ruin sacrament meeting for everyone else. Yesterday we were getting close to the end of the meeting and I had given up trying to keep Jeremiah in his chair, so he is playing underneath it. He starts saying "stuck, stuck" and I whisper to him to get out of there. The lady sitting behind taps me on the shoulder and is all "he really is stuck." She takes Jacob so that I can deal with it. You know how there are those two rungs on the back of metal folding chairs? Jeremiah had gotten his head stuck in between them. So here I am in sacrament meeting on my hands and knees trying to angle his head just right so that I can pull it out of the chair. Everyone around, including me, is doing there best not to laugh too loudly. Just a little humiliating. The meeting did end on a high note though, he fell backwards off of his chair and landed on his bum during the closing prayer. Thank goodness he goes to nursery for the last 2 hours.

graduation

So the last 3 years of my life have involved a lot of doctors, first with Jeremiah's club foot and then with all of Jacob's problems. Well, two weeks ago was graduation day for Jeremiah. He is finally done wearing his brace. It is so nice to have happy feet. We have to go to Primary Children's one more time in a year just to make sure his feet still look good, but for all intents and purposes we are done.

Jacob had an appointment with the gastroenterologist this morning. I was expecting him to say, hey he looks good lets see him in 6 months. As it turns out Jacob graduated too. As long as the labs look good for today, we never have to see this particular Dr again. I am totally doing a happy dance right now.

Right, so I haven't posted anything in a while, again. So here are the highlights from the last month.
My house is finished. We had the final inspection last week, and I have started to rearrange everything. You know how sometimes it has to get worse to get better? Well my house is a disaster, think tornado. Despite the mess, it is pretty exciting to be finished. I don't have to sleep in the same room as Jacob anymore, which is fantastic, my car gets to live indoors, and we finally have space for all of our stuff.

Jacob isn't a baby anymore. He is walking everywhere. He walks around in circles just because he can. He is very proud of himself.

Jeremiah turned 3 last week. Steve was home last week, so we had family over for a little party. Jeremiah got a swingset for his birthday along with some toy cars and construction equipment. He was pretty excited. He calls the swingset his little park and he has been sleeping with all of the new toys which is making his bed ridiculously crowded, but whatever.

 There was some drama with the cake. Jeremiah got a little upset that we were going to eat elmo, but he loves to eat cake so he eventually got over it.