Joe-joe bear!

Here's a post I started clear back on Joe-Joe's birthday (which, btw, was way back in April!). I didn't realize I'd never finished it! So, here (just a little late) is Joe-Joe's birthday post: (AGH! I'm such a bad mom!!!)



My little Joe Joe bear is 3!! I can't believe it! He's getting so big! His birthday was yesterday. We had lots of fun with family. Steve took cupcakes with him to nursery (Steve is the nursery leader with Joe-Joe.) Joe-Joe was so excited. When ever you ask Joe how old he is, he'll usually say six. Occasionally it was seven. but usually he's six. (We're working on three!) Here are some of my favorite pics from Joe-Joe in no particular order!

We go to the Summerfest Parade in Orem every year- this was from last years parade (2008) He's saluting the soldiers walking by.

This one was just a few months ago- we were at Arctic Circle with Flee and Lizzy when they were visiting from AZ. Oh how much we miss them!! But we're glad that they are where they're supposed to be! (I just wish here was where they were supposed to be but ALAS! It's not to be!)

So I don't know what it is about my kids, but they LOVE drawers! This was a few apartments ago. Hee hee! Silly kid!

Again, from the summerfest last year. It was very hot!

I don't really remember where this was taken, but it's just a classic Joe-Joe face. This is what Joe looks like when he's thinking.

Ok, these are a couple of my FAVORITE pics of Joe-Joe. We went to a BYU basketball game. He was probably 18 months or 2 years old at this point. He was trying so hard to see by himself!! Unfortunately, my children never really had a chance at being tall. With me and Steve as their 'rents, they're doomed to be vertically challenged.

Doesn't he just have the cutest cheesey face!! Really, they both are just so dang cute!!!

So yeah. Thats my darling Joe-Joe bear. Happy 3rd birthday (just a little bit late) Joe Joe bear!! Mommy LOVES you! :)

funny honesty of children . . .

So, sometimes the things kids say are just . . . . hmmm. Well, they kinda tend to leave you without words. The other day Jenni was telling us about our neighbors - she was trying to make sure we knew who she was talking about and she said "He's big like mom, only he's wider." Yeah. That made me feel real good. So then we were at the store a little later and I was looking at eye drops. On the other side of the aisle was the weight management stuff, and Jenni picked up this box with a really skinny woman in a bikini. She brought it to me and said "Mommy, you should buy this stuff! Then you could look like Felicia!"

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Yeah. Sometimes they just kinda leave you speechless. :)

Funny Joe-joe

So last night Joe-joe said the funniest thing!! He was watching one of his Noggin shows and I changed it to the Biggest Loser and Joe got upset. He got mad at me, and said "Uhhg! Mom you are so frustrated!" Steve thought it was so funny, he said to Joe- "Joe, are you sure mom is frustrated? Are you sure its not you that are frustrated?" Joe joe said "NO! Mom is frustrated!"

Hee hee! Silly boy! Things are good here! We've been having issues with our computer, so haven't been able to post a whole lot lately. Also, I've recently become addicted to the show NCIS. I had only seen it a few times until about a week and a half ago, and now I can't get enough of it! Seriously! DiNozzo is rather attractive! :)

Anyway, thats pretty much it. I'm going to be designing a background for a friend's music blog. I'm excited about that! but yeah. Thats pretty much it! :)

later all!

seriously . . .

I am SO done with snow. I can't believe it! ITS ALMOST APRIL PEOPLE! Arizona is just looking better and better by the hour!

ok, I'm over it!

I realize I haven't blogged in a while, but I'm currently fighting an awful ovarian cyst. And I'm getting a cold on top of that. So yeah. Haven't been in the blogger mood lately. Maybe someday my body will realize that being sick and in pain is really NOT fun, and it'll decide just to not be anymore! Well, at least our insurance kicks in on Wednesday! I never realized how important insurance was until I didn't have it! The only issue is it's Cigna, so we have to go to MountainStar hospitals and clinics. Thats sad 'cause now I won't be able to deliver at AF. (If and when I get pregnant. No, I'm not pregnant right now.) It also means I have to switch my OB, which I am SO incredibly sad about. I could still go to Dr. Anderson, but then I'd have to deliver in Payson! PAYSON! yeah- His office is in Payson, but he doesn't have rights at Timpanogos Hospital, so I'd have to deliver at Mountain View. Um, I think I'll pass. At least I know a lot of good ob's that I can go to!

Anyway, like I said, I'm not pregnant now, so wit doesn't really matter. But I like to think ahead about these things!

Have a great day all!

ugh! What a week!

This really has not been a good week. Seriously. I'm really just so done with this week. I won't go into a lot of details, but lets just say, I'm ready for it to be next month now! I'm ready for sun, and for warm weather and for vacation time . . .

We're thinking we're going to try to go to Arizona this year for our vacation. We've got a few friends there (namely Steve's best friend, and my best friend.) So we've got a lot of motivation to go down there!

So, like I said, my best friend is now in AZ. (there's a reason I'm not using names. just fyi) I didn't think I would take it this hard! Seriously. I knew I'd be sad, but it feels like my heart has been ripped in two! and half of it is a whole state away! Last time I remember feeling like this was when Steve went on his mission. I guess what they say is true- you don't fully appreciate what you have until you don't have it anymore! Friend, you don't know how much you are loved! I put you right up there next to Steve (in a purely platonic way of course! :P )

I think one of the reasons I'm taking it so hard is also because of what else is going on right now. The other things are really kind of messing with my emotions. I think I would have been able to handle all of these better if they didn't all happen in the same week!

I did get a really nice blessing from Steve a few days ago, which was really comforting. I really felt the spirit so strong that night, and I wrote about it in my journal- I ended up with 10 pages! I haven't written 10 pages in one night since Steve was electrocuted a few years ago! So basically, I will get through this, but it will probably be kinda tough. :(

Miss you friend. Love you even more! :*(