Happy Birthday Buddy

So my baby is growing up way way to fast. Boston had his second birthday on the 18th. He is a healthy 35 pounds and 2' 10'' if I recall correctly. He went to church and apparently Andy explained the finer parts of a birthday to him in the car. When he arrived home all he could say was open presents open presents? over and over. So we did. His one present from Mama and Papa

Giving it a trial run, already a favorite

Hit new tool set from Gramma and Granpa Stevens. He lost hammer privileges about two minutes later.

Checking out his new car rug.

Then the batteries on my camera died and I didn't get any pictures of him opening the presents from his other grampa

After I charged the batteries we got ready for Boston's "party". We were all so sick that everyone except Claire and Scott decided not to come. Oh well, here is Boston's freaking awesome cake the Claire made for him.

Celia posing with Boston while he opened his present from her.

Blowing out his candles, and wearing his present from grampa randy

cake

lounging in the bassinet with Celia after the post cake bath.

And finally my little cutie patutie

Lost In Translation

I wanted a Mini Cooper... I got a Mini Van.

What the crap happened????

Dodging Bullets

I have a friend that won't read my blog because she feels like she is doing something wrong, like reading someones diary she found by mistake. I have told her many times it is ok, I have sent her the link so she can check out the pictures, but she won't read it. That's fine.

I, on the other hand, LOVE blogs. I can totally keep up with people and see what they are up to without actually having to talk to anyone. (I hate talking on the phone, awkward silences are the worst. Plus, you can't call people at midnight but you can sure check their blog. And you can check it lots and lots, where if you call lots and lots you look like a stalker.) It is a great way to find old friends and share pictures without filling up people's inboxs with emails.

Facebook is also good for this. Andy just signed me up about a month ago, I have found friends I haven't talked to in 10 years or more. It is amazing to see where people have ended up and what they are doing. It also has all the added convenience of not actually having to talk to people. It is fun to say hi and catch up for a few minutes, but really what would we have to talk about anymore. I hate feeling awkward.

So with all of these amazing ways of keeping in touch, I have had one consistent feeling a lot lately.

I really dodged a lot of bullets.

I found this one guy I had a crush on through most of grade school. I can remember thinking how much I wanted to marry him. I prayed all the time that he would like me back, and I would totally imagine our first kiss.

Uh, yeah. I'm still trying to remember why I liked him so much. And thank you God for not answering that prayer. Bullet dodged.

Then there was the "bad boy", oh I thought he was dreamy. Bad boys apparently stay bad boys and don't accomplish much in life. Bullet dodged.

Then there was this one friend, who was like, my totally best friend ever. We just kinda lost touch and I always wondered why. Uhhh, one more bullet dodged.

I look at my happy, successful, mostly drama free, peaceful life and I'm sooooo glad. I sure thought I knew what I wanted. Boy am I glad I didn't get it. Andy is still everything I never knew I ever wanted.

Blessings

Update In Pictures

I know it's blurry, I am still learning how to use my new camera and she was moving all over the place.  It is the best we've got so far for smiles.
Almost
Almost got it, one second late and being bounced to get her to smile
The friends, Scarlett's baby blessing
The Fam
Goofball
The blessing shoes
The hair do
The dress
Playing with my camera, learning how to use it.
For every good picture I get 5 bad ones, the camera is only limited by the lack of knowledge of the user.
Showing off the bling, is says her name
So cute
Boston's second best bud
Snuggles, Boston misses Kim so much.  He asks for him daily.
I gotta get some of my baby pictures scanned, this could be me
Wink wink
So sweet, love the lashes.
I think she looks so much like me
Her eyebrows are so intense sometimes
My boys, Boston eating salsa.
Check out the bed head.  

My Cup Runneth Over

Today I sat on the couch nursing ElsieBaby while I watched Boston drive his car along the couch. He suddenly knelt down at the couch and laid his head down. At first I thought he must be sleepy. Then he said:

Heavenly Father gibber gibber jabber la la oh Jesus Christ amen.

My heart is full.

Resolutions are Lame-O

I don't make New Years Resolutions anymore. I gave them up several years ago. I got tired of feeling like a failure every year. Besides that I kinda think it is dumb to make changes just because of the date. I think if you really want change you should start today.

So this year I am continuing my tradition of no resolutions. That does not mean that I don't need some improvement in my life though. There are plenty of things I need to work on such as exorcise more, be nicer, have patience blah blah blah. This list of things I really need to work on is never ending.

So the one thing I really want, is to just have the spirit more, I want to let Christ in. I am really struggling in that area. I kinda have a feeling that if I had the spirit more the other problems of patience and being nice would just kind of take care of themselves.

So this year I'm going to adopt a new motto.
....be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace and the God of love and peace shall be with you. (2 Cor. 13:11)

I want this to be my attitude for everything in life.
I want comfort
I want to be of one mind with the Lord and with Andy. Hopefully this will help me make better choices.
I want to live in peace, peace in my heart in my mind and in my home. Finding peace with the choices I do make and with the choices of others.

By following these I hope to increase the joy and quality of life, with the added bonus of the promise that if I do, the Lord will be with me.

Wife of the Year - 2009

Is it too early to put in my nomination for wife of the year?  If not, let me put in my nomination right now.  Yesterday morning as we were driving into Phoenix to pick up our friend Kim from the airport we were discussing what we would do while he was here.  I mentioned that the Arizona Cardinals had their playoff game and that it was against my team, the Atlanta Falcons.  I told her that they were having a hard time selling all the tickets so we might be able to find some for a good price.  She mentioned that she wanted to get me tickets before but all the games were on Sunday and too expensive so she didn't pursue it much further.  

After we got Kim we had some errands to run down in Mesa and then we headed to Cafe Rio for lunch.  I brought it up again and she suggested when we got back that I look on Stubhub.com or Craigslist to see if we could find anything.  The game started at 2:30 and we got home at about 1:15 so I didn't have much time to mess around.  I found nothing on Stubhub that was affordable but there were numerous offers on Craigslist.  So we called around.  

The first two numbers we called were for lower bowl tickets and were in the price range.  Both people said they had just sold the tickets just seconds before.  I was bummed and running out of options so in a last minutes attempt I refreshed the browser and an new poster had posted a pair of tickets for less than what I wanted to pay.  I was stoked.  The only concern was it was though EBAY and the tickets were to be emailed to me.  Brittney was skeptical about it but I really wanted to go so I made the purchase and paid immediately just as instructed.  It was about 2:05 by now.  I spent the next 10-15 minutes refreshing my hotmail browser waiting for the tickets.  By about 2:17 we had our tickets in hand and were out the door.  And thankfully, the stadium is very close.  We made it with 10:30 left in the first quarter and only missed the first touchdown by the Cardinals.  

We sat on the very last row in the stadium and we were both winded after walking to the top.  Not to mention the burning of our quads.  The view was still great and even though the Falcons lost it was an awesome experience to be at the game.  NFL games are hard to come by when the majority are played on Sunday.  It was also memorable as it was the Cardinals first playoff win.  

Brittney, I love you.  Thank you for for putting up with all I do and for the male bonding time you have to endure when Kim comes to town.

   

Can I Take Your Order Please?

So we pull up to the drive thru at the best little Mexican restaurant ever and before we even get a chance to order Boston says-

Large Coke

Hmmm, I may be drinking to much coke.