Baby Brother...Married

He's married and very much in love. :)

Bad Mom Moment

Have you ever had a bad mom moment? I have, but yesterday's was a doosey(?).
I was at The mall with my mom shopping for an outfit to wear to my brother's wedding. Boston was wondering around and I was following. We were upstairs in Nordstroms when Boston decided he wanted to go down the escalator. So I figured I would intercept him before he got there and take him back to where my mom and the sales woman was. So I playfully scooped him up and threw him high up in the air (you know like all parents do with their kids). Apparently I let go of him a little too late so instead of going straight up and back down in front of me, he went OVER MY HEAD behind me. Realizing the error I made and trying to catch him before he landed on his head I reached up and grabbed his arm and tried to pull him safely back into my arms. I quickly realized that there was no way I would be able to catch him so I tried to hold on to his arm and slow his fall but it didn't work. He was falling too fast for me to get a good grip and he slipped right through my hands and landed about two feet away from me on the tile floor. The whole time he was in the air I was praying that he wouldn't land on his head, and some how (angels) he landed on his bottom and then his head hit the tile.
I ran over and scooped my terrified, hurt and screaming baby up. His little face looked like he had just been betrayed by the person he trusted most in the world. Suddenly I was surrounded by a group of women, workers and my mom. I was crying as hard as he was I felt so bad. One woman said as she rubbed my arm "He'll be ok, I saw him, he didn't hit his head that hard. It scared him more than anything." A worker asked me if I needed to sit down while another offered to get me a drink. My mom was right there hugging Boston and I. One woman started to tear up because I was so upset by what happened.
Boston cried and just held me as tight as he could for about 30 minutes. I cried for 15 minutes and just felt like the crappiest mom ever. Who is so dumb to throw their baby OVER their head. I've played that game with him a million times so I'm not quite sure what went wrong this time other than a didn't let go in time and was walking at the same time...I don't know.
I'm so thankfully that kids are so loving and trusting of their parents that even when we do things like throw them over our head and drop them on a tile floor they still love us.
He's fine and back to being his happy and adorable self. I'm back to being his favorite person in the whole world.

Cougar, Hailey & Heidi

Cougar was fantastic! He slept through almost the entire thing. He was so patient with us as we move him around. Hailey and Heidi were my special helpers. They are such great big sisters! Tiffany's joy for life has certainly been passed on to her kids! So much fun!

New Favorite Website

So my friend posted this website on her blog, and after 5 minutes I was hooked. It's a cooking blog. Last night for dinner I made Smoked Turkey Brie and Apple Paninis they were awesome! I've got two weeks worth of menus from this site already planned out. I'm so excited to make them!
I love it because most of the ingredients I already have in stock. Check it out!

http://www.melskitchencafe.com

Tonight I'm making Tender Grilled Pork Chops.

Full Report

Trip to Tucson: My dad was in the hospital in Tucson and what started out as something serious mysteriously went away. He wasn't allowed to eat anything for 4 days so when they finally gave him the green light to eat "anything he wanted" he sent me straight to McDonalds for a Large #1 Bigmac Combo.
I felt like a criminal carrying such horrible food into a sick man's room at the hospital. But he's my dad, how can you say no to your dad when he's in the hospital?

I also read Dan Brown's the Lost Symbol. Honestly I was disappointed in this book. It was completely predictable. Normally he has me on the edge of my seat, but with this book I was trying not to fall asleep. In fact I didn't even finish the last three chapters because I just couldn't get motivated to sit through it.
Being a stay at home mom: BEST JOB EVER!!!! Every day is busy busy busy, but I love it. He always keeps me on my toes and I am constantly laughing as he discovers new things. Yesterday I got distracted editing some photos (very distracted). I suddenly realized that it had been extremely quiet for a long time. Here is the trail of destruction I followed to find the culprit.









And taking pictures. I love it! I really could spend all my time doing it! Here are a couple I took in Tucson

What have I been up to?

Trip to Tucson: Taught me how much I value family and how quickly things can change.
Reading: Sometimes when everybody says it's an awesome book it isn't.
Being Mom: This is the BEST job in the whole wide world!!!
Cleaning: It never ends with a toddler around.
Taking pictures: I learn more and more with each picture!
AND...
Painting my room: It's been scary and a no turning back kind of thing...still not completed but I'm liking it more and more. The change is refreshing.

Pictures of all fo the above to come!

A taste of what's to come...

This is for my mom, and the lovely couple!
Thanks to Dayna for giving me great tips and showing me this amazing place!

Can't handle it!

Can you even handle this cuteness?

I love Spring!

I love spring!I love the colors you see everywhere and the feeling of warm sun on your face. Here are some of my favorite pictures I've taken of some of the cool things I've seen so far.



This last one is of a tree I passed almost everyday. I never really noticed it until the blooms came out. The blossoms looked like they were almost too heavy for the tree. Luckily I had my camera and grabbed a picture of it.
Spring is easily my favorite time of the year!

Can you guess?

What could possibly have Boston so captivated that he stands at the window for an hour?





Why, Dad and Uncle Hayden WORKING ON THE BACKYARD!!!!





That's right, we're working on putting in a yard! I'm beyond excited! (And when I say "WE" I really mean Chris and his brother. I'm providing moral support, direction and cold water from inside with Boston.) :)