out of the mouths of babes...

A few of you may have heard this story, but I just thought it was too funny not to share with all of you.

A few days ago Jus, Britt and I went for a ride and ended up in the McDonald's drive-thru (what can I say? this new kid wanted some fries) anyway, they were taking FOREVER, and eventually Britt says, "Me need ta go pee-pee really bad!" So I take him in while Justin waits in the drive-thru. After Britt had done his thing in the potty, he wanted to flush it, but they have the automatic ones at this particular McDonald's so it flushed before he got to it. He looked up at me with wide eyes and said, "Mom! Me didn't flush that toilet! It just happened! Me gotta tell Dad bout this!" So after washing hands, we start the walk through the dining room and out to the car, but at the first table we passed there was a group of teenage boys eating. One of the boys (who had his back to us) looked a lot like Justin, and before I could stop Britt he ran up to this boy and said, "Me didn't flush that toilet! It just happened...." then he realized that this guy was not his dad... He just looked at the kid for a few seconds, then acting very nonchalant, he looked at the boy's french fries and said, "You got fries? Nice..." and with that he walked away.

Woodland Lake Park

Here you go, Cara!

Cara tagged me, so here are a bunch of random pictures that she requested. You're not allowed to go through and clean or rearrange anything... but when your house is for sale, you need to keep it clean all the time, so I didn't cheat! :)
1. The Fridge
I need to go shopping...

2. The Closet
It normally looks a lot more crowded than this, but this week I decided to move all of my there's-no-way-I-can-fit-this-belly-into-that-without-looking-like-a-beached-whale stuff to another closet.

3. The Bathroom
This is actually Britt's bathroom, but we use it tons more than our master bathroom. Ours doesn't have a bathtub and this one has a lot more storage space than ours.

4. Laundry Room
Pretty exciting.... I know.

5. Kitchen Sink
No, I didn't cheat. It always looks like this during naptime...even if that means it's only clean once a day. :)

6. Self Protrait
This also counts as my 15-weeks-preggo shot. :)

7. Favorite Room
Our living room... I don't know why it's my favorite, maybe because this is where we have our: super comfy beautiful couches, big TV, LoveSac, Wii, Bose Home Theater System...or maybe just because it's the center of the house and Justin and I have so much fun wrestling Britt on the floor. :)

8. What is my kid doing?...
Napping, of course. :) If he sees that I'm on the computer, I either have to show him funny youtube videos for an hour, or let him do "homework" (which is just where he types and plays until he's 'done'...whatever that means. :)

9. Dream Vacation
Iceland ...this one requires more than one picture. :)



10. Favorite Pair of Shoes
Has to be my flowery flats. I saw a girl at a concert wearing them and had to ask where she got 'em. I LOVE them!

Now I have to tag a few other people...
How about: Brandi, Brooke, Rissy, and Kaitlynn (and if you're name isn't on that list, but you want to show everyone your bathroom and closet...be my guest!)

summer...

getting his hair wet in the sprinklers...




splashing with his friend, Kresent


This last one cracks me up! He's really big on shaking his head when his hair is wet...like doggies do. :) It kind of looks like he's going for a sexy-slow-motion-hair-shake like they do in the movies. Oh well, we're just glad he likes his hair long as much as we do!

The joys of little boys...

Long ago we discovered that Britt is a "Bug Man." He finds them all the time, and he's finally getting to where he will ask us before he lets them crawl on his hand...just in time!

This is a little gal he found a few days ago. As he puts it, "me own black weee-dow!" We were playing in his pool in our backyard and he decided that everything he could get his hands on needed to go into the pool, so after putting a sprinkler into the pool, he got really panicked and told me to help the "pider" (I guess it had been on the sprinkler)... then I saw the huge red hourglass on the underside of its abdomen! Yikes! But Britt being Britt, he just wanted me to save it because, "mom, piders don't swim!" We kept her in a jar for a few days, then let her go...far away from the house! :)

Here he is with a "little guy" he found outside. It's just a little beetle, not too dangerous. :)

The boy can't sleep at night without his rubber tarantula. Sweet, huh?


The only time he doesn't love bugs is if they touch him without him knowing it, hence his panic attack at his second birthday party.


One more funny story: Justin, Britt and I were in the back yard a few days ago, and a grasshopper jumped right onto Britt's hand. He had another view of it, he said, "Mommy, Daddy, Look! Me caught a baby grasshopper!" We couldn't help but say, "Nice catch, buddy!" :)

Can 2-year-olds be pregnant??

"Look mom, Me have baby in the tummy too!"

that's actually a ball...
Britt is so involved in this pregnancy, it surprises me. When we found out I was pregnant, we didn't know if he would get it or how he would respond, but he shocks us everyday with what his 2-year-old brain understands. He rubs my tummy (several times a day) and says, "hi baby! how you doin? gettin bigger?" He's also started telling me lately, "Mom, your belly poking out a lot, huh? (thanks for the self esteem boost, little buddy...I thought I still looked good) Baby growing inside that..." He loves to talk about what babies can do ("cry, wiggle, drink milk, poop in diapers, take baths") and all the stuff he's going to teach the baby ("put shoes on, say lot of words, walking...") We can't wait to see how he acts when Aunt Brooke has a baby in a few months... hopefully we can let him practice on her little girl... (just kidding Brooke!... kind of...)
Last week I had my 13-week check-up, and Britt really wanted to go. I was a little nervous because Justin had to work and couldn't be there, but Britt was so good the whole time. He sat while they checked my blood pressure and measured my tummy, then when they got out the Doppler (to listen to the heartbeat) he stood up in the chair and was SO excited! He tells everyone what the baby's heartbeat sounds like now, and he does a pretty good impression of it too... He had just woken up from his nap, so that's why he's whispering

He's still pretty sure it's a baby sister, and he has his heart set on the name, "Mariokart." So we just need to figure out a middle name I guess. Well, we've got 6 more months...

B-13 Reunion!

This last weekend was the B-13 reunion (B-13 represents Justin's Grandpa and his 12 brothers and sisters). The family owns a big ranch in Pinedale and that's where they had the reunion. This was Britt's first time going and he did NOT want to leave. EVER! He loves being outside. Here are some cute pictures I took while we were there.


I love the expression on Britt's face in this one. We had just gone through the covered bridge, can you tell how excited he was? :)

Britt had a blast "helping" Grandpa and Dad make homemade root beer.

The simple joy of riding on an ice chest...




Now this last one is especially for Britt's Uncle Beau. On the way to the ranch, we kept seeing tarantulas crossing the road, so we decided to pull over and let Britt check one out up-close. He was in heaven! He always tells me, "Mom, me likes bugs." Which is totally true! He can't get enough of them! The bigger the better...and spiders don't get much bigger than this!

Britt and his hair...

I love this kid's adorable curls, but once in a while I get the urge (or he begs me) to smooth out the curls and see what he would look like with straight hair. It gets a little cuter each time. :)


As you can see in this one, the back was already starting to curl up again...dang humidity...