I've Been Tagged

Tag, I'm it!RULES:1.The player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves - try to find 6 you haven't already posted about!2. At the end of the post, the player tags 6 people and posts their names


1-I always drink my drinks with a straw. I stock up everytime I go to Ikea.
2-I cry really easily in movies. Brad and I went to see Big Fish when it came out (a long time ago) and I was still crying as we were going out to the car. (My excuse is I was pregnant!)
3-When I drink out of a cup I drink from the side of my mouth-don't ask..I have no idea why.
4-I love to play games and could play them non stop. When everyone wants to quit I want to keep playing
5-I hate milk
6-I'm cluttery and I HATE it. It is something that I'm trying work on. My goal this year is to declutter and become more organized.

Im tagging Marianne, Allison, Kelly, Brenda, Cara, Amy, Megan, Sally, Melanie, Lauren, Tib, Mandy, Liz, Kimberly, VoNique, Melissa, Danielle, and my mom. I know that's more than 6, but I want you all to do it!

Man Cold

Okay Trevor, don't be mad, but for some reason this made me think of you. Ha ha ha ha!! This is so hillarious! My friend Lacey had this on her blog and I loved it!

It's a Christmas Miracle!

In all seriousness, we literally had a miracle happen this week. We still own our townhouse that we first lived in when we were first married. When we moved out we rented it out. At the end of the contract we decided we were going to sell it because they were selling so well in our area. Well, we missed the selling boom by not even a month and have had it up for sale since the beginning of the summer. Since that time we have had to make TWO mortgage payments. We've been okay because we had some money saved up, but in the last month we didn't have anything left. Things have been VERY tight here, and VERY stressful. Brad and I have been on our knees constantly pleading with our Heavenly Father for his help. Brad has been fasting non-stop, every Sunday, and sometimes other days as well. (I'm still nursing BigE, otherwise I would have done it with him) The housing market is horrible, as everyone I'm sure knows and we hadn't had hardly any calls. We didn't want to rent it again, because we needed to sell it, and wanted to sell it right away. We knew that we were totally at the mercy of our Heavenly Father, and it was going to take a miracle to sell it.
Well, this last week we have had two offers on our place. We accepted one of them today and they want to move in asap. They will rent for the month of January and then close in February.
We feel so incredibly blessed right now and know that it is completely because of our Heavenly Father that we have sold it.
This truely has been a trial for us, but it has been so good. It totally humbled Brad and I. It made us put complete faith in Heavenly Father. We are better people because of it. I am so grateful that we can communicate with Heavenly Father through prayer, and that he answers them.

BigE's First Word!

Today BigE said his first word! He said "all done" when he was finished eating. We are so excited! Okay....so he didn't REALLY say the words with his mouth, but he signed them. When we realized that Carter was delayed with his speech and knew that it would be awhile before he was actually speaking we decided to start doing signing with him. We love the Signing Time DVDs and Carter could say quite a few words. It was so great that he had a way to communicate with us. We loved it so much that I have been working with BigE and using signs. Hopefully he'll catch on to more of them!

Nunley Christmas Party

Nunley Christmas Party

My Grandpa and Grandma Nunley had their Christmas party last night. It is always so fun getting together with the Nunley family. There is always lots of laughing. My Grandma always comes up with new games to play and had everyone play this string game. We ate lots of yummy food and opened presents. Brad and I got a gift certificate to McGraths (one of our favorite places) We can't wait to go! Easton opened up his very first Christmas present and got these cute little cars. He loved them and has been playing with them ever since. Carter saw BigE open his present and so he was really excited to open his present. He opened it up and it was a DARLING sweater vest. I loved it, but I could see he was disappointed and looked around as if he was looking for the rest of it. He is such a sweet boy, he told Papa and GG thank you and then went on to play with BigE's cars and the cousins. It was so funny to watch that. I can't believe how old he is. This Christmas is going to be so fun to watch him open up the presents because he finally understands and is excited.

This Is INSANE

This is completely crazy! These pictures truly do not show the extent of the snow we are getting! I went out just now to shovel our driveway and it is so deep! Carter went out with me, but only lasted a few minutes. I was out there for awhile, but soon gave up. I don't think I could go anywhere, even if I wanted to. Brad couldn't even get home last night from work. He had to call our friend/neighbor Ben to go and get him at the bottom of the hill. Roxy, our dog is completely refusing to go out and go to the bathroom. I went out the back to shovel so that she could go out and it was up past my knees. She would have been buried alive! :) I think that we are going to get a snow blower soon! -Especially with Brad's busy season coming up.

The Weather Outside is CRaZY!

Today has been such a cozy day. The boys and I stayed home all day. We didn't even get out of our pajamas. I baked all day making treats for our neighbors. We drank lots of hot chocolate, took a nap. We watched (while we baked) Polar Express a bazillion times (at Carter's request) and watched White Christmas (My favorite!) It was such a nice day. (Sorry Brad...I know you're slaving away at work)
It has been snowing all day (with a few breaks here and there) and then tonight it went crazy. It has been snowing hard. I was crazy enough to go out and deliever the treats. We have so much snow right now. My friend Melissa and I were out shoveling my driveway and just when we would have an area cleared it would be covered again. I gave up. I will have to take a picture of all the snow tomorrow so you can see how much we got. These pictures are kind of hard to tell.

How Many More Days?!?!?!!!

5 more days!?! Is that right??? What happened to December? I swear time keeps going faster and faster! It wasn't until yesterday that I realized that Christmas is NEXT week! I thought I still had about 2 more weeks. Good thing I'm ready I guess.-I just don't want it to be over with.

I Have A New Little Helper

I have a new little helper with the dishes now. I am so excited. :) His version of cleaning the dishes is "mouth" washing them. :) BigE pulled himself up onto the dishwasher for the first time today. He loved playing with the silverware. He also pulled himself up to his little play table.

Carter's Christmas Program

Carter had is preschool Christmas program this morning. It was so cute. When we were getting ready to leave he found a pack of gum and wanted to bring it. I told him he could because I wanted some. Well, in the chaos of it all I totally forgot about the gum. During the program he kept putting his hand in his pocket. My mom asked me what he had in there. I told her he didn't have anything...I couldn't think of what he would have in his pocket. Next thing we know he pulls out a piece of gum and starts chewing it....then a few minutes later he pulls out another one! I didn't know how much gum he had in his pocket, and I was afraid he'd have the whole pack in his mouth. Luckily he only had the two pieces and he ended up swallowing them.

Carter is very quiet and methodical when he is with someone he doesn't know, and when he is in a new situation. He pretty much stood/sat there and would do a few actions here and there. It was cute to watch. Every time we would clap for them he would clap too. He is such a sweet boy.

He had Grandma and Grandpa Cook there, my parents, my brother Dan, and GG (My Grandma Nunley) I am so grateful that we live so close to family so that they can come and support Carter, and be a part of his life.

PS Dan went a little crazy with the pictures and took a few of me....that's why there's so many.

9 Months Old

Has it really been 9 months??? Where did it go?? In 2 days BigE will be 9 months old. I love this outfit that he is wearing. Carter just barely grew out of it (It's 2T) and the pants that BigE is wearing, Carter wore on the first day of preschool. They fit BigE perfectly, and I even struggle to get them over his bubble butt. Here are some little facts about this big guy.
*He weighs 24lbs
*He wears 2T clothes
*He is a crazy army crawler (he cruises!)
*He loves to stand and play with his little table toy
*He is starting to pull himself up
*He can go from laying down to sitting
*He loves pizza, macaroni and cheese.....okay, pretty much anything that he can put in his mouth

*He is way too big for his infant carseat, he fills out the width and the length
*When I'm feeding him he flicks his pointer finger on his thumb
*He loves his blue silky blanket
*He is totally interested in the doors and loves to close them
*His favorite person is Carter and then Mommy and then Daddy. (I'm sure that this will soon change and I will become the bottom of the totem pole, just like with Carter.-I have to enjoy it while I can!)
*He does not like you to mug him...he is too busy, he has too much to do!

*Loves to get into Roxy's food and water

PS Don't mind the pizza sauce all over his face!

Chunky Monkey

Oooooooooooo! I love this chunky monkey! I love his white, blonde hair, I love how chunky he is. Looking at this picture I just want to squish him! I also love the rolls behind his knees!

BigE's Surgery

These are pictures right before BigE's surgery. He is so tired (I had to wake him up at 5:45am) and he is starving.

Carter's Hats

These are a few of the hats that Carter has made in school over the last few months. (The top one is a wizard hat)

Crap-pa Cook

Carter loves Crap-pa (Carter's new way of saying "grandpa"-it cracks us up everytime he says it!) Cook. He came and watched Carter while BigE went and had his surgery. Carter had so much fun. We have this hill across the street from our house and he took Carter sledding down it. Carter always enjoys spending time with Crap-pa Cook. This picture is of them going for a walk up the hill.

The Innocence of a Child

Today we were getting in the car after Costco and I went to help Carter get out, but he wasn't paying attention. We were kind of in a hurry so I said, "Hello?!?!?" Well, Carter didn't catch the sarcasm and said "Hiiiiiiiiii" in a really sweet tone. It just made me smile, and realize I need to slow down and just cherish these SHORT everyday moments.

The Surgery Is A Success!

I have really slacked off lately! Things have just been so busy! Easton's surgery went great. I was so glad that they could do it so soon because he was MISERABLE! He had an ear infection that no antibiotic would get rid of.

I think the hardest part for BigE was to go from midnight until about 8:30-9:00am without eating. :) Ha ha ha ha.

He was a little cranky that day, I'm not sure if it was from discomfort, or if it was just because he was so tired.

After that first day he has been a new little guy. He is so happy. I am so grateful that we live in a day when they have these things available!

Oh, one more thing, they weighed him before his surgery and he weighed in at 24LBS!! He is 2lbs less than Carter now and he 9 months old! I don't know what it is, but in the last few days he just feels so much heavier too. (Maybe because I know how much he weighs???)

Dear Santa

My friend Tib had this on her blog. I LOVED it!


Dear Santa,
I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited the doctor's office more than my doctor has, and sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son's red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18 years.Here are my Christmas wishes:I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache (in any color except purple, which I already have) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze, but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the candy aisle in the grocery store. I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the seventh month of my last pregnancy. If you're hauling big ticket items this year, I'd like fingerprint resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music; a television that doesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals; and a refrigerator with a secret compartment behind the crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone.On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, "Yes, Mommy" to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without the use of power tools. I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting "Don't eat in the living room" and "Take your hands off your brother," because my voice seems to be just out of my children's hearing range and can only be heard by the dog.If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without it being served in a Styrofoam container. If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the holiday season. Would it be too much trouble to declare ketchup a vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely. It would be helpful if you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family.Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is ringing and my son saw my feet under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back. Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in and dry off so you don't catch cold. Help yourself to cookies on the table but don't eat too many or leave crumbs on the carpet.

Yours Always,
Mom

KPMG Christmas Party

Brad and I went to the KPMG Christmas party. It was actually really fun. They had it at the Grand America Hotel and the theme was Casino Royal. They had these HUGE shrimp that were so good. We ate a really good steak dinner, and then they had casino games. Brad and I ripped it up at Blackjack and won a ton of money.....and then we lost a ton of money. -Good thing it was fake! The best part of the night was we won a $50 gift certificate to the Cheesecake Factory. That should pay for about half the meal. :)

Poor BigE!

Poor BigE. He has had 4-5 ear infections since Septemberish. He has been on all kinds of antibiotics and nothing is getting rid of this last one that he has. I took him into the ENT Dr. today and she said he needs tubes in his ears. He goes this Thursday for surgery! I know it's not a major surgery or anything, but keep him in your prayers!

Sunday Fun

Carter had so much fun pushing BigE around in this box. He started trying to be a little too tricky by tipping the box. Easton was having fun until Carter closed him in the box.

Polar Express Day

Carter's school had Polar Express Day. All of the kids wore their pajamas (this is Carter's dream come true...wearing pajamas to school!) They had cookies and chocolate milk. It was so cute.

Polar Express

Carter had Polar Express Day at school so I wanted him to watch the movie before he went to school. He LOVED the movie. He sat on my lap most of the time and we had hot chocolate. (I don't know why I'm so surprised that he liked it....it had a train in it!) I love watching Carter experience things for the first time.

Guy Time

Carter loves playing with his buddies Landon and Tate. We are so glad that there are finally some "guys" in our neighborhood for him to play with. They were having the time of their lives with these dump trucks!

BigE's Twin Brother!

Okay, obviously this isn't Easton's brother. Brad emailed me this website today with this little kid who is BigE's age. I couldn't believe it! He is double Easton's weight. His Mom has to nurse him 20 times a day! I can't even imagine!! He is so cute though. What is it about chubby babies?? The poor kid, he is so big he can't even crawl!