Weekend Recap

At least I'm doing a recap this week? Although not many pictures to show you. I bring my camera, yet I always forget to pull it out to take pictures, darn.

Friday Baby Fox and I met up with Mr. after his physical therapy at the mall to buy a coming home outfit for Mini Fox. Found the cutest outfit, of course I can't find it on their website. I guess you'll have to be surprised. After we found what we needed we decided to go out to dinner instead of doing the responsible thing and going home to leftovers to Cheese Cake Factory.

At Nordstroms we bought Baby Fox one of those magnetic drawing boards that you can erase with a swipe of a wand. He calls it his "etch-a-sketch", so it was hard to get him to focus long enough to get a picture.

Saturday was swim lessons as usual. If you can't see, The first picture is of Baby Fox floating, the second picture is of Baby Fox jumping into the water.

The rest of Saturday was pretty low key. Some park time and making enchiladas for dinner. Yum!

Sunday Baby Fox wanted pancakes for breakfast, he wanted to help make them. While we were making them, he says "Mommy, I love you making pancakes!" Awwww...

Let me explain the outfit. He wanted to wear this rainbow shirt when he woke up, and since I knew whatever we had for breakfast would get all over him, I said okay, then he wanted the shorts, who am I to say no. Side note: That "rainbow shirt" is actually a onsie that my dad thought was a good gift from Oklahoma, and I had put it in the give away pile and Baby Fox sees it and says I want to wear that, but it didn't fit and he started to cry, so I did what any other mother would do, cut off the naps and let him wear it as a shirt. As long as he doesn't go out in public right? Although the other day Daddy and him come down stairs before leaving for a friends and he has this shirt on, I said no, and that he had to change, I know I'm so mean.

Pancakes for one

After church we came home and ate lunch and played a bit before nap time. First Baby Fox wanted a picnic with Daddy, giving Daddy some ketchup.

Then Baby Fox and Daddy played what Colton calls "Bump Daddy", honestly not sure which one had more fun, this went on for an hour. No joke. Let me get done a project for Mini Fox's room, so I'll take it.  Baby Fox hasn't quite got the peddling thing yet, so he just pushes his bike.

It was hard to get them both in the same picture, they were going around so fast

Yes we did buy that Plasma Car for Baby Fox, not Mr.

Sunday night we went to my parents house for dinner. Again brought the camera, but didn't take any pictures, darn. It was nice to go somewhere else and have someone cook for you, I could get used to that!

Hope you all had a great weekend, 6 more weeks till Mini Fox...yikes!

Linking up with Faith, Sarah and Megan

Sometimes I Take You for Granted

Today's subject comes from Shay, via Kali. Where to begin? There are so many things I could write about, my job, I seriously have the easiest job and get paid a lot to do it, my parents, always wanting to do for me and me always scolding them about something or another, but in reality everything they do is because they love me and my family and would die for us. Mr. who is constantly picking up the slack when I just can't handle it any more, and always supporting me with whatever I decide to do.

But I'm not going to talk about any of that. I'm going to chose my son, Colton aka Baby Fox. Seems like a silly choice, but I do. When Mr. and I got married we had a plan, a 5 year plan. We were going to travel the world, do what we wanted to do while we were young, buy a house and be really financially stable before we brought a baby into the world.  On our 5 year anniversary we took a trip and got pregnant our first go. I don't think I realized just how lucky we were that we didn't have any issues getting pregnant, and that we got pregnant so fast.

He came, and he was perfect, I mean seriously perfect.

 As we got used to being a family of 3 and having this little human rely solely on us, he really helped us navigate those first few months of parenthood. He NEVER cried. I mean when I say never cried, he never cried, so much so that when he was about a month old and was crying/whinning, someone asked us and I quote "is that your baby's cry?" It was that soft. He just never really developed the loud screaming capacity lungs because he never cried. He started sleeping 5 hour stretches around 2.5 months, 8-9 hours at 3.5 months and then 12 hours at 4.5 months. I mean what kid does that? To this day, he goes down without a fight and even if he's not tired, he'll just lay in his crib and roll around, talk to his stuffed animals and wait for sleep to come to him. When he's sick he hardly wakes up in the middle of the night screaming. I think in the past 2.5 years, he's woken up twice in the middle of the night, since he started sleeping 12 hour stretches.

He is the politest kid, and learns quickly. Adapts to life in general, takes things in and goes with the flow. Skip nap that day because we're out and about, no problems. Most importantly he is healthy and happy. I have a few friends who have to constantly fight for their kids health, people who I don't know how they find the strength each day to continue, but somehow they do and they come out stronger on the other side.

He's all we know, but:

I take for granted how smart he is. he taught us sign language when he was 10 months old. He had signs he made up for more, drink and all done.

Trying to figure out how Daddy put all these cars on top of each other

 I take for granted how sweet he is and wants the best for everyone around him

Sharing his bear with Great Grandma, Bear is kissing GG better

 I take for granted that he loves me unconditionally and is excited to see me each day I get home he screams out "MOMMY" and comes running

I take for granted that he wants me when he's hurt

Don't worry, I happened to be taking pictures of him when he started crying, I snapped this and then picked him up

I take for granted that he hardly complains

100° heat at a funeral, but there's a fire truck, all is good with the world

I take for granted that he always wants to share everything he has with everyone else. 

I take for granted that he sleeps through the night

I take for granted that he can self soothe

I take for granted that he's never sick, and when he does get sick he's happy and isn't grumpy

Last time he was sick, June 2012

I take for granted those special moments when he holds my head in his hands and looks into my eyes and says he loves me

I take for granted the fact that no one can compare to how great he is and how fun, loveable and how he has a great sense of humor.

I hope to remember all these things when he's a teenager and driving me crazy, that deep down he's the best kid a mom could hope for. I want to cherish these last few weeks with just him before the crazy of a newborn begins all over again.

Thank you Colton for being you, you have grown into such a fun, lovable 2 year old. You are going to be the best big brother and I can't wait for you to meet her!

Lazy Post - Sorry, Not Sorry.

I've been super lazy, I mean super lazy. Like I can't even get off my tush to download some photos so I can post here. Only 7 more weeks, and maybe I won't be so dog tired when I get home from work. I don't remember being so tired with Baby Fox towards the end...perhaps it was because I didn't have a 2.5 year old waiting for me at home, and I could veg in front of the TV and not move again till bed.

But seeing this face, I wouldn't change how tired I am for the world.

Recently he's been super attached this this small blanket with a bear head. Baby Fox has decided to call it Puppy Bear. Hey whatever works right?

Baseball Star in the Making

Yesterday we tried to teach Colton how to play baseball. I swear the first two times we threw the ball to him he made contact and hit the ball. So we run into the house to get the video camera and this is what resulted. Hilarious. He sure does have the self pity thing down.

It's going to be fun to teach him how to play baseball, football, etc. 

Linking up with Faith, Sarah and Megan

The People On the Computer

A few months ago, when I say a few, I have no idea how long ago it was 3 months? 6 months? Anyway, doesn't change the story. My parents are from the stone ages. When I say stone ages, my mom was telling me, my sister and Mr. one night that she was born before the Heimlich Maneuver...we didn't believe her, there is no way! We said, so what did you do if someone was choking, she said people died and you tried to pry it out with your fingers, which she had to do as a teacher once. sidenote: it was invented in 1974.

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 She also informed us that same night she used to live in a Quanza Hut...say what? That we had to look up...in case you were wondering it looks like this:

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We still to this day tease her about both and how old she is.

Okay back to my mom, so she's telling us one day about something that she found on the internet. I can't remember what exactly it was she was telling us but this is what she said, and I quote "The people on the computer told me...."

Yep she thinks there's little people in her computer telling her what to do...okay she really isn't crazy, that's just what she said, and let me tell you, we don't hold back on reminding her every second we get of her mistakes and how she was living in a quanza hut without the Heimlich, how did she survive? We don't hold back in my family.

Flash forward to last night. Curtis and I are on the computer together and he sees all the comments people have left for me on this here blog. He clicks on some of them and says "They're so sweet, I like the people on the computer"

So Mr. likes you guys, he really does, and he thinks you're all sweet, as do I. So thanks for the sweet comments and keep them coming!

Honey Lime Shrimp

For Whatever Wednesdays  Alissa and Shay, okay more Alissa then Shay...wanted us to post a recipe. (Alissa if you want more of my recipes click on my recipes tab, created just for you today, seriously.)

For our picnic in the park, I decided to make my quinoa salad and then I thought that some shrimp would be a really good picnic food. So I set off to find a recipe. I came across this recipe on what other then Pinterest. It has only 8 ingredients, and 6 of them I already had in my pantry, win for me. So here it is.

Stole this picture from The Dough Will Rise Again

We were supposed to meet friends at 6pm at the park, I started this at 4, should have started sooner, but I was napping, which felt great and I woke up refreshed and ready to tackle a concert in the park.

What you'll need:

1/2 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined (although I used 1 pound with the same amount of marinade and it worked great)
1/4 cup olive oil
2 Tablespoons honey
Juice of one small lime, or half a large lime (2-3 T)
Zest of one small lime, or half a large lime
2 cloves garlic, smashed
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

Step 1:

It says to use a Ziploc bag, I figured I would put the ziploc in a small bowl so that I wasn't messing with trying to keep the bag open while pouring in ingredients.

Step 2:

Add Olive Oil

Lime Zest

Lime Juice

If you don't have one of these bad boys, you must go get one right now! Life saver and you get all of the juice out!

2 Tablespoons of Honey

2 garlic cloves - recipe says smashed, but I went the easy route and just used my garlic press

1/2 tsp kosher salt, 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes and 1/4 tsp black pepper. I just winged this, close enough, and I didn't want to make it too spicy in case one of the kids wanted one. Also my measuring spoons were currently in the dishwasher.

Step 3:

Mix ingredients

Step 4:

I used the frozen shrimp from Costco (2 pounds costs $20), I used half the bag, apparently I can't read and I thought the recipe called for a pound of shrimp, guess I was wrong, but it worked out in the end.

Step 5:

Put shrimp in bag and put in fridge to marinate. I've read on the comments that people do this anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours. I did mine for just 40 minutes because that's all the time I had.

Step 6:

Cook shrimp in skillet, no need to add any more oil, it already has enough.

I did it in batches and had two skillets going. It only took about 10 minutes to cook all of the shrimp. We were out the door with it still hot and got to the park just as our friends were arriving. Perfect timing!

In the haste to get out the door, I forgot to take a picture of all of the cooked shrimp, just look at the 1st picture and think, with tails on. Mine pretty much looked the same.

One Of Those Pregnancy Posts

First I would like to say, I hit 40 followers, woo hoo! Watch out world, here I come! And thank you to everyone who keeps coming back to read what I have to say.

I figure I don't talk about pregnancy that much, so I'll go ahead and do one of those pregnancy posts. Because I know you are all wondering, if not, then wait till tomorrow, I'll have something else.

Weeks: 32 Weeks

Ignore the toys, that's Noah's Ark, most of the animals are missing because Baby Fox thinks they're his babies and carries them around until he loses them, and then goes to fetch a new one. At least there is two of each animal, takes twice as long to lose everything. Oh and please excuse the way I look, it's right before bedtime and I've been up for 15 hours already.

 Belly Button: Creepy outtie, seriously, it's creepy, like where did it come from and I hope it goes away the minute this alien comes out. Oh and when you push on it, it's squishy, you're welcome for that visual.

Feeling: Sorta crappy. Gotta admit, I'm not one of those girls that loves being pregnant, it's a means to an end. Although do I really want a crying newborn? Hmm...I hope she's snuggly at least. I don't sleep and I wake up 2-3 times a night to go pee...waking up at 5am (technically 4:54am) to go to work doesn't really help either though.

Also feeling like oh my gosh we have 8 weeks left till due date, 6 weeks if she comes as early as Baby Fox did, and the room is no where near ready...when I say no where near ready, I mean we just ordered Baby Fox's furniture this past weekend, and we just got her bedding in the mail, and have NOTHING else.And the room is still full of my crafting stuff, and I have no idea where to put it...hmmm...???

What Happened This Week: Went to the doctors yesterday, going to the doctors every 2 weeks now (this is getting real!) Although all they do is have you pee in a cup, doc measures your tummy (yep it's getting bigger) and listens for a heartbeat. That part was cool, it goes, swoosh, swooosh, swoooosh, ah, music to my ears.

I can't remember what else people write...OH...

Looking Forward To: Maternity leave...4 more weeks baby! And of course meeting baby girl, wondering what she'll look like, how big she'll be, will she be small like Baby Fox, or will she be big like her cousin (he was 9.5 pounds) I'm hoping for something smaller then 8 pounds... please be less then 8 pounds, I thought pushing a 6 pound baby out was hard enough, I can't imagine 2 more pounds, yikes!

Scared of: The Epidural, I had a bad experience the first time around. I'm hoping that same doctor isn't on staff this time around. I told her if she walked in to give me my epidural this time around, I would seriously consider going with no drugs, yep that's how bad my experience was. Those that haven't had one, the epidural was seriously a life saver after she got it in and it started working, but it shouldn't have been that traumatic.

Baby Fox: Is excited for baby sister to come, he wants to feed her all of his food and drinks. Sometimes he'll walk up to my belly and point his cup or food towards my belly and make a noise like she's eating/drinking whatever he has. So cute, we keep telling him that she'll be too little to eat his food/drinks. I think he's going to be a great big brother, that is after he gets over the jealously thing.

Mr.: He's been great and really supportive. I can't believe how lucky I am to have him in my life and how my love for him has grown exponentially since having kids. Watching him with Baby Fox is the best things ever.

While Mr. was taking pictures of me he said, do one of those silly heart pictures...haha, for whatever reason we both think those pictures are hilarious. Here's my version:

And in case you wanted to see a side view. I think this picture is really deceiving, I am really bigger then that in real life. Seriously, I think it's the black skirt, it's slimming or something.

How She's Like Baby Fox: She gets the hiccups at least twice a day if not 3 times. She has them as I type this out. Feels strange, but makes me know that her lungs are developing with each hiccup.

I think that's it, probably more then you wanted to know. Don't worry this will be my first and last one of these.

Until tomorrow!