Oh the Good Ole Days...

I was sitting here thinking about the good ole days when Brenner didn't crawl yet.  Ya know last week? Those good ole days...  Today as I was remembering how nice it was to unload the dishwasher without help. Or how folding the laundry was more folding than throwing.

But no, those days are gone.  He went from pulling up, to cruising the couch, to crawling at the speed of sound-- all in a week.  Man.  And don't forget those two new teeth he got.

And those glorious days of not needing those pesky child locks on every drawer and cupboard? Yup. I enjoyed almost 3 lovely years without them in between Braden and Berkley.  And nearly two more years of not breaking my nails or having to open them for the other kids...

Until today.  He opens every one of the kitchen drawers and cupboards whose locks are broken or removed. It's like a crawler's sixth sense. How does he know which ones he can get into??? I sent Rusty out for new child locks--and it will be a long week until he has time to put them in.  While I was putting my contacts in this morning he found the one cupboard in our room with a missing lock and pulled a bottle of mouth wash out and on himself. On the plus side 1. At least he didn't drink it. 2. My feet -and his- smelled minty fresh, not to mention the rug and my flip flops. 3. Nothing else in that cupboard was open (and the leaver open of Scope has been chastised I assure you- as well as having the lock installation moved to the top of his Honey Do list).

Also today, I broke down and dug out the baby gates. We have two sets, presumably one for the top of the stairs and one for the bottom. But with B1 and B2 unable to either open them or climb them I hesitate to use them. But I would really rather B3 NOT climb the stairs or fall down them...So gates it is. I am sure I can find lower barriers to use so they boys still have acess to the rest of the house, but that takes effort, and my effort is in chasing after a sneaky crawler who gets silent as a mouse when he's into something...

Three kids is rough, thanks for the heads up.

At least we have the pool already for a distraction... And YEAH for Summer time buzz cuts! My favorite hair cut of the year!

Thank You Tooth Fairy!!!

So, I should have written this letter months ago I guess, because guess who woke up today with one brand spanking new tooth?!  I would guess tooth number 2 will be here by this weekend! So, Tooth Fairy, from the bottom on my heart and Brenner's gums, we thank you!
**Update 4/23** Tooth number two is here!!! HURRAH!

An Open Letter...

Dear Tooth Fairy, 

I know normally we only call upon you when teeth are lost, but I am hoping you can help me out anyway.  You see we've been waiting on these two teeth to come in for MONTHS now and I'm a little sick of the wait. Waiting makes this adorable little kid cranky, fussy ,very clingy and irritable.  As you can see, I'm not asking for a huge favor, by any means, the teeth are nearly there! Just speed up the process a little, ok?


Sincerely,


Brenner(the cranky teething baby)'s Mom

Proud Fishy Mama...

So if you remember back to the first of the year, right before the robbery, I was whining about how I always get sold pregnant fish.  Well, we have had baby fish numerous times but they all eventually die.

So I am an uber proud Mama this time cause of the 30 plus fish we had in 5 days, TEN are big enough to go in the 'big' tank.  Whew! My days of making sure their water was the right temp, and crushing the flakes small enough are over! I tested putting just the 4 biggest babies in first, and when I did I realized two things. 1. They were already nearly the size of the 'adult' (aka mom and dad) fish that we still had. And 2. That Mom & Dad fish were scared of the invaders. Enough so that they hid under the Motorcycle bubbler for two days.  Rusty thinks I'm lame for patting myself on the back for this, but I tell ya, it's been quite a bit of work! And secretly, he's just glad he doesn't have tank cleaning duty anymore.

Fish are weird.

And just in case the insanity strikes again, I wanna make sure I remember that 2 black Mollies, 1 Orange Mickey Mouse- although he only has one dot, and 7 white Mickey Mouse fish made it. Even though there were double the black mollies to everything else.

Also this weekend Rusty, Braden and his Great Uncle Todd & Great Grandpa Bopy went on their yearly fishing weekend.  Braden didn't catch a thing but had fun trying. And thankfully, Rusty did catch some and didn't bring any of it home--You're the best Hon!

And finally, Brenner just hit 8 months old. Man, I wish I could freeze time! He is working on picking up the speed of his crawling and just yesterday he started this...

Oh man. He just pulls to a stand for now, but it won't be long before he's cruising the couch... Every time he does it Berkley yells, "Mom! Brenner is doing that sum-ting! Come quick!"  It cracks me up... I forget just how often you have to sweep and vacuum when you have a new crawler in the house.

Easter 2010...

We kept ourselves hopping this Easter Weekend. Saturday the older bunnies went to Disney on Ice with their Noni & Pops. They loved it and talked about Donald Duck and the fire (fireworks I am assuming) all day.

Then while the men bunnies were at conference the rest of us decorated eggs. One bunny was in a big hurry...
Then the bunnies got to open an Easter surprise from their Nana Great.

They love their Beanie Bears and ears.

One bunny was too little to decorate eggs, but he watched us all having fun.

Easter morning, the bunnies woke up bright and early and we went down to see their baskets. Once again, the Easter Bunny got a little confused and thought he was Santa... Oh well. After opening their gifts from Mom and Dad (shirts and Zumbuddies) we had a nice big breakfast.

One lil bunny loved his ears and was very cooperative getting his picture taken, until we asked his brothers to come out too...

We got to eat Easter dinner twice again this year.  First we went to the Becks and had an egg hunt and dinner. Followed by a little Birthday party for Jill.

We then raced over to Mesa to eat with the Rasmussens and do another egg hunt. We tried to take the bunnies pictures again, and at least the baby bunny wasn't crying.

After all, he had just gotten lots of attention from his cousin bunnies...

We had a surprise visit from the Big Bunny herself! Brenner was not so sure but the other kids thought it was A-ok! Serious mad props to Rhonda for putting it on, Love ya!

And finally, we got one decent family picture.

Baby bunny liked brother bunny's hair to much to look at the camera...

Hope you all had a Hoppy Easter too!