Elias is turning 3!!!!

I can't believe our little baby Elias is turning 3 on Saturday! You never really believe other parents when they say time flies by, but it really does!!! Elias has been too good of a blessing for me...I just still can't believe that our Heavenly Father would bless me w/ this incredible spirit-entrust me to take care of him. Being a Mom has changed me in every single aspect. I can't even begin to tell people why I just love him so much but I will name my favorite things I love about it right at this moment. 1. He looks so stylish in red goggles. lol
2. When Im having a bad day or am sad, he hugs me & asks me why Im sad. (And, he really wants to know why)
3. He asks "Why?" 5x in a row...yes, it can drive me crazy sometimes, but it can make me ridiculously happy at the same time.
4. When he's naked around other people, he says "Don't look at my pepe!!!!"
5. Even after I put him in time out, he still wants to hug me.
6. I know he will love me if I gain 300 pounds.
7. He dances like a pro.
8. He yells for me while Im driving & we have a not so bright driver in front of us. lol.
9. When Im talking, he says "Excuse me man" instead of Excuse me Mam....I can't be the one to tell him he is saying it wrong.
10. When he says I love you- he says "I YOVE YOU TOO!" He is my precious little boy. Thinking about him brings tears to my eyes-what a blessing. What a blessing.

Here he is at his gymnastics class-yeah, it takes a real man to handle 4 girls on his own! ;)

Love to all....until next time! ;)

HOT

So, over the Labor Day weekend, Bryce and Krista were determined to go camping. Of course, I did not want to. I hate to say that I'm not a "camping kind of girl" b/c people automatically think I am high maintenance. And, I think I am far from that. But, anyways, I really don't like camping. I never have & after that trip, lol, I never will. Bless their hearts (Krista and Bryce) for trying to make it really fun for me. Elias must take after Mom because 10 mins after getting to camping grounds, he demanded we go back home. (We didn't of course) Long story short, we woke up at 2 am being slammed by rain. Poor Krista & Bryce-they were on both ends of the tent & by 3 am, their pillows were soaked. I don't think any of us got any sleep. We woke up at 6am and got the heck outta there!!!!! (So thankful for that).

Anyways, we got home at 8 am from a sleepless night-and here is my HOT husband doing his best impression of Simon Baker in the movie 'Something New'....it was so hot outside, and Bryce got all the cars vaccuumed out, cleaned & then, thats not all!! Shampooed all the carpets in our house. (6 rooms in total). He def follows his Dad's footsteps in being a workhorse!!! He was seriously outside working non stop from 8 am until 330 pm. Not that he should have to do anything like that everytime I should feel grateful for him-it definetely made me stop and think. I am pretty lucky right now. I mean, yeah, he drives me crazy 50% of the time. ;) But, he makes me happy 80% of the time...if that makes any sense. Even when he is driving me crazy, I am still happy at times. This is a shout out to my hard working husband- I am so happy and grateful to have such a hard worker like you....I always know that you will provide for us-in some way or another. Love you!

A Target Outing

So, we are in the midst of potty training Elias. He is doing really well but I am still a bit reserved about going out and having him w/out a pull up on so that will be our next step. The other day while we were shopping in Target, Elias said he had to go #2. (TMI, im sorry) So, I said lets hurry and go to the bathroom. He said, "no, Mom, I don't need to go anymore-Im just going to hide." Well, you know what that means- poo poo in the diaper! So I said "no, lets go Elias to the potty, Mommy will go too!" So, we ran to the bathroom and just as he was getting himself on to the potty, he fell backwards, lost his grip and fell right in!!!!! I have kind of turned into a gerb phobe since having Elias, so it almost repulsed me-luckily, he hadent gone potty yet!!!! Water from the toilet was all on his back and his legs flew straight up in the air. It was one of the cutest moments ever. I started to laugh and he looked at me like, dont laugh at me. I asked him if he thought that was funny and he said no. lol. It was really cute. Until next time.....