Stewart was in charge last night and they were watching Futurama. At 9:00 Stewart said:
Stew: guess what time it is.
Eli: time to watch more Futurama?
Stew: No
Eli: Time to watch more Futurama while we make a treat?
Stew: No
Eli: Time to stay up and have more fun?
Stew No it's time for bed.
Eli: is it time to go to sleep or is it time to get in bed and read?
Of course Stewart let him read until 9:45. He's a huge sucker. I put Eli in bed between 8 and 8:30 and let him read until 9. But a late night for Eli is worth a girls night out for me!
I was playing Yahtzee on my iPod
Eli:what are you playing?
Me: Yahtzee.
Eli: oh Nazi
Me: No, Yahtzee
Eli: OH! Nazi.
Me: (imagining him going to school telling people I play Nazi and getting panicked) NO YAH-tzee, YAH-tzee.
Eli: oh Yahtzee. Yeah I think I've played that before.
Eli loves a girl at school. He calls her "my girlfriend that I don't date."
On Monday Eli was helping me sort through the baby clothes. He said "can I be the second one in the family to hold the baby. I told him that Dad would be there so he would be second but that Eli could be the first visitor come see the baby at the hospital. Eli said "well can I be the 3rd one in our family to hold the baby?" Ha ha. I told him he can be the 3rd one in our family to hold the baby and since Knox can't hold himself I think that will work out ok.
Man, there was another really funny thing Eli said but now I can't remember! I need to get used to remembering these things since they are my favorite posts to go back and read.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Luck o' The Irish
Eli learned his lesson from last year and didn't talk about trapping a leprechaun this year. Unfortunately for Eli, leprechauns hold grudges.
Eli laid out his green clothes so that he could do a quick change without getting any pinches. I'm not sure why he didn't just think to wear jammies with green on them but I didn't suggest it so that I could get a few pinches in. As you can see the naughty little leprechaun switched Eli's clothes to blue pants and a blue shirt.
When I woke Eli up I noticed that he had a leprechaun face drawn on his hand. I said "did you draw on yourself!" Eli looked at his hand and said "oh that stinking little leprechaun!" He jumped out of bed and when he saw his clothes he said "HEY, I didn't put these clothes out. I wonder what other tricks he played."
He searched every room he passed but all the action was in the kitchen. The chairs were tipped, there were footprints on the counter, and a note from the leprechaun with some candy. He also dyed our milk green which resulted in Eli not eating his cereal. I (meaning leprechauns) need to learn to stop dying Eli's food. It grosses him out.
Eli was pretty happy with the mornings events. He did kinda wish that the leprechaun had drawn on his face again but the leprechaun couldn't find the washable markers.
Eli is so trusting and innocent. He believes in leprechauns 100 percent. I am waiting to see if he still does after school today.
Eli laid out his green clothes so that he could do a quick change without getting any pinches. I'm not sure why he didn't just think to wear jammies with green on them but I didn't suggest it so that I could get a few pinches in. As you can see the naughty little leprechaun switched Eli's clothes to blue pants and a blue shirt.
When I woke Eli up I noticed that he had a leprechaun face drawn on his hand. I said "did you draw on yourself!" Eli looked at his hand and said "oh that stinking little leprechaun!" He jumped out of bed and when he saw his clothes he said "HEY, I didn't put these clothes out. I wonder what other tricks he played."
He searched every room he passed but all the action was in the kitchen. The chairs were tipped, there were footprints on the counter, and a note from the leprechaun with some candy. He also dyed our milk green which resulted in Eli not eating his cereal. I (meaning leprechauns) need to learn to stop dying Eli's food. It grosses him out.
Eli was pretty happy with the mornings events. He did kinda wish that the leprechaun had drawn on his face again but the leprechaun couldn't find the washable markers.
Eli is so trusting and innocent. He believes in leprechauns 100 percent. I am waiting to see if he still does after school today.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Becca
And last but not least-ME!
Since last year I was able to accomplish a few cool things. I did a woman's triathlon and ran in the Ragnar Race. Both races were really fun and I loved doing them. I would love to do them both again next year after I am back in shape.
I also turned 31 in July. We spent the day house hunting and I didn't remember that I had turned 31 until about January when I had to ask Stewart how old I was. For Mother's Day, Eli and Stewart bought me Rock Band and we really played that religiously. Our band seriously rocks and we do the best with Eli as the singer, Stew on drums and me on guitar. I also let Stewart buy me a gun. It's very cute and little and fun to shoot so it met all my requirements. It can kill a man so it met Stewart's requirements also. I actually love my gun but don't like to give Stewart the satisfaction of admitting it unless someone makes fun of it.
My favorite thing though is having a house. I LOVE LOVE LOVE our house and the neighborhood that we moved into. There is a lot of stuff that I want to do to the house but there is time for all that. I spent the first month taking down wallpaper and painting the upstairs bedrooms. Then I found out I was pregnant at the end of finishing the painting and was too tired (and a bit nauseous) to do anything more.
So mostly I've been just growing this baby boy. I unpack boxes here and there and do all that mom stuff too. I have been pretty surprised that pregnancy is better and worse than I remember. This little baby moves around a lot and it's so fun to feel him move. I love it. I have a lot more aches and pains than I remember feeling with Eli though. It could be because I'm 8 years older or was 10 lbs heavier to start. I always said that if I ever got pregnant again I wouldn't complain but that's harder to do than I thought. I try to not complain much to people other than Stewart and my sister though. Oh, and this whole blog...
I'm just really happy that Stewart's home, that we have a wonderful home, and that my family is going to grow by one. It's a great life.
Since last year I was able to accomplish a few cool things. I did a woman's triathlon and ran in the Ragnar Race. Both races were really fun and I loved doing them. I would love to do them both again next year after I am back in shape.
I also turned 31 in July. We spent the day house hunting and I didn't remember that I had turned 31 until about January when I had to ask Stewart how old I was. For Mother's Day, Eli and Stewart bought me Rock Band and we really played that religiously. Our band seriously rocks and we do the best with Eli as the singer, Stew on drums and me on guitar. I also let Stewart buy me a gun. It's very cute and little and fun to shoot so it met all my requirements. It can kill a man so it met Stewart's requirements also. I actually love my gun but don't like to give Stewart the satisfaction of admitting it unless someone makes fun of it.
My favorite thing though is having a house. I LOVE LOVE LOVE our house and the neighborhood that we moved into. There is a lot of stuff that I want to do to the house but there is time for all that. I spent the first month taking down wallpaper and painting the upstairs bedrooms. Then I found out I was pregnant at the end of finishing the painting and was too tired (and a bit nauseous) to do anything more.
So mostly I've been just growing this baby boy. I unpack boxes here and there and do all that mom stuff too. I have been pretty surprised that pregnancy is better and worse than I remember. This little baby moves around a lot and it's so fun to feel him move. I love it. I have a lot more aches and pains than I remember feeling with Eli though. It could be because I'm 8 years older or was 10 lbs heavier to start. I always said that if I ever got pregnant again I wouldn't complain but that's harder to do than I thought. I try to not complain much to people other than Stewart and my sister though. Oh, and this whole blog...I'm just really happy that Stewart's home, that we have a wonderful home, and that my family is going to grow by one. It's a great life.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Baby Brough
On Wednesday, September 29th I took a pregnancy test and was shocked to see 2 lines instead of 1. I have always thought that if I ever was pregnant again I wouldn't tell Stewart until I'd already gone to the Dr. and saw a heartbeat. So in true Becca fashion I ran right out and told Stewart that I was pregnant.
As soon as my fertility Dr.'s office opened I called to get a progesterone test ordered. Since I have had a few miscarriages before they always said that as soon as I got pregnant again we would test progesterone to see if that's why I was miscarrying. Since I haven't been to the fertility Dr. for a long time they weren't as helpful as I'd like and I had to beg them to order the test. I told them I had just moved and didn't have a Dr. in my new area and I didn't think anyone would see me so early anyway.
Anyway the test was ordered and I got the results the next day (Thursday). My progesterone was low and they wanted to test it again on Friday. In the meantime though they did call in an RX for progesterone though and I called a Dr. in my area and explained my history and they got me an appointment for October 6th.
My new OB is Dr. Ward and his office and the hospital are about 5 minutes from my house! I love that about him. I also love that he has given me about a million ultrasounds. At my first appointment he saw a heartbeat and put the baby at 6 weeks old. I still was very nervous and I think the first time I really thought that I really might have a baby was on December 29th when I got 100% confirmation that this baby was a boy.
Dr. Ward's main advice has been not to worry so much...haha. Yeah right. I think this is a good little baby though because he wiggles around a lot and so I know he's ok. So far he hasn't hurt me or anything but I guess right now he's only like 2 lbs. He looked really healthy and great on the 20 week ultrasound and I'm so happy. I am 27 weeks pregnant right now and the end is in sight. My due date is June 1st but my Dr. said he'd induce me at the end of May.
I am SO happy for modern medicine. If there wasn't such a thing as progesterone supplements I would have had another miscarriage and I don't know if my psyche could have handled that. It has been a rough few years and I'd had really come to terms with not having another baby and was finally ok with it. That's probably the reason a month ago I was surprised all over again to see my big belly and realize that I really would be having another child. Some day's I still just can't believe it.
Right now and I think for sure this baby will be named Knox Timothy Brough. I really like having a name picked out early because it's fun for us to call him by name. I can't help wondering what he will look like. My sister's 2 boys look really similar and I can't picture having a boy that looks different from Eli but then I hope that this baby will look more like Stewart's side of the family. I wonder if he will have lots of hair like Eli did and what color will it be. I could drive myself nuts wondering these things because it makes me way impatient for Knox to come.
As soon as my fertility Dr.'s office opened I called to get a progesterone test ordered. Since I have had a few miscarriages before they always said that as soon as I got pregnant again we would test progesterone to see if that's why I was miscarrying. Since I haven't been to the fertility Dr. for a long time they weren't as helpful as I'd like and I had to beg them to order the test. I told them I had just moved and didn't have a Dr. in my new area and I didn't think anyone would see me so early anyway.
Anyway the test was ordered and I got the results the next day (Thursday). My progesterone was low and they wanted to test it again on Friday. In the meantime though they did call in an RX for progesterone though and I called a Dr. in my area and explained my history and they got me an appointment for October 6th.
My new OB is Dr. Ward and his office and the hospital are about 5 minutes from my house! I love that about him. I also love that he has given me about a million ultrasounds. At my first appointment he saw a heartbeat and put the baby at 6 weeks old. I still was very nervous and I think the first time I really thought that I really might have a baby was on December 29th when I got 100% confirmation that this baby was a boy.
Dr. Ward's main advice has been not to worry so much...haha. Yeah right. I think this is a good little baby though because he wiggles around a lot and so I know he's ok. So far he hasn't hurt me or anything but I guess right now he's only like 2 lbs. He looked really healthy and great on the 20 week ultrasound and I'm so happy. I am 27 weeks pregnant right now and the end is in sight. My due date is June 1st but my Dr. said he'd induce me at the end of May. I am SO happy for modern medicine. If there wasn't such a thing as progesterone supplements I would have had another miscarriage and I don't know if my psyche could have handled that. It has been a rough few years and I'd had really come to terms with not having another baby and was finally ok with it. That's probably the reason a month ago I was surprised all over again to see my big belly and realize that I really would be having another child. Some day's I still just can't believe it.
Right now and I think for sure this baby will be named Knox Timothy Brough. I really like having a name picked out early because it's fun for us to call him by name. I can't help wondering what he will look like. My sister's 2 boys look really similar and I can't picture having a boy that looks different from Eli but then I hope that this baby will look more like Stewart's side of the family. I wonder if he will have lots of hair like Eli did and what color will it be. I could drive myself nuts wondering these things because it makes me way impatient for Knox to come.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Stewart
Besides impregnating me, Stewart has been up to a lot in the past little bit. He came home from Afghanistan March 27, 2010. I was SO happy and I think he was too. ;) After he came home we had some time before he had to go back to work so we went on a few vacations. The first one was to Capitol Reef which was a failure since we all three spent the weekend puking in a hotel room.
Our next trip was too Mesa Verde and on our way back we hit a couple National Parks in Utah. It was awesome. Probably the best family vacation we have ever taken. I loved every second of it. Part of the fun of that trip was the truck that Stewart bought. He loved driving it and even offered to let me drive it when we were off-road. That's true love. I didn't take him up on it but still...true love.
Stewart also had a birthday! The big 31. We had a 31 flavors of ice cream toppings to celebrate. That was a lot of sugar.
Stewart's hobbies nowadays are making bullets and then shooting those bullets out of guns. I think both parts of that are equally fun for him. He has had some camping trips and other types of boy things that I mostly stay out of. He built some target stands that were pretty sweet.
He's had some wicked fights with Eli (Eli won) and some kissing matches with me (I won).
Other than that he is still in the Vegas Cavalry unit so he goes down there once a month. He is currently job hunting more than he is rabbit hunting. Having him home has been so much fun and I love him to bits.
Our next trip was too Mesa Verde and on our way back we hit a couple National Parks in Utah. It was awesome. Probably the best family vacation we have ever taken. I loved every second of it. Part of the fun of that trip was the truck that Stewart bought. He loved driving it and even offered to let me drive it when we were off-road. That's true love. I didn't take him up on it but still...true love.
Stewart also had a birthday! The big 31. We had a 31 flavors of ice cream toppings to celebrate. That was a lot of sugar.
Stewart's hobbies nowadays are making bullets and then shooting those bullets out of guns. I think both parts of that are equally fun for him. He has had some camping trips and other types of boy things that I mostly stay out of. He built some target stands that were pretty sweet.
He's had some wicked fights with Eli (Eli won) and some kissing matches with me (I won).
Other than that he is still in the Vegas Cavalry unit so he goes down there once a month. He is currently job hunting more than he is rabbit hunting. Having him home has been so much fun and I love him to bits.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Eli
We moved into the house on September 17th and 18th and Eli turned 7 on September 19th. We had a big party with both sides of the family. Luckily, the house has a nice covered porch so we ate and partied outside, away from the boxes that were everywhere.
Since Eli's birthday last year I have had it in my mind that I was going to make a wonky cake. (look for the wonky looking cake. There's no other explanation.) Well I didn't know that I'd be in the middle of a move so I settled on 2 ice cream cakes that tasted fine but were kind of lame.
Eli started first grade again after the move. He was like a superstar. All the kids were so excited for the new kid and they surrounded him when we went to meet his teacher. I felt kind of bad for Eli because he was on A track out in Herriman and right before his break is when we moved. So he started first grade July 26th and will get out the end of May or beginning of June. (not sure) After he'd been at his new school for a month he asked when he was going to get a long break. haha
I was lucky that we moved so I could get a first day of school picture since I am a bad mom and didn't get one the real first day of first grade. Whoops.
Eli is a fun guy and is actually a great help. He has stated cleaning his bathroom and has always tried hard to keep his room clean. He shovels snow like a pro and has his own garden tools...which are the only garden tools we own. haha. He excels in school and his teacher keeps thanking us for moving here. He has enjoyed being the "top of the class" and I have loved seeing him learn.
Most of all Eli is so excited to be a big brother. He wanted a sister very badly but is now excited that he's going to have a brother. After all it will be 3 against 1 (boys to girls) but Eli said I can have the baby on my team. Which means the baby and I will get tickled a lot. When I suggest parents against kids Eli nixes that idea.
All in all we love our boy. It has been fun to see him grow up so much in the past few months. Something about them being away for lots of the day changes them. He has friends and interactions that I (sometimes) hear about after the fact. It makes me sad to not be totally involved in every aspect of his life anymore but it's fun to see him grow up too.
And that is the catchup on Eli. Next I'll catch you up on Stewart...
Since Eli's birthday last year I have had it in my mind that I was going to make a wonky cake. (look for the wonky looking cake. There's no other explanation.) Well I didn't know that I'd be in the middle of a move so I settled on 2 ice cream cakes that tasted fine but were kind of lame.
Eli started first grade again after the move. He was like a superstar. All the kids were so excited for the new kid and they surrounded him when we went to meet his teacher. I felt kind of bad for Eli because he was on A track out in Herriman and right before his break is when we moved. So he started first grade July 26th and will get out the end of May or beginning of June. (not sure) After he'd been at his new school for a month he asked when he was going to get a long break. haha
I was lucky that we moved so I could get a first day of school picture since I am a bad mom and didn't get one the real first day of first grade. Whoops.
Eli is a fun guy and is actually a great help. He has stated cleaning his bathroom and has always tried hard to keep his room clean. He shovels snow like a pro and has his own garden tools...which are the only garden tools we own. haha. He excels in school and his teacher keeps thanking us for moving here. He has enjoyed being the "top of the class" and I have loved seeing him learn.
Most of all Eli is so excited to be a big brother. He wanted a sister very badly but is now excited that he's going to have a brother. After all it will be 3 against 1 (boys to girls) but Eli said I can have the baby on my team. Which means the baby and I will get tickled a lot. When I suggest parents against kids Eli nixes that idea.
All in all we love our boy. It has been fun to see him grow up so much in the past few months. Something about them being away for lots of the day changes them. He has friends and interactions that I (sometimes) hear about after the fact. It makes me sad to not be totally involved in every aspect of his life anymore but it's fun to see him grow up too.
And that is the catchup on Eli. Next I'll catch you up on Stewart...
Sunday, February 20, 2011
I'm baaaack!
I hope I can remember how to do this blogging thing. Reading back on my previous blogs I realized how hilarious I was and how you probably all really missed me.
I was going to start back up in January, (not as a New Years resolution thing though) but then I couldn't find the cord to Stewart's camera. I needed that camera because it had the pictures of the house that we bought in September. That camera has a weird SD card so the only way to transfer pics is with the cord. It seemed like God didn't want me to blog so I just chilled out and then lo and behold Stewart found the cord on Saturday.
That reminds me of another thing I didn't think God wanted me to do which was have another baby and lo and behold in September I found out I am pregnant. When we move to Bountiful I get pregnant but this one has stuck and I am as big as a house. We are SO happy and excited and thankful and anxious...wait, I should say I am anxious because I still don't trust myself to carry a baby full term and I can't believe I'm going to actually have another baby! Stewart just is patient with me and listens to all my worries and then says don't worry.
I'll leave here with a few pictures because if you think I'm going to type everything that's happened since I last wrote you are nuts. I will probably go into more detail later on some of these things but for now...enjoy.
I was going to start back up in January, (not as a New Years resolution thing though) but then I couldn't find the cord to Stewart's camera. I needed that camera because it had the pictures of the house that we bought in September. That camera has a weird SD card so the only way to transfer pics is with the cord. It seemed like God didn't want me to blog so I just chilled out and then lo and behold Stewart found the cord on Saturday.
That reminds me of another thing I didn't think God wanted me to do which was have another baby and lo and behold in September I found out I am pregnant. When we move to Bountiful I get pregnant but this one has stuck and I am as big as a house. We are SO happy and excited and thankful and anxious...wait, I should say I am anxious because I still don't trust myself to carry a baby full term and I can't believe I'm going to actually have another baby! Stewart just is patient with me and listens to all my worries and then says don't worry.
I'll leave here with a few pictures because if you think I'm going to type everything that's happened since I last wrote you are nuts. I will probably go into more detail later on some of these things but for now...enjoy.
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