Saturday, December 8, 2007
nada
I have nothing to talk about! I am enjoying a nice week off from work (except 4 hours tonight). We are relaxing, cleaning, playing, shopping, and just generally enjoying the fact that I am not a tired grouch every day! So, I guess that is good! All is well at the Bowers'.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Swapping...
Well, it is hard for me to come up with stuff to post when I am not working! I dread sitting in front of the computer for long periods of time when I don't have to. But, in the spirit of my challenge I will post something, it may not be interesting, but I can't be fascinating all the time...hehehe. So here is my most recent swap that I have received. It is the best one to date! I loved every single thing. The point was to spend at least $10 on your partner in the dollar store or dollar section on Christmasy type things. The lady that sent to me did a wonderful job! She included something for everyone; a little fire truck for Brady, some cute Hello Kitty stuff for Natalie (that I had been wanting to buy for her myself), and some candy for Keith. It was super fun to open and it is swap like these that make Swap-bot fun.
She had everything in there from Christmas socks to snowman tape to wrapping supplies. Such a cute package!
She had everything in there from Christmas socks to snowman tape to wrapping supplies. Such a cute package!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Oh Christmas tree! Oh Christmas tree!
How scrawny are your branches? We finally got a tree, we couldn't really afford a real one this year so I caved and let Keith convince me to get a fake one (he didn't really have to convince me that much, I just have to keep up appearances!). He found a great deal on a pre-lit tree and when he first brought it in and I saw the picture on the box I was pleasantly surprised at what $30 will get you in the fake tree market! It was a picture of a very beautiful, full Christmas tree all a-twinkle with clear lights. Well, our tree is beautiful and a-twinkle with clear lights, but it is anything but full! It actually came together pretty nicely, and I think that is in large part due to the fact that we didn't have to struggle with the lights. I took some pictures, but they were either too bright because of the flash or dark and a little fuzzy without the flash (I prefer those). Anywho, we had fun hanging up our 17 ornaments, and the result is actually quite lovely.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
I love you son
I was talking to my sister on my birthday and it was brought to my attention a fact that I had never though of, she has never met my son! This mad me so sad I wanted to cry (I am starting to now and I need to quit it because I am working), I love him so much, and I hate that there are members of my family that have never gotten to be a part of his precious world.
Dearest Brady,
Ever since you entered our family life has been different. From your first moments here on this Earth you tugged at my heart strings with your big baby self being the largest in the NICU. Oh how I wanted to hold you in my arms, but they made me wait! I had to wait a whole day before they let your Daddy wheel me downstairs to hold your little orange body in my arms. To quote one of my favorite Mama to baby songs, "I knew I loved you before I met you."
Growing up in a house full of girls I never know what to expect with a little boy! Every day you surprise me with something new, and are constantly switching back and forth between being a serious pain in my butt to the most lovey, sweet, good natured kid I have ever seen! And oh my goodness your thighs! I can't get enough of your little body, so soft and with just the right amount of squish! You know just how to bring a smile to my face and a tear to my eye, with your sweet declarations of "Mama? I yuv you".
You are almost 2 years old which astounds me! How has that much time passed? You are such a little man. You saunter around in your big boy jeans and your polo shirts, just about as cute as can be! You are learning new words every day, some of your favorites are "guck!"-truck, "nack!"-snack, "BOON!"-balloon (said in all caps), "poon"-spoon (your absolute favorite thing to carry around), "Mama", "Daddy", and "Shya"-yes. Most of your words come out as a sort of growl and with lots of feeling. In the car you love to whisper-yell "Mama! Mama!" Until I ask "What Brady?" and then you answer with one of your words, whichever you have just seen or want or just want to say out loud. And when you want a "nack" you don't stop asking for it until you get one, or until I can find something to take your mind off food!
Some of your favorite things to play with/carry around include spoons, your little red screwdriver from your Go Car, buballs (footballs), buBAbababa (basketballs), blankie (mostly the blue one with squares, but you are not picky when given the choice of all three of your little Circo fleeces), your glow worm, and Elmo. You also love to watch Elmo, and when he comes on the TV you will repeat Elmo over and over again until you have exhausted yourself with talking, and you will then settle in to actually watch Elmo. You also love to sit in my rocking chair and rock yourself by banging your head against the back. The most annoying (I mean endearing, my sweet angle you) thing you do is walk around the house from one forbidden thing (sticking DVD's in the wii) to another (putting spoons in the AC grate) to another (digging around in the kitchen for more spoons) to another (getting Erin's toothbrush to brush your own teeth) to another (pulling out objects from the bowl with Daddy's wallet in it). This tires me out, but then you look at me with your mischievous grin and it melts away...almost!
Brady, you are one of the happiest kids I have ever met. You love to laugh, and you find everything funny. You love to crawl all over the house and furniture. A favorite pastime of yours is climbing over the end of the couch, then standing on the couch and falling either face first or backwards onto the cushions (I don't know which is scarier to me!). Tonight you started to bear crawl across the living room for the first time. The other day you climbed/fell out off your crib, and I even remembered to put the side up! You will be my first kid to break something, I just know it! I guess I shouldn't be surprised, especially since I have already had to take you into the ER to get liquid stitches. I just know I will be worrying about you and your safety for the rest of my life! But I will love every minute of it.
I just want you and everyone else to know how much I love you! We certainly have our days and moments, but I don't know what I would do without you! You are an absolute wonder to me, and I never am bored with you around! My funny little man, I love you!
Love,
Mama
Dearest Brady,
Ever since you entered our family life has been different. From your first moments here on this Earth you tugged at my heart strings with your big baby self being the largest in the NICU. Oh how I wanted to hold you in my arms, but they made me wait! I had to wait a whole day before they let your Daddy wheel me downstairs to hold your little orange body in my arms. To quote one of my favorite Mama to baby songs, "I knew I loved you before I met you."
Growing up in a house full of girls I never know what to expect with a little boy! Every day you surprise me with something new, and are constantly switching back and forth between being a serious pain in my butt to the most lovey, sweet, good natured kid I have ever seen! And oh my goodness your thighs! I can't get enough of your little body, so soft and with just the right amount of squish! You know just how to bring a smile to my face and a tear to my eye, with your sweet declarations of "Mama? I yuv you".
You are almost 2 years old which astounds me! How has that much time passed? You are such a little man. You saunter around in your big boy jeans and your polo shirts, just about as cute as can be! You are learning new words every day, some of your favorites are "guck!"-truck, "nack!"-snack, "BOON!"-balloon (said in all caps), "poon"-spoon (your absolute favorite thing to carry around), "Mama", "Daddy", and "Shya"-yes. Most of your words come out as a sort of growl and with lots of feeling. In the car you love to whisper-yell "Mama! Mama!" Until I ask "What Brady?" and then you answer with one of your words, whichever you have just seen or want or just want to say out loud. And when you want a "nack" you don't stop asking for it until you get one, or until I can find something to take your mind off food!
Some of your favorite things to play with/carry around include spoons, your little red screwdriver from your Go Car, buballs (footballs), buBAbababa (basketballs), blankie (mostly the blue one with squares, but you are not picky when given the choice of all three of your little Circo fleeces), your glow worm, and Elmo. You also love to watch Elmo, and when he comes on the TV you will repeat Elmo over and over again until you have exhausted yourself with talking, and you will then settle in to actually watch Elmo. You also love to sit in my rocking chair and rock yourself by banging your head against the back. The most annoying (I mean endearing, my sweet angle you) thing you do is walk around the house from one forbidden thing (sticking DVD's in the wii) to another (putting spoons in the AC grate) to another (digging around in the kitchen for more spoons) to another (getting Erin's toothbrush to brush your own teeth) to another (pulling out objects from the bowl with Daddy's wallet in it). This tires me out, but then you look at me with your mischievous grin and it melts away...almost!
Brady, you are one of the happiest kids I have ever met. You love to laugh, and you find everything funny. You love to crawl all over the house and furniture. A favorite pastime of yours is climbing over the end of the couch, then standing on the couch and falling either face first or backwards onto the cushions (I don't know which is scarier to me!). Tonight you started to bear crawl across the living room for the first time. The other day you climbed/fell out off your crib, and I even remembered to put the side up! You will be my first kid to break something, I just know it! I guess I shouldn't be surprised, especially since I have already had to take you into the ER to get liquid stitches. I just know I will be worrying about you and your safety for the rest of my life! But I will love every minute of it.
I just want you and everyone else to know how much I love you! We certainly have our days and moments, but I don't know what I would do without you! You are an absolute wonder to me, and I never am bored with you around! My funny little man, I love you!Love,
Mama
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Happy Birthday to me!
Well I made it to 25 years! Not too shabby what I have accomplished in that time span! Here are some blast from the past pictures of me I had. I look pretty much the same.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Tagged A-Z
Sarah tagged me! This one was fun...
A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friends: Mindi, Kelli, Sarah
C- Cake or Pie: Mmmm...my Step mom Lori's chocolate cake with nuts and chocolate chips and real whip cream frosting (I am drooling right now)
D- Day of choice: Thursday-good T.V. and I always seem to be the least tired on this day.
E- Essential Item: chapstick
F- Favorite Color: shades of blue and green
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: hmmm...sour patch kids??
H- Hometown: weeeelll, born in Grants Pass, OR, but I went to H.S. In Cheney and that is the place I remember most
I- Indulgence(s): pedicures
J- January or July: January! I hate to sweat!
K- Kids: The loves of my life Keith-29, Natalie-3 going on 13 and Brady-getting a head start on the “terrible” twos
L- Life is Incomplete Without: My family
M- Marriage Date: December 22, 2001
N- Number of Siblings: 5. Here is the breakdown: 1 full sister Sarah-30, 2 half sisters Erin-18 and Emily-14 (though they are like full sisters to me really), and 2 older step-siblings Christina and Keith
O- Oranges or Apples: apples
P- Phobias or Fears: bugs, dying, burying a child
Q- Quotes: “When it rains it pours” “ I need a drink” “Oh, where is my hairbrush?”
R- Reason To Smile: good days
S- Season: I can't choose one! If someone forced me to pick I would have to say fall, but I love them all, except summer! The bane of my existence...
T- Tag Three +1: Missy, Danielle, Julie G. and Mindi
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I thump my head on my pillow at night to help me sleep, and I have since I was a wee tot.
W- Worst Habit: picking my lips
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds
Y- Your Favorite Food: Potatoes-in any way shape or form!
Z- Zodiac: Sagittarius
A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friends: Mindi, Kelli, Sarah
C- Cake or Pie: Mmmm...my Step mom Lori's chocolate cake with nuts and chocolate chips and real whip cream frosting (I am drooling right now)
D- Day of choice: Thursday-good T.V. and I always seem to be the least tired on this day.
E- Essential Item: chapstick
F- Favorite Color: shades of blue and green
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: hmmm...sour patch kids??
H- Hometown: weeeelll, born in Grants Pass, OR, but I went to H.S. In Cheney and that is the place I remember most
I- Indulgence(s): pedicures
J- January or July: January! I hate to sweat!
K- Kids: The loves of my life Keith-29, Natalie-3 going on 13 and Brady-getting a head start on the “terrible” twos
L- Life is Incomplete Without: My family
M- Marriage Date: December 22, 2001
N- Number of Siblings: 5. Here is the breakdown: 1 full sister Sarah-30, 2 half sisters Erin-18 and Emily-14 (though they are like full sisters to me really), and 2 older step-siblings Christina and Keith
O- Oranges or Apples: apples
P- Phobias or Fears: bugs, dying, burying a child
Q- Quotes: “When it rains it pours” “ I need a drink” “Oh, where is my hairbrush?”
R- Reason To Smile: good days
S- Season: I can't choose one! If someone forced me to pick I would have to say fall, but I love them all, except summer! The bane of my existence...
T- Tag Three +1: Missy, Danielle, Julie G. and Mindi
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I thump my head on my pillow at night to help me sleep, and I have since I was a wee tot.
W- Worst Habit: picking my lips
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds
Y- Your Favorite Food: Potatoes-in any way shape or form!
Z- Zodiac: Sagittarius
Saturday, December 1, 2007
awwwww.....
OK, so I found a new fun website to browse during work hours. I am sure some of you have heard of it, Cute Overload. I linked it on my sidebar for ease of access. I think half of the cuteness is the way they write the words. You'll just have to see for yourself. Here are some of my faves I found tonight:
Chunk-tacular bunnage
oh. my. goodness. fluff!
Eeeep! A sweet bunneh
OK, this is just sickening
All right, I can't do anymore, if I say "awww" one more time I might barf! Anyways, have fun browsing!
Chunk-tacular bunnage
oh. my. goodness. fluff!
Eeeep! A sweet bunneh
OK, this is just sickening
All right, I can't do anymore, if I say "awww" one more time I might barf! Anyways, have fun browsing!
Paper Chains
Is it just me or does the year kinda zoom by after Halloween?? I can't believe it is already December! And we all know how fast December goes by. There are so many important dates for our family in December that if you judge time from one to the next, before you know it Christmas is here! Crazy!
Anywho, one of the few things that I remember doing, if not every year, then most years as a child was making paper chains. This year Natalie is finally old enough to handle a stapler, so out came the pile of construction paper and we whipped us up some paper chains. It is amazing how many links you get from not a lot of paper!
We may have made too many...
Now if this doesn't scream childhood Christmas, I don't know what does.
Anywho, one of the few things that I remember doing, if not every year, then most years as a child was making paper chains. This year Natalie is finally old enough to handle a stapler, so out came the pile of construction paper and we whipped us up some paper chains. It is amazing how many links you get from not a lot of paper!
We may have made too many...
Now if this doesn't scream childhood Christmas, I don't know what does.
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