Merry Christmas!!

I just wanted to send out a Merry Christmas to everyone!! It's been a nice and quiet Christmas here! We woke up to no power for about 3 hours. I was very thankful that we decided not to cook a turkey today!! :) We opened a few presents, ate cold cereal for breakfast and have been lounging around all day! It's been lovely!! French dip is on the menu for dinner and luckily the power has stayed on during the hour it took to cook the cheesecake!! Travis is being a good neighbor and shoveling our neighbor's driveway! What a thoughtful husband I have! Well, I hope that everyone is enjoying a great Christmas! I am so thankful for my Savior! God Bless!!

Does it ever get easier?

Hey Mothers out there!! I'd say that 75% of Jack's meals end up like this!! Is there ever going to be a day that I don't have to vacuum and mop after every meal? I am so glad that he is such a good eater...but I'm tired of cleaning!! Isn't he cute though!?!!

Some stories- WARNING...contains poop!!

It's been a while since I have updated this blog and I am sorry for that! Life has been busy watching 2 little boys and this first trimester is really making me think that 2 kids is plenty!! But, there is hope...I am in week 11, so only 3 more weeks to go and it should magically disappear!! Right!?!

Well, I don't have any pictures. I seem to have misplaced the cord that transfers the pictures from my camera to the computer. I know that it is in the "scrapbook room"...but since we are planning on moving my stuff downstairs so that Baby Moesser #2 does not constantly wake up Baby Moesser #1, I have not been too diligent at putting things away! Anyway, there are two stories that I want to share....the first is not gross...but the second is...so those with weak stomachs may want to stay away from story #2.

Story #1- I have been a little worried with Jack's inability to figure out the purpose and function of the "straw" and be able to use it effectively. The doc said that we should start introducing him to it at 9 months. Although we have not been completely diligent, we have given him plenty of opportunities...to no avail!! I was beginning to wonder if he had some sort of straw disability and was trying to think of there was any way that not knowing how to drink from a straw might be detrimental to his survival. We grabbed dinner last night and in his meal there was an apple juice jucie box for the drink. I was going to dump it into another cup thinking that the straw was tiny and there was no way that he could do it, but I let him try...and he drank the whole thing!!! Boy, was he fooling us!!

Story #2- I'm hoping that I am not the only mom that has made this mistake!! Jack woke up the other morning at 4:30 AM and he had pooped in the middle of the night (which he NEVER does) and when we changed him, he had horrible bum rash! I was almost in tears! He woke up again at 6:30am and had gone again!! So, for 3 days, he suffered from these almost diarrhea diapers all day long...like every 2 hours, which did not help his rash!! We were using ointments and vaseline and everything. Well, things started to slow a little, so after to reading some books, it was advised to let his little bum free from a diaper for a while. He has just done his business, so I thought that it was safe. He seemed very happy and was running around happy! His new thing is to stand over the heater vent when the air is blowing...and this was especially funny to him with no diaper on! Well, I looked away for second and when I looked back...There he was peeing across the kitchen, with poop running down his legs right into the heater vent!!! I had to decide whether to puke of laugh...I went for laughing! Luckily, the heater vent cleaned up easily and we mopped twice with our new steam mop! But, no more heater vents when diapers are not involved!!!

On our way to the "average family"

They say that the average family has 2.5 children. I'm not exactly sure how that is possible, but we are heading on our way to that goal! Baby Moesser #2 is in the oven and should be ready around July 6th!! We are very excited and things are going well! I am 10x as sick as I was with Jack...so maybe a girl? Who knows? The only question is...where am I going to put my scrapbook stuff?

Our Big Boy!

Our big boy is now 1! I can't believe that I have a 1 year old! He had a great birthday surrounded by family, friends and lots of cake!! He loved his cake and dove right in...he's definitely not afraid of getting his hands dirty! Jack loves all of his new things and I think that he knows that he has passed a milestone...he all of a sudden is a little louder in his efforts to communicate his wants...and he has started throwing little fits!! Only 17 years to go!! :)

Halloween was also fun for Jack! We went to a Halloween carnival that the ward put on and he loved it. He just walked back and forth through the cultural hall and out to the water fountain! And after 7 months of trying to teach him the sign for "more", he found the motivation in the form of a donut!! I can't blame him! We didn't do much Halloween night. He didn't need the candy...and neither do we...so we stayed home and handed out candy. I don't think that he minded. He had fun coming to the door when there were visitors!

I've been watching a 6 week old baby during the week and Jack just adores him! I will try to get a picture of little Judd this week! He's almost as cute as our little monkey! :)

Almost 1!!

My little boy is going to turn 1 tomorrow...and I am wondering where the time has gone! It seemed that he was just born yesterday...yet here he is...walking and babbling like he has done it for years! I can't even remember my life before him! I never knew how one little boy could change my life! My family is my everything and I am so grateful for these 2 wonderful guys in my life!

Starting next week, I am going to get to learn how it is to have more than one little munchkin ruling my day! I am going to start tending a 6 week old little boy named Judd and Jack and I are so excited!! Jack loves little Judd and it takes all of my strength...(and patience) to keep him from clobbering the little guy from excitement! It's going to be nice for Jack to have a little buddy!

Jack has a new favorite toy!! It's mine too! It all started back when I entered a drawing to win a washer and dryer...well, of course in entering, my number was given to a company! I was expecting to have to go to a timeshare presentation to claim my "FREE" prize, but instead it was a vacuum salesman who came to our door. Now, I'm not usually impressed with vacuums or knives or things such as that, but this was the coolest vacuum ever!! It has a turbine engine and was designed by an aerospace engineer. This vacuum was made in the USA...and with a name like "The Patriot", of course I wanted it!! Well, Travis was impressed as well, and even though we did not have the $2500, we had actually planned on saving the money for one! This vacuum had a 35 year warranty and they take it back ever two years and refurbish it!

I decided to look on Ebay one day and I found the earlier model (Air Storm) for $200. Travis and I discussed it and after looking at our sad excuse for a vacuum, we decided that it was worth it...so we bought it and the package arrived. I opened the package and there was no Air Storm in the box...it was "THE PATRIOT"!! Being a good girl and trying to be honest with my fellow man, I contacted the seller and he told me to keep it!! Yea!! Jack is so excited to have it as well, because ot makes the COOLEST truck to roll around! Finally some luck!

We're Walking!!

Hey Everyone!!

Jack's not giving me much time to blog, but I just wanted to let everyone know that he is walking now!! He can still crawl faster, so he doesn't always have the motivation to do it, but he is getting pretty good!! He can take about 8-10 steps without falling and can stop and stand!!

Here is a great picture to show how happy ravioli makes him!! Love to all!