Big Boy Bed

Well, I think we hit a major milestone today! No more cribs! It has been seven years and through four kids. We bought Easton his "big boy bed" and set it up. I was so excited to use his new bedding from pottery barn. So cute and I think it can grow with him. He was so excited to sleep in it tonight.





Today we got our final leveling done on our yard and our rocks raked. We spent a few hours this evening going around the edges and pulling weeds. We still have a ways to go but at least there is a light at the end of the tunnel! We our getting our curbing done on Saturday and hopefully hydroseed it next week. We went to look at tree's and shrubs today and I can't believe how much things cost. I knew it would cost a few hundred dollars but one tree was $160. We only want a few trees but still! Thank goodness we saved some money from tax return.
We decided to do a trip to San Diego in October over UEA week. We are going to drive and see Seaworld, Zoo, and Legoland. We are planning a major trip to Florida in appr a yr and do the whole Disneyworld thing and visit Eric's dad. I just thought we wouldn't want to do Seaworld at that time and I know the kids would totally love it. The more vacation's I take the more I want to go on!

Can't sleep

Oh, the curse of being like my dad! I woke up when Eric got home this morning at 5:30am and I couldn't go back to sleep. I tried for about an hour then decided to just get up. I did scrapbook one page but then I decided I needed to update the blog. This past week has been same as usual. Work was hard this week and I ended up giving my visits away on thursday and friday. I think I just am burnt out. I know, I know I was just on vacation but sometimes I think vacations wear you out even more! Eric worked a lot this past week and when he was home he was working in the yard. We put up a little retaining wall, since our yard is kind of on a hill, and we our getting our rocks raked tomorrow. Hopefully we can do curbing later this week or next and then hydroseed. Yeah!
Does it ever seem like things all break or need replacing at the same time? Eric needs a new cell phone, since his got lost in California, the car needs new tires, the van had to get another new tire, Easton needs a bed, our tv in our room broke, our dvd player broke, and Eric needs two crowns. Is that enough?

I've been going through all of my parents photo albums and scanning pics of me growing up. It has been my goal for a long time to scrapbook my childhood so hopefully I can get started on it in the near future. He is just a few pics:

Easton turns two!

Two years ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. He was the only one of the four that was born head first. (All of them were c-sections) My pregnancy consisted of morning sickness til the sixth month and many puking's on the side of the road. But he was well worth it. Now he is two! How fast time flies. Here is a few pics:















For Easton's birthday we went out to eat, had cake, and opened presents. He got a gun, a couple of shirts, jacket, candy, and a leap frog toy that goes on the fridge. Grandma and Grandpa sent money. It was quiet but a fun evening.






It is a little sad to think that this is my last baby I will ever have but on the same hand it's wonderful. We will be getting rid of the crib soon, hopefully potty training this year, and bottles are a thing of the past. Now I'm just excited to see our kids grow up and develop into young adults.

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Cruising

Well, we've been back for a few days after a relaxing vacation. Everything went really well. We we're worried about getting to the cruise ship in time but we made it in LA traffic. Then when we got there, they wouldn't accept my hospital birth certificate. So luckily my mom was home and faxed it there. Once on the boat we sat in the sun and just enjoyed no kids. We went with our friends Crystal and Chase and Mandy and Lance. We had a good time and got along well. They are always good entertainment, especially Mandy:) We did lots of fun things like bingo, kareoke, Quest game, and comedian. I gambled a little bit but didn't win much. In Ensenada we shopped and had a really cheap meal:) It was so warm, about 85 degrees. On Monday, after we got off the ship, we headed to Venice beach. We found shells on the beach for the kids, went to all the little shops, and watched the beautiful waves. The only down side was that Eric lost his cell phone and we were so tired from lack of sleep. It has taken a couples of days for the motion of the boat to go away. The worst part was the plane ride and all of the turbulance. It was an awesome trip and I'm already planning the next trip!For some reason it won't let me post pics so I will try later.

Ensenada Baby!

Well after four days of major spring cleaning we are ready to go on vacation. Eric ended up not working this week so we had several days together to do one of my favorite things. Organize. I went through every single linen closet, coat closet, laundry room cabinets, kids rooms,etc. We moved our toys from under the stairs to in our "guest" room or otherwise known as "grandma Pat's room." We went to ikea on tuesday and bought a sturdy table and chairs and a marker/chalk easel. The kids love it! We got rid of so many bags of garbage and took a van load of stuff to the D.I. I am so excited for warmer weather! It seems like it is never going to get warm here. I just wanted to cry when it started to snow today. Well, I better mop the floors and finish packing. I will post when we get back!

10 Days Off!

I am so excited- I don't have to work for ten whole days! I can't remember the last time that happened. Maybe when I had Easton. We don't leave for our cruise until Friday but I took the whole week off. I really want to get some deep cleaning done and just things that I really don't have time for when I'm working. So here is my to do list: organize all of the kids closets, clean all of the blinds, clean all of my baseboards, do paint touch up on all of the dings, maybe get family pics taken at kiddie kandids, clean all of my bathroom's, do all of the floors, and scrapbook a little. Oh, and I have a list for Eric too. His is: clean/spray out garage, hang up some pics, put a 2nd rod in all of the kids closets, caulk around kids tub again,and I think that's all. He only has to work one more day. Is that enough? I did get started on my list yesterday and I did get a lot done. I cleaned all FOUR of our bathrooms, top to bottom. I got caught up on all of the laundry and vacuumed and did the usual daily cleaning. I finally organized our "corner". I think everyone has one in their house. A place where all of the papers, misc, junk goes. Ours is in our kitchen and it drives me crazy! So I couldn't take it anymore. Now for the usual updating.
Tyler started his very first season of soccer. I felt bad because most of the kids played last year. We were living in our apartment last year while the house was getting done and we missed the sign up deadlines. Tyler had a practice on thursday and I did surprisingly well. I think he may have some natural ability, I'm not just saying this because I'm his mom, yeah right! He had a game yesterday at 9am. It was sooooo cold! We all froze but he didn't seem to mind. He did get a few really good kicks and even got one close to the goal. He ran like crazy and when I asked him if he was tired he said, "naw." Oh to be young again. He had a lot of fun though and we are just hoping to expose him to a lot of different things and hopefully he will enjoy one of them. I kind of feel like a loser because I don't know anything about soccer. Oh well!
Now that it's warm again,my kids are enjoying the park and playing outside. I love it! I feel a little bit bad for Easton, since he's too young to go with them. I do take him over sometimes but not enough. Easton is a crazy two year-old and loves to climb. The other day he climbed on our counter in the bathroom and was spraying hairspray! He is fast! Kenadie always watches me put on my makeup every morning and I always tell her "don't touch mommies makeup." It is the powder kind that I got in California and it is expensive. Well, I went to grab the phone and just as I started to talk I saw that Kenadie had opened one and it was everywhere! All over her face, shirt, my makeup bag, and counter. Poor Crystal, I just started yelling when I saw that.
I guess that's all for now. Have a great day!