People, I have a Baby

She's cute, right? But let me tell you something. When you play with your blog settings and change it so that I can't see your whole post in my Google Reader, then I have to use TWO HANDS to click into your actual blog. You see, we have some kind of stupid protection program in place that doesn't allow pop-ups unless you press Ctrl+Alt while clicking on the link. It's stupid because it does this and yet I like this feature because it keeps all the nasty enhancement ads at bay.

But people. Come ON!

Most of the time when I get to check my Reader I am holding the cute little thing up above. But she's wiggly, and grabby, and I usually end up sitting here like I'm surfing, or snowboarding, (or perpendicular to the keyboard for all you technicallies out there). And my Ctrl+Alt hand is full of squirmy girl.

I hear what you're thinking, "so just put her down". And you're right. Except she's a Destructicon Extrodinaire. And this office is NOT Aile proof.

So please. Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease. Just make it easy on me and let me read you in Reader. Or come over and Aile proof the office. Either way.

More pictures

Our poor girl all bundled up when the weather was so very, very cold.

Who doesn't love a naked baby?
Not quite sure about Santa...

Lincoln loved Santa.

'Twas the night before Christmas...

Caden's Santa pictures didn't turn out, so I didn't post one. But he too, loved Santa.

Snow pictures. Yeah, they're late.

This is our front yard. The pile on the right is all the snow that's been shoveled off the driveway, and the pile behind it and slightly to the left is Ryan's car.

Miss Aile, watching the boys play.
Digging the snow cave. Lincoln wouldn't come out. When Ryan told him he's slept in a snow cave before Lincoln layed down and wanted to take a nap in it.
Just playing...

Our little fort than Ryan built for the boys. Gives you a good idea of how much snow there was in the 24 hour period.

How We Throw a Party

1. It must be 1:30 am, or everyone must be asleep.
2. Child must puke.
3. Must strip child and bed.
4. Must run 2 showers, 2 sinks, and washing machine simultaneously.
5. Must wake up baby.
6. Must make up temporary bed on couch for puker.
7. Must start to get everyone settled back down.
8. Last child must wake up and call out, "what's going on?!" like he's missing out on the best party ever.

Welcome to PukeFest '09! Aile puked once yesterday, and Caden twice so far since 1:30 am. We'll just have to wait and see if anyone else is going to join in, but I'm not feeling so hot either. So excited. SO FETCHIN' EXCITED!

The first part is unrelated, but the rest is fairly cohesive...

I am horrible at balacing the checkbook. Horr-i-bull. I know how to do it, it's just that I so very rarely do it that I end up with problems. Why am I complaining you ask? Well, because I just finished the bi-yearly balancing and it took forever. For-ev-er. Perhaps one of my new years resolutions should be to do it more often...

So, since I'm such a stellar poster in that notatallsortofway I thought I'd give you a recap of our holidays, but the Reader's Digest Condensed Version. Here we go:

We had Thanksgiving. Just us, then BIL and SIL stopped by. The men were going to shoot but got stuck in the mud. The women bonded and the kids played.

We had Christmas. We were going to go to Lake Couer d'Alene but cancelled at the last minute due to mass quantities of snow and the fear of being stuck somewhere other than our own house. The boys celebrated Festivus before Christmas by performing the Feats of Strength. I love having boys. Got to see almost all the fam on my side, dad was here, opened presents, more snow.

We had New Year's. Mom and Dad came over the kids stayed up 'til 9pm. We ate a lot, played some games, did the countdown 3 hours early, boys were fireworks, parents left, kids in bed, DH and I stayed up 'til 1am just us. Happy New Year.

I do resolutions, and just like most everything else about my life they're all about me: go to the temple more, lose more weight, floss. There are others, but this is the condensed version so I'll spare you. What are some of yours?

WOW! Look, a post!

If you don't live here you might not yet know that we had a big snowstorm last week. We got about 26 inches in 24 hours. And it just keeps snowing. The roads are a mess, we're now at about 33.5 inches in 5 days. The normal snowfall for this area is 44 inches. Last year we got 92 inches. But not all at once and not accumulated on top of each other. This is all outside, it looks like the world has shrunk down to little people size. You know, little fence, little house, etc. We can't find Ryan's white Jetta; it's completely covered. Plus, it's white like the snow so it blends in.

Okay, a couple of the days it didn't snow. But it seems like it's been non-stop. I woke up Sunday morning waiting for the call that church was cancelled. But no. Then I waited for the announcements in Sacrament Meeting that we were only going to have Sacrament Meeting. But no. So I had to teach R.S. anyway. I guess it was good that I read the lesson Sunday morning. Still, not the worst lesson I've ever taught.

In other snow news, after the initial big storm where we got dumped on, in a momentary snowfall lull Ryan and the boys built a snowcave out of all the snow that'd been shoveled off the driveway. Lincoln liked it so much that he wouldn't come out. They've only been out the one day, and Ryan had to shovel pathways for them to walk around in because Lincoln kept getting stuck. Alas, the powder has compacted so that the cave needs to be re-dug, but as it's colder than a witches....um, well you know, that's going to have to wait.

Today the snow looks like cotton fibers. Still cold though. I do have pictures but you'll just have to imagine as they're still on the camera. Merry Christmas! Ours will be white, what about yours?

Name that baby

I turned 31 this week. For my birthday my SIL gave me a new nephew. He does not yet have a name. So I would like to take suggestions - just leave them in the comments. My SIL thought it would be fun not to find out what they were having (which I can't do, because surprises drive me absolutely batty, but good for her and all that jazz). However, apparently she really, really thought that number 5 was a girl because they never actually settled on a boy name, but had a definite girl name.

To give you an idea of what they like here are their other kids' names: Lauryn, Karley, Connor, Carter. So go to.

Lincoln 3 1/2 years

Aile 9 1/2 months

Aile's feet 9 1/2 months

Aack! Self-promotion - don't look if you don't want to know...

Don't laugh. Don't snicker. Stop giggling, it's not funny.

Uh hem. I have an Etsy store.

I'll wait until you've recovered from your shock and are able to close your mouth.

Ready? Okay. In said Etsy store I have finally put up some items for sale. If you're looking for hobby horses with a twist then you should visit it. If you're not, then don't go over there because, um, that's all that's in there right now. Hey, I'm happy that anything is there since I've had the fetchin' thing since August and this is the first time I've done anything with it.

So, just to clarify: Don't laugh. Don't snicker. Stop giggling, it's not funny.

Just take a deep breath...

Wow.

That last post was so not intended to be a political attack on anyone. My goal was merely to encourage everyone to be prepared - which is no different than the Church has been doing for decades.

If I could've blocked out the "Obama Impact" part of the video I would've. But if it's even possible (which it probably is) I possess neither the software nor the talent to do so. Seriously, I'm not trying to pick on anybody.